Apocalypse: System of lotteries



When Schneider saw the mine in front of him, there were only two words in his heart and mind:

Envy!

According to the current market price, 1 unit of elemental stone is worth 100 gold coins, in front of him, it was a money pit.

He had once seen the elemental stone mine of the governor of the 1001 district, at that time he only scoffed, he thought he could encounter a bigger one.

Now his dream came true, unfortunately, it belonged to someone else.

At this moment, Sam and Gandis climbed out of the mine. The moment they saw Schneider, they paused.

Sam tentatively asked, "Schneider?"

Recognizing familiar faces, Schneider nodded, "You've seen this face before."

Sam pointed at his face, "I've never seen such a big swelling on your left cheek."

"..."

Standing on the side, Ming seemed as if nothing happened, thinking, so you guys know each other? Looks like I did go a bit too much, next time, I will be gentler.

"Gentleman, this is my friend Schneider."

Sam pointed at him and looked at Ming, then introduced, "Schneider, this is my current boss, Mr. Gutmann."

"Goodman?"

Schneider looked at the man in front of him and then at his bruised and battered companions around him. The man should be called Mr. Violent, but he didn't dare to say it, and could only nod and say, "I'm honored to meet you again~~~"

"Um, I'm honored too~"

Ming politely smiled, "Since we all know each other, there's no need for formalities. Let's get to work."

"..."

Schneider was taken aback, he had originally thought that with Sam here, his situation from earlier might ease a bit, but it doesn't seem like that is going to happen. He was too naive.

"When did you guys enter this area?"Ming looked at Schneider.

"Today at 15:00 sharp."

"Um."

After a while, everyone went down to the pit to mine.

[Your little frogs are very happy. Today, everyone together accomplished a great performance. The best actor award went to the rhino because its performance was very dedicated. The best-supporting actor went to the leopard because it is still foaming at the mouth. Da Vinci thinks it's a commendable actor~ From now on, we'll count on you, leopard~]

[Merlin won the best actress award because she is the only female here. The best supporting actress award went to the bear cub. Even though it was not here today, the frogs unanimously think that if it were here, it would be the leading actress~]

[Your foodie nudged the leopard. Stop acting, we're going on a trip, and I'm waiting to ride on you~ The leopard continued to foam at the mouth~]

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Ming laughed as he dug out a water elemental stone. These guys, they are the source of his joy and inspiration.

Originally, he wanted Sam and Gandis to be supervisors. Since they were friends with Schneider, there was no need for supervision anymore. He didn't want their friendship to break. Everyone can mine together on equal footing. This way, everyone must be a little happier.

At this moment, Sam came over to Schneider along the rope. Sam gave Schneider a look, "If you have something to say, just say it. Gutmann is a nice person, he definitely won't make things difficult for you."

Schneider looked at Ming somewhat constrained and said, "What happened today was a misunderstanding. I hope you can spare my brothers. I'll take responsibility for everything. Please don't kill them. As long as you don't kill them, you can do whatever you want to me."

Upon hearing this, Ming frowned. 

Where did you get the idea that I wanted to kill anyone? 

I'm more worried about you losing arms or legs~ Why are you suddenly saying these things?

"Well, don't misunderstand what I'm about to say, we're just scared." Sam spoke as if mustering up courage, "I know you definitely won't do such things, but... we're still a bit worried."

"Don't stop working while talking."Ming held a dagger, prying out an elemental stone.

He was a bit confused, what exactly do you want to say?

What am I worried about?

"Let me speak."

Schneider took a deep breath and began, "From my observation, we certainly won't be able to fully excavate this mine before we leave. You can rest assured that we absolutely won't reveal the location of this mine to anyone. If you trust us, then it's fine. If not, please kill me instead. My brothers trust me, that's why they followed me here. I don't want them to die inexplicably today."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Ming understood. These guys were afraid they couldn't finish the excavation and worried that he would kill them to keep the existence of the mine a secret.

After all, the area map had a 24-hour time limit, after which they would be automatically teleported out. To get back here, they would have to randomly generate a new area.

This... uh?

Their suspicion seemed quite reasonable. If he were in their shoes, he might think of this problem too.

"How can you be so sure that I would kill you to keep you silent?"

Ming wanted to laugh, he really didn't know how they could think so much.

Schneider said, "Earlier, you asked us about the exact time we entered this area..."

"..."

"So, that's why I said those words."

"..."

Ming was speechless. He asked them about the time with a very simple intention - he just wanted to make the best use of time. He didn't expect that they would misinterpret his intentions.

"I'll trade my life for my brothers'. I guarantee they won't tell anyone about the location of your mine. If you don't trust me, I'll end my life right in front of you!"

After Schneider finished speaking, he pulled out a dagger.

Sigh~

Raoul, who was floating in the air, instantly appeared beside Ming, roaring angrily at Schneider who held the dagger, using the skill [Intimidation].

Clatter~

The dagger in Schneider's hand involuntarily slipped out, falling into the water at the bottom of the pit. At the same time, inside the pit, all the people who heard the roar other than Ming also dropped their tools into the water.

[Intimidation], within a range of a hundred meters, targets with mental power lower than Raoul's would be intimidated and involuntarily drop their weapons.

"..."

In that instant, everyone froze. Sam and Schneider simultaneously turned their gazes toward the owner of this emperor-class puppet.

They were just thinking that if this guy really wanted to kill them to silence them, they would have to fight to the death. But now, it seemed that as the fish in the net, they were sure to die, but the net wouldn't break.

"..."

Ming looked around, feeling that the misunderstanding had probably deepened.

[The frog group was preparing to go to the place full of poisonous flowers and plants that the rhino mentioned. It was his gift to Merlin. Merlin was very happy, and everyone must get along well in the future and become the best of friends... The leopard that originally wanted to wake up spit out foam again, you said the same thing before you poisoned me~]

[Foodie looked at the leopard, then at little white, since the leopard can't be ridden, I'll ride you...little white was very sad, but he understood, it turns out he's a spare choice~]

"..."

Ming felt that they were overthinking. He had already asked Alia to explore several times before, the current reserves would soon be exhausted under the excavation of so many people, so there was no question of silencing anyone.

However, from this incident, Schneider seemed like a talent. Ming happened to want to have his own business in 1001. This Schneider had the potential to join his company.

"Don't worry, I've explored before. The elemental stones here will soon be completely excavated, and then you can go home. I promise." 

Ming continued digging after speaking, "Also, I won't mistreat you. I'll definitely give you a good result."

Crack~

Ming's dagger halted, revealing a piece of fine gold ore amidst the rubble in front of him.

There's fine gold ore here?

He continued to dig deeper, sweeping away the surrounding rubble and soil... it was all fine gold ore.

"..."

Ming understood. Previously when he asked Alia to explore, he only mentioned elemental stones. Hence, the information she gave back only involved elemental stones, and she didn't mention that there was fine gold ore here.

This couldn't be blamed on Alia. It was his own fault for not thinking thoroughly. He turned his head to look at the stunned Schneider and Sam, and said to them, "Good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"