Chapter 30: The Dragon Crystal Vein
"Old K, you let most of the people retreat into the red zone, I can understand it. But why is it the territory of the mushrooms, and not the projection salon, or the lair of the Eye Demon? Shelpis asked, confused.
"Although the projective salon and the eye demon are powerful, they are brutal by nature and have a strong sense of domain. If the team is too large, you will be the first to be attacked. Xu Mo said in a deep voice, "And the dark elves are the head snakes here, as long as the two top teams are willing to pay some price, they don't care about the projection salon and the eye demon." ”
"The territory of the mushroom people is wide, and the tall fungi plants are easy for everyone to hide." Simon smiled, "In the event of a fierce battle, their wide area of miasma can cancel out the opponent's numerical advantage, making it the ideal hiding place." In there, the two top teams may only be able to send small squad-sized combatants, and we don't need to be afraid. ”
"I think if the two top teams weren't stupid, they'd be besieging you and trapping you inside. However, you can't be passive in defense, you must always take the initiative to attack on the edge of the mushroom territory, so that the two top teams can believe that there are a large number of reincarnators in the mushroom territory, and leave enough siege manpower around! ”
Xu Mo said, glancing at Simon, "However, this kind of combat requires a wise man to accurately control the changes on the battlefield. Simon is better than me in this regard, and he will stay with you, and I will lead the other team that raids the Dragon Crystal Vein! ”
"That'...... How do we explain it to Curt, and that Leah, the Seven Kingswoman! Shepis rubbed his temples with a headache, this plan needs the cooperation of the plot characters, otherwise, the number of people entering the red zone is not enough, and it will not be able to contain a lot of manpower of the two top teams.
"Hehe, you don't need to explain to them, they don't know the way to the Longjing vein." Xu Mo chuckled, "The assault team needs Susan, and I will ask her to give you the map." All you have to do is tell them that Susan and I are leading the scouting team in front! As long as they encounter the attack of the dark elves later, Curt and Leah will naturally not ask to go to the Dragon Crystal Vein again. ”
"Well, come back alive!" Shepis glanced at Xu Mo deeply.
"Take care!"
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The number of assault teams that Xu Mo took away this time was even smaller than the reconnaissance team last time. With the exception of Susan, who showed them the way, only Wood, Dusty, Eyun, and Athena followed him, and Rainman, Rose, and Serna were all left in Shepbys's team.
The underworld is dark, and the strength of the rain people is low, so they are not as useful as dust and smoke in reconnaissance. As for Rose and Serna, they can't go, and Shepis and his party need to contain the two top teams in the territory of the mushrooms. MT and sub-T are naturally the more the better, Berserker Rose plus Serna's amplification talent equals one more MT combination, and the team also has one more safety guarantee.
Xu Mo's assault team only captured a few plot leaders as prisoners this time, and was not prepared to engage in any kind of battle. Even if you go to the dungeon later, the fewer people you have, the better, and try to avoid exposing your tracks. If it weren't for the fact that Xu Mo still had serious injuries on his body, I'm afraid he wouldn't even bring Athena.
"Mistress Cole, is there something wrong with our back?" Soon after the team set off, Susan approached Xu Mo and asked softly.
"Well, we Red Rose Order have a unique way of communicating with each other, and two members from the outside world discovered that a dark elf had blocked the underground entrance to Rift Canyon. I suspect something may have happened to Drow's dungeon! Xu Mo's eyes flashed and he said slowly.
Compared to the Seven Kings Maiden Leah, Susan Cross was much more well-behaved, Xu Mo didn't intend to keep her completely in the dark, and they still needed the help of this animal trainer later.
"My lord, do you suspect that the dark elves have changed their attention and no longer plan to jointly mine the dragon crystal veins with the surface forces?" Susan was startled, her face was a little pale, and her sexy lips trembled slightly.
"I don't know yet, but I don't think it's that serious!" Xu Mo smiled and comforted, "Didn't you say that the dungeon of Zhuoer implements a clan rule system. I believe that the current situation may be caused by the minority in the dungeon. Our team is to go to the Longjing ore vein to reconnoiter first, so as to avoid unnecessary personnel losses for the team. You don't have to worry too much! ”
"Oh!" Susan frowned worriedly.
Compared to her own life, the girl of the Cross family is more worried about the success or failure of this mission. The Cross family has already bet all their chips on the Dragon Crystal Vein Project. If the plan fails, the third prince Brian is estimated to lose the right to inherit the throne, and the future of the Cross family will be over.
Although as a small dragon family, the Cross family will not be wiped out, but the political career and the road to nobility will be completely cut off. For the patriarch of the family, the half-elf Phil, Susan's father avenged the blood hatred, and naturally there was no way to talk about it.
