"Stone essence, stone core, produced in the cave sky?" Du Qian exclaimed, no wonder there were so many talisman gatherers in the team.

The Talisman Gatherer is very rich, but these two things are too difficult to buy. Even if they encounter it occasionally at the auction, with the financial resources of a few of them, they will definitely not be able to fight those old talisman gatherers.

"That's right, you can't find these two materials anywhere else except in the cave. Qian Wuming nodded and said, money or something, Qian Wuming really doesn't care, but these two materials are too important to him.

Forget it, there are a few copies in the three major auctions every year, but there are too many people staring at them, and they will never be able to buy them.

In fact, which of the adventurous teams that were able to get the Cave Heaven Exploration Token did not have any energy behind them? The stone essence stone core they found directly went to the hands of the high-level talisman gatherers as soon as they changed hands, and very few of them flowed out to the auction floor.

"How many caves are there in our empire?" Du Qian hurriedly asked.

"There is only one in the territory, no need to be surprised, not only we have only one in Zhoushan, but also only one in Zhenhai and Butian. How do you think the three major forces were formed? Without Dongtian, it is simply impossible to become a super force. Qian Wuming said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The history of human war is actually a history of fighting for living space and grabbing development resources.

What kind of trick is that, whoever is in power will revise and revise it, write it according to his own needs, and I am afraid that he will not find a so-called historian who is willing to make a sycophant?

Core values are always in the hands of those in power.

"There is only one in the territory, that is to say, there is still one outside the borders?" Du Qian's reaction was extremely fast, and he instantly thought of the wars that would appear every one or two hundred years.

"Well, you've got it figured. The largest cave heaven is in the buffer zone of the side mirror of the three major forces. Qian Wuming said softly.

"War is to compete for the biggest cave sky?" Du Qian's face turned red, as for these bastards, they all have dog brains? Even if the resources in the cave sky are valuable, they should not be snatched by war, this is not an ordinary war.

You must know that the tripartite war every hundred years or so has almost the entire planet, all the forces together, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a world war, and the number of people killed in each war is an astronomical number.

Not to mention, for such a war, the various materials used can no longer be measured in gold coins. No matter how valuable the materials in the cave are, it is not worth using a war of this magnitude to solve the problem, which is simply picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

Du Qian didn't believe that the heads of the three major forces were idiots who would make such a decision, and such a war would last for thousands of years.

There must be something in this that I don't know.

"Of course not......," Qian Wuming said with a wry smile.

"Perhaps there is a small part, and a very small part, and as for the real cause of the war, it is impossible for me to fully understand it, and at most I know only a small part. ”

"Can you say that?" Du Qian asked, a small part is already very good, at least in a short period of time, it is impossible for him to know anything, unless he asks the cheap teacher, with his identity, he should be able to know a lot.

"Competing for a share of the cave sky, this is only a small part of the reason, in addition, it seems that there is a plan for the survival of the fittest, I don't know what it is. Of course, more likely to be devoured. Qian Wuming said uncertainly.

"Devouring?" Du Qian repeated with a frown, feeling as if he had thought of something.

"Well, the devouring theory has been there for a long time, if you want to know, you can look for it in the library yourself, the content of the devouring theory is usually written more obscurely, read more, think more, it is not difficult to understand. Qian Wuming nodded and said.

"Well, I'll look into it. Du Qian shook his head, he seemed to feel something just now, but in a blink of an eye, he disappeared again, and he didn't understand anything.

"Tell me about the cave. Du Qian said.

"Needless to say, you're about to get to the place, you better experience it yourself, the cave is very magical, and it's hard to express it in words. ”

"So fast?" Du Qian looked around in surprise, from the assembly point outside the gate of Shangjing City, it didn't seem to take long to get here, even if the speed of the kinetic energy car was fast, it couldn't run far, after all, this was a car, not a flying machine.

"Well, look there, Bulao Peak, the entrance to the cave, is halfway up the mountain. ”

"Oh......" Du Qian's mind turned quickly, and he understood a little.

The Zhoushan Empire, named after the Zhoushan Mountain Range, is the symbol of the Zhoushan Mountains, and is the first landmark of the empire.

There are countless legends about the Ageless Peak, but unfortunately it is not open to the public, and the vast majority of the Imperial civilians may not have the opportunity to see the Ageless Peak in their lifetime, but can only see this not majestic peak from the reliefs on the gold coins, various books and paintings.

Even if you have only handled copper coins, you will not be unfamiliar with the Ageless Peak, and the only people who can see the Ageless Peak with your own eyes are the civilians of Shangjing. Even if you are in Shangjing, you can only look at it from a distance, and if you want to get up close, there is no possibility.

