Star Rail: Embracing the Milky Way

In the lower area of ​​Beloberg, most people make a living from the mines, and mining-related industries are spread across various towns.

Rivet Town, where the orphanage is located, is mainly responsible for machinery manufacturing and maintenance, so it is much richer than other towns.

However, Chu Mu has made many "friends" in this town, all of whom are good brothers who can stick with him at all times.

If Chu Mu wants to find a job, he can only go to the big mines.

Some mine tunnels with narrow entrances are sometimes easy for small robots to get stuck, but it is easy for children like him to get in.

Some foremen in the big mines like to hire small workers like him.

After all, this is the lower area, and there are so many people like moles in the burrows, and their lives are worthless. In comparison, machines are much more precious than human lives.

After Chu Mu left the orphanage, he went to the mine as usual and found a familiar foreman.

The uncle was delighted when he saw Chu Mu:

"Thank God! Boy, you are finally here. There was a landslide at the entrance of the mine this morning. There is still a car of earth marrow that has not been transported out. You are here just in time to take out the cargo."

Chu Mu did not agree immediately, but asked:

"Boss, did you promise to increase my wages last time?"

"Boy, you know, I have to take risks to use child labor like you. If I am caught by the Silver Mane Iron Guard, the fine is not a small amount..." The foreman showed an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Boss, you are not the only one recruiting people in the mine." Chu Mu was too lazy to talk nonsense, and raised his foot to leave.

"Fuck, you won!" Seeing this, the foreman made a decision and said loudly, "Just do as I said last time, ten Winter City Shields, no more!"

"That's about right." Chu Mu smiled.

Although the wage for adults is twenty Winter City Shields per car of earth marrow, it is good for children to get half of it. Many foremen only give children five to seven Winter City Shields.

After all, the children who can find work in the mines have no support, and most of them are orphans.

If there is a capable family, the children will not fall here.

"Boy, you are really smart." The foreman couldn't help but sigh while putting equipment on Chu Mu, "It would be great if my kid had your brain, ha, but it's a pity that the family's funds are not available now. When I have money one day, I will definitely go to the yard to adopt you."

"Then I will work hard to mine and strive to make the boss make a lot of money!" Chu Mu vowed.

"Haha, you kid!" The foreman patted Chu Mu on the back and sent him into the mine.

After Chu Mu went down, the workers next to him couldn't help asking the foreman:

"Boss, are you really going to adopt him? People in Rivet Town say that this guy is a mad dog that can't be tamed!"

"It's just a polite remark. Doing this kind of work, you don't know if he will die in the mine one day. Have you seen a few children die in the mine in recent years?" The foreman sneered.

When the workers heard this, they suddenly realized it.

A child who enters such a collapsed mine tunnel to dig for the earth's marrow is likely to face the risk of a secondary collapse. Moreover, the poisonous gas leaking from the mine tunnel may silently take his life at any time!

The life of such an orphan is the least valuable in the mine.

Even if he dies, no one will come to ask for compensation!

The world is so cruel!

At this time, the foreman suddenly said leisurely:

"However, if he survives the disaster when he is ten years old, I can consider adopting him. After all, it is unreasonable for my own children to work for me and ask me for wages."

When the workers on the side heard this, they sighed sincerely:

"No wonder you can be a foreman!"

What a dark heart!

At this time, in the quiet and dark mine tunnel, Chu Mu crawled along the narrow gap.

He could not hear any sound in his ears, and what he saw with his naked eyes was also pitch black. He could only rely on his hands to sense the road ahead.

Every time at this time, he had an inexplicable panic in his heart.

He knew that the disease was about to strike again. With a violent heartbeat, his eardrums seemed to be pierced, and a lot of noise poured in.

The darkness in front of him was no longer pure darkness, but as bright as the starry sky!

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy!"

...

The noisy sound was like being in a battlefield of life and death!

Suddenly, all these sounds disappeared.

The starry sea in front of him gradually dimmed, and a bitter and distant sigh sounded-

"Is this the power of God?"

...

Everything returned to normal, but the sweat all over his body and the throbbing of his heart proved that all this was not an illusion.

Since two years ago, Chu Mu would frequently see such scenes whenever he was in a quiet and deserted environment or in his dreams.

Moreover, he always saw some bizarre fragments of memory.

It was as if he had broken many memories and stuffed them into his brain.

This may also be the reason why he is more mature than his peers.

Regarding his illness, during the routine physical examination at the orphanage, only anemia was found, and it was identified as malnutrition.

As for those strange dreams, adults said that it was normal for children to dream, but Chu Mu really felt that he was abnormal.

How could you lose half your life just by having a dream!

Chu Mu curled up in the narrow mine tunnel in pain, and the severe pain in his heart made him almost unable to move.

This pain did not ease as he got used to it, but became more painful each time!

When he was in the dormitory, he often woke up from his dreams in the middle of the night. He was so painful that he dared not shout out, fearing to disturb his roommates. He could only bite the quilt hard, so that he was often scolded by the dormitory teacher, asking him not to bite the quilt and grind his teeth every day.

Chu Mu had a premonition that if he continued like this, he would die in pain in the mine tunnel sooner or later.

I just hope that I can hold on until the day I send Xiaobu out.

Otherwise, how uncomfortable that silly girl would cry.

Chu Mu sighed.

When the pain in his heart eased a little, he continued to crawl forward.

Suddenly, the rope on his body was pulled a few times.

When he wanted to continue to climb forward, the man held on and refused to let go! Like an iron chain!

Chu Mu dared to guarantee that it was definitely an adult with great strength!

A bad premonition came to his mind.

Chu Mu climbed back until he got out of the mine tunnel and saw the man holding the rope. He immediately cried out in his heart - it was indeed him!

"Captain Oleg! What do you want to see me for?" Chu Mu smiled flatteringly.

The man who came was Oleg, the captain of the Silver Mane Iron Guard who was responsible for the security of the lower level area! "It's you again! Are you really going to die?" Oleg's face was terribly dark.

The foreman on the side saw this scene and knew that the two knew each other. He opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say a word and gave up quibbling.

Oleg walked up to the foreman angrily, punched him in the face, and cursed:

"Is this the 20-year-old dwarf worker you mentioned? This kid is from an orphanage and is only six years old this year. How dare you?"

In the lower-level area, there is no concept of civilized law enforcement. For rogues who don't follow the rules, fists are the best rule for them!

The foreman covered his face and didn't dare to resist Oleg at all, but his heart was full of grievances-

If he knew that Chu Mu and Oleg knew each other, he would never use this kid.

Of course, this kind of inner words must not be said.

The foreman was also cunning. He was punched and fell down. He didn't bear much force at all, so he pretended to faint.

He wanted to escape punishment in this way.

But Oleg didn't want to spoil him. He waved his hand and ordered:

"Take him to the public security station, lock him in the dark room, and give him a good treatment!"

When the foreman heard the word "dark room", his hands trembled with fear.

But it's useless to regret now. Originally, I could have paid a fine and settled the matter, but now I have to suffer a little.

Before being dragged onto the car, the foreman looked at Chu Mu with resentment.

Chu Mu's heart sank when he saw this. It seems that he will be on the blacklist of the mine now. Don't think about finding a job here in the future. No foreman will use him as a "bad star".

If I can't go to the mine, and I can't find a job in the town, I can only go to the big garbage dump in the north.

It will be even more difficult to save money.

Chu Mu's heart was full of bitterness.

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