In the hut, Xia Yu recovered for a while, and began to use his mutated perception to try the source array structure in the 1-star mechanism.

There were a lot of organs in the house, Xia Yu swept his eyes around, and decided to start with the source fan first.

The source box of the source fan was on the base, and he turned the source fan upside down, and with the press of a button, the source box popped out. He didn't look at the 1 star source crystal inside, but carefully observed this source box.

This is the simplest power box, which can only provide basic power, but it is enough to turn the fan.

Touching the hand, the material looks like some kind of metal but not very sure, the tentacles are cold, only the size of a matchbox, except for the position of filling the source crystal, the other parts are sealed.

On its shell, there are mysterious source array patterns carved and painted, and there are two rows of small characters at the bottom: Luotongcheng Zhangfu Third Organ Workshop, 1586 in the Xingyuan calendar.

"Well, it was produced last year......"

The source box of this world cannot be mass-produced, but it can also be purchased directly, and the sellers are usually those of the powerful machine workshops.

Of course, even the most basic power source boxes and light energy boxes at the 1-star level must be made by a mechanic who understands this source array structure - of course, this simple source box is generally made by an apprentice of the mechanism, and because it is widely used, it will also be sold on a large scale.

For example, if you like a puppy, you can buy a power source box with a mechanical shell for a puppy......

In addition to the mining and sale of source crystals, the source box is probably the most profitable business in the world, and it is naturally monopolized in the hands of big forces.

This power source box comes from the Zhang family of Luotong City, to which the town belongs, a strong family.

According to memory, this year should be the year 1587 of the Star Source Calendar, the first year of this calendar, which is the time when the Source Energy is officially discovered and used. In other words, the history of the source energy mechanism in this world is roughly 1,500 years.

Prior to this, humans could only use ordinary mechanical weapons, and were no match for all kinds of powerful beasts, and it was very difficult to survive.

With the discovery of source energy, human beings have developed the perception and construction of source array structures, and then produced various source energy mechanisms, especially those with more than 3 stars, which have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the top powerhouses and created a balance of power in the fight against fierce beasts.

"In this world, although there are all kinds of terrifying beast threats, there is a powerful primary energy source such as Yuan Jing, and the civilization form of the earth that is purely driven by various scientific principles will naturally not be taken seriously."

Xia Yu subconsciously compared the situation of the two worlds.

"However, the mechanism civilization in this world is not long, at least from the perspective of the mining town, the mechanical technology level of these 1-star and 2-star organs is not high, and large-scale modern production has not been born, well, it should be that the source array structure is not suitable for automated production......"

Putting these behind for the time being, after all, the unlucky ghost's insight is average, he concentrated at the moment and began to use his perception to probe the source box of the origin fan.

Slowly concentrating his perception, Xia Yu first only separated a tentacle to cover the source box, and suddenly there seemed to be an extra space in his mind, a few lines were sometimes blurred and sometimes clear, and finally stabilized into a flat figure - this figure was its source array structure.

Simple and clear, this is the characteristic of the source array structure of most one-star organs, but it also seems to contain a trace of special energy.

He began to experiment with two-star traps again.

Because the unlucky ghost can't use it, he doesn't have it in the house, but this is a mechanism repair shop, and there are a lot of 1-star and 2-star mechanisms in the back room. If you scan it casually, the simplest and most common 2-star trap should be the Mine Pickaxe, which has six or seven of them.

The source box of the 2-star ore pickaxe is the part that is held at the top of the handle, and it should be smaller, Xia Yu did not hesitate to open it, and first separated a tentacle from the sensing cyclone.

A few lines flashed through my mind, but they collapsed in an instant.

Two ...... Three ......

Until all six tentacles were separated, the lines drawn on the entire mine pickaxe were instantly enveloped by him, and soon, a figure that was obviously much more complex than the source array structure of the source fan loomed in his mind, but before he could understand much, he collapsed in an instant, and his head stabbed violently.

Sure enough, it still doesn't work.

