Chapter 524: Ancient Ruins
In the end, Hu Siming still chose to accept it when he saw it.
The reason why I didn't go to the trouble of going to the Echo Mountain Mine Cave was not only because of the routine trap belt outside the mine, but also because the True Red Crystal Mine naturally had the effect of isolating remote teleportation. Moreover, as long as the entrance is blocked, you can catch turtles in the urn.
If you have the strength of a hero and the inheritance of stealth skills, you can consider taking a risk to go in. But Hu Siming and the three are still only elites, and if they are too greedy, they will die if they are not good. After all, in the past ten years, there must have been students who have used the same technique more than once, and the half-dragons are not stupid. Maybe you will be fooled a few times at first, and it will inevitably become more and more difficult to deceive after that.
With so many benefits already reaped, it's almost time to stop.
However, the coordinates of this true red crystal mine were secretly written down by him. With the three of them alone, it is indeed not suitable to explore the mines. But in the future, if you improve your strength, such as being promoted to become a hero, you can come here to make a fortune. In addition, if the Sagittarius alliance is engaged in activities in the future, Hu Siming can also bring them here.
As soon as this idea came out, Hu Siming's mind became active.
As an assistant to the League, he has the right to participate in the decision-making of the association's activities. This semester may be too late, but you can consider making an early decision at the beginning of the new semester. With his authority, he initiated a club event in the New World. Many of the elite students in the Sagittarius alliance are doing pre-graduate tasks, and there is a great demand for true red crystal mines. It's just that there is no one to take the lead, and I can't get the right coordinates of the true red crystal mine. If you take the lead......
Hu Siming made a conservative estimate and pulled up a team of thirty or forty people.
But this power is not enough!
Now that the strength of the Echo Mountain Half-Dragon Tribe is empty, there are forty elites of the Sagittarius Alliance, and they can indeed be easily swept away. But the problem is that the semester is almost over, and there is no time to organize so many people. If you wait until the start of the new semester, it is estimated that the half-dragons migrating from the Cold Mist Valley are already in place. At that point, they will face a whole new tribe of medium half-dragons.
Think about the cross-school task of that final exam, with top seniors like Zhu Mingcheng and Zhong Ze leading the team, the number of people was far more than forty, and in the end, there were so many losses. If Hu Siming can only pull out forty people, it is estimated that it is a bit mysterious.
You have to call the power at hand!
The people on Senior Sister Su Xishui's side, Cai Feng and Chen Dongqing, Shi Niu Xu Guang and Yan Shaoou, as well as Gui Yushi and the masters in the private club. If you count all of this, you can bring in another twenty people.
This force should be enough!
Although there will be many more people participating in the profit sharing at that time, Hu Siming's appetite is undoubtedly greater, and he wants to ransack the entire mine. The bit of true red crystal mine that a few half-dragon people had in their private possession was only a fraction. The ore mined in a complete mine cave, even if it is distributed to dozens of students, is definitely no less than tonight's harvest.
Of course, a considerable gain is still secondary, and what really excites Hu Siming is that it is possible for him to lead a team of fifty or sixty elites to personally command this huge operation.
All along, it was a team of several people, and it was boring to fight petty. Now, he's going to do a big deal. Once successful, he can not only exercise his ability, but also greatly enhance his prestige and reputation. Even the top management of Libra is estimated to look up to him because of this.
This plan works!
After thinking back and forth several times, Hu Siming finally decided on this grand plan.
After telling Su Xishui and Yi Cheng, the two senior sisters experienced a short period of surprise and became interested and supportive. It's just that such a plan has many facets. In a hurry, he could only think of one framework first, and take the rest slowly. After all, a warband of fifty or sixty people running hundreds of kilometers and pushing a mine is not the same thing as a three-person squad sneaking in at night. If they don't have a careful plan, even if they succeed, I'm afraid they will be chased and killed by the entire Bronze Dragon Tribe on their return journey, and they will suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, he still has enough time to improve, and he can still get help from Senior Nie Yuan.
With such a master check, presumably there will be no major problems with the plan.
"Since you have the idea of hitting the veins of Huiyin Mountain, why don't you take this opportunity to go over and take a turn?" Su Xishui proposed a suggestion: "Exploring the terrain in advance is conducive to formulating a plan later, maybe it can save you a trip." ”
This steady mention was immediately accepted by Hu Siming.
So, the three of them, who had only left the half-dragon tribe less than ten kilometers away, took advantage of the night to start turning around, turning around and walking in the direction of the entrance of the Echo Mountain Range. With the help of the Joker's flying messenger, the three of them comfortably avoided the two lone half-dragons on the road and entered the mountain pass of the Echo Mountains.
Since their speed was faster than that of the half-dragon people, it only took seven or eight minutes to see the mine not far away.
