In Vann, the grades of crystalline ores have long been strictly limited, and the key to influencing these grades is the concentration of magic they contain.

Almost all mages of the stream level and above can be appraisers of the crystal ore grade, after all, this kind of work is too simple for spellcasters, as long as they have a certain magic base, they can easily make an accurate assessment of the state of these magic crystals.

This kind of work is even easier for the elite mages of the Legals and Council, and since many of them have worked in relevant departments within the organization, they are perfectly capable of making preliminary assessments and judgments on a large crystalline mine that has not yet been mined based on their first impressions and basic magical perceptions.

But now, everyone was silent in front of the glittering veins of magic crystals.

The magic in their bodies and the knowledge they possess are revealing to them the fact that the crystalline ore in front of them is extremely rare even in the entire Vanna, they are so special, just by looking at it, the mages have already felt the extremely abnormal magic in these crystalline ores - they are restless, like some kind of invisible life with life and consciousness trapped in the container, they are constantly swimming and colliding inside the crystallized ore veins, But it is always blocked by the solid surface of the crystalline ore.

In the eyes of the mages, this should not have happened at all, as they have fundamentally violated the rules of the basic laws of magic, as well as the basic knowledge of magic crystals for thousands of years.

With the help of a rope, a Merlinler and the Legalist of the Legislature descended next to a protruding crystalline mine, he had been in charge of matters related to the notarization of crystallization ore transactions in the past, and his familiarity with this type of magic ore had already reached an outrageous level, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he first came to these ores.

He couldn't believe that in his lifetime, he had seen such a large scale and abundant magical power, but yet the overall stability of the vein.

According to common sense, the stability of crystalline ores is inversely proportional to the amount of mana they possess, that is, the more abundant the mana in a crystal, the more fragile they will be, and the more likely they will be to crack or even explode due to the fluctuation of mana.

The mage raised his hand, he casually cast a lighting trick, and brought the magic ball of light close to the ore vein, with this action, the originally extremely standard, round light ball immediately began to distort and deform, under the influence of the restless magic inside the ore vein, the light ball could not maintain stability at all, and was directly pulled into an indescribable shape, and finally dissipated on the spot due to the collapse of the magic structure.

"The mana in the veins has reached this point, but the veins as a whole are still stable, and they haven't collapsed because of this...... It's incredible. ”

Merlin and the mage muttered, then he turned to look at the others, "How did you write the logs of the last team?" Who saw this? Repeat! ”

However, in two seconds, the mage leader of the Plateau Council also landed beside him, he checked the strange ore vein in front of him, and then responded: "The log of the first echelon does mention a large-scale crystalline ore vein, but they do not mention the anomaly of the ore vein in the log, but only record that this should be a deep ore vein of extremely large scale and close to the top quality...... There are no other records of this. ”

Facing the questioning gaze of the Council Master, the Council Master said in a deep voice, "It is your Merlin Le and your colleagues who have made these records, and if you trust their abilities in this regard, you should not show such an expression. ”

“……”

When the mage from the north heard this, the expression on his face froze for a moment, but then he nodded and followed the other party's words and said, "If there is a problem with the ore vein, I believe they will be able to see it...... But if the contents of that log are indeed not wrong, then it means that all of the veins of such astonishing size have been anomalized for some reason in the past such short time? I'm not wrong to say that, right? ”

"I agree with you."

The council leader nodded solemnly: "But if it's just a deformed vein, I'm afraid it's not enough to cause the first team to disappear, and they took the initiative to break the rope, which means that they must have encountered something beyond our knowledge...... Escalate these situations, we need to keep going down, we can't stay here. ”

Before anyone else could react, soldiers from the Ymir Legion had already begun to act, and with the help of two mages, they had managed to remove a small piece of ore from the rock wall that had been mutated, and then a younger Mage of the Legion was selected to return to the camp above with the unusual discovery and explain the situation to the Chief.

So the line continued downward.

The extremely unstable magic constantly exerts strong interference on the inside of the crack, and the magic used by the mages to illuminate is the first to be disturbed, and with the increasing number of mutant crystal mines nearby, even the mages above the stream level can hardly continue to maintain the stability of the lighting tricks, under the continuous influence, they can't even maintain the integrity of the magic model, and those wanton fluctuations of magic power are like a storm blowing on the sea, wantonly tearing everything around.

It wasn't long before a considerable portion of the crystalline lamps used for lighting began to flicker and extinguish, a magical chain effect of the Magic Crystalline Mine, which was referred to by the famous proverb that circulated in Van En that "a bad crystalline mine can destroy an entire ore vein".

Of course, this proverb is still a bit exaggerated.

The reality is that highly condensed and condensed magic often subtly changes the nature of the weaker magical things in the vicinity, and now, the magic crystals and magic parts embedded in those lamps are malfunctioning as a result, and some of the lamps worn by Ymir soldiers have even burst and cracked.

Faced with such a situation, the team leaders immediately dealt with it accordingly.

