Chapter 131: Chisel the Wall
Ji Ge committed himself to walking through a hole in the brown earth, his eyes carefully searching every place up and down, looking for the minerals he needed.
He went out later than most of the new men in black, and most of them had already set off some time before, flocking in, lest they fall behind.
In order to compete for the caves that seem to have more likely to contain mineral materials, there are even conflicts and secret fights, with the forces formed on them as small units, and one by one they will seize the territory they fancie.
Even if they become people in black, they still uphold and retain many remnants of their youth, which is also the bad root of human nature.
The environment will affect people a lot in the process of growth, and can even change and distort the way they look at the world they live in, in the hierarchical castle, they are the lowest-level lowly ants, like the lowest level of prisoners, they may be more free than the lower level prisoners, but this freedom also has severe restrictions of time and space. A circle has been drawn for them, and outside the red line of this circle, it must not be crossed.
They have learned to hold on to their partners, condensing into a line that is not tenacious, but it is enough to hold on in loose seeds, plunder more resources, and make their voices heard.
Of course, it's just internally, for those who are indifferent to the people in black, they are useless and vulnerable.
Even though he has been assimilated and clothed in the black of the night, he still instinctively and wisely maintains fear and awe, even when a group of immature young wolves comes, no matter how ferocious it is when it grows up, it may bring down the enemy and devour the enemy, but before the minions are intact and grown, they will still scatter in panic in an instant, ignoring anything else.
You don't need to outrun the incoming tiger and leopard, as long as you can outrun your kind. This is what the castle taught them in the first place, and it is also the survival principle that they firmly remember.
If Ji Ge shows up, there will be no power to belong to, and there will be many people who think like iron slaves to come and win over into the camp, or if they are in trouble, they will be eliminated first.
Ji Ge avoided the time when there were the most people, and he also invisibly delayed the time, and for the time being, he didn't have to worry about meeting them too early, the existence of these things that he hated very much.
Rao has staggered the time period, Ji Ge still has an extra mind, the closer to the rock wall where he and the others are staying, since they have been explored, they will only be allowed to live in it, and the more likely they are to care about this range has been exhausted by their predecessors a long time ago, and it has completely become a waste hole, and it is just a waste of time to go in by yourself.
With this in mind, Ji Ge set out to walk far away before choosing a slightly lower place at the foot of a rock wall, and after choosing in an instant, according to the first feeling, he climbed into a cave that obviously did not leave too many traces.
Sure enough, as he thought, the dust had accumulated inside the cave for a long time, and it was only from these subtle traces that it should not have been mined.
He inhaled some of the pellets, his throat itching, but he couldn't hold back his cough and went deeper and deeper in his search.
At first, this cave could only accommodate him to enter and exit alone, and when he reached halfway, it suddenly became narrow, Ji Ge had to cling to the cave wall to touch it, but suddenly it widened at a corner, as big as an open-air palace, Ji Ge was no longer depressed, straightened his waist, and his movements were no longer so careful.
This place is large and deep, and everywhere is obscure and vague, but Ji Ge's eyesight is enough to ignore the darkness and see it clearly.
He found that there were many small holes the size of countless fists in the four walls, and some were just narrow and slender cracks, from which the wind came from nowhere, and the yin qi was swishing, making people's hearts furious.
The cave is dull and dry, the air is difficult to circulate, and the heat that has not been completely isolated from the outside world is transmitted through the close-fitting clothing, especially under the feet, like walking in the extinguished coals.
As soon as Ji Ge entered, it was as if he smelled a faint smell of decay, just the products of countless years precipitated under the closed air, and perhaps mixed with the bones of some tiny creatures such as mayflies, insects, and chrysalis that died many years ago, buried in the soil under the rock wall, and mixed together to form an indescribable smell called Ji Ge.
It's not rotten, and it's far from smelling, which makes Ji Ge frown slightly, but it's bearable. After being in the cave for so long, there has been nothing abnormal in the senses, it should be harmless to the body, but it just makes people's chests feel panicked.
The air here is also much thinner than the outside world, mixed with a lot of impurities, walking for a long time, and occasionally fainting when you straighten your waist, but it is not a big problem. It reminded Ji Ge of the shallow cave where he lived, this kind of cave that was too deep was not suitable for people, and those who placed them must have considered this problem when choosing.
