Chapter 118 Energy Mines

Lin Xia received the first batch of names and entered the island's access permissions with a thought. While everyone was busy, she took out the item that A-Tong had given her—[Fairness and Impartiality].

After selecting to use it, a thick legal code appeared in front of her. It circled around Lin Xia, and Lin Xia felt a connection between herself and it, allowing her to communicate with it freely.

【Hello Master, I am the Codex Spirit. Would you like to begin customizing the codex?】

Are you life?

【Yes. 】

Where were you born?

[I am an artificial life form, born in... I'm sorry, Master, I can't remember.]

Artificial life?

Yes, I am a codex spirit dedicated to justice.

Are there any other spirits?

Yes, but... I can't seem to remember.

[Master, shall we begin commissioning the legal code now?]

Let's begin.

[Master, please transmit the details to me.]

Lin Xia transmitted her request.

[Information gathering begins.]

Less than ten minutes later, Lin Xia received a simple and clear legal code, which was, undeniably, very suitable for the current state of the island.

Lin Xia emphasized the protection of women and children, stating that all perpetrators, regardless of gender or age, should be punished the same, and that any abuse of women or children should be punished more severely.

As for the 'marriage law' customized by the Codex Spirits, Lin Xia did not directly deny it. There will always be someone who needs it, but it will be discussed later; it's not important.

The person and the spirit revised some regulations, and the Codex Spirit was then integrated into the island lord's authority to monitor the entire island. Lin Xia also granted the Codex Spirit the authority of the electric robot she had exchanged, allowing it to monitor crimes and dispatch law enforcement robots to enforce the law.

When the Codex Spirit merged with the Island Lord's authority, everyone on the island, and those visiting for the first time, heard the island's most inviolable laws.

In addition, there is a setting regarding house rent. The first month of occupancy is rent-free for the residence. From the second month onwards, rent must be paid, and the rent is in the form of energy stones.

The area where Xie Cheng's people live is paid in kind. They are responsible for guarding the direction they face and need to cooperate with the 'law enforcement robots' to patrol the island and maintain order.

If one day they cease to perform their duties, they will either have to pay rent or leave the island.

In commercial areas, rent must be paid to enter, or a stall fee can be paid in the designated 'stall area'.

All transactions on the island are conducted through barter or the purchase of energy stones.

Seeing the energy stone handed to her by Mine One, Lin Xia felt the stone in her hand and smiled. Sure enough, it wasn't far away; the location was really well chosen.

It's a pity that this energy stone is of no use to her mental abilities.

Lin Xia tried it out. While exercising, she held an energy stone in her hand and discovered that her body could absorb the energy stone.

During body tempering, the body generates energy from the inside out, and the energy from the energy stone mixes with this energy. However, she discovered that this energy contains impurities. Although it seems to increase the speed of body tempering, it will definitely leave hidden dangers in the long run.

Looking at another energy stone that looked more translucent, Lin Xia tried it again; this energy stone had fewer impurities.

But regardless of the type of energy stone, after absorption, her body's need for energy will decrease, and she will no longer feel as hungry, which is good news for her.

Lin Xia seemed to be deep in thought, wondering if there were any energy stones whose energy was completely free of impurities.

She took out her diving bead, intending to follow Mine One to explore underwater.

Instead of going to the beach, Kuang Yi left the courtyard and went to the cave below the cliff. There was a pool there. Lin Xia followed Kuang Yi and jumped into the pool. After diving down, they actually went straight into the sea.

Lin Xia extended her mental energy all the way down and found that the energy ore was right below her house.

This was no coincidence. Lin Xia stood up and told Kuang Yi and the others to continue mining. Lin Xia then stored the extracted energy ore into her spatial storage.

They exchanged for another 20 underwater operation robots, which were then used to mine ore, while Miner 1, 2, and 3 were sent to search for other energy ores in the surrounding area.

We must seize as much of this ore as possible while we have the advantage now.

Wait a minute, Lin Xia suddenly realized that this energy mine was directly below her residence. Was it within the protective shield's range?

Lin Xia extended his mental energy into the ore.

The combined resistance of the water and the ore prevented Lin Xia's mental energy from advancing more than halfway before it could penetrate any further.

Lin Xia didn't press the issue; based on what she saw so far, the energy mine's reserves were not small.

She left and looked around. Sure enough, part of this place was enclosed by her intermediate-level protective shield, and another part was inside the advanced-level protective shield.

Lin Xia seemed to be deep in thought, and dived deeper. The deeper she went, the more abundant the energy she could feel. When she saw the energy mine that was almost connected to the island, she had an idea and quickly ordered the underwater operation robot to stop mining the energy stones.

Then, she swam to the edge of the shield and looked at the energy that was contained within the shield and had not escaped. She felt a little excited, knowing that in time, the energy in the shield would surely increase.

For those who live here, long-term residence will improve their health, not to mention the benefits of physical exercise.

Lin Xia sent all the underwater robots out to search for new energy minerals, glanced at the constantly flashing information, and swam back.

Lin Xia first set up a protective barrier on the island prohibiting swimming in the sea before looking at her private messages.

As expected, they were Xie Cheng's people, wanting to discuss energy minerals, and Lin Xia also happened to need to meet with them.

Lin Xia set up an office building and a meeting room on the outskirts of the villa area and sent the address to several people.

She was playing with energy ores in her hand, some of which she had dug out from the bodies of mutated fish underwater, and some of which she had mined from energy mines.

When the group arrived at the conference room and saw the two piles of energy ore, their expressions changed. Lin Xia smiled and said, "I'm lucky. There's an energy mine right below the island. These are ore mined by robots. I wonder where the energy mine you're talking about is, and how far away it is?"

The group looked rather grim. They had found two energy mines, one of which was very close by, and the other was a little further away, but not too far.

Who knew that Lin Xia's island would suddenly appear and occupy the top of this energy mine? They were afraid that something unexpected would happen, and unexpectedly, something did happen.

They could have taken 60% of this ore and another complete energy mine, and even if they cooperated with Lin Xia, they wouldn't have suffered too much loss. Unexpectedly, this incident caused them to lose more than half of their assets.

Lin Xia lowered her eyes and saw that the others only looked grim but were not alarmed, so she roughly guessed that they had discovered more than one energy mine.

She didn't want to be the bad guy, but the true situation of the island wasn't suitable for others to know, so she had to apologize. Besides, since they lived on the island, they could enjoy the concentrated energy emitted by the energy minerals below, so she wasn't breaking her promise.

However, the next step is to carefully screen those who want to move into the protective enclosure.