Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Planet Broto.

A rocky planet with most of its surface covered in ice and snow.

But beneath the countless ice and snow, hundreds of meters deep underground.

In some areas where magma is rich in heat.

However, there are a large number of underground cavities and traces of civilization.

There are even underground towns and cities, and they are home to a large population and many traces of production and life. The largest internal space gap may be hundreds of meters high, and the number of rock layers may be more than one. It may be from From top to bottom, there are more than ten layers of traces of indigenous life activities.

In some areas, there may be traces of many life activities deeper underground.

That's right.

This is a special planet with a large indigenous population, almost all of which live underground.

Most of the main energy comes from geothermal energy, not the surface.

But even for such a planet, there is a population of about one billion underground, which is quite astonishing, much more than the hundreds of millions of people in the ice and snow continent.

And has quite a long history.

The reserves of spiritual stone mines within the planet, as well as special minerals containing spiritual energy such as purple cloud stone and red sky stone, are also extremely rich. It is an extremely rare high-resource planet.

But it is said that this piece of spiritual stone contains more than 100 billion pieces - about 30 billion have been mined so far, and there are still 70% of the mineable reserves.

And spiritual stones, in this huge fairy world, exist like hard currency, are also energy like 'oil', and are indispensable wealth for immortal cultivators. The amount of wealth a cultivator has, The most intuitive measurement indicator is the number of spiritual stones on the body.

There are many bustling and lively supercontinents close to the center of the sun. They have total reserves of spiritual stones, which are estimated to be tens of billions. However, I did not expect that in a small place like the planet Broto, there are actually deep underground. , there are so many spiritual stones buried in it, and even the concentration of spiritual energy particles in the air is significantly higher than that of other continents or planets. It can be called the paradise of cave heaven.

only……

Live on this amazing planet.

And has so many resources.

Then the indigenous people on this planet should live a good life and be quite happy. They must have an extremely good life overall like the people in resource-rich areas.

There is no need to worry about food and clothing, per capita income is very high, productivity is relatively developed, etc.

Is this what it is like?

Shake his head.

The 20-year-old native Ax had to shake his head to express his disapproval.

poverty.

In fact, most of the people on the planet Broto are at the bottom and have not benefited much from the abundant resources. The resources belong to the big shots at the top, and the benefits are mainly occupied by them. The people at the bottom are struggling near the food and clothing line. They need to work very hard to survive. Once something unexpected happens, they will fall into poverty and an abyss of debt that is difficult to pay off, and they will be unable to extricate themselves for a long time.

Anyway, in his twenty years of memory, Ax has probably had a good meal no more than ten times. He is usually in a state of hunger and semi-starvation. He is very thin, and his chest is full of ribs. He is not very tall, and his clothes are in tatters. He probably won't be able to wear new clothes for many years.

He has long been accustomed to such a poor life. He has no dreams at all. Being able to survive and have two more meals is his dream. He does not dare to hope for other things. As for starting a family, he has no dreams. Under that condition, the young women he knew, all of whom were pretty, would rather be the concubines of those gentlemen than be the head of a poor family.

forget about it.

The young Ax shook his head, getting rid of all the thoughts he shouldn't have, and then continued to engage in the more difficult and dangerous mining work, just hoping to get through this ordinary day safely.

this day.

Akers, who works in a certain mine, follows most of the miners and works hard to mine some high-value purple gold stones. This mine is shallow buried, high grade, and has high reserves. The only shortcoming is, The higher you dig, although you can dig out more high-grade amethyst, the temperature will gradually decrease, and you will feel increasingly cold and unbearable. This kind of mineral deposit, if placed in those warm planes, will undoubtedly It is a top-notch shallow rich mine, but on the planet Broto, it is a 'bad mine' that the indigenous people are disgusted by. They dare not work in such a mining area because the surface temperature can reach as low as minus 60 or 70 degrees. For the indigenous people who live in a geothermal environment of more than ten degrees Celsius all year round, it can literally kill them, and their work efficiency will be greatly reduced. And because most of them are wearing thin clothing, the probability of losing their lives is very high.

Therefore, almost all miners would rather dig deep mines than touch shallow mines. Once they dig through the ground and come into contact with the ice cap, they may freeze to death. This has happened before. Such an accident is so tragic that no indigenous miner can accept such an ending.

But Ax still came here to work.

The reason is that you can get 50% more remuneration, and the income you can save every day can be as high as fifty immortal coppers (a currency unit, 1 spiritual stone = 10,000 immortal coppers), and in the underground world of Planet Broto, If you want to marry a wife, you only need to bid 8,000 immortal copper to buy a young woman with decent appearance, have a wife, start a family, and even give birth to your own children to continue the bloodline.

That's right.

Akers, who is twenty years old this year, could not restrain the fantasy in his mind. He went to work in this dangerous mining area, controlled his diet and endured hunger every day, just to save 50 immortal coppers every day. As long as you save your salary for about 160 days in a row, you can save enough money to buy a woman. When you sleep at night, you can hug a more comfortable pillow to resist the cold together.

In fact, most of his companions have chosen to live idle and have no idea of ​​starting a family. Compared with them, Akers is like a minority, very self-disciplined and strict, and implements his own money-saving plan. , the idea of ​​​​carpe diem was thrown away and became one of the very few involutionaries.

However, even if he has many progressive ideas in his mind, he wants to leave something behind to prove that he has been in this world.

But the manager of the mining area sent many powerful monks today, planning to launch a huge operation. They planned to dig directly into the ground, collect the last tens of thousands of stones of high-grade ore in one pot, and open a tunnel to A huge gap in the ground.

