Chapter 29: Calvin, the Cattleman, took office
On the other side, Calvin, a level 1 psionic warlock who didn't know that a certain dragon would be demoted to a big position in the brain, was following the strutting jackal general manager Hotz with an uneasy look on his face. At the same time, he couldn't help being curious and sighing.
Although Zeelandia was originally a mixed-race city, it was also one of the few places in the Underdark that could still maintain a little freedom of order.
But this so-called freedom is nothing more than mining more in exchange for food, or mining less and waiting to die.
It can be said that at most, it can only be considered as surviving.
The warm home he once had, his beloved fiancée, and his mentor who taught him earnestly. These nostalgic faces and memories were buried deeply in his heart, but they slowly became blurred as time went by.
The irrepressible forgetfulness in the blur is not subject to his will.
Even if he is a ridiculous level 1 psion, even if he doesn't want to forget
If his life for the first twenty years was smooth sailing, then after he came to the Underdark with a ghostly mind, his originally smooth destiny line fell directly to the bottom, and he could no longer move, and could only act like a walking zombie.
like living.
He no longer looks forward to returning to the surface, to the home he has longed for, and sometimes he even doesn’t know what else he will expect?
For example, I'm afraid Remulu Fish Stall will no longer be able to sell dried grilled fish?
Another example, is it the first time you perform your duties after being hired by Hogg Mining for no apparent reason?
"Haha, Calvin, recognize yourself. You are just applying for a job as a miner. Apart from mining and related things, what else can you do?" Calvin laughed at himself in his mind.
However, as he entered the legendary West Mining Area, which was forced to be closed by the dwarves for more than twenty years, Calvin's attention was attracted by the lively and even magical atmosphere of this rich mining area.
This mining area has been occupied by those Caverns rats for who knows how many years. Even the fluorescent moss has been eaten clean by those locust-like creatures, so the entire west mining area looks a bit dark.
But in this darkness that is not quiet, the lights are bright at this moment. Hundreds of miners who have submitted their resumes are sweating profusely with their mining picks, throwing sparks and rolling down in the dim light.
The raw ore was picked up by a partner beside the rock wall, who used a metal chisel to remove the stone on the surface, and then put it into a basket made of animal bones and some kind of plant roots.
Generally speaking, miners with some experience in Zeelandia will do this.
Because if you don't do this, it will take up valuable space in the ore basket, and secondly, those gray dwarves who have darker hearts than their faces will often discount the weight of their ores because there are too many stone bodies on the surface, so much so that you will vomit blood.
In the past, most of them were doing their own thing, and many of the guys who were just waiting to die would go back and forth to get two baskets, one to pay taxes and one to exchange for food.
But today they think they have caught a loophole in the "Employment Reward Policy for Didi Miners" and believe that as long as multiple people cooperate, they can exchange for the daily task gift package once a day, or even more than once!
But little did they know that this so-called 'loophole' was also intentional by Li Wei, who looked down upon the small workshop model of the group of gray dwarves that was no different from the small coal kilns in black mines.
Do it! Make it big! Make a super mine with a daily output of at least 300,000 tons! Then copy this super mine model to every corner of the Underdark, and finally include the entire Underdark as your own mine.
Origin, continuously export all kinds of mineral resources to the surface world, and become a real mining oligarch in Corell!
Of course, this ambitious goal is still a bit far away
That is at least based on the completion of the technological industry upgrade. The premise is that the combat power of Levi Hog Mining is enough to suppress all dissatisfaction in the Underdark Region.
But at least for now, Li Wei wants them to develop the working habit of multi-party collaboration.
And before he fell asleep, he also needed a large amount of ore as food, and he wanted to upgrade his scales, which were mostly bald, for defense.
As a native, Calvin was not aware of all these plans, but the significant changes in the West Mining Area allowed him to see many things that subverted his views. For example, he actually saw the gray dwarf here!
"Shouldn't you gray dwarves with thick eyebrows and big eyes be the backbone of the Gold Miners Brotherhood? You traitors!" Tiger, who was next door to Calvin's gang and was looking at the lonely East Mining Area with his lips pursed in a daze, spat out these words. came out.
However, these gray dwarves not only temporarily rebelled openly, but also because the mining area here has just been developed, and it is too easy to mine many shallow ores. The happy gray dwarves even hummed a song:
A dwarf mining song made Calvin stupid.
Maybe they noticed the prying eyes. The gray dwarf miners looked back at him, rolled their eyes and turned their mining hammers and said, "What are you looking at! Haven't you seen Picking Up Girls?"
Leaving behind the dull-eyed Calvin, the gray dwarf cast his affectionate gaze back on the dwarf beside him. He stroked the other man's beard, which was thicker than his own, and said affectionately: "You like mining, and I also like mining." Mine, I also like blacksmithing, we are a perfect match~"
As he spoke, he started singing again:
"You should mine with me~
"Keep standing, waiting on the lawn in front of your house~"
"You should mine with me~"
"Even if yours is much bigger than mine~"
"You should be with me too~"
"You should be with me~"
The soft fire in his eyes seemed to melt the ore
Calvin seemed to wake up from a nightmare, shuddered, and quickly caught up with Hotz, leaving this devil-like death chanter.
Not long after, after escaping from the area occupied by the dwarves who could bend people, Calvin was brought to a Caverns rat nest by Hoz.
Since Caverns rats have dark vision and do not like light by nature, there are not many light sources in this Caverns rat farm. There is only a little smell of feces, fishy smell and blood mixed into the nose.
Just when Calvin was doubting his life, Jackal general manager Hotz turned around, opened his hands, smiled at Calvin and said: "Psychic Warlock Calvin, welcome to Hogg Mining's subordinate unit, Calvin Smooth Farm! Your current position is Calvins Level 1 Animal Husbandry, do it well! The master values your ability very much, maybe I should call you Calvins Farm Director in a few years."
"Boss Hogg values my ability very much? There is also a breeding farm? Level 1 livestock worker? But I am here to apply for a job as a miner!" Calvin looked confused.
"What future does a miner have? The real way to make money is to be a stockman!" Hotz sneered.
"But what is my job content?" Calvin asked worriedly.
Hotz then slapped his head, pointed at the wilted Caverns rats and said: "Look at my memory, by the way, your job responsibility is to take care of these Caverns rats and restore their reproduction as soon as possible. Cycle, try it now, use your spiritual power to hypnotize them, make them forget about the battle, and think that they are still in a warm nest, and the female rat next to them is very beautiful, plump, and lubricated, cough, cough, cough! Anyway! That’s it, you know.”
Calvin was completely dumbfounded. After he realized what he was doing, he was furious: "I am a mage! I am not here for breeding!"
Hotz curled his lips, "Didn't your mage also work as a miner for ten years?"
Calvin's momentum suddenly fell short, "That's different."
"I'm just asking you if you can do it! If you can't do it, unfortunately, you won't be qualified for this job." Hotz showed a mouth full of fangs.
Calvin instantly became as wilted as the Caverns rat, "It shouldn't be difficult for someone of this size, but there are too many of them."
However, Hotz smiled like he was changing his face in a Sichuan opera, and placed a row of blue crystal bottles on the table, "It doesn't matter, I have prepared these for you, do your best! Future Director Calvin! You will have a future.
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Chapter completed!