The thousand source insects are still gnawing on the crystal flame ore.
Xu Ning closed the secret compartment, closed his eyes and prepared to rest.
He now only hopes that this thousand-source worm, which doesn't quite look like a thousand-source worm, can bring him some surprises.
Two days have passed.
In the mine, Xu Ning was still digging hard.
There is an overseer patrolling back and forth.
Xu Ning has basically adapted to the rhythm of this long-term mechanical state.
Kakaka.
Inside the mine, Xu Ning suddenly heard the sound of a wall cracking behind him.
He glanced back subconsciously.
I saw a crack suddenly appeared on the wall more than ten meters behind me, accompanied by the sound of rustling.
Before that wall, there are several miners.
After seeing the crack, their expressions changed drastically.
"Run!"
At this time, Jiang Mian suddenly reminded Xu Ning.
He pulled Xu Ning and dragged him to run backwards.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Ning asked.
"It's the accompanying monster of the Crystal Flame Mine!"
Jiang Mian replied while running.
As soon as Jiang Mian finished speaking, the wall suddenly cracked completely.
I saw a monster that was covered in scales and looked like a large lizard directly drilled out of the wall.
It is about five meters long, and its tail accounts for at least half of its length. Although its body looks slender, its claws are very sharp, and its overall appearance is very ferocious.
The moment the monster came out, it flicked its tail and rushed directly at a miner who was slow to react.
With a wave of his paw and a sweep of his tail, the miner lost his life directly.
"Quick, call the guard!"
Seeing this, the overseer in the mine also changed his face drastically, and ran away while shouting.
After the monster killed one person, it didn't stop moving, but continued to chase and kill the miners.
Xu Ning and Jiang Mian moved very quickly, and they had already fled to the first floor of the mine.
At this time, guards had already arrived in full armor, and their movements were very quick.
Afterwards, Xu Ning heard the roar of monsters and the reverberation of fierce battles coming from the second floor of the mine.
"What a thrill."
After escaping from the mine, there was a crowd of people.
Especially those relatively weak miners, they are all lucky to survive the catastrophe.
"Stand here and don't move. Wait for the companion monsters below to be dealt with before continuing to work!"
At this time, several supervisors came up and surrounded the miners, restricting their freedom.
Xu Ning was in the center of the crowd, looking in the direction of the mine.
"Companion Monster Beast..."
Xu Ning thought to himself.
According to his observation just now, the explosive power displayed by the companion monster should be comparable to his own.
But Xu Ning didn't know how durable it was. If he really confronted it head-on, he really didn't know if he would be injured.
That companion monster is a threat to him.
Before, Xu Ning only heard that the elixir was accompanied by monsters.
The so-called companion monsters of the elixir are the monsters that are attracted by the elixir itself and grow with the help of the elixir's aura.
Without killing or repelling the companion spirit beast, it is impossible to get the elixir.
Of course, the elixir that can have companion monsters is basically a top elixir.
"Since there are accompanying monsters in this Crystal Flame Mine, there must be substances that are beneficial to the accompanying monsters..."
Xu Ning thought: "But this substance should not be spiritual energy, otherwise I can absorb it directly..."
"In the future, this situation will often be encountered."
At this time, Jiang Mian said next to Xu Ning: "The scope of this crystal flame mine is extremely wide, and there are more than one accompanying monsters. They even have their own small groups here..."
"In the future, if you hear movement inside the wall, or find a crack in the wall, remember to run away immediately."
"Understood, thank you."
Xu Ning said thanks.
Although Jiang Mian looked a little indifferent, he was actually a pretty good person.
Not long after.
At the entrance of the mine, more than a dozen guards in armor and covered in blood came out.
Some of them were injured, but no one was injured.
The guards dragged the body of the companion monster out, obviously dead.
"Okay, the trouble is solved, let's all go back to work!"
Seeing this, the supervisors drove everyone in again.
…
Time is the past two days.
