The bearded man's name is Honorato, and he is a member of the Lan family's gathering force. In this operation, he participated in the extraction of various extraordinary resources.
Honorato was born on a planet that is extremely rich in mineral resources. He grew up in the mining area since he was a child and has a deep understanding of the various mineral resources abundant in the Dark Star Alliance.
This time, Operation Plague Relics was something that Honorato fought hard for. After many tests and selections, he finally got the opportunity to join the collection force among countless competitors.
According to the conditions given by the Lan family, as long as he participates in the operation, no matter what the outcome is, he will definitely get a large sum of money, as well as five life gene potions and a dark spirit affinity potion.
The former is used to greatly increase the life span of ordinary people, which he and his family need to use, while the latter is used to increase the affinity of dark spiritual power, allowing people who do not have the talent for dark spiritual power to have it. There are more chances to awaken and become a dark spirit. Although this is not 100%, and the probability is even a little bit confusing, it does not affect people's flocking to it.
For ordinary people in this world, becoming a real dark spirit is always the fastest way to get ahead, and Honorato plans to give his daughter such a bottle of potion. He does not want her to be like him in the future. , can only stay in the mine for the rest of his life.
It is precisely because of this that Honorato chose to join this ruins operation and became a glorious miner in the collection team.
Of course, in addition to these basic rewards, the Lan family also promised to issue additional rewards based on the number of ores obtained by each person.
Therefore, when the foreman asked Honorato to go back and rest first, the latter obviously hesitated.
"Foreman, I feel like I can still work for a while. I'll leave with everyone later."
Honorato declined the foreman's proposal, waved the mining tool again, and started working seriously.
Because of the impact of the internal environment of the plague ruins, it will be very difficult for everyone to move here, especially the ordinary people in the collection team. If they don't wear exoskeleton armor, they won't even be able to leave the base. , I'm afraid it will be torn apart instantly as soon as I take a step.
"My current physical fitness level is less than 40%. I must return before it falls below the safety threshold. I should be able to continue working for three hours. If I'm lucky, I might be able to dig out a rough stone. …”
While Honorato was groping in the mine, he was always paying attention to his physical strength.
Here, every miner must pay attention to this attribute of their own. This is a numerical display of the exoskeleton's adaptability to their own physique. Once the physical fitness value is lower than 20%, they will encounter dangers at any time. It's dangerous, and every minute and every second of your body working in this extreme environment is torture.
Honorato manipulated his detection instrument to search for a while, and after digging through a large number of ordinary rocks, he finally discovered a new Olhast ore.
"Onorato, you are very lucky. It seems that you have gained something again?"
A friend passing by saw this and couldn't help but cast an envious look.
Honorato greeted the other party and immediately began to dig in earnest.
"Damn it, this stone is stuck a bit deep. I'm afraid it's difficult to get it out from this angle. If you dig it directly, it's likely to cause damage. You have to change the angle..."
He gestured against the rock wall for a long time, but he still couldn't find a suitable starting point.
The piece of ore in front of him was very large, and Honorato felt that if he could get it out, he would be rewarded with a large contribution value.
Honorato considered it carefully for a long time, and finally selected a location and started collecting with the mining tool in his hand.
However, just when the mining machine touched the rock wall in front of him, the surrounding space shook for a while, and dirt and gravel fell. Honorato lost his footing and almost fell down.
"what happened!?"
Honorato was shocked and looked around quickly.
"Run! The mine is about to collapse! Run!"
The shouts of my companions came to my ears, and the mine suddenly became a mess. Everyone here knew the consequences of the collapse of the mine, especially in such an extremely harsh environment. Ability to remain calm in such situations.
The terrain of Olhast's ore veins is very complex, and mining is extremely difficult. Coupled with the environmental restrictions in the plague ruins, skilled technicians are required to collect ore here.
Those who can come down here are all leaders in this field. They know the situation they are facing better than anyone else.
Honorato was so anxious that he was sweating. He threw away the mining device decisively, then turned the power of the exoskeleton armor to the maximum, and followed the others towards the exit above.
"Boom!"
The violent sound came again, and the vibration was stronger than expected. Honorato and others just ran out and were blocked by rubble not far away. A group of seven or eight people were blocked in the tunnel. In a temporary rest room.
Fortunately, this resting room is made of strong dark spirit materials, and its hardness is very trustworthy. It has remained intact amidst the increasingly violent vibrations.
"What's going on? Why is the level of vibration so high!?"
Someone grabbed a railing with panic on his face and said, but even so, his body could not stop swinging with the shaking of the ground, as if the room he was in had become a plaything in the hands of a giant, being constantly moved up and down. Rolling and fiddling.
Fortunately, the shaking did not last forever. Although everyone fell to pieces, the calm environment told them that they should have survived.
"Huhu...Is everyone okay?"
A middle-aged man asked.
Honorato pushed himself up with difficulty and used the armor's built-in function to quickly scan his status. He finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that he was not injured.
However, after all this trouble, his physical energy level also dropped rapidly, and was now below the safety threshold, which caused a yellow alarm prompt to start sounding in his personal control system.
"No, no! This is definitely not a mine collapse accident! Our mining plan has been strictly calculated, and coupled with the reinforcement of the regional stabilization field, it is impossible for the mine to collapse so hugely out of nowhere! It is very likely that we are Were you attacked? Is there a monster underground here?"
