Jiang Li raised her wrist and got busy, busy digging.
Before long, the ground beneath her feet had piled up into a heap. Screen scan.
Iron, manganese, chromium, vanadium, titanium, copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, magnesium, tin, bismuth, antimony, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, germanium, gallium, indium, thallium, cadmium, hafnium, rhenium, scandium, selenium, tellurium, graphite, diamond, mica, asbestos, heavy crystal, corundum, brass, silicon crystal, diamond…
In short, there were ores of every kind, all sorts of mixed ore.
Whenever she encountered a deep mineral vein that stretched in a connected patch, Jiang Li simply pressed her palm against it.
Before long, the mineral vein inside was completely absorbed, with not a trace visible from the outside.
Unknowingly, more than five hours passed. The time had reached 7:30 PM, with half an hour left until clock-out.
Jiang Li had successfully expanded the space area to 3 square meters, about the size of a bathroom.
The biggest surprise was that she had mined a lot of silicon crystals, aluminum blocks, Iron, and silver ingots. The upgrade materials were basically secured now.
Jiang Li rubbed her sore wrists and set aside the ore she needed in her small space.
Not much, just 100 kg of each.
She also took a little bit of various types of ore, and only then loaded all the miscellaneous ore at her feet into the space stone.
After everything was sorted out, she went to take care of her biological needs.
The bathroom in the mine shaft was a crude wooden-plank shack, but fortunately it was acceptable.
By the time Jiang Li came out, it was almost clock-out time.
“Little Mouse Mouse, this is the ore I dug up. I don’t really understand it either, so I just packed it in whenever it looked like ore. Does it look right?”
Jiang Li nervously walked past the inspection machinery and stood before the rat monster. Fortunately, there was no alarm.
The rat monster was quite satisfied with the human before it.
It checked the ore inside the space stone. Good heavens, a full 400 kg.
Had she stumbled into an ore nest?
Little Mouse Mouse approvingly handed Jiang Li a bright red fruit and told her to sit and rest on the side first.
Then it took out a screen, tapping continuously with its claws.
Scenes of Jiang Li in the mine shaft appeared on the screen. Fortunately, Jiang Li had indeed been working diligently the whole time.
Little Mouse Mouse uploaded the work report, the pictures, and finally the amount of teleported ore.
By the time everything was submitted, jiang Li had just finished eating the fruit, and her fatigue instantly disappeared. Just then, a game prompt suddenly sounded by her ear.
“The player performed excellently. Punishment revoked. As a special reward, 100 jin of dog-head gold will be awarded, exchangeable for gold coins. 1 jin of dog-head gold can be exchanged for 10 gold coins. Does the player wish to exchange? No response within 10 seconds will result in automatic exchange.”
“No exchange, no exchange, I won’t exchange!” Jiang Li hurriedly shouted.
What a joke. This dog-head gold could increase in value.
At the current exchange rate, maybe in a year or two, 1 jin could be exchanged for 20 gold coins. She had to keep it.
“Since the player chose not to exchange, wages will now be settled. The hourly rate is raised from 1 gold coin to 2 gold coins. Deducting 2.8 hours for bathroom break, working time was 4.2 hours, salary issued: 8.4 gold coins. Given the player’s excellent performance, it will be counted as 9 gold coins.”
Jiang Li’s mouth twitched. Well, thank you so much for your generosity!
Before leaving, Jiang Li asked Little Mouse Mouse to help buy a few fruits and 1 space stone.
Little Mouse Mouse squeezed the thick stack of 30 gold coins in its palm, grinning with bared teeth.
It had plenty of those gooseberry fruits and simply gave Jiang Li 50 of them.
Space stones were a bit more precious, but that was Little Mouse Mouse for you — he loved picking up trash more than anything.
And really, it had a whole pouch of space stones right there.
“How many space stones do you want?”
“Can I choose the number myself?” Jiang Li tentatively held up one finger.
Little Mouse Mouse readily handed Jiang Li 10 space stones.
“Let’s call it 100 gold coins. Are secondhand ones okay?”
Jiang Li nodded frantically in shock. The rare space stones were just like that in her hands.
『Mine shaft employee rat monster favorability +10, current favorability value 30.』
In the end, both sides waved goodbye in satisfaction and agreed to meet again next time if they had the chance.
Jiang Li returned to the vehicle, looking at the gooseberry fruits in her hand.
“Gooseberry fruit: The skin is bright red and beautiful. It grows deep underground and is rich in unique nutritious components. After eating it, it can effectively replenish body energy and quickly eliminate fatigue caused by work or exercise.”
This was good stuff!
The temperature outside had already dropped to 10 degrees. Jiang Li quickly took a hot water bath.
Perhaps because of today’s heavy physical exertion, after the bath the bathroom actually gave her lustrous black hair.
Jiang Li touched her hair in pleasant surprise. It was finally not so yellow anymore and looked at least somewhat presentable.
Jiang Li put on her padded coat and happily returned to the bedside. It was unbelievably comfortable.
She began sorting out today’s harvest.
The main thing was to put the aluminum ore into the crafting table.
“1 kg aluminum ore, decomposition: aluminum ×10.”
“Aluminum ×2, synthesis: refined aluminum ×1.”
“1 kg silicon crystal ore, decomposition: silicon crystal ×12.”
“1 kg silver ore, decomposition: silver ×20.”
“Silver ×4, synthesis: silver ingot ×1.”
“1 kg iron ore, decomposition: iron ×10.”
“Iron ×2, synthesis: refined iron ×1.”
After clearing out all the ore in the space, Jiang Li obtained silicon crystal ×1300, refined aluminum ×1500, refined iron ×1100, and silver ingot ×1000.
The remaining 50-plus kinds of metals, around 200 jin each, included manganese, chromium, vanadium, titanium, copper, lead, zinc, magnesium, tin, bismuth, antimony, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, germanium, gallium, indium, thallium, cadmium, hafnium, rhenium, scandium, selenium, tellurium, graphite, diamond, mica, asbestos, barite, corundum, brass, diamond…
Jiang Li checked the vehicle upgrade requirements. Rubber was still short by 770, Lumber by 333, and engine by 5. Everything else was ready.
She opened the trading channel. The more than 11,500 strange food items previously listed had only sold 5,000 portions.
Successfully traded: Plastic ×1238, Lumber ×2654, glass ×217, rubber ×330, Iron ×263, silver ingot ×120, chromium block ×22, brass ×40, disposable cup blueprint ×1, coaster blueprint ×1, tissue blueprint ×1, necklace blueprint ×1, bookshelf blueprint ×1, takeout box blueprint ×1, earplug blueprint ×1, children’s backpack blueprint ×1, lollipop wrapper blueprint ×1, wipers blueprint ×1, disposable glove blueprint ×1, toothbrush blueprint ×1, carpet blueprint ×1, supermarket shelves blueprint ×1, supermarket shopping cart blueprint ×1.
Uh, they were all cheap and useless things. It seemed everyone still preferred more normal food.
Jiang Li checked another link.
This one had listed defective instant noodles, bread, salt, crackers, self-heating rice, self-heating hotpot, and sweaters, totaling 5,400 items, and it showed sold out.
Obtained: metal glass ×800, Iron ×626, rubber ×736, Plastic ×756, refined iron ×565, silver ingot ×564, gold ingot ×98, carbon fiber ×350, purple gold ×130, silicon crystal ×180, blue mudstone ×63, green mudstone ×52, stone blocks ×300, chromium block ×69, refined steel ×111.
The feeling of getting rich overnight was exactly this.
Jiang Li was thrilled. She simply traded for the missing engines on the trading channel using 3 energy stones each, 5 in total.