Identity Crisis
Is this considered lying down and still getting shot? They all hid in the corner, but still didn't let him go. The woman in front of him who called herself "old mother" actually used him as an excuse to attack.
Wu Chang felt a bit embarrassed, he thought it was immoral for a woman to insist on recognizing a stranger as her son in front of her own son.
It's probably the residual bad habits from past lives playing tricks on me, Wu Chang suddenly said with a strange tone.
"Hey big sister, don't misrecognize me, your two chubby sons are right next to you, how can you still think of recognizing me as your son?"
One sentence made the entire hall immediately silent, that blood rose eyes stared bigger than cow eyes, pointing at Wu Chang and trembling without saying a word.
Everyone in the house was stunned, and no one expected that Wu Chang hadn't come up with such a sentence. Everyone knows that Xue Mei is Su Wen's mistress, and she's not even 30 years old yet. And those two thugs behind her are her twin sons, who are already over 20 years old, aren't they? Did she give birth to children at the age of 10?
People look at you with unpredictable eyes just like looking at an idiot, see what happened to Blood Rose after being provoked, turn back and wait for Seven to clean up the mess.
Wu Chang looked at everyone with a puzzled expression, thinking to himself: "Can't you see such an obvious thing? Those two fat twins are clearly the sons of Blood Rose. Having followed Master to learn so many things, physiognomy is just basic knowledge. If one can't even understand mother-son facial features, Master would be so angry that he'd come back to life."
The blood rose gradually calmed down, but the cold killing intent in her eyes couldn't be concealed at all. At this time, she also lost interest in nonsense and looked around at the people present.
"You're given face but you don't want it, this is your last chance, if you don't treasure it yourselves then don't blame me," after saying that, he turned around and left with his four bodyguards.
As soon as Blood Rose left, old man Laine rushed over "You foolish kid, how did you offend her? She's Blood Rose, the mistress of Tu Lang Sai Wen. These two not only control our western B1314 mine area but also have a high-grade A332 mine in their hands. Absolutely wealthy and influential guys."
Moreover, Saiwen has more than 300 bodyguards and henchmen under his command, making him the biggest underworld boss in the ten mining areas around. The prostitutes and drugs in this area are all monopolized by them, these are people we can't afford to mess with.
"Besides, Blood Rose is less than 30 years old, how can you say she has a son? Not to mention that she wouldn't want to hear it, Tuo Lang Sai Wen wouldn't possibly want to hear it either."
It turns out that Xue Mei had been hiding her true age and deceiving her man. A woman in her 40s was pretending to be a woman under 30, even hiding her illegitimate child from the past.
He frantically grabbed his hair, this was truly a case of trouble coming from the mouth. Old Lain, seeing how pitiful he looked, softly consoled him saying "You don't have to be afraid, as long as you're low-key and careful, don't go running around for no reason, they can't just barge in looking for trouble with you, that's a taboo thing to do..."
At this time, Mr. Pan walked over and interrupted Lane's words "You don't have to be afraid of them, under the rule of Captain Ye Tian of the security team, they also dare not to rush in openly. But your identity is a big problem, if you don't get an ID tattoo as soon as possible, when the security team comes out, no one can save you"
"Speaking of which, Boss Pan paused for a moment "But the black market identity tattoo, that one costs 5 rainbow coins, that's a full 500 gold coins, when can you earn that?"
The crux of the problem has been found, and now Tu Lang Sai Wen and Xue Mei must deal with Wu Chang. To do this, they must use the power of the White Way, and the only excuse is to investigate the black households. If Wu Chang wants to survive this disaster, he must get a black market tattoo, but the price of a black market tattoo is as high as 500 gold coins, which is now a huge sum of money.
Under the introduction of Laine and Pan Boss, Wu Chang finally understood that this tattoo was actually an ID card for this world? Using liquid secret silver as ink, a two-dimensional code containing a large amount of information is tattooed on a person's skin, which is a person's lifelong identity information.
You can choose the location of your tattoo, and you can also use other patterns to cover it up later. No wonder Un-chan saw tattoos on everyone's body when taking a bath? It's no wonder Laine was curious about the pattern on his back too. I didn't know that tattoos were so prevalent in this world's culture.
"So that means I understand now, I have to earn 500 gold coins or the 5 rainbow coins you mentioned as quickly as possible, only then can I be temporarily safe?"
Layne and Pan nodded, and then Wuchang continued.
"If I hadn't made this money before being caught by the security guards, then I would have been out of luck?"
Layne and Pan nodded, at this time Wu Chang said with a very embarrassed expression.
"Uh... can you guys lend me some money first?"
"Oh, what nice weather today..."
"Come on, let's have another drink..."
The two of them didn't even bother shaking their heads and went straight to a bar for drinks, leaving Wu Chang alone here.
He was actually just joking, he knew his identity was unclear and others wouldn't lend him money, to get out of the current predicament, he could only rely on his own efforts.
From that noon on, Wu Chang spent all his time except for eating, sleeping and going to the toilet beside the abandoned mine slag mountain, from sunrise to sunset, tirelessly searching for rainbow crystal in the dimly lit pit.
One day, two days, three or four days, all the way to ten days. Wu Chang created a miracle in the entire B1313 mine area, and someone actually made 5 gold coins from the waste heap every day, which made the mining king Groundhog Pike stunned.
"Madman, he's simply a madman! With such determination and skill, why not go down the mine?" Many people had this question. In everyone's eyes, going to the abandoned mine slag to try their luck was something only newcomers and weaklings would choose. A strong person like Wu Chang should be mining.
