Unbeknownst to Hopus, Sui Xiong had been inspired by their beneficiation work to conduct some outdated research, and finally came up with a good result that "the Northwest Republic is going to build a large magic pool". Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info they still work hard to select the ore every day, select the Mithril ore from the silver ore, and then send it to the two masters for further screening, and select the innate Mithril ore.

The job was boring, but it was good for honing his skills, and when the silver ore was finally sorted, Hopps felt that his understanding of the ore had improved a bit. If you are in the game, his "beneficiation" skill has definitely improved a lot of proficiency, and he has made a big step forward on the road from expert to master.

If he could continue to hone like this, maybe after a year and a half, he would be able to distinguish between innate and acquired Mithril.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"You seem happy, is it because the boring beneficiation work is finally over?" asked Ruby, who was sitting next to him, "and to be honest, the job was a bit unbearable, and I would rather go on a solo crusade against a bunch of trolls than do that kind of work." ”

Hopps looked at his slightly darkened face, and couldn't help but smile and said, "You haven't picked many mines, why do you look so tired?"

"I used to think that fighting was a very tiring time, but now I know that it is also tiring to engage in domestic affairs. Ruby said helplessly, "I have to coordinate people and deal with various things every day...... I'm really not good at that, I'm a warrior, not a scholar or a nobleman!"

"But I think you're doing a good job, everything is in order. If that's not good at it, then what is it?" Hopes asked rhetorically.

Ruby was speechless and could only be silent.

"He just doesn't like it. Sid, who was sitting next to them, said, "But we can't help it if we don't like it, we can't stop working because we don't like it, that's how life is." ”

"If I could, I would like to be a librarian, and my daily job is to read, organize and borrow books, and handle the business of borrowing and returning books, quietly and without fighting with the world. How peaceful and peaceful it was!" Sid sighed softly and said, "but, no. I have responsibilities that I have to bear, and I have jobs that I have to do. I'm not young anymore, and I don't have the power to be wayward. ”

He looked at Ruby with a slightly pale green look on his face: "You are older than me, and the pressure of life must be greater than mine, so you must be able to understand this truth better." It's a day to be happy, and it's a day to be unhappy, so why not adjust your mood and try to enjoy the job?"

Ruby was stunned for a moment, smiled, sighed, and shook his head.

"You're right, but I can't. I really can't like this tedious work of constantly dealing with all kinds of people, all kinds of numbers and books!"

He turned his head to look at Du Du, who was eating and drinking with a group of people next to him, and his eyes showed envy.

"Sometimes, I really envy this guy with a lot of brains. He was always so happy, as if he had never been carefree. ”

"That's probably because he really likes his job. "Just like me." You may think that mineral processing is boring and boring, but I can find joy in this job. Carefully study each piece of ore, and judge its texture from the edges and corners, sections and reflections. It's like opening a wonderful book and browsing through a book with rocks as a carrier...... As long as you calm down and do it, it's actually quite fun. ”

Seeing him smiling, Ruby couldn't help but sigh again and drank in a sullen voice.

Tonight is a celebration party to celebrate the primary selection of Mithril ore, and it's not appropriate to talk about boring and unhappy things.

The next morning, Hopps got up early, got his gear ready, said goodbye to his friends, and set off with a few other exploration team members to explore the veins.

Over the past few years, the team has explored about a quarter of the entire mining area. In the entire mining area, more convenient places to move, but more than half of them have been walked by, and the rest are a little dangerous, without the leadership of outstanding masters, ordinary exploration workers really dare not go.

Death is not popular in this world, and both nobles and commoners are very concerned about personal safety - which is why Dungeons & Dragons, Void City's adventure-themed playground, is so popular, because it can satisfy the adventure needs of the wealthy without real risks.

It's the middle of winter, and it's really icy and snowy. In this kind of weather and environment, it can be very dangerous to climb those steep rock faces, or to go down the cracks in the rocks to the bottom of the cliffs. Not to mention that most of the exploration teams are just civilians with a slight ability to survive in the wild, even the most advanced adventurers are generally reluctant to do such a thing.

So if it weren't for Hoppers as the core, the exploration workers would never dare to take risks.

Dressed in special snow boots and wrapped in thick, waterproof winter coats like bears, the group of four struggled along the path that had been carved out in this time, until noon they arrived at the place where they intended to explore further.

It was a mountain cliff, not straight up and down, but it was enough to be daunting. Even more terrifying was the fact that there was snow and ice in many places on the cliff - or, to put it more clearly, the cliff was a little less steep, and the places where you could stand were covered in ice and snow.

"Captain Hopps, look at the top. An explorer pointed to a section of the cliff where the sun was not very good today, but it was still clearly visible that there was some distinct silvery-white color.

There is no doubt that it is a vein.

"I'll go up and have a look. Hopes looked at it carefully for a while, and made sure that he couldn't judge the condition of the vein just by observing it from a distance, so he planned to take a risk, climb the cliff, and go to the side of the vein to investigate the field.

This is a very dangerous thing to do and requires a lot of preparation. With the help of three companions, it took him hours to nail a dozen waterproof spikes into the cliff.

When he actually climbs, the spikes will be where he steps and ties the safety rope, and it is also his life-sustaining insurance.

That was the end of the day's work, and the next day they came again and continued to nail long nails into the cliff, and a dozen more nails were nailed up.

But the third day was a little bit unsmooth, because of the snow, the work was greatly affected, and only four long nails were nailed in total.

According to this trend, it is estimated that it will take another five or six days to open up a relatively safe passage that is enough for Hopus to climb all the way to the vein and do field surveys.

Hoppes wasn't in a hurry, and neither were the exploration crew. Fieldwork is a time-consuming thing, and it can even be said that in the vast majority of cases, they actually wish to spend more time.

Time is safety, and the more time you spend and the better you prepare, the safer you are.

For those of them, safety is paramount. (To be continued.) )