Mecha Xinghai

Chapter 1 Enough Saving

Parallel world, cosmic calendar 2721, the southern star field of the Interstellar Federation, resource star No. 1235.

This resource star is small in size, but in the various interstellar ports, spaceships come and go, and it looks extremely prosperous.If you observe carefully, you will find that most of the ships that come and go are transport ships that transport goods, and there are few commercial ships that transport people.Occasionally, I encountered one, which was also specially modified, with iron armor and copper skin, and was heavily guarded.

Because this kind of ship transports criminals, and this resource star is a prison, a resource star prison for prisoners to reform through labor!
The planet's No. 23 mine was under the scorching sun, but it was extremely dark inside.Only at each mining site, there will be a few bright spotlights to open up the endless darkness.

Under the lights are working miners and former criminals.Now they are all covered in mud, knocking on the wall of the mine, hoping that the next blow will produce the energy stone they have been thinking about day and night, so that they can maintain their families or live a dream.

In a remote corner, there was a thin boy in a dark blue mining suit, with an immature complexion but firm eyes.His name is Liu Shu, he is 16 years old, and he was sent here a month ago.

He used to be from a superior family and was a top student with excellent character and learning, but he was implicated by his parents, convicted and sent here.His younger sister, an innocent and lovely 3-year-old girl, was also convicted with him!
The willow tree, like everyone else, knocked on the mine wall one after another.The difference is that every time he hits, he almost hits the same point. Although there are occasional mistakes, it does not affect the overall situation.He can break open a stone with seven or eight blows that others can only break with a dozen blows.

After smashing the stone in front of him, Liu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the mine brain, "Statistics on the accuracy of this time!".

With this voice, his mine brain projected information on his retina:
Percussion: 1235 times

Accuracy: 91% (deviation less than 1 cm)

Miners should have been trained before they could work, but this planet is governed by prisoners, and criminals would not have the patience to teach them.As soon as a newcomer arrives, he will throw a mining brain to the newcomer, saying that there are basic materials in it, so that the newcomer can learn by himself.

The mining brain is a castrated version of the optical brain in normal society. It was originally a tool to assist mining, but now it has an additional function: teaching. Fortunately, there are many high-definition tutorials in it. Learning to mine is not difficult.

Tapping a little bit continuously can break the stones faster, which is a skill taught in it.Some people don't care about it, while others take it as good advice.

Liu Shu is the latter type of person, and he is the best among them, because he only took one month to reach the current level, which is the level that most people can only reach in three months.

Being able to reach this level so quickly was not only because of his talent in this area, but also because he left early and returned late, spending several times the time of others mining.He wanted to save enough money as soon as possible to renew his sister's contract of protection!
The protection period is a characteristic of this planet. Newcomers have a three-month protection period here. No one is allowed to harm or rob newcomers during the protection period, otherwise they will be severely punished.Everyone can renew the contract once at a flat price, and if they want to renew the contract later, the price will increase exponentially.

After checking the information, Liu Shu frowned, thought about the state of mining just now, nodded, agreed with the accuracy, and then continued to dig the mine wall.

"Crack" Another piece of ore was knocked off, fell to the ground, cracked into several pieces, and leaked bits and pieces of light. These light sources were energy mines, the main mineral in this mining area, and what the miners wanted most.

He glanced at the ore on the ground. The energy stone content was obviously too low to meet the purchase standard. He ignored it and continued to hit the mine wall regularly.

"Ding!"

Suddenly a different voice came out, and Liu Shu's eyes widened, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he waved tools around him.After a while, an energy mine the size of a fist appeared in front of him.

This energy mine is very bright, and its light can be clearly recognized under the illumination of the miner's lamp.Willow looked at the energy mine in his hand, smiled, and said to the mine brain, "Detect!"

A ray of light is emitted from the optical brain and shines on the energy mine.

"checking……"

"Test result: content 61%, medium-grade energy ore, worth 600 federal coins. There is 1 free test left today."

The absent worker not far away saw Liushu dug out a medium-grade ore, and envied him, "Congratulations, Liushu, this piece is worth more than 500, and it is almost catching up with my weekly income. You are so lucky!"

Willow smiled at him, "It's okay, it's been a month since I came across one piece!"

"What's the current price for the renewal of the protection period?" He then asked.

"Today's price is 5016." A string of information was displayed on the mine brain.

"My sister has saved enough for the renewal fee! But why has the price gone up again?" Willow frowned as she looked at the projection of the mining brain, "Wait a minute, wait until the maintenance day to buy it, maybe it will be cheaper!"

Just about to continue mining, the mailbox in the upper right corner of the mining brain suddenly flickered.

Willow was very puzzled, "The mine brain's email function has long been blocked, why are there new emails now? Who sent the email?"

With doubts, he clicked on the mailbox, and there was only one unread email in it.

From: Unknown
Title: I Have a Way to Get You Out of Here
Looking at the email, Liu Shu frowned and thought secretly, "The sender is unknown, and the method of sending it is unknown. I should send this email to ask me to do something, or want something from me. Is there anything I can do? What others can't do? Is there anything I have that others don't?..."

According to the current situation, even if he leaves early and returns late, he can only renew the protection period for his sister for one year.One year later, she will not be able to afford the cost, and when the protection period expires, my sister will be exposed to danger all the time, because the people around her are all criminals.

And this email gave him a hope, a hope to leave, leaving here, my sister will no longer be in danger!
So Willow stopped worrying and clicked on the email.

When the email was opened, the mine brain went dark, and a few lines of text appeared on it.

Task: Provide 5000 calories of energy

Reward: System On

agree refuse
Seeing these words, Liu Shu fell into deep thought again.

"5000 cards are equivalent to the energy of 5000 federation coins. I just collected enough 5000 to renew the protection period for my sister. No one knows this information except me. How did the sender know? Do you want to spend the money on Here? What kind of system is the system turned on?"

Willow figured it out, my sister still had two months of protection, and there was no problem in saving 5000 in the remaining two months.And I don't know if he is the only one who received this task, whether it will disappear, or whether there is a time limit.

Unexpectedly, he decided to exchange the 5000 energy in his hand for a hope!
So, he clicked agree in the email.

(End of this chapter)