dmims Chapter 784 Underground Mine
Chapter 784 Underground Mine
Yang Ming and the other two quickly followed and slapped the two men on the shoulders. The two men turned around with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
Taro immediately approached and said with an apologetic smile, "Hey guys, we're here to dig for treasure. We've been hungry for several days because we got lost. I wonder if you could give us some food? We'll do anything."
"This……"
Seeing the two men looking hesitant, Yang Ming rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, we just want to make a living temporarily. If you two need help digging, we can also lend a hand. Whatever we dig out will be yours. We will never keep it for ourselves!"
After saying that, he immediately winked at Taro, who understood and took out a small piece of red jade from his arms and put it into one of their hands.
When the two men saw the small piece of red jade, their eyes lit up instantly, and the hesitation on their faces disappeared immediately. One of the men quickly put the jade in his arms and said with a smile, "Since you brothers are so sincere, we can't just stand by and watch you die. Okay, just follow us. If we have a bite to eat, you can have a bite too."
Yang Ming and the other two were secretly delighted and quickly thanked them. They then followed the two men back to their camp. Along the way, Yang Ming carefully observed his surroundings and secretly left marks.
When they arrived at the camp, Yang Ming found a large crowd already gathered. A dozen burly men, seemingly overseers, were brandishing whips, ordering a group of ragged men and Pokémon to dig. The men looked exhausted, each swing of their hoes laboring. The overseers, however, were filled with impatience, whipping them at the slightest sign of dissatisfaction.
"Why did you bring outsiders in?" A supervisor-like man frowned and scolded the two men who had returned with Yang Ming and the other two. The two men quickly walked over to his ear and whispered, "Brother, these idiots seem to have lost their way here. They said they'd help us mine for food, no compensation. I saw we were short of manpower, so I brought them here."
The supervisor looked Yang Ming and the other two up and down, feeling half-believing and half-doubting, so he snorted coldly: "Since you are here to work, go change your clothes first and follow me."
So the supervisor-like man took Yang Ming and the other two to change clothes and searched them. Yang Ming was well prepared for this. He had already temporarily handed over his powerful Pokémon to Cattleya for safekeeping, leaving only one Parasite in his possession.
And Cobin, dressed as a beggar, had already handed over his "quasi-god" Pokémon to Hao and others for safekeeping, and borrowed Rattata from Yang Ming. He was completely cosplaying a poor man.
As for Taro, as a digging expert, his strength is average, and the Pokémon he has are only ordinary ones like Geodude, Onix, and Grunt.
Seeing that the three people's Pokémon were so ordinary, the big man who looked like a supervisor no longer doubted their words and said coldly: "Okay, stay and work. If you dare to be lazy, the whip will not have eyes." Yang Ming and the other two nodded in agreement.
Yang Ming and his two companions were assigned to the mining team. While the supervisor wasn't paying attention, Yang Ming whispered to a thin miner beside him, "Brother, what kind of treasure are they digging for here?" The miner looked around warily and whispered, "I heard they're digging for some kind of ruins, but I don't know the details. I was just a passerby, and they brought me here to mine. I don't know when it will end."
As he was speaking, a supervisor came over and glared at Yang Ming fiercely: "Instead of working properly, what are you mumbling about?" Yang Ming quickly smiled apologetically: "Brother, I'm just tired and want to take a breath. I'll get back to work right away." The supervisor snorted and turned away.
Yang Ming and Parast pretended to mine while chatting with people everywhere, and soon they got to know what kind of place this was.
The so-called "miners" here were all forcibly abducted. Some were local residents, while others were simply passersby from the surrounding suburbs. They were attacked from behind at night and then woke up to come here, forced to help these criminals mine. The overseers were ruthless and would beat anyone who disobeyed.
"Don't you want to escape?" Yang Ming asked.
"We'd love to escape, but how?" one of the older miners said helplessly. "This mine is surrounded by armed criminals, and their Pokémon are incredibly ferocious. We have no chance of resisting them."
"Earlier, a group of young people led a rebellion against them, but they were suppressed by these damned bastards. Sigh, the scene at that time was simply horrific..."
The old man sighed, turned around and continued digging, because at this time another supervisor was coming towards him waving a whip.
Yang Ming hurriedly took the pickaxe and pretended to dig.
"No one is allowed to be lazy! Those who are lazy will have no food tonight!" the supervisor shouted at the top of his voice.
Yang Ming looked around and found that the Pokémon around these captured miners were almost all weak Pokémon like Raccoon and Speaker, and they looked pale and thin due to long-term malnutrition; while the supervisors were all surrounded by Houndoom, Golbat, Goliath, Tank Skunk, and Scorpion, and the strength was almost one-sided.
"No wonder these people didn't dare to resist. The difference in strength is too great," Yang Ming sighed inwardly. "But at least we found the whereabouts of those missing Suiyi Town residents. It's not a complete loss."
"The next step is to find out who is behind this and then catch them all..."
Although most of the Pokémon were stored with Cattleya, Yang Ming still did not take these guys who were not even at the elite level seriously. Even with only one Parasite, he was enough to flatten this place.
Suddenly, cheers came from the front.
"I dug up a treasure!" A thin young man shouted excitedly. He was holding a small piece of jade in his hand, emitting a pink glow. This piece of jade was different from the red jade that Taro had taken out before. Its shape was a bit irregular and not as round as the red jade.
"Oh? Let me see it!" A burly supervisor walked forward, snatched the jade and put it in front of his eyes for careful observation.
"A rare piece of white jade," the overseer grinned and patted the young man on the shoulder. "Boy, you're lucky. I'll give you an extra piece of meat tonight."
After saying that, he stuffed the white jade that the young man had dug out into his pocket and left humming a tune.
Looking at the supervisor's back, the young man's eyes showed reluctance, but when he thought of those people who had died tragically before, his clenched fists loosened again, and he could only lower his head and continue to help these damn "slave owners" mine.