Interstellar Hunter Nation 002 Zen Divine Power

  Wu Chang and Lain were crouching in front of a small hill-like high pile of abandoned mines, one holding a small sieve, carefully sifting through the treasures inside, rainbow crystals.

  "This rainbow crystal is a good thing, this six-sided seven-color crystal, although it's only as thick as a finger, but it's the key mineral for humanity to enter the cosmic era"

  "In simple terms, this rod-shaped crystal is an energy amplifier. When energy enters one end of the crystal, it will have a strange amplification effect depending on the length of the crystal. It's precisely because of this energy amplification that the space folding engine can be started."

  "It's not just the engine, it turns out that this crystal has other uses too. It is said that mages can also use it to cast spells. This treasure crystal can store magical energy."

  "Unfortunately, although the yield of this crystal is quite large, its material is too brittle and breaks easily with just a slight touch. It's really hard to get a crystal that's long enough. You know what? In our planet Huang Ya, there was once a 39cm rainbow crystal produced. Damn, the mine owner was immediately granted nobility by the emperor, tsk tsk, it's too awesome"

  Dirty old Laine, apparently a chatterbox, sat on the ground searching for leftover fish in the waste ore while introducing the world background to Wu Chang. Before long, he poured a scoop of ore into the conveyor belt beside him. It seemed that this scoop of ore had no harvest at all.

  Wu Chang listened to the old man's words while carefully selecting the ore slag in his hand, and before long, he actually found a shiny object.

  "Hmm? Lain, take a look at this. Is it a rainbow crystal?" Wu Chang asked, holding up a crystal the size of a fingernail.

  "Wow, you're really lucky! Not even half an hour has passed and you've already hit the jackpot? Not bad, not bad, this thing is worth at least one gold coin!"

  "Ah? Is it worth money even if it's this small?"

  "Nonsense, don't look down on him just because he's small, being small has its own uses. A cosmic warship needs a big one, but for ordinary land vehicles, of course, they use smaller ones. And there are all sorts of small mechanical devices, as long as they use folding engines, they need Rainbow Crystals."

  Holding this small crystal, his heart suddenly became very sunny, it seems that surviving in this world is not difficult after all.

  Today's good mood was just the beginning, but after repeatedly discovering rainbow crystals one after another, old man Laine couldn't help but get excited. He even exchanged his own sieve with Wú Cháng's, but no matter how many times they switched, Wú Cháng still picked out the most crystals.

  Layne the old man went crazy, he snatched away the mineral sieve from Wu Chang's hand, and instead stuffed his own pile of already sifted ore slag into his hands.

  "Look, I don't believe you can still find crystal here?"

  The result was unexpected, but in just 20 minutes, Wu Chang unexpectedly picked out a crystal from the waste ore that Laine had already selected.

  The old man was finally convinced, he squatted on the ground and almost cried "Teaching apprentices, starving masters, teaching apprentices, starving masters..."

  Wú Cháng looked at the old man's appearance, and his heart felt quite unbearable. Wú Cháng wasn't truly suffering from amnesia; it was just that his memories had become jumbled, with some important memory nodes disappearing. However, those martial arts skills that he had long since mastered hadn't been forgotten, especially his Zen meditation techniques.

  Following his master to learn Zen for seven years, his insight is much higher than that of ordinary people. Let's not mention being fully focused, even if it's divided attention or trifling thoughts, the average insight is still much higher than that of ordinary people.

  A whole sieve of waste mine slag, in other people's eyes may be annoying stones, but in Wu Chang's eyes, a subtle scene appeared between those tiny stones, and he could even feel the aura between the stones.

  Worthless pebbles were quickly picked out, and those that gave an eerie feeling were left behind. As the remaining pebbles became fewer and fewer, the uncertainty abandoned intuition and directly used his eyes to carefully select them. Soon, a bright rainbow crystal was in hand.

  Wu Chang looked at the dozen or so rainbow crystals of varying sizes in his hand, then glanced at the old man squatting on the ground who wasn't speaking. He didn't think much and casually grabbed four or five pieces to stuff into the old man's hand.

  "You've taught me a lot, consider this as my gift of gratitude..."

  "Thank the teacher?" The old man's eyes suddenly lit up, he never thought that in this dirty, vulgar and disorderly barbaric mining area, someone could actually say these three words.

  The old man didn't say anything, stuffed those rainbow crystals into his bosom and pulled Wu Chang back and forth.

  "It's almost noon, let's go eat, I'll treat you to a few drinks"

  When Ryan walked into the delivery center, his neck was raised like a victorious rooster. He walked up to the bleary-eyed Smith Parn and placed the rainbow crystal in front of him.

  "Look, today I've had a great harvest." After finishing speaking, his eyes scanned the surroundings, provokingly staring at the miners around him.

  Mr. Pan also became interested "Wow, that's amazing! Old man Zhang is quite lucky today, he found five in just one morning... Let me take a look... Not bad, not bad at all, this is worth at least 3 gold coins." After finishing speaking, he turned around and said to Aileen "Put it on old man Zhang's account, he earned 3 gold coins from this deal".

  In just one morning, they could earn three gold coins, which made the miners very excited. For these people, having three meals of wine and meat every day, plus sleeping on a down quilt in the delivery center, would cost only one gold coin. The old man's earnings for one morning were enough to make people jealous.

  At this moment, many people asked the old man to treat them to a drink.

  "Old Lai, your harvest is so good, where's the big apprentice you brought? Why don't you let us take a look?" Someone in the crowd started teasing.

