amaotonovel Chapter 776 - 487: Rebellion
Chapter 776 - 487: Rebellion
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was half a month later.
In this half month, Wang Zhifan’s life was not much different from the first day. He was either supervising his miners extracting ore in the mine pit or wandering around the base.
Through his own efforts, he ensured that the mining team’s performance met the standard over these two weeks, even though the base had stuffed more than a dozen miners into his team midway, increasing the team’s performance targets.
At the same time, he became more acquainted with the shop clerks at the base store and learned that the so-called selling performance by the base officers was indeed true. However, they could not help him complete this month’s performance in advance, so he chose not to purchase this service.
At this moment, it was morning on the alien planet. Wang Zhifan and the entire mining team were in the now familiar gigantic mine pit, passing time much the same as in the previous two weeks.
"How boring, not a single ripple of excitement. I might as well focus on cultivating."
Currently, as usual, Wang Zhifan only left a few Dream Me Avatars in the mine pit to secretly monitor the mining team, while his true self hid in a secluded corner of the mine pit, engaged in meditation and cultivation of the Cultivation Technique.
This was the inevitable choice to avoid wasting time as life grew tedious. He couldn’t force himself to become obsessed with the role of overseer, which wasn’t in his nature.
Until a short while later, his once tightly shut eyes suddenly opened because his avatars delivered some noteworthy information.
"Those miners have been plotting for so long and are finally starting their action? This might be fun!"
With a flicker, he disappeared from where he stood, transitioning elsewhere through dream-breaking and dream-entering.
The scene shifted to an area of the mine pit where over thirty miners operating mining mechas were confronting ten security team members piloting combat mechas.
Such a situation shouldn’t have arisen because the security team’s combat mechas had the ability to paralyze mining mechas, but currently, the situation seemed to favor the miners.
"Lawrence! Stop foolishly serving the base! Let me be honest with you! We’ve already taken control of the entire base! If you want to survive, you’d better join us now! This is your last chance for survival!"
The arrogant voice came from a white male miner, and if Wang Zhifan were here, he would recognize this miner as the one who had conspired with others to contact spies and rebel.
"Are you out of your mind?! You think you can challenge the base with just a handful of miners?! Everyone, let’s capture them alive!"
Lawrence, the security team leader, remained unfazed and issued combat instructions.
But in the next moment, Lawrence and the other security team members were shocked.
They suddenly discovered that their combat mechas seemed unresponsive; no matter how they operated them, they stayed still like logs.
This bizarre scene prompted the rebel miner leader in front to burst into laughter, mocking:
"See that? We’ve locked the control permissions of your mechas! They’re now just scrap metal! If you don’t want to die, surrender obediently!"
However, Lawrence, the security team leader, did not submit. Instead, he grabbed the equipped firearm from beside him and shouted loudly:
"Everyone use your guns! Hold out with all your might until the captain arrives!"
After saying this, he quickly opened the manual hatch of the combat mecha, jumped down to the ground, and aimed his gun at the miners, trying to intimidate them with infantry weapons but found no response upon pulling the trigger. His gun wasn’t working either!
"Lawrence! I gave you a chance, but you refused my kindness! You no longer have the value to continue surviving!"
While Lawrence was shocked at the degree of the enemy’s infiltration, the rebel miner leader lost patience and immediately piloted his mining mecha to charge towards Lawrence, intending to kill him with the mecha’s iron hands capable of easily crushing rocks.
This was a means of killing one to warn a hundred; as long as he swiftly took down Lawrence, the security team members in unfavorable positions would naturally choose to surrender, for the situation was stronger than the person.
"Everyone, retreat quickly! Go find the captain!"
Seeing this, Lawrence shouted, discarded the locked firearm in his hand, turned around, and fled, swiftly dashing towards the depths of the mine pit, hoping to escape by leveraging the flexibility of individual movements in such an environment.
But he didn’t expect that the miner chasing him with the mining mecha now pulled out a gun from somewhere, lifted the barrel, and aimed at him.
For a moment, the surrounding miners watching wore expectant expressions, eager to witness those who used to oppress them die on the spot, while the security team members felt a tightness in their hearts, further realizing that the miners had gained unprecedented external support and today’s event wouldn’t be easily quelled.
Just at this critical moment, a tall and familiar figure suddenly appeared. It was none other than Wang Zhifan, the mining team captain arriving from somewhere!
The escaping security team member Lawrence stopped in his tracks, expressing his ecstasy upon seeing Wang Zhifan, and shouted, "Captain! They..."
Wang Zhifan immediately raised his hand, patted Lawrence’s shoulder, indicating there was no need to say more, then stepped forward.
Simultaneously, the rebel miner leader in the mining mecha, upon seeing Wang Zhifan arrive, showed extreme hatred in his eyes and instantly shifted the gun barrel that was aimed at Lawrence towards Wang Zhifan, pulling the trigger without hesitation.