Chapter 60
The group leader sends someone to count the quantity of goods, and after confirmation, initiates the transfer.
After the points were credited, Mo Bai nodded and prepared to leave.
As a result, the deputy leader pulled me down, "It's going to be dark soon, where are you going? Stay here for a night. It's too dangerous to camp outside alone in this weather."
She refused to let him go no matter what.
Mo Bai couldn't explain that he didn't need to camp at all, and the taciturn little black dragon was forcibly detained by the kind-hearted deputy captain.
He glanced in the direction of the hotel, as if thinking of something, "I'd better go back..."
"No!" the deputy head said firmly.
Then he added earnestly, "Do you know how many terrifying monsters there are out there? Work is important, but you can't risk your life for it."
Mo Bai: “…”
The deputy captain didn't know that what he was facing at this moment was probably one of the most terrifying monsters in the entire game. After she finished speaking, she ordered her men to enthusiastically find a new sleeping bag for Mo Bai and put it where she, the team leader, and the team leaders slept.
At night, when the other players had gone to bed, the two team leaders and captains still gathered together, discussing tomorrow's arrangements in a low voice.
"Let's take a break today. Our progress has been slow. Let's try to take down the rock giant tomorrow."
"Then quickly build the mining base, leave a group of people to guard it, and send a few people back to the city to report the news..." Another person counted on his fingers, "The rest of the people can go straight to the hot springs, hehehe."
The team leader rolled his eyes at him and said seriously, "Seriously, according to the player who reported the news earlier, the mineral vein discovered this time is very large, and should be enough to support the town's consumption of Monster Bird Stone for one or two years. We must take it."
"Don't let your thoughts about the hot springs get in the way of your work."
He reminded seriously.
In the past, some mineral resources have been discovered intermittently near Guangming Town, but they were all small in scale and were used up in about a few months after being collected. Players who need it can only buy it from other places at high prices, or wait for some individual miners to bring back a small amount of ore, but the output of the latter is not stable and the price is extremely high, which ordinary players cannot afford.
The demon sparrow stone mine that can sustain for one or two years is indeed very important to Guangming Town.
Everyone felt the heavy pressure on their shoulders and stopped joking. "Got it, Captain."
"Don't worry."
"But... the Monster Sparrow Stone, it will be convenient for those who specialize in wind spells in the future." A mage player sighed, "It would be great if we could find an Ice Soul Stone mine someday."
The function of Ice Soul Stone is similar to that of Demonic Sparrow Stone, except that it enhances the power of water spells.
The main skills of this mage player are water-related, and the Demonic Sparrow Stone is far less helpful to him than the Ice Soul Stone, so he complained a few words with a sad heart.
"You're just dreaming. You should be thankful to God for discovering such a mineral vein. How can you choose?" The companion rolled his eyes. "Instead of dreaming, why don't you spend money to upgrade and become a wind-type expert? Then the problem will be solved."
"That's easy for you to say." The mage player complained, "Don't you know how many points it costs to reset the points?"
"It's easier than finding a mineral vein..."
The discovery of this demon sparrow stone mine near the town was like a pie in the sky, falling right on their heads. It was enough to make the town's top leaders happy for a month.
Several people spoke in low voices and did not notice that Mo Bai, who was standing nearby, sat up when he heard the words "Demon Sparrow Stone", leaned against the cliff wall, and listened silently for a long time.
When he heard them mention the Ice Soul Stone mine, his ears twitched, and after thinking for a moment, he flipped his hand and took out something, "You want to find the Ice Soul Stone?"
The sudden sound startled everyone. When they turned around and saw the crystal clear ice-blue ore in Mo Bai's hand, the mage player's eyes lit up.
"Boss! Brother! Dad!" He was so excited that he threw himself at Mo Bai's feet, almost hugging Mo Bai's thighs and crying, "Can you give me this ore? You can name any price!"
"My staff is only one piece away from being refined, but I haven't received this piece for half a year." He cried, "Do you know how I have been living for the past six months?"
Mo Bai silently retracted his legs to prevent him from wiping his tears on his pants, and at the same time confirmed again that these stones are very important to humans.
He held the Ice Soul Stone in his hand and raised his eyes. "I know where there is an Ice Soul Stone mine. The scale... is not smaller than the Monster Sparrow Stone mine here."
After these words were spoken, the scene was silent for a full half minute.
The mage player raised his head, stunned.
After a long while, the leader finally spoke with difficulty: "What did you just say?"
"I said, I know where there is an unmined Ice Soul Stone vein." Mo Bai recalled Shu Mo's excited expression when he mentioned the Monster Sparrow Stone before, and said slowly, "Besides, I can tell you the coordinates."
