Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 628 629: Overthinking?

The water flow above the cave was getting faster and louder.

Yang Xiao and a dozen others were lying in the cave, still letting the cold water flow over their bodies.

The recent vibration did not cause any major problems in the cave, only the weak rock layer where the water flowed cracked open a relatively large fissure, increasing the flow of water.

After a while, everyone felt that there seemed to be no more noise.

"Yang Xiao, what do we do now?"

"The fire below definitely can't be lit anymore, and there's no smoke now."

"I wonder if those savages have left?"

Suddenly someone shouted:

"It's past 4 a.m. now."

Everyone was startled and asked:

"How do you know so precisely?"

In the darkness, that person chuckled:

"I brought a watch with me, and after arriving on this continent, I adjusted the time several times according to the local time difference. It should be about right, I guess in about 2 more hours, it will be bright."

"If it's really past 4 a.m., I guess the savages can't hold on much longer. They are still very afraid that David and others might come over and attack them."

Besides having over a hundred experts in black cloaks, David's base also has more than 200 Iron Tower Guards, such a formidable force is naturally something that Ah Bao's tribe cannot confront directly.

Ah Bao's only advantage is to use the mountains and forests as cover, firing a shot and then running away, much like guerrilla warfare.

Thinking it over, Yang Xiao said,

"For safety's sake, let's wait a bit longer, around 5 o'clock, we'll sneak down the cave to check. Anyway, the current flow of water isn't too strong. The mine shaft is three to four hundred meters in length,

who's good at math can calculate it, a tunnel that's four meters wide and over two meters high, with a length of three hundred meters, how much water can it hold? And given the current rate of flow, how long would it take to fill it up?"

The moment he finished speaking, Du Tianxing laughed from the side:

"Yang Xiao, is your math really that bad? No need to calculate, with the current flow rate, it would take days and nights to fill up."

Everyone laughed.

Meaning, everyone didn't need to worry about water backflow coming up and suffocating everyone here.

Everyone considered various possibilities, and finally decided to comfortably wait a while longer. After daylight, Ah Bao and others would naturally leave, no need to wait for Luo Meng and others to come to work at the mine. They could themselves walk out of the mine.

"Yang Xiao, there's a problem, how do we explain this escape cave to Luo Meng and the others? We can't just say we dug a mine tunnel for escaping before, right?"

Yang Xiao thought for a moment and asked,

"In the past 2 months, have Luo Meng and others been down the mine shaft?"

"Other mines have been inspected, this mine seems not to have been inspected. Anyway, we can't embezzle their Crystal Stones, and they can't be bothered to manage us."

On Purple Origin Planet, there is no market for trading Crystal Stones, all Crystal Stones are collected by various bases and then handed over to the upper managers of the planet, who then pay rewards in Crystal Coins based on the amount of Crystal Stones.

Moreover, since Crystal Stones can't be directly used, they are seemingly invaluable, but in reality worthless in the hands of ordinary people.

And without the large spaceships from Witch Star, no one can leave this planet. Each person boarding the large spaceship has to undergo a strict Crystal Stone scan, and no one can privately take Crystal Stones.

This completely blocked the underground Crystal Stone trading market on Purple Origin Star, no one can secrete Crystal Stones, especially the miners.

Miners are stuck in the mines all day long, embezzling Crystal Stones is meaningless, and moreover, they can't take them when they leave the mines.

"Hmm, then let's just lie. Everyone stick to the same story. We were chased by savages, accidentally discovered a natural mine tunnel, and unexpectedly this natural tunnel was connected to an outside pond, can we explain it this way?"

Chi Lin shook his head and said:

"If you were Luo Meng, would you believe that?"

"No," Yang Xiao chuckled.

After a moment, Gu Beifeng said:

"How about we completely open this water inlet and flood this mine, Luo Meng and others probably won't dive in to check the situation. We'll just say we were mining and accidentally dug to this spot."

Everyone laughed uproariously, agreeing that this lie was somewhat credible.

Since there was no immediate danger, everyone started to brag and shoot the breeze again.

Chi Lin spilled the beans about Yang Xiao and Leia at the base, and everyone jeered:

"Yang Xiao, wouldn't have guessed you've been leading a blissful life at the base, no wonder you don't come to mine anymore, you know the suffering of our brothers."

"I heard back when you were on Earth, there were several beauties around you."

"When we get out, are you going to treat us to a wedding banquet?"

...

Yang Xiao chuckled,

"When you were on Earth, which one of you didn't have beauties flocking around?"

Everyone roared with laughter.

Then they started discussing future plans.

"Yang Xiao, are we just going to mine here forever?"

As soon as this topic was brought up, the atmosphere immediately became a lot more somber.

Yang Xiao said:

"No, trust me, everyone. As long as I find a way, I will surely not forget my brothers. David is already applying for a temporary ID for me, and promised he'll apply in batches for you all too, but it won't be so soon. According to David, after three or four years, we can obtain official IDs, become formal citizens of Witch Star, and break away from being slave miners. This is the immigration policy of Witch Star. By then, we can leave the mine, work for the bases, and gain free status."

Everyone felt a bit more hopeful about the future upon hearing this.

Old Nine sighed,

"But still, it will take three or four more years!"

"Even though it takes three to four years, think about it, our lifespan now compared to before the apocalypse on Earth is completely different. King Level Evolvers can live to be over a hundred years old. If one enters Emperor Level, they can extend their lifespan by several decades, three to four years isn't very long."

Once Yang Xiao mentioned this, everyone remembered this fact and suddenly got excited.

"Darn, we're finally going to become monsters."

"Can we also achieve immortality?"

"Over a hundred years old, does that mean one can marry a few more wives in a lifetime?"

"Why marry wives, look at that little ambition you have, you can play with many women."

"Hey, the key is whether you'll still have the ability by then, "Dang, a big man, only knows about women? Haven't you ever thought about accomplishing something great, saving Earth, dominating the cosmos?"

People paused again.

Whenever someone touched on everyone's sore spot, everyone would go silent for a while.

Someone said softly,

"Thinking too much, huh? With our little Cultivation, we can't even beat an opposing squad leader, Luo Meng alone can take down a dozen of us, how to save Earth? Dominate the cosmos?"