Krypton Gold Upgrading the Earth

Chapter 70 The Cruel and Powerful Ruler

Everyone quickened their pace and their speed increased. After a while, a clear "ding ding" sound reached everyone's ears.

At the corner in front of the passage, a dim light shines through.

Director Li put away the rune stone for lighting.

"Ready to fight."

In this world of Cao Dan, one never knows what one will face in the next moment, and being cautious at all times is a necessary quality to survive.

The shield warrior raised his shield, blocked it in front of him, and entered the corner first, and the rest followed him closely.

"This is……"

The improvement of eyesight allows them to see things clearly even in dim light. Turning a corner, what appears in front of everyone is a living human being.

This is the first time since the game started more than two months ago that they encountered humans other than the residents of the City of Awakening.

Although it has only been more than two months, everyone present felt that it had been a long time, as if it had been a lifetime.

"Look, those people..."

Director Li recovered from his surprise and excitement, looked at the human in front of him, and frowned tightly.

A strange silence lingered in the mine.

Those people were in ragged clothes, with sallow faces and thin muscles, and dull eyes. They were like bodies that had lost their souls. They only knew how to mechanically wield mining picks.

"Xiao Bo, go and ask them about their origins."

"Be careful to keep your distance, there are mutated creatures that parasitize humans."

"Okay, Director."

A swordsman with a sunny face and a kind smile agreed.

Because the team was in the dark, the miners didn't see them.

The Sunshine Swordsman walked not far from the miner closest to the team, and said to him:
"Uncle, what is this place?"

The miner, whose hair was messy, trembled when he heard Xiao Bo's words. The mining pick slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

He turned his head suddenly, his expression was numb, and when he saw Xiao Bo, his pupils constricted and a little light shone in his eyes.

Then he stared closely at Xiao Bo's light armor and weapon, and the light in his eyes went out again immediately.

"You are not one of them..."

"Where are you from?"

Sunshine Swordsman said: "This uncle, we are from the City of Enlightenment."

Director Li stepped forward and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

The body of the miner with disheveled hair jerked violently.

"The City of Enlightenment, what is the City of Enlightenment..."

He answered irrelevant questions, and then, the miner's expression changed suddenly, with ecstasy in disbelief.

"You are from another human gathering place?!"

"Yes, we come from the third-level territory, the City of Enlightenment. We dug through a mine wall and came here along the passage."

The messy-haired miner exclaimed:
"Third-level territory! Dig through the mine wall!"

His exclamation was heard far away in the passage, and the other miners stopped digging and looked towards this side.

"What's going on, I'm being lazy again, you bastards, haven't you had enough whips yet?"

Accompanied by the sound of cursing, a figure with a whip appeared from the corner ahead.

The miner's body shook violently, and he felt himself trembling uncontrollably, with deep resentment and fear in his eyes.

Manager Li's eyes turned cold.

"kill him."

The team's mind passed by, clearly marking the sound and shadow holding the whip in front of them.

"whoosh"

A heart-piercing arrow was shot out, and before the man figured out what happened, he was fixed on the rock wall by the arrow.

His legs twitched a few times, his health was reset to zero, and he died on the spot.

[System prompt: You caused 2160 damage]

"I, I killed someone!"

The archer in the team was a young man who obeyed Director Li's orders subconsciously. At this moment, he realized that he had just killed someone, and his face turned pale and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Killing mutant beasts is completely different from killing living people.

"Don't panic, it's fine."

A swordsman beside him patted the bower on the shoulder.

Seeing this scene, the dozen or so miners in the passage fell into chaos.

"One arrow, that person..."

"You killed him!"

"It's over, it's over, we're all going to die!"

"They are terrible and cruel!"

Director Li said in a deep voice:

"To mine in the mining farm of Qiming City, you only need to hand over 500 gold coins per day."

"Whoever is willing to join the City of Enlightenment, follow me."

Director Li's two words were like a spell, and the 13 miners fell silent all of a sudden, staring directly at Director Li.

Then the shaggy-haired miner came out.

"Whether what you say is true or not, at least my situation will not get worse."

"I'll go with you."

"Uncle, I don't need to lie to you."

"Don't call me uncle, I'm 21 years old."

"..."

The remaining 12 miners had no other choice. With the miner "uncle" taking the lead, they all expressed their willingness to go back with Director Li after a while.So 13 miners followed the team back along the passage.

"How many gold coins do you have to give to the territory every day?"

Manager Li asked casually.

"Give them 3000 gold coins every day."

"That is to say, you don't have many gold coins left every day."

"Yes, just enough to fill my stomach..."

"What will happen if you can't mine 3000 gold coins a day?"

"They...will torture us. There are doctors...they will torture us until we want to die."

"You keep talking about them, who are they?"

"They are the rulers of the exchange crystals. Without their permission, we are not allowed to approach the exchange crystals."

There is a distance limit for system connection to exchange crystals, and the connection cannot be made beyond a certain distance.

"Exchanging crystals... what is the name of your territory, is there only exchange crystals?"

"Territory, what is a territory?"

The 21-year-old miner's "uncle" face was full of questions.

"The territory is..."

Director Li was at a loss for words, but after thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't tell what the territory was.

He came to the exchange crystal place according to the guidance of the guide task, but as soon as he arrived at the local system, he was told to complete the task and asked if he would join the City of Enlightenment.

Ask him what a territory is, and he can only answer "a place like the City of Enlightenment", but this answer is too idiot, Director Li naturally wouldn't say that.

Director Li changed the subject.

"Haven't you thought about resisting?"

Hearing this sentence, the miner "uncle" shook his head violently.

"Resistance is impossible. Those who have resisted will end badly."

"Those who resisted were tortured for a long time, it was too miserable...until those people got tired, they couldn't die."

"Those people, those rulers, are too powerful!"

Hearing the word "powerful" mentioned by the miner, the figure of Ling Fan appeared in the minds of everyone in the team.

"Definitely not as powerful as Master Ling Fan, but we should not underestimate them. After all, they rule a territory."

Everyone in the team frowned and looked solemn.

(End of this chapter)