Chapter 203: Mining
The group continued to walk down the rectangular corridor, and the further they went, the more seriously the four walls of the corridor were damaged, so that by the end of the corridor there was no longer any appearance of the corridor, more like a cave, but fortunately, the air in the cave was no different except that it was cooler than the outside, and the cave was very spacious, and it would not give people a sense of oppression.
"Didn't you say there's movement in Crystal City now?" Cheng Shi recalled the information he overheard yesterday, turned his head to look at Tony and said thoughtfully.
Tony had obviously heard the rumors for a long time, so he made no secret of it: "There are relevant rumors, but as far as I know, there are not many people who come to mine, but under normal circumstances, as long as there are rumors here in Crystal City, everyone will default to the fact that there are new mines in the crystal pit that can be mined." ”
"By the way, do you dig this energy storage crystal mine in the same place every time?" Oldman interjected.
Tony nodded naturally: "Yes, there are only a few mines in the entire Crystal City, even if there are no mines in it, there will be people who come over often, anyway, those people are idle, and they can sell some leftovers for some energy storage crystals when they come in." ”
Barbara seemed to smell something incredible, so she preemptively asked, "Could it be that the energy storage crystal will grow automatically?" ”
Tony nodded affirmatively again: "At first, we were also curious about why those crystals grew out of the walls, and the church sent people to investigate, but they didn't find anything, and over time, everyone got used to it, and no one pursued this matter anymore." ”
Cheng Shi, Barbara, and Oldman looked at each other, thinking according to normal logic, the crystal was obviously a dead thing without life, and it was impossible for it to grow, but seeing Tony's accustomed expression to the growth of crystals, it seemed that in this world, it had long been an open secret.
"Turn the corner in front of you, and go straight ahead, this is the closest crystal mine to the Paro market, when the mine is out of the mine, it is also the fastest place for everyone to gather, but we just walked all the way, no one saw it, it may be that the rumors are really wrong, if you are not here for the energy storage crystal, then in fact, it is the same to go to any mine." Tony said, pointing to the front.
Cheng Shi nodded, and the group continued to walk forward.
Along the way, after Yang Yang and North handed over the horse to Bruce to lead, they pulled Rorty to pick up stones everywhere, so that they would not think about how to complete Cheng Shi's task, as long as they could contribute during the fight, they could enjoy all kinds of work meals paid by the team leader with a clear conscience. And even if the little mermaid doesn't contribute when she farms monsters, I'm afraid she has a clear conscience, who made Cheng Shi her human brother, and the team leader still has the obligation to protect her.
After everyone turned the last corner, Cheng Shi asked the information bridge to adjust the light to flashlight mode, only to see that there was a huge roughly spherical hole in front of him, the original appearance of this place may no longer be verifiable, or it may be like this, but thinking of the corridor that was dug up, Cheng Shi preferred to believe that this hemispherical hole was dug out.
In fact, just after the group turned the corner, the surrounding space already gave people a sense of sudden enlightenment, but compared to the spherical giant hole in front of them, this last small section of corridor space still seemed not so spacious.
The group walked quickly into the hemispherical hole, and according to the convention, the information bridge was to be swept first
Draw a circle, roughly judge the safety index of the surrounding environment, such as air environment, microbial environment, radiation indicators, etc., but this time it can't fly by itself, so it can only be its owner holding it around and around.
"The surroundings are safe." The information bridge reported in Cheng Shi's spiritual connection.
"Isn't that nonsense? So many people often bring their horses in to mine, and if it wasn't safe, the entrance would have been sealed long ago. Cheng Shi replied to the information bridge in his mind speechlessly.
"It can't be said that if a trace amount of radiation exceeds the standard, the impact on human body function is subtle, so not finding it does not mean that there is none." The information bridge is argued.
Cheng Shi quickly glanced around, and finally landed his gaze on the wall of the corridor facing them when they came.
"Anyway, this is where crystals grow, right?" Cheng Shi asked, shining a flashlight on the wall in front of him.
Tony snorted: "The crystals in this crystal pit were all grown from here at the earliest, it seems that the rumors are really wrong, I don't think there are many traces of new excavation on this one, and no new crystals have grown." ”
Barbara shook her head: "Not necessarily, it's possible that the rumors aren't talking about crystals?" ”
Cheng Shi nodded silently, thinking that at lunchtime, Giselle had said that there were many cosmic smugglers parachuted into this world, so it was possible that these outsiders created rumors.
"Didn't you mean the energy storage crystal?" Bruce frowned and thought, "What else can you say?" ”
Barbara shrugged, "You don't know, we didn't know when we first came over." ”
"There's no hurry, let's dig up a place first and see what's inside." Cheng Shi said like a geological exploration expert, while looking at the potholed wall in front of him casually.
