"Today your task is 250 tons. If you don't complete it, don't expect to come up!"
A fierce-looking man ordered to a large number of miners in the mining area.
Behind him is a whole team of fully equipped combat soldiers. If anyone resists, there will only be one fate.
Soon, the miners who heard today's task began to whisper, and they were somewhat dissatisfied with the task arrangement.
"tmd, before it was only 150 tons a day, but now it's 250 tons. Think of us as robots."
"Do we still have human rights? The miners at a depth of 100 meters above us only have this workload. How can we at a depth of 1,000 meters withstand it?"
"Originally, the mining time of 150 tons will take 10 hours. How long will it take to mine 250 tons?"
"I feel a little overwhelmed..."
The fierce-looking man obviously heard these complaints. He narrowed his eyes and walked straight to the people who spoke softly.
The tall figure pressed forward, making those people swallow their saliva.
"It seems that some of you think the tasks I arranged are not reasonable enough??"
When he said this, he still had a slight smile on his face, like a kind overseer.
No one dared to speak.
In an instant, the man grabbed the person who was leading the complaint by the neck and directly picked him up.
He punched the person being lifted hard, causing the person to vomit immediately, and then threw him to the brown ground in the distance, where he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Then he looked around and shouted:
"I'll tell you again, as a member of a defeated country, you must look like a defeated country. You don't have full human rights in the empire. If you keep pushing me, I'll shoot you to death!"
The scene was silent, without any objection.
"Stop standing still and start working!"
The entire mining area covers an area of hundreds of kilometers. The brown-yellow land is covered with wind and dust, and occasionally a few small cyclones can be seen passing by.
Soon, the mining equipment began to operate, making countless roaring sounds.
After taking a deep breath, Davis put on his mask, and the sound of the protection opening sounded. After checking his worn-out mining equipment, he and a group of miners approached somewhere.
Then take the sedimentation machine and head towards the mineral seam a thousand meters deep.
Although everyone was mining minerals on the same floor, their physical and mental fatigue made them have no desire to talk.
Davis is now 31 years old and used to be a maintenance engineer for the Imperial Fleet.
Because his empire was defeated by the Cold Cauldron Empire, not only was his family property confiscated, but he was also captured and turned into a miner.
The Han Cauldron Empire's human rights are divided into five levels, with the lowest being the population of the defeated empire and heavy criminals like them.
Although they can still be called human beings, their treatment is basically the same as that of slaves.
They do the dirtiest and heaviest work, and the mortality rate remains high.
Davis gritted his teeth and persevered for several months before finally accumulating enough upgrade points, by which time he would be able to be promoted to a fourth-level citizen.
Although the treatment of Level 4 citizens is not much better, at least they can do some less dangerous jobs.
"In just one more week, we can leave the community building, Matsu Noriko..."
No matter how hard it is, Davis has persisted in his belief that he and his wife should leave the dilapidated community building.
Boom! Gulong!
The settler collided with the connector of the next stage, making a loud noise.
When it is said that it is a thousand-meter layer, it actually does not refer to 1,000 meters, but 1,000-5,000 meters.
As the depth gradually increases, the temperature becomes higher and higher. When it reaches the bottom, the average temperature is at least 50 degrees.
Finally, when there was another loud noise and a solid feeling came from their feet, they knew that they had arrived at the work area.
After stepping off the sinker and walking outside, eight passages opened by deep shield machines were displayed in front of them, and the sound of mechanical vibrations could be heard frequently.
Davis' work begins today.
Collect all the minerals obtained by grinding the ore layer with mining equipment, and then pour them onto the conveyor to transport them to the ground.
It seems simple, but due to the oppressive atmosphere and extremely high temperature, coupled with the violent mining of mining equipment, collapses occur from time to time.
Everyone goes about their work with trepidation.
After working for four hours and shoveling the scattered minerals back to the conveyor, Davis began to eat his work meal.
A piece of compressed food, and a bottle of purified water.
Then it was another four hours of hard work, followed by a short break for another four hours.
After finally completing the 250-ton task, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm lucky today, it was completed earlier than expected..."
After submitting today's mining information, Davis, who was extremely tired, began to rise to the ground on the sinker.
As for those who haven't completed it yet, they can only leave after mining the mission objectives below.
By the time Davis returned to the ground, it was already night.