Xu Mo was already able to go to the ground at this time, and the functional damage of the internal organs of his body had improved, and he had basically recovered about 70% of his body functions. The road ahead of them slowly narrowed, gradually turning from a vast crack in the rock formation into a closed cavern tunnel.
According to Susan, they should have entered the range of the Dragon Crystal vein. This vein is a semi-open-pit mine in the Underworld, deep in an underground mountain range, with tunnels like spider webs and multiple cave entrances.
Since there was a huge danger in the current Longjing vein, at Susan's suggestion, Xu Mo and the six of them did not go to the cave designated by the dark elves, but took another remote branch vein that the survivors explored alone, just in case.
"My lord, there's a light ahead!" Wood, who was walking in the forefront, stopped, his eyes shining with brilliant colors.
"Extinguish the Magic Lantern!" Xu Mo instructed in the team channel, "Wood, share your vision with us!" ”
Wood's innate pupil skill is very good in the underworld, but to share his vision with other reincarnators, it takes a lot of energy, and can only be used briefly in an emergency.
"These are high-purity magic crystals, and some dragon crystal grains......" Approaching the light that Wood was pointing to, Susan suppressed her excitement and whispered.
Xu Mo looked up at the small cave in front of him, and a little starlight filled the stone walls of the cave, illuminating the entire cave in a daze. In the fluorescence of the magic crystal, there are also some very bright spar particles, red, orange, yellow and green, all kinds of colors, these are the king of the magic crystal - dragon crystal.
The demon's fangs flashed a golden glow in the cavern, "Ding! A small dragon crystal particle jumped out of the cave wall and landed in Xu Mo's palm.
Xu Mo curiously observed this magic crystal known as the "Dragon Crystal". The texture of dragon crystal is hard, it looks a bit like quartz on the earth, the whole is irregular diamond-shaped, and the inside of the particles flashes with mysterious fluorescence. This is a magical element that has been compressed into a spar by nature over a long period of time.
"My lord......" A trace of surprise flashed in Chenyan's eyes, and several other reincarnators turned their heads to look at Xu Mo at the same time.
Xu Mo nodded lightly at everyone, and he also received a hint of the soul mark. The magical element contained in the dragon crystal has been recognized by the superstring space, which is a law crystal that can be used by reincarnations. It's just that the energy law in it is not stable, and it can't be directly absorbed by the law body, so it can only be treated as a special item at the moment.
"Give you ten minutes, don't make a sound, the dragon crystal can take as much as you want, and you don't need ordinary magic crystals, and then continue on the road!" Looking at the heat in everyone's eyes, Xu Mo spread his hands indifferently, "However, I remind you that these things have to be reserved for the other people in X-space, and their tasks are even more dangerous than ours!" ”
"Hee-hee, of course, we're not so greedy as to eat alone!" Dusty said with a grin.
The joint team of Skeleton and X-Space has an agreement, except for the Blood Cube to distribute the contribution of kills, other mission income and additional item income will be distributed as a whole.
Among them, the joint team of X Space also occupies the lion's share, after all, the biggest goal of the Skeleton Regiment is to complete the main mission and survive this space war safely. Other benefits are secondary to them.
Ten minutes later, everyone was satisfied, even though the dragon crystals dug up were only the size of a grain of rice, and they were the size of a fist. As long as you return to the superstring space, these are special treasures that can replenish more than 100 energy points and can be used on the space battlefield, and each grain is estimated to sell for thousands of credits.
"No wonder those two top teams are willing to take a huge risk to snatch the temporary leadership of the dungeon, and the birds will die for food!" Xu Mo sighed.
It's just a cave, and everyone is overjoyed. Instead of that dark elf's team, facing the entire dragon crystal vein, how could they resist this huge temptation.
Destroy other top teams, enslave the dark elves of the dungeon, and mine as many dragon crystal veins as possible during your stay. I guess that's all the two top teams planned, and the main quest is done incidentally.
A quarter of an hour after the restart, Susan suddenly crouched down and put her slender fingers on the ground, and a red-headed ant crawled out of the crack in the rock, and crawled along the fingers to the girl's palm.
The redtooth ants swirled around in Susan's palm, crawling out of an intricate pattern.
"Master Cole, the redtooth ants that were released have found a lot of signs of biological activity a kilometer to our left!" Susan frowned slightly and reported to Xu Mo.
"Looks like they've found them! Susan, take back the redtooth ants and don't alarm them. With Wood and Dust Smoke leading the way, let's meet the ruler of the underworld, the dark elf Drow! A glimmer of essence flashed in Xu Mo's eyes, and he smiled coldly.