In terms of scale alone, this Echo Mountain mine is in no way inferior to that cross-school mission. Around the main mine, you can vaguely see several sealed abandoned mines. As for the farther out, it is impossible to see clearly in the night. Because he was worried about the nearby trap belt, Hu Siming didn't dare to get too close, so he could only watch from afar.
It can be seen that the half-dragon people's precautions against the true red crystal mine are really in place. Even though a large number of barbarian slaves and half-dragon overseers have been transferred, there are still patrol teams outside the mine, and there are half-dragon artificial heads near the entrance. This made Hu Siming rejoice, his previous decision was indeed correct. Moreover, before he could observe for long, on the side of the half-dragon tribe outside the mountain pass, many barbarian slaves who had returned to help had already begun to rush back.
Obviously, seeing that there were only three invading humans from beginning to end, and it was likely that they would not come again, the half-dragon priest knew that the tribe was safe, and was worried about defending the empty mine cave, so he transferred half of the barbarian slaves to return quickly.
This reaction speed and efficiency surprised Hu Siming a little.
The natives of the New World really can't be underestimated.
However, the return of these half-dragons gave Hu Siming an excellent opportunity to observe the trap distribution of the half-dragons. Although many of these traps are only for Warcraft and students, not for the half-dragons, the route for the half-dragons to enter the mine is still much safer than other routes, which is a good reference.
After marking the peep routes one by one on the school emblem map, Hu Siming's heart was settled.
This trip was not in vain.
The whole observation process lasted about an hour. In addition to a relatively safe route, Hu Siming also determined the time and pattern of the half-dragon patrol. It wasn't until another group of barbarian slaves returned, and there was indeed no other valuable information, that Hu Siming got up and left.
Walking in the New World at night is undoubtedly very dangerous. Coupled with the fact that the power of the dragonmen was sluggish during this period of time, the Warcraft became more and more active. The three of them returned the same way, much slower than during the day, and often could not walk a few kilometers before being attacked by demonic beasts. It is also thanks to the strength of him and the two senior sisters that they are strong enough, even so, when the moon is in the middle of the sky, the three of them still encountered great danger.
A Grey Feather Nighthawk Lord of LV28 spotted them while patrolling his territory.
This top-notch flying demonic beast, a land golden lord whose strength is comparable to LV30, is not something that elite students can fight against at all. During the day, it will not appear, and only at night will it come out to hunt with a hundred times more energy. Due to the fastest flight speed of more than 400 and high-altitude night vision, it can see through the fog of war, and as long as the average prey is targeted, it is basically dead!
If Hu Siming's side hadn't been used one after another by means of stealth, illusion reversal, and fog of trickery, most of them would have been killed by it in a few rounds. However, such a small trick undoubtedly angered the Gray Feather Nighthawk Lord, who probably got into trouble with the three of them and chased them all the way for more than ten miles.
Each dive down can deal close to 200 points of damage to the trainees. If you use your skills, the damage will be multiplied, and you can even beat Yi Cheng to half blood with a single blow. The dangers of this period are clear only to those who have experienced them firsthand, and words are simply not enough to describe them.
In desperation, the trio were forced to flee into a nearby valley full of dense forests, only to use the terrain to get rid of the aerial killer.
It was also at this time that the time came to 12 o'clock in the night.
The moonlight of two silver moons poured softly down and fell to the ground through the gaps in the dense foliage. The three of them, who had just escaped from danger, were still rejoicing in their luck, and they didn't have time to enjoy the scenery. But at this time, something surprising happened to them. Not far ahead, next to the ruins of the stone forest in the valley, a silver light gradually lit up, gathering ripples like water waves.
This abrupt change startled the three of them. Hu Siming even subconsciously took out the Sword of Proverbs, for fear that some dangerous demonic beasts would rush out from behind this strange situation.
As they watched, the light gradually converged, turning into a relatively stable swirling light gate about two people tall. This familiar appearance not only made Hu Siming stunned, but also made the two senior sisters think of something. After a moment of recollection, Su Xishui and Yi Cheng turned over something in the depths of their memories, glanced at each other, and were startled by that guess.
"No......"
Yi Cheng's fingers were nervously clasped together, and his little face was full of disbelief.
Su Xishui also thought it was incredible, but no matter how she looked at it, the scene in front of her was right. Seeing that Hu Siming was still at a loss, she thought for a while and said uncertainly: "I guess, we may encounter the ancient ruins of the New World." ”
Ancient ruins?
To put it bluntly, 90% out of 10 refers to what is left over from the Arcane Empire. Before Hu Siming joined Libra, he had explored one under the guidance of Nie Yuan, and it was at that time that he and Shi Niu met. What he was exploring at that time was an alchemical room on the edge of the ruins of the Qinghe Valley. The ruins of the Stone Forest in the wilderness, deep in the territory of the Half-Dragons, are also the relics of the Arcane Empire?
If that's the case, why didn't you see it when you first rushed in, and now the portal suddenly appears?