Chapter 486 Rest Base Store
The night on the alien planet is getting darker, but Wang Zhifan and his men are still working hard in the mines, with little free time to rest.
After all, the chief of the mining base said that now the mining team is only given 4 hours of rest time every day.
Such a perverted work and rest arrangement is undoubtedly inhumane and very stupid.
On this first night, Wang Zhifan observed that many miners were gradually unable to support themselves and their mining efficiency dropped significantly. It was hard to imagine what they would become like if they continued like this in the future.
At this moment, it is already late at night. According to the regulations of the base commander, the miners still have at least 3 hours of work to complete. However, in the No. 10 mining team led by Wang Zhifan, this does not seem to be the case.
Seeing a spacious location in the south area of the mine, Wang Zhifan summoned all the miners and security team members and announced his management strategy in front of everyone.
"Everyone! I'm calling you all here now to announce something! That is, you can have a rest today! This is to reward you for your hard work!
It will be the same in the future. As long as the basic tasks of the day are completed, you can rest directly, regardless of the working hours requirements!
But you also know the requirements from the commander, so everyone is resting in the mine for the time being, and will return to the base collectively when the time is up! "
As soon as Wang Zhifan announced humanized management, the more than a hundred people in front of him suddenly cheered, and each one let out excited shouts in the cockpit of their respective mechas.
After a while, these people tilted their heads on their seats and snored one after another. It was obvious that they were exhausted.
"You guys should go to sleep too, leave all the guarding duties to me."
After discovering that most of the miners quickly fell asleep, Wang Zhifan then gave instructions to the security team members who were guarding the crowd in combat mechas so that they did not have to worry about everyone's safety.
"Captain! We're not sleepy yet! We're with you!"
These team members seemed a little touched by Wang Zhifan's concern and care, and they immediately cheered up and expressed their stance collectively.
But in fact, the reason why they didn't want Wang Zhifan to be responsible for the vigil of so many people by himself was because they heard that there had just been a monster in the north area of the mine, and they were still a little nervous. They were also a little worried that Wang Zhifan could not protect the safety of everyone by himself.
When Wang Zhifan saw that they were trying to hold on, he immediately became serious and reprimanded:
"If my captain wants you to rest, just rest! Look at your faces, don't you look sleepy? Is it possible that you still don't believe in my captain's strength? Are you worried about being attacked by some monster?"
For a moment, his words reminded everyone of the scene when they encountered a swarm of battle beetles on the bus. At that time, everyone thought they were going to be in trouble, but in the end, the captain in front of them easily solved the problem alone.
So after a while, the security team members guarding the surrounding hundreds of miners also began to make sound of sleeping soundly, and fell asleep together with the surrounding miners.
Wang Zhifan was very satisfied when he saw this. It was very important for him that these people could get enough rest time.
Because what he needs is for them to complete the mining task for a month, not to work hard in the first few days and faint or die suddenly in the next few days.
That is to say, the extra rest time he arranged for them was not out of mercy, but out of necessity to complete the dungeon mission.
"You also need to pay attention to one's work and one's relaxation. A stupid commander like that in the base who only extends working hours has no future. It is more cost-effective to have sufficient rest to bring about high-efficiency working conditions."
While thinking about it, Wang Zhifan left a Mengwo clone in place to guard the place, while he quietly went elsewhere.
For a person with his physique, rest is something that can be ignored. Even if he doesn't sleep for a whole year, it will have no effect.
The great strength has liberated his freedom. Within the known enemy range of the current copy, there is no need for him to stay in place to guard. Just leaving a clone is enough to deal with most situations. At worst, if unexpected situations arise, he will rely on entering the dream and breaking the enemy. The dream transfers back.
After a short period of time, his true form came to the north area of the mine, where many monsters had appeared before.
He chose to come here to take a look because he had a conversation not long ago with William Glenn, the captain of the No. 2 mining team in charge here, using his communication watch and learned about some strange situations.
"Captain Wang, as you can see, the caves where those monsters came out are all here, but they are almost gone. After a while, there may not be any trace left."