"!!" The leader felt like his heartbeat didn't belong to him anymore. He had difficulty breathing and tried his best to control his excitement. "If what you said is true, we will send someone to confirm it and there will be a big reward. Points, a house in the town, or rare equipment, as long as you make a request..."
"No need." Mo Bai interrupted him, "What I need is the Ice Soul Stone."
"What?" The team leader was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked tentatively, "You mean, we cooperate? You provide the information, we provide the manpower, and we split the profits after digging out the ore?"
Mo Bai nodded.
Although he can change back to his original form and dig by himself, he cannot match the efficiency of so many players mining together. Besides, he had work to do.
Although he didn't know why Shu Mo suddenly gave up the last time she proposed it, Mo Bai recalled her expression and felt that she should be interested in these stones just like these humans.
…Then he could think of a way to give it to her.
The team leader hesitated for a moment, as if considering the feasibility of this proposal. "I understand. I can agree to your request on behalf of Guangming Town - 30%. How about that? I will give you 30% of the mined Ice Soul Stone."
"Thirty percent?!" a team leader couldn't help but repeat.
Give 30% of the ore in an entire vein to one person?
That would be enough to make the young man in front of him the richest man in Guangming Town!
Such a huge fortune, if it fell on anyone's head, would be enough to make people ecstatic and lose their minds. They couldn't help but look at Mo Bai with expressions of surprise and admiration.
The boy was surprisingly calm. "Don't give it to me. Just send it directly to the innkeeper. And--"
He paused for a moment, "I want 50% of the Ice Soul Stone, plus 10% of the Monster Sparrow Stone."
Team leader: “?!”
Although information about mineral veins is the most difficult to obtain, all the manpower required for mining and transportation must be provided by the town. Isn't it a bit too much to ask for half of it?
He couldn't help but frowned, and said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid I can't agree to this. The Ice Soul Stone is divided into such a high ratio, I can't decide it by myself, I need to go back and discuss it with the mayor. As for the Monster Sparrow Stone, it was discovered by the town alone. If you need it, I can apply to give you some..."
But no matter what, I definitely can't give away as much as 10%.
"I can still try to get 40%, but 50% is really..." the team leader said distressedly, "Can't we really lower it a bit?"
"Fifty percent, not a bit less." Mo Bai said, and two more pieces of ore appeared in his hand. One piece had a yellowish halo flowing on it, and the other had a dazzling yellow light. Occasionally, sparks from the electric current flashed inside. "But if the cooperation is reached, I can also provide the coordinates of the earth stone and thunder stone veins."
His tone remained calm, as if he had no idea how explosive the information he had revealed was.
“…”
The scene was completely silent, and everyone looked at Mo Bai with a mixture of shock and disbelief.
Earth Stone and Thunder Stone are minerals required for earth and lightning spells, and are equally rare and precious.
And he said it in the tone of a cabbage seller...
This, this...
Also, he just said that the ore should not be given to him, but should be sent directly to the innkeeper?
Did the boss save your life? !
The team leader couldn't hide his shock at all, and glanced at the three pieces of ore in Mo Bai's hands again and again.
It was luck for a person to find a mineral vein. He couldn't understand how Mo Bai had found four in a row.
Owning four major mineral veins at the same time... Even in the entire game continent, there are not many towns that can do that, right? It is entirely possible that Guangming Town will become a world-renowned territory in the next few years.
Consider another little-known use of the ore...
The team leader felt that if he hesitated for another second, it would be disrespectful to these four minerals.
He gritted his teeth, fearing that Mo Bai would go back on his word, and immediately made the decision, "Okay! 50%, 50%! I will send people to the hot springs regularly. If you are worried, you can also send employees to the site to supervise the mining."
"No need." Mo Bai calmly took the ore back under everyone's heated gazes. "I checked it when I found the vein, and I can estimate the approximate amount."
The implication was that even if they wanted to embezzle the money, they couldn't hide it from his eyes.
The team leader had no intention of doing anything stupid like that. If Mo Bai can discover four, he might be able to find a fifth mineral vein. It is not worth it to destroy the cooperative relationship between the two parties for a small profit.
After negotiating the deal, Mo Bai went back into his sleeping bag, leaving this group of elite players who were somewhat famous in the town sitting there, unable to come back to their senses for a long time.
After a long while, a team leader finally murmured, "When can someone give me a mine?..."
"I don't want to work hard anymore..."
"+1."
"+1..."
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The next morning, the wind and snow subsided and Mo Bai immediately set off.
When I left, a line of people stood at the entrance of the cave, waiting to see me off.
He and the team leader agreed that he would provide the coordinates of the Ice Soul Stone when the Demonic Sparrow Stone was delivered to the inn. And only after 50% of the Ice Soul Stones have been received will the coordinates of the Thunder Stone vein be provided, and this will continue.
