Meng Chen and Shi each took two pieces of baked cakes and followed the other villagers back to the main alley to rest.

Checking the baked cakes in his hand, the two pieces would not weigh more than a catty, Meng Chen asked the stone a little unwillingly: "Stone, we brought back so much grain, but only got two pieces of baked cakes, don't you think it's too little?" ”

The stone gnawed on the baked cakes and replied, "The grain was not ours in the first place, we just brought it back." It only takes a little effort to get two pieces of baked cakes, which is quite a lot! ”

"......" Meng Chen was speechless.

After the stone finished gnawing on a piece of baked cake, he handed another piece of baked cake to Meng Chen.

Meng Chen was puzzled: "What are you doing?" I have two more pieces here, and you don't need to give them to me. ”

The stone flattered: "Hey, hey, hey! Meng Chen, I still want to eat bubble cakes. ”

"......" Meng Chen was speechless, so he could only get up helplessly and help the stone make "bubble cakes".

At night, Meng Chen lay in the corner, counting the day's harvest.

Today, Meng Chen recovered a total of 140 units of grain, 50 units of wood, 6 units of stone, and 10 units of metal, consuming a total of 6 gold coins, 6 silver coins, and 40 copper coins.

A few days ago, Meng Chen picked up rocks, consuming a total of 260 gold coins.

If you change to slate stone, the same unit of stone can save at least half of the gold coins.

Thinking about the 130 gold coins wasted in vain, Meng Chen's heart was about to break!

"Fortunately, I found it in time and didn't too much! The most important thing is that between metals, ores and metal products, the difference in gold consumption is a full 20 times! Meng Chen said happily.

The next morning, after receiving the baked cakes, Meng Chen did not go to the branch alley to pick up stones.

After experiencing the pleasure of rubbing ten times and saving money, how could Meng Chen be willing to return to the life of rubbing a hundred times and paying back the thief?

"There was a lot of food brought back yesterday, and there shouldn't be any more search teams going out in five or six days, so can we just wait like this?" Meng Chen said helplessly.

Seeing that Meng Chen had been sitting beside him, Shi Shi asked curiously, "Huh?" Meng Chen, aren't you going to look for the baby today? ”

Before, Meng Chen used the excuse of looking for a baby to cover up the fact that he was hiding in the branch alley all day long to pick up stones.

Meng Chen replied listlessly: "I'm not in the mood today!" ”

"Hahaha! I guessed that you would give up in a few days. How could you possibly find a treasure in that kind of black rumbling place? Stone laughed.

Meng Chen didn't care about the stone's ridicule.

After thinking about it, Meng Chen asked the stone, "Stone, how many entrances and exits are there in the mine?" ”

Stone replied, "There is only one, and that is the one we went in and out yesterday." ”

"Hey~!" Meng Chen sighed.

Shi looked at Meng Chen suspiciously, and asked, "Why are you asking this?" ”

Meng Chen shook his head, "It's nothing! I just think it's too stuffy here, and I want to go out for a walk! ”

Hearing this, Shi Shi said with a serious face: "The old village chief stipulates that unless the search team is out, no one is allowed to leave the mine!" ”

Meng Chen nodded and said, "Hmm! I know this, and the next time the search team goes out, I'll go out with me! ”

Although he said so, Meng Chen never gave up the plan to go out alone.

Following the search team out, Meng Chen only had half an hour of free time, how could he go out by himself?

In the following three days, Meng Chen's desire to go out alone became stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, Meng Chen's heart moved, and he said secretly: "Since the only entrance and exit is blocked, why don't I make an entrance and exit by myself?" Gathering is a magic skill for punching holes, as long as I get in the right direction, what rock formations can stop me? ”

Thinking of this, Meng Chen immediately got up and walked towards the branch laneway.

"Meng Chen, what are you going to do?"

Meng Chen waved his hand and replied, "Find the baby!" ”

"It's only been three days, and I'm looking for the baby again, haven't you given up yet?" Stone muttered.

。。。。。。

Meng Chen took down an oil lamp from the stone wall and walked into the branch alleyway.

"Which direction should I pick it up?" Meng Chen was a little undecided for a while.

Drilling holes is a very esoteric science, if the direction is not right, not only is it a waste of money and energy, but also the risk of collapse!

At this moment, Meng Chen found the flame of the oil lamp in his hand, and began to shake slightly, and it turned out that there was a hole in the stone wall next to him.

"If you follow the blowhole, you will definitely reach the surface. However, the location of this stomata is too conspicuous, and it is necessary to find a suitable position of the stomata! Meng Chen muttered.

Subsequently, Meng Chen searched the entire branch lane, and finally found a satisfactory location.

"That's it! I hope this blowhole won't open on the cliffs! ”

Meng Chen stretched out his palm and began to rub back and forth against the stone wall next to the vent.

When the progress bar in my mind reaches 100%, a pothole of about 1 cubic meter appears on the stone wall.

Meng Chen drilled into the pit and pressed the bottom stone wall to continue rubbing.

After more than two hours of hard work, Meng Chen consumed 36 gold coins, collected 36 units of stones, and carved out a narrow passage nearly 40 meters long, finally opening up the entire rock formation.

The last section of the stomata is in the soil layer, and the collection technique has no effect on the soil layer, so you can only dig it by hand.

Meng Chen found a piece of stone that was quite handy, and dug up the last layer of soil more than one meter thick.

After peeking cautiously and finding that there was no danger, Meng Chen poked his head out of the hole.

The entrance to the cave is located on the slope of the mountainside, and although the terrain is a little steep, it is at least much better than opening on the cliff face.

At this time, half of the day had passed, and it was definitely too late to go to Tieshi Village, so Meng Chen returned to the mine.

When leaving the passage, Meng Chen had an idea and released 1 unit of stone to block the passage tightly.

When Meng Chen returned to the stone, the stone asked curiously, "Did you find the treasure today?" ”

Meng Chen pretended to be frustrated and replied, "No! ”

"I knew it!" Stone muttered softly.

Considering that he might go out alone in the future, Meng Chen inquired at the stone: "Stone, you went out with the search team before, have you ever encountered a fierce beast?" ”

Stone shook his head and replied, "No! I went out a total of four times, and I only encountered an ordinary wolf beast, and I was killed by Uncle Liu's punch. During the Evil Moon, the beasts will sleep during the day and only go out at night. But...... I heard Uncle Liu say that he once encountered a dormant beast during the day. At that time, someone accidentally woke up the dormant beast, and many people died! ”

"As long as you don't wake up the beast, you'll be fine, right?" Meng Chen asked with some trepidation.

Stone nodded and said, "Hmm! As long as you don't wake up the beast, there will be no danger! ”

When Meng Chen heard this, his heart was a little relieved.

Then, Meng Chen asked the stone for other information, such as what to pay attention to when going out, how to deal with various dangers, and so on.

Shi Shi did not doubt Meng Chen's motives, and enthusiastically told Meng Chen all his experience, and when it came to the place of rising, Shi would get up and demonstrate.