Looking at the spirit stones being transported to the warship, Auckland's heart ached, and he wished he could rush over and snatch all those tens of thousands of spirit stones away...
But it's not possible. He still has an undercover mission and can't act rashly to alert the enemy and cause unnecessary trouble.
Sighing, Oakland continued to wander around the camp. He discovered that the Dark Realm pirates didn't have much of a leisure life, mostly just chatting and browsing the Dark Realm's dark web. What was the Dark Realm's dark web? It was a cloud-based network accessible only within the Dark Realm. It lacked holographic functionality and was only useful for browsing the web, watching videos, and purchasing items.
In the duty room, two pirates were using a light computer to connect to the dark web and were watching a live video in projection mode. Oakland was crouching quietly in the corner with Hall in his arms. He used invisibility to prevent the two from noticing his presence for a short period of time.
The battle video the two men were watching intently wasn't a mecha duel, but a full-on hand-to-hand fight. Blows flew back and forth, blood splattered, and they seemed determined to fight to the death. This was completely different from ordinary combat and a bloody scene unlike anything Auckland had ever witnessed.
Finally, a man in the video was knocked to the ground. His chest was heaving slightly, and blood was all over the floor. It could be seen that he was seriously injured.
Someone squeezed into the camera and raised the right hand of the winner, who was bruised and bloody.
"Damn it! Lost again!" One of the pirates kicked the wall in frustration, nearly hitting Auckland, who was crouching in the corner. Fortunately, he turned sideways in time and was not kicked, otherwise it would have been fun. After all, the invisibility spell only made his body invisible, but his body was still there. If that kick had landed on him, he would have been exposed immediately.
"Hahaha, Kenny, how many federal coins did you lose this time?"
"Ten thousand!"
"Oh my, ten thousand?! Are you rich?"
"Hey, if there's any idiot out there who wants to come to me, please use all your connections to buy that new mecha storage box from the boss. This is my reward."
"What? There's such a fool? How can you talk to our boss?"
"Hey, I don't like what you said. Even though I can't say it now, who knows if I can say it in the future."
"Okay, okay, you've made a fortune." The man paused and said, "But you shouldn't have bet it all away at once. Look at the one you bet on, it's too weak."
"I saw him win last week, didn't I? I thought he could keep up the momentum!"
"Tsk tsk, he won a tough victory last week, so he must still be injured. The fighting arena can't possibly give them any good medicine. I guarantee he went into the game with injuries, but it's just not visible on the surface."
"Fuck! That Richard in the fighting arena told me he was sure to win! I'll take care of him tomorrow!"
Oakland didn't listen to the rest of the conversation. He quietly carried him back to the house where they were resting. From the two pirates, he had confirmed that Arnold Percy had indeed escaped to the Dark Star Region and had close ties with the leader of the Blood Moon Pirates. Otherwise, he would not have tried to purchase the mecha storage box through his relationship with the pirates.
However, not long after he lay down, he was woken up by the pirates. The pirates drove all the strong laborers into the mine with weapons and forced them to continue working.
There was only darkness on this planet, with no distinction between day and night. Everyone's computers had been confiscated, and they had no idea of time. Those who had worked hard all day could only endure their sleepiness and enter the mine again to start mining.
Oakland once again secretly left the main group and entered another uninhabited mine. Working together with Hall, they dug up a large pile of spirit stones and stored them in their storage necklace. The small storage necklace quickly filled up, and he regretted not bringing enough storage equipment. If he had known he would encounter such a large spirit stone mine, he would have brought 1,800 pieces of jewelry and made them into storage equipment to store the spirit stones.
"Ouch!" Hall came over and patted Auckland's storage ring.
"Hungry? I'll get you something to eat right away." The low-quality nutrient solution they'd distributed yesterday had been incredibly ineffective and tasted terrible, and now both of them were feeling hungry. Fortunately, Auckland had made ample preparations before setting off, stocking his storage ring with a variety of high-quality nutrient solutions in various flavors, along with two large vacuum-packed boxes of honey-glazed dried meat and small fish, ready to nibble on whenever they felt like it.
The two of them each drank a bottle of nutrient solution, then shared a large piece of honey-glazed dried meat, and began a new round of training with satisfaction.
