Throne Steps

Only then did Li Chen realize that the reason why the lone wolf has been arrogant for so many years is not only because they are doomsday lunatics who lick blood with blades.

If you can't see what kind of mine it is from a distance, you can immediately understand it when you get close to the entrance of the cave.

It's not because Li Chen has seen the things that have been scavenged, but because of the rules told to them by the guards of the mine.

In front of the mud-and-rock concrete house, several old wooden tables were lined up, and the guard stood on the edge of the wooden table, hacking and playing with a rusty iron knife: "There are not many other words. Say. Here, two breads and one dinner a day. Before dinner, exchange crystal ore. If there are less than three, save food and don’t eat it; Heh. Don’t even think about escaping, you chicks who have no magic power, I can cut 5 of them with one knife.”

Just as he was talking, a long line of people emerged from the dark hole.They each held some tools, embarrassed and silent; some were wearing colorless shoes, and some were barefoot; the people in the front could still see their faces, but most of the people behind were in ragged clothes and black and gray faces. Can't recognize his face.The two sides of the team were followed by a few people who also looked like guards, and they came directly to push the students aside.Two people came out of the room, arranged some baskets, chisels, and cloth bags on the front and back of the wooden table, and then dragged a few stools to prepare paper and pens, and then yelled at the people in line to come closer.

The first man in the line walked over, untied the small cloth bag at his waist and put it on the table: "4."

A person who came out of the room was sitting next to the guard who had been giving lectures to the students. He picked up the cloth bag and shook it for a while, then said, "Four little ones."

After he finished speaking, he put the things back, and threw the whole cloth bag into a basket next to him; the person on the other side of him wrote down the information, and then gave the man a cloth bag of invisible material;

The man took the cloth bag, turned around and walked to another unoccupied table.The people behind him repeated their previous actions.

"3."

"3, two primary schools and one middle school."

"Five. I need a new hoe."

"5, small ones. Enough accumulated, change to another hoe!"

The students realized that this was the time to intersect the crystal mine.Because it sounded like it would not be difficult to collect 3, Gu secretly heaved a sigh of relief.When the people who finished paying and took the new bags gradually lined up in front of another empty table, a small group of people came from the opposite direction of the mine carrying two large barrels and two large baskets.

The people who carried the things were basically similar to the group who paid the ore crystals. It seemed that they should be a food transportation team.The two guards who followed them stood directly in front of the empty tables lined up. After the people from the food squad put down the food behind the tables, they went into the house and took out a bunch of bowls of different sizes and other kitchen utensils.These people first took a spoon from each of the guards with a bowl, and then took another two breads from each of them, and then walked away.

Those who lined up at the table began to distribute food.

When the group was done, the students had good news and bad news.

The good news is that today they can receive food and tools for free, and the mineral crystals will start counting tomorrow.

The bad news is that not everyone hits the "performance goals."Those who did not dig 3 mostly chose to accumulate enough numbers before coming out to exchange for food.

With their own heavy hearts, the students finished their soup and porridge, hugged their bread, and stepped into the terrible mine for the first time.

Unlike other students, when Li Chen entered the mine, although he was physically restrained, his mood became more relaxed, as if he was at home.

Originally, he planned to find an opportunity to touch some light stones to escape, but now he directly made all the later preparations for him.The magic stagnation agent and strict mercenary guards are nothing compared to the "invocation of spells", "teleportation array" and the magic crystal mine.

To put it bluntly, as long as Li Chen is willing, he can escape in minutes after stepping into the mine.

However, a large part of the reason why he signed up for "Dawn" was to come for the lone wolf. Now that he finally got in, there was no need to rush out.The mine road extends inward, and there are many branch roads in the middle. From the scale alone, the students are always walking on the main mine road.The movement and light belonging to the outside world gradually disappeared behind. The guards held torches and led the students to the depths of the main mine.There are some people leaning against the wall or working or taking a break on the road. They can't see clearly in the dark, and they don't seem to be interested in this group of new "colleagues".

Li Chen was not interested in them either.

When we reached the deepest part of the mine, there were basically no other people left.At the end of the suffocating mine tunnel there was only a figure who must have been tall when he stood up. The guards didn't even look at him, but turned around and said to the students: "You start here. Work hard, and some of you can change to a better place." If you are lazy, do you see—" He casually pointed to the figure behind, "Then just wait here for the rest of your life!"