When passing through those small holes, in the originally airtight tunnel, a cold air seeped out of nowhere, and the yin wind swished, making people feel cold down their spines, and all the strange sensations on his skin, and even the exposed part of his wrist had a lot of tiny bumps, and his hair stood on end.
Ji Ge's fingers touched the edge of one of the small holes, and there was a cool touch from the place where he landed, and there was a faint sense of wind.
He didn't know what the ore at the bottom of the pit was called, and he couldn't tell if it was flammable or not, but he intuitively looked for it in his mind.
Ji Ge also stepped under his feet, unlike the presence of minerals, he leaned up, stretched out a hand, and tapped his fingers on the rock wall in the upper right corner of the face with his fingers. After entering the cave, he went deeper and deeper, and searched for a long time, but he did not find even the slightest trace of what he wanted to find.
His movements were rusty, and he couldn't find the way, so he used the most stupid ancient method to look for it, up and down, not even letting go of a corner.
There was also a small hoe in his other hand, only a little bigger than a palm, which was originally placed in the basket, Ji Ge didn't think that this looked very blunt, and what would be the effect of shoddy tools, but it was better than nothing, using the place without a blade on the back, from time to time to tap on the part where he felt something strange and there might be mineral material.
"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......" The hole kept ringing with this monotonous and maddening sound, again and again, dull and boring.
But along the way, with such a clumsy and rigid method, it still came to nothing.
"Bang bang...... Huh?"
Ji Ge groped, his hands tapped lightly, his feet moved slowly and unhurriedly, and at the same time he listened, there was no obvious expression on his face, he seemed to be very calm, and there was no trace of impatience and restlessness between his eyebrows.
In the original unchanged tone, an incompatible timbre suddenly appeared, which made Ji Ge hum in confusion, and after noticing the abnormality, a strange light flashed in his calm eyes.
He stopped walking, leaned forward, tilted his head to bring his ears closer, and at the same time tapped his fingers left and right at the same place where he had made a different sound, trying to make sure.
"Titicaca!"
Ji Ge's face was happy, and finally there was a change, the place he had touched for so long in the cave was only different from the sound made here, and the crisp and pleasant sound in his eyes at this time was completely different from the dull and strict sound all the way.
There should be something behind this! Ji Ge intuitively felt that the movement of his hands stopped, and his body took a step back, staring at the rock wall there.
He thought about it, and after some judgment, the possibility of danger in it was unknown, and since the sound of falling hands was so crisp and bright, it might be empty according to common sense, and there was something.
But if you are not careful, even if the ore you are looking for is embedded in the wall, it is very likely that it will be smashed and buried deep in it, and it will be difficult to find it again.
So Ji Ge decided not to be impatient to try it first, he originally wanted to use the black qi to pour it into his fist and smash it, but he was afraid that it would be too rash, and when his eyes fell on the small hoe in his hand, the ground suddenly lit up.
I didn't expect it to really come in handy, the castle really has its own reasons for doing things, and everything that is done for them will definitely not be dispensable.
He held the small hoe, held the handle with five fingers, and gently tapped the hoe against the rock wall, carefully controlling the power.
Although the blade of the small hoe is very blunt, at the place where the hoe and the rock wall collide, it still keeps "popping" and dropping many small rock fragments, as the rock chips peel off more and more, Ji Ge feels more and more that a large area behind this may be empty, so it can be so easy.
It didn't take much effort, the rock layer was chiseled open by Ji Ge, the stone chips were splashed with dust, and the larger and larger pieces of the rock chips were broken and fell, so that the rock wall that was not very strong began to fall apart, and the crack spread on it with the center of the smash.
"Whoa...... Bang bang!"
Ji Ge saw that it was almost cracked, it was difficult to see the inside from the gap, and with a wave of his hand, the black light flashed, and he hammered heavily on the smash.
Suddenly, the cobweb-like crack expanded rapidly, and finally it couldn't bear it, a large piece of the overall rock wall fell off the wall, and collapsed with a hood on his face, Ji Ge's figure took a few steps back, and he smashed his foot in front of him dangerously, and ejected out.
Through the unthick dust raised, Ji Singer waved away in front of his eyes, and when he stared, he saw a familiar object embedded in the torn rock wall, just above and below his chest, the peeling off of the surface made it reveal a corner, and the bottom of his eyes couldn't help but feel a burst of heat.