The mages immediately gathered and began to use the secret ritual tools they carried with them to actively build a ritual field that could stabilize the magical environment, although the coverage of the ritual field was very limited due to the influence of the ore veins, but as long as they stayed within the range, the use of magic and tools could be restored to normal, and the relevant information was quickly transmitted back to the camp above.

In the face of this unexpected change, the orders issued in the camp were equally firm.

"Down, keep going down."

Before the response arrived, all the volunteers in the team knew the answer, and when the process was complete, they immediately began to move, and the team continued to march deeper into the chasm under the protection of the ritual grounds.

The second team of volunteers was much larger than the first, but even so, it was still extremely small in this astonishing crack, and this dark world located underground was like some terrible being using its blade to create a scar on the earth of Vann, and dozens or hundreds of people were thrown into this darkness, it was like a stone falling into the ocean, and there was no splash at all.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

It had been another five hours since the second group of volunteers came into contact with the mutant crystallization mine, during which they rested several times, simply ate, and relayed the information they had found to the camp above, as required.

Traces from the previous team were still easy to find, and several of the mages even found two words from one of the Precursors on the cracked stone walls.

"I sneaked into the night, and the glass fell into the morning light."

This is a poem left by a famous poet in the north a hundred years ago, and it is said that it was the last work he left before he committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine.

There is a kind of loneliness that walks into the desperate scene and never comes back.

And this is also the state of the vast majority of people in the second team at this time.

Although they have not encountered any dangerous accidents so far, being in such a strange and oppressive dark environment for a long time will cause some changes in the psychological condition of any person, and even the Imir soldiers, who have always been silent, are now unable to help but whisper to their companions to relieve the huge pressure that is invisibly coiling around them.

"Down, keep going!"

The order in the camp had not changed in the slightest, and anyone could feel the determination of the short order, so the volunteers below the abyss had no choice but to push on after a brief morale boost.

Now that they had crossed the last resting stop left by the first team, it meant that danger could arise at any time during the rest of the "journey".

The team's march slowed down, and now, they had finally crossed the vein of mutation, but strangely enough, the interference and influence of the magic remained.

After receiving the leader's order, several Ymir soldiers took out a set of metal parts from their packages, and soon, an extraordinarily large crystalline spotlight was assembled, and as the magic crystals were embedded, the bright light went directly into the bottomless darkness below.

At the same time, a mage drank a potion that enhanced his vision, and by the bright spotlight he made an instant discovery.

"Look there! Move a little further down! ”

He quickly gave the command, and then the spotlight stopped on a stone wall diagonally below, and everyone immediately noticed that there was a slightly narrow path on the stone wall, which looked like it should have been created naturally when the ground cracked, and the traces of the activities of the first team could be seen on this extremely limited platform.

This is a very amazing find.

Because almost everyone could see that a simple ritual had been set up to communicate with the camp above at this temporary rest site, but judging from the logs, they did not use the ritual in the end, or that there was a problem with the ritual itself, resulting in their message not being successfully transmitted to the Rift camp.

Even more worrisome is the fact revealed by this makeshift breakout - the first team was still operating normally up to this depth, but shortly after they arrived, they voluntarily cut the rope for some reason and disappeared.

The two mages and ten Ymir soldiers landed first towards the temporary site, they carefully checked the situation in the vicinity, and verified the state of the simple secret ritual, and then they were puzzled to find that everything was normal inside the temporary site, and in the corner of the side, they also found a pile of cans, indicating that the first team had a long rest after arriving here, and judging by the number of empty cans, they did not have an unexpected attrition at that time.

Soon, the two mages used the simple secret ritual to convey the new situation to the camp above, and it didn't take long for the camp to respond.

"Roger."

"Down, keep going!"

Again, those two extremely short answers, but this time, it made almost everyone frown.

This was no normal response, and now that they had found the last traces of the first team's activity, it meant that the second group of volunteers was very close to an unknown source of danger, and in this case, the camp should at least be reminded and given some new instructions, rather than rushing down.

After a quick discussion with the two leaders of the Council, they immediately decided to rebuild the ritual themselves, and use the new ritual to send another message to the camp above.

Soon, everything was in place.

Then a magical message with a specific secret message used to test the situation was successfully sent.

"At 10:46 a.m., we arrived at the rest site of the advance team, and the wounded were injured due to an accident on the way, and we were escorted by two soldiers to evacuate, and I hope that the Sinar Sea will remain quiet."

In the vast majority of cases, the internal message of the Commission will end with "May Goddess Mel protect us", but before the departure of the action, the two parties who need to communicate can change the text of the ending to achieve some of the messages.

It's certainly not a subtle or masterful temptation, but at some point it's extremely simple and effective.

After waiting for a few moments, the old and new rituals in the temporary site received a message in response.

And its content makes everyone shudder.

In the face of the pre-agreed secret phrase symbolizing "an unknown threat is encountered, the situation needs to be confirmed", the camp above did not make any statement, and the message they sent back did not change, and they did not even inquire about the vague casualties.

The message simply repeats the previous words.

"Roger."

"Down, keep going!"

(End of chapter)