Thousands of years ago, before meteorites landed.

In the center of the island, where the blue taro country is located, there is a huge mountain range that occupies 1/10 of the island's area.

After the meteorite fell from the sky, the mountain range shattered and turned into the current chaotic star rock.

In the distant days of the Colonial Company, Ranstar Rock was the largest source of minerals on the entire island.

There are savage and ferocious indigenous tribes here, and the mysterious Black Death Prison was born.

It can be said that it has always been the Ranxing Rock that has dominated the rise and fall of the entire island.

Even now, after the Black Death Prison has disappeared, this is still the case.

Because the newly discovered huge mineral storage area in the blue taro country is the former black death prison.

It's normal to think about it, if it weren't for the Black Death Prison Fierce Weihe, who made those mining giants extremely afraid, how could they not be tempted by such a piece of fat?

For those mining giants, how can they be willing to leave without digging up all the rare minerals of this island?

After Gutav ascended the throne, the Black Death Prison mysteriously disappeared.

A huge amount of rare minerals have been re-exposed to the eyes of the world, supporting half of the export trade of the blue taro country.

Correspondingly, this originally desolate and abandoned land has been repopulated.

In just a few decades, the surrounding towns have sprung up and become cities with a population of millions.

Around the Ranxing Rock, a small urban agglomeration was born.

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"I didn't expect it to be hiding here."

"Looking at the pointer, it seems that you have to go deep into the mountains."

In a small city around Chaotic Star Rock, Chen Qi slowly stopped the car.

I'm used to driving a maglev sports car, but I'm really not used to this snail-like speed.

But there is still to be the necessary caution, God knows if the news of being in charge of the blood salt case has been revealed?

His maglev sports car is too revealing his whereabouts and identity.

Seeing that the case is about to be solved, we can't fail in the most important link.

The reason for stopping at this time is because the terrain environment in front is relatively chaotic, which is no longer suitable for this kind of ordinary vehicles.

Chen Qi is also too lazy to find another off-road vehicle, it is easier and faster for him to walk.

Then Chen Qi stopped detouring, and went straight in the direction of the pointer, and he only accelerated his pace slightly, reaching 30 meters per second.

This is a shocking speed in the eyes of ordinary people, it is really just Chen Qi taking a leisurely walk, and he even has leisure to watch the surrounding scenery.

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The landform of Ranxing Rock is indeed quite special, full of dense ravines and faults.

The most special thing is that the magnetic field here is extremely disordered.

If ordinary people are not familiar with the environment here, they will accidentally encounter "ghosts hitting the wall" and completely lose their way.

But these problems really have no impact on Chen Qi at all.

Originally, Chen Qi was worried that such a special landform would affect the lock of the compass, but it turned out that he underestimated the earth master after all.

There were no problems with the locking of the compass, not even a slight deflection.

In the eyes of ordinary people and even transcendentals, the environment of Chaotic Star Rock is incomparably complicated, and in the eyes of well-informed earth masters, it is really a small puddle of calm water, and the wet shoes are all because of their own carelessness.

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"Is that what used to be the Black Death Prison?"

"It's really a booming business now!"

After climbing over a mountain, Chen Qi saw a dense industrial area.

Around a black mountain, mining, smelting, non-ferrous metal processing, many mining companies gathered here, and even formed a small city in the mountains.

After learning about the mystery of the Black Death Prison, Chen Qi once thought about visiting this legendary prison where King Gutaev was imprisoned.

After some inquiry, it was learned that this place had long been turned into a mining area, and the original huge mountain was directly blown up.

It's really cleaned up clean, leaving no traces.

I didn't expect that he would really come here today.

"Hiding in that little town below?"

"It's interesting, and I really know how to choose places."

Chen Qi gathered his strength, turned into an ordinary person, and walked towards the small city below.

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The history of the Black Iron City is only 40 years, and almost all the citizens are foreign miners.