At this moment, under the guidance of William Glenn, Wang Zhifan came to a remote corner of the north area of the mine.
The light of the miner's lamp shone on the ground, and the two of them could find a row of shallow pits the size of washbasins. As time went by, these shallow pits were slowly smoothing themselves out.
"It's very strange... There are absolutely no living creatures or machines underground, but it can repair the holes on the surface by itself... It's hard to say that this is a natural phenomenon."
Wang Zhifan's powerful perception immediately swept through the surroundings and underground, but just like when he came during the day today, he found nothing abnormal. Only the monster cave on the surface disappeared automatically, which was very unusual.
"I have reported this matter to the base... In addition, because my mining team suffered too many casualties in today's monster attack, I will most likely be fired."
The middle-aged white-looking security captain William Glenn then sighed and said goodbye to Wang Zhifan.
"Sorry to hear that, but I guess the universe is so big that there must be a better job for you."
Wang Zhifan, who had understood the rules and regulations of the base, understood that this person was right, and showed a bit of regret on his face.
This is indeed the case. As a security captain, he failed to fulfill his duty to protect the miners and will most likely be fired from his job.
And the dismissal is already a relatively good result for him. Otherwise, according to the development of the situation this evening, if Wang Zhifan, a powerful foreign aid, had not arrived in time, he and his people would probably be wiped out by the monster.
"Haha, Captain Wang, I accept your encouragement... By the way, in the future, the base of the miners who are still alive under me will probably be handed over to you to manage, so you have to make relevant preparations."
William Glenn smiled and replied.
"Leave it all to me? A new captain should be dispatched from above, right?"
Wang Zhifan was a little speechless when he heard this. He really didn't want to add people to the team, because adding people would mean increasing the mining quota and making management more difficult.
"There is a high probability that it is you, because you have proven that you can adapt to this dangerous mine. Those above like to leave the task to capable people."
William Glenn smiled a bit after hearing this, as if he was saying that your boy will be blessed in the future.
Wang Zhifan couldn't help feeling a little helpless after hearing this, but just like what the other party said, the situation could really develop like this, so he basically could only accept it.
In this way, the two chatted for a while. Wang Zhifan learned some secrets of this work from William Glenn, an old employee, and William Glenn also tried to find out some of his secrets, such as the origin of the Lupus Mecha.
Afterwards, the surviving members of the No. 2 mining team who finished the finishing work evacuated the mine first. The No. 10 mine in charge of Wang Zhifan also completed the work a few hours later. The miners and security team members were woken up from their sleep and left the mine. Take the bus back to the base.
The whole process can be said to be smooth sailing. There were no monsters suddenly popping up to cause trouble, and there was no one who wanted to challenge Wang Zhifan's authority as captain.
After returning to the base, Wang Zhifan's personal time suddenly became more free. Those under him began to rest, and the base took over all safety issues, so he did not need to worry about it at all.
Feeling a little bored, he went to the base store to browse and see for himself the most mysterious place in the base.
As shown by the information he obtained in advance, the base store does not occupy a large area, maybe only thirty square meters, but the items sold in it are quite complete, enough to attract miners or other employees with wages to spend wildly.
"Captain Wang, our store sells everything. All kinds of cold weapons, hot weapons, protective equipment and even combat mechas. As long as you have money, you can order them. You can also choose from food, even the kind of interstellar feast with added ingredients. It can also be shipped to the base within three days. If you want special services, we can arrange them as soon as possible..."
At this moment, at the small window of the unprepossessing base store, a fat "human" clerk with green skin was standing on the inside, and Wang Zhifan was standing on the outside.
The clerk recognized his identity as the captain, felt that he was a potential customer, and began to sell hard.
"You can really do anything? Can you help me complete this month's performance?"
Seeing the green-skinned clerk blowing loudly in the small store window, Wang Zhifan asked jokingly. After all, he had no need for ordinary supplies now and only cared about completing the task.
"Well... I can definitely help, but in terms of price..."