Another point is that everyone also looks forward to the unpredictable luck, a person can make money from waste ore every day, which means that this person's luck has already defied the heavens. If he goes down into the mine, who knows if he might really create some miracles?
Wu Chang didn't keep everyone waiting for long. On the tenth night, Wu Chang finally made a request to Old Man Pan about going down into the mine. At the moment he finished speaking, the entire rationing center fell silent.
"Boss, don't try to persuade me anymore, I know what you're going to say. It's just that I'm not experienced enough and the underground is very dangerous and all that. But I've been working hard for ten days and only earned 50 gold coins. Do you think Turen Siven can give me 100 days of leisure time?"
One sentence shut everyone's mouth up, and in the end, Boss Pan had nothing to say either. He turned around and stared at Groundhog Day Pik.
"Tomorrow, you're in charge of taking Wu Chang down into the well."
"Huh? You want me to bring him along? He's a newbie!"
"Who didn't start from scratch? Besides, bringing in newbies also brings in 20% of the income." Pan boss said, looking at Wu Chang, "You should understand the rules, old people bring in newcomers, and 20% of your income belongs to the old people, this is an iron rule."
Wu Changke is not a person who minds spending money on tuition fees, Di Shupai Ke is a capable person, can mix with capable people, and should spend money.
Pai Ke saw Wu Chang nodding, with a somewhat depressed expression, lowering his head to drink, but it wasn't until Ailin glared at him twice that he managed a slight smile towards Wu Chang.
"Remember to get up early tomorrow." After saying that, he ignored Wu Chang again.
The next morning, when Pack just opened his eyes, Wu Chang had already eaten breakfast and was dressed neatly ready to set off. Although Pack didn't quite like Wu Chang, this diligent spirit was still quite admirable.
When the airtight door at the outermost layer of the supply center was opened, the black volcanic ash that rushed in completely blocked the goggles on the mask.
"Damn it!" Mouse Packard cursed at that time "Unlucky, really unlucky, encountered black snow when going out"
It was also depressing for Wu Chang, who had observed through the porthole when he got up that the weather was not much different from usual, but somehow during breakfast, black snow covered the sky.
He didn't know that predicting volcanic eruptions on Huangyuan Star was a very difficult task. The entire planet was covered with more than 8,000 active volcanoes and over 15,000 dormant volcanoes. On normal days, only 15% of the volcanoes were in an eruptive state, which was what the miners called good weather.
But once a certain stage is reached, with more than 50% of volcanoes erupting simultaneously, it's definitely going to snow black. And today just happens to be that unlucky day.
"Listen, No. 1, we're miners, and what we need is a good mouthful of air. You're on your first day down the pit, and look what happens - this lousy weather! Think it over for yourself, can you really go down? I suggest you wait a few days..."
"How many more days will this black snow fall?"
"Who knows, maybe the second half of the day will be fine too, and next month will be normal. This place Huang Wei Xing is like this, otherwise how could it have such a crappy name?"
Wu Chang had been thinking in his heart for half a day, and finally he still considered the crisis of survival. Tu Lang Sai Wen would not give himself too much time, and delaying one more day would mean one more day of danger.
"Whatever, let's go down the pit." After finishing speaking, Da Bu Xing Xing strode towards the mine shaft. Di Shu Pai Ke shook his head and silently sighed, "Newbies never listen, they'll know my advice is precious after they suffer a loss later on."
The B1313 mine, in fact, is an abandoned mine area. In the past, three contractors went bankrupt here. Smith Pan took over three years ago and although he guaranteed a stable income, there was still no profit.
Abandoned mines are just abandoned mines. Just look at the narrow tunnels underground and you'll know, many places can only let one person crawl through, like a maggot-like forward movement.
"Listen, digging for rainbow crystals is extremely difficult and can't be done with machinery. These treasures are too fragile, and a little too much force will shatter them. So, your entire set of tools, apart from a handmade shovel, is just a bottle of foam."
"Traces of rainbow crystal were found on the rock, you have to be extremely careful when striking, how to ensure that the rock breaks but the crystal doesn't crack is purely experience, I wouldn't be able to teach you even if I wanted to."
Di Shu Pai Ke didn't like unpredictability, but he was still very responsible. He had no reservations and taught all his knowledge wholeheartedly.
In the faint light of the mining lamp, two human figures like mice were moving at a depth of 200 meters underground. Beside them were fissures left by geological changes, also known as natural mine tunnels in miners' mouths. These mine tunnels were formed by the contraction of volcanic lava after cooling, with large ones that could accommodate three people side by side, while narrow places where even a mouse could not pass through.
"Rainbow crystal is closely related to volcanoes, why is it long and strip-shaped? It's because the lava is liquid like water flowing, when it cools down, the rainbow crystal inside also becomes a long strip..."
Just as Pak was observing the stone wall and explaining it to Wu Chang, Wu Chang's footsteps suddenly stopped.
"Pack, look, is this a rainbow crystal?"
Pai Ke couldn't help but laugh, "You little scamp, you actually discovered it before me!" At the intersection of the two mining beams, a thumb-sized crystal surface was flashing with a seductive glow.
Before Park could even speak, Wu Chang's pickaxe swung down like lightning.
"No……" Pak shouted, so angry that he couldn't speak. No wonder others said you're an idiot, and you really are one! I've told you a hundred times that crystal is fragile, how can you still use such violent methods to extract it? It's heartbreaking for me.
But the scene that followed left Paike speechless. It was too bizarre, this was also too bizarre, you little devil are you human or ghost?