From too many guards to a city that suddenly appeared on the way, situations that were not expected in the happy meeting began to appear one after another.

After the group came to the vicinity of the city, they sent a team to explore, and the result of the exploration was that the city was empty, and a large number of buildings and living items were empty.

The dwarven-style ice buildings here indicate the identity of the city, and the mass production of equipment and supplies indicates what the city was once used for.

"Isn't this city the base of the dwarven pioneers, who couldn't get out of here for some reason, so they built such a city?"

But when he said this, he didn't even believe in the happy meeting.

"If they really can't get out, then why can't they even see the body of a dwarf? ”

"That's right, so we can stay here for a while, and adjust our status while we investigate. 」

Happy to meet helplessly spread his hands.

"It's just that no matter how you look at it, it's too weird here. A city that doesn't have a person or something, it feels like some kind of urban legend, and it shouldn't be like an overwhelming resentment that will fly out at some point. 」

“......”

When the happy meeting made a little joke, everyone stared at him silently and couldn't speak.

The person who can predict the future will be a crow's beak in some cases, and there have been too many things along the way to prove that Xixiang is such a person.

"Don't stare at me like that, find a place that looks safer and start investigating right away. 」

"I think I'm going to prepare some spells that can fight against the void in the next few days......"

After the group selected the base, they found that there were a large number of devices of unknown purpose in the buildings here, but there was almost no magic aura, which was really unsettling.

But the happy encounter is very close to this simple and full of machinery city, there are quite a lot of machines can see the shadow of some things on the earth...... It's just that these ice buildings are so dazzling.

After a day of investigation, the group also found something unusual in the city.

"The huge building in the middle of the city has no entrances and exits at all, and it is constantly flashing red, except that there is nothing special about it. Obviously there's something there, Zaken, and you go and dig a hole into the interior right away. ”

"Dig into the ground from near the building, there should be something. 」

Dwarves are a race that has the habit of living underground or in mines, and it is very incompatible to see the entire dwarven-style building on the ground.

Of course, even dwarves probably wouldn't want to live under the ice, and they wouldn't be able to make a fire forge in the first place, otherwise it would soon become a mess.

However, there is no way to rule out that the dwarves will not dig down, so it is necessary to try to explore downward in important locations.

"Happy encounter, there are some other unnatural things besides that building, have you noticed?"

"Temperature?"

Regarding the sense of disobedience that Alan refers to, Xixiangyu also has some concern in his heart, but he can't say why.

"Yes, the temperature here is only slightly different from the rest of the world, and the central building is constantly heating up, but the ice around there shows no signs of melting. ”

It is obviously unreasonable that the giant building in the middle of the city has been radiating heat for many years without affecting the things around it.

"Speaking of which...... Red Dragon, have you tried setting fire to the ice since you came here?"

"Why would I do such a stupid thing?"

"Then you're stupid. 」

The relaxed tone of the happy meeting made Sumesmart extremely useless, but he had to give it a try, and he was also full of curiosity about this place.

......

A minute later, however, his roar resounded through the area.

"No way, what the hell is this ice!"

The minute-long spitting made the air around him scorch, but the floor and the igloo around it did not change in the slightest.

Sumesmart angrily continued to grill the ice.

「...... Blueice. 」

This is a strange mineral that can only be found in the depths of most ancient glaciers, and it is said that glacial dwarves were often able to discover veins of Qingxuan ice. The mineral looks like a dark blue block of opaque ice that shimmers like a layer of gemstones, but it's nothing more than a thin layer of frost that forms when it encounters air. The material is cold to the touch, and at a rough glance it is indistinguishable from ordinary ice cubes, but green ice only melts when it comes into direct contact with extreme heat, similar to steel. The only way to extract this material from the ancient ice is to melt the surrounding ice, but this is a rather dangerous step as it can quickly shake the surrounding ice. As a result, only the most skilled miners will attempt to mine the Aois Ice. Green ice can be forged, shaped, and used like steel, and it is much lighter than steel.

"Wait human, you mean this is a city made of Qingxuan Ice? No, it's a continent naturally formed by Qingxuan Ice!"

The words in the mouth of the happy encounter were like a legal spell, which made the enraged Sumesmart instantly come to his senses.

One pound of Qingxuan Ice is worth about two hundred gold coins, even if the price of this material is greatly reduced due to the sale of a large amount of Qingxuan Ice, as long as these Qingxuan Ice are brought back to Gorantia, even if there are no demigods, it will be earned in blood.

"It's possible, don't you think this trait is very similar to Qingxuanbing?"

"It must be that!"

The overjoyed Sumesmart soon began to arrange for manpower to carry out mining and experiments, and sent people to bring in the miscellaneous soldiers from outside to carry out the excavation work.

And Xi Xiangyu didn't think so, even if these were really the Qingxuan Ice mentioned in the book, the mining was also a big project, and it was definitely not something that could be done overnight.

"Why haven't we found any written records......

Ever since he entered the city, he had been looking for messages from the dwarves, but he hadn't found anything related to the words, which made him feel very incredible.

"It's a little strange, and no matter how you say it, you can't leave nothing behind...... Would you like to drink some hot water?"

"Thank you. Not only that, but I was also a little curious as to why the dwarves were here, and it was so hard to find them here. If these dwarves were guardians, there wouldn't be any structures in the city. 」

As soon as the thought of a Guardian was thought of, the Joy Encounter immediately ruled out this possibility, and no one could guarantee what an intelligent Guardian would do. The constructs and water elementals (most of whom have very low intelligence) guards here show that the people who seal this place are very cautious people.

"Constructs and water elementals are indeed very trustworthy guards, but the people who make them and summon water elementals ......

But there may be some information left behind for their descendants.

Xi Xiangyu felt that he was moving forward on the right line of thought, but was interrupted by Allen, who had a serious face.

"What the hell is that demi-artifact? If it's a good thing, why is it sealed in such a hellish place, is it really good to give it to Sumesmart?"

"Red Dragon is also a member of the Scholar Academy, don't underestimate his moral bottom line. As for the effect of the demigods, if I say completely uninformed...... You're not going to believe it, are you? 」

"I believe you as long as you say it, and I know you're not the kind of person who will maliciously deceive others. ”

Looking at Allen's eyes full of trust, he secretly told Allen about the role of the demigod with a smile.