Inside the wooden cabin, Yang Ling began to organize his belongings.
4 Antidote Pills.
4 bottles of Golden Wound Medicine.
5 flatbreads.
1 Steel Pickaxe.
About 15 taels of silver left.
He kept the silver close to his body and hung a few cloth pouches around his waist to hold the Antidote Pills, Golden Wound Medicine, and flatbreads.
Then, he tucked the Steel Pickaxe at his waist before stepping out of the wooden cabin.
"Big Brother Yang!"
Chen Xu sought him out, drenched in sweat:
"I finally found you."
"What happened?"
Yang Ling's expression shifted.
The other party wouldn't be this anxious when he was just hungry.
"It's Chen... Brother Chen and the others are in trouble!"
Chen Xu smiled bitterly: "I know Big Brother Yang has some clout at the mine vein, can you please help them out."
Yang Ling was silent for a moment, then asked:
"Talk as we walk."
Chen Xu felt a weight lift from his heart; since the other party was willing to help, the matter should be easy to resolve.
On the way, through Chen Xu's brief introduction, Yang Ling roughly knew what had happened.
An ore dispute and conflict.
He had seen plenty of such things when he first arrived.
And they would occasionally be discovered later on.
After all, Fire Crystal Ore represented copper coins and covered food, drink, and lodging.
Whoever discovered the Fire Crystal Ore first got to mine it; this was a common consensus.
However, this time Lin Guoliang and his girlfriend broke this rule.
These two and several other miners discovered a piece of Fire Crystal Ore exposed on the surface one after another.
Judging by its size, it was quite large.
But if you really argued about it, those few miners saw it first.
Lin Guoliang and his girlfriend Wu Meng incited four other players to fight them for this piece of Fire Crystal Ore.
In the end, a conflict broke out, and most of the miners were upholding the rules.
Naturally, they also stepped in to help, which led to the six of them—including Lin Guoliang—being beaten up in a group brawl.
Their injuries ranged from minor to severe, and even the Mine Guard felt they were in the wrong and ignored the matter.
In the end, that Officer Chen rushed over, and to protect Lin Guoliang and the others, he was struck in the head with a pickaxe by a miner in the chaos, resulting in a bloody head.
Chen Xu knew he couldn't handle this kind of matter alone; that group of miners was furious, and without someone with face coming out to speak, it would be absolutely impossible for them to calm down.
That was why he came to look for him.
"Your friend is named Lin Guoliang, right?"
Yang Ling said.
Chen Xu nodded: "Precisely."
"There is indeed something wrong with his brain, you'd better stay away from him in the future."
Yang Ling reminded him.
"Big Brother Yang, I'll listen to you. After this time, I won't bother with him anymore."
Yang Ling felt somewhat gratified.
This kid knew how to take advice; at least in a place like the Divine Realm, he should be able to live longer.
He glanced at Chen Xu's Attribute Panel:
Character: Chen Xu
Class: Miner
Level: 4
Strength: 6
Agility: 3
Spirit: 2
HP: 60
"Level 4 already? Judging by the time they arrived, it shows he mines very hard, knowing that he can level up and increase his strength attribute, so he didn't slack off."
Yang Ling had a thought.
At this moment, the two of them had already arrived at the entrance of the mine.
Steward Niu was sitting leisurely at the entrance, and upon seeing Yang Ling and Chen Xu, he raised his eyelids:
"Yang Ling, are you going to meddle in that idle business? Those newcomers don't follow the rules, they deserve to suffer. Suffering is good, so they can remember how to survive in the Pyrocrystal Mine in the future."
"Steward Niu, I know Lin Guoliang and the others were in the wrong, I'm just afraid it will cost lives, so I'm going to go persuade them."
Yang Ling smiled and stated his stance.
Steward Niu then nodded slightly.
He was just afraid that the other party would anger that group of miners.
Not far away, the miners formed three tight circles around a large group.
