"Ding, ding, ding!" In the dark and narrow mine tunnel, a bare-chested miner lay on his back and got into a low mine. With a small mining hammer in one hand and a small mining chisel in the other, he was working hard to chisel the hard stone wall.
Not far away, another sturdy miner held a large mining hammer in both hands and hammered a dark boulder wildly.
Mining in underground caves is really hard work. Various minerals are hidden deep in the thick stone walls, and the miners need to work hard to break them open with hammer after hammer.
The underground rock is extremely hard, and the further down it gets, the harder it becomes. One can imagine how hard it is in such deep underground areas as the Ghost Cave Layer.
The mining equipment used by miners, such as mining picks, mining shovels, mining hammers, mining chisels, etc., can all be regarded as high-quality magical tools.
When a miner uses it, he needs to inject mana so that he can cut or break open the thick rock walls underground. Therefore, the miner must be a cultivator, and his cultivation level must be at least in the middle stage of Qi training.
"It's in stock!" As the mining hammer hit it, there was only a muffled "click" sound, and the dark boulder cracked into six or seven pieces of varying sizes. Another miner on the side quickly stepped forward to turn over. When he opened the gravel and saw irregular pieces of red rock embedded in the gravel, he couldn't help but shout excitedly.
These red-red rocks are "coarse fire copper ore". The experienced old miners can recognize them at a glance. They are considered a common mineral. They have been busy for a long time.
Then the two of them smashed and knocked, digging out pieces of red rock from the rocks, and then moved them to a bonfire in the distance.
Beside the bonfire were piles of various ores, large and small, which were harvested by the Lao Niu mining team of the Withered Bones Gang in half a day. Sitting next to the ore pile was a naked old man with dark skin, who was a member of the Lao Niu mining team. The leader of the team, "Old Black Bull," is an old miner who has been mining in underground caves for decades. He is responsible for registering the amount of minerals mined by each miner in the team.
"There are eighteen pieces of golden retriever, black head, and hot copper ore in total, three hundred and sixty three kilograms. Let's take a stamp!" Old Hei Niu clicked on the pile of hot copper ore that was delivered, picked up the account book, and wrote it down. , let the two miners press their fingerprints, and the wages will be paid according to the account book at the end of the month.
"Bump, bump!" Liu Yu, who was guarding a fork far away from the mining team and sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed to rest, suddenly opened his eyes. The Jinchun sword inserted on the ground in front of him flashed and turned into a sword light flying. He came out, made a circle in the dark mine tunnel in front, and flew back to Liu Yu. In the void near the top of the cave in the mine tunnel in front, two jet-black air waves burst out.
It turned out to be two invisible "shadow souls" floating close to the roof of the cave, sneaking closer, and were shot out by Jin Cunjian like a sword piercing a gourd. Liu Yu has been in the Withered Bone Gang for more than two months and has been serving as He is the mine supervisor of the Lao Niu Mining Team.
In addition to Liu Yu, there are two other mine supervisors in the Lao Niu mining team, both of whom are foundation-building monks. One is nicknamed "Black Bird" and is a slender Northland woman, and the other is nicknamed "Ghost Ya". The sixth building of Jifu is the captain of the mine supervisor.
Although he is called an overseer, his duty is not to keep an eye on these miners all day long to prevent them from being lazy, but to protect the safety of these miners who are mining.
Although mining is tiring and tiring, no one would think of being lazy, because the wages are directly determined by how much minerals they mine. If they were afraid of being tired and lazy, they would not come to this dangerous place to work as miners.
Not to mention that most of the miners in the Withered Bone Gang are gamblers who owe a lot of debt. Who doesn’t want to earn more spiritual stones and leave this ghost place as soon as possible? You must know that more or less every day, miners are affected by ghosts or monsters. Death from a beast attack, this is really no place for humans.
At this time, the three mine supervisors, including Liu Yu, each occupied a corner and were guarding the main forks outside the mining area where the mining team was operating. The underground caves and mine tunnels were complex. They needed to be vigilant at all times, otherwise ghosts would sneak in and injure people. Miners, especially in this ghost cave layer, all kinds of ghosts are very rampant.
Ghosts like "Shadow Souls" are not a threat to mine supervisors like Liu Yu, but they are very deadly to the miners who are mining minerals. If they are touched by these silent "Shadow Souls" A close-up sneak attack will most likely result in death.
"Old Niutou, come and take a look!" At this time, a tall and thin miner said excitedly in front of a thick gray granite wall.
"Liuzi, what did you find?" The mine manager, "Old Hei Niu," got up and ran over. It was obvious that Liuzi had found something good.
"Lao Niutou, see for yourself!" Liuzi pointed at the stone wall. It took him half a day to dig out a small two-foot-deep exploration cave. Liuzi was the prospector of Lao Niu's mining team, and he took the chisel every day. The mining equipment was aimless, going back and forth to dig holes in the stone walls.
