Preparing to Descend into the Mine

Several Miners were whispering among themselves at the entrance to the pharmacy.

But they looked different from the Miners here.

Their skin was fair and delicate, and one of them was even a woman.

"I told you not to enter 'Divine Domain,' but you just wouldn't listen! Happy now? We're probably going to end up like those poor bastards before us—we'll never be able to go back!"

"Who knew this was real? This isn't the time to talk about that. We need to figure out how to stay alive, right?"

"The news said that more than thirty thousand people have mysteriously disappeared in our country. They've probably all come to 'Divine Domain' just like us. I wonder if they're still alive..."

"No, I don't want to be listed as missing. I miss my parents, sob sob sob..."

The woman began to sob softly.

Yang Ling's expression changed repeatedly.

Missing persons?

In other words, after he entered Divine Domain, even his physical body had come in with him?

I thought the character model was just well-made...

The thought flashed through his mind, and Yang Ling's mood grew even heavier.

He had finally confirmed one thing.

Since this was his real body, dying in Divine Domain meant truly dying!

An icy chill instantly engulfed him.

"What kind of bizarre existence is this Divine Domain..."

"They said the country already has more than thirty thousand missing people. That means over thirty thousand players are in Divine Domain. And if we include other countries..."

Yang Ling shuddered, not daring to think any further.

If all these people died in here, wouldn't the outside world descend into chaos?

"Mengmeng, don't worry. The country will definitely handle this. They won't just ignore it!"

The handsome man softly comforted the sobbing girl.

The other, rather ordinary-looking man was looking around everywhere.

Yang Ling glanced at the three of their attributes.

Like Zhang Wei, there was nothing remarkable about their attributes.

Their Strength and Agility were both only around two or three points.

Their Mental Power was only 1 or 2 points as well.

"Of the four players I've seen so far, including Zhang Wei, all of them have very low Mental Power, while I have 10 points...

Mental Power is probably very important."

A thought stirred in Yang Ling's mind.

"E-excuse me, brother, could you lend me some money?"

Suddenly, the one who had been looking around walked up to Yang Ling and stammered.

He seemed to be doing his best to make his tone fit the style of this world.

"Who are you? Why would I lend you money?"

Yang Ling rolled his eyes.

Like him, this person had apparently treated all NPCs as fools when he first entered Divine Domain.

"You're a Miner too, right, brother? So are we. Since we know each other now, could you lend us some money? We haven't eaten all day and want to buy some steamed buns."

Chen Xu hurriedly said, "My name is Chen Xu. His name is Lin Guoliang, and that's his girlfriend, Wu Meng."

When Lin Guoliang and Wu Meng saw Chen Xu striking up a conversation with an 'NPC,' they immediately looked over.

"You haven't eaten all day?"

Yang Ling sized up the three of them.

Chen Xu hurriedly nodded.

"Yes, we're starving to death..."

"NPCs won't lend us money. Don't waste your time."

Lin Guoliang suddenly shook his head.

"What NPC?"

Yang Ling suddenly asked.

Chen Xu's expression changed slightly. He glared fiercely at Lin Guoliang and said in a low voice, "Didn't I tell you not to talk nonsense!?"

The NPCs here were completely different from what they had imagined.

This was the first crucial point they had discovered after arriving in "Divine Domain"!

Sometimes, if a sentence was phrased improperly, it could very well bring about a deadly disaster!

"Friend, please don't take it to heart. My childhood friend isn't quite right in the head. There's something wrong with him."

Chen Xu said with an embarrassed laugh.

"The steamed buns in Miner's Village cost one Copper Coin each."

Yang Ling handed Chen Xu three Copper Coins.

"Buy three buns first. There isn't much meat filling in them, only a tiny bit of minced meat, but they'll fill your stomach."

"We're all refugees. We came to the mine vein to survive, to earn money and buy ourselves an identity."

"Once you've filled your stomachs, go find Steward Niu to collect pickaxes, then start mining."

With that, he entered the pharmacy.

Lin Guoliang stepped forward with Wu Meng, looking somewhat shocked.

"He really lent it to us? Could this guy be a Player like us?"

Chen Xu gently shook his head. "He doesn't understand what NPC means, so he isn't a Player. He's a native."

Then he looked at Lin Guoliang and said seriously.

"Guoliang, we already agreed that until we find a way out, we need to survive here first.

If we die here, we might really die.

There's something wrong with this game. We can't treat it based on our past experience.

Don't say things you shouldn't say again in the future, or you might get us killed."

A trace of displeasure flashed through Lin Guoliang's eyes, but he still nodded.

"I understand. Let's buy the buns first."

When the pharmacy clerk saw Yang Ling, he casually asked.

"What medicine would you like to buy?"

"I want ten bottles of Healing Ointment," Yang Ling said.

One bottle of Healing Ointment could restore 10 Health Points. Ten bottles would basically be enough to handle various dangers.

Unfortunately, this pharmacy's level was too low. It had no better medicine.

"You're not a Mine Guard, so why are you buying so much Healing Ointment?"

The clerk froze for a moment and muttered softly, but he still fetched ten bottles of Healing Ointment for Yang Ling.

"Healing Ointment (Defective Product), restores 10 Health Points."

"That'll be fifty copper coins."

"Here."

Yang Ling paid, then put the Healing Ointment into another Cloth Bag at his waist, one he had specifically prepared for going down into the mine.

"By the way, does the pharmacy have any antidotes for dealing with Mine Worms?"