The third mining area, living area.

A wave of discussion came from an ordinary miner's family in a mine cave.

"Husband, son, do you really want to go? You go to work such a faraway place and only come back once every few months. What if there is a danger accidentally?"

Under the dim light, Hongyan frowned and her face was very worried.

Recently, the company issued a recruitment announcement saying that a high-value metal mine with huge reserves was discovered in the middle and shallow mining area, and 150 strong miners were recruited to mine the metal mine.

However, the mine is located in a remote location and requires a long tunnel to be dug.

There was obviously no ore in the tunnel, so in the announcement, a 400 credit point per person per day was issued to dig the tunnel.

After the recruitment announcement was announced, many healthy miners in the Sanmin Area immediately applied enthusiastically, and thousands of people signed up within one day.

Although it is not as good as going underground mining, occasionally when you are lucky, you can earn four or five hundred credit points, but the advantage is stability. After the tool is damaged, the company will bear the maintenance costs. This one alone has attracted the attention of countless miners.

Moreover, the rocks in the middle and shallow mining areas are relatively loose, which is obviously much more labor-saving than those diamond-like rocks that are 20 or 30 kilometers deep underground. This is another relatively easy task.

Tietou, the 18-year-old eldest son, said: "Mom, the number of people recruited by the company this time is only 150. My father and I finally got selected. It's a little far away. The treatment is really good, not that dangerous. If we can work for a few years, my father and I will definitely save a lot of money!"

Tieman also said to his wife Hongyan:

"Don't worry about danger. The middle-level mining area is much safer, and even if an accident occurs, the announcement also said that if one person dies, he will compensate for a credit point of 200,000 yuan, and if one person is disabled, he will compensate for a 100,000 yuan. Except for the long-term inability to go home, it is much better than going to a deep-level mining area."

Tieman even thought that it would be great if he could do such a job in the future. Even if he could only go home once or twice a year, it would be better than going home every day, but suddenly he would never go home one day.

The income is more and more stable.

"Mom, don't worry about dad and brother. They really seized a good opportunity this time. Many people in the third mining area can't even enter. What's there to worry about?"

The daughter Tie Ermei, who was standing beside her, said at this time, and eliminated Hongyan's concerns twice.

A similar scene happened in many miners' families in the Third Mining Area. Many housewives expressed concerns similar to Hongyan, but there were almost no one who opposed her husband or son to dig the tunnel.

...

This day.

After recruiting people, Zhou Ming, who was ready, also put on a small protective suit and stood in front of the group of muscle miners. He did not make any long statements. He spit out the word "set" and asked the miners to set off with their respective tools and equipment.

The so-called "metal ore with huge reserves" is just a cover, and Zhou Ming's real goal is a tunnel.

A underground tunnel located 12 kilometers deep and 150 kilometers long, can pass through the interception of the sky curtain system, and enter from Area 51 to an underground tunnel in the adjacent area to the south.

Zhou Ming is not sure whether the area south of District 51 is District 50 or District 49, but the living environment of people in this area south must be much better than that in District 51.

In other words, the environment of any of the 51 underlying areas is much better than that of the 51 underlying areas.

Why do you say so?

Because among the 51 underground areas, there are only the surface of 51 areas, humans cannot survive. The surface of 51 areas is not only a desert, with no grass growing, but also the nuclear radiation concentration is scary. In an unprotected state, if the surface is exposed for more than seven days, you are at risk of cancer.

Although there are nuclear radiation on the surface of the other 50 underground areas, more than 600 years have passed, and the radiation elements with short half-life have almost decayed. In addition, for hundreds of years, humans have persistently purified and cleaned, many areas have returned to their original vitality and greenness. Of course, residual radiation still exists, but it is no longer so fatal.

Then why is the radiation element concentration in Zone 51 still so high and it is still difficult to purify?

According to the [Zone 51 Map], Zhou Ming judged that the 51 crater-like circular craters spread across the surface hundreds of years ago, Area 51 was either a place where nuclear tests were often conducted or the location of the nuclear factory. Otherwise, there would not be so many nuclear bombs exploded here, and all the nuclear materials in the nuclear factory were blown up to the sky, so it caused Area 51, which is the harshest area in all the underlying areas.

In addition, in terms of population, the 51 district has the smallest population, only about one million, while in other districts, there are three to five million, and the most are tens of millions.

It is said that the population of District 03 is the largest, with more than 50 million people. The reason is that District 03 is located in the tropical region, with fertile land and abundant rainfall. The grain crops can be ripe three times a year. After hundreds of years of growth and reproduction, the population has reached the point of explosion.

