Chapter 2783

The number of people was still not many.

But there was no way to transfer anyone from other work types, so they could only wait for new women to arrive each day to supplement.

The mining work was not easy; it required a great deal of physical exertion.

After all, it was equivalent to digging a huge pit, and moreover digging through the incomparably solid Tier Three Nine Springs ore, which made it even more goddamn exhausting.

But fortunately, with the Carefree Spring's rapid stamina recovery, the female miners' work efficiency was noticeably higher than that of other lords' miners.

Added to that was the boost from the Tier Three guidebook, as well as the enhancement from the outfit, the overall bonus was considerable.

Even so, the overall mining efficiency was still not considered high.

After all, this was Tier Three ore.

It was too solid.

On average, each female miner could dig about 3 units of Nine Springs ore every 10 hours, which meant 6 units per day.

With 300 miners now, they could mine an average of 1,800 units of Nine Springs ore per day.

By the time they graduated, they should be able to dig 7-8 units every 10 hours.

From the start of mining until now, they had cumulatively mined 25,000 units of Nine Springs ore.

After the territory bonus, there were a total of 900,000 units of Nine Springs ore, so 875,000 units remained unmined.

But this was only a theoretical number.

In reality… there were still 900,000 units of Nine Springs ore unmined…

Because Zhao Chi, through data transfer, had shifted the regeneration speed of these 900,000 units of Nine Springs ore to 30 days.

Likewise, after the territory's mineral regeneration speed bonus, this number was further reduced to 25 days.

Every 25 days, 900,000 units of Nine Springs ore could regenerate.

So… 36,000 units of Nine Springs ore could regenerate per day…

The mining speed was far slower than the regeneration speed…

They simply couldn't finish mining it.

Moreover, the short-term work efficiency couldn't possibly improve so quickly.

So, the day before yesterday when Zhao Chi had just arrived here, he had Li Ruanyu and Shangguan Ting send their professional mining teams to mine together.

And they wouldn't work for free; the ore dug out would be split half and half.

The two of them agreed without a second thought.

And they were both very delighted.

After all, even if Zhao Chi gave them nothing, as long as he made a request, they would help.

Let alone that Zhao Chi would also give them half the Nine Springs ore.

This was Tier Three metal ore.

Li Ruanyu and Shangguan Ting could, through connections, buy 4,000 units of Tier Three wood at a high price, but they couldn't buy this much Tier Three metal ore.

Even with Yao Feng stepping in, they couldn't buy too much.

So the two of them happily sent a large number of miners, nearly all of their main force miners…

From advanced miners all the way to master-level miners, a total of 6,000 people.

Their miner choices were very similar, basically all combinations of Giant Beastfolk and Strong Beastfolk miners.

Among them, the number of Giant Beastfolk was not large.

Giant Beastfolk averaged 5 meters in height and weighed up to 5 tons!

Wearing oversized ultra-heavy armor, they were like heavy tanks, capable of directly assaulting city walls.

But these were obviously all captives, all enslaved by those two women.

So they had taken off their heavy armor and picked up enormous pickaxes to mine.

Moreover, their mining skills were not low, obviously having been enslaved for a long time.

These Giant Beastfolk were truly no joke at work; although their movements were very slow, every swing of the pickaxe produced an explosive, thunderous crash.

Their mining efficiency was very high.

But they also ate an enormous amount.

That didn't matter.

Being able to work like this, Zhao Chi watched with delight; food was provided in abundance, not only super delicious flatbread, but also large quantities of beef.

Beef loaded with fat.

Every time they ate, these seemingly dull-witted Giant Beastfolk would let out mountain-roaring, sea-surging waves of satisfied laughter.

Then they'd eat until they were covered in oil.

Unfortunately, the number of Giant Beastfolk was small, only a few dozen, with the majority being Strong Beastfolk.

Strong Beastfolk were high-tier Beastfolk, with all 4 base attributes 1 point stronger than ordinary Beastfolk.

They were even taller in stature, with almost every single one over 2 meters tall.

Moreover, each and every one was a muscle-bound hunk covered in muscles.

Pick any one of them at random, and they could achieve a good result in a human bodybuilding competition.

If one had a team of Strong Beastfolk equipped with heavy armor, letting them charge into battle would truly be invincible, with very impressive combat effects.

But using them for mining was also very suitable.

These Strong Beastfolk were all bare-chested, their intense body odor spreading freely, constantly mingling with the strong fragrance of the surrounding female miners, and the final smell was very moving…

All of this could be ignored.

What mattered was that they were also very strong at mining; they looked like fierce warriors, but in reality they were seasoned, experienced miners.

Although they were far from having the Giant Beastfolk's tremendous strength, their speed was noticeably much faster.

Added to their large numbers, they were the main force for Li Ruanyu and Shangguan Ting's mining.

Besides these beastmen, there were also some tall wolfmen that couldn't be ignored.

All of them were wolfman royal warriors and Golden Body warriors…

Their numbers were in the thousands…

Zhao Chi was a little surprised at first.

But later, upon learning these wolfmen were also enslaved labor, he relaxed.

Of course wolfmen could be enslaved too.

In this regard, they were no different from other races.

They had all been tamed, their bulging muscles full of power, and they were all giant wolves standing two to three meters tall.

These Gao Jie wolfmen had ample strength and speed, and could even stack pickaxes onto their wolf claws.

So when they mined, it looked like they were attacking the ore, and their efficiency was also very high.

Compared with these beastmen…

Zhao Chi's female miners were far too petite, like a delicate white flower.

The gap in size was enormous.

The contrast was extremely stark and obvious.

But the gap in size didn't represent a gap in strength.

They all had ten points of loyalty-driven responsibility toward Zhao Chi, ten points of obedience in effort, and the ultimate obedience-boosting effect of the obedience collar.

There were also the massive profession and efficiency bonuses from the shirts and short skirts. Although these female miners hadn't fully graduated yet, their mining efficiency was no lower than those tall, mighty beastmen.

The gap in their work wasn't large.

Miners below Expert level were completely no match for the female miners.

Only some stronger Experts and those Master-level miners were stronger than the female miners.

They just had to wait a little longer. Once the female miners' profession skills and specializations came up, they would catch up to them, or even surpass them.

Of course, the female miners could only surpass the strong beastmen and wolfmen; they definitely couldn't compare to the giant beastmen.

The size difference between the two sides was indeed too great.

There really was no way to make up for it.

But it didn't matter.

After all, the number of giant beastmen was a hard limitation; it was hard to accumulate too many.

But these female miners could increase by several dozen every day.

There was no need to compare with the giant beastmen at all.

With the addition of these 6,000 Gao Jie professional miners, the daily output of Nine Springs Ore jumped from 1,800 units to roughly 35,000 units.