Back in the mine, Gu Beifeng stayed at the bottom to rest temporarily, while Yang Xiao and others went ahead to mine in the tunnels.

Everyone had been mining for a while when they realized that mining was truly a labor-intensive job.

Besides Yang Xiao, the rest were all King Level Evolvers, but each person could not continue mining for more than 15 minutes without feeling tired.

Another discomfort was the need to widen the tunnels to the previous width of five or six meters and a height of three or four meters; the excavated rubble had to be transported to a place two to three hundred meters away, then lifted by an elevator to a hundred meters outside the mine, where it was then carried by people outside to a place a hundred meters away and piled up.

Everyone took turns on the job, and after several hours, they had only advanced about one meter.

Old Nine was outside the mine transporting slag, Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling were mining, and Chi Lin, along with Du Tianxing, transported the mined ore to the elevator at the bottom of the mine.

They took turns in shifts.

The veins of the Purple Origin Crystal Ore could change direction at any moment, and the amount of Crystal Stone Mine appeared inconsistently.

Sometimes they could dig up a piece as big as a fist, and other times, only as small as a pinky finger.

After digging out the Purple Origin Crystal Ore, everyone played with it in their hands; it was at least ten times denser than the purple rocks and extraordinarily heavy.

Yang Xiao held the crystalline ore in his hands, feeling it cold to the touch, with no special feelings besides its heaviness and chill.

"What is the use of this thing?"

Suddenly, Yang Xiao had an increasingly clear feeling.

Overnight, Earth was occupied by aliens like Long Wei, who annihilated more than 90% of humanity, leaving only the young, and turned everyone into Genetic Evolvers.

Now, the first batch of King Level Genetic Evolvers were brought to this strange planet to work as miners.

Could it be that the aliens invested so much cost and time to cultivate us, the human Genetic Evolvers from Earth, just to have us mine?

This thought had occurred to Yang Xiao when he first entered the mine, and when he found that the purple rocks were tough and could only be mined using powerful Genetic Evolution Energy, he became more convinced of his hypothesis.

"We were trained to be Genetic Evolvers specifically for mining."

Yang Xiao clearly articulated his thought.

Zhao Benling, Du Tianxing, and Chi Lin, who were listening, were all stunned.

Yang Xiao briefly repeated his thoughts, and after listening, Du Tianxing and others remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Let's just work normally for now, without any other thoughts, like making sure we survive, until we gradually understand the full picture and figure out what to do."

Everyone nodded.

Two more hours passed, and Luo Meng came down to the mine to check the work conditions of Yang Xiao and the others.

"How many Purple Origin Crystal Stones have been mined?"

Yang Xiao gestured towards the corner of the mine where dozens of crystal stones were piled up, saying:

"They're all over there."

Luo Meng glanced at them, waved his hand, and all the Purple Origin Crystal Stones immediately levitated and flew to his front.

"Good, achieving this on the first day is great."

For the first time, Luo Meng showed a smile; apparently, the Purple Origin Crystal Stones were very important to him, more important than when they were first attacked by monsters and lost seven people.

Luo Meng placed the crystal stones into his Space Ring and told Yang Xiao and the others:

"Someone will bring you food soon, I and the Iron Tower Warriors will temporarily withdraw. After we leave, you all must stay in the cave and spend the night. One thing I must emphasize: this place is within a large mountain, surrounded by many Fierce Beasts. If you run out on your own, you will surely die, don't blame me for not warning you."

Yang Xiao was surprised and asked:

"Captain Luo, do you mean we are not returning to the camp tonight and are just spending the night here?"

"Yes, the flying vehicle cannot take so many people. I also have to transport people from other nearby mines, and from now on, you'll all live inside the mine. Another reminder, after we leave, you can only hide inside the mine."

Everyone felt a bit uneasy upon hearing this.

Yang Xiao couldn't help but ask again:

"What about the bodies of the two monsters outside?"

"Ah, those two two-headed giant crocodiles? Don't worry about them, wild beasts will come at night to eat them up, not even bones will be left."

"Can we eat the meat from those monsters?"

"Hmm?"

Luo Meng was startled and looked at Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao quickly explained:

"Shouldn't the flesh and blood of those monsters provide some Genetic Evolution Energy? That would help us have more strength to work better, right?"

After hearing this, Luo Meng laughed and said:

"I actually forgot about that, suit yourselves. However, I'm warning you to be careful. Once we leave, monsters will quickly come to snatch the body of the two-headed crocodile."

After finishing his speech, Luo Meng took out a half-meter long blue crystal stick from his Space Ring and waved it around Yang Xiao and the others. Then he put away the stick that looked like blue crystal and explained:

"This stick can detect Purple Origin Crystal Stones. If you hide Purple Origin Crystal Stones on your person, they can be detected, so I hope you don't do anything foolish, otherwise, I will not hesitate to kill you."

With his last words, Luo Meng spoke lightly, as if killing was no big deal to him.

Yang Xiao said with a smile:

"We have no use for that thing, why would we hide it?"

"Haha, what do you know? This thing—"

Luo Meng suddenly stopped, looked at Yang Xiao, and laughed:

"Exactly, it's useless to you. So, just focus on your work."

After Luo Meng left, Yang Xiao and the others looked at each other.

Du Tianxing had just proposed that each person secretly keep a piece of Purple Origin Crystal Stone, thankfully Yang Xiao stopped him in time.

If the other party felt confident letting them mine below, they surely had methods of monitoring and inspecting.

Nevertheless, everyone felt a bit of unspeakable sadness when they thought about having to spend the night and subsequently live in the mine.

This was practically a slave's life.

Half an hour later, Old Nine came down from above, carrying a large square box in his hands.

"Captain Luo said this was our dinner for today, told me to bring it down, and also said not to go up anymore, just spend the night here and rest. Yang Xiao, what's going on?"

Old Nine was clearly not very aware of various reasons.

Yang Xiao didn't explain but asked:

"Have Captain Luo and the others left?"

"Not yet, but the spaceship that's picking them up has already arrived. This box of food was sent by the people from the spaceship, and the other mining brothers have also got their food."

Yang Xiao nodded and said:

"Let's eat."

Yang Xiao had now tacitly become the leader of the group, not only admired by Zhao Benling, Chi Lin, and Old Nine, but even Du Tianxing now recognized Yang Xiao.

Gu Beifeng, who was supposed to be buried alive while injured, owed his life to the kindness of Yang Xiao, thus even Gu Beifeng recognized Yang Xiao now.

At least, in the current environment, there was no need to fight over territorial resources anymore. Survival was difficult, and everyone knew that sticking together was the only way to live on.

The big box contained ten pieces of pastry, some meat, and a large bottle of water.

This food was basically sufficient for six people.

Yang Xiao ate half of it and drank some water, then went alone to the elevator.

"Yang Xiao, where are you going?"

Zhao Benling shouted.

"Don't worry, I'm just going up to see if Captain Luo has left and also to take a piss."

(There will be another update tonight)