Lin Xi can directly intervene in Zhang Lu's fate.
Let him instantly become a god or immortal in a chance encounter from heaven.
However, wouldn’t this be too boring?
What's more... for the entire Chaos City, this is the first battle between the heavens in Chaos City.
Lin Xi also wanted to try... if he could take advantage of this momentum and cultivate a useful talent in his own city.
Qualifications, luck, bloodline and even intelligence, none of these are valued by Lin Xi.
Because these can actually be obtained by transforming foreign objects.
If I had to say, there was something about Zhang Lu that Lin Xi took notice of...besides that illusive sight.
Just because he was strong enough and sad enough... However, even so, he did not degenerate into a demon.
From a victim to a shameless perpetrator.
Lin Xi himself may not be a good devil, but if he is training his subordinates... then he must still hope that his subordinates have some bottom line.
Zhang Lu has gone through many hardships, so of course he will not be the Holy Mother.
But in his heart, there is a bottom line that is unshakable and must be adhered to... This can become the cornerstone of his loyalty to Lin Xi after he achieves something in the future.
People with excessive conduct will choose to betray their past kindness for the sake of their moral standards.
And for those whose bottom line is too low... or simply has no bottom line, the price of their betrayal will be too low, and they will easily choose to defect under the temptation of profit.
In comparison, a guy like Zhang Lu, who looks like an ordinary person but is actually not so ordinary, is more likable.
Lin Xi looked away, his eyes constantly jumping between different worlds.
However, a ray of thought continued to fall on Zhang Lu.
Lin Xi understood that besides the fact that he was betting on and cultivating candidates.
Whether it's the Azure Dragon Demon Saint, the Mu family's Half-Saint, Bai Xuan, or the Jingmeng Sword Master... they all have chosen people.
They themselves cannot end.
But they will look for a proxy to take their place in the battle of the realms in Chaos City.
This can be a kind of evidence for one's own moral conduct.
It is also the beginning of a chess game.
The chess game in the game will have an obvious beginning.
But in real life... for people who are qualified to play chess, when do they start and when do they make moves... there is no trace at all.
In the world where Zhang Lu lives, Zhang Lu's story continues.
"First of all, you are not allowed to hide energy crystals secretly. You must hand them over before leaving the well. If you find any hidden possessions, you will be shot dead by the guards." The old miner who was responsible for introducing Zhang Lu said it lightly.
However, Zhang Lu did not dare to listen to this casually.
Look around, those soldiers standing on high towers, guarding all directions... and always targeting every miner with their sniper rifles.
Zhang Lu can guarantee that there will never be a false word in what this old miner said.
"Secondly, it is strictly forbidden to bring any sharp instruments down the mine. All mining work must be done with both hands. Energy crystals are fragile and will be destroyed if you are not careful. Broken energy crystals are useless, and the consequences of destroying energy crystals are very serious. If the accumulated energy crystals destroyed exceed three taels, you will also be shot!" The old miner mentioned the second rule.
This made Zhang Lu frown, even though he had sometimes put life and death aside.
But... he was unwilling to die meaninglessly before his revenge was avenged and his grievances were washed away.
"You can't destroy the energy crystal... and it sounds like the energy crystal is not large in size. Otherwise, if you destroy one of the slightly larger energy crystals, you might get shot directly." Zhang Lu thought to himself.
"Third, you are not allowed to leave the mine without permission. Even if you want to leave, you must go through three rounds of review before leaving."
"The fourth energy crystal cannot be immersed in water, so it is strictly forbidden to discharge any body fluids in the mine."
The old miner mentioned ten rules in total. Most of the rules were suffixed with 'shooting'. Such strict rules were not at all legal.
However, as a person who has seen the darkness of the world, Zhang Lu doesn't think this is anything.
During the six months of wandering.
He has seen drug addicts who are addicted to drugs and dare to kill people with a knife for a mere two thousand dollars.
He has seen some people just want to vent their anger, put a homeless old man on the roadside in a sack, drag him to the wilderness, beat him up, and finally abandon his body in the wilderness.
I have also seen wild dogs in the city, hiding like wolves in the dark and damp alleys, peeping at the well-dressed pedestrians... as if they were looking at delicious prey.
Civilization and barbarism, city and desert... Sometimes they are not necessarily completely separated, maybe they are also alternative wholes.
The rules for miners are very strict... so in contrast, their treatment is indeed excellent.