In the past few days, Xu Ning was quite anxious.
Because, my thousand source worms haven't released aura crystals for four days.
Before, the thousand source insects would expel spiritual energy crystals within a maximum of three days.
Xu Ning was a little worried that after eating the crystal flame ore, Qianyuan Chong would not be able to absorb spiritual energy.
It was night again.
Xu Ning secretly opened the hidden compartment to wear it again.
This time, Xu Ning was not disappointed. In the dark grid, Xu Ning saw a light red aura crystal.
"Finally expelled spiritual energy to crystallize!"
Xu Ning finally relaxed.
This means that after swallowing the crystal flame ore, the thousand source insects did not lose their ability to expel spirit energy crystals.
"Aura crystals turned light red, is it because of eating too much crystal flame ore..."
At this time, Xu Ning couldn't wait to see if there was any change in the new spiritual energy crystallization.
Xu Ning squeezed out the light red spirit crystal with his fingers.
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Discovery Power: 2 units—
Is it absorbed
whether
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"Yes!"
2 units of energy were absorbed by Xu Ning.
"Sure enough, this aura crystallized into 2 units!"
Xu Ning felt relieved for a while.
Obviously, the thousand source insects not only absorbed the free spiritual energy in the space, but also absorbed the energy that they could not absorb in the crystal flame ore.
The Thousand Source Insect at this time is like an energy converter to Xu Ning.
"Originally, the thousand source worms expel a spiritual energy crystal in about two to three days, and I can get 1 unit of energy... After a month, the total energy I can get should be around 12 units..."
"Currently, the thousand source insects discharge a spiritual energy crystal of 2 units of energy in four days. After a month, I can get about 15 units of energy..."
Thinking of this, Xu Ning frowned.
It seems that the improvement is a bit small.
"Wait and see in a few days... maybe in a few days, the thousand source insects will adapt to the crystal flame ore, and the speed of expelling spiritual energy crystals will be accelerated..."
As the thousand source worms grow, they will accelerate the frequency of expelling spiritual energy crystals.
At the same time, Xu Ning also planned to get some crystal flame ores of higher quality for the thousand source insects to devour.
For the crystal flame ores in the mine, some surface is dark, while some surface is crystal clear and bright, which is the difference in quality.
"If this continues, the day when I can escape from here is getting closer..."
Although he is still in a deep predicament, Xu Ning's hope is becoming more and more real as Qianyuan Chong grows.
…
Time passed day by day.
In the blink of an eye, five months passed.
Xu Ning has been working in the mine day after day for more than 150 days.
During this period, although Xu Ning did not suffer any substantial harm, he was attacked by accompanying monsters several times.
If it wasn't for Xu Ning's quick response, I'm afraid he would have already explained it here.
Today, Xu Ning was a little excited.
Because of my own energy, I have already accumulated 133 units!
As long as there are 2 more units of energy, I can break through to the seventh level of the Mortal Realm.
At that time, he will be able to break free from the shackles, look for opportunities, and escape from this crystal flame mine.
During this period, as Xu Ning predicted, as the thousand source insects adapted to the crystal flame ore, as long as they kept eating the crystal flame ore, it would release a spiritual crystal with 2 units of energy almost every three days .
In a month, Xu Ning can now harvest 20 units of energy.
At this time, in the sealed room, Xu Ning waited for the thousand source insects to release the spiritual energy crystals again.
"You seem to be in a good mood these days..."
It was rare that Jiang Mian took the initiative to speak to Xu Ning.
Unlike Xu Ning, Jiang Mian's condition has deteriorated a lot over the past few months.
In addition to his unkempt appearance, he looked much older.
In this regard, Jiang Mian explained to Xu Ning that he was corroded by the poisonous gas in the mine.
The previous Jiang Mian was also at the peak of his internal energy, with strong internal strength.
But three months ago, he was attacked by a companion monster and was injured, so he no longer had the same state as before.