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Fan Yu said tactfully: "I know about earth marrow ore."

At the entrance of Natasha's clinic, there are a lot of earth marrow ores filled with wooden slats.

Even if he didn't try to understand it, he would be able to discover some truths about maintaining the normal operation of the lower area these days.

This type of energy resource application can be seen almost everywhere in Panyan Town, including the huge column heater used to keep out the cold in Natasha's clinic, the street lights that illuminate the lower areas, and the food and meals in every household, including some items to assist in mining.

According to Hook, her father, Fishman, also has a mining machine that can use the earth's marrow as energy.

Officially speaking, "earth marrow" is the planetary marrow fluid of the planet Yalilo VI, and it is also a symbol of the vitality of this planet.

To Fan Yu, this is the "electricity" of his original world - it is something that carries civilization.

"This is a very smooth crystal that was processed before being transported up there. When we actually mine, it doesn't look like this crystal, so when we mine, we also have to find the exact location of the ore deposit."

The old miner spoke with the superiority of a master guiding his apprentice. He raised his head under Fan Yu's gaze and added, "Of course, we don't need to worry about this step. The mining operations in the large mining area are already very mature. With the earth marrow probes used by Fesman and those old guys, the number of earth marrow veins that can be mined in many areas of the large mining area has already been detected before we even start digging."

Fan Yu: "Did the large mining area last for many years?"

The old miner hummed and said, "That's right. However, in the past, Panyan Town was a remote and unnoticed place until a huge amount of marrow ore was discovered hidden underground here, hence the name.

During this period, there were actually quite a few disputes surrounding resources.

Especially after the upper district blocked us, these marrow veins are probably the only place those bastards in the upper district are willing to look down upon."

When talking about the second half of the sentence, the old miner's tone was obviously dissatisfied.

Fan Yu wanted to ask a few questions, but the old miner did not continue to answer these distant topics. He was one step ahead with his pickaxe, asking Fan Yu to follow.

……

Soon after.

Fan Yu walked around a corner and arrived at the real large mining area.

A wide road leads straight to the end ahead, where many makeshift tents can be seen.

The miners leaving on the other side of the road headed to the steep mine on the left. The road leading to the mine was built with rusty iron plates, and they began exploring deep into the large mining area.

Some have already walked onto the winding road above the mining area through the rusty steel plates and arrived at the iron bridge in the distance, where they started the temporary elevator.

Fan Yu's gaze fell on the tent at the end of the front. It seemed to be a mining camp. There were some miners with tools in it. Some were responsible for debugging the mine switches and shelves under the large mining area, and some were responsible for transportation.

He even saw some of the kids who had played with Hook on the street before, following their parents.

"Is that the station?"

"It's a temporary rest area. Sometimes when we need to work at night and can't go back to town, we go there to rest."

The old miner replied, "But it's different over there than for us workers working under Mine Boss Antonina, who only work day-to-day. Most of the people they hire there are permanent workers, and there are also people on fire patrol."

At this point, the old miner gave Fan Yu a cold warning: "The mining area is not a peaceful place, and it's not just the people from Panyan Town who live here. Wanderers who are greedy for money, monsters from the Rift, and falling rocks that may appear at any time could take your life.

Although "Underground Fire" has taken on the responsibility of those bastards in the upper areas who abandoned us, the passages in the mining area are complicated and they cannot guarantee everyone's safety.

The earth probe of Fesman's mining machine can be sold for hundreds of Winter City shields on the black market. Think about it, you have dug up the treasure of an ancient civilization. Can you guarantee that people who see it will not be greedy?

Not to mention encountering monsters from the Rift. In short—"

The old miner took a deep breath, with the deep

"Mining is not as simple as you think!"

Fan Yu felt as if a dead memory had been awakened to these words, which were both familiar and unfamiliar. However, he still silently kept the miner's instructions in mind.

The two continued to move forward and came across a member of the Earth Fire Organization named Joshua in front of them. They were arranged to go to a cave with a remaining earth marrow vein that was about to dry up and was covered with snow above.

With the old miner cursing on his face, Fan Yu followed him in.

