In the afternoon, the mighty miners' brigade finally set off, with a thousand strong laborers except Wang Long.

It is inevitable to see off many old and young women and children to see off their relatives, although these miners are not going to fight, but there is no hope of digging for a year, which is difficult for any family to bear.

Wang Lung walked at the back of the line, sobbing behind him from time to time, and the members of the team also looked back from time to time.

The whole team is walking on foot, but Wang Lung is jogging to follow, after all, the giant's stride is very large, he wants to keep up with the speed of the whole team, it must be like this, the reason why Wang Lung walks behind, the reason is actually very simple, he is too small, whether he walks in the front or middle of the team, he may suffer from unwarranted disasters.

Among the miners, there was no acquaintance Wang Lung knew, Gaunt had to guard the gate of the tribe, Luther was the guard of the Hall of Elders, and recruiting miners was only a temporary job, and after everyone set off, Luther would return to his original post.

Before leaving, Wang Lung was arranged by Luthor to the first group, the entire miner team was divided into 100 groups, a group of 10 people, Wang Lung belonged to the exception, there were eleven people in his group, and the extra one was Wang Lung.

After meeting with his own team members, everyone was scattered in the process of marching, and only when they arrived at the mining area would they regroup, Wang Lung did not remember a few names of the members of the entire group, only one he remembered very clearly, that is, the leader of their group.

Let's call it the team leader, Wang Lung can't tell how old the other party is, but compared to the others, Peng Shuai looks a little older, according to Luther, in the entire group, only the leader of each group has seen the appearance of ore. Knowing how to distinguish the way.

Starting from the tribe to the entrance of the mining area, the straight-line distance is more than 300 kilometers, if ordinary people walk on their feet, I am afraid that they may not be able to walk such a long distance in a day and a night, but it is very easy for giants.

Wang Lung did not know where the Ludao mining area was. He had to follow the group, and according to his reasoning, the direction of travel was exactly where the Great Rift Valley was, but this thought lasted only an hour, and after the whole group had passed through a dense forest, it turned around.

A thousand giants marched at the same time, even in the wild, there was no danger, although the wild is the world of giant beasts, but facing such a large number of giants. Even if the giant beast is not very intelligent, it does not dare to make any provocative acts, and all the giant beasts that see the miner's team choose to flee, and when they find out that the giant is not trying to hunt them, they will watch from a distance.

The time estimated by the tribal elders was quite accurate, and before the sunset had dissipated, Wang Lung and his party finally arrived at the mining area.

The so-called mining area is nothing more than a mountain peak thousands of feet high. There was not a single tree on the mountain, and even the weeds were only a few sparse. There is a huge cave at the bottom of the mountain, looking at it from a distance, it is at least forty or fifty meters high, the width is okay, it can accommodate two giants to enter and exit side by side, and the cave is dark. You can't see it with the naked eye.

The team stopped in front of the giant cave, and everyone consciously looked for the members of their group, Wang Lung's group had already assembled, and the position was exactly the first row, closest to the entrance of the mining area.

Wait until the team is assembled. A person suddenly appeared from behind, it was the tribal elder, Wang Lung looked at the other party in surprise, he knew that from leaving the tribe to arriving here, this person had never appeared, and even before leaving, the other party did not go with him.

This elder came very suddenly, which confirmed the doubts in Wang Lung's heart, the other party is a cultivator, and the cultivation is not low, what is the specific cultivation, he can't tell, he can be an elder of a tribe, the cultivation is at least in the Yuan Infant Period, or even higher, only the cultivation above the Yuan Infant Stage can hide his body from being discovered by ordinary people.

The elder stopped when he approached the entrance of the cave, and he did not speak, but faced the entrance of the cave, as if waiting for something.

After about ten minutes or so, the sky was already a lot darker, and Wang Lung heard messy footsteps coming from inside the mine, and it didn't take long for tall figures to appear in Wang Lung's eyes.