Zhou Ming has never been to these areas. How did he know the above information?

This information was found in the previous game in Yaoxing City, District 52, Zhou Ming found out from the "promoters" who continued to rise to District 52. In more than 80 years, he sent people to collect more than 3,000 "promoters" files and sorted out various information from 48 lower-level areas. Therefore, even if Zhou Ming had never been to these areas, he had a rough impression of them.

What is the purpose of the underground tunnel that Zhou Ming brought people to other areas?

There are mainly two purposes.

One, to make up for the regrets of the previous life, and to place some relatives whom you can't rest assured in a better environment.

Two, he plans to change the map, sign up for the murder competition, complete the ascent challenge, and add a convertible area map.

Zhou Ming’s idea is good, but he is really sure to dig the tunnel into another area adjacent to Area 51 through the interception of the Sky Curtain System?

He felt that the problem was not big. The Tiangu system was very powerful and good, but it limited the "sky". For underground more than ten kilometers deep, this system was a blind spot that could not be attacked. Of course, this system could install a layer of metal mesh at a depth of hundreds of meters underground, and anyone who approached would be electrocuted.

But what about thousands of meters underground, tens of thousands of meters?

It is impossible to install, and it cannot afford such a large cost.

So for the Skylight System, the underground miners in Area 52 are their fatal bugs.

...

then.

In the next six and a half years, Zhou Ming, based on the best digging route planned by his mind [Zone 51 Map], took the excavation team composed of 150 miners to work in three shifts, starting work day and night, and successfully dug a 155-kilometer tunnel at a speed of 65 meters per day.

Until Zhou Ming saw that he was obviously in a dark area that was not in the map on the [Zone 51 Map], he immediately realized that they had crossed the Sky Screen System and were no longer in the 51 Area.

This made him very excited. He immediately ordered the miners to dig diagonally upwards, avoiding some rock layers with high moisture content and wet sandy soil layers, and speeding up. It took only two and a half months. With a brittle sound of rock rupture and a few dazzling lights, after entering the tunnel, several black-faced miners couldn't help but cover their eyes with their hands. Because they were not suitable for the natural light from outside, their pupils contracted violently, and some people let out two painful screams.

"Take off your helmet and oxygen mask. There is no need to use oxygen cylinders here anymore."

After pulling off the oxygen mask and taking off the helmet, Zhou Ming took out a sunglasses from his pocket and put them on his eyes, asking the miners to make way for him, and was the first to walk out of the tunnel and stand on the granite geological surface.

It was eight or nine o'clock in the morning outside at this time.

The sky above my head is very blue.

The air is not fresh, but it is quite comfortable to breathe.

The nearby surface is mainly rocky landforms, and no grass grows, but after walking south for several kilometers and entering the edge of a white desert, seeing the tall cactus plants scattered in the sand, as well as some thorny plants that cannot be named, Zhou Ming basically confirmed what this place is.

Area 49.

The rainfall is low and covered with cactus. Most of the land belongs to semi-desertification areas, with a population of about 49 areas with a population of about three million.

Arid climate, low grain output, backward economic development, and poor areas, and people can only barely survive.

Take out a small radiation measuring instrument from your pocket. After seeing the data displayed on it, Zhou Ming smiled slightly and said, "At least, people here can survive normally on the surface."

"Where is this place? How did we get to the ground?"

"Didn't the company say on the radio that it cannot run to the surface. The radiation concentration on it is very high, and it will be fatal if you stay for a long time!"

"Hey, look, there are some green things growing in the desert over there, tall and big, and there are many thorns on it. What is that?"

Hearing this, Tietou looked over, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and blurted out: "Green... plants, don't you often hear on company radio? Plants, those things are plants!"

"It cannot be a plant! The radio also said that even people cannot survive in the ground in Area 51, and plants are even more impossible! That should be a green stone."

A miner next to him immediately refuted Tietou's point of view.

"If it is a stone, why does it move when it is blown by the wind, and there are piles of thorns next to it, are they all stones?"

Tietou's words made the miner open his mouth, and he couldn't think of a reason to refute him again.

Tieto's father, Tieman, who was standing among the miners, squinted his eyes and looked at the green plants standing in the desert, as if he was waving to him, as if he was waving to him, and he couldn't help but murmur: "It's impossible, plants can grow in Area 51."

When the miners were talking and blushing at the plants they had never seen before, Zhou Ming walked over and patted his palms, and after he stopped arguing, he said something that shocked them collectively:

"Stop making a noise. If I'm right, this should be District 49, not in District 51."

The miners looked at each other and were stunned.

Area 49?
Chapter completed!