Du Tianxing, Zhao Benling, Chi Lin, and Lao Jiu all paused for a moment, looking at the purple rocks around them and shaking their heads.

"Who knows what these purple crystals are for?"

"Aren't we supposed to mine? Shall we give it a try?"

Zhao Benling held the iron shovel in his hands and shoveled towards the purple rock wall beside him.

With a "clang",

The iron shovel struck the purple rock wall, sparking flames.

On closer inspection, only a small indentation was made by Zhao Benling's shovel.

"What's going on?"

Everyone was startled and began to shovel the nearby purple rocks with their shovels, then discovered to their surprise that they could not move them at all.

"We can't shovel through, what the heck!"

Chi Lin exclaimed.

Yang Xiao thought for a moment, picked up a shovel, channeled the energy from Genetic Evolution, and infused the energy into the shovel before shoveling hard.

With a "pfft",

The shovel penetrated the purple rock wall, and several cracks appeared around the rock wall.

Yang Xiao channeled the energy from Genetic Evolution once again, exerted force to pry with the shovel,

With a "crash",

A large piece of purple rock fell off.

"Everyone needs to channel the energy from Genetic Evolution to shovel. In other words, it's like fighting a person; you can't just use your hands, you have to bring out your full strength, especially the energy from Genetic Evolution, infuse it into the shovel, and then you can shovel into the rock."

After hearing this, Du Tianxing and the others tried once more,

This time, everyone successfully shoveled into the rock wall and pried off a large piece of purple stone.

However, no purple crystals were seen.

Just then, a dark shadow floated down from above, landing at the bottom of the pit.

Upon seeing him, Yang Xiao and the others recognized it as Luo Meng.

"Captain Luo?"

Du Tianxing and the others immediately called out.

Luo Meng had blood at the corner of his mouth, which seemed like he had been through a brutal fight.

Luo Meng glanced at Yang Xiao and others, and said dispassionately:

"Good, you guys aren't too dumb, didn't rush up to get yourselves killed."

Yang Xiao and others were shocked and asked:

"Captain Luo, did you kill the two-headed monsters?"

"Um,"

Luo Meng nodded, then said:

"Our mining field occasionally encounters monster attacks. You were unlucky today; I didn't manage to warn you before you suddenly were attacked by the two-headed crocodiles. Sadly, seven of your companions died on the spot."

"Ah!"

Yang Xiao and the others gasped in shock.

Just arrived, yet to understand what's happening, and seven companions died.

Everyone fell into a silent melancholy, feeling somewhat sorrowful. Although Yang Xiao and others didn't have much relationship with the rest, they all came from Earth, feeling empathy like 'a hare's death is a fox's grief'.

At that moment, Yang Xiao also had the impulse to rush and help but he immediately remembered the words Chuhe advised him on the spaceship: upon seeing a monster, don't act rashly, don't overestimate your abilities, hide if you can.

Luo Meng didn't care about the feelings of Yang Xiao and others and directly said:

"Follow me."

Then he led them along the mining tunnel.

After about ten minutes, roughly two to three hundred meters by Yang Xiao's estimation, they finally saw the end of the tunnel.

At the end of the wall, there was a shovel stuck into the rock wall.

Above the rock wall, Yang Xiao and the others saw a crystal ore shining with purple light, approximately the size of two thumbs.

Luo Meng stood in front, pointing at the purple crystal on the rock wall, and said:

"There's a vein of Purple Origin Crystal Stone here, you just need to keep digging along this vein, place the unearthed Purple Origin Crystal Stones aside, and the rest of the rubble needs to be carried out of the tunnel by someone, or else it will block the tunnel and affect the ongoing excavation work, understand?"

Yang Xiao and others nodded, indicating understanding.

"Alright, since you understand, start digging. There are two meals a day, someone will specially bring them over, you'll eat and sleep in this mining field from now on."

With that, Luo Meng turned and left.

"Captain Luo, will there be a reward for our mining work?"

Yang Xiao shouted.

Du Tianxing and the others were startled and quickly made eye contact with Yang Xiao, signaling, are you seeking death?

Zhao Benling smiled towards Luo Meng and said:

"Captain Luo, it's okay if there's no pay, as long as we can eat our fill."

He looked just like a happy indentured laborer.

Luo Meng glanced at Yang Xiao and said indifferently:

"Based on your mining achievements, we will appropriately provide you with some Genetic Potion to enhance your Genetic Evolution."