He is unwilling, less than level 2 perception, not even as good as ordinary people!

But how to improve the intensity of perception, at present, he only knows one way, and that is to keep training.

For two days in a row, except for going out with Qiangzi to fight a roe deer to distract himself, Xia Yu was bored in the hut alone, exercising his mutated perception.

Fortunately, there is nothing else in this repair shop, and all kinds of miscellaneous good and bad ordinary level 2 mechanisms are everywhere. In two days, in addition to the mine pickaxe, what kind of shuttles, bows, and source lights...... He has trained more than 20 different types of mechanisms.

No matter why the unlucky ghost couldn't even reach the level 2 perception of ordinary people when he was alive, his own soul was different.

With the help of six perceptual tentacles, his understanding of the 2-star source array has increased a lot, even if he can't build it completely, he can feel that it is not too far from complete understanding, and he will be able to officially break through level 2 at that time.

On the third day, he had to stop.

The mine is about to start.

"If others cross the battle for the king, I have to be a small miner!"

Despite some reluctance, Xia Yu decided to work honestly, at least until he was fully recognized by others, he didn't dare to show his flaws.

Since the last time he realized that Lao Chen didn't seem to be as simple as it seemed, and even his sister knew some things that the unlucky ghost didn't understand, he was more cautious.

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The mining town is called Xiaochang Town.

More than 100 years ago, the state mining group discovered the source crystal ore here, and quickly summoned the state guard army to clean up all the beasts nearby, and even sent a nest of third-level fierce beasts Iron Claw Wolf to kill all the strong in the army. Immediately afterwards, all kinds of mining equipment were erected, and several factories were built around it, and the vacant land next to it soon developed into this town.

As the only energy source, each source crystal ore is worth a fortune, but it is also graded according to its quality.

The grade of this vein is relatively low, most of the production is grade 1 source crystal, and the proportion of grade 2 source crystal is less than one-tenth, but the reserves are not small, and it has not been mined for more than 100 years.

Over the years, Luotong City, to which the town belongs, has changed its third city lord, and the prime minister of the mine has also changed many waves, and the development of the town has not been large. Over the years, counting the workers and their families, the population is in the early 10,000s, and there is not even a formal mayor.

The manager of the mine is in charge of the town.

A few hundred meters south from the center of the town, the miners' houses stretch out onto the slopes of the valley in the distance. Hundreds of grey stone houses, with dark grey limestone slate roofs, are arranged in a serpentine pattern along the hill, with shorter alleys interspersed between the label houses and then into the valley floor.

The current main pit is on the west side, a low hill that stretches for several hundred meters, and further inside is the abandoned mine that has been mined for hundreds of years.

When Xia Yu and Qiangzi approached the mouth of the pit, the neighborhood was already full of absenteeism, and everyone brought an iron lunch box and a kettle.

"This dress is really uncomfortable......

Wearing this kind of burlap shorts for the first time, and wearing a padded hat, Xia Yu really didn't get used to it.

But all absenteeism is worn like this, and the top of the tunnel is very low, it is easy to touch the head, and the thick hat cannot be taken off.

"Let's go!" Hadron took back the safety miner's lamp at this time - it is also a source energy mechanism for light, this is only 1 star, and the structure function of the source array in its source box is to simply emit light, and it doesn't need to be too bright, and one can be used for a long time.

Hadron was already a squad leader at this time, and he could take 5 people with him. Xia Yu is also nominally on his team.

He distributed the miner's lamp to a few people in the team one by one, and whispered to Xia Yu: "Stone, you still follow me today, I heard that the part that collapsed last time was not handled well, and I was in a hurry to start the work." ”

Xia Yu nodded: "En, understood."

Like the mines on Earth, the miners descend into a cage consisting of a mechanical pulley and stranded wire, similar to the principle of an elevator, but also controlled by source energy.

The experience of sitting in the cage is not good, compared with the elevator, the lifting of the cage is not regular at all, the middle section is a complete free fall, and when it reaches the bottom, it will suddenly slow down because of the brake. Xia Yu couldn't help but shout out a few times in the middle, and held back again.