Later, through this gap, the large area of ​​ice and snow covering the surface must also be excavated and transferred to the interior of the tunnel, where it will be melted into water resources that are much needed by the underground world. Yes, the underground world as a whole is still very short of water, and it is often necessary to obtain water from the surface. Collect and obtain, but because the surface temperature is too low, only a very small number of people are often able to go to the surface to collect ice and snow, and they take very high risks. The mortality rate is quite high, because in addition to low temperatures, the surface environment also has strong winds and air containing Due to problems such as low oxygen levels, breathing and walking are very difficult, not to mention mining ice and snow. Generally, only relatively powerful monks can complete this task and achieve relatively high mining efficiency.

But this time.

The management of the mining area just sent a large number of monks to mine the last batch of high-grade purple gold stones, and then drove all three thousand miners to near the surface and asked them to collectively mine ice and snow. At least a few pieces of it must be collected. The amount of one million stones requires three thousand miners to be exposed to the surface for at least three days, otherwise it would be impossible to complete such an arduous task of extracting ice and snow.

When this so-called mission spread to the ears of the majority of miners through certain channels.

They all exploded immediately and became very excited:

"Three days, three days of collecting snow on the surface, but we are all mortals. Let alone three days, we can't even hold it for three hours. How can we last for that long?"

"He obviously wants our lives."

"No, we will never do such a dangerous job. We want to go back and resign!"

"That's right, I quit! Don't even think about taking my life as a joke."

Just when the miners were clamoring to resign and leave.

Rub rub rub.

A large number of monks drew their swords and approached with ferocious faces. They even directly hacked several workers to death, leaving them lying in a pool of blood and losing their lives.

Hearing the order 'If you don't do it, kill them all on the spot' again, the hearts of all the miners, including Akers, sank to the bottom, realizing that they might have fallen into a trap, and there was a high probability that they would all be doomed. .

Ruined.

Ax's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly sank to the bottom.

He really didn't expect that just to get an extra salary of fifty cents of copper every day, just to save some money, he chose to work here, but he didn't expect that there would be a big trap waiting for him here.

In order to make more money, he had to risk his life.

And looking at the immortal cultivators around him, all with ferocious faces and grinning faces, Ax suddenly realized that he might not be able to survive this disaster. The three thousand miners present had long been the predetermined victims. Not only In exchange for ores, they also need to exchange for a large amount of ice, snow and water resources. The wages they originally earned had to be plundered and eaten away, and the last trace of resources was squeezed out.

anger.

Then came the anger.

Endless unwillingness emerged in my heart.

Some miners roared and shouted, picked up the mining picks in their hands, and planned to give it a try.

"Brothers, if you continue to mine and you will freeze to death, resisting will also lead to death. It is better for us to fight and forget it. We would rather die fighting than try to exploit us again."

"Fight! This world will not let us live, it will force us to die. If this is the case, let us die together."

"I can't survive anymore. If I fight with these superior bastards, even if I die, I have to use all my strength to inflict a little bit of damage on them."

"That's right, we are ants, and we are nothing in their eyes. In that case, let them see the counterattack of us ants."

"Kill, let's die together. Since we can't live anymore, let's take a few noble people with us to hell."

The miners took out their pickaxes and other tools as weapons one after another, and each one screamed and launched a death charge. Each of them looked crazy and had no fear of death. They had put life and death aside and only wanted to pull one or two noble people back. I hope there will be noble companions on the road to hell.

Because all the miners were enraged, even the timid and cowardly ones, knowing that their fate must be death, were extremely angry. They picked up the mining tools in their hands and charged as fast as possible to reach those miners. In front of the monks and mine bosses, he just hit the head with a pickaxe, using his greatest strength, without any defense at all, and just wanted to vent his inner anger.

Bang bang bang!

It's just that the miners are just mortals. When faced with those monks who have cultivation and great strength, most of them will be kicked to death or killed with a punch. They can't bring any harm at all. The combat power is The gap is huge.

But even so, those who followed were still one after another, charging more and more crazily. Even if they were killed instantly, they did not retreat at all. Instead, they thought that this way of death was good, at least there would not be too much pain, the only regret It cannot bring much consumption to those noble people.

After fighting like crazy for half an hour.

The number of miners who died on the charging road has exceeded 800, and is about to approach one-third of the total number of miners, but the ones behind are still charging, still working hard, with crazy faces on their faces.

The number of monks responsible for resisting is about fifty. Although they are all in the Qi training period, and each of them can be worth one hundred, but after killing hundreds of miners, their respective consumption is also very high. The spiritual energy in the body is about to bottom out. If it is replenished with spiritual stones, it will probably be too late. The miners are too crazy and will not give them a chance to stop.

It is estimated that in half a moment, the fifty monks will really be unable to withstand it, and casualties will begin to occur.

The mine boss was also a little panicked and had to shout: "Dear workers, I was just joking, it was just a joke. I didn't mean to harm your lives. We won't dig any more. We won't dig out the ice and snow on the surface until the purple gold from this mine comes out." After the stone is dug, how about I send you home? Add eighty cents of copper to your salary. Stop resisting. Put down the weapons in your hands, stop your anger, and stop being impulsive. It was just a misunderstanding. It will never happen. If I hurt your lives, please believe in our guarantee. I will stick to my word and do what I say. If we continue to fight, you will just lose your life in vain, which is not worth it."

Hear these words from the mine boss.

A small number of miners were moved and suddenly became hesitant.

But most of the miners still chose to ignore it and continued to charge, not believing the mine boss's pictures at all.

Akers was also in the charging crowd, and he slammed his pickaxe down, smashing a monk's head and opening an escape hole. Through this hole, he escaped very smoothly.