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Chapter 137: The Lucky Miner (2)

Chapter 137: The Lucky Miner (2)

From the ground to the cave ceiling, the height was three meters, and the space inside was enough for 20 people to move. There were stalagmites above, and the uneven cave wall was made of silver stone, with some protruding from the wall.

The average production for a worker without a mining profession would be based on their strength stats.

Those that have 10–20 would be able to mine 2 per hour, regardless of its quality. 21 to 40 would be around 4 to 5. In simple words, mining also requires stats, unless your native is a dwarf or a native with mining related skill, and etc.

The production will be four times higher than average, and they will also have chances at mining a rare ore at the earliest stage, but that probability is 1 out of 10000.

However, Li Chunhua bent her knees, picked up the gem, and reread the ore’s name. She has no mining profession, but how was she able to get this, and it was even on her first try?

[Luminescent Crystal

[A necessary component for constructing light magic-infused facilities]

Li Chunhua rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

(☉∀☉) ?

Didn’t the author emphasize that it can only be extracted exclusively from some veins and specific treasure islands? Could it be among the 1% rare ore possibilities that luminescent crystal is included too?

The blue gem was emitting warmth in her palm. It was no bigger than her fist, and one could see a small flicker of white light swirling inside, which was the pure light energy needed to trigger light magic attacks.

It was no doubt the luminescent crystal, the one that the villain painstakingly went to acquire on Death Treasure Island.

She checked the crystals needed to build the light magic arrow towers.

[Gold-Grade Intermediate Light Basic Tower: 7800 EPS]

[Necessary Materials: 50 units of stones, 4 luminescent crystals, 8 mana ores]

[Gold-Grade Basic Light Magic Tower: 5300 EPS]

[Necessary Materials: 20 units of stones, 1 luminescent crystal, 3 mana ores]

If that’s the case... (≖‿≖) System Grandpa, thank you so much!

But first, she needed a new pickaxe. She stored the crystal in her inventory slot before going back to the warehouse.

The [Pickaxe-9 units] were swept and cleaned by her. She synthesized these from the manufacturing tool page for the natives yesterday. To create each, she needed 5 metal ingots and 1 unit of wood.

Inside the cave, the loud sound of something breaking, tiny explosions, and rocks falling over resounded alarming to the natives in the middle of molding the clay.

Additionally to hungry foodies who had taken over the job of mining, the other lucky players, whose natives had professions in line with blacksmithing, weapon and equipment forgers, miners, and those who use ores and gems for their crafts, also started their quarry operations.

Inside Dauntless Spear’s territory, the dwarves had just taken their break and reported their mineral production for the day. Contrary to yesterday, the dwarves were in better shape.

"12 units of granite and one unit of osmium ore in just four hours—it’s not bad at all. I can ask the other guy to trade supplies for it. Do any of you have objections?"

The dwarves shook their heads, fully aware of the threat of starvation.

"By the way, someone sold information on an iron mine in our mountain guarded by Level 2 lizards, but he had no native miner to extract the resources inside. With it, we can start iron weapon production."

The natives heard their master’s good news and discussed how to deal with the lizards. After that, he sent Player Baozi a message requesting a trade.

The other players were also counting their spoils, happy at the results. Their average production for half a day was within the range of 5 units of metal blocks, 28 units of stones, and 1-2 other ores, and there were limestones as well.

This led to a trade market saturated with stones, lime stones, metal blocks, and other kinds of ores whose uses were unknown. Because of the sudden influx, the prices of these items went down.

Player Hua saw the business opportunity and quickly hoarded it for her benefactor.

But unlike the rest of the players’ loots, someone was too ahead.

After breaking all the pickaxes, Li Chunhua got: [Luminescent Crystals X2], [Mysterious White Crystal X2], [Adamantine Crystal X3], [Moonstone Mithril X2], and [Bloodstone Ember Ore X2].

It wasn’t supposed to be this way, but the pickaxe just broke after her single swing.

[Adamantine Crystal

[They can be crafted into weapons and equipment.]

[Bloodstone Ember Ore]

[Necessary component of fire magic-infused facilities.]

Anyway...

Li Chunhua: ~ヾ(＾∇＾) System Grandpa! You’re so generous!

The fake miner wasn’t satisfied yet and manufactured another dozen pickaxes and repeated the swing-break-pick routine.

[You’ve got a luminous crystal.]

[You’ve got Winter Polaris Ore...+1]

[You’ve got a luminous crystal.]

[You’ve got Cerulean Crystal.]

[You’ve got...]

[Winter Polaris Ore]

[Necessary components for ice magic-infused facilities]

[Cerulean Crystal

[Necessary component for water magic-infused facilities]

Her ears were ringing with notifications from the mined spoils.

She kept accumulating riches until she found herself staring at the cave, blocked by a stone wall.

A prompt floated above the quarry.

[The limit on production for the week has been met.]

The ores and gems she obtained were thrown at her face disrespectfully.

