This time the [Black Tide] directly pushed out the bones that had been buried underground for countless thousands of years. Huge cracks opened in the earth, and some crawled out of the ground.
No one expected to encounter a "legendary" skeleton, and no one dared to be careless.
After the "Cold Wind Temple" was cleaned up, the Feilong Patrol once again carefully patrolled a radius of more than ten kilometers. After no more threatening living corpses were found, they began to pay attention to the area where shield and skeleton monsters were densely populated. .
Although these shield skeletons are of a high level, most of them are level four or above, their strength is too weak.
They have no other defense than a shield. For the "Sharp Knife Team", which has an average of five levels of extraordinary per capita, its tiny and fragile frame can be shattered into pieces with just one strike. Compared with the previous "vine-armored skeletons", the combat effectiveness of the two was a hundred times worse.
The rank of these shield skeletons is so high, probably purely because of their high rank in life.
Following the cracks in the ground where the skeletons crawled out of the ground, everyone went all the way down to the ground.
Then, they found traces of iron ore layers about a thousand meters underground. Then there are the ancient mines that extend in all directions like a maze.
The mine leads to a deeper underground, and it has collapsed no matter how much it has collapsed over the years. In this situation, it was naturally impossible to use manpower to detect them one by one. Elder Yimuyu's bugs made a great contribution and saved them a lot of time in investigating.
After releasing countless bugs and giving back information, he drew a rough map of the mine.
Moreover, the insect also determined that there is a huge space below three thousand meters underground.
However, the height of the mine is only about 1.5 meters, which is very unfriendly for Coleman soldiers who are generally about 3 meters tall.
In the end, the Coleman soldiers stayed on the ground to guard, while Ren, Bazel, Tust, and Ymir got into the mine with her subordinates.
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The air in the mine carried a strong earthy smell, and everyone put on gas masks and lit magic lamps.
Along the way, we encountered a lot of skeleton monsters and some cave lizards and other monsters, but they weren't much of a threat.
Almost all the high-level extraordinary people responsible for opening the road were cleared.
Except for the occasional skeleton hand that would suddenly appear from the hard mud on the ground, grabbing people's ankles, and startling people, there was nothing that could be called an accident.
The magic lamp illuminated a corner of the dark mine, and some metallic luster was reflected on the walls. This was a rich iron mine.
There are still some traces of minecart tracks on the ground, but due to the passage of time, they have been corroded so much that only two deep dents remain.
The underground was eerily quiet.
There have always been fluorescent markers made by pathfinding thieves in the tunnel, and all threats and obstacles have been cleared away.
The small skeletons here are not much oxidized. Renn collected some complete skeletons and planned to take them back to his teacher Ilubek for research.
Tust went all the way down, knocking on the mine pit, taking out some ore samples, trying to find something.
Everyone has become accustomed to the clear sound of "ding-ding-ding-dong-dong", which is crisper than striking rocks, but slightly duller than striking metal. In this extremely silent underground mine, it echoed far away.
And suddenly, while walking, Mr. Tust discovered something when he knocked down another ore sample, and he softly shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Ren asked: "That's it, Grandpa Tust?"
He and Ymir both looked back at Tust, who was behind them. When they looked at the old man's eyes that seemed to be burning with blazing fire, they vaguely guessed something.
Mr. Tust took a piece of ore in his hand and observed it carefully with a magnifying glass. His expression became more and more excited, "Hahahaha... Sure enough! This is not an ordinary iron ore layer, but a 'sacred blood mine'!"
Upon hearing this, Ren and Ymir looked at each other, with joy in their eyes.
They really guessed it right, there is a "Sacred Blood Mine" mine in the Kalatwa Basin!
Tust couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes. He shined a light source on the ore in his hand and introduced excitedly: "Have you seen it... It's really the 'God Blood Ore'! The blood streaks on it, the legend is The blood of the gods infected the iron ore layer and formed..."
Ren took a look and saw that it was indeed the case.
On the dark iron ore that reflects the metallic luster, I actually see red lines like capillaries. It looks a little weird, as if the ore is the fossilized flesh and blood of some kind of biological creature.
"The purity of this piece of ore is only 'No. 2', and it can be extracted into about two grams of [Angela Black Iron]. But on the black market, it will definitely become a hot commodity among alchemists!"
Tust said with a flushed face: "Besides, this is a piece I knocked off at random from the rock wall of the mine! Do you know what this means?"
Renn has never seen the old man so excited.
Without waiting for anyone to answer, Mr. Tust said anxiously, as if he had discovered a peerless treasure: "This also means that here are inferior ores on the surface of the mineral layer, so those ancient civilization humans did not mine them! There must be 'rich ore' of higher purity somewhere in this mine!"