After Luo Meng finished speaking, he turned to leave again.

Yang Xiao then said:

"There's another thing I want to ask Captain Luo."

"What is it?"

Luo Meng's tone carried impatience.

"I want to go up and see my deceased brothers and bury them."

After hearing this, Luo Meng was silent for a moment, and then said:

"There's no need to bury them. Just leave them outside; wild beasts will come to devour their bodies at night."

"We Earthlings respect the dead, and it's proper to lay them to rest in the soil after death. I can't bear it in my heart, as they and I all come from the same place. Please allow this, Captain Luo."

Luo Meng was stunned for a moment and impatiently said:

"Fine, go and deal with it yourselves, but hurry back to mining."

"Thank you, Captain Luo."

Luo Meng left, and Yang Xiao gestured secretly to Du Tianxing and the others, who followed behind.

At the bottom of the mine, Luo Meng flashed and flew straight up.

Yang Xiao was astonished, damn, a hundred meters high and he can fly out on his own, awesome!

The five of them rode the elevator to the top of the mine and saw from a distance the corpses of two giant Two-headed Monsters and seven bodies on the ground.

A dozen Iron Tower Warriors and three cloaked men were patrolling in the distance.

Yang Xiao and his group gathered the seven bodies on the ground together, one of which was Gu Beifeng.

Everyone heaved a sigh,

Back on Earth, these individuals were all local tyrants, hoping to break through Genetic Evolution and dominate the world. They never expected to be tricked into becoming Miners.

Even becoming Miners was bearable, but upon arriving at the mining site, they faced a Monster attack. They intended to suck up and curry favor but met their untimely demise.

The group found a spot not far from the mining site and dug a large pit to place the seven bodies in.

When placing Gu Beifeng's body, Zhao Benling suddenly shouted:

"Yang Xiao, Gu Beifeng is not completely dead yet, he still has a breath, his finger moved, and his pulse is faintly beating."

"Quickly feed him two Small Blood Pills."

Zhao Benling took out two Small Blood Pills and put them into Gu Beifeng's mouth,

After a while, Gu Beifeng slowly opened his eyes and saw Yang Xiao and the others.

Du Tianxing said:

"Brother Gu, you have survived a great disaster!"

Gu Beifeng gave a bitter smile, coughed violently, and spit out two mouthfuls of fresh blood.

Yang Xiao said:

"Feed him another Small Blood Pill, his injuries are too severe. Give him some water to drink as well."

Zhao Benling fed Gu Beifeng another Small Blood Pill and gave him half a bottle of water.

Moments later, Gu Beifeng finally caught his breath and, looking at Yang Xiao, said:

"Yang Xiao, thank you!"

Yang Xiao said indifferently:

"How do you feel? You're lucky. We almost buried you alive."

"I feel much better now; I don't think I'll die. If there's a chance to return to Earth, I'll cede all of Wuji Mountain's territory to you."

"Dream on, we can't go back at all. This is Purple Origin Star, over 80 light years away. Do you think they'll let me go back? We are all from Earth; if there were any grievances in the past, forget them all. Here, each person alive is an addition to our strength, we live day by day, so let's band together and survive from now on."

Yang Xiao spoke, his eyes sweeping the surroundings; they were hundreds of meters away from Luo Meng and the others.

Du Tianxing suddenly realized the gravity of the situation and immediately said:

"Yang Xiao is right, we should unite now. There were 22 of us, and now only 16 remain. Let's try to help each other and stick together for survival."

Chi Lin and Lao Jiu also nodded in agreement.

After burying six people, Yang Xiao's group supported Gu Beifeng out of the pit.

Gu Beifeng was injured now and needed a few days to recover. If left at the mining site, he might be attacked by the wild beasts outside.

As Yang Xiao and the others exited the pit, they saw several dog-like creatures pounce on the Two-headed Monster's corpse and tear at it, while Luo Meng and the Iron Tower Warriors did not intervene, allowing the wild dogs to gnaw on the corpses.

Yang Xiao suddenly had a thought; what would happen if the Two-headed Monster's corpse were placed in that mysterious Black Bottle?

With such terrifying Combat Power, the energy contained after refinement must be good?

Of course, Yang Xiao could only think about it; he couldn't possibly take out his treasure in front of Luo Meng.

When going back down into the mine, Yang Xiao reluctantly looked at the distant corpse of the Two-headed Monster and cursed the wild dogs:

"Damn it, leave some for me, get lost once you're full!"

(Two more updates today)