As a formal miner, the annual salary plus allowances is almost one million yuan. Such salary and benefits are something Zhang Lu never dared to think of before. Not only that, as long as you serve for three years, you can get the rank of first-class non-commissioned officer.
This point made Zhang Lu's eyes light up. If he could become a non-commissioned officer of a certain level, then if he wanted to reverse the case... he would at least have some connections at the official level.
Even if it is still weak...
For three days, Zhang Lu carefully learned from the old miners how to collect energy crystals accurately and completely.
After another week of repeated practice, we went down the mine together under the care of the old miner.
The mine is very deep, going straight down to the ground for about a hundred meters.
After that, the mines were connected in all directions, and there were no mine cars in the mines, because every energy crystal must be preserved in a high-end thermostatic box.
Under the leadership of the old miner, Zhang Lu entered a mine tunnel and reached the end of the mine tunnel.
On a stone wall at the end of the mine tunnel, there was a faint halo of light flashing, which was very obvious under the dark mine.
The old miner demonstrated by rubbing his hands on the rock wall, and his rough palms were like steel brushes grinding away the sand and gravel on the rock wall, revealing a small grain of rice-sized energy crystal wrapped in the sand and gravel.
He carefully used his fingers to pry off the sandstone around the energy crystal, then used a towel to catch the falling energy crystal, and then put the energy crystal into the high-end thermostatic box hanging on his waist. Everything seemed very skillful, although it was not easy.
Just the mere act of rubbing off a layer of rock with the palm of your hand is enough to impress.
"Okay! Just try digging here! I'll go to another mine. Remember not to rush at the beginning. It's better to go slower than to damage the energy crystal. There are cameras connected to monitors in every mine. Someone will see it." The old miner said, holding on to the box on his waist, he walked out of the mine and walked towards another mine.
Zhang Lu tried to rub his palms on the rock wall as he had practiced. The friction on the uneven rock wall made his palms burn with pain.
Zhang Lu did not stop weakly because of this, but continued to rub until his palms were hot and stinging, and the skin might break before he stopped. Because blood may ooze out of a broken palm, this is also not allowed.
The physical pain... was actually a kind of comfort to Zhang Lu.
When a person's soul feels too heavy pain but cannot release it.
Physical self-torture is an inexplicable relief.
Zhang Lu wiped his palms with a towel to avoid residual sweat on his palms, and continued to rub his hands on the wall.
This friction lasted for most of the day, but no changes could be seen on the rock wall, as if Zhang Lu had been doing useless work.
When the work was over, Zhang Lu had gained nothing.
Many miners gathered silently below the mine, waiting for the crane to come down. They almost only communicated with each other with their eyes, no one spoke.
On the second day after going down the well, Zhang Lu successfully unearthed an energy crystal in the evening.
Holding this energy crystal in his hand, Zhang Lu seemed to see a faint hope.
Then I carefully hid this little bit of hope... afraid that it would be easily swallowed up in the darkness where I couldn't see the edge...
The energy crystal is very beautiful. There are grains of starlight-like sand and dust flowing inside the amber transparent crystal.
In the next half month, Zhang Lu would gain something every three to five days, and he was basically no different from most miners. There are not many people who can easily collect energy crystals from the rock wall like Yuan Xiang, the old miner who took him before. In other words, he is the only one in this mine.
All the miners knew that Yuan Xiang had a secret, but...it didn't really matter.
After all, this is a 'civilized' mine, not a bitter black kiln.
No matter how strict the regulations are... they are only aimed at protecting energy crystals and avoiding private theft. As for the daily output of miners... there are no hard and fast regulations.
No matter how much you collect, the treatment will be the same, as long as the energy crystals are not damaged.
After the most important snow-burning festival every year, the weather in the Northern Desert became increasingly bad. The heavy snow covered the originally dusty and noisy world. Maybe it was because of the energy crystal mines under the mines, but it was not very cold. The miners were still there. Keep working.
The army has a huge demand for energy crystals, and the officer responsible for contacting the old miner Yuan Xiang has recently been urging the workers to rush the work.
Zhang Lu had guessed... This kind of energy crystal might be related to some kind of weapon that requires special materials.
It’s just that the news says that there is world peace...only local...and small areas that are not taken seriously by the world, there are wars.
So what is it that makes the army so anxious about harvesting energy crystals?
boom!
The strong wind whipped up snow waves, which broke through the windshield and poured into the deep mine shaft.