"It turned out to be Brother Tong, but I didn't expect you to lead the team here this time, didn't Brother Xue come?" The first giant who came out of the mine saw the tribal elder standing opposite, and actually greeted him first.

"He Xiong, didn't you ask knowingly? Elder Xue is the Great Elder of our department, how can he be allowed to come over on such an errand. ”

He Xiong Ha smiled and said: "That's right, Brother Tong is an elder who has only advanced in the last hundred years, and he used to be led by Brother Xue, but now that your tribe has two elders, it will be much easier to act in the future, unlike us, only I am struggling to support it." ”

Elder Tong sighed lightly and said, "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, even if there are a few more elders, they can't dig a few more ores. ”

He Xiong nodded sympathetically and did not answer, and when Elder Tong saw this, he asked, "How did you harvest this year?"

He Xiong sighed and shook his head and said: "Once is not as good as once, last time we could harvest more than 100 yuan, but this time we didn't even make up a hundred, I'm afraid that in another hundred years, we don't need to come again." ”

Hearing what the other party said, Elder Tong didn't answer immediately, his eyes turned to He Xiong's back, took a deep look at the location of the mine, couldn't help but shake his head, and then turned to He Xiong and said, "Can we wait for a hundred years?"

Hearing what Elder Tong said, He Xiong was stunned and didn't speak, shook his head meaningfully, then took a step forward, stretched out his hand and patted the other party's shoulder and said, "I'll go first, good luck to you." ”

Elder Tong nodded and didn't say anything, on the side of his body, he gave way to the passage route, and watched He Xiong walk into the distance, along with the miners of their tribe.

When all the miners walked past Wang Lung, Wang Lung was silently counting the number of people, no more, no less than a full thousand, it seemed that there was no danger to life when entering the mining area, but there may be no danger, but some accidents may exist.

Because of the team of miners who have just been evacuated, there are several miners whose arms and walking posture are obviously different, and there must be injuries on their bodies, in fact, you can see at a glance that their actions remain the same, such injuries are understandable, on the earth, the so-called mining disasters often occur, and the number of people who die in mining disasters every year is not 1,000 but 800.

For the average person. A mining disaster is a disaster, but for giants, the collapse of the mine will not hurt their lives, after all, their stature is incomparable to ordinary people.

After the team led by He Xiong completely withdrew, Elder Tong glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze, and finally fell on Wang Long. And gave Wang Lung a very meaningful smile.

"Okay, you also heard what I said to Elder He just now, but don't be discouraged, Elder He and they are unlucky, they can't find much ore, as long as you work hard, I believe that everyone will always have a harvest, take a night's rest today, and start working tomorrow." In a moment you will all go in and find a place to rest for yelves, and do not stay outside the cave. ”

As soon as Elder Tong's words fell, someone in the team asked in a loud voice, "Elder, how do we solve the problem of what we eat?"

Elder Tong didn't get angry when he heard this, and said with a chuckle, "It seems that you are hungry." As soon as Elder Tong's words came out, everyone laughed, and before everyone finished laughing, Elder Tong waved his hand and continued, "You can rest assured of what you eat. I'm here for you, and you're here for one purpose. That is to find more ores. ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Elder Tong continued: "I have a map of the mining area here, and I will wait for the leaders of each group to come over to see me, and by the way, bring back the food of each group." Seeing that everyone didn't say more, Elder Tong nodded and continued, "Okay, since it's okay. Let's go in first, and when you get in, don't scatter the members of the group. ”

After Elder Tong finished speaking, he ignored the crowd and turned around and walked towards the mine. And Wang Lung and the others did not hesitate and entered it one after another.

From the outside, the mine was deep and dark, and it was impossible to see the internal situation, and when he entered it, Wang Lung found that it was completely different from what he saw outside, and it could not be said that it was as bright as day, at least he could see things within 100 meters.

This situation Wang Lung encountered for the first time, he looked at it for a while and found the mystery, it turned out that in the cave, the stone walls were inlaid with many glowing spars, and those spars were like stars at night, illuminating the entire cave when they flickered and disappeared.

