"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Dawn!" The guard walked into the office and placed a thick sheepskin bag next to Roland's mahogany table. "I heard from the messenger that Sean entrusted them to deliver it."
"Oh?" Roland couldn't help but regain his energy. He put down the biplane design in his hand, stood up and said, "Quickly take it apart and have a look."
It has been almost two months since the exploration team left Neverwinter, and the last time they heard from them was when they crossed the border of Greycastle. The moment he learned that the source was not in the territory, Roland was quite worried. After all, mining and transporting ore was a long-term process, and the First Army had limited mobility. The farther it was from its sphere of influence, the harder it was to control its plans.
Now that he finally got a reply, he was naturally very concerned.
But what made him secretly surprised was that the package was too big, almost reminding him of express mail in later generations. Whether it is found or not, a piece of letter paper can explain the situation. What kind of situation did the exploration team encounter to make Sean send such a large package back
"It's full of paper," Nightingale said, probably seeing his doubts.
"Paper?" Roland turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Has your ability evolved to see through objects?"
"I thought so, but unfortunately it didn't." Nightingale said lazily, "I just put my hand into the bag and touched it when the other party entered the door."
It turned out to be like this, her alertness is really... Wait, Roland suddenly felt something wrong, when Evelyn visited with a new Chaos drink, or when the chef came in with a snack cart, would she do the same? "Touched"
Having said that, it seems that the portion of afternoon tea has indeed decreased recently
"Your Majesty, it's filled with paper," the guard's words interrupted his thoughts, "and most of it is covered with ink."
What's the new way of reporting? Roland looked inside, "Isn't there a letter to read?"
"Please wait..." The guard finally made a new discovery after pouring out all the contents in the sheepskin bag. "At the bottom is a letter with sealing wax."
"Bring it here."
"Then these blacked-out papers"
"It's all spread out on the floor," he ordered. "Sean can't possibly spend a lot of effort and send back a bunch of useless things."
"Yes!"
Roland sat back in the chair and opened the envelope.
Judging by the date, it should have been sent a week and a half ago. Like the bag, the letter is surprisingly long, spanning a dozen pages. It's hard to imagine a prospecting result requiring such a lengthy presentation. This may be the reason why the other party used the emergency report method, but did not transfer it to the animal messenger after entering the northern part of Graycastle.
"Your Majesty, Miss Akima has already found the source you are looking for. It is at the northeast junction of Dawn and Wolf Heart. The locals call it the Cage Mountain."
Sean's first words reassured Roland.
Fortunately, this trip is not without fruit. The mining area is still in the Kingdom of Dawn, which means that he can control the entire mining process through the Quinn family. Although it costs a lot more, it is better than being limited by Wolf Heart and Eternal Winter. Well come.
And the other party's wording is not cumbersome, which also makes him more curious about the content behind
"It's just that the source is not in the mine, but in a very ancient ruin. What's even more incredible is that it neither belongs to the underground civilization, nor has anything to do with the Taquila escapees. We once suspected that it might come from the undersea devil. hand, but the discovery of the witch lady refutes this conjecture.”
"Your Majesty, this is definitely a relic left by a race we have never known about."
Roland's brows suddenly wrinkled.
The unknown new alien race has also haunted the territory of the four kingdoms
This is information that even the Witch Federation has not mentioned.
Although this territory was barren and backward in the past, it did not mean that they would ignore their own rear. If there were activities of alien races, it was unlikely that they would escape the detection of witches.
That is to say, if Sean's conclusion is correct, then they probably existed earlier than the underground civilization.
The key question is why this group is so interested in uranium ore
He then looked down.
"The builders left a large number of murals on the stone walls at the bottom of the ruins. The various monsters shown in the paintings are inconsistent with the images of aliens we know. Through speculation about their contents, Ms. Rosser and I both believe that this is a The building could very well be a place of execution.”
"Not only is it located on the source ore vein, the masons also fired the ore into bricks, which were used to lay the walls and the ground. Akima observed the existence of the same elements in every corner of the ruins, even the murals used A lot of mineral raw materials. And around the bottom, we found a lot of cages and bones, which is also reflected in the murals.”
"They seem to have imprisoned a large number of enemies, including not only aliens, but also of the same kind as the executioner, and then used the power of the source to torture each other as if doing so would please their gods."
"I have rubbed those murals as much as possible, and sent the Tokat family's messengers to Neverwinter. It's just that due to the limited number of protective suits and the huge size of the paintings, the progress is slow at present. The murals you see are just Some of them are expected to take one to two months to complete.”
"In addition, I'm very worried about Ms. Rosser's situation. She didn't wear protective clothing and went underground. I don't know if she will encounter the danger you mentioned. The local people discovered the ruins earlier, but they got infected during the search Due to the strange epidemic, many people died unexpectedly, so it also has the name of the cursed temple. In addition, from the perspective of the execution purpose of the ruins, this danger should exist.”
"Oops." After reading this, Roland couldn't help but whispered.
"What's the matter," Nightingale asked in the mist, "Even if the witches are cursed by God's Punishment, a change of body can solve all problems, so you don't need to worry about them, right?"
"I'm not worried about God's Punishment Witch, but Sean and Akima." He shook his head solemnly. "According to the plan, they shouldn't stay in the mining area for so long."
Whether it is uranium ore or highly enriched uranium, the decay radiation is dominated by alpha particles, which are difficult to penetrate the skin and cause harm to the human body, but this does not mean that the same is true in the mining area. The situation becomes different considering that these radioactive elements have been around for hundreds of millions of years, some of which have decayed into more dangerous elements, such as radon.
The half-life of radon is only 3.8 days, and it is a gas itself, which is easily inhaled into the body to form internal radiation, so it must be shielded. The protective clothing he prepared for the exploration team is a fully wrapped jacket designed for in-depth mining areas, which can effectively isolate a variety of highly toxic elements that decay from uranium mines, and activated carbon masks can absorb radon and other toxic gases. As long as If you don’t stay in the mining area for a long time, you can basically ensure safety.
But it changes over time. The adsorption of carbon particles is limited, which means that those who participate in rubbing murals may inhale radon gas that exceeds the safety standard, thereby being exposed to excessive ionizing radiation.
"They must evacuate the ruins immediately," Roland took the pen and paper from the table, "Call Honey over, and this reply must be delivered to them as soon as possible."