The cold and biting wind rushed in instantly.
The miners shrank into the depths of the mine in fear, waiting for rescue.
The biggest disaster is filling up the wells with heavy snow, because when the snow melts, it becomes water, and Nengjing Mine Cave is the worst place for water to enter. Therefore, the soldiers responsible for the rescue need to dig out the heavy snow bit by bit. They cannot use boiling water to melt the snow directly, let alone use fire.
There is a lack of food, cold clothing and even air in the closed mine.
A day later, some miners went crazy with fear and rushed towards the snow that was spreading deeper into the mine, and then were covered by heavy snow. By the time it was pulled out, the body was frozen stiff.
Two days later, some miners couldn't help but eat snow to ward off hunger and thirst, and then died of dehydration in the cold.
For three days and four days, the hope of survival became increasingly slim. The remaining miners looked at each other with green eyes, as if they were about to bite off a piece of flesh from each other at any time.
Yuan Xiang was old, suffered from wind and cold, developed a high fever due to lack of food, and his will became unclear.
Several miners finally couldn't bear their hunger and gathered around Yuan Xiang.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Lu stood in front of Yuan Xiang, holding a piece of energy crystal in his hand.
"If you come one more step, I will crush this energy crystal. The material spilled from the energy crystal will remain on our bodies, and the energy crystal in my hand exceeds three liang." This energy crystal is Zhang Lu It was accidentally unearthed after being sealed underground for a few days. It is in excellent condition. If it is handed over, it will be regarded as a great achievement.
Looking at the energy crystal in Zhang Lu's hand, several miners showed fear on their faces.
If Zhang Lu was serious, then even if they ate Yuan Xiang, they would only delay their death.
Special military dogs are trained in the mines. They can smell the smell of broken energy crystals on the miners.
"Okay! Wang Qiu! You're a good boy, just wait for us. Wait a few more days, and we won't eat Yuan Xiang. We'll eat you." A dark and short miner looked at Zhang Lu fiercely and threatened. Several miners backed away, but they always looked at Zhang Lu and Yuan Xiang with hungry wolf eyes.
Zhang Lu was very familiar with this kind of look. He had seen many of them during his six months of wandering, and he himself had had such a look. In the face of hunger, even the most civilized people will degenerate into beasts at any time.
On the fifth day after being buried under heavy snow, the mine was finally dug out, and the miners who had already fainted from hunger were carried out of the mine. This time, a total of nine miners died completely underground. Their family will receive a windfall of five million, which can be an inheritance from a distant relative or an unexpected lottery win.
But their traces will be deliberately erased by invisible forces, and gradually even the people closest to them will forget them.
Zhang Lu was given a week to recuperate. Yan Yu brought him some supplements and food through various checks, but he was sent out without a few more words with Zhang Lu. Although he is the boss of this mine in name, he has no qualifications to interfere in the affairs of this mine. All he has to do is to spread suspicion outside and make countless people believe that he is a mine owner with an ordinary small mine that is very inconspicuous and has not much output.
Of course, at critical moments... he is also a warning light and a siren.
If there are foreign forces that want to intervene in the energy crystal mine.
Then the boss of this mine will definitely be targeted first... Yan Yu.
"Can I come in?" Yuan Xiang opened the door and walked in while he was talking.
He recovered very quickly, even much faster than Zhang Lu. He was not at all like the angry person he was in the mine before. It was obvious that someone had used some rare special medicine on him.
"Do you have anything to do with me?" Zhang Lu looked at Yuan Xiang with an expression of indifference and resistance.
But Yuan Xiang sat directly beside the bed, and then said with a sullen face: "You saved me, and I won't hide it from you. I know that you have always wanted to learn mining skills from me. I have also heard about your situation. It's quite... difficult."
To Zhang Lu, the bloody past was almost like a nightmare, but to others, it was just the ups and downs of life. People know whether the water is warm or not.
"My method is very simple to say the least. It's a rough iron sand palm passed down from my ancestors. Nowadays, the world is dominated by guns... It's useless to learn it. It's easy to kill people as soon as you use it, but you can use it when you are young. If you are fierce and fierce, you will have to use your life to replenish the lost energy and blood when you are old. If you are willing to learn... I am also willing to teach you. If nothing else, it is very useful for mining." Yuan Xiang said stiffly.
It seems that he is not a very expressive person.
Zhang Lu said: "Learn! Why not learn?"
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