The rain stopped yesterday evening. The air in the valley in the morning was very, very good. Zhang Tie's nose seemed to be able to smell the fragrance of green grass on the roadside. Corresponding to this fresh air, was the road condition in the valley. , the paths that were originally walked by people in the valley had become muddy and slippery this morning. If you were not careful, you could fall all over yourself in the mud. Zhang Tie could only slow down, slowly and leisurely. He walked towards the mine a few kilometers away.
Not long after Zhang Tie left the tree house, he encountered two teams of trialists who were going out for hunting today. There were more than ten people in each of the two teams. When Zhang Tie passed them, those guys were surprised. He glanced at the ore basket on Zhang Tie's body, then looked at Zhang Tie with a hint of disdain, and then strode away with his head held high and pride...
In the past two days, Zhang Tie has become immune to these contemptuous looks. Zhang Tie can't remember when he seemed to have seen a passage - a man who cannot bear loneliness will never grow up. For Zhang Tie, this situation is a process of growing up in loneliness.
What grew was Black Iron Castle and Zhang Tie's gradually stronger heart.
After Zhang Tie's hard work these days, the basic energy reserve value in the Black Iron Castle has reached 2000. Compared with the basic energy reserve value of only a few dozen before the trial, the difference between the two is nearly a hundred times. This is the fruit of Zhang Tie's labor during this period. After throwing various messy stones from one ore basket into the Chaos Pool, these stones and ores that were converted into basic energy are rapidly making the Black Iron Castle powerful. stand up. For Zhang Tie, these energy reserves can actually allow him to make some small terrain modifications in the Black Iron Castle, such as creating a small pool first. However, Zhang Tie is not satisfied. He plans to accumulate more and wait until later. Make decisions as needed at the end of the interview.
In addition to the basic energy reserves, the aura value in the Black Iron Castle is also increasing rapidly. All the seeds given by Mother Teresa have sprouted and are growing well. The potatoes and corn grown in Zhang Tie's private plot have also grown rapidly. , sweet potatoes, pumpkins and other foods are also growing gratifyingly. Now the Black Iron Castle no longer looks like a bare wasteland, but has begun to have some scattered, vigorous greenery, that vigorous greenery. The vitality it brought put Zhang Tie in a good mood every time he entered and exited the Black Iron Castle in the past two days. Taking advantage of the opportunity brought by this trial, Zhang Tie always intended to exchange his own food for some wild fruits and other things collected by the girls in the past few days. If those things had seeds, Zhang Tie would take those seeds with him. Go to the Black Iron Castle and scatter them on the ground at will. In the past few days, Zhang Tie has scattered more than ten kinds of wild fruit seeds in Zhang Tie's memory. The most common ones are pine tree seeds, which are pine nuts. , Zhang Tie scattered several acres of pine nuts in the Black Iron Castle, and there were some plant seeds that even Zhang Tie couldn't name. He just saw plants with blooming or falling fruits on the road. Pick it up casually or throw it into the mining basket, and then after entering the Black Iron Castle, just find an open space and throw those unknown seeds on the ground. It doesn't matter whether Zhang Tie grows behind.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion. When he came to mine two days ago, Zhang Tie always felt like he was being watched on his way back and forth in the morning and evening. But this morning, when he was on his way to mine, he felt like he was being watched and... The feeling of following him was gone, which made Zhang Tie wonder whether his neurotic problem had returned, but he didn't think deeply about it.
After the first rain in June, dandelions grew everywhere in the valley overnight. The white hairy balls of dandelions emerged from the grass one by one, as if waiting for the arrival of a strong wind. Seeing these lovely dandelions, Zhang Tie was in a good mood and did not dislike them. He picked off more than ten dandelion balls on the road and threw them into the mining basket on his back.
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Half an hour later, Zhang Tie arrived at the iron mine nearest to Wild Wolf Castle. This mine was only more than two hundred meters away from Wild Wolf Castle. Many people who came to dig gathered in this mine to work. , on the ground covered by weeds outside the mine, there is a rusty and half-dismantled small mine car track, which seems to tell the former prosperity and bustle of this place. This mine may have been very popular in the past. Important, but now, it is just a place where a few unlucky students work hard in exchange for food.
Because it was too close to the Wild Wolf Castle and right under the eyes of those girls, perhaps for fear of embarrassment, no boys chose to camp in this mine, which made the mine a lot cleaner.
In the past few days, there will be many new faces who come here to mine every day, and many old faces will disappear. Those who have really settled down to mine here, Zhang Tie observed, and added his own words, probably There are only about ten people. Perhaps it is because this job does not give people any sense of honor. Those who decided to come here to mine are all introverted and taciturn. They basically don’t like to talk. Zhang Tie has worked here for several times. However, it was just as Zhang Tie wanted. It would be better if no one paid attention here. Zhang Tie also pretended to be introverted and taciturn, and fucked himself in the mine in a muffled voice. thing.
