Chapter 356 - Exploded Again  

Seeing this, Cao Zhengde said excitedly, “Good! Night Owl’s people must have come to help. Quick, let’s transport the ores out together.”

The players’ spirits were also raised and they worked together to transport the boxes down the passage.

Fang Heng’s eyes narrowed slightly and a phrase unconsciously appeared in his mind.

Taking advantage of the situation!

Wouldn’t it be nice to fish blue crystal raw ores every 20 minutes?

He would first infiltrate this group of people and get them to help transport the ores back to the tunnel!

Fang Heng chose to remain discreet and let them think he was part of the team. He silently joined Cao Zhengde’s group.

Under the urging of Baldy Cao Zhengde, he and another player, who was also wearing a mask, picked up the boxes and put them into the trolley. They pushed the trolley into the underground passage.

The passage was very dark. Only the candlelight on the wall gave off a weak light.

After walking along the artificially created underground passage for a while, a temporary storage area appeared in front of them.

There were more than thirty boxes left in the storage area.

Fang Heng estimated that these boxes should have been transported out tonight and had not been sent out yet.

After going back and forth a few times, everyone finally moved all the boxes in the shelter back to the underground storage area.

The long-distance transportation exhausted the players’ remaining vitality.

A player sat down on the ground and waved his hand, saying, “We really can’t move anymore, Boss Cao.”

Cao Zhengde saw that everyone else also sat down with their backs against the boxes to rest, and he knew that he couldn’t force them to continue.

“Forget it, everyone, let’s rest first.”

Cao Zhengde turned on the survival radio on the spot and contacted the Night Owl organization.

He received a reply and then randomly selected a few players.

“Kunzi, Ah Gui, Xiaoqi, you guys come with me. The rest of you stay here and look after the boxes. Rest for a while and wait for me to come back.”

After saying that, Cao Zhengde brought the few players that had been selected and quickly left through the passage on the other side.

The remaining players sat on the ground one by one and took out some bread to eat, seizing the time they had left to recover their strength.

Fang Heng was happy to stay.

Tonight was a sleepless night!

Just in time, 20 minutes had arrived.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he scooped up another batch of blue crystal raw ores and returned to the real world.

The lights in the temporary storage room were very dim.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Fang Heng was preparing to quietly hide away from the players and find an opportunity to go offline on the spot.

“Everyone, I’ll speak.”

A middle-aged man wearing a mask suddenly clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the players.

“I, Ni Tonghui, have been in the game for more than thirty years. Up until now, I haven’t earned much money, but I have figured out a way to survive.”

The middle-aged man’s voice was unusually hoarse. Under the gaze of many players, he slowly extended a finger.

“If you don’t do it for yourself, the heavens will destroy you.”

“Your life is your own. Everyone knows how much this life is worth. However, I feel that no matter what, we have to think for ourselves and leave a way out. Don’t you guys agree?”

Fang Heng was stunned. He did not understand what he meant.

Another player immediately echoed, “Master Hui is right. Let’s keep this among ourselves. If we have money, we can earn it together. If anyone tries to stab us in the back, I, Lin Ah-er, will be the first to kill him.”

“Brothers, I’ve asked around. This thing is called the blue crystal raw ore. It’s very valuable in the black market. It’s just a little troublesome to sell it. We should at least bring some with us.”

As the middle-aged man spoke, he stood up from where he was. He opened the box and took the lead to put the blue crystal raw ores into his backpack.

Fang Heng immediately came to a realization.

What a good guy. After talking for so long and laying the groundwork for so long, the result was to trick everyone into stealing the ores together, right?!

One look and one could tell that these people were all unorganized and undisciplined ordinary refugee players.

“Master Hui is right! Whoever plays dirty behind the scenes will be making things difficult for all of us!”

The other players also reacted one by one and stuffed the raw blue crystal ores into their backpacks until they filled up the entire backpack.

The smart player began to pick and choose. One by one, they carefully selected high-level ores and stuffed them into their backpack.

Some players were not satisfied and cleared out the miscellaneous items in their backpacks to store more ores.

Fang Heng shook his head and thought to himself, in this world, even stealing ores could be so competitive that it was starting to roll up, right?

Taking advantage of the time when the players were stealing ores, Fang Heng found a dark corner and quietly threw down a simple bed.

After spending five minutes moving the ores back to the guest room in the real world, Fang Heng went online again.

The other players did not notice Fang Heng going online and offline.

After stealing the ores, everyone acted as if nothing had happened and sat down to rest. Some of them gathered in groups of two or three and discussed something in a low voice.

Baldy Cao Zhengde had not returned since he left with his people.

Fang Heng casually opened a box beside him and put a third of the blue crystal raw ores into his backpack.

He imitated the other players and sat down with his back against a box to rest.

He wondered how the Federation players were doing.

And the Night Owl organization.

Could they control the zombies as well?

While thinking, Fang Heng took out a blue crystal raw ore and played with it.

Since he had nothing to do, he could use occultism to analyze the blue crystal and use it to farm basic occult experience points.

With a thought, the game hint refreshed on Fang Heng’s retina once again.

[Hint: Due to your skill-basic occult (Level 2), you can perform a preliminary occult analysis on the blue crystal raw ore.]

[Hint: You can spend 100 survival points to analyze the blue crystal raw ore (normal quality). Do you want to analyze it?]

“Analyze.”

Buzz…

The blue crystal raw ore was pulled by a force and it rose from Fang Heng’s palm and floated in the air.

Fang Heng had already experienced something similar before. This time, he was no longer surprised.

He quietly raised his head and looked at the crystal in the air.

However, the next second, the row of game hints gave Fang Heng a shock.

[Hint: Through basic occult (Level 2), you have conducted occult testing on the blue crystal raw ore. No spiritual energy, no mental energy, no creature fluctuations have been found in the blue crystal raw ore.]

[Hint: Medium-strength concentrated natural energy found in the blue crystal raw ore.]

[Hint: Player has a skill-occult ritual (binding soul seal) and can absorb natural energy.]

What was going on?

Natural energy? Can be absorbed?

Before Fang Heng had time to check the hint, the blue crystal raw ore in the air began to tremble slightly.

At this moment, a thought suddenly appeared in Fang Heng’s mind.

Could it be that it was going to explode again?

“Bang!!!”

A muffled explosion sounded.

The blue crystal raw ore exploded in the air.

The sound wasn’t loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet temporary underground storage area.

The ore exploded?

Almost all the players heard the sound of the ore explosion.

They all had strange expressions on their faces as they looked in Fang Heng’s direction.