Interstellar Hunting Nation - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Danger Underground

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Ground Mouse Parker had broadened his horizons today. The fool Wu Chang had already advanced to the level of ghost Wu Chang. The shovel that was falling like rain actually stuck closely to the side of the crystal and knocked against the rock. Every time it hit, it would knock off pieces of rock.

Parker could not imagine that there was someone in this world with such dexterity. His grasp of strength had reached the point of perfection. The Rainbow Crystal was already almost a centimeter out, but this monster had no intention of spraying foam.

Parker did not dare to speak now. He did not even dare to breathe. He watched helplessly as the crystal was uncovered bit by bit, as if it was growing out of the stone wall. Parker knew that he could not alarm Wu Chang now. If the latter was not careful, and his strength was slightly off, the crystal would be destroyed.

‘God bless, God bless, please don’t break it, please don’t break it…’ Parker was sweating profusely as he cursed inwardly.

‘Idiot, hurry up and spray foam. I beg you…’ Unfortunately, he only dared to say these words inwardly.

Wu Chang had really forgotten to spray foam. Or rather, he had no idea that foam should be sprayed during mining. Normal miners would spray foam every centimeter or so and use solidified foam to protect the crystal.

However, Wu Chang didn’t think so. He thought that he should extract the entire crystal and spray it. It seemed that his thinking pattern was really disastrous.

Ground Mouse Parker didn’t know that Wu Chang’s simple knocking of rocks actually contained a technique. Before transmigrating, Wu Chang had once learned an ancient martial art called “Dragon Tiger Rush.” This martial art was a Buddhist secret technique that wouldn’t be easily taught to outsiders.

The Dragon Tiger Rush cultivation technique not only involved the technique of using internal martial arts, but also the domineering and fierce power of external martial arts. Wu Chang had learned it from his master for seven years, but he had only learned a little.

However, this was already enough to make Parker flabbergasted. He realized that Wu Chang’s seemingly unintentional and rapid knocking actually had a trick to it. The interval between taps was very even, as if it had been calculated by a computer. Not only that, but the crisp sound of the tapping had a faint strange rhythm. The rhythm was a little like a dance song.

The crystal grew longer and longer. An hour later, the crystal that was exposed outside the rock was 20 centimeters long. The crystal jutted out in the air, reflecting a psychedelic rainbow light under the light of the mine lamps.

“I can’t take it anymore.” Parker could endure no more. “I’m begging you. Hurry up and spray the foam.” The frightened Parker felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

However, just this sentence destroyed this growing crystal. Wu Chang’s mining shovel actually produced a tremor of 0.01 microns in shock. However, just this slight tremor caused the crystal to break off. One could infer from this how fragile the Rainbow Crystal was.

“Ah…” The moment the crystal broke, Parker screamed in horror. He seemed to have already seen the terrifying scene of the crystal crumbling completely.

However, what happened next was like a big hand falling on his throat, cutting off his scream.

Wu Chang’s left hand was as fast as lightning as he grabbed the falling crystal. The slender palm was so stable that the crystal was unscathed.

“Hurry up and spray the foam… I’m begging you.” Parker’s knees went weak, and he collapsed to the ground. Wu Chang was really inexperienced. Only now did he think of the existence of a solid foam spray.

Under the light of the mine lamp, the pure white foam wrapped around the crystal. The 19-centimeter-long crystal was finally safe. Only then did Parker speak up with lingering fear.

“Do you know that this crystal of yours is the longest one produced on Huang’e in three years? Our Horsehead Nebula is going to have another main battleship…”

Wu Chang didn’t know what the main battleship looked like, but he could tell from the name that it had to be very impressive. Just as he was about to say something, his heart suddenly throbbed.

Wu Chang felt as if his heart had been squeezed by someone. He couldn’t breathe for a long time. At the same time, there was a sudden silence in the mine tunnel.

“Oh no, an earthquake…” Parker pulled Wu Chang up, and ran back quickly along the mine tunnel. As he ran, Parker turned on the portable terminal at his arm. On the screen, rings of wave-like ripples had already been projected. It was the earthquake advance warning that was urgently sent to every miner on the ground.

“Run west. There’s an emergency hall there. As long as we rush in before the moment the main shock wave arrives, we’ll be safe…”

The earthquake advance warning system on Huang’e was quite good. Under the calculations of the powerful dawn-grade computer, the administrative system actually gave an early warning three minutes before the earthquake happened. And these three minutes were three minutes that decided whether the miners lived or died.

“Three minutes, only three minutes. If you run, you’ll live. If you don’t, you’ll die…!” Ground Mouse Parker roared so loudly that Wu Chang’s eardrums were ringing.

Wu Chang was also anxious. His stamina was definitely much better than this Ground Mouse’s. He saw that Parker was running too slowly, and actually carried Parker on his shoulder. Then, he injected the power of Dragon Tiger1 into his entire body, and rushed into the depths of the mine tunnel like a gust of wind.