Li Chen's eyes slanted to the hunched back.Even though the topic had clearly pointed to him, he remained indifferent.He wasn't mining, and his posture didn't look like he was resting. He seemed to be just in a daze.

Since he didn't starve to death, it means that he is still working, right?

The guard's voice was not loud, but it formed a wonderful muffled sound in the mine.His tone is really not encouraging, but no matter how mocking, the students can only choose to believe for the time being and just stay here honestly.

If you don't stay honest, where can you go?

The guards did not stay to watch over the students. After speaking, they left a few torches and left one after another.

The students were certainly timid, but without the intimidation of the guards, the arrogance given by Pesa crept up again.This is not to say that they rose up immediately, but that they huddled together, neither obeying orders to mine, nor making noise.They are afraid of causing another fatal disaster, and they can't put down their face to work before others.

It's stuffy and wet here, and the crackling sound of burning torches seems to have an echo. The fire is like a countdown to life, and extinguishing it means hope is gone.The students clustered around the torches, just turning their heads to look around.

This passage is actually not spacious, and the extremely irregular arms encircle the city with four people parallel at the widest and two people at the narrowest.The line of students stretched out to a certain length, and the first person couldn't see each other, only the hunched person stayed in a little room at the end.Because his back was facing the light source, the place he was in was also very dim, so the students didn't dare to approach him carelessly.

Finally, after a long while, a small voice emerged from among the students: "Can we...can we go out?"

Although the voice was very low, it was enough for everyone to hear in such an environment.The students all looked at him with negative expectations on their faces, but no one dared to say the answer confidently.

Even Xia Luo is nowhere to be found, so what are you talking about escaping?

Li Chen said in his heart that I can go out, but I have to keep you from knowing.

Compared with Bai Lianhua's kindness and the secret of the teleportation array, Li Chen really has no intention of doing good things at all.

He weighed the tools in his hand, glanced around - he was already on the periphery of the student group - he chose a bare wall, walked to it, and chiseled.

His place "just happens" to be closer to that crooked guy.I don't know if it was an illusion, but this "crab-eating" action not only attracted the attention of all the students, but also made the guy who was motionless before have a slight difference in breath.

Maybe laughing at us brats.Li Chen thought so.

A student was stunned: "Rigsella, you..."

He didn't finish, probably realizing that this was reality.The students sat quietly for a long time, until Li Chen had slightly mastered the angle of the shovel when digging, and when Li Chen thought they would not have dinner tomorrow, they finally started to rustle.

As long as there is no awareness of mortality, people will always bow to fate.No matter how vicious the slander is, no matter how fierce the complaint is, the only thing that can be exchanged for food is the labor of his subordinates.

Mining is not difficult to say, at least it is not like the process of digging coal and drilling that Li Chen has learned.As a kind of "stone" that has been deposited for a long time, the magic crystal is relatively easy to distinguish among other gray and black mixed soil and rock piles.For Pesa's students—especially those who still dare to participate in "Dawn"—they can almost reach the level of identifying spars by hand.Although when the magic power is stagnant, you can only stare at the magic crystal, but it is not a big problem to pick it out accurately.

So before the first torch was extinguished, there was finally the first scream of joy among the students.In fact, before this, Li Chen had already figured out one, so I don't know if the other students are also hiding their clumsiness.

However, this announcement of success still gave the small group a shot of stimulant, and then things seemed to become a lot more logical.The students extinguished the torches until only one was left, and took turns lighting them.By the time the last torch was extinguished, most of the students had completed their day's work.There are only two points. One is that it is impossible to predict the specific time lapse, and the other is that the results that everyone dug up are generally quite small.

Before going to sleep, everyone reported the results of their labor in a low voice, and then, at someone's suggestion, they evened out the extra three and the insufficient ones.Li Chen had expected this group of children to have such an appearance, so he only reported exactly three of them.As an alchemist, Li Chen has actually vaguely noticed the location of the other magic crystals, but he will not dig them up and hide them.One is that the fire light is already very dim, and he is a little weak under this kind of light; the other is that the four walls here are bare rocks, so there is really no way to hide.

He knew that some students also lied about their numbers.But from the fact that the people who ate before were holding tools, this place is definitely not a place of good security and good security, and these bastards are just waiting to suffer.

Li Chen is the closest to the only person who is not a student.Before the light source completely disappeared, Li Chen glanced at him, as if he hadn't moved at all.

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