GBP Chapter 577 Mining
Chapter 577 Mining
"Mountain God, this is..."
Qin Changyi, who was brought down by the little sable, looked around at the surrounding environment, feeling surprised and uncertain, and had some guesses.
Other fourth-tier metal and earth elemental evolvers came down with him.
"This is a spirit stone vein, the source of that banyan tree's growth to the fifth level at this time."
However, this spirit stone vein also contains an unfamiliar metallic ore, which is extremely hard.
I was afraid of damaging the spirit stones, so I didn't dare to destroy them directly. That's why I asked you metal- and earth-elemental ability users to extract the spirit stones and collect this kind of ore while you're at it."
Cang Nian spoke frankly and directly.
Among the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom, those who have evolved to the fourth rank are all trusted confidants with relatively outstanding combat strength at the same rank.
Moreover, Cang Nian has never been afraid to make his gains public.
Once resources are acquired, they must be evolved, digested, and transformed into combat power; there's no need to hide it.
With absolute strength, Cangnian was not afraid of the members of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom growing stronger.
However, after determining the value of the spirit stones, he and the little sable pried all the spirit stones off the rock wall one by one, not even letting go of those the size of a fist.
But after he finished digging, Cangnian was about to chisel open the rock wall to see if there were any more spirit stones deeper inside when he discovered that the rock wall was ridiculously hard.
Upon closer inspection, Cang Nian discovered that most of the rock walls contained dark golden minerals, making the rock walls extremely hard.
However, considering that the metal smelted from this thing can withstand attacks from a fifth-tier powerhouse, allow a fifth-tier bee to withstand Godzilla's atomic breath, and even almost withstand Godzilla's self-destruction, its hardness is not hard to understand.
Cangnian was not angry at all; on the contrary, he was quite pleased.
The harder the metal, the better!
But in that case, Cangnian himself would be unable to mine it.
At this point, Cangnian couldn't help but suspect that the reason the banyan tree hadn't been able to deplete the spirit stone vein might not be that the stone was less effective, but rather that mining it was difficult.
Given the strength of the banyan tree itself, it is not considered very tough even among fifth-order evolved creatures, so mining it would probably be quite difficult.
This was when it was at level 5; it would only be weaker before level 5.
Therefore, it is likely that before reaching the fifth rank, its roots could not reach this place. It was only the enslaved swarm of bees that found this place and took its place, mining spirit stones little by little, and then gradually growing to the fifth rank.
Looking at the earlier rock walls, which now lack spirit stones, further confirms this point.
The cross-section of the rock wall is not a flat sheet, but rather appears as if it was chipped away bit by bit with a small chisel, showing dotted marks.
This matches the marks on the tips of the bladed limbs of those fourth-order bees exactly.
The rock face containing spirit stones was peeling off in flakes, with occasional small dents every few meters.
Cang Nian estimated that these were traces left by that fifth-order bee.
Compared to fourth-tier bees, it is more destructive, handles these ores more easily, and has higher mining efficiency.
It is estimated that after the banyan tree broke through to the fifth rank, it felt at ease to cultivate a batch of fifth-rank evolved creatures. The first ones it cultivated were bees that could mine.
After the bees successfully broke through to the fifth rank, they were made to diligently mine in the dark depths of the earth.
No wonder, after I had already killed the banyan tree's two most capable henchmen, this clearly stronger fifth-tier bee only arrived late to come to my rescue.
Because it was indeed nearby at the time, but underground. It was only summoned by the banyan tree when it realized the situation was out of control, and it arrived just in time.
"These minerals...could they be the materials from those bees?"
Upon hearing Cang Nian's explanation, Qin Changyi's eyes lit up.
Those bees had incredibly strong defenses; Qin Changyi discovered they were made of metal as soon as he encountered them!
Unfortunately, although there were quite a few bees, they were rather small in size, with the fourth-order bees only 2.5 meters long.
He instinctively thought that if there were more of this metal, the entire Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom could be equipped with weapons made of this material.
In addition, he will be able to possess enough powerful metals for combat.
"It should be right, the colors are consistent, and they are all very hard."
I simply don't believe that any evolved creature could withstand the attack of a fifth-tier evolved creature from a fourth-tier creature and remain unscathed.
Even if such cases exist, they would only be extreme individuals, not an entire group.
Cang Nian nodded, agreeing with Qin Changyi's guess.
"That's great! Now we have enough materials for weapons."
There might even be a lot left over.
"Whether it's for reinforcing the ark or for our own use, it will be of great use!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Changyi was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
"These ores are secondary; spirit stones are more useful."
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, our Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom will no longer be so short of fifth-tier experts.
Seeing Qin Changyi so happy, yet completely focused on the metal, Cang Nian couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.
"Yes, yes, yes! Spirit stones are more important!"
As a metal-type evolver, I've only been thinking of myself!
Upon hearing this, Qin Changyi finally realized what was happening and became even happier.
This time, it's been a huge success!
"Stop laughing, quickly try to dig open this vein and see how many spirit stones and how much ore there is in total."
Seeing this, Cang Nian urged.
Upon hearing this, Qin Changyi quickly straightened his face, then discussed it with the other metal and earth type evolvers who had come with him, and then began to operate.
Click click click...
Before long, Cangnian saw that the rock wall he had cleaned began to crack and then fell away layer by layer like fine sand.
Qin Changyi and his group were already very familiar with mining. Many of the raw materials for the Ark were mined from the seabed by them. The group was quite skilled at it.
Soon, spirit stones appeared from the falling rock wall and were carefully and precisely placed in metal by Qin Changyi before Cang Nian.
As he watched the spirit stones being revealed one by one, Cang Nian silently counted them in his mind. With each additional spirit stone the size of a millstone, his joy grew a little more.
"One, two, three..."
However, just as they were mining the spirit stone and had only probed five or six meters in, a spirit stone, significantly larger than a millstone and with a more dazzling luster, was exposed in the center of the rock wall!