Practicing in this mine cave filled with abundant spiritual energy, their practice speed has increased a lot. After the accumulation of the past few days and the opportunity now, Auckland broke through to the third level of the foundation-building period in one fell swoop, and Hall also passed the initial refining period and reached the Qi gathering period.
Demon cultivators are naturally gifted in cultivation. Their meridians are much wider and tougher than those of humans, and they absorb spiritual energy almost non-stop. Ever since Hall mastered the cultivation method, even if he did nothing and just lay down to sleep every day, his cultivation would improve. Not to mention that he practiced so diligently, and now he is almost catching up with Auckland.
Hall, who had reached the Qi Gathering Stage and had mastered the application of spiritual energy, was actually able to use some small spells. Looking at Hall's majestic appearance with all four paws in the air and mist under his feet, Auckland couldn't help feeling a little jealous. He deliberately stretched out his hand to poke the black ball's forehead, causing the majestic little ball to fall backwards.
"Awoo, awoo!" The little fur ball rolled up and wrapped its tail around Auckland's wrist, barking in dissatisfaction.
"Okay, okay, it's all my fault." Oakland smiled and stroked Hall's fur.
The two laughed and played for a while, and then it was time to leave the mine and complete today's mission.
Because the inferior nutrient solution distributed yesterday was not enough to fill them up, and due to physical fatigue, more than a dozen people failed to complete the task. They were beaten and kicked by the pirates, and were sent back to their rooms without receiving today's nutrient solution.
In the same room with Auckland, a young man had been beaten, his body covered in bruises. Although his bones weren't broken, it was enough to hurt him. Without any healing potions, he could only endure it. He was only twenty-two years old, still a student, and had just taken leave to go home for something, but unfortunately he got on that airship...
"You have to persevere, understand? If you fail to complete your tasks consecutively, you'll be sent to the fighting pit..." A senior miner suddenly spoke up. "If anyone can dig up more ore tomorrow, please give some to him."
The miner was about forty years old, in the prime of his life. He was very strong and his physique had reached Class A. He had been kidnapped here for nearly half a year and had been holding on. Now seeing this young man end up like this, he thought of his own son who was also in school and couldn't help but feel some sympathy, so he kindly gave him a reminder.
"What is the fighting arena?" someone asked.
"The fighting arena is just a fighting arena. There aren't many entertainment activities in the Dark Star Region, so the pirates force those they capture to fight bare-handed. The loser dies, and the winner lives. It's extremely cruel." Though the words were simple, everyone could still feel the chilling shudder. For them, all this was just entertainment; they gambled human lives for fun.
These space pirates are indeed as vicious as the legend says. They don't take human life seriously at all. It's really hateful.
"So no matter how hard or tiring it is, you must persevere. Otherwise, if you are sent to the fighting arena, you will die."
Because of the psychological pressure, no one slept well, and when they were forced into the mine by the pirates, they all felt very tired.
Everyone dispersed to work in different tunnels, while the dozen or so people who shared a room with Auckland gathered in one tunnel, intending to implement the mutual assistance plan they had agreed to yesterday. However, the rock in this tunnel was extremely hard, requiring a great deal of strength to break it. The days of hard work had left their muscles sore, and their mining speed had slowed down even further.
Auckland, eager to help, found a separate mine tunnel and used a shovel to loosen the ore on the rock wall. He then explained that the ore there was easier to dig, earning everyone's gratitude. They had initially thought Auckland's small arms and legs were surprisingly able to complete the task without looking as tired as they were. It turned out he was clever enough to find the loosened rock.
With Auckland's help, everyone's digging speed was greatly improved. That day, everyone in their room completed the task and received nutrient solution.
But the others were not so lucky. Among the dozen or so people who were beaten yesterday, several failed to complete the task and were beaten again.
Over the next few days, more and more people failed to complete their tasks, while those in Oakland's room were able to complete them successfully, seemingly with ease. Oakland stood out in particular. After all, he was the weakest of the group, yet he managed to complete his tasks every day and never got beaten. They didn't suspect anything was wrong with Oakland; seeing that they always worked together in the same mine, they simply assumed someone was secretly helping him.