The reason for this is that it is only 10 miles away from the former Black Death Prison.

And before the Black Death Prison disappeared, except for those unlucky death row prisoners, no one dared to approach its hundred miles.

Even those natives who were lucky enough to survive did not dare to approach this sacred mountain that they once had once been again.

So it used to be really uninhabited until the mountains collapsed.

There are two very different rumors about the collapse of the giant Black Mountain, or the disappearance of the Black Death Prison.

One is naturally that the kingdom's army will directly explode to open the way, in order to obtain mineral resources.

The second theory is full of mystery, on the day the king ascended the throne, a terrifying black dragon flew out of the black death prison in the mountains.

The terrifying black dragon tore apart the mountain, and the massive mineral resources were completely exposed.

For these two very different rumors, the residents of small towns, who are mostly miners, naturally believe the first.

The second kind of rumor, when I heard it, was made up by those sycophants in order to pat the king's ass.

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"Jingle bell, ding bell!"

The only elementary school in Black Iron City rang the bell for the end of class.

Thirty-year-old Hammond finished his day's teaching and headed home.

His home is located in the northernmost part of the city, which is infinitely close to the edge of the city.

It's definitely a suburb within a suburb, and you can see the hillside outside.

But because the land was cheap enough, he was able to buy a secluded courtyard with a meager salary.

Although there are no neighbors to be seen within a radius of a few hundred meters, it has no effect on him as a solitary person.

As usual, Hammond opened the courtyard door.

However, the moment he stepped into the courtyard door, his body suddenly froze.

"Strange, how did you find out?"

"Although I didn't find any mechanism on the courtyard gate, for the sake of safety, I jumped over the wall when I entered your house."

"As an ordinary person, it shouldn't have been possible for you to find out about my incursion."

"Aren't you an ordinary person?"

In Hammond's room, the voice of a stranger was heard.

Hammond's face changed several times, but eventually he walked into the courtyard as usual.

"Who are you?"

"Why did you break into my house?"

After opening the door, Hammond saw a blonde man on his familiar workbench.

But he was surprisingly calm and composed, without any sense of panic.

"Hammond, a professional [scholar], suspected of being a higher apprentice."

"I have been in and out of the Blue Taro Country three times in 10 years, and now I am teaching in a primary school in Black Iron City."

"Here's all the information I've found about you."

"So can you satisfy my curiosity, scholars won't be affected by the game of kings?"

The blonde man who appeared in Hammond's room was naturally Chen Qi.

Now he's wearing a [Joea Chris] vest.

As for Hammond, of course, he is the real culprit behind the blood and salt case.

"Hmph, since you know who I am as a scholar, you should know that spiritual influences are useless to us scholars."

"Although the Demon Game is extremely powerful, as long as we don't live here all the time, we won't be affected by it."

"You should be a player, why did you find me?"

Even though the other party's identity is likely to be a demon game player, Hammond is still undaunted.

If he hadn't known what he was doing secretly, Chen Qi would have really thought that this guy was an iron-clad man.

"Why did I find you? You should know it well in your heart. ”

"You made this thing with blood salt."

"As for the evidence, in fact, I can find you, which can already explain a lot of things."

Chen Qi picked up a small black stone from the workbench and played with it.

Under his meaningful gaze, Hammond's face finally froze.

"How is that possible?"

"How do you know there's something wrong with that stone?"

Hammond's workbench is lined with small stones that appear to have been collected as a hobby.

The one that Chen Qi grabbed in his hand was very inconspicuous.

But Hammond's reaction says it all.

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"Is this the remains of the mountain god?"

"You're such a talented guy that you would even think of using human brain cells to feed those magnetic field life."

"But what about the purpose?"

"If you can become a scholar, you are not destined to be stupid."

"Even if you feed these mountain god cells white and fat, I don't believe that you are here to resurrect the mountain god."

"Because it can't be done at all."

