Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 334: Middle Level of the Hive: Imperial Mine

To be safe.

After a brief discussion, Xie Shen and Deng Bin both unanimously chose to go to the middle level of the hive city to work as a mine.

At the same time as making the decision.

Several people have also returned to Albert's gang base along the sewer pipes in the dark area.

After the group entered the base hall which was converted from an abandoned factory.

Albert said to Xie Shen and Deng Bin, "When I first met you two, I thought you were like me, and you also used the method of taking over other bodies to abandon your original bodies and become true silicon-based people."

"But I never thought that you were just wearing exoskeletons and using high technology to disguise yourself as silicon-based people."

"Since you are all still human, as the host, I will not spend any effort to entertain you in terms of food."

"After all, I don't have any food for humans to eat here."

talking.

Albert suddenly waved to a female silicon-based follower beside him.

The latter understood what he meant, and hurriedly and skillfully put a large bag of pink crystals on a tray and carefully presented it to Xie Shen and Deng Bin.

In front of Xie Shen and Deng Bin, Albert personally ground the pink crystals into powder.

he introduced.

"These pink crystals are picked from a silicon-based plant called crystal silicon."

"Its full name is Crystal Silicon Leaf."

“These leaves can be used to make a soak in water”

"Oh, that's not right," Albert corrected, "To be precise, it can be used to soak in fluorine-containing liquids."

"This is the same principle as when we humans use dihydrogen monoxide to make tea leaves."

During the conversation, Albert had placed a large pot of fluorine-containing liquid on the fire.

As the temperature of the liquid in the pot continued to rise, the crystal silicon leaf powder began to react chemically with fluorine.

in this way.

In just a moment, the entire factory hall was filled with pink mist generated by the crystal silicon leaves.

Seeing this, Albert smiled and said to Xie Shen and the others, "This way. A pot of tea brewed with crystal silicon leaves is complete."

"Just inhaling the pink mist is like tasting the tea."

Relying on his cultivation level of Return to Void Stage, he is immune to all poisons.

Deng Bin was the first to move forward and took a big breath of the pink mist.

At the end he commented: "It's quite interesting."

"Although these pink mists will cause a certain degree of damage to our carbon-based bodies after inhalation."

"If it were a cultivator of a lower realm, or an ordinary person, it might even kill them directly."

"Perhaps only you silicon-based people can enjoy this thing unscrupulously."

“But don’t tell me.”

"This thing is still quite powerful."

"As long as you like it." Seeing that Deng Bin was interested in the tea made from crystal silicon leaves, Albert said hurriedly, "Just consider it as my thanks for your rescue. Later, I will have my men get you a dozen bags of crystal silicon leaves to take away so that you can enjoy them slowly in the future."

"Hey"

Just a little gift.

In this regard, Xie Shen and Deng Bin did not make any excuses.

Deng Bin, one of the two, smiled and politely replied, "Since it's so kind of you, I'd like to thank you in advance."

...

General Isaac and his soldiers all died inexplicably in the deep dark area at the bottom of the hive.

So to avoid the limelight.

For a long time afterwards, Xie Shen and Deng Bin stayed obediently in Albert's gang base to recuperate.

Apart from occasionally gathering intelligence, the two hardly went anywhere.

This went on for about half a month.

Finally, the Empire officially gave an explanation for General Isaac's death - according to the official statement, General Isaac and others were attacked by cultists deep in the dark zone, and as a result, more than a thousand people unfortunately died for their country.

In the lobby of the gang headquarters.

After hearing the news, Dunbin couldn't help but complain.

"That's what I'm wondering about."

"There were so many witnesses present at the time of this incident, and almost everyone saw clearly that Isaac died at the hands of Xie Shen."

"It can be said that the investigators sent by the Empire can find out the whole story by just asking anyone at random."

"But they gave a ridiculous explanation that the imperial army was attacked by cultists."

Talking and talking.

Deng Bin couldn't hold back and cursed loudly: "These civil servants working in the imperial government are really a bunch of gods."

"They can't even investigate this, are they really just a bunch of good-for-nothings?"

