Chapter 123

Chen Hao followed the Pig-Headed Man toward a certain location.

On the way, the Pig-Headed Man chattered incessantly.

"Coming to the City of Sin, no matter what you did before, you'd better keep a low profile."

"There is a saying: a strong dragon does not crush a local snake."

"If you're a dragon, you have to coil; if you're a tiger, you have to lie down."

"As for us, as long as we work diligently and earn enough contribution points, we can leave this place."

"Alright, we're here."

Before long, the Pig-Headed Man brought Chen Hao to the front of a small thatched hut.

"This is the 'big house' you were talking about?"

The corner of Chen Hao's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"Yeah, not bad, right!"

"Let me tell you, don't look at how small it is; it's very comfortable to sleep inside."

"It's still better than you sleeping on the street."

As he spoke, the Pig-Headed Man pulled Chen Hao into the house.

Just after entering, the Pig-Headed Man closed the door.

Chen Hao instantly became alert.

"This guy, could he be thinking...?"

Chen Hao suddenly felt his sphincter tighten.

The Pig-Headed Man glanced outside the door, and seeing no one there, he let out a sigh of relief.

Then he said to Chen Hao: "Brother, which unit are you from?"

"Huh???"

Hearing this, Chen Hao frowned.

"Did you come here to execute some kind of mission?"

As soon as the Pig-Headed Man finished saying this, he couldn't help but slap himself twice.

"Oh my, look at this mouth of mine. Is mission business something you can just ask about?"

The Pig-Headed Man's behavior left Chen Hao a bit dumbfounded.

This guy seemed to be self-sabotaging.

"Oh well, never mind."

"Since you've come here, you're a brother."

"In our Scorpion Brigade, there is no 'you' or 'me'."

As he spoke, the Pig-Headed Man took the key off his neck.

He walked to an iron cabinet on the side, opened the door, and pulled out a large, grayish piece of bread.

"You must be hungry. This is buckwheat bread."

"Brother, don't look down on it; just make do with it."

"Don't look at how ugly this bread is; one piece costs five contribution points."

"That's something I can only exchange for after a full day of labor."

Hearing this, Chen Hao quickly reacted.

"This guy most likely thinks I'm a member of the Scorpion Brigade."

"Looking at him, he should be a 'Beast'."

'Beasts' are people without innate abilities who have transplanted constitution-type ability orbs.

The guy in front of him must have transplanted the [Pig-Headed Man] ability orb.

Now, having been eroded by the ability orb, he has completely turned into a pig-headed man.

"You've been talking about labor just now; what exactly do you do?"

Hearing this, the Pig-Headed Man gave a mysterious smile.

"I won't tell you for now; you'll know tomorrow."

The Pig-Headed Man said, keeping him in suspense.

Hearing this, Chen Hao felt speechless.

The next day.

Chen Hao followed the Pig-Headed Man to the entrance of a secret realm.

The Pig-Headed Man ran to a nearby camp, and before long, he came back carrying two iron pickaxes.

"Let's go, time to get to work."

Iron pickaxes? What is this for? Mining?

Just as Chen Hao was wondering, the Pig-Headed Man had already pulled him across the entrance of the secret realm.

After entering the secret realm, Chen Hao discovered that it was inside a tunnel.

The ceiling of the tunnel had many glowing crystals.

"Hehehe."

The Pig-Headed Man smiled and said to Chen Hao: "Our job is to mine."

"See these shiny stones? These are priceless energy stones."

"Our goal is to dig these shiny energy stones out of the soil."

"This job is much better than other jobs."

"Do you see those guys who are fully armed?"

"Those guys are explorers."

"This tunnel is very large; no one knows where it ends."

"Not to mention how terrifying the monsters inside are."

"Joining the explorers, although you can get a decent income..."

"...you also have to bear certain risks."

"This is a trade where you carry your head on your belt."

"Hmm."

Hearing this, Chen Hao nodded.

At the same time, he secretly glanced at that team of explorers.

The explorers were led by someone at the General realm, with two others at the General realm, and the rest were at the Master realm.

Anyone below the Master realm is a burden and not qualified to join an explorer team.

"Let's go, I'll take you to our mining pit."

Under the guidance of the Pig-Headed Man, Chen Hao arrived at a mining pit.

At this time, there were already some guys working there.

They raised their pickaxes high and then brought them down fiercely.

Clang!

The rock wall was extremely hard.

The pickaxe fell, and after the collision, sparks flew everywhere.

Clang, clang, clang!

The entire mine was filled with the sound of metal colliding.

"Is it this hard?"

Chen Hao tried to raise the pickaxe and then brought it down fiercely.

Clang!

He discovered that he had only chipped off a small piece of the rock's surface.

Seeing this, the Pig-Headed Man smiled slightly.

"Brother, not bad!"

"Your strength is actually this great!"

The Pig-Headed Man's eyes were full of envy.

"Great strength?"

"Yeah!"

As he spoke, the Pig-Headed Man raised his pickaxe and gave it a fierce swing.

Clang!

Compared to Chen Hao, the Pig-Headed Man was just a little rookie.

Chen Hao was at least able to dig off a small rock fragment.

The Pig-Headed Man seemed to be scraping the stone; after his pickaxe fell, it only left a tiny white mark.

Chen Hao and the Pig-Headed Man began to dig.

The Pig-Headed Man became more excited the more he looked: "It seems we can earn quite a few contribution points today."

Just as the Pig-Headed Man was excited.

A guy walked in from outside.

He was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, with a full beard and extremely muscular build.

"The Mining Maniac is here."

"I'm envious! If only I had his kind of strength."

"I wonder how many energy stones he can dig out today."

"Sigh, if only I could learn his mining skills."

"His mining efficiency earns him more contribution points every day than those explorers."

"He's the lucky one! Doing the safest job and getting the most money."

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense."

"Hurry up and work, otherwise there won't be any dinner tonight."

The arrival of the Mining Maniac caught Chen Hao's attention.

He subconsciously looked toward the Mining Maniac.

The Pig-Headed Man on the side saw Chen Hao stop, so he stopped too.

"What's wrong? Are you trying to steal his technique?"

"Oh, brother, take my advice!"

"As a person, it's better to be down-to-earth!"

"Before you, many people have thought about stealing his technique."

"The result, without exception, is that they all failed."

"And because they wasted time, they didn't dig out many energy stones."

"Leading to them going hungry at night."

Hearing this, Chen Hao didn't take it to heart.

Just because others couldn't do it didn't mean he couldn't.

The Mining Maniac arrived in the mine, and he took the pickaxe off his back.

Ptooey, ptooey!

He spat on his hands and rubbed them together.

Then he raised the pickaxe in his hand and started swinging.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!