"I was terrified, and when I reacted, I took the candlelight and prepared to take a look at the situation, and when I got closer, I found that in the fault below the crater, the pitch-black liquid was constantly flowing and tumbling, like the rumored Styx in hell. The Overseer gasped, "Then something terrible happened, the flames seemed to burn in an instant, and our feet were all under fire!"

"It took me a lot of effort to get out. The overseer pointed to his sparse eyebrows and said, "You see, my eyebrows and hair are burned. ”

"That must be the Black Flame of the Hell Demon, otherwise how could it burn for no reason, and be so difficult to extinguish?"

Speaking of which, Rand was almost certain that the dark and viscous Styx was an oil field, but he didn't know what the reserves were, but one thing was certain, and that was that Rand was bound to get the mine.

As for what the overseer said, the flame was ignited for no reason, it should be that during the oil eruption, some combustible gases with a high concentration were condensed in the air, and the fire was ignited by sparks at the moment of contact with the candelabra lamp.

"How did you deal with it?" Rand asked.

"The lord is very angry about the fire for no reason, and the rumors of the River Styx have been in Eagle City for a long time, so when the lord heard the news, he immediately ordered someone to seal the broken hole with huge stones and mud," the overseer panicked, "There have been no accidents in the months since, so I let the miners enter the mine again to work in the mine, who ......knows."

This idiot.

Rand cursed in his heart, in a long-term closed environment, due to the influence of petroleum and crude oil in the mine, a large amount of liquefied petroleum gas must have been produced, which is extremely flammable and explosive after mixing with air, like the narrow and unventilated environment in the mine, the consequences of long-term precipitation of liquefied gas are unimaginable.

All the miners need to do is smash a little spark into the ore with their hoes to cause a big explosion.

The other party obviously made this mistake.

However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for Rand.

Remembering what the Overseer had just said, the other party seemed to be terrified of this unknown substance, calling it the River Styx, which reminded him......

That's an excellent reason to lower prices.

As Rand pondered, a group of soldiers with barrels ran from the castle in the direction of the mines.

"What are they going to do?" Rand was stunned, "They don't want to rely on barrels to carry water to complete the firefighting mission?"

"It's a special stone powder, poured over a flame that quickly cools and solidifies those objects. The shadow said in a deep voice. "It only takes a few seconds. ”

Is it similar to the dry powder contained in some kind of fire extinguisher?

Rand shook his head, the raw materials of the dry powder are mainly some particulate substances such as ammonium phosphate, the main function is to isolate the contact between the flame and the air, prevent oxygen from combustion, but quickly cool the burning object, Rand has never heard of such a thing.

Could it be the magical substance that is unique to this continent?

If you think about it, it is also possible that although this world has something in common with the previous world, there are also a lot of differences, even magic really exists, and it is not surprising that there are so many substances that I have never seen before.

"But it's a little late to use cured stone powder. Rand looked in the direction of the flames in the mine, "If I'm not mistaken, the flames have ignited the trees and hay. ”

The best way to do this is to find the direction where the fire is spreading, chop down trees and flammable materials in that direction with an axe, and then build a simple wall or trench out of stones and mounds of earth to form a barrier.

But by this time, the soldiers of Eagle City had already entered the mine.

"If the fire can't be stopped, I'm afraid it will ignite the crude oil stored underground, which is a huge loss. Rand couldn't sit still, "And if the temperature is too high, even the asphalt ore will be burned, and the reserves of this mine will be reduced by more than half ......."

Rand suddenly felt a slight stab in his back.

"My lord, if it's to put out the fire," Oak said softly, "I think I can help a little. ”

......

When the lord of Eagle City hurried to arrive, he saw only the overseer himself with a sad face.

Bill Ben was wearing only a thin jacket without buttoning it, and when he heard the news of the fire in the mining area, he immediately turned red-eyed, these mines are his lifeblood, and if there is a little accident, he is afraid that he will be so distressed that he will not even be able to eat.

"My lord, I ......" Overseer's legs trembled.

"Bastard, what about the person in charge of the third mining area, call him to see me!" Old Bill looked at the billowing black smoke rising from the mining area, and his eyes were red and his heart was distressed.

"Report...... , the person in charge of the third mine did not escape, and has already ......" The overseer swallowed, looking at Bill's eyes that almost wanted to breathe fire, he didn't dare to say any more.

"He's dead, bastard, it doesn't matter if he's dead, what about my mine?" old Bill roared, "Didn't I order you to block that exit?"

"That pit was very productive, and after the lockdown...... The third mine is not able to meet your quota, so ...... Two days ago, we opened the mine again. The Overseer said cautiously as he watched Bill's expression.

But before he could finish speaking, a whip was drawn.

The overseer screamed.

Immediately after that, a conspicuous whip mark appeared on his face, and the pain in his heart suddenly surged up, but he didn't dare to dodge at all, and old Bill's anger was not yet exhausted, and the whip was pumping at his body without a head.

"Bastard! bastard!" Old Bill scolded, "It's connected to the River Styx, and you dare to open the blockade without permission! This fire is entirely caused by you, and I can't spare you guys!"

The Overseer was bruised in whips, and he was tempted to argue that if it weren't for the high quota you set and would have been whipped or even chopped off, we wouldn't have risked opening the locked down mines.

But that would certainly lead to another beating.

He didn't dare to speak, and lay on the ground and screamed in pain.

"And you, a bunch of stupid pigs who only know how to eat!Lazy moths to the bone!" Old Bill pointed his whip at the frightened miners, "Didn't I tell you to empty the third mine as soon as possible, nearly half of the time I set has passed, and you haven't even completed a third of the task!"

"The lord of the Kongdu Territory is about to arrive, I have dragged him for so long, and there is still a considerable amount of ore stored in the third mining area! As soon as he pays the money, all the ore will be his!" Old Bill scolded: "Then I will make a lot of money!"