"this... !"
After saying this, Ren and Ymir also became excited.
The old man has already taught them about the super performance of [Angela Black Iron], not to mention its incredible value. If it is used to forge their Black Dragon City steam airship, then they will definitely build a super airship!
Although they also picked up a lot of black iron shields along the way, no matter how many shields they had, they could not meet the huge demand for forging a mechanical airship.
But it would be different if... there was a "God's Blood Mine"!
Just because those ancient humans were able to use this metal to forge shields luxuriously means that the reserves of "God Blood Mine" in this mine have reached a very terrifying level!
I was just doubtful before, but now the ore is right in front of me. How can this not be exciting
Now looking at this dark mine, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a pure gold mine. Even if it is a bad mine, the value of these ores far exceeds imagination!
As Mr. Tust said, he could no longer contain his excitement and urged: "Let's go! Let's go down and take a look. The bloodshot veins on the ore below will definitely become more and more dense..."
With this said, the group decisively accelerated their descent.
And all the way down, there are more and more broken bones of the skeleton.
Ren was also curious as to what race these little skeletons, which looked a bit like big-headed aliens from previous lives, were.
As he walked along, he asked: "Grandpa Tust, do you recognize the races of these ancient civilization bones?"
"This skeleton...if I guess correctly, it should be a 'goblin' from mythological civilization."
Tust's tone was also slightly uncertain.
Immediately afterwards, he explained the reason why he speculated this result: "In mythology, dwarves are good at forging and full of strength. Their bones will be very thick. If they are dwarves or hobbits, their bones are similar to humans, and the overall shape will be Very small. And the skull proportions of the corpses in the mine are very abrupt, and probably only the wise and cunning 'goblins' in the legend can match... "
When Ren heard this keyword, his brain automatically projected the introductions about "goblins" seen in various classics.
[Goblin: A special race in myths and legends, short in stature, greedy, cunning and extremely smart. Legend has it that they used their wisdom to create the two great disciplines of "engineering" and "alchemy", and they like to live in dark mines... ]
Seeing this, Ren also vaguely felt that Tust had guessed that there were various signs that these shield skeletons might really be "goblins"!
He was also surprised: "Are you talking about the founding race of alchemy, the goblins in the post-mythological period?"
Tust nodded, but corrected him with the rigorous attitude of a mechanic: "It is unlikely to be a goblin from the mythical period. After all, the era is too far away. Even if there are ruins, it cannot be so well preserved. The most likely thing is that it is like us. The same, a goblin bloodline inheritance that remains in this wasteland."
After a pause, the old man continued: "In the field of ancient alchemists, the worshiped originator of alchemy 'Agitai' is indeed a mythical goblin. Moreover, judging from the current situation, this shield may really be forged by goblins. Yes! Because [Angela Black Iron] cannot be extracted using ordinary smelting methods. Only ancient alchemy can melt this special metal... "
Listening, Ren thought thoughtfully.
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The further away from the ground, the better and better preserved the ancient ruins are.
Some rotten minecarts began to appear in the mine, and the two dents on the ground gradually turned into complete rusty tracks...
As if to confirm Tust's guess, more and more complete antiquities appeared on the bones. Shields, pots, weapons, ornaments, even tattered animal skin clothing...
A large number of symbols, totems, and words characteristic of ancient civilizations appear on these ancient cultural relics...
All signs indicate that this is really a goblin civilization that disappeared into the dust!
Ding, ding, ding...
After knocking another piece of ore from the rock wall and estimating the purity and reserves of the ore, Tust's laughter resounded throughout the mine.
"Hahaha... As expected. The further you go down, the higher the purity of the 'God's Blood Ore'. Now it has reached the level of 'Mark 20'... This is an ultra-high purity that has never been seen in the black market. Mine! The reserves of this mineral layer are definitely enough for us to extract enough [Anzhera Black Iron] to forge the armor of the mechanical airship. We can even... build a batch of super individual mechas!"
This old man looks "crazy".
The excitement on his face did not disappear all the way down, and he was as excited as if he had taken a stimulant.
Before, when the poison was not removed, Ren was afraid that the old man would laugh away.
But now, even the city owner Ren is extremely happy!
Even the joy on Ymir's pretty face did not disappear.
This time when I came to open up wasteland, I not only got a "divine power crystal" of her exclusive sequence, but it was already certain that she would advance to the legend. They also found a "Sacred Blood Mine" with such huge reserves, which is of vital significance to the future development of their Black Dragon City.
Moreover, the bigger surprise is yet to come!
Just when they were descending to a depth of three thousand meters, the thieves who were opening the way suddenly came with good news. The huge space they had identified before rushing into the cage was actually a goblin city!