After Connell understood what he said, Sharon stopped being tactful and said: "This is not the point. Going underground to the royal capital, you may pass by the lairs of many underground creatures, and the underground world is complicated, and even we are not too big." Take control and deal with it.”
There are many magical creatures in this world. The four living spaces of land, sky, ocean, and underground all have their own unique ways of living.
These four spaces are self-contained and at the same time complementary to each other. Life in each different realm will always be at a loss when entering another realm.
Sea beasts can easily kill humans who enter the ocean, and stranded sea beasts can also be easily killed by humans.
If surface life that is not adapted to the dark environment goes underground, even if there is light, it will lose its sense of space and be easily attacked and killed.
"Underground creatures?" Xiang En wondered, "Aren't they only found five hundred meters underground?"
The college's books have introduced underground creatures. He can only remember a general outline now. The content is roughly that underground creatures basically live in complex caves five hundred meters underground. They rarely come to the surface and rarely follow them. The upward passage leads into the shallow underground.
Sharon explained: "Some powerful underground creatures are not affected by too much light and are attracted to sound."
"Is this so..."
Xiang En lowered his head and thought for a moment, then finally shook his head.
"Although there are some risks, the benefits of building underground tunnels are greater. Believe me, the surface is more dangerous. The purpose of building underground tunnels is to save more people, as well as your parents!"
Having said this, Sharon also realized that the surface seemed to be more dangerous than the underground, but the surface had more space for movement, which naturally made people feel more secure than the cramped underground.
The mental connection skill was activated, and Xiang En transmitted the scene of the Kuroshio siege he saw to Sharon through mental connection, and finally made her agree to the construction of the underground tunnel.
Because the amount of work was too large, the trolls' labor force was also requisitioned, and the trolls took over the work of iron smelting and iron transportation.
After some vigorous and resolute operations, the project officially started on the third day.
The pale-faced York and Mira began to release magic at the selected positions. Xiang En was behind them, like a whip whipping them at all times.
Three kilometers of work a day is enough to drain their world away for a whole day.
The tunnel is square in shape, with openings for metal load-bearing columns on both sides. Four metal columns must be filled in every ten meters of advancement.
The biggest advantage of magic construction is that there is no need to transport the dirt away, and the tunnel is much stronger than a channel paved with cement.
After work started, Naka and Andrea were responsible for the cooking work. They needed to prepare their own food and the food of the trolls.
Although Darusa and the others didn't know why humans still dug tunnels, as long as food and shelter were provided, they would just do it.
Food is the most valuable thing to them, and good employees never ask for more.
The hard-working troll brought five oxcarts in and out of the manor constantly, transporting iron ore deep in the forest to the ironworks.
The iron smelting plant now operates two shifts, and the demand for iron ore is huge. It is not enough to handle hundreds or thousands of tons a day.
The powerful troll is very efficient at mining and can transport thousands of tons of iron ore in a day.
Sometimes they would dislike the slow speed of the oxcart and directly use the troll power to pull the cart or carry baskets on their backs to transport iron ore back to the manor.
The reason why they were so active was that Xiang En came up with a performance reward. The labor team that performed well within three days would be rewarded with five kilograms of beef.
There are five troll labor teams, and each team has 20 trolls. Basically, it is an adult troll warrior with 19 old, weak, women and children who can work.
Those five kilograms of beef were not just meat, but beef stewed by Xiang En in a secret sauce. This was a supreme delicacy for the trolls.
It was not an exaggeration for them to risk their lives to fight for it. Gradually, the trolls' working attitude changed.
Two weeks after the performance reward system appeared, Xiang En discovered that something was wrong with the trolls and quickly modified the performance system.
For those five kilograms of beef, the trolls almost got into a fight, especially the young trolls. Brother Huaqiang had to say: young and energetic.
The revised performance system is changed to include an assessment once a week. Each team can receive one kilogram of beef every week. Teams with outstanding performance can receive an additional three kilograms. At the same time, they are stipulated that they cannot hinder other teams from completing their tasks. index.
Xiang Endu praised his generosity, the tense atmosphere among the trolls disappeared, and the work efficiency also improved.
In two weeks, the tunnel only moved 30 kilometers. There were two accidents in the middle. One was to dig an underground river, and the other was to dig an underground cavity.
They were unable to move forward in a straight line, so they had to change routes or forcefully pass through terrain obstacles.
The huge underground cavity is connected to a huge underground space, and there are tunnels in the space that go deep into the ground, which may be a path for underground biological activities.
Xiang En paved the road here, built drainage channels, and asked Jin Lai to create lighting magic, preparing to turn this place into a rest stop.
In addition, underground creatures may look a little ugly, but many of them are edible.
Keep digging!
The two human shield machines continued to work. The process of digging tunnels always encountered various difficulties and obstacles, and Xiang En was mentally prepared.
Even so, when the tunnel was sixty kilometers long, they still encountered big problems.
When the stone wall turned into a square passage under the influence of the magic power of the earth element, the numb York and Mira suddenly became energetic. With a little effort, the rock in front turned into a dark cave.
Seeing the emergence of the big hole, one person and one elf seemed to be the victorious players, and quickly collapsed on the ground, crying with joy.
The appearance of the hole means that they can get a short rest.
When encountering small hollows, Xiang En would stop and let them rest.
Xiang En saw the hole and immediately took a few steps forward. He gathered magic power in his hands and quickly shaped them. The white goshawk appeared in his hands as if by magic.
Standing at the edge of the hollow, Xiang En threw the Faith Eagle and was about to retreat. But the next second, a "wall" suddenly rose up in the dark hollow beneath his feet, knocking the Faith Eagle away in an instant.
There was a rumble all around the ground, and when facing the rising airflow at close range, the air in the tunnel was immediately sucked into the large cavern like a straw in the mouth.
Standing at the edge of the tunnel, Xiang En was pushed back by the strong airflow and was sucked directly into the tunnel without warning.
York and Mira, who were paralyzed on the ground, did not expect such a situation to happen. Their bodies were immediately sucked into the deep hole and fell rapidly along the dark underground.
The suddenly rising "wall" was like a syringe, sucking Xiang En underground. Xiang En's scalp was numb in the weightless state. He felt the thrill of falling from a high altitude and tugging at his soul, and it became a little difficult to breathe.
Vaguely, he could still see the slime on the rising "wall" next to him.
York and Mira, who were also confused, had to be calmer. Their bodies still contained most of the magic power that Xiang En had replenished, and they quickly released their magic.
The fierce wind swept up the bodies of the three people, slowing down their fall. Green vines spread out from the stone wall beside them, hanging the three people on the cliff.
I'm such a lazy dog, I think I still need to go to the hospital for a thorough physical examination first. I've been rewarded too many times, and all kinds of problems have come to me.
(End of chapter)