Outside the camp.
Led by the Swimming Fish Monk, Chen Dong and Tian Lang quickly saw the newly recruited labour slaves.
The scene was spectacular.
There was a sea of people, yet they were all silenced.
At a glance, there were at least a thousand people.
And this was only the first batch, and they were recruited in an expedited manner after the incident in the Amethyst Mine.
Such a recruitment speed made Chen Dong secretly feel shocked.
Before Chen Dong and Skywolf, there were also many teams that had already selected amongst the Thousand Artificial Slaves.
However, the people in those teams, one after the other, were more or less carrying some injuries on their bodies, and were clearly the teams that had survived the fiery surges of the earth within the Amethyst Mines.
Chen Dong could not help but feel a little envious as he watched those teams picking out newcomers.
To be reasonable, if he had the choice, he would actually prefer to enter these old bird teams as a new artificial slave.
After all, not knowing the internal situation of the Amethyst Mines, with the old men in these teams leading the way, the chances of surviving some dangers encountered in the Amethyst Mines would obviously be greater.
However, with Dakui and the others dead in the Earth’s fiery surge, and him and Skywolf setting up a purely new team alone, everything was unknown for entering the Amethyst Mines, and the chances of risk would skyrocket geometrically.
Although Monk Swimming Fish and Dakui had been stressing the great role of Tianwolf in the Amethyst Mines, Chen Dong was not a stupid white sweetie, and could understand good and bad words.
The great role of the Sky Wolf was in mining and transporting ores, rather than in life preservation and survival.
In this way, in the face of a brand new and unknown environment, picking teammates was especially important.
“Picking now?”The Sky Wolf looked at Chen Dong with slanting wolf eyes.
Chen Dong shook his head, “Wait a little longer and see how those teams pick.”
Monk Swimming Fish sprinkled a smile, “You kid is cautious, this is good, within the Amethyst Mines there is a higher probability of staying alive and surviving, however, you have to be sure of the time, as the other teams arriving will also be picking, so the longer you drag on, the smaller and smaller your choices will become, and the selection surface will become smaller and smaller as well.”
Chen Dong nodded in silence.
This reasoning was naturally clear to him.
The newly recruited worker slaves were hot fresh blood for those teams that were lucky enough to survive the fiery surges of the earth.
Similarly, picking the right Worker Slave would also increase the team’s chances of survival.
Time passed slowly.
Chen Dong’s gaze was always focussed on those old men’s teams, sweeping back and forth to capture the people they picked.
The selection principle of each team was the same, not based on strength, but on size and specialisation.
After all, when the earth fire really exploded and surged, even the Pilgrimage Realm could be turned into ashes, and strength and weakness were not so valued among the worker slaves.
When it really came to the kind of moment when the earth fire burst forth just now, it was really just a matter of whether or not the Heavenly Dao would take it in!
Instead, in unusual work, size and being good at it were the most problem-solving keys.
“Still not picking?”Monk Swimming Fish, who had been observing Chen Dong, could not help but say, “You’ve been watching for an incense stick of time, if you don’t pick, when the other teams slow down, in the end, you’ll just have to pick and choose, and picking up the leftovers isn’t a good thing to do for a new team like yours.”
“Let’s go.”
Chen Dong smiled faintly and took the lead towards the new artificial slave team.
Skywolf and Swimming Fish Monk followed closely behind.
The two watched Chen Dong’s movements and gradually revealed a look of surprise.
This was because from their perspective, Chen Dong did not even walk towards the place where the Neo-Manual Slaves gathered the most, instead, he walked towards an obscure corner that few people noticed.
And on the floor of the corner, there was a thin, weak and pale young man who looked as if he was about to die.
Sure enough.
Chen Dong stopped in front of the young man who was as thin as a bamboo pole, “What is your name?”
“Wu Old Dog …… cough cough …… cough cough ……” The young man on the ground weakly introduced himself andviolently and fiercely coughed, his pale face reddening, “Are you going to pick me? I have a disease that has injured my roots ……”
Without waiting for Wu Old Dog to finish.
Chen Dong then smiled and nodded, “You are right, you are the person I am looking for.”
Wu Old Dog was stunned, his mouth slightly open, the words to his mouth froze in his throat.
Under the light of the dim lamp.
Wu Old Dog’s cheeks were sunken and he had a sickly look on his face, the only thing that was bright was his eyes staring at Chen Dong.
“Don’t be surprised and don’t be happy.”
Chen Dong leaned down and assisted Wu Old Dog to stand up, “From now on, we are brothers in the same mine, living and dying together.”
When he said this, Chen Dong clearly felt that Wu Old Dog’s left hand placed on his back was vaguely trembling.
This subtle movement, however, made Chen Dong’s heart happy.
This guy …… is really pretending!
When Chen Dong was observing just now, he was not only observing how the various teams selected the new labour slaves, but he was also observing the situation of each of the labour slaves in the same way, which was why it took so long.
Old Dog Wu soon came into his line of sight.
He had also been keeping an eye out.
From beginning to end, this guy was curled up like a dead dog on the ground in an obscure corner, not moving at all, as if his life was not going to last long, and it also helped him save a lot of teams from being picked.
Even if there is a team to come forward, he will also be the same as a violent cough, weak breath like a swimmer to climb two sentences, and ultimately those teams will be interested in leaving.
After all, into the amethyst mine is a matter of nine deaths, select teammates are for the work and mutual life preservation, a sickly person will become the biggest drag bottle burden in the team!
But once a sickly weakness is true, but time and time again, then there is something fishy.
That was why Chen Dong went straight to Old Dog Wu in the first place.
“Are you sure you want to pick him?”Monk Swimming Fish frowned slightly, “Chen Dong, it is not true that when you enter the mine, you will live and die together, but a sickly man can drag the team towards death.”
“But if I don’t pick him, won’t he end up dying?”Chen Dong said.
Monk Swimming Fish shook his head, “Ben was recruited in a hurry and did not have the time to pick, even if he ends up unchosen, he will not die, and you should not think of the circumstances as so cruel that he will be returned directly to his place of origin.”
Not die?
Returned back?
Chen Dong suddenly understood why Wu Old Dog had this look of dying.
This guy …… is really a dog ah!
Noticing that Wu Old Dog’s gaze looked at him.
Chen Dong smiled and met Wu Old Dog gaze, “It is okay, all brothers, selected is fate.”
With these words, originally Wu Old Dog’s left hand that was still vaguely trembling on Chen Dong’s back, completely stopped trembling and dropped down onto Chen Dong’s back.
At the back, Chen Dong selected two more teammates.
Originally, according to the introduction by the Swimming Fish Monk, a team could accommodate five to ten people.
However, the Swimming Fish Monk still suggested that the number of people be limited to five, so that one, the daily workload could be reduced, and two, the chances of surviving could be increased.
Otherwise a team of ten people, with the presence of the Sky Wolves amongst them, the daily mining volume alone would be enough to bend everyone’s back.
Such a suggestion, Chen Dong was naturally happy to accept it, and his impression of the Swimming Fish Monk’s perception was also raised by a cut.
There was no unnecessary nonsense.
When Chen Dong picked his teammates to stand in front of the Swimming Fish Monk.
Monk Swimming Fish looked at the three “crooked” teammates picked by Chen Dong, calm and peaceful as he was, his face could not help but show a helpless look: “Picked it?”
“Picked it!”Chen Dong is full of confidence.
Swimming fish monk is not good to say more, turned around and said: “Then first down the mine.”