"Hello, number 114115116 has completed today's task and is now applying for work point settlement."
Davis dragged his heavy body to the work settlement area, squeezed out a smile and bowed his head to report to the accounting staff.
The accountant didn't even look at him. He chewed some refreshing grass and wood products in his mouth and said calmly: "There is still 1 ton short of the preset 250 tons."
Davis smiled flatteringly, "How could that be? I counted the quantity twice."
The accountant raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, "What, you mean I made a mistake?"
"..." Davis fell silent, sighed and shook his head, "No, no, maybe I saw it wrong."
"That's right, you know what to do, right?"
"Yeah...I understand, I understand."
Davis reluctantly accepted the 100 credit points he had earned so hard today, and then transferred part of them to the accounting staff.
Even if the accountants break the law, who would dare to report it?
Not long after, Davis took the train back to the community building.
The residential building is not far from the mining area. Hundreds of thousands of people live in 20 buildings, which is very dense.
Not only is the environment dirty and messy, but there are also populations from multiple defeated countries gathered here, and the population composition is complex.
Fortunately, Davis was assigned a couple's room, but it was only ten square meters.
Therefore, the two of them worked hard to leave the community building and move to a slightly better area with stacked buildings.
"Hey, I got off work a little late today. I don't know if Matsu Noriko helped me heat the rice. I really don't want to eat synthetic food anymore..."
Davis walked through the tall buildings. Many people were walking in a hurry, trying hard to survive.
He looked up at a building, which was the temporary residence of him and Matsu Noriko. The lights were still on at the moment.
"What, you're still waiting for me?" Davis smiled, with a smile on his face.
What is certain is that he and Matsu Noriko are very much in love.
"No, the ones standing at the door are... the guards?"
Davis took a closer look and saw that there were actually several members of the guard standing at the door of his house.
In the residential building, the guards, as combatants to maintain law and order, have very powerful authority. It is not a good thing to mess with them.
Feeling uneasy, Davis began to walk faster towards the tall building.
When he arrived at the door of his home, two soldiers stood in front of him.
"Guard team work, what do you do?"
Hearing some noises coming from the house, Davis was anxious, but he still smiled and said: "Two gentlemen, my resident number is 114115116, and the person inside is my wife. They are just ordinary residents. They should have done nothing wrong.
Is it something?"
"Oh~ So that's it..." The soldier guarding the goal and his teammates looked at each other and showed a playful smile.
Then he shrugged and said to Davis: "Well, our captain is talking to your wife about something, and it will be over in a moment."
The smile on Davis' face faltered, and a fire rose in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "Although we are a defeated country, we still have basic human rights. No matter what happens, I, as a husband, have the right to know.
"
The soldiers guarding the gate remained unmoved.
The noise in the house became louder.
Davis's chest kept rising and falling, and he planned to pass the two of them and walk into the house.
But one of them kicked him and knocked him against the railing. "Hey, don't seek death!"
"Ah!!!" Davis fully understood what was happening inside, yelled and rushed towards the two of them.
"Call you x!"
The butt of a gun hit him in the face, instantly shattering two teeth, and then he was knocked to the ground, unable to move.
Tears fell down Davis's face. He was extremely resentful, but he did not dare to express it too loudly.
In the community building, the guards are the supreme beings.
You can even kill them and treat them as normal incidents.
Five minutes later, the door was opened, and a refreshed man walked out. He didn't look at Davis twice.
After smoothing his hair, he whistled and left with his men.
Only then did Davis dare to raise his head and look into the house.
I saw Matsu Noriko slumped on the sofa with tears streaming down her face.
Davis climbed into the house and hugged her tightly.
His eyes were full of anger!
But what can they do?
As fifth-level citizens, this is where they are miserable.
the next day.
The two of them still have to go out to work. If they don't work, they will be punished by point deductions.
Davis boarded the train numbly, listened to the conductor's instructions, and then put on equipment and descended into the mining area for a kilometer.
However, no matter what time, there was always a layer of anger in his heart.
While resting, tears mixed with compressed food were brought into the mouth, adding a bit of bitterness.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of him.
That was the miner who went to the mine with him.
He came to Davis and nodded.
"I heard that you used to be a maintainer of the imperial fleet?"
Davis raised his head when he heard this and clenched his fists...
