Everyone was restless during the first half of the night!

Later we discovered that no matter how fiercely the monsters roared outside, it was still safe inside the mine, and it wasn't until the second half of the night that everyone felt reassured enough to sleep.

"Do you think Purple Origin Star is still within the Solar System?"

Zhao Benling, upon waking up, posed such a question, which instantly roused everyone.

Yang Xiao chuckled and said,

"Zhao Benling, are you feeling bored to be asking such a profound question?"

Beside him, Gu Beifeng chimed in:

"Of course it's within the Solar System; otherwise, where would the day and night come from?"

Gu Beifeng held a master's degree from Yunhai Academy and was quite knowledgeable.

Chi Lin stood up, stretched himself with a yawn, and loudly exclaimed,

"We've lived another day, how wonderful! Brothers, let's persevere, don't feel discouraged. Every day the sun is new, and miracles may just happen at the next moment!"

Du Tianxing laughed:

"That's some timely motivational soup you're serving; I don't even feel hungry anymore."

Everyone burst into laughter.

The suppressed panic from last night was swept away!

We all went to the bottom of the pit and listened carefully; it seemed that the howling of the monsters outside had ceased.

Together, the six of us mustered our courage and slowly rode the elevator to the outside of the mine, peeking out first to confirm that there were no large monsters, not even the smaller ones.

Thus, the six of us boldly stepped out of the mine, stretching our limbs outside.

Being cooped up in the mine for a day and a night, coming out to exercise in the morning made us feel refreshed and much more comfortable.

Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing then went to call out at several other mines; in a while, the rest of the people also came up.

This reunion felt like one after a brush with death, and some were so moved they had tears in their eyes.

Yang Xiao suggested,

"I propose that we all embrace each other."

This suggestion by Yang Xiao actually got everyone's agreement.

The people here were all acquaintances, but back on Earth, they were wary of each other, competing for resources, leading to deep-seated emotional barriers between them.

Now, on this strange planet, of the 22 people who arrived together yesterday, only 15 remained. To them, each was a compatriot brother, the closest person to one another.

While embracing everyone, Yang Xiao could feel the tremors in everyone's hearts.

"Brothers, be strong, let's persevere; we'll definitely survive!"

"We need to do more than just survive; we must thrive."

"One day, we will return to Earth; the people there need us."

"Don't forget, after evolving to the King Level, our lifespan limit has now reached over 120 years. As long as we all take good care of ourselves, the day we return to Earth is assured."

...

Exchanging these words of encouragement with each other, the atmosphere suddenly became enthusiastic, and the oppression and sadness from the previous night gradually diminished.

Yang Xiao then proposed,

"Since there are no monsters disturbing us this morning, let's all come out and interact every day. Let's line up and run together."

"Run?"

"Yes, we'll run laps around this minefield. This can not only exercise our bodies but also increase our emotional interactions, and we won't feel so alone."

"Okay,"

So, the 15 of us lined up and started running laps around the minefield.

We even started chanting a slogan,

"One, two, three, four, one two, three, four!"

"Shall we sing while we run?"

Gu Beifeng suggested.

"Sure, what should we sing?"

"Shall we sing the national anthem? Is that okay?"

"Okay!"

"Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves; with our very flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall..."

Fifteen passionate men sang the once-national anthem of Xuanming Country, their blood boiling and tears streaming down their faces.

It was at this moment that they truly felt the positive energy of the national anthem.

After finishing the anthem, everyone switched to a few lively songs.

The loud singing above the mining site gave off a vibrant and lively vibe.

...

A spaceship slowly approached in the distance, landing in the mining site.

Luo Meng and a dozen Iron Tower Guards stepped out, puzzled to see people running laps in the distance.

"Come here, what are you doing?"

Luo Meng waved at everyone and shouted.

Yang Xiao led everyone over and said,

"Captain Luo, we are exercising to get better at mining."

"Huh?"

Luo Meng was taken aback but then chuckled,

"Good, that's a great idea. From now on, exercise on your own in the mornings."

Luo Meng practiced the Genetic Transformation Technique, which includes running as a part of its Body Refinement.

"Alright, here's your breakfast, take it and eat. After eating, get back to work quickly."

An Iron Tower Guard took out several large boxes of food from the spaceship and placed them in front of everyone.

Yang Xiao and the others weren't shy; they opened the boxes and began eating the food inside.

"How did everyone sleep last night?"

asked Luo Meng.

"Couldn't sleep in the first half of the night; too many Monsters outside frightened us into shivering."

Zhao Benling said.

"Haha, that's normal. You'll get used to it after a while. It's relatively safe hiding in the mining pits."

After breakfast, Yang Xiao and the others went down the mine to start mining.

Gu Beifeng, having fully recovered after a night's rest, joined the mining work today as well.

Yang Xiao thought for a moment and assigned Gu Beifeng to another group, making it so that the fifteen men could be evenly split into three groups. Moreover, with Gu Beifeng's prestige serving as the team leader, he could lead everyone more effectively.

Gu Beifeng pondered and also found the reasoning sound, so he went to another group.

Yang Xiao and the others decided to focus on mining well first, in order to gain the trust of Luo Meng, then slowly explore the situation and plan for the future.

By evening, Luo Meng and the Iron Tower Guards left on the spaceship, and Yang Xiao and the others ate dinner and then rested in the mining pit.

Yang Xiao had retrieved a Two-headed Monster's corpse yesterday, keeping it in the Space Ring unused.

Everyone thought the corpse of the Monster had been eaten by other Monsters, so nobody expected Yang Xiao to have taken it.

In the middle of the night, Yang Xiao placed the Two-headed Monster's corpse into the mysterious Black Bottle, then, while everyone was asleep, he drank a mouthful from the liquid inside.

A surge of intense electric sensation immediately coursed through his entire body.

After a long time without such an intense feeling, the corpses of the Monsters here indeed possessed potent energy.

Yang Xiao finished the liquid in the Black Bottle over several attempts, then glanced over the attribute system in his mind.

"Holy shit, it can actually increase an attribute value by 1 point?"

Yang Xiao's Four Attributes had already reached 65 points each. Back on Earth, even with the corpses of King Level Monsters, it would be difficult to increase 1 point without dozens of them. He never expected that a single Monster's corpse here would provide an increase of a single attribute.

What an unexpected surprise!

Yang Xiao added 1 point to his Strength and, thinking of the other Two-headed Monster's corpse taken by the red-haired Monster, was filled with endless regret.

"Damn it, when will I take down that red-haired Monster!"