The Tian Yun spaceship traveled in space for twenty days before arriving at Cypress Ancient Planet. This shiny yellow-brown planet was, in fact, far from what it looked like on the map.
First of all, its gravity was much higher than that of ordinary planets. It was difficult for ordinary people without a strong foundation to move on the ground. Therefore, the merchants on the Tian Yun spaceship put on anti-gravity armor as soon as they got off the spaceship to facilitate normal movement.
Secondly, the ground was almost barren. There were no city-states or markets. The places for people to move around and trade were all in the underground city inside the planet. There was only one reception airport on the ground.
The scale of the airport was huge, at least thirty times that of the Green Arrow Base. The buildings and facilities here, including the ground, were all made of gray metal. The whole place gave off a depressing and gloomy feeling. Just like Planet KV303, it was night all year round. There was no day at all. All the light came from the command building on the parking apron in the square.
This building was quite strange. It had a total of fifty floors and was twisted in a C-shape. In front of the building, a huge virtual hologram was erected using a large crystal projector. All kinds of information were refreshed on it, such as: missions issued by the Extreme Pirate Troop, news of the major markets, some relevant news of the Federal Empire, and announcements of the entire Cypress Ancient Planet.
Directly below this holographic screen, there were hundreds of small optical computers. These were provided for the newcomers to Cypress Wood Star to use for free. The giant screen displayed the general information, and these optical computers displayed the detailed information of the classification. What do you want to do?
Which area do you want to go to?
Where do you want to go?
What should you pay attention to?
Check it here, and then go to the designated underground city according to the prompts.
Now, the pinned message on the giant screen was: The Extreme Pirate Troop is recruiting a large number of talents and wisdom engaged in mining activities.
Under normal circumstances, the outer space corps rarely used such words when issuing missions. "Talents and wisdom" meant that the requirements were definitely not low.
Meng Yan roughly glanced at it. The general requirements were: senior origin ability user, proficient in various mining equipment, with a solid professional foundation, and rich mining experience. Those with relevant experience would be given priority, and the treatment would be generous.
Meng Yan turned her head to look at Ding Meng. Ding Meng slowly nodded. This meant that they would act according to the plan that they had discussed beforehand. Four-eyed and Maori would go to the High Rank Mercenary Encampment to receive a mission, Meng Yan would go to the Black Market to gather information, and Ding Meng would act alone. Finally, everyone would meet up when they had new clues.
This idea was decided by Ding Meng, and there was only one reason for it. The Meng Yan trio had never been to Cypress Ancient Star before, so they were not clear about the situation here. However, two years ago, Ding Meng had been here.
At that time, his identity was not a freelance mercenary, but a captured slave. He was sold to the refugee camp here by the mercenaries of the Extreme Pirate Troop, so he was very clear about the operation and environment of this place.
This was simply a place outside the law. Here, everything had to be done with force and money.
In fact, there was another reason. When he got off the ship just now, he had been paying attention to the group of students. This group of people walked toward the reception of the sightseeing area, laughing and joking. It seemed that they were really here to travel, but Brother Mo was missing.
The square was crowded with people of all shapes and sizes. Ding Meng could not find him for a while, but Ding Meng had a hunch that Brother Mo was going to the same area as him.
It turned out that he was right. Du Mo had left the group and walked alone to the reception area marked "Fugui Bird New Mining Area".
Although it was called the reception area, it was actually the entrance of the shuttle ladder. There were two shuttle ladders, one on the left and one on the right. Seeing that the height of the alloy door was ten meters, one knew that the scale was not small.
There was a long queue at the entrance on the left. All the people who came to apply were freelance mercenaries, all of whom wanted to mine and make a fortune.
However, there was also a group of heavily armed Extreme Pirate Troop soldiers in the open space in front of the entrance. They were asking questions one by one, and it was noisy and chaotic.
Du Mo chose the entrance on the right, which was the exclusive shuttle ladder of the Fugui Bird Company. A man in a suit and leather shoes was already waiting at the door.
As soon as Du Mo arrived, the man in the suit took the initiative to greet him. "Excuse me, are you Mr. Du?"
Du Mo did not say much. He turned on the light screen on his wrist device and took the initiative to show his identity. "Du Mo, Starlight University, mentors: Hua Bai, Jin Yun, Cheng Jin, Duan Fengyang, Du Mandong, Stephen Kingschneider …"
Below the character image were the electronic seals and signatures of these mentors, proving that the visitor was indeed a genuine referrer.
The man in the suit was a little surprised at the youth of this person, but at this moment he immediately became respectful. "Hello, Mr. Du. I am John Wilson, the deputy technical supervisor of the new mining area. You can call me John."
Du Mo was very polite and took the initiative to reach out his hand. "Hello, John. How is the situation now?"
John's eyes fell on the line on the left, but his expression was very helpless. "As you can see now, according to the drawings, the intelligent mining phase has ended. At present, we must carry out manual mining. The Extreme Pirate Corps wanted to participate, but the management did not agree. However, the company could not refuse. After all, this is Cypress Grove, so they allowed the Extreme Pirate Corps to recruit miners to help us gather enough manpower …"
Du Mo glanced at the mercenary line not far away and said, "I saw it when I got off the ship just now. They are also recruiting according to our requirements."
