The pirates confiscated everyone's laptops, but Oakland was unwilling to hand over his. He quietly put his laptop into his storage ring and swapped it out for another. The laptop he had just used was his own, containing Oakland Campbell's identity. While the pirates couldn't use it now, they could still find the name of the laptop's owner. The laptop he pulled out later was Ivan Percy's old laptop, which was enough to prove his identity.
A total of four to five thousand men were divided into three different warships. The able-bodied men were taken to the first ship, the attractive men and women to the second, and the rest to the third. Oakland had assumed that with Ivan's delicate and endearing appearance, he would be assigned to the second ship, but for some reason he was assigned to the first. With his small arms and legs, squeezed among the burly men, he looked like a lamb among lions. The scene was truly jarring.
"Frank, is it really okay for you to do this? If the captain finds out, you will be in trouble!" A red-haired pirate whispered to the green-haired Frank.
"Tsk, I just want to teach him a lesson. A few days of hardship won't do him any harm." Frank also answered in a low voice, and at the same time stuffed a few nutrient supplements into the other party's hands. These were the ones they had just confiscated from the civilian airship. He had secretly hidden a few of them, and now they were all his.
The other party weighed the nutrient in his hand and stopped talking.
But how could their conversation be hidden from Auckland's consciousness?
The reason why Oakland had been quietly listening to their orders was to penetrate into the dark star field. He wanted to know what the purpose of these pirates was in kidnapping so many people.
The Dark Star Region has backward resources, with food and medicine being the most scarce. High-quality nutrient solutions like this are rare.
The warship flew very fast, which was by no means comparable to civilian airships. It only took them a few hours to enter the range of the dark star field.
The Dark Star Region is just as its name suggests, it is in darkness all year round, and only a few planets have a period of light.
The first battleship that Oakland was on landed on a dark planet. It was pitch black everywhere. After the pirates got off the battleship, they turned on several flashlights and used the weak light they emitted to illuminate the space.
"Move! Hurry!" The pirates' vicious shouts echoed from behind. The kidnapped group stumbled forward, occasionally bumping into each other or tripping in the darkness. Fortunately, these strong men were mostly orcs or humans with good physiques, and they quickly adapted. Auckland, on the other hand, quietly squeezed into the crowd, walking at a leisurely pace. The surrounding darkness had no effect on him at all.
They were taken to the outside of a mine, which was brightly lit, and they could finally see clearly where they were.
The place where they are is a resource planet. It is barren due to the lack of light, but there are rich mineral deposits buried underground.
Each of them was given a wide metal bracelet, a hat with a light and a shovel, and asked to dig. It seems that the pirates kidnapped these strong people in order to use them as labor.
"This metal bracelet is implanted with positioning and sensing devices. Once someone runs out of the range of the mineral vein, they will be discovered immediately. So you'd better behave yourself and don't have any inappropriate thoughts, otherwise you will definitely not want to know the consequences." A pirate threatened viciously.
Oakland scanned the bracelet with his spiritual sense. It contained not only the locator and sensor the man had mentioned, but also concentrated explosives. If they strayed beyond the designated range, they would likely be blown to pieces. He scanned the pirates again with his spiritual sense and found a key to unlock the bracelet on one of them. After leaving a spiritual mark on this person, he tossed his own bracelet into the storage ring, creating a deceptive illusion for his own bracelet, making others mistake it for the metal bracelet the pirate had given him.
"You must hand in ten kilograms of ore every day in exchange for a bottle of nutrient solution. If you fail to do so, you will have to starve." This number is not too demanding. As long as they don't get lazy, they can still complete it. Perhaps it is not easy for the pirates to kidnap laborers at once, and they don't want to kill too many people.
"Follow those people, they will teach you how to mine." After the pirate said that, he brought some people with numb expressions. These people had not been exposed to sunlight for many years, and their bodies did not look very healthy. Their skin was very rough, and there were many blood blisters on their hands. It seemed that they had been kidnapped here for quite some time.
