Origin Continent.
Deep within the endless caverns beneath the Chaos Ruins.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of metal striking metal rang out from time to time. It was harsh and grating, but the miners who had lived here for years had long since grown accustomed to it. They worked numbly, their faces lifeless, like walking corpses.
If the experts of the Universe Sea saw this, they would surely be stunned. The weakest miners here were True Gods—Universe Supreme Masters—and there was no shortage of super experts who had surpassed Universe Supreme Masters.
Yet this countless host of experts was engaged in work unimaginable to the powerhouses of the Universe Sea: mining.
Calling it mining was not entirely accurate. They were extracting Chaos Crystals and Chaos Stones. These Chaos Crystals and Chaos Stones had leaked from the Chaos Ruins and merged into the surrounding mountains and terrain. Though they made up only a tiny portion, even a mosquito was still meat. Gathered together, they amounted to a vast fortune.
"Damn it, I never thought I'd get to experience mining in this life—"
Zhou Ze shook his head. Rather than feeling discouraged, he found the experience somewhat novel. After all, he could leave whenever he wanted. At worst, he could simply brave the Reincarnation passage again.
As a Void True God, Zhou Ze had been assigned to the area where Chaos Crystals formed. If he had only been a True God, he would have been assigned to the area where Chaos Stones formed.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Zhou Ze raised his pickaxe and rapidly struck the gray Chaos Crystal before him, producing a series of dull, piercing sounds. Chaos Crystals were far harder than Chaos Stones. Only Void True Gods had the ability to slowly break them apart.
Sure enough, Zhou Ze spent