Li Chunhua: （￣_￣;）

Does this mean she can’t mine anymore for the rest of the week?

Li Chunhua knocked on the wall, testing its durability, and under her fist, it crumbled down, revealing the interiors inside.

⊙▽⊙ Wonderful!

She instantly stepped inside. Synthesized more pickaxes and resumed her mining, or rather milking out every mineral she could get, until a certain system detected abnormal activity on the main game planet.

[The system had imposed a week-long ban on the player from mining activities.]

After that, gems were hurled at her indestructible face.

This time, the wall wasn’t the only one that crumbled down after she decided to sneak in, but the whole quarry.

One-week ban?

⊙▽⊙ ?

What did she do wrong?

Nevertheless, she could build magic towers.

Buy! Buy! Buy!

You’ve purchased the Beginner Light Magic Tower Blueprint.

[Balance EP: -5300]

[You’ve purchased Intermediate Light Magic Tower Blueprint]

[Balance EP: -7800]

[You’ve purchased mana ores X 16]

[Balance EP: -4,800]

[Does Player wish to spend]

Li Chunhua agreed.

A few seconds later, two intermediate magic towers with a height of five meters emerged in front of the forest wall.

It fired numerous consecutive light arrows just after it was constructed.

"Ahh!"

Li Chunhua, who was planning to check on the magic towers, was startled by the shout.

"Eh, what was that?"

Huo Yan’s heart was beating fast as he watched the death envoy turn into white ashes below. It was the one who gave him the vial, and after it saw he was captured by another player, it wanted to silence him, but before it could even take a single step onto the bridge, streaks of light hit it, instantly killing it on the spot.

Huo Yan shuddered.

The natives were also alarmed by the shouts, thought it was an intruder, and followed behind the landowner.

But when Li Chunhua checked the situation outside, there were no suspicious traces or marks.

Her eyes instinctively brushed over the scarecrow’s form. "What happened?" she asked as the earlier conversation flashed in her mind.

In the past, she was nearly kind after letting go of an unrighteous cultivator.

It was very cunning and told her that it still had a family to feed, a sick elderly person waiting for him at home, and that the price of rice in the mortal world was so high that he decided to resort to robbery, and their houses were on the verge of collapsing because of poor construction materials.

Li Chunhua had just started cultivation back then, and her strength was only a level higher than that of the man.

Because she hadn’t experienced the ruthless, aka dog eats dog, world yet, she spared him, but the moment she turned around, the cultivator actually attacked her.

If it weren’t for her senior sister, she might already be buried six feet under the ground.

Her master caught whiff of the matter and told her about one of the elders who had fallen long ago when he spared one of the unrighteous sects’ disciples, and in return, after that man managed to keep his life, he returned ten years later to avenge and kill the elder.

This was the exact reason for her behavior.

Huo Yan quickly answered in a fearful and weak voice. "It’s a death envoy."

The natives stiffened.

There were hundreds of black mud horses galloping in her mind.

Li Chunhua: (◎-◎;) Aren’t they a little early?

Suddenly the mud horses in her mind were reduced to skeletons, wrapped in black miasma, and galloped towards her.

Li Chunhua shivered and shook the mental image out of her mind.

She quickly entered the main residence, planning to check on the lime stones needed for the territory upgrade.

And just by her luck, Player Hua actually sent her so many things!

[You’ve got 400 units of stones.]

[You’ve got 100 units of metal blocks.]

The most rewarding part was...

[You’ve got 100 units of lime stone.]

Finally!

Do you wish to spend 80 units of lime stones, 80 units of stone, 100 units of wood, and 500 copper coins to upgrade territory? ]

Li Chunhua clicked on the ’yes’ option box.

[The system detected that the player had met all the requirements for an upgrade.]

A blinding light descended from the sky and enveloped the entire salted fish territory.

In the depths of some forest, a man was currently examining a species of plant while taking notes on its similarities with the enoki mushroom.

[Terrarium Mushroom Puffs: First Class]

It seems he needed to peruse the forest carefully to acquire ingredients. There may be some hidden in plain sight.

Long Haoran pondered in his mind.

[System Notification: Global Announcement]

Congratulations to Player Anonymous (Newbie Mountain No. 27) for being the first player to upgrade their territory to Level 2! ]

[The system will reward Player ’Anonymous’ with 2000 Earth points and an epic chest.]

Level 2?

Is there someone else more capable than the gang leader?

ಠ_ಠ

Long Haoran’s mind was disturbed. He wasn’t naïve to think the players would give up hegemony. In the future, this mountain will be more chaotic.

sunset,Long Haoran sped pace, and just an hour before sunset, when he returned to the mountaintop, he was stunned by what he saw.

(°ー°〃)

Did he get lost?

He looked around.

But it seems unlikely because he heard the gang leader’s familiar voice coming from inside.

"Chef Long, you’re finally here! I’m so hungry!" A figure climbed on the candy walls and waved her hand. ヾ(￣▽￣)

(A/N: I will post pics in the comment section.)