Chapter 12
The mining process is very boring.
If it weren't for the system prompt, Qi Heng wouldn't have known how long he had been underground.
After about four or five hours, the Zerg around him stopped what they were doing and sat down to eat the dry food they brought with them.
Qi Heng could feel someone's eyes on him from time to time, but he didn't care.
Yun Jiu walked up to him and spoke to him, "Can you adapt?"
"Not bad." As he spoke, he took out a blue cassava from the cloth bag he carried with him.
This was what Yan Ning asked him to bring with him. Mining takes a long time, so he would just have a quick meal before starting again.
Qi Heng half-knelt beside the rattan basket and ate. The roasted blue cassava had a hard texture, and was even harder to swallow than porridge for him who was used to eating modern fine food.
"I've never seen you before. How did you get to know Yan Ning?" Yun Jiu chatted with him while eating. He glanced at his half-full wicker basket and said in amazement, "I almost wondered if this was your first time here."
“How do you dig so fast?”
This obsidian vein is a rich ore, but it is difficult to mine, and it is rare to dig so much on the first try.
"Just good luck."
Qi Heng certainly wouldn't say that he was able to dig so quickly because he had the system scan the weak points of the rock wall. He paused and said, "I happened to meet Yan Ning when I first arrived at District 49. He knew I had nowhere to stay, so he offered to take me in for a few days."
"I'm lucky to meet Yan Ning." This was the statement he and Yan Ning agreed upon.
Yun Jiu nodded and said, "Indeed."
The conditions of the Zerg in Area 49 are not very good. Under such circumstances, Yan Ning is still willing to take Qi Heng in. Isn't it just good luck?
"I heard from Yan Ning that you have a good relationship with his brother." Qi Heng tried to get closer to Yun Jiu.
Yun Jiu hummed and said, "His brother and I grew up together. If his brother were still alive, Yan Ning wouldn't have had such a hard time..."
"How did his brother die?" Qi Heng asked after a moment's hesitation. "He just said his brother was in an accident and is gone."
Yun Jiu frowned: "What accident? That's clearly—"
Qi Heng didn't wait for the second half of the sentence.
Yun Jiu curled his lips and said, "It's not an accident anyway, there's nothing to say."
"I'm done eating, let's continue."
Yun Jiu's unwillingness to continue was too obvious, so Qi Heng didn't want to ask any more questions, so he just said, "I've almost finished eating."
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Qi Heng imitated Professor Yun Jiu's posture and climbed out of the mine, which was more than ten meters high, carrying the ore in the vine frame on his back.
Although the quality of this body was much better than his original one, the ore weighing hundreds of kilograms still made him feel a little tired.
The moment he climbed out of the mine, his forehead was covered with fine sweat, the palms of his hands holding the rope were rubbed red, and a layer of skin was rubbed off at the base of his hands.
If someone had told him a few days ago that he would have to go to a remote place to sell his labor and work hard in mining, Qi Heng would have spat in the other person's face - it was simply nonsense.
Who would have thought that the hands that were holding pens and tapping keyboards not long ago would today be reduced to mining and rock climbing.
Qi Heng took a deep breath, took down the wicker basket, stood up and dragged it to the side so as not to delay the other female insects below from climbing up.
After many years, he once again experienced the hardships of life.
"You look terrible. Are you okay?" Yun Jiu stood beside him, patted his shoulder and asked worriedly.
Qi Heng didn't realize how pale he was at the moment. Hearing this, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not that fragile."
Having said that, he knew in his heart that for him who had never done heavy work, today's exercise volume exceeded the limit.
"Let's go. We still need to exchange these ores for points."
In an open space not far from the mine, Unicorn Twenty-Eight, who had just asked them to go down the mine, was counting the ore dug out by the female insects.
"It's getting late." Qi Heng adjusted his breathing and tried to keep himself calm.
If we delay any longer, it will be completely dark and the way back will be difficult.
Yun Jiu was speechless: "You are right."
They walked towards where the one-horned man was.
Qi Heng could see basket after basket of ore being dumped on the ground, and then the female insects took over pieces of metal, each one finger wide, from the hands of the unicorns.
Is this what I get for digging all day?
He thought, it was their turn.
"Sir, this is the ore I dug out. Please count it." Qi Heng imitated Yun Jiu's words.
Unicorn Twenty-Eight only felt a shadow covering him. When he looked over, he couldn't help but raise his head to look up at the other party. It was the particularly tall female insect... Damn, why is this female insect so tall?
If Qi Heng knew what Dujiao Twenty-Eight was thinking, he would be in a dilemma.
It's not his fault that he's tall. With a height of 1.87 meters, standing in front of the unicorn who is only 1.6 meters tall, even if he doesn't try to, he'll be looking down at him.
"Lower your head." Unicorn Twenty-Eight pulled the corners of his mouth downwards and said unkindly.
"yes."
