A huge mountain range runs across the border between Qingyang County and the border pass, where there is no sunlight all year round and is shrouded in thick smoke. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoFlames ablaze above the top of the mountain, burning through half the sky. From the mountainside, the mountains are full of potholes, and here from the foot of the mountain twenty miles out of martial law, a column of extraordinary soldiers stationed here.

The sound of clanging came from the mountain, and there were howls, weeping, and shouting.

This is a mine rich in cold iron, and the people who mine in the mountains are all alien slaves, they may have been the main generals or immortal soldiers of the southern immortal realm, but here, they have only one name, that is, mine slaves!

From a distance, tens of thousands of miners were busy on the mountain, pushing mine carts from the belly of the mountain and transporting them to a village at the foot of the mountain.

The Qingyang County Reserve Transport Army must be escorted here to transport supplies, starting from Qingyang County, carrying a full load of food and water, transported to the mine, and then escorting equipment and armor from the mine to the southern border pass, Chiyan City.

Since the military post of Qingyang County was issued, Zhou Chen's party followed the transport convoy to this place, the Cold Iron Mine.

When Zhou Chen and the others came to the foot of the mountain, they were also stunned when they saw such a scene in front of them. The temperature on the mountain is very low, and the cold air seeping out from the ground erodes the body temperature all the time, making people feel like they have fallen into a 10,000-year-old ice cave.

"All the soldiers and soldiers are fortunate. For the next three days, life was left to us. ”

Thousands of soldiers stationed here formed a phalanx to welcome the arrival of the reserve transport. Standing at the forefront was a stout man eight feet tall, his complexion was very dark, his beard was very conspicuous, his appearance was very vicious, he had been in a high position for a long time, and he was extremely majestic.

"One pound of meat, 10,000 catties of medicinal materials, 10,000 yuan stones, 50,000 yuan, you pick it up. ”

With a wave of his hormonal hand, the centurion of the reserve transport army waved his hand, and more than fifty huge carts pulled by the elephant demon were led over.

"The one, two, three, four, and five teams will be inspected, and the six, seven, eight, and ninety teams will be accepted, and the rest will be disbanded on the spot!"

The stout man issued an order to the soldiers behind him, and a team of 1,000 soldiers immediately stepped forward and inspected the 50 elephant demon convoys that were more than 700 meters long.

Seeing that the convoy was inspected and taken away one by one, the stout man nodded with satisfaction, and then took out a conch-shaped object from his arms, pointed his mouth to the thin end, and shouted loudly: "The miners on the mountain, listen to me! The soldiers of the Qingyang County Reserve Transport Army have arrived, and the original work and rest have all been abolished, and from today onwards, each mine needs to hand over 100 catties of cold iron ore every day, and there will be a reward for more and a beheading for less!" If a slave collides with the transport army inspector, no matter what you think, the one who collides will be beheaded by a sitting system, and it will not be tolerated!"

"All the mine slaves have remembered for me, if anyone dares to run away, they will drain your immortal marrow and let you die a painful death!"

The voice of the thick man was amplified by the conch object, forming layers of sound waves visible to the naked eye, which were transmitted to this mountain range and lasted for a long time. And Zhou Chen, the newcomers to the transport soldiers, looked at this stout man in amazement.

They didn't expect that the service branch of the logistics ranks of the reserve transport army would be so respected, judging from the words of this thick man, the reserve transport army was simply like a member of the royal family with a distinguished status.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the transport army, there are many mine slaves in the mines, if you encounter someone who does not cooperate during the inspection, you can kill them directly, no need to scruples. Their lives are not as good as our Dali soldiers, even if they are all killed, they can take the prisoners on the border battlefield to the mine in a very short time. ”

The stout man explained.

"This alien race is so good a captive?" everyone couldn't help but wonder in their hearts.

The stout man didn't care about the life or death of these miners, but was very interested in the meat that was transported. He waved his hand, called a few soldiers, and led Zhou Chen and the others to the mountain, but he sat on a strange-looking and very vicious mount and chased after the previous convoy.

Due to the perennial mining of the cold iron mine, the mountain is very steep, there is only a straight route to go up the mountain, along the way, there are soldiers guarding, a total of fifteen levels, fifty soldiers in each level, and a large military bow and crossbow that fires in bursts, look at the formations flowing above, you know how powerful its lethality is.

According to the soldiers who led the way, this is not to prevent the mine slaves from rioting, but to resist the alien race to rescue the mine slaves, it is said that there have been many such incidents, sometimes the successful annihilation of all the foreign races that come to the attack, but there are also precedents of being successfully rescued, so these military crossbows, the formation is opened in real time, and they are all fixed, and you can shoot directly with crossbow arrows.

The higher you go, the more the checkpoints are gone, but there are more roads, and the main road stretches on both sides, and the caves where the slaves live are located. After walking a hundred meters up, the temperature became lower and lower, and a cold current invaded the body.

At this time, there were more miners, they wore very little, and there was a half-moon-shaped iron flail on their backs, and the soldiers who led the way told Zhou Chen that these were all shackles that sealed the cultivation of different races, completely pierced into the pipa bone, pierced into the bone marrow, and grew together with the bones.

"Hey, why are all those people in thick cotton clothes standing by the fire?"

Zhou Chen pointed to the mine not far away and said.

The soldier who led the way glanced at it, then lowered his voice and explained: "Cold iron ore out of the hole, direct forging is not possible, and because of the hole, these ores will harden quickly, in order to maintain the plasticity of the ore, it is necessary to carry out preliminary forging after the ore out of the hole, first forge it with fire, block its spirituality, and then transport it to the village at the foot of the mountain for processing and forging." And the ones who are in charge of this kind of thing are the disciples of the three major sects, and they usually have to train here for three years before they go back, and then new disciples come over to take over. ”

"The three major sects?" Zhou Chen said in surprise.

"Yes, the three major sects. In fact, these three major sects are not very powerful, but they are good at refining weapons and refining bodies, which is why they are supported by the imperial court, in fact, in the final analysis, it is an alternative military branch, but compared to them, we are much more dangerous, these guys use yuan weapons to disguise themselves every time they encounter danger. Many of our brothers sacrificed their lives for the country because they were injured and could not be treated in time, and not only did they not help, but they even deliberately took the wounded soldiers far away to attract the attention of the alien race, so as to save their lives. For the disciples of these three major sects, we look down on them from the bottom of our hearts. ”

"What a greedy person for life and afraid of death!" a ten-captain scolded angrily after hearing this.

"The Lord will not allow us to speak. Brothers, if you walk forward, it will be warmer. There is a small formation on the top of the mountain that turns the temperature around. You can't go down the mountain at will, you have to check every place where the slaves live, so that they don't hide the ore privately, these alien races, with many tricks and many means. ”

The leading soldier led the way, and he explained everything that needed attention. When they reached the top of the mountain, the soldiers who led the way were ready to go down the mountain to resume their lives, and the residence was a few artificially dug mines in that formation, which contained beds and quilts, which could only make people sleep, and food or something needed to wait for the soldiers to transport it, which was also to prevent people from using food to exchange ore with slaves and fill their own pockets.