Auckland knew that he had indeed attracted some attention, but he really didn't want to get beaten up for concealing his strength.
Gradually, some people became interested and followed them closely after entering the mine, wanting to see how they could ensure that they completed the tasks every day.
Naturally, Auckland could not hide the actions of these people from his spiritual sense, but he felt that the ore in this mine had been almost mined out, so if they wanted it, he would give it to them and then find another mine to loosen the rocks, so he simply let them go.
These people soon discovered that the rock walls of this mine were full of cracks, so it seemed easy for Auckland and his men to dig the ore, and they immediately decided to seize this vein of ore.
However, those who lived in the same room with Auckland did not think so. They had found this mine tunnel with great difficulty. It was the guarantee for them to complete their tasks every day and continue to survive. These people wanted to seize their mine tunnel, which was no different from wanting to murder them.
The two sides started fighting after a disagreement, and the fierce fight attracted space pirates. In the end, the pirates took both groups of people outside and found the small leader in charge of the mine. The small leader asked someone to record their names and prepare to teach them a lesson.
When the pirate in charge of registration came across the name "Evan Percy," he was stunned. Wasn't this the boy they'd been looking for? They'd confiscated his laptop, but he was gone. The pirate's boss was furious and ordered them to search everywhere. Who would have thought he was actually here?!
Looking at this person with small arms and legs, he clearly didn't fit in here. How could he be assigned here? Obviously, someone had tampered with this.
This kind of thing is actually very common among the star pirates, but this young man is different. He is the person that the superiors have specifically asked for, and I heard that he is also a heraldry master!
The pirate did not dare to delay and quickly reported the matter to his smaller leader.
The little leader was also very surprised and quickly reported the news. After being passed down through layers of authority, Auckland was brought onto the warship and the bracelet with explosives on his wrist was removed.
The person in charge of picking up Auckland was the captain who robbed the airship that day. The man following behind him with his head lowered was Frank with green hair on his head. It was obvious that he already knew where the problem lay.
Auckland deliberately used a trick to make himself look very embarrassed. When the captain saw his appearance, he immediately slapped the green-haired Frank hard.
Frank was slapped so hard that he vomited blood and even lost two teeth. It was obvious that the captain was really angry.
"Have you ignored everything I said to you? This is the person the boss wants! How dare you tamper with him?!"
"I...I don't know..."
"I don't know! How could you not know?! Weren't you the one who confiscated his laptop?!" The captain refused to believe his lies and slapped him again. Then he said to the other two pirates, "The boss ordered us to take him to the fighting arena and let him experience the situation for a few days."
"No! No! Boss, I was wrong! Captain, I was wrong! I will never dare to do it again!" As a space pirate, Frank knows best about the cruelty of the arena. Once he enters the arena, who knows if he can come out alive!
But the captain didn't even look at him and had him dragged away.
The captain then asked someone to bring a set of clean clothes so that Auckland could wash up properly, and prepared high-quality nutrient solution for him. The treatment could be said to be a qualitative leap.
The author has something to say: I had a writer's block on yesterday's second update, so it was merged with this morning's. Doesn't it look extra long and thick?! Hahahaha! Hurry up and give me some compliments!! Press your cute little paws and leave lots of comments so that the second update will be released tonight!
【Happy Little Theater①】——arinbs
Lanlan: These people are probably just being naive, stuffing me in the spirit mine. When I succeed in cultivation, I'll blow up the entire planet in revenge (to prevent any blind people among you from seeing things).
Hall: What about me? How can I help?
Lanlan: ...Come on for me?
Hall: ...After all, I'm the son of the God of War, right? Why is it that when it comes to my wife, I can only act cute?
【Happy Little Theater②】——Moshang
Lanlan: I'm so pretty, how could I possibly go mining?! Huh? There's something! Coal briquettes, dig quickly!
Coal Ball: Awooo~ Yes, my dear wife!
Lanlan: Considering how many good things they sent us, let’s go spy on the enemy at night!
Meiqiu: Okay, my dear wife, I’ll obey you in everything! Wife! Hug! (*≧▽≦)
p.s. I no longer bother to compete with those people below for sofas and benches. I will not open a furniture factory, huh!
↑↑↑What a little tsundere~hahaha~
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