Chapter VII: Sima in Distress
With lush vegetation and small animals, Sirius' proving ground is truly a fairytale world.
At this moment, Sima Jie and the others were intercepted by Firefox, and after several bargains, there was no progress.
Suddenly, the firefox who took the lead said coldly: "If you want to find a gold mine, we will go with you, but after you get the gold mine, you will build a battle armor for our Firefox army." β
Its words surprised Sima Jie and the others, "You fire foxes still need battle armor?"
"You new intruders don't know how difficult it is to survive in this forest, and if you are not careful, you will be wiped out by the Black Bear Clan. As soon as the winter comes, a fierce battle is inevitable. The vertical lines in its yellow-green eyes became darker and thinner, as if immersed in grief in remembrance of the dead fox. "Last year there were more than 100 of our brothers, and now there are only a dozen of us left. β
"How many black bears are there?" Ling immediately stepped forward and asked with a bow, leaving Fang Cai's shyness behind.
"When winter comes, there are more than a dozen. They are athletic and armoured, and they have been instructed in tactics by the natives who live in the middle of the forest, so they hunted our other brothers last year. Firefox said this, blinking, squeezing out a few tears.
Liu Piaofen hurriedly took a step forward, hugged his fists and said: "As long as Brother Firefox takes us to the gold mine to find mineral deposits, we will ask my classmates and friends to refine a set of protective gear for you." β
The fire fox took a step forward, stood on the stone with cold eyes, and said coldly: "I want twenty sets, five sets of small protective gear." β
Jian Jungui hurriedly stepped forward to explain, "It's too much, even the amount of mineral deposits required for basic armor is very large, not to mention that it is almost impossible to create a perfect armor in a short period of time." β
"We know of a mine that has all kinds of deposits and very special alloys. "Firefox's voice was deep, deep.
"Even so, it is difficult for me to complete it alone, as short as three or five years, and as long as ......" Jian Jungui's face was embarrassed, and he did not say what was in his heart. "I'm still a junior blacksmith. β
The fire fox smiled slightly, and the black beard next to the corner of his mouth was like a needle. "Don't worry about it, our brother knows simple blacksmithing techniques, and we can help when the time comes. It's like looking at the fire during smelting, building a model, pouring water, etc. β
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The two sides negotiated the ideal conditions and set out on the road together. Firefox was very familiar with the terrain here, so they led the team, and Sima Jie and the others followed.
There was no word along the way, except for the birds in the forest flying merrily, curious about the humans who suddenly appeared, and when they saw that they were on the same path as the fire fox, they relaxed their guard, looked at them in a friendly manner, and sang a pleasant song.
After walking for a long time, a small white light finally flashed at the end of the deep and dark forest. * Ling and the others, who were tired from walking, supported their knees with their hands and gasped, "Brother Firefox, how far is it?"
Behind the fire fox, a fox with a cold and arrogant personality sneered, "This little road is tired like this, and I want to go into the mountains to look for minerals." The cave was abandoned by the natives tens of thousands of years ago, and there are all kinds of alloys left over from the refining of spirit treasures, when you enter the gold mine in groups, and some people will go with us to the refining area to build armor. β
The corners of Jian Jungui's mouth twitched with his head down, and the sweat on his forehead fell on the red maple leaves on the ground with a "tick" sound, and then a few drops of cold sweat fell. "Can't you just wait and talk about it?"
The fire fox who took the lead spoke: "Second brother, don't add to their psychological burden. β
The rest of the dozen or so fire foxes all looked back at the tired and panting humans and laughed "haha", "Humans are actually like this?"
Zhang Chun was so angry that the long sword in his hand coiled out a few very thin clouds, and Li Dashu beside him shook his head at her when he saw it, signaling her to forbear. So she glared at the fire fox in front of her resentfully, and after a moment she swallowed the suffocation and withdrew the cloud silk that shot at the second fire fox.
"Ding!"
In the quiet woods, for some reason there was the sound of an iron rod rolling down, very crisp, and there was an echo.
"Humans, be careful, the Blue Mountains occasionally drop nail-like rocks, and when they follow us, don't get hit by the rocks. Brother Firefox looked back at the ten weak and small humans, and admonished.
"Hmm. Sima Jie talked with the big brother of Firefox for a long time, so much so that he became the captain of the group and talked directly to Firefox. "Wait a minute, everyone be careful, take care of each other. β
"Hmm!"
Everyone wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and followed the figure of the fire fox towards the light at the end of the forest, and when they reached the bottom of the Blue Mountain for two or three miles, the road was full of strange blue wildflowers, and there were more edible mushrooms.
Bai Cong hurriedly beckoned several women to pick edible mushrooms together, and when the edible mushrooms lay in her palm, a fiery red ball of energy rose in her palm, evaporating the water of the edible mushroom cleanly.
"Bai Cong, give, you can make all of it into dry food, and it will be delicious in the cave. Zhang Chun's wheat-colored face sparkled with big eyes showing expectation.
Bai Cong curled his mouth and took the lion's mane mushroom she handed over, "You are the laziest." I'll make dry food, and you get them a moisture-proof bag. β
Zhang Chun nodded with a smile and said indifferently: "No problem." β
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The group walked out of the red maple forest and made a shocking sound as they looked at the towering and steep blue mountains.
