"Listen up, you maggots! If you want food, then dig like hell! Keep digging until you're exhausted! Do you hear me?"
The long whip lashed out and struck the black rock... In an instant, it left a terrifying mark across the stone.
If that thing struck a person's body, it could probably kill them outright, couldn't it?
Although most of the slaves had already grown numb, they still instinctively showed fear at that moment—soon, the slaves received their tools and began working in this enormous underground mine.
[Root] City had suddenly lifted its ban, but [Freedom and Wildness] Gorge still only allowed entry, not exit—as this was reflected in the market, the slaves consequently became impossible to sell.
It wasn't that they couldn't be sold. The buyers simply weren't in a hurry to purchase slaves... Who knew when the port would reopen? Why buy them now, only to have to feed and maintain them?
Thus, following the principle of making use of waste, large numbers of low-level slaves from the [Tainan] Trading Company were sent directly to the underground mines for development.
As one of the area's largest suppliers of materials, Boss Tainan owned numerous mines—and this underground mine, which produced abundant Uzi ore, was one of his properties.
Every slave sent there had a special device installed on them, so there was no fear of them escaping... As for causing trouble, the mine supervisor would teach them how to behave.
And so, the great and legendary Captain Jack began his first day of mining as a slave under the control of the Black-hearted Merchant.
"Hey, Little Mustache! Did you skip your meal, or did some brute stab you? Can't your legs walk?"
"Sorry, sorry! He's new here and doesn't know any better!" Ski hurried forward, smiling obsequiously as he