Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

"Don't bother denying it. Seeing your cloth bag all bulging tells me you're getting more and more skilled at mining, and your control over the force you apply is far superior to those other guys.

The open-pit veins can't satisfy you anymore.

You seem to be a vagrant, wanting to save up money from the mine to buy a formal identity, right?"

Zhao Hou said with a faint smile.

Yang Ling remained expressionless. "Uncle Zhao, I do want to buy a formal identity, but the mine shafts are too dangerous. I'm not going in."

"If you just go in like that, then it would indeed be very dangerous."

Zhao Hou continued smiling. "But if you buy a mine shaft map from me, it won't be so dangerous anymore."

"Besides the map, I also sell some antidote medicine here. If you encounter mine insects, it can save your life."

"Mine shaft map?"

These scattered, sparse mine shafts... they could have maps?

"How about it? I'll sell you a mine shaft map for two hundred wen. The Fire Crystal Rock at your waist is roughly worth that much."

Zhao Hou said, "If you encounter large chunks of Fire Crystal Rock in the mine shaft, with your mining speed, you could recoup the cost in a single day and even make a small profit!"

"How do I know if the map is real or fake? If it's just randomly drawn, wouldn't that screw me over completely?"

Yang Ling pondered thoughtfully.

Seeing he was genuinely interested, Zhao Hou immediately glanced around in all directions.

"If you're serious, let's meet up in the village tomorrow at noon. You can ask Old Wang where I live.

As for the map's authenticity, don't worry. This business deal only happens because Supervisor Niu gave the nod. If you don't believe me, you can ask Supervisor Niu about it later."

After saying this, he turned and walked away.

Yang Ling stood still, lost in thought for a moment. He glanced at the sky, then also headed towards the exit.

"Oh? Two jin of Fire Crystal Rock?"

Supervisor Niu opened the cloth bag, looked at the Fire Crystal Rock filling it inside, and gave Yang Ling a somewhat surprised glance.

Yang Ling grinned foolishly. "Got lucky today, kept running into big chunks."

"Your mining speed is among the top of all the miners here."

Supervisor Niu said thoughtfully, "Seems your strength has also increased quite a bit compared to when you first arrived?"

Yang Ling's heart gave a slight jolt. The NPCs pay attention to this stuff too?

He whispered, "Couldn't eat my fill before, so my strength was much less. Only recovered a fair bit recently."

"I see. Seems your physique was pretty good to begin with."

Supervisor Niu said while counting out two hundred wen for Yang Ling.

Yang Ling breathed an internal sigh of relief. Having just spent money on the Fine Steel Pickaxe, he only had fifty wen left. With this two hundred wen, his purse was plump again.

"Supervisor Niu, can I ask another question?"

Yang Ling asked quietly.

"Zhao Hou told me. You're interested in going into the mine shafts, right?"

Supervisor Niu said nonchalantly.

"The map in his hands is about eighty percent trustworthy. The other twenty percent might have some omissions."

"Thank you, Supervisor Niu!"

Yang Ling quickly clasped his hands and bowed.

Right then, Zhang Wei dragged his exhausted body over and plopped his cloth bag onto the table.

He glanced at Yang Ling, his expression cold.

"One liang. Heh, looks like you've found your footing here."

Supervisor Niu gave a light laugh and handed Zhang Wei ten wen.

Zhang Wei took the money, didn't say thanks, and left with a limp.

This was the manifestation of muscles aching to the extreme.

Yang Ling's expression shifted slightly. He took a look at Zhang Wei's attributes.

Character: Zhang Wei

Occupation: Miner.

Level: 2

Strength: 3

Agility: 2

Spirit: 1

HP: 30

"He leveled up? So he can't see the Status Panel, but it seems he also has the ability to level up. Did he add that point to Strength himself, or did the 'Divine Realm' system add it for him?"

"Though, every time I gain Experience Points, it alleviates my fatigue and muscle soreness. But he still can't, clearly also unable to perceive the existence of Experience Points."

