Chapter 19: The Source Stone
The miners of Nuhaxing have no intention of caring about other people's affairs at all, even if they feel that it is unfair, they are only indignant in their hearts, and they dare not speak out.
The overseers are all outer disciples sent from the Excalibur, although they are not gifted and sent away, but they have also cultivated the source power before, and these miners who can't cultivate at all are not the opponents of the overseers alone.
Lin Chen buried his head and continued to dig silently, he had just broken through the realm of awakening, this time was the best period for consolidation, the source power of Nuha Star was poor, so he urgently needed the source stone to replenish and consolidate.
But the cave in front of me seemed to be endless, and all that was dug out was black soil, and it was pitch black, and there was no white mangs of the source stone at all.
Lin Chen's mining speed was much faster than usual, and a handful of black soil was dug out, and a small mound of black soil soon appeared beside him.
Looking at the black soil mound next to him, Lin Chen frowned, he didn't want to dig too fast and attract people's attention, so he kicked twice and broke up the small black soil mound, and the black soil was scattered on the ground, so that it looked like the black soil that was dug up before, not just dug today.
Time is slowly draining, but Supervisor Liu is very diligent today, always wandering around the mining area, looking left and right.
At the same time, the mouth kept urging.
"Pigs, hurry up! Hurry up! You've been off for so many days, and you're resting on the dogs?"
Seeing that someone was mining too slowly, the overseer's whip suddenly whipped his back.
Syllable!
This whip instantly whipped an older middle-aged man to the ground, "Hurry up for me, don't pretend to be dead! If you pretend to me, then you won't survive today!"
The overseer stared at the miners at work with a grim look in his eyes, and continued.
"Listen, if any of you dig up the source stone for me today, maybe I will be merciful and reward you with a beast to open meat, where birds don't, there is no way to want a woman, but I can consider whether I can reward you with one. ”
When the miners below heard this, they waved the shovel in their hands desperately, prying the black soil in the mine, and the shovel in their hands smashed on the mountain one by one, and the dust was all over the sky.
While mining, Lin Chen couldn't help but think that under this ruthless overseer and mine ashes, within a few years, a young and strong ordinary person would be tortured to death, it was really cruel.
On Earth, even if there is no strength and the law guarantees basic survival, but in Nuha, in this strange world, it seems that there is really only survival of the fittest, and strength is respected! Without strong strength, life is not as good as a dog!
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It was noon soon, and the miners could rest for half an hour at this point, but the words of the overseer spread throughout the mine in real time, "You are not allowed to rest today, dig for me!
Lin Chen was working and secretly anxious, he had been digging for so long, but the source stone still hadn't appeared, with his speed, the amount of digging now could reach the original amount of two or three days, and he still didn't see the shadow of the source stone.
The clock continued to pass, and the hours of the afternoon passed quickly, and the sun slowly set in the west, and the setting sun shone on the surface of the planet.
The overseer's face was so gloomy at this time that he could drip water, today was the first day of work, and the Divine Sword Sect had issued a source stone task, if it was not completed, the reward above would be in vain this time.
"His grandmother, you haven't made any effort, do you, want to be lazy for me, don't you? It's really a dog day, I tell you, if you don't dig it up today, you don't want to live a good life in the future!"
Lin Chen had already gone several meters deep into the mine, and he felt that this mine would soon be hollowed out, and if he continued to dig it, he might have to penetrate through other mines, but he didn't stop, but dug on the mountain at a faster speed.
It's five o'clock in the afternoon, and today's mining time is about to end.
The pitch-black soil was constantly dug out, and Lin Chen's shovel tirelessly smashed on the mountain again and again.
Suddenly, his shovel made a strange noise, as if it had touched something solid.
Lin Chen's spirit tensed up suddenly, he carefully used a shovel to cut through the black soil in front of him, slowed down his speed, and dug it up little by little, and he could vaguely see a trace of white light coming out from the front.
Active Stone!!
Lin Chen's hand shook slightly, but it quickly stabilized again.
He took out a purple dagger from his arms, it was the one given to him by the giant tortoise, the dagger blade was sharp, Lin Chen directly used the dagger to the source stone block wrapped in black soil in front of him, and a palm-sized source stone block instantly fell to the ground.
Lin Chen did not hesitate, the dantian in his body exerted force, and the source power gathered on his right hand, and immediately punched the mountain wall, making a pit, quickly putting the dagger and the source stone into it, and then burying it with black soil to cover it.
