Zhao Bo held a square piece of cardboard in his hand. Lu Cheng clenched his left hand, and the portal on the back of his hand was projected onto the cardboard.
A large amount of white powder poured out from the portal and poured into the hole dug at the foot of Lucheng.
These white powders are explosives. Lu Cheng directly transferred these explosives from the research base to this world, and then poured them into the hole dug above the coal mine.
The mining method adopted in this open-pit coal mine is blasting, which blows up the soft soil and rock layers above the coal mine at one time, and then clears away the fragments of the rock layer, so that the coal mine layer underneath can be exposed.
"Captain Lu, this is the last blast hole."
Zhao Bo looked at the overflowing white explosives in the cave and signaled Lu Cheng to close the portal on the cardboard.
Lu Cheng opened his left hand again, and the portal on the cardboard disappeared instantly...
“Although it’s nothing after watching it for a long time, I still want to sigh that this weird thing is quite useful.”
Zhao Bo handed the cardboard to his assistant. He usually needed a special operation vehicle to help fill the gunpowder when mining.
The portal ability used by Lucheng saves this step.
"If this thing consumed less energy, it would be more useful."
It is undeniable that Lucheng has this teleportation ability. In addition to allowing rabbits to travel back and forth to other worlds, it can also provide many conveniences in transportation.
But the problem is that the energy consumption of the portal is still a big problem for Lucheng.
Lu Cheng looked at the detonation holes around him where electronic detonators had been inserted. There were a total of 150 such detonation holes throughout the mine.
This detonation is estimated to blow up an area of land close to the size of a football field, and this detonation used nearly 400 tons of explosives.
The current teleportation capacity of Lucheng is 527 people, which is equivalent to 5,270 tons.
One blast consumed the energy of nearly 40 people. In Zhao Bo's words, "This amount of explosives is considered small. In the past, we used to start with a thousand tons when blasting mountains."
"Building a thermal power plant requires the energy of about a thousand people, and laying railroad tracks requires the energy of ten thousand people."
Lucheng has always felt that the existing energy is totally insufficient. The residents of Skarre can provide Lucheng with one gram of energy every day, which is already an extraordinary performance.
Therefore, Lu Cheng urgently needed new earth vein crystals to replenish energy. Thinking of this, Lu Cheng looked at Nancy who was holding the safety helmet tightly with both hands in the distance.
Nancy seemed to notice that Lu Cheng was looking at her, and slightly lifted up her helmet which was blocking her view because it was fastened too tightly.
It seems that after testing the power of black gunpowder, the fourth princess has already suffered a psychological trauma from it.
"All the electronic detonators have been placed. Captain Lu, we can retreat to a safe location." After checking the condition of the last blasting hole, Zhao Bo and Lu Cheng got in the car and drove away from this...dangerous blasting area.
"The blast is about to begin. Have all personnel in the vicinity been cleared?"
While in the car, Zhao Bo began to ask the soldiers who were on guard around him.
"The surrounding area has been cleared of unnecessary personnel. The blasting area is safe and can be detonated at any time. Over."
When this message came over the intercom, the vehicle Zhao Bo was riding in had just driven to the safe area where Morris III was.
"Captain Lu, we're about to start blasting, how about you give these foreigners a heads-up first?"
Zhao Bo did not have a very good impression of the group of priests brought by Morris III. Not long ago, these priests almost fought over a safety helmet.
"Let me think about it..."
Lu Cheng walked up to Nancy and Morris III. When Morris III arrived, the blasting area was almost ready, so they waited here for less than ten minutes.
"Is the ceremony about to begin?" Morris III asked Lu Cheng first.
"Festival?"
The word Maurice III was very obscure in their language, and the corresponding translation that Lu Cheng could come up with in his mind happened to involve a ritual.
"The next thing to do is the mining ceremony. There will be loud noises and smoke, which are normal. Remember to wear a helmet."
Lu Cheng reminded him again, and Nancy understood it very well. Although her knowledge of Chinese was still at the entry level, she heard many words related to explosions in the discussion between Lu Cheng and Zhao Bo.
So she had a hunch...the so-called mining ceremony must be related to gunpowder!
She held the helmet tightly on her head with both hands, and the priests behind Nancy also imitated Nancy and did the same action.
Those priests who were not assigned helmets had no choice but to do the same.
In the eyes of these priests, what might happen next could be equated with the advent of God.
"Ready." Lu Cheng made an OK gesture to Zhao Bo.
"Start detonation! Countdown! Ten...nine..." Uncle Zhao began to read out the countdown for detonation on the intercom.
When Zhao Bo's slow rhythmic voice caught the attention of Morris III.
"What is he talking about?" Morris III asked Nancy in a low voice.
"He's counting from ten to one." Nancy hasn't been learning Chinese for a long time, but she can still understand the most basic pronunciation of numbers.
"reciprocal?"
Morris III looked towards the open space in the distance, and a sense of anticipation rose in his heart.
But he himself didn't know what he was expecting.
When Nancy's mother died, Morris III fell into deep despair, which even made him think of suicide.
There is no magic in the world that can resurrect humans, not even in necromancy.
However, the scriptures of the gods in the world all record this ability to resurrect humans, so Maurice III placed his hopes on those gods and began to build temples of various gods in the country.
He thought he had behaved pious enough, but he did not receive the favor of those gods, not even once.
This made Morris III's faith begin to waver.
Until recently, his daughter Nancy returned to the country. The power of the explosive barrels made by Nancy was like a divine punishment, which made Morris III believe again that God really exists.
But Nancy directly told Morris III that the creator of black powder was man, not God.
Is it really possible for humans to control such a terrifying creature? Morris III still has doubts about all this.
He stared at the explosion area in the distance, trying to find the figure of the god, but he saw nothing.
The moment Uncle Zhao shouted 'zero', his assistant directly pressed the detonation button of the electronic detonator.
At this moment, even the earth was trembling under the 400 tons of explosives.
Four hundred tons of explosives buried in the ground were enough to cause a magnitude five to six earthquake. The electronic detonators used by Zhao Bo exploded in batches, minimizing the impact of the explosion.
But standing here, Lu Cheng could still feel the ground shaking. Nancy couldn't even maintain her balance and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Lu Cheng reached out and grabbed her arm, allowing her to barely maintain her balance.
Maurice III and his knights and squires were not so lucky. The knights in armor found it difficult to maintain their balance on such soft ground.
The ground shook again, and the knights who had just heard the noise and wanted to step forward to "protect the king" fell to the ground in a disorderly manner before they could draw their weapons.
Maurice III was also wearing heavy armor, and he sat on the ground in a very embarrassing posture.
Not to mention the group of priests. The moment they felt the sky collapse and the earth split, they knelt on the ground and chanted some prayers that Lu Cheng could not understand.
The dirt and dust on the ground were thrown almost a hundred meters high by the explosion. To outsiders, it really looked like...something huge and terrifying appeared in the dust.
"Have you invited that god to come?" Morris III supported himself and stood up from the ground, looking at the collapsed ground in the distance in disbelief and asked.
"God of Explosion? Are you kidding? This is the effect of explosives. It has nothing to do with any god." Lu Cheng said.
"No... For us, this is a power that only gods can master." Morris III dusted off his body and said to Lu Cheng seriously, "But you did it."
"Really?"
Lu Cheng understood what Maurice III meant. In this era, only natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions could cause explosions and earthquakes of this magnitude.
So in their eyes this is the legendary divine power, but the rabbits have already mastered this power and are using it for their own benefit.