Interstellar Energy Tycoon

escape.

Escape desperately.

Try your best to escape, stay away from that place of right and wrong, and try to survive.

After all, I am only twenty years old, still very young. As long as I can live, there is no one who can't think about it. If I can survive, I must live by any means.

only……

Ax found that his thinking was a bit simplistic.

Yes, he successfully escaped from the mining area, killed a monk, and led more miners to find a way out. The mine bosses who had their own wishful thinking suffered a huge loss and could only use their losses. It was a terrible description, and his reputation was completely ruined. No one dared to help him mine anymore. He was completely screwed up. He underestimated the strength of the ants' resistance and paid high tuition fees.

Then he became angry with shame and vowed to catch the miners who escaped and kill them all one by one to save the face they had lost before.

So dozens of monks were divided into multiple groups, and they used sound transmission equipment to communicate, cooperated closely, and arrested everywhere. In a short period of time, they captured hundreds of fleeing miners, and then imposed The most cruel criminal law, in the end, the head will fall to the ground. Through this cruel method, venting the inner anger also makes more ordinary miners tremble and feel cold. Faced with such oppression, they can only express their dissatisfaction. Buried deep in my heart, I was afraid of being targeted by the mine boss.

Some ordinary miners even took the initiative to report and betrayed the same poor fugitive miners. This kind of reporting behavior did not receive any benefits or rewards and harmed the lives of similar people. However, in order to curry favor with the mine bosses, they actively betrayed their own people and only There are many miners who have a favorable impression of the same person, which proves that there is no lower limit to the darkness of human nature.

This also disrupted Ax's escape plan. He originally planned to return to his hometown and the place he was most familiar with, but Ax, who was afraid of being betrayed by his fellow villagers, had to give up his plan to go home and turned around. I went to some strange places and just wanted to survive.

Akers is a smart man and has a flexible mind. He has escaped countless pursuits and became one of the very few miners who has not been killed. So far, there are probably no more than ten miners who have survived. He is the lucky one. one.

Just to survive outside and develop in an unfamiliar foreign land, the first thing he faces is the difficulty of finding a job. There are many competitors, and he is a foreigner and is not taken seriously. Even if he has the same salary or even a lower salary, it is not enough. Kekes was eliminated and didn't get much chance at all.

However, Ax didn't have much money with him, so he spent it all after eating a few meals, and had to face the problem of starvation.

As a native of the planet Broto, being hungry is a common occurrence, and it is also common to be hungry for a day or two in a row.

But no matter how strong his body is, he can't stand it anymore after being hungry for three days in a row. What's more, it's hard to find jobs here. Outsiders are not trusted and don't get opportunities. Even if he is half-starved to death, there are not many The locals sympathize, because there are too many situations like this. Even if you really starve to death, you can only watch indifferently, and no one will stand up to help. After all, it is too difficult to survive in this world. Now, no one is desperately struggling to survive. You can’t accuse others of being unsympathetic. It’s good to be able to protect yourself.

So on the third day of hunger.

In order not to starve to death.

Ax had to make a major decision. He brought a bag used as a container, and then entered a passage leading to the surface. He kept climbing up without daring to relax at all.

Even as you go up, the temperature gets colder and colder.

The body is also becoming more and more tired and heavy, and is on the verge of some kind of collapse.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, I can only grit my teeth and persevere, carry on, and strive to mine a certain amount of ice and snow on the ground, bring it back and sell it to the people in the town, because in the underground world, clean water is also a relatively precious thing. The supplies, even a small pot, can be sold for five immortal coppers. If you can bring back a hundred catties, you can sell them for thirty immortal coppers. The income is no less than mining.

There is only a risk of frostbite from being frozen to death by the cold surface air.

That's right.

Ax planned to take risks again this time, get some ice and snow supplies, bring them underground, and then sell them in exchange for some food to keep him alive.

soon.

The surrounding environment is getting colder and colder.

Getting closer and closer to the surface.

The light at the exit brought a rather conspicuous light, which shocked Ax.

He immediately quickened his pace and rushed out of the exit at a faster speed, regardless of the cold temperature of dozens of degrees below zero, preparing to dig out some ice and snow as quickly as possible to go back.

but……

The ice and snow near the entrance of the cave had long been mined by other people. There was no trace of ice and snow within a radius of 100 meters, indicating that all the grass around the cave had been eaten. He could only brave the biting cold wind. After walking for a while, I came to a place where there was a lot of snow on the ground. I loaded a lot of snow into the container at the fastest speed, and then prepared to take the ice and snow back to the ground.

After the snow loading work is completed.

Return to the cave as quickly as possible.

But before he entered the cave, a strong wind hit his ears, followed by a sharp pain in his brain, and he fell weakly to the ground.

Attack!

He was attacked.

I even heard the attacker's proud laugh, thanking him for helping to dig out so much ice and snow.

But at this time, Akers no longer had the strength to move. His body was extremely weak and he could not get up at all. The attacker was pushed directly out of the hole and exposed to the outside. Obviously, he wanted him to die here. Don't even think about the possibility of turning over.

It's over.

This time it was completely over.

The body is getting colder and colder, and the consciousness is getting blurry.

Although Ax's heart was full of unwillingness and anger, he no longer had any strength or energy to fight against this unfair world and this unacceptable fate.

"I just hope that in the next life, I can live in a home with better conditions, eat more meals, marry a wife and have children. At least I will be better than the useless person in this life."

Ax murmured in his mind.

Then fell into unconsciousness.

Another unknown amount of time passed.

warmth.

A warm feeling enveloped Ax's consciousness, making him feel very comfortable and light, as if he was in a cradle, with no discomfort anywhere.

This made him couldn't help but open his eyes.

White.

The surroundings are all white, very monotonous, but also very clean.

