"Many people say that the Thunderstone Mine is 2,000 years old, but this statement is actually wrong, because it is much more than 2,000 years old. As early as the Thunder Dynasty, when the Thunder Throne was suspended in the sky, the earth began to silently gather elements and nurture ores. In the last years of the Thunder Dynasty, a scavenging city had been formed on the earth, and tens of thousands of people lived on the ore bred in the ground and the garbage falling from the sky. And when the war between man and demon broke out, after the demons broke through the floating city, the entire floating city fell, turning the two cities into ruins, and the prototype of the thunderstone mine cave was formed. ”

In the mine, Yuan Yi took the lead, explaining while walking.

His pace was not fast, and the signs of weakness on his face from the transfer of imperial power still remained, but his voice had gradually regained some vitality.

"Nowadays, when people think of Thunderstone City, the first thing that comes to mind is the rich elemental minerals, and the city that has prospered because of mining, and the few who are well-informed probably know about the thunderclouds that have been in the sky over Thunderstone City for thousands of years. But few people know that the essence of the Thunderstone Mine is a huge cemetery. Two thousand years ago, it was not only the treasures of the Elemental Dynasty that were buried here, but also the more than a million creatures in the two cities. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi stopped and stretched out his hand to point to a spacious snow-white corridor in front of him: "The mine cave site over there [Snow Thunder Jade Cave] is the earliest mining area to be excavated in the entire Thunderstone Mine Cave. It was pioneered by the ancestors of the empire before 1900 and abandoned due to the depletion of ore before 1700. Today, it has been transformed into a tourist attraction, welcoming more than 50,000 visitors every year and earning hundreds of millions of dollars from the sale of counterfeit Snow Thunder Jade...... But no tour guide will mention the true origin of [Snow Thunder Jade] to anyone when selling imitation jade. ”

"This [Snow Thunder Jade Cave] was not abandoned because the ore was mined, and mining experts before 1700 generally believed that the resources in the mining area were enough to be exploited at high intensity for hundreds of years...... However, just as people are soaring in the underground mines, it seems to awaken the spirits of the dead who have been sleeping for a hundred years. ”

In just one year, more than 100 miners died in various paranormal events, and the truth of their deaths has not been fully restored to this day. At that time, the entire mining area was completely paralyzed, and the mine owners could not resume production with gold dollars and leather whips, so they had to report the situation. So the Imperial National Master personally led the team deep into the mining area, and purified all the souls with the grandmaster-level supernatural powers, and finally resolved the danger in the mining area...... But with the disappearance of the souls, all the [Snow Thunder Jade] in the mining area also disappeared together, and there was not even a trace of residue left. And at that time, people realized that the so-called [Snow Thunder Jade] was actually an out-and-out [Blood and Tears Jade]. ”

"[Snow Thunder Jade] is essentially the product of the combination of millions of revenant souls and elemental power, which contains both huge elemental energy and the madness of millions of revenant souls...... After recognizing this, the value of [Snow Thunder Jade] plummeted, most of which were recovered by the empire and sealed, and a small number of them died out due to various accidents after being circulated among the people for a period of time. To this day, even the origin of this [Snow Thunder Jade] can only sell counterfeit products. ”

After Yuan Yi made some explanations, he cleared his throat: "Everyone, how do you feel?"

Lan Lan pursed his lips: "Generally, this kind of story is in our white-clothed tribe, and the old Wu Zhu can tell 20 stories in ten minutes. ”

Yuan Yi smiled: "If you have the opportunity, you must personally visit the white-clothed tribe and listen to the stories of the old witches...... But what I've just said is not just a story, it's closely related to the rest of our journey. And I would like to remind everyone that the Thunderstone Mine is far from being as safe as it is rumored, although there are many mining giants who continue to dig deeper into the ore today, but it is based on very strict protective measures......"

Qingyue said: "It also includes strict news blockade, right?"

Yuan Yi was stunned and shrugged helplessly: "That's right, when it is publicized to the outside world, of course it will be said that the mine is absolutely safe." In fact, all kinds of accidents in the thunderstone mine have never been broken, but those that have little to do with it have been directly concealed and not reported. In addition, a few particularly dangerous areas will be heavily sealed, such as ......"

As he spoke, Yuan Yi led the way to a fork in the road located on the upper level of the mine.

Ahead is a slightly narrow, dark passage that winds down in pitch black, with yellow tape at the entrance and a wooden warning sign that reads, "Under construction, do not approach"

"From the outside, this passage is nothing more than a renovation operation, and there are countless similar areas in the Thunderstone Mine...... But in reality, people are forbidden to approach because the other end of the passage is extremely dangerous. If memory serves, the workers of Sanping Mining excavated a lake of blood there, and more than 100 workers were swallowed up by the lake in an instant, and their bones were gone. And the blood demon in the lake was barely suppressed by the sincere cooperation of many demon masters...... Later, there will always be unbelieving demons who want to explore the mysteries of the Blood Lake, but more than half of them will never return, and the survivors who will return will leave an indelible mark of mutilation. Therefore, 200 years ago, the Blood Lake was sealed by the royal family himself, and no one was allowed to enter it...... To this day, it is unknown what exactly lies behind the warning signs. ”

When Lan Lan heard this, he immediately showed excitement, as if he wanted to go there in person to find out.

