Chapter 371: Hell on Earth - Wasteland

The two miner ships arrived at the wasteland after a total of four and a half days, these days, the few people in the nineteenth cabin where Sorgers was were almost talking, Gerry also became a lot more talkative under their rendering, when he turned in the service list, his mother said that he would not let him go, this attitude frightened Gerry, after so many days of getting along with Sorger and Kleiner and others, the fear in his heart has dissipated a lot, especially the food on the ship is still very good, and it makes this young man who is still in his growth period eat very happily, and many meals here are difficult for him to eat。

However, no matter how good the mentality was, the moment they reached the wasteland, they all disappeared without a trace, and as soon as they stepped onto the deck, several people immediately covered their mouths and noses, even Sojes was no exception, although the wind and sand outside were not big, but the field of vision was gray, as if it was fog, but this fog was not composed of water vapor, but a large amount of dust condensed, around they had already obtained the harsh environment of the wasteland from Kleiner's mouth, and they didn't expect it to be so bad!

Is this really a place for people?

Anyone who came to serve in the wasteland for the first time couldn't help but have the idea come to mind.

Standing on the ship and looking in the direction of the wasteland, there was no other sight to see except the gray haze, and even though Sorgers's eyesight was stronger than that of ordinary people, he couldn't see any obvious buildings nearby.

"This damn environment, visibility is probably not even fifty meters!No wonder the conditions for boarding the ship are so relaxed, in this kind of hellish place, people who are not strong enough to run out can't find their way even if they want to!" Sorgeth cursed in his heart at the harsh conditions of the wasteland, and finally understood why Kleiner and Gerry had the same expressions on the first day.

With such an environment, even if the workload is not as large as that of ordinary miners, it will affect people's lifespan, and if you work here for half a month, I am afraid that you will lose your life for several years! This is not an exaggeration, just by seeing Kleiner's resigned expression, you can see one or two.

"Brother Kleiner, why don't you prepare a mask or anything like that in such a bad place?" Sojes was puzzled, since he had already been here twice, there was no reason not to even prepare a mask.

"There's no need, the Empire is doing a good job in this regard, and new masks are distributed every day per head, so it's superfluous to prepare them!" Kleiner said, covering his mouth and nose.

"No wonder ......" Sorjes nodded clearly, and at this time, the navy has already brought various miners ashore, it is difficult to find the direction in the wasteland, if there is no one to lead the way, I am afraid that the moment you go to the wasteland, it is very likely to be lost, if you lose your way in this kind of ghost place, it is not a joke, no mask, no water and food, it will not take two days to make a person die miserably.

In the range of the twilight sea, unless it is a few hours around noon, it is difficult for people from the outside world to judge the day and night from the brightness, and the local residents who generally live here can judge the approximate time according to the change in temperature, but there is no way to be particularly accurate, it can be said that in this kind of ghost place is an area where even the time cannot be accurately grasped, and the twilight sea itself is harsh enough, and the wasteland is even more than the rest of the area!

The old man who followed the navy in a daze, the team was dragged down, there were not many people like Sojers and Gerry who came to the wasteland for the first time, such people probably accounted for about one-sixth of the team, the proportion was not small, some of them seemed to be grumpy, Sojers and other six people in the nineteenth cabin walked in the first half of the team, and they could often hear the desperate and angry curses of some service miners.

"Damn! What the hell is this place! Lao Tzu is gone! No matter how much money he has, he won't do it!"

"Silence! Do you want to be captured by the Navy?"

Why let Lao Tzu work in such a broken place where birds don't? Don't you treat Lao Tzu as a human being?"

"Smack!"

A service miner who had cursed before was slapped on the back of the head by two navies with a knife, although the force was not small but not enough to make people faint, the cheap-mouthed miner covered his head, and the back of his head was swollen with a bag, originally he thought that since the navy asked them to work, it should be easy to talk about it, but he didn't expect to be beaten after complaining twice.

"Silly fork!"

Sojes and Kleiner scolded disdainfully at the same time, this kind of person is indeed stupid, not to mention why so many people complain about a few of them, just this wasteland service is one of the rules of the country is enough to put these complaining people in prison, just being beaten is already good!

In addition to the one they saw, the rest of the people who complained also got the same treatment, they were all slapped with a big bag in the back of the head, although it hurt, but it did not affect the action, obviously the above has already had a way to deal with it.

"A bunch of idiots, I don't want to be special, and now I'm really getting special treatment, right!"

Seeing a navy passing by, Kleiner gloated with a gloating expression, but the words in his mouth seemed to be to the panicked Gerry next to him.

By the way, in the past few days, the food in Gri's big backpack has basically been eaten by the six people in the nineteenth cabin, and the weight when he came here was so big, and now there is almost an empty bag left.

Sojes looked at Kleiner without leaving a trace, and felt that this guy was not like his size, but he was still a little clever, and knew that patting the ass on the side when the navy passed by, although it was not flattering to the navy, but at least it could make the soldiers who dealt with this kind of thing more comfortable after listening to it.

The area of the wasteland is not small, and even if there are soldiers who take a shortcut, the group walked in this dusty environment for about an hour and a half before finally arriving at the accommodation area.

It seems to know that the environment here is difficult, the accommodation conditions are good, and the same as when I was in the cabin, it is still a dormitory for six people, and it is a free match, basically what kind of combination it was when I came, and now it is like this.

"Let's just live together, right?" said Kleiner, holding the fat man and Gerry, standing downstairs in the dormitory, and Sojes and the other three had no opinion.

"Okay, that's it, let's go, I'll take you to find a room!" Kleiner waved his big hand and led a few people into the crowd, and as soon as he entered the dormitory building, he didn't have any idea of going up at all, so he directly led them to turn left and walked until he walked to the innermost room before stopping.