At first, Wang Lung thought that those shiny spars were some kind of gems, and then he realized that the so-called spars were just water droplets, and the reason why they flashed and disappeared was because they refracted the light.

These water droplets are formed after tens of thousands of years of mining in the mining area, the water droplets are suspended on the stone wall, it is difficult to drip down, as for what causes, tens of thousands of years have passed, no one has ever known the reason for the road, since there are water droplets reflecting light to illuminate the whole mine, naturally there is no need to provide lighting alone.

Don't look at the countless water droplets in the mine, but it is not damp at all, and even a little dry, this is the first time he has seen such a strange phenomenon, he looked at the water droplets blankly, and did not withdraw his gaze until Peng Shuai came back.

Peng Shuai gathered all the team members together, first distributed everyone's food, although Wang Lung did not reach the realm of Bigu, he could still persist without eating or drinking for a few months, he also knew that the food of the Dao giant was very precious, although he didn't have much snacks, he didn't want to waste it, so he didn't take the food Peng Shuai gave.

While everyone was eating, they listened to Peng Shuai talk about the news they had heard from Elder Tong.

This mining area is the only mining area on the planet Gles, and there are five entrances to it, but the only tribe mining in the mining area is the tribe where Wang Lung is located, and now, there is only this one entrance to the mining area that is opened, and the other four entrances are closed, so there is no need to worry that the giant beast will enter the mine from other entrances.

There are many passages inside the mine, according to Peng Shuai, the map he saw, its many passages, can not think about it, densely connected, more difficult than the maze, if there is no map in hand, alone in the mine, I am afraid it is difficult to find the exit, but we do not need to worry about getting lost, because there are signs at several key forks.

Starting tomorrow, the mining work will officially begin, and Elder Tong will guard the entrance of the cave to prevent giant beasts from entering the mine, and every once in a while, Elder Tong will close the entrance, according to Peng Shuai, the other party is going out to help everyone collect food.

Elder Tong asked the leader of each group to receive a one-time ration for ten days, and after ten days, Elder Tong would put the rations for the next ten days in a specific place, which was also the time for everyone to deliver the ore, and so on until the end of the year.

After Peng Shuai finished speaking, let everyone hurry up and rest, because from tomorrow, there is not much time to rest, not day and night mining, but in the mine, do not see the day, either feel very tired, or energetic, tireless, the rest time can not be determined at all, the whole group is a whole, must rest and work together within a specific time, if someone can not rest normally due to excitement, it will drag down the progress of the whole team.

Wang Lung had never experienced this kind of thing, and he couldn't tell whether what Peng Shuai said was true or false, but rest was dispensable for him, and even if he really wanted to rest, he only needed to meditate for a while.

In order not to be a maverick in the whole team, Wang Lung decided to do what Peng Shuai said.

After everyone finished eating, Peng Shuai saw that everyone was lying on the ground chatting, he turned around and walked to Wang Lung and squatted down.

"Little one, I know the purpose of your coming here, the elder has already told me, if you have any questions, you can ask me at any time. ”

Wang Lung smiled and nodded at the other party and said, "Thank you, in fact, I want to know what the so-called ore looks like now, I have never seen it since I heard about mining." ”

Peng Shuai smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid it's troublesome, I've only seen it once, and I didn't carry it on my body, but the ore is easy to recognize, ordinary ore is about a finger square, the tentacles are warm and cool, and the color is different from these stone walls, there are about five kinds, white, green, black, Red and yellow, but not the kind of dark color, relatively light, can be distinguished by the naked eye, in addition to these five colors, there are other colors, most of them are mixed colors, that is, two or more colors of ore, but this ore is very precious, it is said that it has not been found for tens of thousands of years. ”

Seeing that Wang Lung nodded and didn't speak, Peng Shuai continued: "Actually, this time we have you in the group, which is very convenient for us, and many places need you to complete, which is much faster than we do it ourselves." ”

Wang Lung was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?" (to be continued......)