Everyone knows mining is arduous, and finding an escape even till death is difficult, but they still can’t bear to leave. After all, the mine provides shelter and a stable source of inco, whereas leaving ans venturing into the unknown.
Under the influence of the Wanderer, so families who already wanted to change their lives finally couldn’t hold back, leading to a massive migration wave.
"When you left the mine, wasn’t there any obstruction from White Stone Shelter City?"
"Of course not. Restricting a miner’s freedom would make them slaves, wouldn’t it? When we left, White Stone Shelter City even gifted each family a month’s worth of food."
Noticing that Cheng Ye seed unaware of the mine’s uniqueness, Lin Xiaoshan hurriedly explained.
The types of ore at the Iron Ore Mine are very complex. Conventional ores can be extracted on a large scale with machines.
But when it cos to highly valuable minerals, like... magnetic crystals.
Not only can they be used as ultra-miniature computational cores, but because they are extrely sensitive to external magnetic field changes, they can serve as intelligent regulatory components in circuits. There are magnetic crystals in Defense Communication.
They can perceive real-ti changes in surrounding signal strength and frequency, dynamically optimizing circuit performance to ensure the phone always maintains a stable, high-speed communication connection.
Aside from these, magnetic crystals can be used to create bio-magnetic energy batteries, thermoelectric converters, and even act as precise delivery carriers for targeted drugs.
However, correspondingly, the mining difficulty is imnse. Untreated magnetic crystals react violently to the electromagnetic signals or energy fields generated by machines, potentially causing irreversible damage to the ore structure, or more severely, triggering self-explosion of the ore.
Manual extraction is the safest thod.
Moreover, there are fragile ores that require manual tools to exert slow, vibration-free pressure for complete separation.
So ores are only stable and extractable at specific tis each day and rge into the host rock otherwise.
Deploying, starting, and locating machinery takes much longer than the available ti, so they can only rely on manual standby.
"These high-value ores are the lifeblood of White Stone Shelter City, which is why they keep tens of thousands of miners around. But nurturing miners isn’t as troubleso as industrial workers, so there’s no restriction on freedom."
Lin Xiaoshan added, "However, when we entered the mine back then, Shelter City provided a lot of supplies. If we wanted to leave, we’d have to leave behind all the property and tools we earned over the years and pay a certain amount of special minerals as a redemption fee."
"Are you allowed to hide ores privately?"
"In principle, it’s not allowed, but since everyone can’t leave the mine, hiding so isn’t a problem."
Lin Xiaoshan explained with a smile.
He felt sothing strange; Cheng Ye was entirely devoid of the high and mighty deanor he had imagined, his attitude even better than the mine foreman.
Is it just a disguise?
He couldn’t determine it but saw Cheng Ye already standing, motioning them toward the poster wall: "Co on, just the right number of people. Let tell you about Dapo Town’s construction plan!"
"Thank you, sir, much appreciated!"
Lin Xiaoshan and Shen Yan, who had been silent, quickly took the child’s hand and followed.
The boy timidly looked around, clearly experiencing a sense of solitude in an unfamiliar environnt.
The girl was even more shy, keeping her head down the entire ti, feeling uncomfortable under the gazes from the crowd.
"Don’t be afraid. They are looking at you because they envy you."
Seeing this, Wang Kang comforted them.
The two children showed no reaction, but in Lin Xiaoshan and his wife’s ears, it kindled more curiosity.
Upon reaching the poster wall, the 16 people who arrived earlier, led by Bao Dashan, had already read the poster and were brimming with questions.
Seeing Cheng Ye approach, everyone imdiately perked up.
"Let’s form a circle, co listen to talk about the construction plan for Dapo Town."
Cheng Ye gestured, and Er Long imdiately brought over four militian to maintain order.
Once the formation was in place, and Wang Kang stood beside, Cheng Ye cleared his throat.
It should be considered his first complete explanation of Dapo Town’s plan to outsiders.
Though not a professional tour guide nor having trained for any spiel, having seen and known much, he was confident and not worried about awkward pauses.
"Let’s start with an introduction. I’m Cheng Ye, an Intern Inspector from Happiness City."
Cheng Ye announced loudly, his gaze sweeping over everyone, observing how their expressions changed.
Among the twenty people there, only Lin Xiaoshan’s family showed no reaction; others had so level of expression change.
Clearly, they knew the hierarchy of Happiness City inspectors and the rank of "Intern."
But is it a problem?
Cheng Ye continued nonchalantly, "Speaking of being an intern, you might worry about my experience, but rest assured, my father Cheng Long is a Fifth-phase Inspector at Happiness City Inspection Station, the pinnacle of regular Inspectors, with only the Station Chief above him."
"And my grandfather, Cheng Wu, was the founding Station Chief of Happiness City Inspection Station, the creator of the inspection station model for all Wasteland Shelter Cities."
In terms of family background, it wasn’t exaggeration to say none of the inspectors present could match him.
What’s misplaced competition? (leans back)
Cheng Long, the influence of this Fifth-phase Inspector wasn’t obvious, but the ntion of Cheng Wu, along with keywords like founding Station Chief and model creator...
Instantly, the complex emotions on everyone’s faces disappeared, replaced by realization, surprise, excitent, delight, and flattery... all sorts of worldly emotions.
Especially a few couples who scooted back earlier now couldn’t help but squeeze forward, eager to listen more closely.
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