At the same time, the piece of source stone that was cut off was not covered by black soil, and it was suddenly exposed, emitting bursts of white light, and under the gradually darkening sky, it was clear at a glance, Lin Chen shouted in his mouth, "Overseer, I dug up the source stone!"
Hearing this voice, the overseer turned his head in surprise and looked at Lin Chen's position, at this time Lin Chen's half body had already entered the mine, but from the position of the overseer, it could be seen that the slight white light emanating from the entrance of Lin Chen's cave could be seen.
The overseer's body trembled, and he quickly ran towards Lin Chen, "Hahaha, I finally dug it!
Lin Chen was still using a shovel to dig the black soil next to the source stone, so that the source stone was completely exposed, but the overseer quickly came behind Lin Chen, and before Lin Chen could continue digging, the overseer pushed Lin Chen away, "You go away for me!"
The overseer himself immediately ran into the cave and took up a shovel himself and dug it up. "It's a source stone! It's a source stone!
The other miners around all looked over, they were almost tired today, and they still didn't find the source stone, at this time, they were relieved to see the source stone appear at the entrance of Lin Chen's cave, and at the same time sighed, "He is so lucky!
When the overseer dug out the whole source stone, a transport truck was already waiting at the entrance of the cave, and the overseer carefully put this source stone on the transport truck, "Deliver it to the warehouse for me, hahaha, be careful, don't break it, if you break it, you will die!"
The overseer only walked out of the cave at this time, tidied up his clothes, and saw that many miners were looking at him, he lowered his head and coughed, then looked up at Lin Chen with a smile, "What's your name?"
Lin Chen replied, "My name is Lin Chen. ”
The surrounding miners immediately discussed, "This person doesn't have to bow his head when he sees the overseer, he is so arrogant, will he be whipped by the overseer?"
The overseer glanced around again, as if he heard the discussion of the miners below, he opened his mouth and said loudly, "You don't have to be surprised, this young miner is the lucky star of my father, I naturally don't have to bow my head when I see me, my father's words always count, you just say it, whatever you want, I can satisfy you." ”
The overseer then looked at Lin Chen with a smile, now that his starting task has been completed, when the time comes, he will definitely be indispensable to the reward of the Divine Sword Sect, and he is naturally in a good mood at this time!
The surrounding miners also quieted down, everyone looked at Lin Chen, a rare opportunity, no one had ever asked the overseer for a reward before, many miners were very excited, wanting to hear what Lin Chen wanted. It's as if you're the one being rewarded.
Before Lin Chen could speak, there was a whisper from below.
"This kid doesn't really want a beast, does he?"
"Probably not, if it were me, a woman would be stronger than a beast, right?"
"Don't talk about it, if it were me, I would have to take a few days off and rest at home. ”
The overseer frowned, and said impatiently, "What is the noise? It's really noisy! You all listened to Lin Chen." ”
Lin Chen took a step forward at this time and hugged his fist towards the overseer, "Supervisor Liu, the fact that I can dig the source stone today shows that I have excellent luck and super mining ability, I don't want anything else, I just want to contribute more to our mine and dig more source stones! For this reason, I have a small request, that is, to ask Supervisor Liu to give me a permission, so that I can walk freely in our mine, and choose the hole and mine by myself, so that I can give full play to my maximum potential and dig the most mines!"
The miner below was stunned, what does this mean? Did this kid get kicked in the head by a donkey!
Asking for more work and more mining?
What kind of request is this, this is simply torture! No, no, no, this kid is crazy, he's a psychopath!
Even Supervisor Liu was stunned for a while when he heard this, but then he reacted, took the initiative to applaud with both hands, and said three good words in a row, "Okay! Okay! Okay! I, Liu, have opened my eyes, in this barren planet, I can meet a conscientious miner like you, and my father will now make the decision and approve your request!"
"Thank you Supervisor Liu!"
Supervisor Liu glanced at Lin Chen meaningfully, "It's rare to see a diligent miner like you!"
Lin Chen said calmly, "This is what I should do. ”
“...... I'm satisfied. Overseer Liu smiled and turned around and walked towards the exit of the mine.
Looking at Supervisor Liu's back, Lin Chen smiled slightly and said softly.
"Actually, I'm very satisfied. ”