Liver It Till the End of Time!

A vast open-pit mine, countless miners wielded various mining tools, swinging them with all their might.

Yang Ling, ignoring the sweat soaking his entire body, struck the 'Fire Crystal Rock' in front of him again and again with his pickaxe.

Each strike required his full effort, otherwise the hard Fire Crystal Rock wouldn't budge at all.

"Little Yang, you spend eight of the twelve hours of the day here. Aren't you afraid of ruining your body? You won't be able to keep this up for long."

An old miner passing by couldn't help but remind him.

Yang Ling didn't stop his actions, replying politely:

"Uncle Wang, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"Sigh."

Uncle Wang gently shook his head and walked away, searching for more valuable Fire Crystal Rock.

Yang Ling continued to diligently chip away at the Fire Crystal Rock.

With every strike, a faint cool aura flowed from the pickaxe into his body.

This aura not only relieved his fatigue but also increased his stamina.

"Is this place a game, or the real world?"

"I only intended to play a full-immersion simulation game to relax, how can I not go back?"

Yang Ling muttered to himself.

He had already been in this world for half a month.

Half a month ago, he was a professional gold farmer, earning a lot of money by farming gold in games.

He was quite well-known in the gold farming industry.

However, the repetitive nature of his profession had bored him, so he sought out a newly launched game, "Divine Realm," as a way to spice things up.

But not long after entering the game, he discovered a huge problem!

He couldn't leave!

And this world was incredibly real, whether it was touch simulation or eating, drinking, and using the restroom, it was no different from the real world.

Even the NPCs were so lifelike.

At first, he almost starved to death in this world.

Until he was captured and forced into labor as a miner.

Thinking this, his pickaxe fell again.

A cool aura entered his body.

"Ding!"

A pleasant leveling sound rang out.

"Congratulations, you have leveled up and gained 1 free attribute point!"

Yang Ling immediately brought up his status panel:

[Character: Yang Ling]
[Class: Miner]
[Level: 3]
[Free Attribute Points: 1]
[Strength: 5]
[Agility: 5]
[Spirit: 10]
[Health: 50]

"Finally leveled up, got an extra free attribute point."

Yang Ling was secretly excited.

The reason he had been working so hard lately was to level up.

Every strike yielded Experience.

But it wasn't reflected on the status panel; he could only tell through that cool aura.

The cool aura was Experience, which not only allowed him to level up but also relieved fatigue and increased stamina.

"My character's initial attribute points for Strength were only 4, while Agility and Spirit were quite high."

"5 points should be the standard for a normal person."

With that thought, Yang Ling immediately added the free attribute point to Strength.

He didn't know the function of Spirit for now.

He only knew that Strength allowed him to mine faster, thus gaining more Experience.

The power was also linked to his vitality.

As he added a point to his Strength.

A wave of warmth surged into Yang Ling's body, instantly dispelling all his fatigue, and his sore muscles no longer ached.

At the same time, his vitality increased from 50 to 60.

He clenched his fist, clearly feeling a significant increase in his strength!

Yang Ling couldn't help but rejoice inwardly.

He wanted to survive, and vitality was extremely crucial.

A few days prior, he had accidentally fallen and hit his forehead, losing twenty points of vitality.

He only managed to slowly recover it after taking a healing potion.

He had wondered if he would be able to leave the 'Divine Realm' if his vitality dropped to zero.

But he dared not gamble; he feared even more that if his vitality hit zero, he would be wiped out too...

"Grind! As long as I can gain Experience by mining, I'll grind until the end of time!"

"Everything else is unimportant!"

Yang Ling picked up his water flask, took a drink, and continued to swing his pickaxe.

One strike, two strikes...

Only after the fire crystal ore in front of him was completely mined out did he carefully collect the scattered ore on the ground and put it into the cloth bag at his waist.

Yang Ling weighed it.

"Hmm, about an ounce. I can exchange it for ten copper coins from Supervisor Wu."

"The healing potion Supervisor Wu sold me last time was only five copper coins a bottle. I need to save up more this time to protect my life."

"But my pickaxe is almost worn out. I also need to save some money to buy a better pickaxe, which will help speed up Experience acquisition."

While he was thinking, several figures quietly approached.

Yang Ling calmly raised his eyes to look.

"It's Fifth Brother. Is something the matter?"

Yang Ling cupped his hands and smiled.

Fifth Brother was tall and strong, accompanied by several miners with grim expressions. They looked at Yang Ling with unfriendly eyes.

"Normal miners rest after working five hours a day, but you work for eight hours.

You're working so hard to curry favor with Supervisor Wu, aren't you?"

Fifth Brother said indifferently.

Yang Ling explained, "Fifth Brother misunderstands. I just want to earn more money."

"No, there are rules here."

Fifth Brother said coldly, "If you do this, Supervisor Wu will say we're being lazy. You're elevating yourself while demeaning us.

I advise you to finish your work after five hours and stop. Otherwise, it won't just be your forehead that gets hurt."

He glanced at Yang Ling's forehead with a half-smile.

A subtle cold glint flashed in Yang Ling's eyes.