Clang! Clang! Clang!
In the dark mine, Xu Yunfan, who was ragged and blackened by the ore dust, took a breath, looked at the blisters on his palms, pursed his lips, raised the pickaxe in his hand again, and smashed the ore on the wall of the cave.
Zhou Feng, who looked depressed, looked at the pickaxe in his hand and couldn't help whispering.
"I don't want to stay here. I don't have enough food and warm clothes. Maybe the mine will collapse and we will all die in it."
Clang!
"Zhang Li, who came down with us, fell down yesterday due to fatigue and injury. He has not been heard from since he was dragged away. I have never seen him since."
Seeing Xu Yunfan turning a deaf ear and swinging the pickaxe hard, Zhou Feng said.
"Do you want to be like Zhang Li, who had his food taken away by Jiang Yu, and worked himself to death just to fill his stomach? We suffered so much at his hands, and now we have to be insulted by him again.
I won't accept that! If you work so hard like this, it won't take a month, and you won't be able to get out of the cave next time!"
Xu Yunfan's originally stiff movements became smooth and powerful at this moment, with his waist and abdomen sitting on his hips.
Every time he put down the pickaxe, his bare feet gripped the ground, his thighs rose and fell, and his waist and hips swayed like riding a horse.
A force was transmitted from his arms to the pickaxe in his hands, and then fell heavily.
Clang!
The collision sound of the pickaxe, which was much louder than before, broke directly and echoed melodiously in this tortuous mine.
[ Your skills in mining have entered the entry level. ]
[ Mining 0/500 (entry level) ]
[ special effects: sharp eyes and quick hands, waist rising like waves, strength penetrating both arms ]
Xu Yunfan glanced at the information prompt that popped up on the horizon, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.
Three days, do you know how I spent these three days?
Others who came here enjoyed delicious food and drinks, but he was a cow and a horse before he came here, and he was even more of a cow and a horse after he came here.
Miners in ancient times, especially those who were implicated by the family of criminals and reduced to low status, were consumables, and they would die if they died.
If it weren't for the attribute panel, and the prompt of wielding the iron pickaxe to mine appeared, he would really be a little depressed.
No kidding.
As the information prompt quietly emerged from the horizon, his body began to undergo wonderful changes.
The muscles that were originally tight and slightly stiff gradually relaxed, and the muscles all over his body were no longer as tight as before.
A memory slowly flowed in his brain. In his memory, he had dug in this mine for seven or eight years, and had survived many dangers. Practice makes perfect, and finally he used the iron pickaxe in his hand properly.
Xu Yunfan picked up another pickaxe, and his waist had to twist like a snake, driving the muscles of the back and shoulders to rise and fall, providing support for the arms. The thighs were like springs, and the feet were firmly planted on the ground.
When the waist exerted force, it suddenly contracted and stretched, echoing with the strength of the whole body to form a combined force.
Ding!
The clear and melodious sound of metal and iron spread out, echoing in this winding mine.
He could clearly feel that his waist, back and arms were not sore as before, but instead felt refreshed and unsatisfied.
Zhou Feng was full of surprise. Just now, he thought that Xu Yunfan would die of injury in the mine sooner or later due to such a deadly effort. Unexpectedly, the pickaxe just now made him a little unconfident.
Seeing Xu Yunfan turned around and sat on the ground, he took out the dry food made of wheat bran from his arms and swallowed it silently.
Zhou Feng looked at him with a submissive look, cursed angrily, and stepped forward to grab Xu Yunfan's collar.
"Do you want to die in this mine? Don't you want to escape?"
"You and I were implicated by Jiang Yu. We are lucky not to be beheaded. Who doesn't want to escape? But who can escape?"
Xu Yunfan was quite helpless. He was a servant before. Now the empress of the Great Zhou Empire has seized power. The conservatives were arrested, beaten, and killed.
Jiang Yu's father was beheaded, the Jiang family was raided, the men were exiled, and the women of the right age were sent to the Jiaofangsi.
He was also demoted to the mine with his evil master. Jiang Yu still yelled at him. Yesterday, Zhang Li was robbed of food by Jiang Yu.
He wanted to dig another bucket of ore to exchange for food, but unfortunately he died of exhaustion on the way.
"You... do you know that after being implicated by Jiang Yu's family and becoming a miner under the Mine Supervisor's Office, almost no one can survive for three years. People like you and me will die in less than a month."
He had no doubt about Zhou Feng's words. In such an extremely harsh living environment, even if they were not exhausted to death, they would die of various diseases due to the harsh external environment.
During the three days in the mine, new people came in every day. Every day, someone died of injury or not enough ore was dug, lying on the ground and dragged out, and then they were never seen again.
This place is located in the extreme north of the Great Zhou Dynasty, surrounded by endless ice fields and barren mountains. As the weather gets colder, the surface wind howls and blizzards rage.
Because the mine is deep, it can still maintain a certain temperature. However, once you pass the permafrost layer and reach the surface, without any protection, people with weaker physical fitness will die of hypothermia in one or two hours.
Even if you escape from the mine, what is the survival rate in such a harsh environment?
Seeing Xu Yunfan's submissive appearance, Zhou Feng felt sorry for his misfortune and was angry at his lack of struggle. In the end, he could only let go of his hand, sat down on the side, and kept silent.
Xu Yunfan knew the other party because he and his predecessor were servants in the Jiang family since childhood. The two grew up together.
Because they belonged to different departments and had no interest relationship, they had a good relationship with Zhou Feng.
Zhou Feng is now preparing to join forces with some unbearable miners to escape from here, and naturally wants to pull Xu Yunfan into the group.
But this world is not simple.
Three days ago, when he just crossed over and was about to go down the mine, he saw a teenager who was unwilling and turned to run.
In the end, he was torn in half by the supervisor with a whip. Now the body is still lying there to serve as a warning to others.
Even now, when I think back to it, I feel a chill in my heart.
With Zhou Feng's lazy and ignorant appearance,
it is really difficult for him to escape from here.
Xu Yunfan has an attribute panel and has just learned the mining skills. His survival rate in this mine has been greatly improved. Naturally, he wants to go further and then seek opportunities.
"Zhou Feng, we need to settle down first and find a chance to survive. Even if we can escape from the mine, what about the 800-mile wasteland glacier? Can we get out?"
Zhou Feng said in a muffled voice:
"As long as we can escape from this mine, the sky is high and the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish jump, and the 800-mile wasteland river can't get out? I have a way, you really don't come?"
Xu Yunfan heard helplessly. In his previous memory, Zhou Feng had never walked out of Yujing since he was a child. Do you know what the 800-mile wasteland river is?
Xu Yunfan said: "We don't even know the surrounding environment. At least we need to explore the surroundings before we can make plans."
Watching Xu Yunfan rest for a while and pick up the iron pickaxe to mine again, Zhou Feng pointed with his finger, trembling a little, and finally flicked his sleeves and left angrily.
Xu Yunfan looked back at Zhou Feng's back, sighed, and continued mining.
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