Chen Yan asked the shrimp man:

“When will the next mining machine arrive?”

The shrimp man seemed to be no longer so afraid because Chen Yan gave him the money, but just shrank and said:

"We'll be there soon, head to Alpha Sector."

Chen Yan said:

“I’m talking about mining machines heading to the surface.”

The shrimp man stumbled and said:

"There are no mining machines like that passing by here..."

As soon as the shrimp man finished speaking, the bald man continued:

'No, this is a checkpoint for a one-way tunnel. The mining machines passing here are one-way. They can only go down into the exploration mining area and cannot go back up to the surface of the construction site.'

Chen Yan couldn't help but cursed:

"Grass!"

The shrimp man suddenly became irritable when he saw the human in front of him. He looked at the dark pistol in the human's hand and started shaking in fear.

Chen Yan didn't want to bully this poor guy, so he temporarily put the pistol into his belt that could be easily taken out at any time, frowned and asked:

"There are areas down here? Isn't the whole mine very big?"

The bald man replied:

'Yes, there are currently three sectors, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, which have started normal mining operations, and a Delta sector that is still under construction. However, something strange was dug up in the Delta sector some time ago. Recently,

It's always haunted and cannot carry out normal mining operations.'

'The entire mining area... this cannot be described as "big", because the ore like Snake Rock has very weird divisions and cannot be mined like coal, so the underground mining area is not a large whole, but consists of countless tunnels.

'

‘The area is either very large, or relatively deep…the Alpha sector is located 50 to 800 meters below the ground, and the other sectors are deepening in sequence. The deepest Delta sector is already about 2,800 meters underground.’

'Although the distance doesn't look very deep, the mine tunnels are winding and complicated, like a maze. We can't run out on our own two legs, and we will definitely get lost... In other words, we can't leave here and come back by other means.

to the ground.'

Chen Yan asked:

"If I want to return to the surface, I have to enter the Alpha mining area first and take the mining machine leading to the surface."

The bald man replied:

"Yes."

Chen Yan nodded:

"Understood."

The shrimp man looked at the human being "talking to himself" and thought that this human being was a madman. He just wanted to send this madman away quickly, so he said cautiously:

"I still have some equipment here that I can lend to you... When the mining machine comes, tell me that you have sprained your legs, rest here, and let them take you to the mine together."

His words caught Chen Yan's eyes, and when Chen Yan looked at him with those vigilant and sharp eyes like a beast, he cowered again as expected.

"I, I, I... I just said it casually!"

Baldy said:

'He's not lying. Workers under mines often have accidents, and checkpoints also serve as medical stations. If workers have problems while the electric mining machine is being transported, they have to come to the checkpoint for rest and treatment, so here

All kinds of supplies are always on hand, including all kinds of miners' equipment.'

Chen Yan looked at the shrimp man:

"How many minutes until the mining machine arrives?"

The shrimp man glanced at the clock composed of LED tubes on the console and said:

"We'll be there in five minutes at most!"

Chen Yan tapped his head with his fingers, making him tremble with fear:

"You'd better be honest. If I fail to get on the mining machine, or the person who gets off the mining machine is not a miner, but a patrolman or something like that, you're going to get shot!"

The shrimp man was so frightened by Chen Yan that he did not dare to move.

Chen Yan took out a five-penny note again and stuffed it into the shrimp man's collar.

"I won't let you work in vain."

The shrimp man put away the banknotes, and then he was no longer afraid, but became eager:

"I'll get you something!"

Chen Yan stood behind him, ready to draw his gun and shoot at any time.

I saw Shrimp Man rummaging through a pile of junk next to a pile of barreled batteries to find a brand new miner's uniform. He looked at Chen Yan, compared the size, and then found gloves, miner boots, and a miner's pickaxe from the side.

, put a helmet with a searchlight and a gas mask in a red plastic bucket, then came to him, placed them in front of him, and motioned for him to put them on.

Chen Yan pointed to the corner:

"Go over there and face the wall. Don't let me see you doing anything weird, or else you'll slap your hands and feet!"

The shrimp man faced the wall obediently, not daring to move.

