Chapter 269: Mining Team

Johns knew that he could not change the minds of the two princes in front of him, so he could only sigh in his heart, hoping that nothing unexpected would happen this time when he went to the mine.

Johns' team consists of four people, all of whom are men. Normally, there are only men working in the mine.

Johns turned around and extended his hand, introducing his players to Chi Yao and Tonino Xavi.

"Please allow me to introduce my three team members."

Johns pointed his finger at an unsmiling middle-aged man, with no expression on his angular face.

"Pathfinder - Easley, he is the eyes and ears of our team, a living map."

When Islie saw Johns pointing at him, he just bowed slightly and saluted, without saying anything to Chi Yao and the other two.

On the right side of Isli is a young man wearing goggles and an afro haircut. The corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and he seems to be smiling all the time.

"Explosion expert - Jack, an expert at opening tunnels. He can carry out micro-explosion underground without causing collapse."

Jack took a step forward and saluted Chi Yao and Chi Yao with a smile. The explosive hairstyle also jumped. Chi Yao could even see the traces of sparks left on his hair, and a stream of gunpowder smoke floated from his body. breath.

"Do you like gunpowder? Gunpowder is my favorite!"

This smell of gunpowder smoke made Tonino Harvey, who was standing next to Chi Yao, couldn't help but frown. He just took a step back and did not choose to scold him on the spot.

Seeing Tonino Harvey's action, Johns breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Jack back to where he was.

"Jack, calm down!"

Then Johns introduces the final member.

"Doctor - Babbitt, the lifeline of our team, can provide emergency treatment for us."

He was a young man with a depressed face, as if he had always been sad. When Johns introduced himself, the sadness seemed to be a little deeper.

His eyes looked blurry, and he seemed to be mumbling to himself. Chi Yao could easily hear the other person's whispers with his wind perception.

"It's over, it's over. We're going down again. It's still 1,000 meters deep. We're dead."

Babbitt's state seemed quite wrong. Chi Yao frowned and said.

"The other members seem to be fine. This Babbitt, is he really in a good mental state to join us in the mine?"

Johns touched his head in embarrassment, bowed slightly and explained.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Babbitt has always been like this. According to him, this is his pessimistic principle. But don't worry, he is definitely an indispensable member of our team, and his current appearance will not affect him at all. Show your ability!”

After listening to Johns' explanation, Chi Yao was a little confused.

"Pessimism principle? What do you mean?"

Tonino Harvey on the side seemed to have endured the smell of gunpowder smoke and stepped forward to speak.

"Second brother, don't worry about it. Although Johns' team is full of freaks and is an out-and-out problem team, they are also the strongest team in Mine No. 6, and they have achieved the deepest detection record."

"Is that so?" Chi Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, and couldn't help but think of the settings in various animations where they were both the problem team and the strongest team.

Although this setting is very reasonable, in this kind of plot setting other than the original work, Chi Yao believes that he still has to be prepared. The trump card that he has not used in the palace before, he hopes not to use it this time.

Thinking of this, Chi Yao nodded and said.

"Okay, I don't have any more questions, Captain Johns, let's set off?"

Johns nodded, immediately picked up the backpack that had been prepared next to the team, handed it to Chi Yao and Tonino Harvey, and said.

"Your Highnesses, please carry these supplies on your own. It's not that we don't want to help you carry them. If something unexpected happens and we are separated, the backpacks you carry are the only guarantee for your survival underground."

"The backpack contains food, fresh water, some small tools, and locator and communication equipment."

Tonino Harvey was very sensible, reached out to take the backpack, and put it directly on his body.

"Understood, this is for our own safety."

Chi Yao took the backpack and carried it behind his back. Although he had the backup guarantee of storage space and was not short of these supplies, it would be too suspicious if he didn't want the backpack in front of everyone.

Johns is quite familiar with his immediate boss, the prince. As long as he does not directly interfere with the other party's decision like before, the other party has always been very kind to his subordinates and will listen to suggestions.

As for Chi Yao, the second prince, Johns had only heard of him before, but had never actually met him.

Johns was originally worried about the rumors that Chi Yao had a bad temper and was difficult to serve, but seeing Chi Yao's performance just now, Johns was slightly relieved.

Johns couldn't help but think, 'It seems that the team is still stable, I hope this time the mine will go smoothly. ’

Johns said as he watched both of them put on their backpacks and put on their equipment.

"Now that you two are ready, let's set off and head to the first level hub first."

Chi Yao followed Johns' footsteps and walked into the mine that was more than ten meters high in front of him. As a few people went deeper, a faint light lit up in the tunnel not far away.

The stone walls of the tunnel seemed to have been polished artificially and looked quite rounded.

Chi Yao looked up at the top of the tunnel, and on the top of the stone wall of the tunnel, there were round sun stones about the size of eggs inlaid every twenty meters.

These round sun stones emitted a gentle light, like a sun lamp, illuminating the entire tunnel.

Walking here, it seemed that you were not in the dark and deep cave tunnel, but rather like taking a walk in the gentle afternoon sun, and the warm light conveyed a touch of warmth to everyone.

As everyone walked, the end of the tunnel gradually expanded from a small dot until it appeared in front of Chi Yao.

"!!"

It must be said that although there was a foreshadowing of the sun tunnel, the brightly lit everything in front of him was still a little beyond Chi Yao's cognition of the mine.

In front of Chi Yao was a huge cave that stretched hundreds of meters, and in this cave it was not pitch black, but bright as under the scorching sun.

Those round sun ores exposed everywhere continued to emit warm sunlight, illuminating the cave.

On the side near the tunnel exit, a small town has been built. The buildings in the town are of a unified style, made of hard gray iron, but not oppressive. In various places in the town, you can see polished round sun stones that serve as natural light sources.

The town is basically full of miners dressed similarly to Johns's team. After handing in the ore in the town, they temporarily relax and rest, or set out to the depths of the mine to start mining round sun ore.

Although the town is not big, it has all kinds of functional buildings, such as ore sales offices, repair shops, clinics, restaurants and bars, etc. It is not a problem to maintain daily life here.

Chi Yao controlled his expression and only showed curiosity within normal limits, looking around.

"Is this the No. 6 ore vein?"

Seeing Chi Yao's curious look, Tonino Harvey explained.

"Yes, this is the initial town of the first layer of the hub. This is inside the mountain and can be considered the ground."

"And every 200 meters down, the kingdom will set up a layer hub, set up corresponding towns and communication channels to facilitate miners to quickly go deep into the veins."

"In the No. 6 vein, the kingdom only knew the depth of 600 meters before, which means that four layer hub towns were set up."

"The kingdom has set up fast channels between each town, and we can quickly go from the first layer hub to the fourth layer hub"

First update.