"That's it!" Kleiner said with a smile, the rooms in the dormitory were all open, and he would not get the keys to the rooms from the soldiers until they were full.

"Brother Kleiner, is there anything wrong with choosing this place?" said Gerry, who had reverted to his previous cowardly appearance.

"As long as it's on the first floor, except for the innermost room on the left and right, the difference is not big, every morning is a fixed time, you can go out directly through the window on the first floor, which can save you a little time on the road, to put it bluntly, it can let you sleep a little longer, as for why pick the room inside, hehe, the sound insulation of this dormitory is not very good, at least you only need to endure the noise of a neighbor in the innermost. The old god Kleiner was there, and the fat man had the same expression.

Gerry showed an admiring gaze, and Sojes looked as usual, but he was a little impressed by Kleiner's choice, among this batch of miners, there are not a few people like Kleiner who have come a few times, but there are not many who can analyze these, at least there are still many people in front of them, but this room has not been picked out, which can compare the gap in thinking.

"It's a pity, if it weren't for this environment, otherwise I might have brought you into my team!" Sojes really felt a pity, although such a little cleverness was not considered great wisdom, but it was also a quality, even if he couldn't join the pirates, let him go to Lockhan's caravan to have some development.

Nearly an hour after entering the dormitory, a soldier entered, handed over the two dormitory keys, and explained that tomorrow morning God knows how they would divide the morning and evening bells, and everyone nodded their heads to show that they were clear.

The check-in process has ended, and the next thing is to wait for the next day's miner life and adapt to the environment here as soon as possible, because of the cultivation of Sojes, although this environment is bad, but the impact is not great, as for the others, he can't care so much, and he can't help.

I don't know what time it was the next day, everyone in their sleep heard the deafening bell, and they were awakened from their sleep, Sojes sat up straight the moment the bell rang, and the moment he woke up, he felt as if he was being breathed by something, his skin was a little tight, and he instinctively patted his cheek, but he patted a layer of earthy yellow shell......

"I'm really the same as Kleiner!" Sojess's egg hurts, and the thought that he might stop here for a long time makes him even more depressed, and he can only pray that someone will dig up the cursed black diamond one day sooner, and he will be able to steal it!

When gathering, there was a small rub of people who were still late, and these people who were late were not beaten by the soldiers, but were taken directly to the mine for mining, to put it bluntly, there was no food, this punishment method of course made these people dissatisfied, but unfortunately, the soldiers just flashed the weapons in their hands and made them speechless.

As Kleiner said, the food here is still good, at least the average civilian family really rarely has a better standard of food than the current one.

The meal time is half an hour, and immediately after the meal is taken to the mine to work, if you ask those who have been to the wasteland to serve what is the most in the wasteland, they will tell you two answers: dirt, stone!

The wasteland is a very strange place, and I don't know if there is some kind of magic here or it comes from the gift of the ancient gods, but the huge wasteland island can't dig up a little bit of basic mineral deposits such as copper ore and iron ore, but there are often lucky people who dig up some rare mineral deposits, and some places have been excavated, but they can often dig up new things inexplicably.

No matter how good a geologist can come up with a reasonable explanation for such a strange phenomenon, it is either due to the gifts of the gods, or to the fact that the island may have some kind of natural alchemy, or simply to the luck of the diggers, and it is precisely because of the last reason that those lucky enough to dig up rare deposits always get a huge sum of money for the common people.

Or even if it is as strong as Alonso's empire, you can't say if you want to get lucky!

Thanks to this special environment, there are no such things as mining tyrants here, and everyone's daily requirement is to dig up 700 pounds of stones, yes, you read that right, that is, to dig out 700 pounds of stones! Why did you formulate such a bullshit standard? In order to make every miner not lazy, and digging more stones, working harder, the possibility of digging out rare mineral deposits will naturally become greater, and if one person is like this, then it is self-evident how likely a miner with a total of tens of thousands of miners in the wasteland will be to dig out rare mineral deposits.

In addition to the Cursed Black Diamond, there is a high bounty for digging up other deposits, but the rest of the miners have no money to take, so each miner expects to dig up the Cursed Black Diamond, followed by the rare deposits, and then the rest of the people to dig the Cursed Black Diamond.

Seven hundred pounds is a lot of weight, and if a person digs without distraction, it will take at least seven or eight hours, and if you don't have time to eat and sleep, there is basically not much time left after digging up the share of seven hundred pounds.

Fortunately, Kleiner and the others were more enthusiastic, and Kleiner and the fat man were more experienced, knowing that there were more stones under the soil, and at the same time knew how to dig with less effort, so they dug up a share of nearly eight hundred pounds on the first day, and the excess was given to Gerry, and with the help of the two of them, Gerry was able to make up enough for a day's share requirements.

As for Sorges, it was easier, although he didn't know how to dig, but in terms of strength and physical strength alone, Kleiner and the fat man combined were not as good as him, but in order to be unremarkable, he seemed to dig hard, but in fact he left a considerable amount of strength, and he was able to dig out seven hundred and ten pounds before dinner.

In wasteland mining, an extra hundred pounds are dug up every day to have an extra thirty copper coins, and less than a hundred pounds will not accumulate to the next day, so except for a few people with better physique and more experience, few people can exceed the task.

When it was time for dinner, the day's work was over, unless someone failed to complete the requirements, then he would continue to the mine after dinner, there were not a few such people, Gerry was the luckier one, and when he set off, his parents were worried about this, fortunately, he met a few kind roommates.

Thank God Almighty for giving me such a roommate......

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