10 kilometers east of Sali Town, Kingdom of East Goto—a deserted mine.
Clang, clang, clang...
The sound of hammering came from inside a mine tunnel. Su Xiao stood before its partially collapsed entrance, while Bubu Wang and A' Mu were inside.
Su Xiao was just about to enter the mine when the hammering stopped. Footsteps approached.
A moment later, Bubu Wang and A' Mu emerged from the mine. At that moment, the dog and ox made for a rather classic sight.
A' Mu carried a mining shovel over his shoulder and had a large iron chest strapped to his back. Bubu Wang wore a miner's helmet, whose headlamp's glass cover bore two cracks.
"So the next part of the mission was having you two mine?"
"Woof."
Bubu Wang barked, meaning that the situation was rather "complicated." He began recounting the whole matter through body language, facial expressions, and barks.
"Oh? Your personal hobby?"
Su Xiao understood what Bubu Wang meant. The mission had already been completed. As for why he had come mining, it was entirely because of Bubu Wang's personal hobby. This fellow had once mined together with the Bana Little People in the Void, and unexpectedly became addicted to it.
There was actually a reason for this. Bubu Wang did not mine because he wanted to dig up some treasure. He had always liked digging holes and then crawling inside them.
Unfortunately, Bubu Wang's hole-digging skills were absolutely terrible. He would often just crawl into a hole he had dug himself, only for the earthen hole to collapse and bury him alive. Strictly speaking, this was no longer digging a hole—it was digging his own grave.
Mining together with the Bana Little People had opened up an entirely new world for Bubu Wang. Digging holes was already an