Chapter 92 The Golden Pickaxe
The little one jumped down from Meng Qingyin's arms: "Master, let me help you find clues!"
Meng Qingyin: "Okay."
The little one went to look on the other side.
Holding a torch, Meng Qingyin also began to search carefully.
Surely this hidden quest wouldn't be completely without any clues, right?
But if there are clues, where would they be?
Meng Qingyin pondered deeply, not missing a single unusual detail.
Suddenly, the little one patted the ground with its paw. "Master, this stone is so strange."
"What's wrong?" Meng Qingyin immediately ran over.
Under the firelight, the stone under the cub's paw appeared black, completely different in color and texture from the other stones.
Could this be the clue?
She immediately took out her stone pickaxe and started smashing it, but the black stone was too hard and broke the pickaxe!
Meng Qingyin messaged Qin Jiu: "My stone pickaxe is broken. Do you have any other pickaxes made of different materials?"
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "Yes, I still have a silver pickaxe. But why is your stone pickaxe broken? Did you find something?"
Mengmeng: "Don't ask so many questions yet, just give me the silver pickaxe."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "Wait, I'll bring it to you right away!"
Mengmeng: "No need for all that trouble, just trade it to me directly."
However, Qin Jiu did not reply.
A few seconds later, Qin Jiu and Chen Leying arrived.
Meng Qingyin: "Why did you two both come here?"
Qin Jiu: "Don't even mention it. The rocks over there at the cave entrance are weird; we can't knock them off with a pickaxe."
Chen Leying: "It seems the idea of digging a hole won't work. Let's look for clues together."
Meng Qingyin took the silver pickaxe handed to her by Qin Jiu and pointed at the black stone on the ground: "I don't know if this is a clue. This black stone is different from the other stones. I plan to knock it down and see."
Qin Jiu volunteered: "Leave the heavy lifting to me!"
Meng Qingyin recalled the image of her smashing the stone with her fist and silently returned the silver pickaxe to her.
Qin Jiu gripped the silver pickaxe handle tightly with both hands, raised it high, and shouted as he slammed the pickaxe heavily onto the black stone.
The next moment, the silver pickaxe shattered into pieces, scattering silver fragments all over the ground.
This sudden scene left the three people and the beast stunned.
The little one clapped his hands enthusiastically: "That's great!"
Qin Jiu: "..."
Chen Leying stepped closer and examined the black stone carefully, discovering that there were no cracks on its surface.
Meng Qingyin: "Even a silver pickaxe can't break it. What exactly is this black stone?"
The key issue is that Blackstone doesn't even have any information; they can't obtain any useful information at all.
Qin Jiu picked up the scattered pieces of silver with a pained expression: "This is the silver pickaxe I traded five pieces of glass for, and it's all broken like this..."
"Sigh." Chen Leying sighed and took out a gleaming pickaxe from her system inventory.
I didn't want to take out the golden pickaxe, but now it seems I have no choice but to.
Meng Qingyin asked in surprise, "You even have a gold pickaxe?"
Qin Jiu: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to make a pickaxe, right? But where did you get the gold?"
Chen Leying threw the golden pickaxe into Qin Jiu's arms: "Stop talking nonsense, keep smashing."
Qin Jiu accepted the golden pickaxe with both hands and nodded.
Meng Qingyin leaned closer to Chen Leying and whispered, "The gold was obtained by breaking down the gold chest, right?"
Chen Leying glanced at her, neither admitting nor denying it.
Seeing her reaction, Meng Qingyin knew what was going on.
Here, Qin Jiu raised his golden pickaxe high and smashed it down hard on the black stone.
"Bang!"
The golden pickaxe was intact, but a crack appeared in the black stone.
Qin Jiu was overjoyed: "The black stone has cracked!"
Meng Qingyin: "A few more hits and it'll be open. Keep it up, Xiao Jiu!"
Qin Jiu nodded emphatically and swung his golden pickaxe again, "Watch this!"
Meng Qingyin and Chen Leying looked expectant.
Under the unwavering gaze of the two, Qin Jiu suddenly put down the golden pickaxe, took out a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) from her system inventory, and said, "Wait for me a moment."
Meng Qingyin and Chen Leying: "..."
Qin Jiu tilted his head back and took a sip, then picked up the golden pickaxe again and smashed it down hard on the black stone.
This time, Blackstone was completely torn apart.
Qin Jiu gasped and looked to Meng Qingyin for help: "Boss, please give me some medicine."
Meng Qingyin took out the liniment for bruises and sprains, dipped a cotton swab in it, and handed it to her.
Qin Jiu took the ointment and limped to the corner.
Meng Qingyin withdrew her gaze: "Why did she suddenly stop drinking just now? She knew that drinking would cause the wound to reopen, so why did she still drink?"
Chen Leying: "Don't you think her strength is too strong? I suspect that she increases her strength after drinking alcohol."
Meng Qingyin nodded: "That is indeed possible. But you weren't too surprised?"
The idea that drinking alcohol will make you stronger sounds like a fantasy to most people, right?
But Chen Leying showed no surprise, remaining calm instead.
Unless... she herself has experienced something even more incredible, which is why she accepted Qin Jiu's abnormality so easily.
Chen Leying neither confirmed nor denied the statement.
Meng Qingyin understood; it seemed she wasn't the only one who had a miraculous encounter.
Qin Jiu returned quickly after applying the medicine.
She smiled sheepishly, "I'm sorry, I had a bit of a drinking problem just now. Let's not delay things. That black stone has already broken. I think I saw that it was hollow underneath."
Meng Qingyin and Chen Leying didn't expose her explanation, and the three of them gathered near the black stone.
A hole has been smashed open here, with an opening that can only accommodate one person at a time.
The space below was empty, but it was pitch black and you couldn't see anything clearly.
Qin Jiu: "It's too dark down there, should we go down and take a look?"
Chen Leying took a torch and threw it down into the hole.
The torch was smashed on the ground, illuminating an area of several meters around it.
Then came the rustling sound of chains scraping against the ground and the sound of objects hitting the stone wall.
Qin Jiu's expression changed: "A monster down there?"
Chen Leying: "Perhaps."
Meng Qingyin felt that what was below might not be a monster, but rather the pangolin that they needed to rescue in the hidden mission.
She estimated the distance to be about three meters from the entrance to the bottom of the cave.
Meng Qingyin found a rope, tied a knot around her waist, and said to Chen Leying and the other woman, "I'm going down to take a look. You two help me hold the rope."
"You want to go down?" Qin Jiu disagreed. "No, no, no one knows what kind of monster is down there. It's too dangerous!"
Meng Qingyin: "But we can't just sit here and wait to die. We have to actively look for a way out. Don't worry, I'll shout if I see any danger, and the two of you can work together to pull me up. There won't be any problems."
As he spoke, he handed the rope directly to Qin Jiu and Chen Leying, saying, "Put me down."
Qin Jiu and Chen Leying exchanged a glance, then gripped the rope tightly and slowly lowered Meng Qingyin down.
The little one was worried, so he climbed up to the rope and went down with him.
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