A narrow mine, with a lamp powered by earth marrow ore on a table next to it, several empty crates piled on the side, and a mine cart on the ground leading down.

[It seems this is where I will be staying from now on.] ——Fan Yu felt a sense of novelty in his heart, but also took the old miner’s advice with him as a warning.

however--

The period when mining begins.

Fan Yu imagined that an outsider like himself might encounter a crisis like the one in the story when he left the Novice Village for the first time.

But as most of the day passed, the old miner's mentioned encounters of discovering instruments from the old era and appearing monsters from the world did not occur.

In the earth's marrow vein lit by a mining lamp, a young figure waving a pickaxe was reflected on the wall. Amidst the crisp sound of the pickaxe clanging, an orange halo of energy crystal particles burst out from the cave.

Fan Yu was sweating, feeling tired but fulfilled!

Chapter 10: The Stage of Gradually Becoming Stronger

Just before nightfall.

I don’t know how long it has been...

Outside the mine, the personnel responsible for transporting the earth marrow ore came in pushing a mine cart and informed Fan Yu and the others that today's work was over.

Fan Yu put down his pickaxe, turned around and left with everyone in the mine. Under the guidance of the old miner, he came to the previous camp.

The mine carts were transported along the rails. The mine boss in charge of statistics calculated the amount of earth marrow ore they had mined today, and then gave each of the "temporary workers" present a list. Fan Yu also received one.

Then, they returned to Rock Town with their tools to look for Sister Antonina.

One by one, the miners settled their wages for the day and happily left with the Winter City Shield. When it was Fan Yu's turn, Antonina looked slightly surprised. "Such a harvest on the first day! Better than some of the old guys."

Fan Yu looked at the paper with the words "10 carts of earth marrow ore" written on it and smiled, "Maybe I've rested for too long, so I have more energy."

Antonina ignored his modesty and handed him a bag. "Here's your reward. These Winter City shields can be exchanged for about 1 credits."

The Winter City Shield is the official currency system of Beloberg.

Credit points were a relic of Yalilo VI's glory days. This was something I'd learned from the book I'd taken from Natasha, but beyond that, the information in Fanyu's memories, credit points were also the cosmic currency issued by the Interstellar Peace Company in this universe.

As for Yalilo VI, a planet that looks like a wasteland at the end of the world, why does it retain this kind of cosmic credit points?

There have been records of this planet's past trade relations with the "Interstellar Peace Company," a dominant force in the universe, which has changed the planet's ecology to a certain extent.

It may also be related to the "preservation" of the belief in the planet Yalilo VI.

Fan Yu took the small bag Antonina handed over and expressed his gratitude: "Thank you."

Antonina smiled and said, "Will you come again tomorrow? If so, I won't have to take back your pickaxe and helmet."

After hearing this, Fan Yu paused, feeling that his body was not very tired: "Of course I will go."

I just didn't feel much from the first day's workout.

Besides… Hook was without him today, and playing in the afternoon had given him two more points in physical attributes.

"Very good, then let's continue with that guy tomorrow morning!" Antonina was also happy to see this, and then gave advice: "Of course, the same advice as yesterday. You have to pay for the damage."

Fan Yu nodded and said goodbye immediately.

He sniffed the air on his body, took his newly earned wages to the merchant Laud in the square, and traded them for two sets of old clothes.

When passing by Natasha's clinic, Fan Yu thought about whether to pay the medical fee first. However, he looked at the few Winter City shields left in his pocket and resisted the idea of ​​paying it back immediately.

Let’s wait until we have money!

After returning to the Goethe Hotel, Fan Yu took a shower and went downstairs to eat.

After receiving the wages, he found that the attitude of the restaurant owner, Godi, had also improved a lot: "Isn't this great? Working down to earth, compared to being idle and seeking personal gain, doesn't it make you feel more at peace when you are rewarded for your own labor?

There are countless people who want to seduce Natasha. Do you think that just because you are a pretty boy, you can win the favor of the doctor in Panyan Town with your looks?

If you really want to win Natasha's affection, you should improve yourself instead of taking crooked paths!"

