Lu Yuan nodded slightly. He had heard of such things before the apocalypse, which was the so-called pyramid scheme. However, China cracked down hard on this scourge at the time, so these pyramid schemes were basically conducted underground. But after the apocalypse, people were starving and freezing, and it was easy for them to be deceived. Such things had become commonplace.
"Have you been working here ever since you were brought in? How long have you been here?"
"I arrived relatively early and have been here for about three months. The people behind me arrived later, some a month earlier and some only ten days later. Every day, our job is to collect ore here and then hand it over before we can eat!"
Lu Yuan nodded. He knew about the abilities of this crystal. Once it was discovered, it would definitely be collected in large quantities. However, Lu Yuan didn't understand why the Fifth District didn't announce this valuable item and collect it in a concentrated manner. Instead, it allowed these people to monopolize the industry, operate in secret, and cause a large number of deaths.
So Lu Yuan didn't hide anything and asked his question. However, when the other party heard Lu Yuan's question, he immediately let out a helpless laugh.
"Alas! This kind of thing is extremely rare, and the purity of each type of ore is not very high, making it very difficult to collect. And as you can see, this kind of ore only appears in this kind of rift valley. The people above discovered the existence of this ore, but they didn't have the ability to mine it, so they gave up this job and handed it over to these gold mining teams!"
Lu Yuan immediately understood, and then asked again, "By the way, how many people do you have in total? How much of this ore can you mine each day?"
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