Chapter 8: The Rat in the Way

Under Johns's lead, Chi Yao and the others quickly arrived at the location where the fast track was located.

What appeared in front of Chi Yao's eyes was a deep hollow, a layer of mechanical skeleton had been laid in the hollow, and the huge square iron box had stopped steadily in front of everyone under the constraints of several iron cables.

The fast lanes that Tonino Harvey refers to are actually elevators, with miners digging tunnels and installing mechanisms that move up and down between the various towns.

Johns waited until everyone had entered the elevator, then operated in the mechanical interface on the side to get the elevator to start.

Buzz –

Whoa—

With the roar of machinery and the friction between steel, the elevator runs downward, and a violent sense of weightlessness ensues.

In One Piece, a world where ordinary people have extraordinary physiques, the elevator runs several times faster, and there is no need to consider the feelings of passengers.

For the sake of the stability of the underground mine, the three sections of the elevator are built separately, and the long-distance cavities are easy to lead to collapse, so Chi Yao and others need to take three elevators to reach a depth of 600 meters.

Ding Dong –

The elevator reached the second floor, the iron door opened and a bell sounded to alert the passengers, and Johns led the group to the next elevator.

After some turnaround, Chi Yao and the others arrived at the town of the fourth floor, which was 600 meters deep.

Because Johns's team had already brought the equipment in advance, everyone didn't need to resupply in the town, so they went directly to the depths of the mine.

Wearing a headlamp and holding a special steering dial and map, Isley began to fulfill his identity as a pathfinder to find a suitable dive route for everyone.

Jack and Babbitt walked together, the two walking side by side, but their expressions were very different.

Jack had an excited expression on his face, and he was still holding a cylindrical object in each hand, and judging by the appearance and smell, the cylindrical object was probably an explosive.

Babbitt, on the other hand, had a sad face, bent over and clasped his hands in front of him, as if he was a little scared.

Ji Yao and Tonino Harvey were protected in the center of the team, and Johns was at the back of the team as the captain of the team.

While walking in the tunnels, Ji Yao also spread his own perception, and he didn't expect to rely on the detection ability of this mining team.

Due to being located deep underground, the range of wind breath perception has been compressed a lot, and Chi Yao is also sensing the vibration of the earth while sensing the air current, which is quite sensitive in the environment where the earth element is thick underground.

At present, the sensing range of vibration is larger than that of airflow, and the limit range is almost a circle with a diameter of 400 meters, of course, if the distance is too far, the sensitivity of the perception will also be reduced.

Under the dual perception of air flow and vibration, Chi Yao could even present the distribution of the surrounding tunnels in his mind, as if he had opened a "map hanging".

After Ji Yao learned about the surrounding map situation, he didn't make a noise, and there was no need to directly expose his abilities, so Ji Yao planned to take a look at the ability of this pathfinder Isley first.

And Isley's performance is not weaker than the title of the ace miners, and the diving routes he chooses are almost always the best routes, and he chooses a flat and complete passage as much as possible.

And avoid some underground creatures, such as troll moles, rock armor earthworms and other underworld creatures that are not easy to mess with.

The strength of these underground creatures is not particularly strong, but they have extremely strong digging ability, and it is extremely easy to cause local tunnel collapses, which is quite dangerous for ordinary mining teams.

And as Chi Yao and the others went deeper and deeper into the ground, Chi Yao could even feel that the ambient temperature around him had risen a lot, which meant that everyone was about to approach the high-quality Yuanyang stone vein area.

And the expressions of Jack and Babbitt in the team became more and more obvious, a simple analogy, in front of Chi Yao's eyes, it was a combination of "Mad Mouse" and "Vegas".

Babbitt felt the temperature rise, with a dead expression on his face, and still muttering negative emotional lines such as "I'm going to die" and "so troublesome".

And there seemed to be gunpowder residue on Jack's explosive hairstyle, and as the temperature around the tunnel rose, there were actually sparks, and there was a faint smell of burnt protein.

Jack smelled the burnt smell and took a few sharp breaths of air, his expression puzzled.

"Huh? What is it that burns? Oh.! Like, it's my hair! ”

Jack seemed to react, and immediately tried to extinguish the spark in his head with his hands.

Chi Yao couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately stretched out his hand to stop Jack's move, because Jack was still holding this cylindrical explosive in his hand, and if he touched the spark on his head, he was afraid that there would be a big problem.

Ji Yao couldn't help but speak.

"Captain Johns, are Jack and Babbitt in this situation right now?"

Johns walked up from the back of the line and slapped his hands on Jack and Babbitt's heads, extinguishing the spark and getting them back to normal.

"Hey! Jack, Babbitt, hold on, you haven't reached your destination yet! ”

Johns then dragged the two behind him and bowed to Ji Yao to apologize.

"I apologize for the behavior of my teammates, and I will manage them."

Tonino Harvey didn't say much, he knew something about Johns's team, after all, this is the strongest mining team he currently has in hand, as long as Johns's team can continue to complete the work and dig out high-quality Yuanyang stone, some character problems of the team members can be tolerated.

Isley just glanced back and saw that there was no conflict in the team, so he continued to lead the way.

'Huh? Suddenly, Chi Yao noticed that a creature had entered his senses, what appeared to be a troll mole, it was digging a hole and moving, and its digging path was exactly in the direction of Isley.

Ji Yao narrowed his eyes and didn't make a sound, he just wanted to see what was going on with the creatures underground, and how the Johns team would deal with it, and the troll mole happened to be delivered to the door.

After Isley continued to lead the team for about 100 meters, he seemed to notice something abnormal, and immediately raised his hand and gestured for everyone to stop.

Then Isley leaned down and listened intently to the tunnel, as if he was listening for something.

About two minutes later, Isley stood up and faced Ji Yao and the others, still with that expressionless look, and spoke.

"There's movement ahead, judging by my experience, it's supposed to be a female troll mole, it's digging a tunnel, but it's in our way."

"Johns, what are you going to do?"

Johns frowned when he heard what Eisley had said.

"Troll mole? It's a bit of a hassle, can I take a detour? ”

Isley shook his head and said.

"This is the best path I have chosen, if I take a detour, the distance will be very long, and we will spend several times as long on the road."

Hearing that "it takes several times as long to be on the road", Tonino Harvey immediately ordered.

"Then don't take a detour, we need to get to the area of the fire ants as soon as possible, keep going, if this little mouse dares to get in the way, then kill it!"

As the eldest prince, Tonino Harvey spoke, and Johns could only act according to Tonino Harvey's will.

Isley nodded, turned forward, and continued to lead the way.

Johns said as he looked back at Jack and Babbitt.

"Then move on, Jack, Babbitt, get ready, it's time for you to do your part."

Jack smiled and raised the explosives in his hand.

"Hey, I can't wait to blow something up!"

(End of chapter)