"He likely doesn't even know his Strength is already 3 points."

Thinking this, Yang Ling decided to observe for a while longer.

To make sure Zhang Wei wasn't deliberately hiding this fact.

This point was very important to him.

He suspected there must be a large batch of players currently in the "Divine Realm".

Just distributed in different locations.

If only he could actively perceive Experience Points and actively allocate attribute points, that would be his advantage!

"That kid, on the day he first arrived, you looked after him. And now you've ended up like enemies?"

Supervisor Niu said with a half-smile.

"Supervisor Niu, we were never close to begin with."

Yang Ling grinned.

Supervisor Niu gave a slight nod. "Off you go. Working in a place like this, being alone is more effective than being with someone else."

On the way back, Yang Ling pondered Supervisor Niu's words.

"Two people working together... one of them might very well be tempted by wealth. Seems this kind of thing isn't rare around the mine veins. Supervisor Niu is actually pretty considerate."

Returning to his room, Yang Ling immediately went to sleep.

The next day, he went to find Uncle Wang and asked for Zhao Hou's address.

When Zhao Hou saw Yang Ling, he smiled and invited him to sit down.

Then he pulled out a map and slowly spread it open on the table.

「Fire Crystal Rock Mine Shaft Maps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5」

The map's attributes immediately appeared before his eyes.

Yang Ling's heart stirred. This map was indeed valid. Otherwise, the "Divine Realm" system wouldn't have acknowledged it.

"My map here covers five mine shafts, all of them somewhat valuable."

Zhao Hou said with a faint smile. "You can take a good look. It's not like you'll remember it anyway.

It marks where mine insects have appeared, where large chunks of Fire Crystal Rock have been found.

I've even marked places where collapses have happened.

But I haven't been into the mine shafts for nearly two months. If there have been any changes inside, that's not my concern."

Saying this, he slowly began rolling up the map again, smiling.

"Two hundred wen."

Yang Ling thought for a moment, then counted out two hundred wen and handed it over.

Only then did Zhao Hou, still smiling, hand the map to Yang Ling.

「Mine Shaft Map loading...」

A system prompt suddenly appeared.

Yang Ling remained expressionless.

After about a few seconds, a map section appeared in his Status Panel.

Clicking it open revealed the very map in front of him.

"Uncle Zhao, if I don't need this map later, can I resell it?"

Yang Ling suddenly asked.

"Sell it to someone else? Of course not. This map was something I risked my life to obtain. It's the fruit of my labor."

Zhao Hou laughed. "If you try to resell it, you'd be breaking the rules. If I don't come after you, Supervisor Niu will."

"Out of these two hundred wen, one hundred belongs to Supervisor Niu."

"What about selling it back to you? Would that work?"

Yang Ling said with a bitter smile. "I'm suddenly having some regrets. Going to such a dangerous place, I'm afraid I might lose my life."

"Sell it back to me? I don't accept returns here."

Zhao Hou stared at Yang Ling warily.

"If you want to back out, you can leave the map. At most, I'll refund you one hundred wen."

"Can't make it a bit more?"

"No. That's the rule. If you hadn't even left the doorway yet, I wouldn't refund you a single wen."

Zhao Hou said flatly.

"Fine. One hundred wen it is, then."

Yang Ling said.

Zhao Hou's expression turned somewhat strange, but he didn't ask further. He immediately took back the map and tossed one hundred wen to Yang Ling, then waved his hand.

"If there's nothing else, off you go. I have another guest to attend to."

Walking out of Zhao Hou's residence.

Yang Ling couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.

One hundred wen, in exchange for a mine shaft map. Could be considered a pleasant surprise.

"Now I still have one hundred and fifty wen. Need to prepare some antidote medicine, and some Golden Sore Medicine."

Thinking this, Yang Ling headed towards a pharmacy in the distance.

That was the pharmacy opened by Supervisor Wu.

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!