"You can't say that." Abbott explained, "The reason why the civil servants of the Empire don't do their jobs is not because they are incompetent, but because the high-rise buildings of the Silicon Empire are too corrupt as a whole."

"In today's silicon-based empire, not only has the upward channel been blocked, but even the reward and punishment mechanism is rotten to the core."

"Those working at the grassroots level are no longer willing to work hard."

"So it makes sense that this result would occur."

Given that this phenomenon is merely corruption within the Silicon Empire, not humanity.

So after Deng Bin complained a few words, he didn't dwell on it any more.

"Of course."

At last.

Albert added one more sentence.

“Corruption is corruption”

"Because the silicon-based empire has its roots there, their technology is advanced. This is an objective fact."

"So the silicon-based empire as a whole can be described as 'corrupt and powerful', and it would definitely be unwise to confront it head-on."

"A castle must often be conquered from within."

...

time flies.

Half a month and another half a month.

In a blink of an eye, Xie Shen and Deng Bin had already stayed in the lower level area of ​​the hive for more than a month.

After this period of preparation, under the operation of Albert, Xie Shen and Deng Bin, who put on exoskeleton armor again and disguised themselves as silicon-based people again, successfully infiltrated the Imperial Mine located in the middle area of ​​the hive city.

The two of them suddenly became illegal laborers in the mine, with no salary or holidays.

...

...

The middle level of the hive city.

Inside the Imperial Mine, it is dark and only illuminated by fluorescent plants.

Neil Pulitzer, a silicon-based man, was now cautiously walking deeper into the mine, holding a large plate of roast chicken sprinkled with cumin powder, looking back every few steps.

After walking for some distance.

When they reached a secluded and deserted place, they heard a weak voice coming from the mind of the silicon-based man Neil.

"You came?"

"Here we are." Neil, the silicon-based man, replied respectfully, "Sir, this time the superiors specially followed your instructions and synthesized a large piece of meat using triglycerides and peptides. It was also baked at 180 degrees Celsius, and finally sprinkled with some sodium chloride and dibenzoyl alcohol."

"Take a look at this synthetic meat. Does it look like the roast chicken you mentioned?"

Perhaps it was the aroma of benzoin, or cumin, emanating from that disgusting dish.

Deep in the mine, a monk wearing a Yin-Yang Tai Chi fish robe was seen walking out of the darkness slowly with a cane.

The monk on crutches looked around.

After making sure that there was no one else around Neil, he walked forward with confidence and took a closer look at the food.

"Um"

Looking at the food, the monk with crutches nodded and commented: "What you made this time is barely resembling human."

"Nothing"

"It's not enough for this roast chicken to just look good, it also has to taste good."

"Let me have a taste."

Maybe it's because I haven't eaten for a long time.

After the monk on crutches held the rack for a while, he impatiently reached out to take the roast chicken that Neil handed over.

He tore off the thigh of the roast chicken and took a big bite out of it.

"no."

As soon as the roast chicken entered his mouth, the monk on crutches shook his head and said, "Is this really edible?"

He spat out the chicken in his mouth with a look of disgust, and threw the whole roasted chicken on the ground, saying, "I would rather eat a few big mouthfuls of the silicate sprinkled with metal powder that you silicon-based people often eat than eat this so-called roasted chicken."

"It's torture for me to eat this."

The monk with crutches said with an unhappy look on his face.

"I am not satisfied with what you sent today."

"If you can't satisfy my appetite, then you can forget about wanting the second half of the 'Great Desolation Swallowing Heaven' technique."

"Sir, please be patient, please be patient!" Seeing that the monk was dissatisfied, the silicon-based man Neil hurriedly made amends and said, "In addition to the roast chicken, the superiors have prepared something else for you, which is a mixture of dihydrogen monoxide, ethanol and sugar."

"Uh"

Neil thought for a moment, and said with a little uncertainty: "This thing should be called wine, right?"

"Any wine?"

Looking at the large jar of wine in Neil's hand, there was a flash of excitement in the eyes of the monk with crutches.