After about half a minute, when his foot finally touched the ground, he quickly grabbed a railing, barely enough to stop shaking, and felt a little like throwing up.

"Haha, stone, how did you become a soft-footed civet?" a shrill voice came. It's Niu Gang's group, they are counted in the same team, and they belong to different groups.

Xia Yu also looked up and remembered these people.

Well, all "acquaintances", after all, there used to be frequent fights. The strange death of the unlucky ghost that day is probably inseparable from these little gangsters. It's just that in that fight, the unlucky ghost didn't seem to be hurt at all, and he didn't even notice the strong son who sent him home.

"Yes, you waste, how many pieces of source crystals can you dig up a day, just eat your sister's soft rice!" another tall and strong young man also shouted.

"Shut up, Liu Dong, it's not enough to be beaten, is it?" Seeing that they were talking unpleasantly, Qiangzi scolded back as soon as possible.

"Don't call Xia Qi to come," the young man named Liu Dong looked disdainful, "Dead Qiangzi, call a woman to count hair in a fight?"

Qiangzi was speechless when he said this, forget it, a few words of quarrel between them is nothing, and even Captain Xu who was not far away didn't say anything. He turned his head to comfort Xia Yu: "Don't pay attention to this group of guys, no one dares to do anything in this mine." ”

Xia Yu nodded and didn't speak. After all, he is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and if he doesn't really mess with him, he won't really see this group of little kids.

Everyone was familiar with the road, and soon walked along the dim, narrow and long mine road, about ten minutes, before finally arriving inside, a small group leader divided into an area, and then went their own way.

"Just experience life!" Xia Yu comforted himself.

What a rare experience!

Fortunately, the danger of crystal mining is not too great. The source crystal contains a lot of energy, such as a level 1 source crystal, which can be used for several months in an ordinary household source lamp, but the source crystal structure is very stable and not easy to explode. According to the memory of the unlucky ghost, the greatest danger of crystal mining is the collapse of the associated ore layer, and there is also water seepage.

But in this world, although the technical principle of mining machinery is not high, some important components are source energy organs, such as the winch, cage, etc., and the stability is okay.

But he actually couldn't figure it out.

In the memory of the unlucky ghost, the high-star organs in this world are very powerful, and the legendary mechanism armor is even as powerful as the mecha in the Earth comics.

"Huh?" Why is this rock formation so hard?

As soon as he axed down, only some powder jumped out of the rock formation in front of him, and the main rock block did not move at all.

"Stone, what's wrong?" Hadron said in a somewhat strange voice.

Xia Yu hurriedly looked to the side, and his old face turned red.

His memories had come flooding back.

Although the Mine Pickaxe he was holding in his hand was a 1-star mechanism, he didn't use his perception to activate the source box at all, so he naturally couldn't exert his source energy. It can be seen that the ordinary rocks in this layer are very hard, not much worse than ordinary pig iron, and they are useless, so it is no wonder that they need to use the tools of the source energy mechanism.

The miner's lamp was a little dim, no one saw his face, and he didn't reply, so he concentrated his perception a little, picked up a 1-star pickaxe and dug it up on the rock formation.

At the beginning, it was two hours.

Xia Yu stopped a few times in the middle, he couldn't adapt to this kind of infinitely repetitive work at all, his physical strength was fine, but it was mainly mentally boring.

But the people around him didn't seem to be doing anything.

He also discovered that even ordinary people in this world are much stronger in physical fitness, and even ordinary people have fewer illnesses in life, and there seems to be only a formal small hospital in the town.

He looked at his "results"—a thick pile of rock and soil piled up under his feet, but the ore in the basket was barely the size of a fist, and the basket was barely full. Looking at Hadron again, the third basket has already been changed.

"Come, take a break, rest for a while!"

Qiangzi took the lead and shouted, and the team stopped, and no one spoke much, just sat on the ground to rest and drink water.