"Silver sand!" The mine head looked inward at the exploratory hole dug into the stone wall. A circle of rocks at the bottom of the exploratory cave was actually glowing with silver. "Old Black Niu" had been mining for decades. It was obvious at a glance. This is the silver sand mine that has been found. The silver sand mine can extract mithril, which is a good product.
"Fire Tiger, Ice Monkey, come here!" Old Hei Niu immediately shouted loudly.
"Here we come!" Soon, two miners, one strong and one thin, trotted over. The strong man was nicknamed "Fire Tiger" and had red hair, while the thin man was nicknamed "Ice Monkey" and had silver hair. Both of them were old men working in the mines. Key members of the team.
"Blast it away!" Old Hei Niu pointed at the thick stone wall in front of him and said.
"Get out of the way, look at me, Huo Hu." The strong man took a few steps back and signaled the "Old Black Bull" and others to get out of the way. Then he waved his hands continuously, forming a magic seal, and took a deep breath.
With a "huh" sound, he breathed out a stream of flames, and the raging flames continued to spurt onto the stone wall in front of him, lasting as long as a stick of incense.
The original brown-gray stone wall was burned into pitch black by the flames, with some corners turning dark red and emitting wisps of green smoke. It was obvious that the temperature of the stone wall was extremely high at this time, emitting bursts of heat waves.
"Frost Spell!" As soon as the Fire Tiger retreated, the "Ice Monkey" who had been charging for a long time immediately cast the spell.
The temperature in the mine dropped sharply, condensing into a gray mist of frost. Driven by spiritual consciousness, layers of frost and mist gathered on the surface of the stone wall that had just been burned by the flames.
There was only a muffled sound of "click, click", and cracks appeared on the surface of the stone wall, like spider webs, and stones fell from time to time.
"Broken!" At this time, Old Hei Niu used his mana to condense a dozen spiritual energy bombs and shot them at the stone wall. With a loud bang, the entire stone wall collapsed instantly, revealing the silver sand buried deep in the stone wall. In the mine layer, dots of silver light suddenly appeared in the dim mine tunnel, and the entire stone wall shone like a star curtain in the dark night.
"Put down what you are doing and come here!" Old Hei Niu's face turned red and he puffed up his neck and shouted loudly. It is rare to see so many silver sand mines. The mining team is very lucky today.
"Liu Zizixing! When we get back from this trip, I will take you to the town to open a meat restaurant." Soon, more than 30 miners from the mining team arrived. Seeing the scene in front of them, they all smiled happily, and each one took a picture of the young man. Liuzi said with a laugh.
"Stop talking nonsense! Everyone, hurry up and work!" Old Heiniu waved his hand and ordered. The miners immediately picked up the things in their hands and swarmed forward. People in the front were hammering and knocking with pickaxes, and behind them they were picking up, carrying, and busy. Gotta be in full swing.
The entire mining team divided the work for most of the day to dig the silver sand mine on this level. It was not until the end of the day, when the camel team carrying the ore arrived, that it was completely mined. Beside the bonfire where the minerals were piled, there were more than a dozen piles of large and small piles. , the harvest is very rich.
"Gui Ya, your mining team seems to have a good harvest today?" The camel team consists of more than twenty moose, and the leader is the deputy gang leader Mang Shark. Mang Shark glanced at the piles of various minerals next to the bonfire and smiled. He said to Guiya beside him.
"Boss, these people found a silver sand mine, and their work was not in vain!" Gui Ya smiled, and a row of teeth appeared on the right corner of his mouth. Gui Ya had been injured by a sharp blade on one side of his mouth. It was better not to open his mouth. , the scar at the corner of his mouth opened, revealing a set of yellow teeth, disgusting and ferocious.
Gui Ya was in a good mood. The more minerals the mining team mined, the more rewards and shares the supervisor would receive. As the captain of the supervisor, he would get an even bigger share. With so much silver sand mine dug out, how could Gui Ya not steal it? Happy?
"Hurry up and pack the box!" Mangsha said with a wave of his hand.
The mine head, "Old Black Bull," took his miners and began to load piles of various ores into mustard boxes in batches, and then carried them on the backs of moose.
Following the pack team, another mining team, "Lion Belly", who had finished work, also stepped forward to help with the greeting of "Lone Lion", the mine head.
"Old Niu Tou, you can do it today!" Du Shi walked up to his old friend "Black Niu" and said with envy as he looked at boxes after boxes of silver sand mines.
Today, their "Lion Belly" mining team found nothing except some "cold iron". They were also attacked by the "Shadow Soul" and killed one of their brothers.
"Move quickly! Go back and rest early!" "Old Black Niu" said out of breath after a tiring day.
The mining teams set out from the camp at midnight and finish work at midnight. They need to work for nearly a day. When work is over, the camp will send three to four pack teams to haul the minerals mined by each mining team back to the camp.
The camp is still six or seven miles away, and we need to go to pick up other mining teams in the middle. We need to finish the harvest early, hit the road early, and return to the camp early to rest.