There were also many miners standing nearby watching the commotion since it was their break time.
However, more miners were working hard to make money and unwilling to be distracted.
"You little bastards, how dare you snatch the ore only a few days after arriving!?"
A middle-aged miner pointed at Lin Guoliang and berated them angrily.
Lin Guoliang and his girlfriend wore looks of terror, looking around in panic and anxiety.
The other four newcomers also huddled together at this moment, shaking and crying.
They all had a pile of footprints on their bodies, looking covered in dirt, and their faces had many scrapes and bruises, obviously having been severely beaten up.
Beside them, Officer Chen sat on the ground looking somewhat weak, clutching his head with one hand.
Fresh blood was dripping uncontrollably from between his fingers.
Although he was very weak at the moment and his eyes were blurred by fresh blood, he still forced himself to keep his spirits up and said in a friendly and polite tone:
"Brothers, these kids don't know any better, please bear with them a little, they won't dare do it next time."
"Never dare again? Heh."
A thin, capable youth holding a blood-stained pickaxe wore a sneer:
"Once there's a first time there's a second. If you aren't properly dealt with today, you'll dare to do it again next time!"
"vagrants without even identities dare to snatch our ore, who knows where you got the guts!"
"I say brothers, dig a hole and bury them!"
He began to agitate the nearby miners.
Many miners responded.
Seeing this, the Mine Guards looked at each other and continued to ignore it.
Otherwise, if it caused a miner mutiny, they wouldn't be able to bear the blame!
Some miners were already eager to move, looking for a place to dig a pit.
A look of shock flashed across Officer Chen's eyes.
Only at this moment did he truly believe that this game world completely disregarded any laws!
Killing people could be spoken of so casually?
"The higher-ups have already confirmed that the players entering the game entered with their physical bodies."
"If you die here, you're probably truly dead..."
Thinking of this, Officer Chen felt his hair stand on end.
He quickly said: "No need for that, no need for that, brothers, we'll just pay compensation, no need to take lives."
Pay compensation?
The miners' expressions shifted, their faces softening a bit.
However, the lean youth immediately sneered:
"Can compensation solve everything? Wouldn't things descend into chaos then? Besides, you are newcomers who can't even fill your own stomachs, how many copper coins can you pay?"
"When Fifth Brother was here before, no one dared to dispute ore like this. Fifth Brother died by accident, and now this place is in chaos?"
He scanned his gaze around.
Many honest miners didn't dare meet his eyes.
Officer Chen could see that this guy was the key.
He felt secretly anxious inside, and also a bit angry.
Out of everyone Lin Guoliang and the others could provoke, why did they have to provoke someone suspected of being a local tyrant!
"I'll start with you first for meddling in other people's business, I suspect it was you who instigated them to snatch the ore!"
The lean youth holding the blood-stained pickaxe stepped closer and closer to Officer Chen.
"Ma Hou, are you really going to commit murder?"
Suddenly, a cold shout rang out.
"Eh, it's Little Yang?"
"What is he here for?"
"That person beside him seems to be with this bunch of little bastards."
The nearby miners looked at each other in dismay and subconsciously made way for Yang Ling.
"Little Yang, this bunch of little bastards snatched the ore, you shouldn't get mixed up in this matter."
Uncle Wang was originally standing not far away watching the excitement, and seeing this, he immediately reminded him.
"Uncle Wang, I know they are in the wrong, but it shouldn't come to costing lives."
Yang Ling said.
"Are you here to plead for them? Who do you think you are?"
The lean youth stared dead at Yang Ling, a hint of dread in his eyes.
"This is one tael of silver."
Yang Ling took out a piece of broken silver:
"As their compensation."
One tael of silver!?
You'd have to mine ten catties of Fire Crystal Ore to trade for that!
The miners whose ore was snatched instantly lost their anger, and instead felt like they had been hit by a pie falling from the sky!