Chapter 282: Suddenly I saw a crystal vein hidden in a deep valley, and I refined a magic weapon to overcome all difficulties
This cave is located about 20 miles from downtown San Antonio, Texas. It is said that there are more than 20 million bats in the cave, which is also the largest gathering place of mammals in the world.
But there are so many bats in there that there are fewer other mammals, maybe tens of thousands of mice. Well, bats are the only mammals that can fly.
The bats in Blanken Cave do not hibernate, but are migratory bats. They roost here when the weather is warm, and fly to warmer southern regions such as Mexico to spend the winter when the weather is cold.
Now that the Chinese New Year is over and the first month of the lunar year is over, Texas is located in the southern part of the country and the temperature has become quite warm. Li Xiang estimates that even if not all the bats have returned, most of them should have.
The bats here are mainly free-tailed bats, which are medium-sized, about 7-13 cm long and have a tail length of about 4-8 cm. Because their faces resemble dogs, they are also called "dog-nosed bats."
A layer of membrane extends from the end of its tail and attaches to the hind legs, making the tail appear to be free from the body, so it is also called the "free-tailed bat". It has an extremely fast flying speed. The Guinness World Records has certified that its fastest flying speed can reach 51 kilometers per hour, and its flying altitude can reach three thousand meters during migration.
Blanken Cave is under the strict protection of the International Bat Conservation Organization. Ordinary tourists are not allowed to enter the cave and can only watch from the outside. Only researchers, cave explorers, volunteers and special guests are allowed to enter the cave.
However, how could this be difficult for Li Xiang, who possessed the Earth Escape ability? He used the Earth Escape ability to enter in broad daylight, and was excited when he saw the densely packed bats. It had been a long time since he had seen such a dense density of bats.
There are at least 2,000 to 3,000 of them per square meter, or even more. The official data is 5,000. People with trypophobia will faint immediately after seeing this.
The cave was dark, but Li Xiang had the ability of night vision and could see everything clearly.
Because there were too many tourists outside, Li Xiang did not take action immediately, but wandered around to explore whether there were other entrances to the cave.
He actually figured it out and found out there were seven places in total.
He left the place, wearing sunglasses and a hat, and went to San Antonio to go shopping and eat. Thanks to the magic of "Creating Lotus", he spoke fluent English and his accent was no different from that of the locals.
The smoked brisket here is good, with the aroma of smoked hickory wood mixed with the sizzling brisket fat. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and paired with the local secret sauce. Li Xiang ate three large servings.
The fried corn tortillas were also quite crispy, but the drinks were a bit lackluster. Li Xiang tasted several kinds, and well, they were not as good as the persimmon wine brewed by Yao Mei.
That night, he returned to the vicinity of the bat cave and practiced breathing techniques in the wilderness. Since bats leave the cave to look for food at night, he waited until daybreak, around eight in the morning, before starting.
At this time, the bats have basically returned to the cave, and it is early morning, so there are no tourists visiting. There are only a few farmers working nearby, and some people are running and exercising. According to Li Xiang's experience, this is a good time for him.
He blocked the seven exits one by one. He used to carry large stones to block the doors, but now with the earth-related ability, it was much more convenient.
Under the magical power of "Earth's Evolution Record", the soil and rocks at the entrance seemed to come alive and grew slowly. After a while, the hole "healed" automatically.
The reason why we are slow is mainly because we don't want to disturb the sleeping bats inside.
When all seven openings were sealed and the bats had nowhere to escape, Li Xiang activated the "collapse technique". In an instant, there was a continuous rumbling sound and the huge protective cave collapsed in an instant.
The system in Li Xiang's mind kept prompting: "Congratulations to the host for killing a fifth-order mutant creature..."
"Congratulations host, for killing a third-order mutant creature..."
"Congratulations host, for killing a sixth-order mutant creature..."
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Li Xiang's head was buzzing, so he ordered the system to close the prompt. Finally, he counted his gains. He had more than three million achievement points and nearly ninety thousand spiritual medicines from the first to the eighth level. The main types were "Blood Wing Grass", "Night Eye Flower", "Frost Moon Dew Ganoderma", "Star Pattern Gentian Vine", "Poison Gland Fruit", "Flame Heart Glazed Ginseng", etc.
There are three other extraordinary items, but they are all of lower rank:
One is an eighth-level "Shadow Cloak", which allows the wearer to move as a shadow, lasting for 12 seconds (cooling down for 2 hours).
