To the east of Huoniu City is Luo City, to the south is Dusk Forest, to the west is Yongjiang River, and to the north is Black Stone Mine Slope.
Chen Wangping ran along the city wall for fifteen minutes and soon arrived at the north gate of the outer city.
"The hunting team outside Dusk Forest is short of a ranged player. A gunner or archer is needed. Level 2 abilities preferred. A share of the meat."
"To dig coal, one basket of copper coins is enough. Those who have undergone the awakening ceremony come."
"Dig mud from the Yong River, five copper coins per basket, and twenty copper coins for the pension."
“…”
Shouts like these continued to be heard everywhere.
The numb-faced crowd, wearing all kinds of clothes, walked into groups with different purposes, heading towards the same destination.
This damn wasteland!
Calming down his mood, Chen Wangping took a look at the mining area.
Just like yesterday, Guo Qikai's people led the team again today.
The lackey counted the number of people while Guo Qikai lay on the recliner to rest.
I heard from Lao Li before that Guo Qikai was originally from the slums in the outer city. When he was in his twenties, he was lucky enough to awaken the charging ability and directly joined the guard team, in charge of coal mining.
Relying on his familiarity with the psychology of the residents of the outer city, this kid extorted, stole and robbed people, and used the resources he scraped to awaken into a second-level mutant and successfully became the captain of the guard.
He is considered the number one figure in the outer city.
With his head down, Chen Wangping walked to the front of the mining team, lifted his cloak and revealed his face. After confirming his identity, he walked to the end of the team and lined up.
"Xiao Chen, you're here. It was a pity that you didn't go yesterday. There are new people in Hong Street. It's really exciting!" Li Dagou showed off excitedly with dark circles under his eyes.
"Is it expensive?" Chen Wangping asked curiously.
Li Dagou glanced at Guo Qikai and spat hard.
"It's ridiculously expensive. I have to dig for days before I can go. But it's worth it. I have no other use for the money, so I might as well have some fun!"
Chen Wangping patted Li Dagou on the shoulder and said, "If you have money, eat more good food to replenish your body."
Soon, there were more than 30 people in the coal mining team, most of whom were familiar faces.
Just as he was about to set off, Guo Qikai, who was lying on a recliner, suddenly heard a beeping electronic sound.
Following the sound, Guo Qikai took out a large device similar to a walkie-talkie from his arms, pulled out the antenna, put it close to his ear, and started muttering, his expression gradually becoming ugly.
Chen Wangping only heard words like "haunted" and had a vague bad feeling in his heart.
Sure enough, Guo Qikai put down the phone with a grim expression on his face. He pointed at the mining team impatiently and said, "You, you, you, and you, all of you, stand up."
The expressions of those he pointed at changed, and they walked out with heavy steps. One of them even yelled at the top of his voice, "Captain Guo, I just delivered you a gift the day before yesterday..."
Seeing this, Old Li, who hadn't been called, sneered, "These guys are useless. Guo Qikai must be up to no good."
Hearing the word "send," Guo Qikai interrupted the man with an angry roar, "Shut up! The people I just ordered will go to the normal mines, and the rest will go to Mine No. 112 to dig for blue iron today."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expression on Lao Li's face suddenly froze.
The hearts of the others who were not originally called out tightened instantly.
"What? Mine No. 112? That's the legendary haunted mine. Even several level 2 psychics have died in it!"
"I'm not digging anymore."
"I have something going on at home."
"Damn it! Isn't this just asking me to die?"
The remaining twenty or so people all gave up and turned around to run away.
"Bang bang bang"
Guo Qikai had unearthed a black pistol and fired three shots at the ground in front of them. His expression was grim as he said, "Let's see who dares to run. We're outside the city now. Anyone who runs will be a rebel."
After being threatened by him, everyone stopped running away.
Chen Wangping did not run away. He had long guessed that Guo Qikai would not let them go so easily.
Judging from his reaction, this was clearly a task assigned by his superiors.
If the person runs away, can he dig it out himself?
Guo Qikai is not a good man.
After shocking everyone, Guo Qikai smiled again and said, "Don't be so nervous. I can't do anything about the task I was given by my superiors. All you have to do is dig a basket of blue iron ore. A basket of blue iron ore only has four pieces!"
Seeing that no one was making any move, he added, "Also, I'll give you two hundred copper coins for a basket of blue iron! And I, Guo Qikai, won't be sitting around doing nothing. I'll light some spirit-repelling incense for you outside! I guarantee you won't run into those filthy creatures!"
The stick and carrot approach never goes out of style.
After hearing his words, the people assigned to Mine No. 112 gradually calmed down.
There's no way to run away, so if you stay and dig, you might have a chance to survive.
Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Guo Qikai struck while the iron was hot and asked his lackeys to drive two trucks over. He divided the people up and personally drove the trucks to take everyone to Mine No. 112.
"It seems the higher-ups value us enough to let this fellow light some spirit-repelling incense to protect us." Old Li said with a chuckle, "Two hundred copper coins is enough for me to be a bridegroom on Red Street for several days."
"What is this spirit-chasing incense?" Chen Wangping asked in a low voice.
Old Li explained, "I heard it can drive away evil spirits when lit. It's very expensive. I've never seen it before."
"So that's how it is." Chen Wangping looked outside and shook his head slightly.
Guo Qikai is willing to use such an expensive thing?
That's what's really weird.
I don’t know what the “more gains” in the wasteland tips refer to, and what the information in the prompts means?
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