Chapter 205: Collapse of the Scrap Iron Mountain
"Rare earth?" My friend has never seen it, but he has heard of it. It is a precious mineral that is widely used in electronics, petrochemicals, metallurgy, machinery, energy, light industry, environmental protection, agriculture, etc. If it is really a rare earth, it will be a timely rain for the development of the world today.
All the rare earths in the world were occupied and divided up shortly after the end of the world began. Their applications are so wide and their effects are so huge that they are indispensable for occupying a certain dominant position in the end of the world.
Duan Jianghe nodded and said, "It is indeed rare earth." It is a great treasure.
The little friend was so happy. This was the aura of the protagonist. He could always find treasures that others couldn't.
The pangolin dug a hole more than a hundred meters deep, and the air inside was not circulating. Ao Chengyi and Lan Shiruo had no intention of going in, so they could both collect it remotely. After feeling it carefully, it seemed that the entire mountain was filled with air.
Collecting is a slow process. There is a rock layer blocking the way below, and the distance is getting farther and farther. Their mental strength is not as strong as Lebao's. The two of them take turns, but the progress is still slow. Little Lebao is getting very anxious. He is so powerful, why doesn't he let him go?
Seeing the morning glow, the little creature quickly encouraged the pangolin to dig another hole.
The little fool liked little Lebao very much, so he went to do it secretly with his head shaking. The four great kings secretly covered for the two of them, and they did it very well. This was how they covered for Lebao when he did bad things in the past.
It didn't take long to dig the hole, and the little ones squatting together didn't attract the attention of the girls and men until the top of the mountain suddenly collapsed. They were on the mountainside, and the rocks under their feet were shaking, and the hard and thick stone layer looked shaky.
"What's wrong?" Guo Zi asked innocently.
"The scene seems familiar." Yunshui Yao touched his chin.
Lan Shiruo and Ao Chengyi quickly withdrew their hands, "The ground below is empty, and this place will collapse soon. Let's leave quickly."
The young couple was also stunned for a moment. They had collected the goods well, but in the blink of an eye they found that they were gone. Well, what else could be the reason?
The little friend's heart was pounding. The coal mine had collapsed in the same way before. He rescued his children and turned around and ran away.
Lebao was rubbing his fingers in his stinky father's arms. He just felt that his parents were too nagging, and when he got anxious, he used too much force. He really didn't mean to do it.
The young couple had no time to settle the score with the little thing. The stone layer under their feet collapsed right next to their heels, and the dust raised turned the sweaty little friends into mud figures. They ran with red faces and thick necks, and almost couldn't breathe. The sweat mixed with the dirt made them covered in dust and looked as miserable as they could be. Fortunately, they were alive.
Looking at the bottomless pit, Lan Shiruo gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go back first. Don't let anyone find out that we made this place."
My friend felt the same way. Those people had an inexplicable passion for this place, and their fanaticism was unimaginable. If they knew that it was destroyed by them, they would want to tear them apart.
The huge rumbling sound inevitably reached the small town. Before anyone could react, the large team returned to the town as quickly as possible and moved into the containers. Their current state was not suitable for traveling any faster.
Lan Shiruo let out some water for everyone to wash, and after washing, the mud on the ground was one centimeter thick.
Clean up and no matter how busy it is outside, stay in your own place and rest peacefully.
After a nap until noon, the little friend got up slowly and filled his stomach.
From time to time, I could hear curses and complaints from outside. I lost hope for the future and felt extremely depressed.
I can understand the friends cursing, but can the destruction of an abandoned iron mine really have such a big impact and destroy the hopes and future of a group of people?
After finishing their meal and packing up, the large group prepared to leave and found that the people in the town were standing in a row, counting the iron ore in their hands and then using it to exchange for things.
What was exchanged was not food or daily necessities, but a small bottle of liquid whose contents were unknown. The bottle was only a few milliliters in size. The person who received it protected it like his own life. If the little friend took a second look at it, he would be glared at by a member of the team.
Girls and boys
"I think this thing is weird. Do we want to get a bottle too?" Duan Jianghe asked. Someone who just passed by opened the bottle cap a little, and he faintly smelled a very light chemical smell.
My friend had no objection and lined up behind the crowd.
The line moved very quickly, and people handed in their things in exchange for bottles. They were too impatient to say a word to those who were exchanging things, and they looked down on others with an arrogant attitude.
As they got closer, Zhang Yun felt that the person looked familiar.
"What's wrong?" The little friend noticed that Zhang Yun's breath and expression were not right.
Zhang Yun narrowed her eyes slightly, "If I'm not mistaken, the people sitting in front are my two younger brothers given birth to by my parents." Her two younger brothers are her biological father and stepmother. Her biological mother and stepfather gave birth to her when she was two years old. At that time, her biological parents had not divorced yet. It's really ironic to think about it.
The little friend knew something about Zhang Yun's family, but he didn't expect to meet them here by chance.
The people in front of the big team have left, and it is the turn of the big team to exchange. However, the little friends did not move. They stared straight at the two people who were working together to collect the ore and get the small bottle. They were more or less a bit like Zhang Yun. The closer they were, the arrogance on their faces was more obvious.
He stretched out his hand boredly, chatted with himself, and waited for the handover.
After waiting for a long time with no response, he got angry and said, "Are you going to change or not? If not, get out, next one." Without even looking up, he started yelling. The people in the queue behind him also grumbled, saying that if they didn't want to change, they should leave and not waste their time.
The whole team laughed, and Lan Shiruo asked, "We don't have iron ore. Can we use coal instead?"
The two men looked up and saw a fair-skinned, beautiful woman with a delicate and mysterious aura. She was more beautiful than those who claimed to be the most beautiful woman in the world before the apocalypse. They were immediately tempted, "Hey, beautiful lady, do you want to trade for coal?"
Ao Chengyi stepped forward with a dark face, blocking the two men's view of Lan Shiruo, "Don't you want the eyeballs anymore?"
Ao Chengyi's aura was intimidating, and the two men's hearts beat fast several times. But then they thought that they were just a bunch of unwanted trash, so what was there to be afraid of? They immediately regained their confidence and glared back at him, "What are you looking at? Are you trying to kill yourself? I'll grant your wish." No wonder they said they were just a bunch of unwanted trash.
The teams here are basically teams without any affiliation.
Today's security bases are undergoing a process of elimination, with capable individuals and teams being retained while those who are useless are removed by any means necessary. The current survival model is essentially group-based, and individuals and teams expelled have no choice but to form new groups and make a living outside the base. Their lives are not good, and they are not respected by others. This is exactly what these people are talking about.
Of course, teams without affiliations are not necessarily useless teams. Some people will not join any safe base because they hate being bound and prefer freedom.
Joining a safe base has its pros and cons. The pros are that you have a place to settle down and rest when you're tired and sleepy, and exchanging supplies in a safe base is relatively affordable. Outside teams have to pay an entry fee to exchange supplies at a safe base, and the exchange rate is low. If a crystal core is exchanged for one kilogram of rice for an insider, an outsider can only exchange half a kilogram. Also, when completing missions, if you mention your base's name, others will give you face and preferential treatment based on your base's ranking and capabilities. If you're valuable enough, the base will even seek justice for you if you've been wronged.
Thanks to all the friends for their rewards, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and collections. Have a nice weekend (*^▽^*)
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