One is also an eighth-level "Blood Fang Blade", which is a sharp dagger that can absorb 10% of the target's health when attacking.
The last item is the tenth level, which is the "Nightwing Boots", with the "walking in the air" feature, which allows you to walk in the air for 3 minutes every day.
However, with Li Xiang's current strength, these three extraordinary items may be quite precious to other extraordinary people, but to Li Xiang, they are of little use.
In his previous life, if he could get one of them, he would be so happy that he would not be able to sleep for days and nights.
But it is not completely useless. Li Xiang thought carefully and thought that maybe the "three minutes in the air" could be of some use. He rushed upwards at supersonic speed. With the help of this extraordinary item, he might be able to reach a height that was previously unattainable.
Li Xiang, wearing the Giant Whale Holy Armor, stepped on the still warm rock debris mixed with the corpses of countless bats. Looking at the endless harvest in the system warehouse, he couldn't help but feel heroic and poetic, and wanted to compose a poem on the spot.
He was a college student after all. He had done well in Chinese before and loved reading all kinds of classical and world masterpieces. So he blurted out the first two lines of poetry when he was inspired: "Blood wings blocked the sun... The sky and the earth were dark, the ground cracked and the mountains collapsed... The cave collapsed..."
And then, nothing happened.
"Oh my god, it got stuck at the critical moment..." Li Xiang slapped his head, speechless.
A seven-character quatrain must have at least four lines, so what does it mean to have only two lines? But Li Xiang tried to write it for a long time but still couldn't come up with one, and he was always dissatisfied.
Before, Jiang Caier wrote poems under a pseudonym in the live broadcast room. Later, when they talked about it on a date, Jiang Caier naturally would not hide it from him. Li Xiang saw that Jiang Caier could write poems easily on the Internet, so he also wanted to learn and try it this time.
The result... I failed to show off. Fortunately, there was no one else there, otherwise it would have been so embarrassing.
This is why it seems easy to see others carrying a load, but it is impossible for you to do it yourself.
"Forget it, how can I compare with baby Cai'er? She is the most perverted of perverts!" Li Xiang gave up and was about to escape by escaping underground when his earth vein sensing ability discovered a mineral vein deep underground.
His whole body immediately glowed with an earthy yellow light and he moved towards the vein.
It is not a special spiritual vein, but a vanadium-titanium magnetite vein, which may contain some other heavy metals or rare elements.
Li Xiang has followed Jiang Caier to learn about mineral veins for a long time. Now he can identify some ores by himself when he encounters them. Although it is not very accurate, it is almost right.
This piece of vanadium titanium is of good quality and is a good material for condensing crystal vein weapons. Li Xiang tried it on the spot. It took him about an hour to obtain a set of fourth-level extraordinary spiritual armor, two third-level extraordinary swords, and five other mundane weapons. However, even these mundane weapons have hardness and toughness comparable to high-strength alloys, and are of very good quality.
In addition to weapons, using these mineral veins to condense hoes, kitchen knives, chopping knives, fruit knives... is also quite good and extremely practical.
Sensing the rich reserves of this vein, Li Xiang suddenly had an idea and got the last two lines of the poem: "Suddenly I saw a crystal vein hidden in a deep valley, and I refined a magic weapon to overcome all difficulties!"
"Oh my god, that's great! Writing is a natural thing, it's the result of a master's hand." Li Xiang slapped his thigh, very excited. He finally wrote a decent poem and felt a great sense of accomplishment. He decided to share it with Jiang Caier later to avoid appearing too uncultured in front of her.
As a man, don’t you have to save face? “Well, the name of the poem is… Hey, I’m stuck again.” Li Xiang was speechless. Why was he so stumbling when writing a poem?
He was also a stubborn person. While purifying the mineral veins underground, he was racking his brains to come up with a good title for a poem that had to be both romantic and relevant to the topic.
The reserves of this mineral vein are extremely large. It will take Li Xiang a long time to condense the crystal vein weapon. Moreover, he will be very tired after a long time, so he will definitely not condense it on the spot. Instead, he will carry out preliminary purification, extract the essence, and condense the mineral vein into tons of cube raw materials, store them in warehouses, and keep them for future use.
Perhaps it is possible to mix it with other mineral raw materials in the warehouse to develop new alloy materials. There is a lot of knowledge involved and it will take time to explore.
Tons of mineral essence were collected, which was a purely physical job that did not require any brainpower. The innate ability was equivalent to instinct and could be used, so Li Xiang's thoughts were flying in the "sea of poetry".
(End of this chapter)
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