China naturally could not agree to the West's exorbitant demands. After some bargaining, both sides compromised and signed another cooperation treaty.
The people at the underwater base were waiting for the Western mining robots, while Li Ke was mining day and night at the bottom of the mine. He had been mining for three days straight, and his body, which had just recovered, was ruined again.
When Li Ke woke up again in the energy pool, she didn't want to move at all. It was too difficult. It was said to be a small mine, but for her, she had been digging for so many days. The crystals next to the black hole had piled up into a small mountain, but she still couldn't feel the end.
Spatial awareness urged her to get up and continue working, otherwise everything in the space would remain still, and they would still be trapped here.
Li Ke lay in the energy pool, acting spoiled: "Am I some kind of heinous animal? Even animals get a break and some food, right?"
Spatial Consciousness: ...Didn't I already heal you to your peak condition? You're so ungrateful, aren't you?
Li Ke's eyes were lifeless and devoid of interest: You don't understand.
Spatial Awareness: ...If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be thrown out naked. I can't hold out for much longer.
Li Ke immediately got up and picked up the protective clothing that had been placed next to her. She had a feeling that the space had embezzled a lot of solar energy ore behind her back, but unfortunately she had no way to prove it.
Hell mode was activated again. Li Ke was thrown out as soon as she finished dressing. She picked up the tools next to her and started working.
While waiting for the mining robot, Xia Ji and his team continued to monitor the data outside the mine. Each time they calculated the results, they stood at the entrance of the mine and sighed in despair.
They were also extremely shocked by the mining methods used by the people here. According to the information they had secretly gathered, this small mine had claimed the lives of more than 20,000 people, and in the end, only a dozen or so solar energy ore particles were extracted.
And further away, there was an even larger solar energy mine, where countless lives had been lost—they dared not even imagine.
The sea was frozen and snow was falling. It took the ship that brought the robot a month to finally arrive at the underwater base.
During this period, China also developed some protective devices, but the experimental results after entering the mine were not ideal. They could only go down to a maximum of 1,500 meters before they could no longer withstand the pressure.
The delegation was also very much looking forward to and curious about the mining robots that the West described as highly reliable and efficient.
A small shipping container was sent to the underwater base, and when it was opened, everyone finally saw the robot's true form.
The nearly pure white, two-meter-tall humanoid robot, with a cold texture, was housed in a crystal cabinet. In appearance, it was not much different from other bionic robots.
Because China did not agree to the West's excessive demands, the three robots were changed to a rental arrangement. The members of the research team, wearing protective suits, stared intently, trying to discern any differences between the robots from their appearance.
Of course, things weren't that easy. Not long after the robots were unveiled, the people who brought them issued instructions for them to go down into the mine to collect materials.
The Chinese delegation split into two groups. One group followed closely behind the robots, watching them move nimbly towards the mine.
A group of people followed the person escorting the machine, warmly interacting with him and trying to get more information about the robot's energy core and protection principles.
Xia Ji, along with five team members, also wore protective suits and followed the robot, keeping an eye on it from both sides.
The elevator platform at the mine entrance had been moved away, and the three robots reached the edge of the mine, splitting into three directions and jumping into the mine one after another.
The Chinese personnel were astonished by their actions and dared not even blink. The next second, all three robots had their arms driven into the cave wall, which was three meters deep inside.
Then it kept turning around and going down, stopping and going down again, until it was completely dark and no trace could be seen.
After seeing the Western representatives off to rest, Xia Ji and the other members of the inspection team also took off their protective suits and stood at the mine entrance again.
The delegation remains very puzzled about the robot's core energy source. The other party's technicians are tight-lipped, and they have not yet been able to find out any information.
A teammate next to Xia Ji remarked with some emotion, "The joints of these three robots are incredibly flexible, almost without any mechanical feel. When they move, they seem no different from real people."
The inspection team and Xia Ji and his group shared the same sentiment. Regardless of the circumstances, they needed to find a way to overcome this mining challenge as soon as possible, since the rental fee for these three robots was not cheap.
The other party guaranteed that, under normal mining conditions, each robot could extract one solar ore unit every three days.
Li Ke was engrossed in mining when she suddenly heard a noise from above. At her depth, the cave was illuminated by the faint light of the solar energy mine. The light was fine, but most people's eyes couldn't handle it.
She stretched her back, her bones cracking, and looking at the three small white dots falling above her, she simply sat down, smashing the ore while thinking about how to catch these people and interrogate them later.
As they drew closer, Li Ke felt something was amiss. They were too big. The newly developed protective device looked sturdy and durable, and Li Ke wanted one too.
By the time the three figures were about to land near her, Li Ke had already stood up, gripping the crystal hammer tightly in both hands. Her legs were immobile, putting her at a disadvantage.
Li Ke's eyes searched for their weaknesses, but the three guys were too well-covered, and he couldn't find any weaknesses at all. Moreover, their movements were very synchronized.
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