"This mountain doesn't even grow plants. β
"There is no water in the mountains, and if there is no water, it is not good to forge armor. β
"If we don't have water, we'll have to stock up on some substitutions in the mine first. β
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The fire fox, who was called the second child, was upset when he saw these humans who had never seen the world, "Hey, hey, I said humans, are you so ignorant?
Liu Piaofen coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Second Brother Fox, we are from the Holy Domain, and we don't need to walk in the Holy Domain, we all drive spaceships." β
Another fire fox with a stray fur on its back said with a smile: "Our spaceship here was completely melted by the natives tens of thousands of years ago, and the radiation of that thing is so great that it has no effect except for fighting and killing each other. β
When Jian Jungui heard this, his eyes showed joy, "The nature of the armor is similar to that of the spaceship, so is there no need to make armor?"
"Bah, the deal that humans negotiated with foxes will be reversed, and humans actually want to break their trust with foxes?" The miscellaneous fire fox showed a fierce look, and turned to Jian Jungui and showed its long fangs. Looking at it like that, it seems to be about to overthrow Jian Jungui.
Jian Jungui hurriedly stepped back and said with a smile: "Just kidding, just kidding." β
Big Brother Fox turned around and roared coldly, "Thirteen, come back." The natives always say that we foxes are cunning, and maybe the humans on the alien planet are even more cunning. If they don't build us armor in the mines, it's not too late to eat them. β
The other dozen or so firefoxes all snorted coldly and turned their heads and walked towards the right.
With such a steep mountain range, I really didn't know where the entrance to the mine was, and Sima Jie and the others also cautiously followed their footsteps. Suddenly, there were deep and shallow footprints on the ground sprinkled in the dust.
"What kind of ashes are these?" Liu Piaofen unleashed the wood attribute magic, and did not detect similar spiritual power fluctuations in the Blue Mountain, and concluded in her heart: this mountain has no vegetation. It stands to reason that if there is no vegetation in the rhizomes, the mountains should easily collapse. There is also a mine, could it be a whole large meteorite? Meteorites can produce chemical reactions when they gallop and burn in the universe, and when they are cooled, they will turn into different minerals. That makes sense. But where does the water from the smelting area flow up into the mountains?
The bad-tempered Firefox Thirteen said contemptuously: "The ashes of the weathered surface layer of the ore. β
The official road made a palm wind, and immediately a wind blew into the distance, and returned to his palm with a small pinch of blue ashes. He looked at the jumping ash on the palm of his hand, and said suspiciously: "How does it look like volcanic ash?" No, the composition of this ash is mainly potassium sulfate and ammonium carbonate, and contains a small amount of alkali and nitrate. β
Liu Piaofen took a step forward, caught up with the big fox brother, and asked, "Will it rain here?"
The big fox shook his head and said, "It doesn't rain in the Blue Mountains area, and the forest we pass through has no rain, only in winter. β
Liu Piaofen was worried about the drainage of water sources and fell into deep thought.
After walking for a few hours, I walked around the rugged mountain, and suddenly found a small square gate under the mountain on the left, and made a thick door panel made of oak trees.
The big fox looked at the sky, then at the mountains, then at the forest in front of him, and said with a sophisticated voice: "Walk to the door in a quarter of an hour, and then stop." Take advantage of the three seconds of the door opening to enter together. β
"What if you can't do it?" the concubine asked with a smile as she wiped the long sword in her hand.
The corners of Firefox Thirteen's mouth were crooked, and he said coldly: "That's death." β
The concubine smiled and tilted her head, looking at the miscellaneous fire fox defiantly, "I have been listening to the guidance of you foxes, do you want to take us to the dungeon?"
The concubine's words, intentional or unintentional, lingered in the hearts of Sima Jie and the others, but the fire foxes all turned their backs to the mountain and looked at them.
Brother Firefox stepped forward, looked at the concubine with slanted bangs hanging down on his forehead, smiled, and said softly: "Human, since you don't want to believe us, you can wait in the forest." As a resident of this area, I would like to advise you not to walk alone under the Blue Mountains, otherwise you will not know how to die. β
Seeing the situation, Sima Jie hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to say something, but fell into the ashes with an "ah" and disappeared.
* Ling hurriedly unleashed an immortal spell that moved the entire two-meter ash within the radius of his deep place into the air. And Liu Piaofen was busy manipulating the vines in the forest, tying Sima Jie, who was constantly sinking, by the waist and pulling it up.
When Sima Jie saw the sun again, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Phew, bah, bah. He kept spitting ash and dusting off his body. Seeing this, the official road made a gentle palm wind, which cleaned his ashes from head to toe.
The concubine smiled at the Fire Fox Thirteen and pouted, and sneered, "If you dare to lie to us, we will let you all die." In fact, the clothes made of fire fox fur are just right to wear in winter to enjoy the snow. β
Brother Firefox looked at this naΓ―ve little beauty, patted Firefox Thirteen with his paws, and said with a smile: "It's still a little beauty." If you turn into a human, maybe you will have a chance to hold a beauty. β
When the concubine heard this, her face turned pale with fright. Fox Adult?Beauty Returns......