After entering the mine, Auckland felt a strong spiritual energy coming towards him. This turned out to be a spiritual stone vein! ! ! And it was a very high-quality spiritual stone mine! !
In such an environment full of spiritual energy, not only Auckland felt comfortable, but even Hall, who was held in Auckland's arms, squinted his eyes comfortably.
Auckland quietly separated from the main group and arrived at a deserted spot. Wielding a shovel, he quickly dug up the deeply buried spirit stones. Hall's claws were also formidable, easily pulling the spirit stones from the solid rock. The two of them worked together, digging with remarkable speed, as if they were digging beans from a block of tofu. Soon, a small hill had formed beneath their feet, a sight that would have been jaw-dropping.
After working for an hour or two, they had almost dug out the mine, so they stopped and began to meditate. Auckland stored all the spirit stones he had dug into his storage necklace, keeping only ten pounds for later use.
At the appointed time, a whistle would sound outside the cave, signaling the miners to gather their belongings and leave. They would then hand over their mined ore to the pirates in exchange for a nutrient solution before being driven to a row of houses outside the mine to sleep. The nutrient solution they were given was a murky white, as if it had been synthesized with inferior methods. Its nutritional value was mediocre, and its taste was poor, barely enough to fill their stomachs. This greatly displeased the comfortable Auckland.
The houses they lived in were very simple, with no beds or furniture, only quilts on the floor. Everyone just lay down casually and rested.
While everyone was resting, Oakland decided to go out with Hall to find out the background of these pirates and see what their plans were. He also wanted to see if they had any better quality nutrient solution and get some.
Oakland had to praise General Williams's ingenuity. With his black fur, Hall could come and go as he pleased, and no one would notice such a small black thing. If Hall still had white fur, he would definitely be very conspicuous.
The two of them reached the pirate camp as if they were in no one's home, completely unnoticed. The two pirates on guard were sipping nutrient solution they'd looted from their ship. It was a light blue, blueberry-flavored solution, clear and delicious, a flavor Auckland loved. Perhaps it was a rare experience with high-quality nutrient solution, so they were reluctant to finish it all in one gulp, sipping it in small sips.
Oakland curled his lips and continued forward, noticing the pirates loading all the spirit stones they'd unearthed today onto their warships, preparing to ship them out. With one or two thousand miners, each digging ten kilograms, that would be tens of thousands of kilograms of ore a day. It was unclear what these people were planning to do with all that spirit stone.
But they have plenty of time, and they will be able to figure it out eventually.
The author has something to say: The fourth small theater that was missing yesterday is back. Maybe it doesn’t show the emoticons. I removed the emoticons and it should be visible now.
【Happy Little Theater①】——Moshang
Lanlan: I got kicked, I feel bad!
Big Tiger: Who? Who dares to bully my daughter-in-law? I'll bite him to death!
Meiqiu: Don't be afraid, my wife. I have already disfigured him for you, even though he was already disfigured. Don't worry, my wife, I will secretly scratch him to death at night!
Little Furball: Σ(゜ロ゜;) Someone is bullying Lanlan?! Then I will... kill him with my cuteness!
【Happy Little Theater②】——Gold Coins Falling
Hall: I want to protect my wife!
Oakland: I don’t need it!
Hall immediately turned into a furry ball: Awooo!
Then I’ll act cute!
He grabbed Hall and started to stroke his fur and pinch his paws!
【Happy Little Theater ③】——Falling Cherry Blossoms
Lanlan: I’m so nervous. I haven’t played mecha before. Will I lose? It’s coming. Should I hide? (So panicked~) Hey, I got hit, but I’m fine~
Unnamed opponent: It's obvious that he's a rookie. He can't even dodge when he's hit. Hey, I can't hit him.
Lanlan: Just give it a light punch and see...
Confused face, eh, people pinch
Wow, I won. I'll be more gentle next time...
Unnamed Rival: Who am I, where am I...
Confused jpg
A good rookie
Lanlan: Mecha is so fun Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ
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