Although he admired the vajra orangutans very much, Meng Chen showed no mercy to his subordinates, and immediately ordered all the vajra orangutans to be killed.

At this time, a message popped up from the light curtain in Meng Chen's mind, "Experience +300, soul power +24!" ”

"In this battle, a total of twenty-seven swordsmen died, five archers died, one swordsman instructor and nine swordsmen were seriously injured. Although the casualties were heavy, this group of vajra orangutans was finally wiped out! Meng Chen sighed.

As for the three juvenile vajra orangutans who escaped, Meng Chen felt that it should be fine.

It was getting late, and it was too late to search the mines, so Meng Chen could only lead the hunting team to transport the remains of the soldiers, the three-bow bed crossbow, and the corpses of the vajra orangutans back to the City of Hope.

Back in the city hall, Meng Chen looked at the detection map projected by the True Eye with a smile on his face.

On the exploration map, the entire northern part of the basin is full of green light spots.

After more than a month of hunting, the medium-threat creatures in the entire northern region of the basin were finally killed by Meng Chen's hunting team.

However, Meng Chen could not completely relax, because in the central and southern regions of the basin, there were still a large number of medium-threatened creatures, even high-threat creatures.

Since the detection range is only ten kilometers, the exploration map can only show a quarter of the area of the central basin.

Even so, on the exploration map, there are nearly 100 yellow light spots in the central area of this part of the basin.

"If you can find a metal mine tomorrow, then you will be able to develop steadily for a period of time in the future, and you will be able to frantically mine resources in exchange for gold coins!" Meng Chen said secretly in his heart.

Early the next morning, Meng Chen led an exploration team of 5 miners, 10 swordsmen, and 10 archers to march towards the territory of the King Kong orangutans.

Most of the territory of the orangutan is mountainous, with a total area of nearly 20 square kilometers.

With such a large area, it will take a long time for Meng Chen and his party to complete the exploration.

Half a day passed, and Meng Chen still found nothing.

"Where will the mine be? The search little by little is too slow! Meng Chen muttered.

Suddenly, Meng Chen's heart moved, and he said secretly: "The rock rift yesterday is very suspicious, could the metal mine cave be there?" ”

Thinking of this, Meng Chen immediately led the exploration team and walked towards the location of the rock rift.

This rock rift is not wide, about 100 meters deep, and more than 30 meters wide at its widest point.

It didn't take long for Meng Chen to find a tunnel no more than five meters high and about two meters wide under a rock wall inside the rock rift.

"Is this the Mine?" Meng Chen said happily.

Subsequently, Meng Chen and the others lit torches and walked into the tunnel one after another.

There are traces of artificial excavation in this tunnel, and the vajra orangutans apparently have no burrowing skills.

Walking along the deep tunnel for dozens of meters, Meng Chen found that there were many human relics on the ground, such as broken mine hoes, broken fabrics, Bai Sensen's human bones, and so on.

"Looks like this is it! These relics clearly have a long history. What is the reason for the abandonment of this mine? Meng Chen said secretly.

Guessing out of thin air that there could be no result, Meng Chen shook his head and shook off the doubts in his mind.

After 100 meters into the tunnel, a three-way intersection appeared ahead.

Meng Chen didn't bother, and directly selected the branch tunnel on the left to move forward.

This branch tunnel is not long, only about 30 meters, and there are several caves of different sizes on the way.

After careful searching, Meng Chen found that these caves were supposed to be the miners' living rooms and storage rooms.

There are a large number of human relics in the caves, but because they are very old, maybe even hundreds of years old, most of these relics have been corrupted, and they are basically invisible.

"Huh? It's ......"

In an elaborate cave, Meng Chen found a robe on the ground.

Meng Chen picked up the robe and shook off the dust on the surface.

Although it has been baptized for hundreds of years, this kaftan still retains its original appearance, but it looks quite old.

The whole cheongsam is blue-gray throughout, which looks very ordinary and simple.

However, the sharp-eyed Meng Chen found that on the left chest of the cheongsam, there was a dark red pattern.

The pattern is only half the size of a palm, outlined by a few thin dark red lines, and shaped somewhat like a burning flame.

"This kaftan...... Seems unusual! Meng Chen muttered.

Fold the robe and leave it to a swordsman for safekeeping.

Subsequently, Meng Chen led the exploration team to leave the branch tunnel on the left and walk into the branch tunnel on the right.

This branch tunnel was much longer than the one on the left, and after moving more than 100 meters, Meng Chen and the others finally came to the end of this branch tunnel.

At the end of the branch tunnel, there are scattered pits, which are the locations of the miners.

Meng Chen ordered the five miners, "You go to the mines and see what kind of quality the mines here are." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Five miners each walked into a pit with a pickaxe in their hands and began to dig one pickaxe at a time.

Ping~! Ping~! Ping......

As the sound of metal hitting the rocks sounded, Meng Chen guessed in his heart, "What kind of condition will the ore here be?" At least gray, if it's white it's big money, if it's green...... Hey, then I'm going to get rich! ”

Just as Meng Chen was in a state of speculation, a miner chiseled down a rock.

The miner picked up the rock and looked at it, then shouted at Meng Chen, "Lord Lord, this is an ordinary rock, not a metal mine!" ”

Meng Chen woke up suddenly and shouted, "What? ”

"My lord, this is an ordinary rock, not a metal mine!"

"My lord, this is an ordinary rock ......"

“……”

With the report of a miner, Meng Chen's face became more and more ugly, and he secretly said in his heart: "The location of this mine is remote, who will dig a mine in this place for ordinary rocks?" It shouldn't be! It's unreasonable! ”

"If you keep digging, I don't believe that you can't dig the mine!" Meng Chen gritted his teeth and said.

At the cost of the lives of fifty swordsmen, fifteen archers, and three swordsman instructors, the mine was finally snatched from the vajra orangutans.

Now that he has told Meng Chen that there is no mine, how can Meng Chen be willing?

The miners continued to mine, and Meng Chen found a pit and began to dig up on the surface of the rock.

With the back and forth friction of his palm, a progress bar appeared in Meng Chen's mind, 1%, 2%, 3%......

When the number of frictions reached 100 times, a crater appeared silently on the rock surface that Meng Chen's palm touched.

A message popped up from the light curtain in Meng Chen's mind, "Gold Coin -1, Stone (Gray) +1!" ”

"Grey quality stone...... How can it be? Meng Chen yelled with a look of despair.

"Damn it! Who the hell is playing on me? The special brain is the gray quality stone, digging such a long tunnel! Meng Chen scolded.