The middle-aged man speculated and came to a conclusion that made everyone feel horrified.
"Monster? No way... Our luck won't be so bad... This is the Orihast mine. Even the demons probably won't be able to easily operate in this environment..."
Some people are not willing to believe what the middle-aged man said, because if it is true, the ending waiting for them will probably be very miserable.
Honorato suppressed the panic in his heart and managed to stay calm.
He tried to use the terminal system on the armor to contact the main control network of the base, but this action failed unexpectedly. All magnetic field link networks were paralyzed. Everyone is now trapped here, and it can be said that the sky is not responding, and the earth is screaming. The earth is not working.
"Wait, did you hear anything?"
A woman suddenly raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
Everyone was paying full attention, and soon they heard what sounded like someone talking outside.
"No, that's not an ordinary voice, it's a voice transmitted by spiritual consciousness. Someone is using spiritual consciousness to communicate. We are just included within the range..."
The middle-aged people in the team quickly gave a different answer.
Honorato also listened carefully and quickly agreed with his statement.
This rest room is well sealed, and there are airless plague ruins outside, so it is impossible for any voice to spread in.
And the reason why I heard the movement was because it was a certain dark spirit person using his spiritual consciousness to talk. I and others may have happened to be within the range, so I heard a little bit.
"The Lan family...you are finished...you are lucky...Olihast Rock...attack..."
Intermittent sounds came into Honorato's mind. After pondering for a moment, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and his expression couldn't help but change.
However, before he could remind the others, the rest room where the anxious man was was suddenly shaken again, this time more violently than before. It looked like the whole room had been kicked like a ball and rolled back and forth. It took several laps before it stopped.
"Crack~"
Under the influence of the terrifying energy, the wall of the rest room finally could not withstand the pressure and cracked several gaps. Everyone looked out along the gaps and unexpectedly found that they and others had already reached the ground.
"We were brought up from the underground...?"
Honorato just showed a surprised expression on his face, and then he was frightened by the sight he saw in front of him.
Just because from the cracks in the wall of the rest room, he saw the ruined walls of the collection base outside, as well as the visible human corpses scattered on the ground. Judging from their clothes, these people were the disciples of the Lan family. ?
"A disciple of the Lan family?"
There was a look of disbelief in Honorato's eyes.
These disciples of the Lan family are all control-level beings! Everyone in this group of people who can meet is a powerful dark spirit user. On ordinary days, miners like them would not even have a chance to talk to others.
And now, Honorato saw through the cracks in the wall the miserable deaths of these big men. The place outside was littered with the corpses of Lan family disciples, and among them were some people wearing bright red clothes lying there. And these people are obviously not disciples of the Lan family.
"They are... from the Rothschild family!?"
Honorato was somewhat knowledgeable, and he immediately recognized their identities through the bright red clothes on the other party's body.
No way, the Rothschild family's clothing logo is too easy to distinguish. They are all bright red robes. Honorato once complained about their clothes. They were so long that they would be difficult to move. Those who stumble are simply looking for sin.
But Honorato had no intention of complaining. He knew exactly what the Rothschild family's presence here meant. They were attacked!
"It was attacked! It was attacked! Many people died! Oh my God! Those people discovered our mineral veins and must have come to rob our resources! It's over, it's over..."
A young man who looked young suddenly broke down and cried loudly. His arms hit the ground beside him like a vent, making a series of dull sounds.
The companions around him hurriedly pressed him down and told him to shut up and stop making any noise, so as not to be noticed by those outside.
Judging from what everyone has seen now, the situation seems to be very unfavorable to the Lan family. Their corpses are everywhere outside. Although the Rothschild family members have also suffered casualties, they do not seem to be as serious as the Lan family.
"Everyone, be silent! Let's be careful! Don't let them find out there is anyone here!"
The middle-aged man finally calmed down the young man, and at this time he did not forget to remind the other companions.
Upon seeing this, Honorato's lips felt a little astringent. Can ordinary people like him really hide in the eyes of those powerful dark spirits outside? I'm afraid the reason why I haven't killed myself and others until now is simply because of disdain...
The rest room fell into an eerie silence for a while. Although many people understood that this kind of hiding was meaningless, everyone still subconsciously did not dare to make a sound. They all lay on the ground with bated breath, for fear of attracting the attention of those people.
Perhaps the scrolling just now brought this room closer to the center of the battlefield. Honorato can now clearly hear the voices of those people talking outside.
"Lan Gu, give up the struggle. Your elders are almost dead, as well as the Lan family children you brought and so many ordinary people from the collection team. If you don't want them to be buried with you, then just capture them as soon as possible. , maybe I can let them go."
A cold voice came into Honorato's mind. This method of spiritual dialogue was of a range type and did not distinguish between friend and foe. Anyone within this range could listen to its content.
"Lan Gu? Isn't that the patriarch of the Lan family? And as the person just said, are all the elders dead... How is it possible... They are all close to gods, how could they be killed so easily? Lose……"
After Honorato heard what the man said, his heart suddenly felt cold. Although he didn't want to believe it, judging from the miserable scene outside, what the other man said was probably the truth. The Lan family Really defeated! ?
(End of chapter)