Qingyue sighed: "This unknown is just for most people. Don't you know what's behind it?"

Yuan Yi said: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from the Demon Dao Princess. Indeed, 13 years ago, the teacher lifted the royal seal through me, and then crossed the boundary line to explore the Blood Lake and refine the Demon King in the lake...... Behind this seal, there is nothing left. ”

Qingyue said, "So you're just reminding us that through the imperial power of the Holy Yuan, we can enter and leave the forbidden places in the mine at will?"

Yuan Yi said: "It's more than that. There are many forbidden places in this mine, and the camouflage is clever, from the outside it looks like an ordinary abandoned mine, if you check one by one, I am afraid it will take years of work, but if you can make full use of the imperial power, you can take a lot of detours...... For example, you can use royalty to revoke all bans in the mines. ”

Lan Lan said incredulously: "This is okay?"

Qingyue said: "It's only theoretically feasible, if the imperial power is such a convenient thing, I'm afraid that after so many years, there will already be a madman who will come to destroy the world." ”

Yuan Yi smiled: "That's right, the more royal it is, the easier it is to become crazy, so there are very strict restrictions on the use of imperial power, the first of which is the restraint from the immortal tree." ”

"That's why you naturally handed over the imperial power to Xiaobai, because the Immortal Tree can't restrain him?"

"Well, there are some reasons for this, but it's mainly to prove sincerity, after all...... Now time doesn't allow me to take my trust slowly. And I hope to give you enough motivation to get deeper into the mines as quickly as possible...... To be honest, I was worried at first, how can I convince you not to go to foreign help. ”

Yuan Yi also smiled bitterly when he said this, descending from the top of the sky to the thunder stone mine, what worried him the most along the way was that once he told Bai Xiao and others the truth, these people would immediately go to Zhu Junshen and others for help......

It's not that he can't believe the Qin people, but firstly, Yuan Yi really doesn't want things to spread widely, and secondly, judging from the speed of the spread of the black fog, he can't afford to toss back and forth for help.

Fortunately, the people of the white-clothed tribe were really reckless through the sky, and the three of them didn't even think about asking for help, and went directly to the depths of the mine.

"I don't think the three of us need outsiders to help us when we join forces. Qingyue said, "Then next, Xiaobai, I'll leave it to you." ”

Bai Xiao nodded, and then leaned forward with his right hand, his palm seemed to hold the invisible veins in the mine out of thin air, and with the beating of his knuckles, the entire underground mine began to rumble.

Yuan Yi couldn't help but jump his eyelids.

Bai Xiao is really reckless! Revoking the mine seal, he should be very aware of how huge the risk will be, it is a barrier that the Shengyuan Empire has spent nearly two thousand years gradually consolidating, to isolate the completely unpredictable supernatural shore, and he didn't even blink an eye when he revoked it......

However, if you want to be reckless, you are not far behind...... Transferring the most important imperial power of the empire to an outsider, and instigating him to destroy the royal seal of the Thunderstone Cave, I am afraid that there are few madmen like himself in the two thousand years of the Shengyuan Empire.

But now, only a madman can break the deadlock.

The muffled noise in the cavern continued for some time, and when the tremor under his feet stopped, the atmosphere in the entire mine area became eerie.

Lan Lan wrinkled his nose: "There is a rancid smell in the air. ”

Bai Xiao confirmed: "It's the smell of rotting corpses, and the number is ...... At least more than five hundred corpses, and the number is still growing!"

Yuan Yi said: "This is the historical background of the two-thousand-year empire. So can you smell anything other than rancidity?"

Bai Xiao raised his head, carefully discerning the information brought by the flowing air.

"The smell of the spirit is also very strong, but I'm not an expert in this area. ”

Lan Lan summoned the bone staff, waved it lightly beside him, and frowned: "It is true that there is a very strong spiritual aura, but there is no spiritual cycle here, so...... All spirits, whether living beings, undead, elemental spirits, are suppressed in the ground, melting and rotting. I can't analyze the information from this residue. Well, it seems that someone deliberately calculated this and deliberately messed up the spirit. ”

Bai Xiao said: "Then, in addition to the smell of rotting corpses and spirits, in the direction of that side, I can also smell the fresh smell on the ground." ”

Yuan Yi looked in the direction of Bai Xiao's finger and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Are you sure? It's just a public storage area in a shallow mine. ”