The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

The cat sighed.

"Those who haven't completed the beginner quests must do them first."

"The 'remote recycling' function will only be enabled after the task is completed."

"Otherwise, are you planning to carry everything you get back after you go out? That would be exhausting."

This is indeed a problem.

The weight system in this game is ridiculously realistic.

There's no space in the backpack, so I have to carry it directly.

Without remote recycling, they would be forced to do manual labor.

"Shall we go kill them now?" Ye Yu and the others exchanged glances.

"Need not."

Old P chuckled.

He winked at the cuckoo cat.

"Kitty, get the goods ready!"

Gugu Cat ripped open the wooden board next to it.

The complete corpse of a zombie monster was revealed.

Old P spoke up smugly.

"My cat and I were also busy last night."

"Thinking that people might need it, I just slaughtered an extra one."

"How about that? Pretty loyal, huh?"

"That's what you call being prepared!"

The beginner's mission is to kill a zombie and bring it back; this can be done in a team.

The group of people who hadn't completed their mission dragged a corpse to the general store to submit their report.

A few minutes later.

All beginner quests for everyone are now marked as "Completed".

Remote recycling function unlocked.

"Set off!"

With a wave of his hand, Wang Banxian displayed the demeanor of a leader.

"Target: The Death Mine!"

"Take all of that A-level reward!"

The group of ten set off westward in a grand procession.

The live stream room with ten people saw a surge in popularity.

The zombies along the way have almost disappeared.

The ground was covered with signs of a battle, and the black bloodstains were still wet.

The organized "regular army" advanced at an astonishing speed.

"Where did these people come from?" Mo Fang looked at the battle marks on the ground, deep in thought. "The extent of this firepower coverage is definitely not something an ordinary player could achieve."

"Who cares?" Zi Ran said nonchalantly. "In the face of absolute power, all skills are just fancy tricks. Once I've saved up more source crystals and bought some good equipment, I'll take down every kid with a single strike."

It took about twenty minutes to walk.

The surrounding buildings began to thin out.

The ground became rugged and uneven, with exposed rocks and abandoned mining equipment everywhere.

The air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur.

"arrive."

Old P stopped and pointed ahead.

That was the entrance to a huge mine.

It was pitch black, like a giant maw ready to devour its prey.

However, on the rock wall inside the cave entrance, there were specks of eerie blue light shimmering.

In the dim light, it appeared particularly eerie, and also particularly... alluring.

"What's that?"

Wang Banxian squinted his eyes.

He strode forward and reached out to touch a glowing stone on the rock wall.

The instant my fingertips touched the stone.

A semi-transparent information panel popped up in front of him.

Blue fluorite

[Quality: Rare]

[Description: A primary ore rich in energy, serving as an important energy source in the wasteland world. It can be used to forge weapons and armor.]

[Recycling Price: 3 Source Crystals/Unit]

Everyone saw the same message.

For a moment, the air fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, heavy breathing sounds rose and fell.

"How much?" Su Xiaotu's voice trembled. "Three Source Crystals?! One unit?!"

She wasn't mistaken.

It's just one unit.

The wall was covered with countless blue specks of light.

It would cost at least several hundred or even a thousand yuan.

"I've...I'm rich..."

Wang Banxian's hands were trembling.

He turned around abruptly, his eyes bloodshot, like a lecherous wolf who had spotted a stunningly beautiful woman.

"This isn't a mine at all!"

"This is clearly a gold mine!"

Without the slightest hesitation.

The few people who were just shouting about fighting, PK, and killing zombies instantly forgot all their grand words.

What is an A-level reward?

These stones, which can be exchanged for Source Crystals, are the most tangible reward!

Everyone opened their personal in-game store in unison.

[Simple Pickaxe: Price: 1 Source Crystal.]

buy!

Ten brand-new iron pickaxes appeared in everyone's hands.

The originally menacing combat squad instantly transformed into a frenzied miner brigade.

Ding!Ding!Ding!

The crisp sound of hammering echoed at the mine entrance.

Sparks flew everywhere.

The gravel is flying.

Wang Banxian swung his pickaxe so fast it was almost a blur.

"Triple-source crystal! Triple-source crystal! Triple-source crystal!"

Wild Fairy Tale Author: "These few swings of the pickaxe are enough to make me wash my feet several times over!"

Wang the Fortune Teller: "Nobody can stop me! I'm going to dig through the planet!"

The viewers in the live stream were stunned.

【? ? ? 】

[I've already taken my pants off, and this is what you show me?]

[Wasn't it supposed to be a high-difficulty CAC-level challenge? How did it turn into a gold miner?]

This is so true! People can't resist money.

Don't watch mining videos!

This is so boring, I'm leaving.

However, the streamers, immersed in their fantasies of getting rich quick, completely ignored the protests from the chat.

Even the usually aloof Mo Fang was completely focused at this moment.

Each strike of the pickaxe precisely hits the weakest point of the ore, making it extremely efficient.

One piece can be recycled into three source crystals. If you dig here for half a day, you'll have enough source crystals for this month's resurrection.

The wild fairy tale writer dug while explaining to the live stream audience.

"Yesterday I sold source crystals for 1/2500 of the original price, and I sold 100 of them, which earned me a year's income. But one piece of blue fluorite can be recycled for 3 source crystals."

"This is 7500 yuan."

"I don't want to waste my time here, but it's offering just too much."

The barrage of comments reached its climax at this moment.

【A single crystal selling for 2500?! Dude, are you speaking Chinese?】

[2500? There's an extra zero, isn't there? What idiot would buy something that expensive?]

Old P: I've been subtly insulted again.

Is the game's currency really that valuable?

Okay, I admit it for now, I'm genuinely jealous.

I worked hard for a month, and all I got was a piece of junk ore?

Why can't the world of the rich have one more person like me?!

While everyone was busy mining.

Nobody noticed.

In the darkness deep within the mine.

The pale blue lights seemed to flicker more frequently.

A very subtle sound, like the friction sound made by an arthropod crawling.

rustle.

rustle.

They were rapidly approaching amidst the laughter of the crowd and the sounds of mining.

Mo Fang just finished recycling a piece of blue fluorite.

Sudden.

His movements stopped.

His ears twitched slightly.

"Don't make a sound."

Only two words.

But the seriousness in his tone made everyone instinctively shut their mouths.

"Wh...what's wrong?" Su Xiaotu asked softly.

Mo did not respond.

He simply raised his head slowly, his gaze fixed on the top of the mine shaft.

There.

The rock wall was originally pitch black.

Suddenly, a patch of pale blue light appeared, flashing intermittently.

Before anyone could react, a swarm of black beetles the size of bottle caps rained down.

Densely packed.