This was the first time Parker had seen someone run so fast. He could clearly feel the power contained in Wu Chang’s body. He could even feel that Wu Chang’s feet cracked the ground.

“What are you doing? You’re not a martial artist, are you? Don’t tell me you’ve already entered the official stage?” Parker’s nonsense didn’t affect Wu Chang at all. He was now completely focused on sprinting. The metal door of the emergency hall was already in front of him, and Wu Chang had also seen it. The door was slowly descending, and the shelter procedure had already been activated.

“Ah…” The veins on Wu Chang’s forehead bulged as he roared. He had already used the power of Dragon Tiger to the limit. The specially made miner’s boots could no longer withstand the huge impact, and the soles of his shoes had been crushed. It could be seen how terrifying the power of Dragon Tiger was.

Finally, just as the metal gate was about to close, Wu Chang threw Ground Mouse Parker in like a bowling ball. At the last moment, he also rolled into the emergency hall.

The moment the metal gate was closed, the most powerful main seismic wave finally arrived. A loud sound came from outside the hall. Parker knew that it was the result of billions of tons of rocks rubbing against each other. That terrifying power was not something a human could resist at all. Even the four square meters of ceiling in the alloy emergency hall in front of him had been deformed.

The dim red emergency lights flickered in the 10-square-meter hall. They were the only ones inside.

“Why is it just the two of us? Are there no other miners?” Wu Chang asked in confusion.

Parker shook his head in pain. “Just now, when I rushed in, I saw with my own eyes that the two miners were one step away…” Pike couldn’t finish the sentence. He just pointed his finger at the metal doors in all four directions.

Wu Chang was not in a good mood, either. After a moment of silence, he said, “The black snow fell today. Perhaps not many miners went down the well, and only those two were killed…”

Parker raised his hand to stop Wu Chang’s consolation. “You don’t have to console me. This is the fate of miners, especially the miners on Huang’e. It’s a trash planet that doesn’t produce anything other than Rainbow Crystals. It’s a poor planet that even needs to import food. Human lives are as cheap as waste slag here.

“Everyone in the mine knows that I’m stingy. I have to drink the cheapest wine and eat the most ordinary food. Others will find a few women to have fun with when they have money, but I’ve never tried it.

“Why am I like this? Do you understand now? F*ck, this father doesn’t really want to be any Ground Mouse anymore. I want to save money, I want to live with Aileen, I want to open a huge Allocation Center. I don’t want to come down again in my life.”

Parker was clearly very agitated. In the end, he almost shouted, “I want a son. I don’t want to die underground without a descendant.”

After venting, Parker actually covered his face and started crying. Wu Chang sat beside him, unable to say a word.

The geological activity on Huang’e was very frequent. Small earthquakes like the one today came and went quickly. The main shock wave passed very quickly, and the remaining secondary shock wave gradually dissipated within half an hour. Parker and Wu Chang waited for another half an hour just in case before confirming that it was safe.

“We have to set off. We can’t wait for the rescue team. Don’t worry, no one will come to save us1.” Parker, who was in a stable mood, turned on the geological radar on the wall, and carefully explored the rock formations outside.

“Only 10% of the mine tunnels on Huang’e are man-made. The rest is naturally formed. Every volcanic eruption and every earthquake cause chaos in the mine tunnels. Over the centuries, the mine tunnels on Huang’e have become a huge maze.

“This earthquake was not serious, but it must have caused some damage to the surrounding tunnels. Whether we get lost or not will decide our lives…”

At this point, Ground Mouse Parker suddenly remembered that Wu Chang had encountered black snow and an earthquake the first time he went down the well. Could it be that he was the one who brought bad luck? However, he shook his head and thought to himself that such a person wouldn’t be so lucky to be able to mine crystals that were 19 centimeters long, right?

In a short while, the geo-radar had already explored the surrounding mine tunnels. Parker studied them for a long time before finally opening the “C” security door. “Let’s go. We’ll have to walk for at least three hours to reach the surface.”

The two of them had mixed feelings after encountering so many things. They didn’t talk much on the way back, and they didn’t have the energy to explore the mine. Especially Wu Chang, who had just unleashed the power of Dragon Tiger. He was in a relatively weak state.

Just as he was feeling bored, Ground Mouse Parker, who was walking in front, suddenly shouted, “F*ck, what is this? Why haven’t I seen it before?”

Wu Chang was stunned. He quickly ran around the stones blocking his way. When he saw the scene in front of him, he gasped, and couldn’t say a word.

What appeared in front of the two of them was actually an incomparably huge crack in the ground. Hot magma flowed under the crack, and scorching air assaulted their faces.

There was no need for a mine lamp here. The fiery red magma illuminated this place. However, this was not the surprising part to the two of them. The most bizarre thing was that there was a strange metal box embedded in the rock wall more than 10 meters below Wu Chang’s feet.

‘Oh my God1, why does the relief on the metal box look so familiar? Isn’t that the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism? Isn’t the one staring angrily Vaiśravaṇa2?’

Wu Chang’s tears flowed down. He knelt on the ground and whispered something.