Although he imitated Yun Jiu and the others in a seemingly respectful manner, he actually didn't feel the slightest bit of respect in his heart. Not to mention that there was no one in the world he could be respectful to, even if there was, it wouldn't be the One-Horned Man.
What is there to respect about a species of commercial slaves that is not even taken seriously when playing games?
What's more, the unicorn in front of him is enslaving the Zerg in disguise. Whether looking at it from his point of view or from the perspective of the Zerg, this unicorn is extremely annoying.
"Pour out the ore." said One-Horned Twenty-Eight.
Qi Heng bent down to pour out the ore from the wicker basket, but before he could stand up, his attention was attracted by something thrown on the ground.
A voice came from above: "Pick it up yourself."
It was a piece of metal, red like copper, with the number '5' engraved on it.
Is this considered humiliating yourself?
Qi Heng picked up the metal piece nonchalantly and said, "Thank you, sir."
We still have to do some surface work.
Among the calm female insects that were about 1.75 meters tall, Qi Heng's height, which was more than ten centimeters taller, was so outstanding that it was no exaggeration to say that he stood out from the crowd, even though he was just standing upright normally without showing anything in particular.
Yun Jiu pulled him out of that area and ran in the direction he came from.
"Let's go back first."
It was getting dark, and the night in the wild was not only cold but also unsafe.
Qi Heng ran all the way and barely kept up with the speed of Yun Jiu in front of him.
Only after they entered Area 49 did Yun Jiu slow down his pace and whisper to him, "The One-Horned Man always likes to cause trouble for us. You were right not to confront him just now."
"Do I look so irrational?" Qi Heng smoothed his hair and smiled meaningfully.
"If it was just the extent of what happened just now, I wouldn't be angry."
Part of the reason was that he had just arrived and didn't want to cause trouble for himself. Another part was that as long as it didn't cross his bottom line, he could ignore it.
To put it bluntly, there is nothing in this world that he cares about, so if he doesn't care, he won't get angry.
Yun Jiu didn't know what Qi Heng was thinking, he just thought he was good-tempered and didn't care.
"Are you going tomorrow? If so, we'll meet at the door."
Qi Heng: "Go."
He has no other skills except mining, and it is not easy to support himself in this slum. What is more important is that there is a chance of digging up high-purity ore when mining.
No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. If no other way to replenish energy is found, the ore in the mine is the only source of energy for the system.
Obsidian crystal cannot replenish much system energy, but more precious minerals such as high-energy crystal ore can replenish a lot. As long as you give yourself time, you may not be able to get it.
Qi Heng found the location of the high-energy crystal mine closest to him from the mineral vein distribution map. He still had to figure out how to obtain it slowly - although it looked close on the map, it would take a lot of time to actually reach the location of the high-energy crystal mine.
Yan Ning's home.
"I'm back."
When Qi Heng entered the house, a gust of cold wind blew in, and the temperature outside dropped from over 20 degrees Celsius during the day to single digits.
Fortunately, the Zerg can regulate their body temperature, otherwise he would be shivering with only a long-sleeved shirt.
"Brother Qi, how did you feel about going to the mining area with Brother Yun Jiu today?" Yan Ning's concerned voice sounded.
"Is mining tiring? If you are too tired, you can rest at home tomorrow."
The fire burning under the stove in the house brought some light. Yan Ning was sitting next to him stirring the porridge in the pot, her green eyes looking at him with concern.
“I can still adapt.”
He knew Yan Ning meant well by saying that, but that was precisely why he felt even more embarrassed to eat and drink for free from her.
After dinner, Qi Heng checked the insect eggs.
After just two days of soaking, not much change was seen, so I just told Yan Ning to continue soaking the eggs in the perilla juice tomorrow.
That night.
Qi Heng closed his eyes and lay down but he didn't feel sleepy.
Ever since he dreamed the night before last about the scene that dominated his life ten thousand years ago, he had developed an inexplicable resistance to sleeping. The inexplicable feeling made him a little irritable.
His intuition told him that the dream would only benefit him and not harm him, but he couldn't help but reject it subjectively.
Last night he chose to cultivate his mental strength in order to avoid dreaming, and when he woke up the next day he was still refreshed and energetic.
From this we can see that it is feasible to replace sleep with spiritual cultivation.
Not only that.
After practicing for a night, his mental strength in his personal attributes increased by 10 points, and the maximum value increased from 75 to 85.
In contrast, the degree of integration has not changed.
In the long run, fusion is necessary and spiritual cultivation cannot be stopped. The former is related to the state of this body, and the latter is related to whether one can protect oneself when encountering danger.
After weighing the pros and cons, Qi Heng chose to cultivate his mental power first.
The minimum standard for the first level of mental power control is a mental power value ≥ 100. Once you reach the first level, you can initially try to use mental power to attack. He is eager to try it.
If nothing unexpected happens, such peaceful days will last for a while.
However, plans cannot keep up with changes, and two days later Yan Ning got into trouble.
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