"Is this... the world after death?"

Ax couldn't help but murmured, feeling a little curious, but when he looked around, he found himself lying on a bed with a transparent mask on his face. He couldn't feel anything in his hands and feet, but he could feel his heart. of beating.

"You're awake~"

came an unintelligible voice.

"I was in a coma for three days, but I didn't expect you to survive. It's just that you were frozen in the snow for a long time, and your hands and feet were all frozen. I had to do a cut-off surgery on you, but we will install mechanical prostheses on you. , allowing you to regain your ability to move."

A strange man in a white coat stood beside the bed and looked at Akers on the bed.

"Who are you?"

Ax opened his mouth and asked, feeling very curious.

"I am medical officer Tang Jie. The detector released by our spacecraft discovered your existence and rescued you."

Tang Jie said, in fact, after the huge commercial fleet arrived at the planet Broto, they then looked for an entrance into the planet's underground. It happened that Ax was attacked that day and fell next to a hole. He was noticed by the detector, so Ax got a way to survive, and the commercial fleet also found the entrance to the underground world. As for rescuing Ax, it was a simple matter. By the way, he also learned the culture and language of this world in order to establish communication as soon as possible. .

soon.

Another three days passed.

Through the artificial intelligence 'Jingwei' on the spacecraft, the Aboriginal language spoken by Ax was deciphered. Medical officer Tang Jie was able to conduct some simple and not-too-complicated communications with him. Then through the artificial intelligence's translation function, a comparison was finally established. Smooth communication.

So through Ax, a native, Tang Jie learned a lot of information about the underground world of the planet Broto.

For example, the population of the underground world is not low, conservatively more than one billion, reaching a certain state of saturation. And because the underground world is fragmented, has a network structure, and is often blocked, it is difficult to form a large country. Instead, it has formed Market towns or city-states, or the forces of some immortal monks, generally control areas that do not exceed a hundred miles in radius, otherwise it will be difficult to form a stable rule.

Because there are too many city-states and towns, there are also many conflicts between them. Conflicts and wars often break out. However, because of the existence of kinship ties, they will not develop to the point of endless struggle. In addition, they are channels for each other, and it is impossible to completely face-breaking.

The productivity is relatively backward, the food output is low, and the price is extremely high. Most of them are imported from outside. By exporting large quantities of ores and spiritual stones, the main industry is mining. The vast majority of the indigenous people are also mining. To make a living, he became a relatively hard-working miner, but no matter how hard he worked, no matter how much ore he dug out, he faced huge risks. It was still difficult to achieve prosperity. Only a few mine bosses, monks and a few businessmen could make it. It is relatively comfortable, but after all, it is the poor people who account for more than 80% of the indigenous population.

Finally, it is relatively involution. In order to survive, you can only dig hard and get a small amount of reward. Occasionally you are lucky enough to dig high-value ore, and you can live a good life for two or three days. Mine, it is difficult to ensure enough food.

Through what happened to Akers, Tang Jie realized that those higher-status mine bosses or monks may not be kind people. They may all have dark and hard hearts, and human life is in their eyes. They are just consumables. It doesn't matter how many people die. Even those with a lower bottom line actually want to kill the miners and squeeze out the last value from them. This kind of evil can be said to exceed many capitals.

Tang Jie had to report this matter to the captain Li Lefan, and then held a meeting to discuss how to contact and cooperate with the indigenous people.

"I think we should probably take the upper-level route cautiously. Although this is a shortcut, the actions of those mine bosses and monks can only be described as evil. They have no bottom line and do not know what kindness is. With them, Cooperating with those with low moral character will easily lead to betrayal and backlash, which is not necessarily a good choice. I think it is better to take the bottom line and send people to contact some poor and kind-hearted indigenous people, give some small favors and gain their trust. , and then we can wholesale some of our products to them, let them sell them, seize the market for food, tools, daily necessities, etc., let them become our business channels, gradually open up the situation, and develop into a group that supports us."

“In the beginning, there may only be ten people working with us, but later on we can bring in a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand small traders, and the number of vendors will increase, and they will all stand firmly on our side. They issue some powerful weapons. In this way, when they are attacked by mine bosses or some big figures, they can have a certain ability to defend themselves. They can even cooperate and help each other to jointly fight against some more powerful figures and establish A force of their own.”

"Two years, no, at most three years will give us time. Through this lower-level development route, we can open up a good situation, sell a large amount of goods, and get the spiritual stones and rare minerals we really want. If we take this For the upper-level route, those mine bosses may not cooperate or even pay attention to us. If we want to achieve our goal, I am afraid it will not be so fast. In order to compete with other forces, we cannot sell at a higher price. In short, the upper-level It’s not an easy route to take, and we shouldn’t be cooperating with those bad scumbags.”

After listening to Tang Jie's report.

Learn more about the personal experience of the indigenous young man Akers.

Li Lefan fell into silence for a while, and then spoke after a long time: "It seems that this planet Broto is not a very bright place. Instead, there is countless darkness and oppression. The working people at the bottom are living in involution and pain, just like ants. Generally, there is no law to protect their interests. In this case, we should help most people on this planet. If we stand on the side of those mine bosses and monks, we may be able to get a lot of convenience, but we will not give this The planet brings substantial changes. We come in a hurry and leave silently. Although we have nothing to lose, we have not left anything behind or changed anything. This is not acceptable. Although we are businessmen, this is just us. As a side job, our main identity is to be a great interstellar explorer and a wandering knight of justice. We always have to do good people and good deeds in order to leave many legends, so..."

Li Lefan stood up and said to everyone: "Do your best to contact the people at the bottom of this planet, sell products, open up the situation as soon as possible, and change the dark status quo of this planet."

"yes!"

All the team members said one after another.