Shu Mo in the inn had no idea that her summoned beast had already made a big deal behind her back. When she sensed Mo Bai's aura approaching, she hurried to the inn door to greet him.
"They forced me to stay overnight."
When Mo Bai came back, the first thing he said was to explain why he did not return home that night.
Then, the matter of the mineral vein was mentioned.
Shu Mo: “?!”
She looked at Mo Bai with an expression as if she had discovered a new world, "Of course you can!"
Although the points earned from selling ore cannot be deposited into the business account, it is still possible to keep them for decorating the hotel or making them into handicrafts for sale later.
She had seen the information and photos of the Ice Soul Stone from the system. It was shiny and a very beautiful and high-grade blue. It was really beautiful. The Earth Essence Stone is a little worse, mainly because the light is too dim, and the earthy yellow color does not look very delicate...
If the captain and the others heard Shu Mo's inner thoughts and knew that her standard for measuring these minerals was whether they looked good when set on the wall, they would probably not know what expression to express.
"By the way, it's amazing that you know so many mineral veins."
As soon as he said this, Shu Mo suddenly recalled that Mo Bai had been looking for volcanoes since he was born.
With the fire dragon's mobility, it's likely that he has been to all kinds of dangerous places. No wonder it can become a living map in the game.
The summoned beast is powerful and knowledgeable, and the master should be happy. However, Shu Mo felt his heart sink slightly, and he stopped joking. "But it's a good thing that you told them the coordinates. The hotel really doesn't have enough manpower to mine. Now that the task is handed over to them, they can get half of the ore without leaving home. It's actually a bargain."
She changed the subject.
Before Mo Bai could speak, Shu Mo frowned again, "But are you sure you want to give the ore to the hotel? In fact, it was originally yours, you can keep it for yourself..."
After all, it's so precious.
Moreover, the dragon clan has always given people the impression that they like shiny things. Could it be that Mo Bai’s ability to take out so many kinds of minerals at once was the result of his own deliberate collection?
Shu Mo thought more.
"I don't need it." Mo Bai shook his head slightly.
He hesitated.
"In fact, I only told them about a few of the mines I knew that were closer to the town... There are more and larger ones, but I didn't tell them."
Shu Mo: “?”
Perhaps worried that Shu Mo would think that he was holding back, Mo Bai explained, "According to the in-game resource refresh mechanism, the more monsters gather and the more rugged the terrain is, the more likely it is to spawn high-level resource points. And those places may not be easy for humans to get to."
It is no coincidence that there are rock giants guarding the vicinity of the Monster Stone Mine. Almost all high-level resource points in the game have corresponding dangerous situations, waiting for players to come and mine.
This time, the rock giants and swamp terrain have already put the town's official expedition team into a tough battle, not to mention the other dangerous places that Mo Bai had stepped into during his adventure, and the elite monsters he had encountered.
If you rush in rashly before you are strong enough, not only will you fail to obtain resources, you may also lose your life in vain.
Shu Mo quickly understood after Mo Bai's explanation.
Just like in past games, the danger level of each area would be differentiated according to the player's level and marked on the map, such as [Recommended level for this area: level 60-70] and so on.
By this analogy, the area where the rock giant is located is roughly the [level 80-90] zone, while the other mineral veins that Mo Bai knows about may be in the [level 90-100] or even higher levels.
Preventing them from developing ambitions that are beyond their capabilities is, to some extent, a form of protection for the players.
——The little black dragon has good intentions!
Shu Mo looked at Mo Bai with a different look in his eyes, "So that's what you think."
She was in awe.
Mo Bai: “?”
"But...even if the players can't get through for the time being, it should be easy for you to get through, right?" Shu Mo asked again.
After getting a positive answer from Mo Bai, she understood.
Just like the beastmen can run rampant in the advanced leveling area, the desperate situations in the eyes of the players are probably no different from the dragons' own backyard.
Isn't it normal to know where new fruits are growing and where flowers and plants are sprouting in your back garden?
When they are not needed temporarily, the monsters guarding near the resource points are natural safes. And when the dragons need them, they want to go in and take out the treasures, and probably no monsters dare to stop them.
…An image suddenly appeared in Shu Mo’s mind. The little black dragon was lying in the cave with his hands in his pockets, with a large amount of gold and silver treasures piled under him. He casually used his claws to pick out a piece of ore and threw it out, which was enough to make the players who came to hunt for treasures ecstatic.
She was amused by the scene she imagined and burst out laughing.
Mo Bai saw it and blinked slightly.
It seems that Shu Mo likes this gift.
He felt relieved.
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