Night Falls: I Kill Through the Wasteland with My Entries

Chapter 4 Conflict
Su Ding walked to the pile of black crystals, picked up a crowbar and inserted it into the gap between the black crystals, then pressed hard, trying to get the black crystals inside out.

This pile of black crystals, with black crystals fused together with soil, is similar to the adobe houses of the past and is very solid.

It still takes some effort to get it out.

Fortunately, there was such a crowbar in the original owner's inheritance, otherwise, I don’t know what to do.

Soon, a piece of black crystal with delicate patterns was dug out.

Su Ding weighed it in his hand. It was about half a pound, which could be exchanged for five pounds of local rice.

At this moment, the other four people also noticed Su Ding's situation.

Xu Hu's eyes rolled, he picked up the manuscript in his hand, walked to Su Ding's side, and started digging.

"Who asked you to dig?" Su Ding stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Xu Hu, and asked with a frown.

"Hehe, brother, it's hard for you to dig such a big pile of black crystals by yourself. How about we dig it together?" Xu Hu said with a smile when he saw Su Ding questioning.

Upon hearing this, Su Ding silently pulled the crowbar out of the black crystal pile, stuck it on the ground, stared at Xu Hu, and said coldly: "There are two black crystal piles over there. If you want to dig, go dig by yourself, not next to me."

"Brother, those two black crystal piles are dangerous. Just have pity on me." Xu Hu said helplessly with a bitter face.

"Haha. I pity you, but who pities me? Who here doesn't rely on black crystals for a living? You've got a pretty good calculation. Why isn't this black crystal pile dangerous? Isn't it because I risked my life to dig it out?"

Su Ding sneered, "If we all act like this, then no one will stand still and wait for someone to detect danger and dig.

Will it be you, me, or someone else here?"

Su Ding glanced at the others, then looked at Zhang Kun and said, "Brother Zhang, we don't need to dig when the time comes. After all, whoever digs first will have to bear the risk. What fool would be willing to suffer such a loss?"

Zhang Kun glared at Xu Hu and said, "Whoever digs up the black crystal pile first gets the right to dispose of it. Don't always try to get something for free. If you keep doing that, don't follow me out scavenging!"

"Yes, yes, I'm really sorry, Brother Su." Xu Hu smiled awkwardly after hearing Zhang Kun's words and apologized to Su Ding.

Su Ding glanced at the other person and continued to pick up the crowbar to pry out the black crystal.

He didn't take the other party's behavior to heart.

In this world, there are many people who are shameless just to survive.

If you care about everything, you will be angry to death.

While prying the black crystal, Su Ding suddenly thought of something. He paused for a moment, then looked at the rest of the people and said, "You can dig this black crystal pile, but you have to give me 20% of the black crystals, and I only need two people here."

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Upon hearing this, Xu Hu immediately came over and said with a smile, "Little brother, you don't mind, do you?"

"I'll come too." Li Jingan on the side suddenly spoke up.

"Jing'an, what are you going there for? He wants 20% of the black crystals, and you will be working for him there." Xiong Qian saw Li Jing'an was about to go over, so she grabbed Li Jing'an and said.

Li Jingan paused for a moment.

Although Su Ding asked for 20% of the black crystal, it is safer.

As long as it's safe, what does it matter if I earn less black crystals?
"If they don't come, I will." Seeing this, the monkey on the side hurried to the pile of black crystals next to Su Ding and pried the black crystals with a sharpened steel bar.

Seeing the monkey passing by, a hint of disappointment flashed in Li Jingan's eyes.

"Let's go find two other black crystal piles. Brother Zhang is an old scavenger, so there will definitely be no problem with his choice." Xiong Qian said to Li Jingan.

Li Jingan sighed and nodded.

Then, the two came to a pile of black crystals.

"Jing'an, there's definitely no problem with this. Let's go over there!" Xiong Qian pulled Li Jing'an and walked towards the pile of black crystals.

"Wait!" Li Jing'an suddenly grabbed Xiong Qian and said, "Before we dig out the black crystal, we need to test it first. If it turns out to be a black beast, we will be in danger."

Hearing her words, Xiong Qian was stunned for a moment, then her eyes flickered and she said, "Oh, yeah. Then who should go over?"

"I'll go." Li Jingan saw her expression, took a deep breath and said.

"Okay." Xiong Qian paused, then thought of something and stared at Li Jingan and said, "Jingan, you won't take my share when the time comes, will you?"

"No..." Li Jing'an shook her head silently, then cautiously approached the pile of black crystals. As she got closer, her movements became slower and slower.

Only when she got closer did she breathe a sigh of relief and confirm that the pile of black crystals was safe and not a black beast.

"Hehe, I knew this pile of black crystals was safe." Xiong Qian came closer, took Li Jing'an's hand, and said with a smile, "Jing'an, you really are my lucky star."

Then she looked in the direction of Su Ding, her eyes rolled, and she said, "Do you want to come here? I'm not as greedy as someone who wants 20%. I only want 10% here."

Hearing her words, Li Jingan frowned.

Su Ding just raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything.

"Brother Su, she has already given 10%. Why don't you reduce yours a little? That way I won't bother to move." Xu Hu said with a smile.

"I still want 20%. If you want to go to their place, you can, but just keep the 20% you dig." Su Ding glanced at the two of them and said lightly.

Hearing his words, Xu Hu's face changed and he said, "Brother Su, you are not a good person. How can you do things like this? Others only want 10%, but you want 20%."

"I said, if you don't want to be here, just leave. I didn't force you to stay." Su Ding said lightly.

He was too lazy to say anything more to such a person.

If he takes one step back, this kind of person will take ten steps forward.

Xu Hu's face turned ugly, then he gritted his teeth, kept some of the black crystal he had just dug, turned around and walked towards Xiong Qian.

"I'm talking about 20%." Su Ding picked up the black crystal, grabbed Xu Hu, and said coldly: "Your position is at most 15%."

"Okay, okay, okay. I tell you, you have no vision. You won't go far!" Xu Hu turned around after hearing this, glared at Su Ding, gritted his teeth and said, then took out some black crystals and put them on the ground.

Su Ding put the black crystal into his cloth bag.

The total amount of black crystals given by the other party was about a few pieces, less than one or two ounces, but it could be exchanged for a few bowls of rice.

"Are you leaving?" Su Ding looked at the monkey and said.

"No." The monkey immediately shook his head.

Hearing his words, Su Ding was a little surprised, "Why? Xiong Qian only gives 10% commission."

The monkey scratched his head and said with an awkward smile, "Although there's only 10% over there, they have more people. It's not as much as what I dug here."

Hearing his words, Su Ding immediately understood what the other party was thinking.

There are three people on the other side and two people on their side.

So it is obvious that each person on their side dug more.

This 10% commission can be taken from the black crystals dug out.

"Besides, that Xiong Qian doesn't look like someone who is easy to get along with. I'd better stay away from her." Monkey said in a low voice.

Su Ding was speechless for a moment, then nodded and said, "How about this, you continue digging, and I'll only take 10% of your commission, just like them, but don't tell them."

He came here to earn black crystals, not to make enemies with anyone, so there was no need to create a grudge with Monkey because of this.

As for Xu Hu, that’s another story.

It's useless to make friends with someone like that.

The other party only cares about interests.

You don't have to worry about whether I give you a good face or not.

"Thank you very much." The monkey was delighted to hear that, and the knot in his heart disappeared immediately.

He felt like he had been hit by a pie.

I am in this black crystal pile, the commission is small, and I can dig a lot, which is much better than Xu Hu.

(End of this chapter)