"It seems like we can only take one step at a time."
Xu Yi said helplessly.
This is the path he dislikes the most. The initiative rests with others, and he can only defend passively. He doesn't even know who the enemy is.
However, the matter has come to this, and no matter how unhappy it is, we can only follow this path for now.
After Zhao Si left, Xu Yi called in Lao Zheng, who was responsible for managing Menial Worker. After understanding some of the situation, he sent Lao Zheng out of the room and went straight to the mine. He knew nothing about star mining. If he wanted to make a career out of it in the future, he would always have to do some research.
The huge mine has countless tunnels dug out in all directions.
He picked up a piece of ore and weighed it. He exerted a little force on his hands, but he did not move the dull ore.
He was startled and put more force on his hands. The ore suddenly squeezed from both sides like mud, becoming thin in the middle and thick at the two ends. It never turned into powder.
"Is this your first time seeing these sandstones?"
But it was Lao Zheng who came forward. He was a smart man. He had a good opportunity today. The whole team had left and a new mine manager had come. Among the important tasks left behind, he was the only one who could talk to the new mine manager. Such a good opportunity, he naturally did not want to give up.
Previously, in the mine director's room, he wanted to chat for a few words, but Xu Yi didn't give him a chance.
Now, Xu Yi sneaked into the mine. Seeing that the opportunity was good, he quietly paid attention to it. Finally, when he was free, he plucked up the courage to speak.
Xu Yi glanced at him, "How long have you been here?"
When Lao Zheng heard Xu Yi's question, he suddenly became energetic and said, "To be honest with you, I have been here for twenty-seven years. I am very familiar with every plant and tree here. If you are here for the first time, if there is anything you are unfamiliar with or don't understand, if you ask me, I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Xu Yi smiled slightly, and with a big move, he took out the tables, chairs, and tea from the starry sky. He invited Lao Zheng to sit down and said that he still had the same old temper and never looked at people's status.
Lao Zheng was flattered. Before Xu Yi, he had served two mine directors, and no one had ever been so polite and courteous as a corporal.
At the moment, when Xu Yi asked questions, he really couldn't answer his questions.
"... I have seven major bases in the Yin Court. Each base has as few as ten or as many as twenty mines. The annual output of each mine is between two thousand and three thousand blue Star Spirit Essence, which is very impressive. Of course, I still have to provide it to the Kanan Domain city lords..."
"There is nothing to say about the mining process. The miners worked hard and excavated little by little. The sandstones and scraps they dug out cannot be crushed by the power of your Majesty. The texture is so difficult that it can be imagined that the miners are suffering, and they can only detain prisoners from various places to do it..."
"... The ore mined every day will be transported away on the same day, and no one dares to stay overnight. I heard that it is refined in several major cities..."
Xu Yi pointed at the black water-like traces on the wall and said, "What is that water stain? It seems to have spiritual power fluctuations."
Lao Zheng said, "That is Starflame Liquid. Alien animals often feed on it."
Xu Yi has long recognized Starflame Liquid. He has been to the alien beast's lair and seen this thing. He deliberately asked about it just to lead the topic.
Then he asked, "Could it be that wherever there is a star mine, there is this Starflame Liquid?"
Lao Zheng said, "I really haven't thought about it carefully, but I have been to three mines and I seem to have seen them all."
Xu Yi said, "So these mines were the lairs of strange beasts earlier?"
Old Zheng grimaced. This was another problem that he couldn't do anything about. Although he stayed here for a very long time, he spent his days wandering around day after day, rarely thinking too much.
Xu Yi couldn't answer the question as soon as he asked it a little deeper.
"It's okay, thank you for informing me, I'll give you these meat and wine."
With that said, Xu Yi stood up and waved his hand, and there was a lot of food and wine on the table.
Lao Zheng never expected that Xu Yi would be so generous. He had a flash of inspiration and said urgently, "I remembered that in the information room, there are mining records, geography, mineral veins, and tunnel construction left by your predecessor. They are all very detailed. Maybe you can find some useful information."
Xu Yi said happily, "Take me there quickly."
He must have found some way to make money again. It's just a question of which mountain to stand on and which folk song to sing. Not only must he sing it, but he must sing it well.
Not long after, Lao Zheng led Xu Yi to the data room, which was right next to Xu Yi's room.
Xu Yi took out the token, opened the restriction, and walked in. Old Zheng bowed and backed away.
There were a lot of notes in the information room, and Xu Yi had no clue, so he flipped through them at random. He was very clever and had an amazing memory. He scanned them down and quickly reached the beginning and end, and began to read them carefully.
Looking at it, it was more than two hours later. Suddenly, the bell on the wall on the left rang, and Xu Yi knew that it was getting dark outside the pit.
He didn't think deeply about it and continued to read. Suddenly, the animal bag around his waist was empty, but the little wolfdog came out, circling in circles extremely anxiously, and at the same time conveying manic and dangerous thoughts to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi was startled, and as soon as his senses came out, he was stunned. A large number of beasts were overwhelmingly rushing towards this direction, and the forefront team had already entered the cave.
And the forbidden wall, which was supposed to play a role in defense and concealment, did not show any use at all.
So you can't wait to take action? That's fine, it saves me from always guessing whether you are a good guy or a bad guy.
Xu Yi was heartbroken, rolled up all the information in the room, and rushed out, leading the little wolfdog.
The tide of beasts came with ferocious force and soon filled the entire mine. The army at the front had already forced itself onto the platform. Lao Zheng and others, who were belatedly aware of the situation, had no time to react and were overwhelmed by the army of alien beasts.
Seeing that the army of alien beasts was about to surround Xu Yi, they heard a sharp roar from the little wolf dog, and the entire beast wave suddenly stopped.
At this moment, there was another roar that cracked gold and cracked stone, and the entire army of alien beasts was about to move again. At this moment, the little wolf dog roared again.
The army of alien beasts was stunned in place, not knowing what to do.
With a bang, a strange beast that looked like Wolf Demon, about ten feet long and about ten feet tall, jumped into the cave, locked its turbid eyes on the little wolfdog, and let out a high-frequency roar.
The little wolfdog was content and unafraid, lying down on its front legs, kicking on its hind legs, and howling violently.
Wolf Demon couldn't help but take a step back, his cloudy eyes showed a trace of confusion. Suddenly, he looked up to the sky and roared again, but he was not fighting against the little wolf dog, nor was he ordering the army of alien beasts.
As soon as the roar died down, four strange beasts rushed in, all of which were green-core level beasts.
The five alien beasts directly ignored Xu Yi and surrounded the alien little wolfdog in the center.
No matter how low-intelligence these alien beasts are, they still realize that something is wrong. As the same kind, they have never seen such weird things. How can any alien beast be associated with this despicable two-legged insect?