Damn it, I'm now reduced to bullying shrimp people underground!

Chen Yan suppressed the shame in his heart, placed the gun within easy reach, took off the black trench coat that had become tattered during the wilderness adventure, and put on Sparrow Industries' light gray miner's uniform.

This kind of miner's clothing is completely different from the miners' clothing in factories on the surface. It is much thicker, has obviously been treated with anti-static treatment, and even looks like some kind of waterproof material.

There are several very wide reflective strips attached to the entire clothes. Even in the dark underground, as long as there is light, it will immediately reflect bright light and be discovered.

Chen Yan frowned as he saw it. The industrial level reflected in this miner's uniform has completely exceeded the industrial level of surface society. Where did this Spyro Industry come from?

How could those pirates who are called "idiots" by most people in Yanan City, who even have to go ashore to snatch food, master such advanced technology?

Can't figure it out.

Fortunately, there are quite a few pockets inside and outside the miner's suit, and together with the belt, it is enough for him to store his wallet, mobile phone, Skylark-300 and pistol.

Unexpectedly, the belt of the miner's uniform was of surprisingly good quality. It was much better than the cowhide belt that Chen Yan bought from the leather goods shop in the old city. It was like some kind of soft and tough resin.

The boots that match the miner's uniform are also waterproof safety boots, which are light and tight, giving people a sense of security.

There is nothing special about the gas mask.

The helmet looked normal, and its material was not much different from the miner's hats that Chen Yan saw in the hands of workers on the streets of Xiacheng District... The biggest difference was the addition of a searchlight above the head.

The mining pick was about the length of an arm and looked sharp, but it was not new, and Chen Yan didn't care whether it was new or old.

When wearing gloves, in order to avoid unnecessary synaesthesia, Chen Yan wore already dirty white gloves and directly put on miners' gloves.

The miner's uniform that Shrimpman chose was just the right size, and Chen Yan fit it perfectly.

When Chen Yan put on the miner's uniform, put on safety boots, hid his belongings in the miner's uniform, put on gloves, a safety helmet and a gas mask, there was already a faint roar outside the checkpoint.

.

The roar became deafening after half a minute, and a huge rat-like steel monster made a harsh brake sound the next moment and stopped outside the checkpoint.

When the shrimp man went to open the door, Chen Yan kicked his tattered clothes into the debris, put his right hand into his pocket and grasped a pistol with only two bullets, and followed closely.

The door opened, and a man without a helmet walked in.

The man said very few words. He only said "supplies" to the shrimp man, and then glanced at Chen Yan.

The shrimp man said hurriedly: "He had a sprained foot before and is resting here."

Only this time did the man mind his own business and walked towards the barreled Snake Rock battery on the wall.

In order not to make the man suspicious, Chen Yan also prepared to help get the battery.

The bald man said to Chen Yan words that could only be heard when Chen Yan turned on his spiritual vision:

'The supply of one-way mining machines at checkpoints generally does not exceed 8 barrels of batteries, so don't take too much.'

Chen Yan counted the eight barrels of batteries. After getting enough, he followed the man onto the mining machine.

Inside the mining machine is a relatively spacious operation room. Chen Yan took a quick look and felt that it could accommodate up to 10 people standing at the same time.

The location for replacing the battery is at the rear of the operating room. After opening an isolation door marked with "Beware of Electric Shock", behind the door are 8 barrels of lithium batteries connected in series.

Chen Yan followed the example of a man and spent a lot of effort to replace the old battery and put it back at the inspection station for charging. When he returned to the electric mining machine operation room, he felt weak all over. The meal just now was in vain.

The man looked at him panting and couldn't help but said:

"You're new here, right? Actually, you can take off the gas mask. There is no source of poisonous gas in the Alpha mining area now."

Chen Yan had nothing to say.

The man turned around to operate the mining machine. As the buttons on the console were pressed in an orderly manner, the electric mining machine began to start, reaching an astonishing speed in a short period of time with great acceleration. Chen Yan felt the tremors outside the mining machine.

, but there was only a slight shaking in the operation room.
To be continued...