Tony was a little puzzled at once, although Cheng Shi had told him that there were tools for digging crystals, but except for a metal tool that Cheng Shi gave him last night that he thought was very delicately structured, he didn't see any decent tools in the hands of several people along the way.
"Do you really have tools?" Tony asked, stunned.
Cheng Shi smiled and said very naturally: "Of course there is." In fact, he had already discussed with the Information Bridge in the Spiritual Connection, and let the model car cooperate to release the Warden's Blade in his pocket later.
Tony and Bruce looked around again, still very puzzled, after Cheng Shi handed the horse rope in his hand to Tony, he put his right hand into his trouser pocket, and under the noses of the two local natives, Cheng Shi took out a sword more than one meter long from his pocket.
"How did you fit such a long sword into your pocket?" Tony asked, almost subconsciously, with a look of surprise.
Cheng Shi smiled weirdly: "It's not so long in the pocket, so I won't explain too much to you, anyway, this sword can be indestructible here with you, and the mining is enough." ”
At this time, after Rorty came back from patrolling around with Yang Yang and North, he saw Cheng Shi holding a sword in his hand, and said in surprise: "How can you have a weapon?" ”
Tony and Bruce just felt that something was wrong, but they were only surprised by the way Cheng Shi took the sword, and they didn't have time to think about it for a while, to know that in this world, civilians are absolutely not allowed to have weapons, that is ironclad evidence of rebellion, it is a felony, and there is no need to interrogate at all, and you can correct the law on the spot. And Cheng Shi just boasted of himself
His sword was indestructible, which made Tony and Bruce sweat on their foreheads run out at an almost audible rate when they heard Rorty's words.
Seeing this, Cheng Shi hurriedly explained: "Don't be nervous, there are no outsiders here anyway, if someone comes over in a while, I will put the sword away in time." ”
The three natives really wanted to draw a line with Cheng Shi and the five of them immediately, but after these two days of getting along, the two sides had already become friends, and they thought that Cheng Shi and the others did not have bad intentions, not only generously gave them money, but also invited them to a big meal.
After thinking about it, Tony finally felt that Cheng Shi and the five people just didn't know enough about them, at least they hadn't caused any trouble for now, maybe after getting familiar with them here in the future, they wouldn't be so reckless in doing things.
"There's no mine right now, anyway," Tony said, glancing cautiously back, "you hurry up and dig here, and if you don't have what you want, put that sword away, it's a felony for civilians to take weapons with us." ”
Cheng Shi smiled and nodded, then turned around with the sword in his right hand and slashed at the wall behind him.
The three natives looked at Cheng Shi's divine operation of slashing and stabbing, and they were also indescribably anxious. First of all, when they usually come to mine, they are very cautious, for fear of breaking some of the larger energy storage crystals, because if they are broken, they will be worthless. Secondly, they are also worried that if they use too much force, they will break the metal tools in their hands, after all, civilians cannot easily obtain metal. And at the moment, the operation of Chengshi mining is completely indifferent to these two points, and it can be said that it is wanton messing around without scruples.
Yang Yang saw that Cheng Shi was constantly digging holes with the Warden's Blade, which seemed to be very emotional, which made her palms itch, if she could transform at will, it was estimated that she would have turned her arms into wings and stepped forward to cut them.
"Landlord, have you found any treasures?" Yang Yang still couldn't help but walk up to Cheng Shi and asked.
Cheng Shi stretched out his hand and handed the car model to Yangyang: "You help me hold the flashlight, my one-handed operation is too slow." ”
"You're a flashlight, this car is high-tech, do you understand high-tech? This car does not need to be taken by anyone, it can fly by itself. The information bridge immediately protested in the spiritual connection with Cheng Shi.
"If you dare to fucking fly around, Lao Tzu will dare to take you to the god realm to cultivate." Cheng Shi replied unceremoniously in his mind.
The information bridge immediately stopped squeaking.
After Yang Yang took over the car model, Cheng Shi held a sword in both hands and began to speed up the digging of the pit.
It is said that digging a hole with a divine sword made of materials from the divine realm is efficient, and after a while, Cheng Shi easily dug a hole with a diameter of one meter and a depth of about ten meters.
"Come, come over and see, is this what you call the energy storage crystal?" Under the illumination of the light, Cheng Shi felt as if he had dug up a crystal with a much brighter material, so he turned around and asked.
When the three natives heard the sound, they fixed the rope in their hands to the surrounding stones, and then came to Cheng Shi and began to look into the cave.
"Yes, that's a high-quality energy storage crystal." Tony's tone was cautious, but his face was beaming.
Bruce and Rorty nodded their heads as well.
"Master, this car has just been scanned and analyzed, and there is an amazing discovery." The information bridge suddenly said in Cheng Shi's mind.