He snatched the wine jar from Neil's hand, opened the lid and took a deep sniff.

then.

The monk on crutches said intoxicatedly, "Yes, yes, this is the taste I want!"

“You guys are really thoughtful.”

As he spoke, he poured the wine in the jar into his mouth and took a sip.

"no."

The monk on crutches, who only tried a little, offered an offer.

"Is what you brew called wine?"

“This tastes terrible.”

In order to show his disgust, the monk with crutches threw the jar of wine in his hand directly to the ground in front of the silicon-based man Neil.

He waved impatiently at the silicon-based man Neil.

"Get out of here."

"If you want to get the cultivation method from me, it will not work just by being lazy and muddle-headed like this."

"When you go back, tell your bishop and ask him to spend some time studying it further."

"Or maybe we can just go to the Milky Way and learn a few tricks from humans."

"Once I have learned it and I am satisfied after eating it, I will naturally offer you the skills you want."

"This" silicon-based man Neil was obviously unwilling to return empty-handed.

He wanted to persuade the monk with crutches with words and recite a few paragraphs of the cultivation method to him, so that he could report to the emperor when he returned.

However, before he could open his mouth, the monk on crutches became increasingly dissatisfied and asked, "What? I told you to leave, so why are you still standing here? Are you looking for trouble?"

Neil was worried that this would anger the monk on crutches, so he finally gave up the idea of ​​persuasion.

He lowered his head and spoke respectfully.

"Then sir, I will take my leave now."

"I will tell the bishop your instructions and requests truthfully."

"next time."

"Next time I bring something, I'm sure you'll be satisfied."

Say it.

The silicon-based man Neil imitated the human monks, clasped his fists and bowed in an awkward manner, then said goodbye and left.

...

Inside the mine.

I saw that the silicon-based man Neil had walked away.

The monk on crutches, who had been enduring for a long time, finally couldn't hold on any longer.

He squatted down, quickly picked up the dusty roast chicken, and started stuffing it into his mouth like crazy.

Even the wine that he had thrown on the ground earlier, he now drank it violently as if his life depended on it.

While enjoying the wine and meat, he kept talking to himself.

“It’s delicious. It’s really delicious.”

"As expected of a chicken made with high-tech synthesis, it really doesn't have any fishy or smell at all."

"delicious!"

In the mine.

Seeing the monk with crutches acting so crazy, Xie Shen and Deng Bin, who were hiding in the dark and observing, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

The two of them appeared in the darkness one after another.

Deng Bin was seen complaining.

"If you stay alone for a long time, your mind will become a little abnormal."

"He was so crazy that he started talking to himself."

! !
I saw two silicon-based people not far away speaking human language instead of communicating with electrical signals.

The monk on crutches, who was swallowing roast chicken in big mouthfuls, couldn't help but shudder all over.

He looked at Xie Shen and Deng Bin who were wearing exoskeleton armor, and asked in surprise: "Who are you? Why can you speak human language?"

Facing the question from the monk with crutches, Dunbin did not give a direct answer, but just asked curiously: "Since you think this roast chicken is so delicious, why did you pretend to be disgusted when that silicon-based man was here just now?"

"What about the silicon-based people??"

The monk with crutches was very smart.

He caught a glimpse of useful information from Dunbin's words.

He then said thoughtfully: "Silicon-based people generally do not call their own kind 'that silicon-based person'."

"The only people who can speak like this are humans like me, alien life forms from other barred spiral galaxies."

"so."

The monk on crutches stared at Dunbin and made a judgment: "From your tone, plus the fact that you can speak human language."

"Could it be that you two are not silicon-based people at all? You are human?"

The monk with crutches is not only smart, but also seems to have a high emotional intelligence.

After expressing what was in his mind, he hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed to Xie Shen and Deng Bin, and took the initiative to introduce himself.

"My name is Li Aotian."

"My fellow Taoists in the cultivation world often give me face by calling me Aotian Supreme."

"I am honored to meet you two fellow Taoists. Thank you for your courtesy."

(End of this chapter)