The green-skinned clerk at the window heard his joking words and surprisingly did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he rubbed his fingers habitually, as if the price needed to be discussed.
"Can you really help? It's not good to lie to others, my friend."
Seeing that his expression didn't look like he was making nonsense, Wang Zhifan suddenly became interested and continued to ask.
Then the clerk lowered his voice, slightly leaned his head out of the window and said to him mysteriously:
"Captain Wang, you may not know the situation of our base commander. Because of his poor performance last month, I heard that he will be fired soon!
You said that at his age, where can he find a decent job after being fired? So I must grab whatever I can before leaving!
There is something special about making money. As long as he can afford the price, he will definitely arrange what he can do. Otherwise, why would he suddenly bother you people? Just a reminder!
Don't worry, we made an agreement with the chief, and this is the situation. If we can get the money, everything will be easy to discuss!
He has the big head and we have the small head. You don’t need to go to him personally and cause extra trouble in the company’s procedures. It’s better for everyone to conclude the deal through me..."
The clerk's words actually encouraged Wang Zhifan to bribe the base commander to achieve his own goals, which can be said to be quite bold.
"This clerk can't be arranged by Kaibo Company to fool fools...how can he say something so explicit..."
Suddenly, Wang Zhifan was surprised. He found that he had found a new customs clearance route, but he was not very sure about the authenticity of the route. Maybe he came here specifically for fishing.
But he also thought of the various ridiculous regulations in this mining base, and felt that it was not impossible.
After all, this place doesn't have the atmosphere of striving to improve things, it's more like a mess of a cheating industry, and there's no telling if it will be sold by the all-powerful leader.
Seeing Wang Zhifan's hesitation, the green-skinned clerk at the window added fuel to the fire and continued:
"Captain Wang, you don't quite believe it, so let me tell you something ready-made. As long as you can afford this number, your mining team will be able to add five miners who will not occupy the performance indicators tomorrow, allowing you to complete every task." Monthly results are much easier and definitely cost-effective. ”
"Can you still do this? Aren't you afraid that the upper management will find out that the number of miners is not consistent?"
Wang Zhifan didn't believe the price tag. This was a serious deception of the company's upper management. If it was found out, it would be a big problem.
"Hehe... How can it be so easy to check the mines dug by dead people? There are no biochemical people monitoring in the mines! Besides, if you really follow the company's regulations, you will be exhausted. These are all valuable experiences of predecessors!"
The green-skinned clerk replied immediately.
"Okay... Let me think about it first. I don't have so much money in my card at the moment. Unless you support the loan, there is no way."
Feeling more and more that this is the unspoken rule of the base, Wang Zhifan came up with some ideas to try, but his economic conditions did not allow him to do so, so he asked tentatively.
"Loans are not possible! We only want cash! If there is really no cash collateral, it's OK."
The clerk answered without hesitation, and then glanced at the Qingdi Sword hanging on Wang Zhifan's waist and said:
"For example, the weapon hanging on your waist, Captain Wang, looks good. It should be sold to customers who like these ancient things in the interstellar market. Otherwise, you can take a closer look for me and I will estimate the price?"
He asked tentatively.
But Wang Zhifan couldn't agree to such a request. The Qingdi Sword was his only legendary weapon. If he sold it, it would be a big joke. So he shook his head decisively and responded:
"No, this sword is my heirloom. I won't sell it. I'll go back and look in the box to see if there is a more suitable one."
After that, he hurried away, as if he was going to prepare for this matter.
A few seconds after Wang Zhifan left, a puzzled voice suddenly sounded in the air a few meters behind the green-skinned clerk:
"The identification technique tells me that the equipment on that person just now is of extremely high quality. Is there something wrong with this...
It's just an intermediate level dungeon, and there shouldn't be a player with such good equipment... It seems that I have to pay more attention to him."
It turns out that the green-skinned clerk is not a real base store merchant. Behind him, there is a mysterious manipulator!
And this person is a player, a player with SVIP status like Wang Zhifan! (End of this chapter)