Poverty makes me capable of anything.

"It moved?" Lin Yumo stopped in her tracks.

“If we go a little further ahead, we’ll reach the iceberg. We…” As Saya was speaking, she noticed that the people next to her had stopped. When she turned around, she saw that everyone’s eyes were focused on a stranger.

"What's wrong?" Shaya asked.

"Shh!"

Zhou Jieyu gestured for him to be quiet.

i wipe...

Saya immediately frowned. "I'm your boss who hired you."

But he quickly suppressed his anger, because he knew the reason.

Zhou Jieyu raised her gun and aimed it at the protruding rock.

To confirm whether she had seen it wrong, she watched the video replay—which is an advantage of being a player, I suppose—and confirmed that the stone had indeed moved.

Upon realizing there were special creatures, Zhou Jieyu drew her gun without hesitation.

This is a very powerful rifle.

Press the trigger.

"boom!"

The bullet struck the rock instantly, shattering the outer layer of ice into a spiderweb-like pattern, with the bullet embedded deep inside.

No movement?

"That startled me; I thought there was some kind of creature there." Someone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not wrong to be cautious, after all, this is a planet that no one has been to before."

"I thought something urgent had happened, haha."

Zhou Jieyu pressed the trigger again.

boom!

The shattered ice did not hinder the bullet this time; after pushing through the ice shards, half of it sank into the stone.

"Let's go, it seems there are no problems."

"I must have seen wrong..."

Before he could finish saying "ba," the stone that had been hit by the bullet suddenly jumped up.

He jumped more than two meters high, and all the ice blocks covering the rocks fell down with a crash, shattering on the ground.

"..."

"..."

Everyone's eyes widened.

A creature disguised as a rock.

The rock landed again, and just as everyone was about to make their next move, it suddenly bounced up and rushed towards the nearest NPC.

The speed was too fast; it was so fast that people couldn't react at a distance of ten meters.

Snapped.

The rock struck the NPC in the chest.

The NPC grunted.

He was knocked out; his face was slightly flushed, and he was about to throw a stone.

Wait, why are the stones stuck to my body?

puff--

The moment this thought crossed his mind, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Something pierced through his chest cavity in an instant.

"what--"

A piercing scream rang out on the public channel.

Those around could no longer stand still, and Lin Yumo and several others skilled in close combat rushed forward at the same time.

"Clap clap clap..."

The cold weapons struck the stones with a series of cracking sounds.

The stone was immediately chipped with many cracks, but that was the truly surprising thing.

These NPCs and players are no pushovers, yet they still couldn't cut down this strange creature.

"Ahhh-"

The NPC was still screaming in agony, his face flushed red, and his body trembling uncontrollably.

Lin Yumo took a step back and immediately activated her skill.

The sword was enveloped in a layer of light blue sword energy, and with a thrust forward, it easily pierced through the rock.

A ripple of sword energy spread out, and the NPC and the rock collapsed simultaneously.

The NPCs might not be able to see anything yet, but the players could see it clearly: the rock was bursting with over 1000 HP, and damage numbers were still floating outwards.

"It seems to be dead. What exactly was that thing?"

"It looks like a rock beetle. I'll go take a look."

"Don't move."

Lin Yumo stabbed the creature a few more times before finally killing it completely, without the usual scenario where several people were killed in retaliation.

tear-

The rock was pulled down with great difficulty, and the NPC's face was revealed to everyone.

His chest was a bloody mess, with a large gash in it, and two bone claws had reached inside.

The exposed side of the rock was a gooey body covered in blood plasma. It didn't look very big; the rock monster was only about the size of a washbasin, and its body was surrounded by thick layers of rock.

"..."

Level 25, Beetle Eater.

Each one is worth 34000 experience points.

This is the information Lin Yumo obtained.

This planet is indeed unsafe.

"careful!"

Just then, another hidden stone began to move.

As chaos ensued, these seemingly dormant beetles sprang to life one by one, with even some leaping out from beneath the connected ice layers.

However, although the number of beetle-eating insects has increased, they are still no match for the strength of these explorers.

"Stop bothering them, just drive them away. We're not far from the bright spot, let's go check on the situation as soon as possible," Shaya shouted.

The existence of special creatures on a barren planet was something he had long anticipated, and he was growing increasingly excited about that bright spot.

"Then let's go quickly," Zhou Jieyu said to Lin Yumo.

Her guns weren't very effective against the beetle-eating insects; even after several shots, she could only inflict minor injuries because the rocks covering them were too thick.

"Ok!"

The beetles pounce very quickly, but it's a bit difficult to get them to track quickly across the ice field.

However, along the way, they disturbed some of the sleeping beetles, but their numbers did not accumulate.

Maintaining this state, led by the people from the Faraway Company, they traversed mountains and valleys, finally arriving near their destination.

It was a depression between two icebergs, about five meters in diameter, with the protruding tip being a crystalline object emitting a bright yellow light.

Yellow crystal!

Although we don't know what kind of crystal it is, it looks like a very rich mineral deposit.

Zhou Jieyu, who was recording a video, felt her eyes were about to be dazzled.

"Haha, there really is something! We've struck it rich this time!" Shaya's face lit up with a happy smile.

With the reserves of this crystal mine, this should bring in over a billion.

It was worth all the investment they made.

Such a painstaking and laborious deployment would cost tens of millions of dollars, and without revenue, one would inevitably face difficulties from the board of directors.

“Let’s scout around first. I’ll contact the people on the ship first.” Shaya then turned to Zhou Jieyu and the others. “I’ll need you to clear out the rock monsters around here.”

"Leave it to us."

Shaya nodded and went to contact the people on the spaceship.

With Lin Yumo leading the way, Zhou Jieyu's journey to gain experience was quite easy and enjoyable.

Just as they were gaining experience, another group of employees from a distant land descended from the spaceship. They brought measuring and mining tools, surrounded the citrine, and began their exploration.

First, peel away the rock layers around the crystal, then dig down along the edge of the deposit.

The deeper they dug, the more horrifying it became for those watching.

Goodness...

The deeper you go into this crystal mine, the bigger it looks. It might even be a pyramid structure. Wouldn't that mean it has billions, or even more, of hidden value?

This……

I never imagined that such a valuable thing was hidden on this planet that no one pays much attention to.

I feel my blood boiling.

My heart feels like it's on fire.

what……