John spread his hands and said, "It's a pity that many people can't meet the professional requirements."
Du Mo smiled. "Don't worry, there must be people who can meet the requirements."
He had just glanced at Ding Meng in the line. Ding Meng was being checked. A soldier in armor was holding a handheld scanner up and down Ding Meng's body, and then checking the relevant information on the wrist device.
After looking for a while, the soldier turned his head to look at the entrance of the shuttle ladder. A tall mercenary without armor slowly walked over. It seemed that he was the leader of this group of soldiers.
The checking soldier immediately handed the wrist device to him. "Brother Luan, this is his information."
Brother Luan only glanced at the screen and understood his subordinate's concerns. He looked at Ding Meng and said in a low voice, "Boy, you should have known the rules here when you got off the ship, right?"
Ding Meng could only nod. "Yes."
Brother Luan snorted and said, "Look, the man standing in front of you is called Mao Luan. You can call me Brother Luan. I am responsible for making you rich, but let me put it bluntly. If you dig up something and don't hand it in, I'm sorry, you will never be able to return to the surface. Of course, if you are honest and willing to work hard, Master Guan will not treat you badly, understand?"
"Understood, Brother Luan."
Ding Meng appeared to be very calm. His perception had already seen through Mao Luan. The other party should be a high level biochemical warrior. His origin ability foundation was not weak. He was actually not below Ren Zhan of the Sky Wolf Corps. This was because he could feel that Mao Luan's aura was quite violent.
Mao Luan stared at Ding Meng and coldly said, "Humph, a refugee camp laborer. You actually have the ability to escape. You are quite amazing."
This question seemed casual, but in fact, it was a sharp probe. The identity of "Wild Wolf" could be found in the refugee camp's system. There was no doubt about it.
Ding Meng replied unhurriedly. He even imitated Wild Wolf's mannerisms and tone perfectly. "They make me mine every day. I dig day and night. I can't do it anymore."
Mao Luan nodded in satisfaction. There was a slight smile on his face. "So you have awakened your origin ability?"
"Yes, I am an origin ability user!"
Ding Meng replied in a low voice. He had to admit this because he was not wearing armor. This was not something an ordinary person could do.
Mao Luan smiled. "Interesting. Where did you mine in the past?"
Ding Meng said, "In the K7 system, the Black Gold Base managed by the Surprise Attack Corps."
The Black Gold Base was extremely secretive. Not many people knew what had happened there. Thus, Ding Meng was confident that even if the Extreme Pirate Corps knew about the Black Gold Base, they would not know what had happened there.
Mao Luan's focus was not on this. "How long did you work there?"
Ding Meng said, "More than five years."
Wild Wolf had indeed followed Machine Gun in the mine for five years. He knew these things better than anyone else.
Mao Luan was still staring at him. He continued to ask, "What do you know?"
Ding Meng said in a low voice, "Crystal Embryo, Gold Sand, Rough Embryo, Shale, Associated Source, Diamond Ore, Titanium Ore, Aquamarine Source, Blood Crystal …"
He named more than ten kinds of mineral materials in one breath. This time, not only was Mao Luan satisfied, even Hardedef nodded slightly in the distance. Those who had not worked in the underground mine for more than three years would never be able to name these materials.
Ding Meng's answer was very meaningful. These materials were usually excavated manually. The intelligent robots usually processed the large mines that did not require protection.
"It's not easy for you." Mao Luan nodded approvingly. "But you have a nice backpack. Where did you get it?"
Ding Meng said, "Dazzling Gold of Sirius. I stole it."
Mao Luan laughed again. His eyes fell on the Skylight Wrist Device on Ding Meng's wrist. "You look expensive."
Ding Meng said proudly, "I'm here for the bonus reward of the Extreme Pirate Corps. Ordinary mines are not worth my time."
Mao Luan nodded and smiled. "Okay, you're experienced. I approve you to go down. But before you go, I have a request."
Ding Meng frowned. "What request?"
Mao Luan also said proudly, "Come on, punch me."
Ding Meng immediately lowered his head. "I don't dare. It's against the rules."
Mao Luan stared and said sternly, "I am the rule of this mine. If I ask you to punch me, you have to punch me!
Come on, let Brother Luan see your level. Are you qualified to be a miner of our Extreme Pirate Corps? "
Ding Meng hesitated. "Well …"
Mao Luan said coldly, "Are you afraid?"
Ding Meng was indeed afraid, but he was not afraid of Mao Luan. He was afraid that he would directly punch Mao Luan to the ground. If that happened, he would be exposed before he could go down to the mine, so he did not dare to use his strength.
However, in the eyes of the people around, it was not the case. Ding Meng suddenly punched out. It seemed to be quite powerful. Even his clothes were stirred up by the wind. The fist went straight to Mao Luan's chest, almost in the blink of an eye.