There is a large area of abandoned gravel outside the mine. On rainy days, these gravels make the road around the mine much easier to walk. At least there is not so much mud. The entrance to the outside of the mine is very large, and it is full of mud. A few dozen square meters, Zhang Tie took a rest at the entrance of the mine. He stepped clean of the mud from his shoes on a stone at the entrance, then took out the torch and mining pick from the mining basket. After lighting the torch, Zhang Tie held up the torch. , enter the mine...
Even in broad daylight, after walking dozens of meters into the mine, especially after making two turns in the tunnel, it becomes difficult to see inside the tunnel. If there is no light source, it is impossible to enter. Fortunately, the ground in the tunnel was fairly flat without too many obstacles, which made walking in this pitch-black tunnel a little easier.
The light of the torch and the sound of Zhang Tie's footsteps startled several bats at the entrance of the mine. The sound of those bats flapping their wings in the dark mine was very loud, and they often knocked out some of the first bats. People who came here for the first time were startled. Zhang Tie was also startled by the bats when he came here for the first time, but he got used to it after two more visits.
The light of the torch pulled Zhang Tie's figure out of the pit into a shadow that danced with the light of the torch. The shadow stuck to the wall of the mine and moved forward with Zhang Tie. Every time he came, Zhang Tie endured I couldn't help but quietly look at the strange walls in the mine. On the yellow-brown walls, there would be circles of strange marks like tire tracks. There were too many strange marks, and they were densely covered throughout the mine. Zhang Tie can be sure that the tunnels of the cave are not traces left by humans. Every time he sees those traces, Zhang Tie thinks of the legend Shawen said about the gold-eating python that appeared here thirty years ago. Walking in these In the round tunnels with a diameter of three to four meters that extend underground and have strange marks all over the body, when I think of the exaggerated and terrifying giants that crawled through these tunnels decades ago and could eat anything. Python, Zhang Tie always has some shuddering feeling in his mind, as if there is always some monster staring at him in the darkness of the tunnel. Although he knows that this is a psychological effect, every time Zhang Tie passes by those strange tunnels , I still can’t help but speed up my pace...
The faint tinkling sound coming from the front made Zhang Tie's little heart calmer. It was the sound of the mining pick hitting the ore. He continued walking a few hundred meters in the cave and came to this tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, a huge space appeared in front of Zhang Tie. This space was larger than the Citizen Square of Black Flame City. It was a bit like a natural cave. A few faint firelights emitted from some places in this dark underground space. There is light, which is the torch that those who came first inserted in their mining place. In this dark place, the light of the torch becomes as inconspicuous as an oil lamp. The sound of the mining pick hitting the stone is in this dark place. There were scattered sounds in the space, and the echo effect in this huge mine made those sounds sound both far away and very close. For everyone who walked through the long tunnels there, it was possible to Seeing the little bit of light in the darkness in front of you, and hearing the sound of the mining picks one after another, will make people feel relieved and at the same time feel a sense of happiness. At least that's the case for Zhang Tie...
The place where Zhang Tie usually mines is more hidden than others. The place where he mines is another tunnel dug out by mining in this underground mining space. There was not much light from the outside of the torch, and there were several forks and turns in the tunnel, which seemed to lead further underground. This place was really ideal for Zhang Tie.
After arriving at his usual mining place and using a few pieces of gravel to set up a small mechanism at the entrance of the tunnel that was inconspicuous but could remind him that someone was coming from behind, Zhang Tie completely relaxed.
Insert the torch into the gap in the wall of the tunnel. The light of the torch immediately illuminates the tens of square meters of space in the tunnel. Place the mineral basket on the ground and pour out the spare torches, dandelions and other things in the mineral basket. , and took off the dagger, kettle and dry food hanging on his waist. After taking a sip of water, Zhang Tie picked up the mining pickaxe, exerted enough strength, and began to join the chorus of mining pickaxes in this underground cave!
When Zhang Tieyun was turning his mining pick, what he didn't know was that in the Wild Wolf Castle above, a letter falcon flying from Black Flame City brought some of the latest news about Black Flame City in the past two days. Just yesterday, A major event happened in Black Flame City. This major event was related to the envelope sent by Zhang Tie. After a week of fermentation, the storm caused by Black Flame City shocked the entire Andaman Alliance. Yesterday’s incident To everyone in Black Flame City, the rain seemed to be a sign of a bigger storm to come...