Chapter 103: Paris Gem Mine (2)
[Game Dungeon: Paris Gem Mine.]
Number of players: 50
Playtime: 25 days.
Basic: This is the most backward area, since the discovery of the precious gem mine, the 'Paris Gem Mine' was born, and countless people's lives have been buried in this great mine.
Born with blood, tears and sin, the beautiful gemstone eventually dazzled in Vanity Fair and became a status symbol.
And you, an ordinary miner here.
Mission: Survive to the end of the game,
Friendly reminder: In this game, 100 points will be deducted for every time you kill a non-player ordinary miner or other NPC with a malicious value of less than 95! 】
[The game will start in 30 seconds, please be prepared.] 】
The countdown ends.
Jiang Qi's nose poured into a mixture of sweat, fox odor, and the dull earthy smell of the ground.
She frowned slightly and looked around.
At this time, she was standing in the middle of the line, holding an old kettle in her hand, and wearing similar coarse linen clothes as the people in front and behind.
There were men and women in the group, ranging in age from their teens to their thirties and forties, and the youngest looked skinny and had no flesh on his arms.
In front of it is a compartment dug out of the mine, one left and one right, and the people sitting in it are registering the miners in line.
Jiang Qi didn't see the players he knew, this copy was only displayed by NPCs with information such as overseers, and 50 players were scattered among the miner NPCs who didn't know how many.
The size of the mine is staggering, and when you look up, you can see rudimentary fixtures and dim lights nestled between the stones of the mountain wall.
The team moved forward slowly, it was Jiang Qi's turn, the registration was very simple, the man held a roster, wrote a string of numbers after her name, and then threw her an iron sign with numbers printed on it, and did not give her a straight eye the whole time.
Jiang Qi grabbed the chain and looked at the sign in his hand, but he didn't see any difference between this thing and a dog tag.
"250666, what are you standing on?"
A man with a whip in his hand and a stick on his waist and the appearance of an overseer yelled at Jiang Qi,
"Don't come here with your ID card on!"
Jiang Qi didn't think about how outrageous this string of numbers representing her was, so she put on the sign silently and walked into the crowd.
The miners here are managed in groups, with a group of 50 people and two overseers.
The dozen or so people standing here are all newcomers who have just been divided into groups, and the supervisor will take them to the mining area and living area to give a brief introduction and familiarize themselves with the site.
The living quarters were in rudimentary condition, with bunk iron frame beds, and all the paint on them had peeled off, revealing a black iron frame.
There was only a thin layer of torn mat on the wooden board, and the cotton exposed in the quilt was yellow and black.
As soon as I walked in, the air smelled even worse, and I was almost suffocating.
There were separate rooms for men and women, but there was no door, only a dirty, blackened cloth with several holes in it, and a sound that everyone could hear.
"You see where there is no one to make a bed, you will sleep, if you really don't have a bed, make do with it on the ground first, there are many people who have come in the past two days." That's what the overseer said.
There are still beds on the female miner's side, but the beds and quilts are all leftovers picked by others, so you can imagine how bad they are.
The male miners pushed up in order to compete for a bed, and the young and weak could only stand next to him and honestly go to the corner to pick a bed and break a mat to sleep on the ground.
This kind of thing happens all the time, and as long as it doesn't affect mining, the overseer won't care, unless a miner has a good relationship with him to get some preferential treatment.
"We eat in Area A in one place, only serve two meals a day, you haven't dug up the gem yet, the cost of the meal will be recorded in the account first, if you haven't dug up the gem after three days, then you can only eat one meal at noon, and make up for what you owe before to recover two meals.
The remuneration generated by digging gems is settled once a month, deducting the basic cost of eating, and you can receive the balance or send it home with a small handling fee.
Some food, alcohol, and cigarettes are sold in the mine, which are a little more expensive than outside. ”
"A little more expensive" is very soulful.
The miners did not even have a table or stool in the place where they ate, and the only two tables were used for large pots of food.
The switch next to it is drinking water, and if you want to drink water in the mine, you can only use the kettle to go to a few designated places in the living area.
After that, they followed the overseer to the next level, the mining area belonging to their group.
In the dark openings of several caves, figures floated in the dim light, and the sound of percussion was heard.
"The mine doesn't require working hours, and if you can dig up valuable gems and rest for two days, I'm not just so unkind." The overseer took the whip in his hand and crossed his waist and said,
"But you didn't dig up the gems, or the digs were low-quality broken gems, not including the time for eating and resting, you have to work 10 hours, of course, you are motivated, willing to work more, there is no problem at all, after all, if you don't dig, the valuable gems may go to the hands of others."
It's so familiar with the PUA routine, Jiang Qi thought to himself.
The overseer led them to the side of the more empty space, where several wooden boxes were placed on the table, containing several precious stones, and even in such a gray cavern, they could see the glittering brilliance.
"This kind of crushed gemstone with insufficient clarity is the least valuable and most common, and can only be used to decorate skirt top hats, and has no cutting value. For every 50 grams, you get 0.2p. ”
The Overseer picked up the largest box and showed them it, put it down, and picked up another pink gem.
"This is relatively rare, no matter the size or clarity, it is rare to see one in ten days and half a month, if you dig it, you can get 4 pence"
The overseer said that one of the most valuable gems was not on display because there were no samples at all.
"That gem has an incomparably brilliant, pure light, it is like the sea and the starry sky, it is beautiful and mysterious, anyone who looks at it will be captivated by it!
One hundred years ago, the Parris Gem Mine was a humble mine, and the gem was found here, and was later sold by a banker at the largest auction in Fennet for an incredible price, and was presented to the king of the time, named 'Heart of the Deep'. ”
Then came the establishment of the Paris Gem Mine, where poor miners came for generations, and they were paid a fraction of the price of the stones.
"Don't say I didn't remind you, don't touch the idea of hiding gems privately, two days ago, a miner in Area C colluded with a salesman to smuggle gems out and was discovered."
The overseer warned them viciously, "It's stupid, they think they can sell the gems, but they don't know that gems that don't go through the mines are illegal, and even if anyone wants to take them, they can't pay the price." ”
(End of chapter)