Chapter 15 Mining Disaster

"Magic Crystal, as a spellcasting material, is widely used by mages, and is very popular for its good applicability and stability. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 Info can achieve different effects with different spell energies, and with the use of special activations, non-master professionals can be allowed to release spells, but they must provide energy equivalent to the spell's effect. This property has been studied by many scholars, but the mystery has never been discovered. The only thing that is certain is that the magic crystal has some kind of special energy, and this unknown energy will dissipate after the spell is artificially injected. ā€

Liya said everything she knew about magic crystals, and then said slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, as a warrior, I don't know much about magic crystals. ā€

Qi Gefei looked at a piece of magic crystal on the table and said, "It's okay, it's enough." I'll try to absorb the energy from the magic crystal, and you'll be on the lookout. ā€

"Yes!"

Five kilograms of magic crystals are only the size of a palm, and it seems that the density of this thing is quite high. Qi Gefei stretched out his hand, his arm squirming and growing, and his palm completely contracted and deformed, and the front end opened, revealing a huge 'mouth' covered with granulation and mucus.

Only at this moment did the fact that he was 'inhuman' fully revealed!

The magic crystal was swallowed, and a bulge could be seen in the middle of the original arm. Qi Gefei closed his eyes and began to digest the stone and transfer the energy to the main body. There is an invisible bond between them, and they can share energy with each other even if they are thousands of miles apart.

More than four hours passed, and the 'bulge' became smaller and smaller, and then Qi Gefei opened his eyes, and after a period of squirming, the magic crystal was spit out, but it had become only the size of a finger. After the arm changed back to its original state, Qi Gefei picked up the magic crystal, and it was reduced from the original five kilograms to about one kilogram now.

"Not bad."

Liya asked with concern, "My lord, have you succeeded?" ā€

Qi Gefei replied: "Of course, and it works very well. The energy provided by the five kilograms of magic crystals just now is about equivalent to the loss of a thousand heads, which can be said to be a good source of energy. ā€

"Great!"

"The only problem is probably that the absorption is a bit slow, and it takes more than four hours to use five kilograms. It seems that the magic crystal needs to be transported back to the lair, after all, the mouth of the main body is relatively large, and it eats more at a time. Qi Gefei, who was in a good mood, joked.

Liya took the initiative to say: "The location of the nest cannot be easily exposed, please let me transport it!" But it can take me a whole day to go back and forth, and your safety is in question during this time. ā€

"Let's wait until the end of the month. And the current production is too low, 200 kilograms is not enough to even plug the teeth, and we have to think of some way. Qi Gefei picked up the expelled magic crystal and said, "I found something interesting in this thing just now. Liya, do you want to know what the unknown energy is that the scholars are talking about? ā€

"I want to hear about it."

"Hehe, I didn't expect to meet this thing here, it's quite nostalgic." Qi Gefei said with remembrance: "That's atomic energy. ā€

"Atomic ...... Energy? ā€

Qi Gefei put down the magic crystal: "You don't have to worry too much, you just need to know that this is a huge energy." ā€

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"Magic crystal ore has good energy storage, and atomic energy is firmly imprisoned in it. And when the spell energy is injected, most of the atomic energy is dissolved, and a small part is discharged, I think the mages who have injected spells into the magic crystal many times, they must not be too healthy. ā€

Liya thought for a moment, "There are some such rumors, it seems that most of those mages are sick and have a very short lifespan. ā€

"Radiation sickness." Qi Gefei spit out three words, and then changed the topic without saying more: "The atomic energy in this magic crystal has been absorbed by me, but I don't know if I can recharge it, after all, the price of magic crystal is still quite expensive, isn't it?" ā€

"Well, a kilogram of magic crystals is about five to ten gold coins."

"But the wages of a worker who can dig up a kilogram of magic crystals a month are only fifty silver, and in the point of squeezing the same kind, human beings are indeed worthy of my learning." Qi Gefei knocked on the table: "Liya, come with me tomorrow to visit the city lord and let him see if this magic crystal can still be charged." Although the shrinkage is severe, it must be used to the fullest. ā€

"Yes."

As the saying goes, people are not as good as heaven, and the next day Qi Gefei's plan to visit the city lord was canceled, because the old butler came to report that something had happened in the mine. A mine cave has collapsed, and now more than a dozen miners are trapped underground, not knowing their lives or deaths.

"I always think that the mine hasn't been safe for a few days, has it been like this before?" Qi Gefei rubbed his eyebrows and asked the old housekeeper.

The old butler hesitated for a moment, and replied hesitantly: "Although there are some things, they are all small things. And the last time the mine collapsed was nearly a year ago. ā€

"What do you know?" As soon as Qi Gefei's words fell, Liya's gaze swept over.

The feeling of being on his back made the old housekeeper sweat like rain, and he looked at Liya carefully, he had also heard about the deeds of this severed hand madman, and he didn't even pay attention to the other party of Zosi's family, so he was nothing. Thinking of this, he didn't dare to hide it anymore, and told the truth: "This time someone should have done something, but I don't have a clue who it is." ā€

"yes, got it." Qi Gefei said indifferently: "I'll talk about this later, let's save people first." ā€

"Yes!"

The three of them came to the mine by horse-drawn carriage, and the scene was chaotic, the miners were in a mess, the wounded were lying on the ground and no one cared for them, and the overseer shouted loudly to keep the crowd calm, but it obviously had little effect.

"Quiet!" Liya scolded, and a thunderclap sounded in everyone's ears, all of them covered their ears and grinned, and a few frightened butts made it to the ground. Either way, at least the scene was under control.

"Don't run around like a flurry of flies, now everyone does what they are told!" Qi Gefei said calmly: "Place the injured people in the open space in the east, and go to the city to call a doctor to treat them." The entrance of the mine is so big, or there are so many people, leaving thirty strong men to clean the hole, and the rest will be rolled aside, and if you really have nothing to do, you will take care of the wounded, stop the bleeding, bandage, cook rice, boil water, and some things to do. Overseers, don't be in a daze, get the workers moving as I say! ā€

"Ah, yes!" The overseers also began to wave the leather whips in their hands: "Do you hear that? Do as adults say. You, you, you, you, and you...... Stay and clean up the gravel at the entrance of the cave for me, but the underground is full of your workers, and they are all very skillful. ā€

The crowd moved, but there were also people who did not fit in, and a young man stood up and shouted, "My brother is still below, and I will go down too." His shout attracted more people to shout, after all, most of the mines have some relatives.

Liya frowned, kicked out a stone, hit the young man's face, and heard him flip to the ground with an "oops", his mouth was full of blood.

"That's a lot of nonsense, follow orders! Adults will rescue the trapped people. ā€

"What if you can't save it?"

"What should I do?" Qi Gefei glanced at him, and said indifferently: "What else can I do if I lose some pensions." I think you all signed a contract before you went to work. ā€

"You!" The young man was angry and wanted to come forward to theorize, but he was stopped by a few people next to him, and he heard an uncle whisper: "Don't talk about it, the new owner is even those nobles who dare to throw it into the mine, don't you want to live?" ā€

"You can't watch the people down there die, can you?" The young man said without hesitation.

"It's like you'll be able to save them."

"Uh......" The young man choked.

"So, it's all the life of our miners." The uncle sighed and said: "At least this time the owner is still moral, and the pension should not be deducted too much, be content!" ā€

The young man's face changed for a while, and in the end he could only punch the ground: "Abominable nobleman! ā€