Chen Qi tossed the small stone in his hand, and after knowing the truth about the blood salt, Chen Qi was now fearless.

It's really because these field lives are too weak, even if he doesn't use spirituality, Chen Qi can use the life magnetic field to wipe them out.

These guys can only bully ordinary people, and they also unknowingly invade and destroy from the inside.

"Hmph, you can find this place because of that Earth Master's compass, right?"

"How did this thing end up in your hands?"

"Isn't it supposed to be in the hands of that guy in the Ace of Spades?"

Hammond's face was very ugly, and after seeing the compass hanging from Chen Qi's waist, he knew that he was indeed exposed.

Could it be the Ace of Spades that they want to get rid of me?

No, could it be because their plan is almost successful, and they intend to erase all hidden dangers?

Thinking of this, Hammond decided to "convince people with reason".

"I don't know if the Ace of Spades has told you that our scholars are special, and you will be in big trouble if you kill me."

"I advise you not to meddle in the affairs between us!"

Hammond became fearless again, convinced that he could convince the other party.

"It turns out that guy's card is the ace of spades!"

"Thank you for telling me this!"

"In that case, I'll be honest. I don't know that guy well, and he didn't send him to kill you. ”

"I can only blame you for your bad luck, it just so happens that I am in charge of the blood salt case!"

"As for this compass, it's mine now!"

Chen Qi didn't expect to learn the cards of the original owner of the compass from Hammond.

Knowing that the guy's card was the Ace of Spades, Chen Qi believed that he would be able to know his true identity as long as he inquired a little later.

But the public is the public, the private is the private, and he can't let Hammond go because of this.

"You weren't sent by the ace of spades, it seems that my luck is indeed a bit bad."

"But your luck may not be better than mine."

"There's no way I'm going to live for you to catch, it's time for you to come, I won't live long."

After listening to Chen Qi's story, Hammond began to murmur, and his whole expression became weird.

Chen Qi frowned, Hammond really didn't lie, this guy's life magnetic field is comparable to that of an eighty or ninety-year-old man, and he really doesn't have long to live.

"I know all the information of your scholars, and it is rumored that it is very troublesome after death."

"So I didn't plan to kill you at all, I just wanted to kill you."

"Why don't you cooperate with me!"

Chen Qi persuaded him with good words, although he was very confident that he would not capsize in the gutter.

But wouldn't it be better to be able to get the job done smoothly?

"No way, if I am brought back to the Order HQ by you, the Ace of Spades will surely kill me."

"They didn't dare to touch me before, because they had learned from the past and knew that [scholars] were very troublesome."

"But now it's different, I have a piece of the wreckage of the mountain god in my hand, and once this matter is exposed, they will definitely not tolerate me."

"At the end of the day, killing me is just a bit of trouble, and it will cost them something."

"But knowing that I might threaten their plans, they're bound to kill me."

"Fortunately, I expected this for a long time, and I didn't plan to live."

"[Scholar], what a pathetic profession, empty of infinite knowledge, but living inferior to ordinary people."

The more Hammond spoke, the more emotional he became, and in the end he even looked sad and angry.

Clearly, the life of a scholar is not so happy.

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"What a nuisance!"

"This guy has revealed a lot of news!"

"I just want to investigate the case, but I don't plan to sabotage other people's bullshit plans!"

Chen Qi looked at Hammond with a solemn expression, this guy seemed to be restless about being a scholar for a long time, but had the intention of seeking death.

But the death of the scholar will not be a simple outright death.

Hammond must be planning something.

Otherwise, he would have committed suicide directly, so why bother raising mountain god cells.

After carefully examining Hasmond's physical condition, Chen Qi faintly had an unbelievable conjecture in his heart.

No, Hammond wouldn't be so mad, would he?

In the end, I couldn't bear to be curious, and Chen Qi still asked that question.

"You also took blood salt?"

(End of chapter)