Fan Yu, who was sitting at the table eating, was lost in thought for a while, although the other party's words made sense.

but……

The source of the rumors about his idleness seemed to come from here!

And he was even misunderstood as being a gigolo like Natasha. How outrageous!

Do not--

Thinking about it carefully, I was still relying on Natasha to take care of the children in exchange for the room fee of the Goethe Hotel the day before, and I really can't refute it.

Facing the boss's gaze that said, "I'm doing this for your own good," Fan Yu could only helplessly respond, "I'll work hard, Madam Boss."

Goldie was furious: "It's the boss, not the boss lady!"

……

that's it……

Several days of dull work passed.

Fan Yu went to the big mining area to work mining during the day, and returned to Panyan Town at night to exercise and improve his life as a penniless person when he first arrived in the other world.

By the seventh day.

He bought two sets of clothes at the flea market and gave Natasha an old scalpel. Although he didn't need to do so, Fan Yu still let her accept it.

As for the subsequent medical expenses - Fan Yu made his first formal estimate based on the current situation of the blockade of Panyan Town, and concluded that in the short term, it would be impossible to rely on mining to replenish the medical resources used on himself, so he had to put it off until later to repay Natasha's kindness.

In addition to these, he and Hook would occasionally meet during work hours in the morning and evening, and the resonance of that connection also brought him a daily increase in his basic physical attributes.

Fan Yu could clearly feel that his physical fitness was getting stronger day by day since he came out of the hospital.

Not only that, when he went to Natasha's clinic to measure his height in his spare time, he found that his height had also started to grow.

As an adult, in the stage where his bones are gradually closing, this phenomenon means that he is growing again.

It is worth mentioning that after the connection with Hook entered the third stage of resonance, Fan Yu was able to realize that his body had acquired something new.

That is a power that transcends the basic physical foundation!

Large mining area, deep area.

At the end of the first month when Fan Yu arrived in the other world, he was in a snow-covered cave filled with external objects.

The old miner who had just gone down the mine early in the morning was wrapped in thick work clothes and shivered with the cold pick in his hand.

He looked at Fan Yu in his thin white shirt and overalls and said enviously, "We old guys still have to move around to warm up before we take off our clothes."

"When I was young, I was like Brother Fanyu."

There was laughter and jokes in the mine in the morning.

Fan Yu also put away the gloomy attitude he had when he first arrived in Panyan Town, keeping everything to himself. Over the past many days, the words spoken by these old hands allowed Fan Yu to gradually become familiar with them.

"By the way, this morning, the group from Dihuo went deeper into the area."

Fan Yu paused and asked doubtfully, "Is it because the mineral veins are gradually drying up that we need to prepare for deeper mining and conduct preliminary surveys?"

"No, it seems that the Rift is spreading and some monsters have hurt people."

Speaking of this, a layer of gloom fell over the hearts of the people present. They were forced to give up their original homes and wealth, and came to Panyan Town penniless. Some even lost their loved ones.

"We are also in the deep area here. Will that kind of monster appear?" Fan Yu asked seriously.

"No... that's not the case. There are usually signs of the appearance of monsters from the rift world, and we haven't seen such a gap here yet." The old miner said confidently.

Just after he finished speaking, two hissing sounds were heard from the entrance of the mine.

Two low, dark shadows that did not belong to humans gradually approached.

"Ok?"

Chapter 11 "Tyrant"

Through the light in the mine, the black shadow seen by Fan Yu and others gradually revealed its entity.

They were two metal robots, less than a meter tall. One resembled a long, three-dimensional lamppost, the other a spider. The metal supports of their limbs sparked with friction as they approached.

"Automatic soldiers?" The old miner was stunned.

Automata are familiar to most people living in Beloberg.

They were auxiliary machines that helped humans in the old days before the cold wave came to Yalilo VI.

Before the Rift invaded Rivet Town, various beetle- and spider-shaped automatons helped residents move, carry groceries, and perform other basic manual labor. They were incredibly portable. Back then, Rivet Town even had a vote for which robot children wanted most, and the town's guardian, Pascal, came in first.

but……

That was what was said before the Rift and the erosion!