  Wu Chang had after all studied Buddhism with his master for seven years and deeply understood the principle that nothing needs to show off, he just wanted to tell a small lie to divert the topic, but today Old Lai En was a bit crazy, and with one move, he took out the cloth bag from Wu Chang's arms.

  "Let me show you something" he said, and with a flick of his wrist, 7 rainbow-colored crystals fell onto the alloy bar counter, producing a crisp and pleasant sound.

  "Ah!" The crowd gasped in surprise. Who would have thought that this amnesiac fool could find so many rainbow crystals in just one morning, and the largest one was as big as a fingernail?

  "Damn it, at least one gold coin for that largest piece?"

  "I don't mind, two gold coins are no problem either"

  Mr. Pan ignored the surrounding people's discussions and stared at Wu Chang, saying "These crystals, according to the usual price, are worth at least five and a half gold coins, but since you're so lucky on your first job, I won't be stingy either."

  He turned his head to Irene and said "Give this guy... oh right, what's your name?"

  "Impermanence"

  "Oh, uncertainty, open an account for uncertainty, and record six gold coins as the first entry..."

  There were good things in the crowd at that time, blowing whistles "Boss Pan is very generous, really great" A group of people surrounded the boss and flattered him.

  Just as people were clamoring for Wu Chang to treat them, the airtight door of the delivery center suddenly opened, and a small man covered in volcanic ash walked in.

  "Groundhog Pak, how's your harvest today? You're back in half a day, this isn't like you at all."

  That guy named Pak, Wu Chang also knows him, is said to be the most powerful miner in B1313 mine. He's short but extremely agile, and he can navigate through underground tunnels as if they were his own home. He's the highest-paid miner on the site.

  Di Shu's small eyes stared wildly as he walked to the bar, downed a cup of wine, and then aggressively said to Boss Pan.

  "I've been listening for half a day, and this newcomer is making you all envious just by picking up some scrap ore? Look at your own abilities!" He then pulled out a thick white foam stick from his pocket.

  Miners are all knowledgeable, one look at this solid foam and they know there's treasure inside.

  "How long? Is it 4 cm?"

  Paike ignored them, carefully using pliers to peel off the elastic solid foam, and in a short while, a 5-centimeter-long rainbow crystal appeared before everyone's eyes.

  "Wow, it's so pretty! It's actually 5 centimeters?"

  "Damn it, even low-orbit warships use this standard now. That little brat Pike has really struck it rich."

  "Shut up and see what price Old Man Pan quotes."

  Smith Pan was also excited, it had been more than half a month since he saw such good goods. After careful consideration for half a day, he finally spoke up and said "I'll make up the difference, 300 gold coins, is that enough?"

  The crowd went wild at that time, 300 gold coins were the annual expenditure of a family of three, and didn't expect Pik to earn it in just one morning. At that time, people's red eyes came on, several bottoms-up finished their wine, put on their work clothes and went down the mine.

  At this time, the dirty old man Laine whispered to Wuchang "This groundhog Paik, his lifelong dream is to marry Aileen as his wife and open this delivery center together. You little boy was rescued by Aileen, he's jealous."

  As expected, Pai Ke turned around and wagged his tail at Erin "Erin, help me keep this money safe, we'll use it together later..."

  He couldn't enjoy the affection between other people's lovers, so he quickly picked up a plate of roasted meat with black bread and walked to his own military bed to eat. During this time, except for Laine pouring him two glasses of wine, no one else showed any interest in talking to him.

  Just as the food on the plate was about to be completely devoured, the airtight door opened again. However, this time it wasn't the familiar miner who entered, but rather a stunning blonde beauty wearing a fiery outfit, followed by four bodyguards.

  I couldn't dare to confirm whether this woman was a beauty or not, after all, the freckles on her face and rough skin were quite noticeable. However, there's one thing I'm certain of - in this mining area, she must be the number one beauty. This could be seen from the miners' obviously thickened breathing and their scorching gazes.

  That woman was obviously very used to this atmosphere, and the feeling of being surrounded by stars must have been great. She didn't notice Ellyn's murderous gaze at all.

  "Oh no, how can this place be so dirty? Look at the alloy wall body, it's all damaged like this, and the circuit board is exposed"

  "There's even a scenic window, how come it's still the oldest model, really become so poor?"

  "Tsk tsk, the lighting system is damaged by almost 30%, and you still don't repair it?"

  The woman walked back and forth in the hall like she was in a deserted land, her long legs paired with a short skirt and stockings, attracting the attention of all the men in the room.

  "Blood rose! What are you doing here? You're not welcome, get out of my sight..." Aileen stood up and shouted at the woman.

  That woman called Blood Rose didn't care about Irene's accusations at all, and shamelessly continued to move around the room, picking faults with her mouth, finally sitting down beside Mr. Pan with a flirtatious attitude.

  "Boss Pan is a sensible person, and the anti-crime operation in Huangyecity is just around the corner. I'm just making some advance preparations for the takeover," said Blood Rose with disdain, looking at Aileen.

  "Ai Lin, sister, don't be so hot-tempered now. Sell the delivery center to me and you can still make some money. If you wait for Director Wang to confiscate this broken shop of yours, you'll have nothing left..."

  Ah! Now I finally understand, isn't this just daylight robbery? Using the power of the White Way to forcibly acquire other people's assets, I reckon that "sweeping away the black" is just an excuse.

  Wú Cháng lowered his head, he didn't want to stick out now, but you don't look for trouble, trouble looks for you. After Wú Cháng swallowed the last piece of barbecue, the spearhead of Blood Rose unexpectedly pointed at him.

  "No black households? No stowaways? Do you think I'm stupid? That big guy in the corner, who is he? How come I don't recognize him?"