"Shangjing Immortal Peak, Haidu Muguang Forest, Dragon Tooth Star Valley......" Du Qian muttered in a low voice.

"Hmm. Qian Wuming nodded affirmatively, confirming Du Qian's conjecture.

Du Qian smiled bitterly: "I always thought that Bulao Feng specialized in coffee. ”

"Hehe......" Qian Wuming laughed twice, and didn't say anything, there are indeed a lot of coffee trees on the Immortal Peak, but is that thing really delicious?

Thirty miles of official road outside Bulao Peak, a checkpoint established by a reinforced battalion appeared in front of you, and hundreds of kinetic energy vehicles stopped in front of the checkpoint for inspection.

Every ten miles, there is a checkpoint, which is quite tightly checked. The first is the Exploration Token, followed by the Identity Verification, and each token, with a fixed number of allowed party members.

Du Qian took a peek and found that Zhu Ke's token grade should not be low, allowing fifty people to pass. As is customary for the adventure squad, there is enough for eight members to pass at full capacity.

Exploring the cave is not romantic at all, it is full of crises, and each team member usually brings five attendants. Like Du Qian, who only took Yao Jing with one attendant, he couldn't find a second one in this long queue.

The kinetic energy car was parked in the huge parking lot in turn, and Du Qian got out of the car and moved his limbs to carry the huge backpack.

"It's a big parking lot. Du Qian sighed, this is the largest parking lot he has ever seen, standing in his position, he can't see the other side of the parking lot.

"Five kilometers long, built along the mountain, using a stepped type, from a distance, it looks like a huge terrace, which can park 100,000 large kinetic energy vehicles at the same time. Qian Wuming also sighed with emotion, although it was not the first time he came here, but every time he saw it, he felt shocked.

"Let's go, you'll know why you need such a big parking lot when you get there. ”

Leaving the parking lot and following the mountain road, all the adventuring teams, lined up in pairs, walked slowly halfway up the mountain.

Half an hour later, Du Qian stood on a huge platform and waited, there were still some formalities needed to enter the cave, and it wouldn't take too long.

The huge platform looked very impactful, but at this time, Du Qian's eyes were attracted by the path up the mountain, and he didn't blink his eyelids for more than ten minutes.

"Understood?" asked Qian Wuming softly. When he first came here, his expression was even more exaggerated than Du Qian's.

Anyone who has the opportunity to walk to this platform is not stupid, although there is no entrance to the cave from here, only the path in front of them, but it is enough for them to understand what this means.

"Up, down, has always been like this?" Du Qian pointed to the crowded hiking trail.

"That's right, human beings are so 'smart' and always want to maximize their benefits. The entrance to the cave has been opened to the limit, and it cannot continue to expand, so it can only be opened day and night in this stupid way, which is why you should apply in advance, even if you have a token, it is impossible to enter here at any time. ”

On the hiking trail, the middle is separated by an iron railing, left and right, and the density of the flow of people has not changed in these ten minutes.

The entrance to the cave should not be large, but the internal space is extremely vast, and in order to develop the resources in it as much as possible, it is natural to send more people into it. "How many people are there at the end of this day?" Originally, Du Qian thought that only a very small number of people could enter the Cave Heaven, but now he realized that the empire had almost used the utilization rate of the Cave Heaven to the limit.

"About two seconds for one person, maybe a little faster, an average of 50,000 people pass through the cave in a day, the exploration time is short for a week, long for three months, and a very small number of people can reach half a year. On average, it's about a month. ”

"One and a half million people?" In an instant, Du Qian calculated the number of people exploring in the cave.

"Three and a half million. Qian Wuming shook his head and said.

"How come?" Du Qian's face was surprised, how could it be?

"There are two million permanent populations in it, of which one and a half million are garrisons, half a million researchers, you say one and a half million, additional adventuring teams. ”

"Oh......" Du Qian nodded, he was really wrong, the empire's utilization of Dongtian was even more thorough than he imagined.

"Are you all ready? Let's go. Zhu Ke waved his hand and said, he had completed the final formalities.

"It's been around for a long time. Zhuo Ya said with a smile, this time the time was very accurate, and they didn't wait long, if there was an accident, even if they waited on the platform for a few days, it was nothing.

The crowd lined up in a row, followed the flow of people, and slowly walked towards the hiking trail.

The hiking trail is not too long, there are two bends, the total length is less than five hundred meters, turn the last corner, Du Qian looks up, you can already see the entrance of the cave.

(To be continued.) )