Chapter 11
The team in front advanced very quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was Qi Heng and Yun Jiu's turn.
He stretched out his hand, his expression showing the same submissiveness as the other Zerg.
Qi Heng had already used the system to scan the ID card, and there was no chip or anything like that inside it, and the system did not detect any wireless network in Area 49.
Identity proof that cannot be connected to the Internet is very easy to be exploited... Therefore, he guessed that either this identity card is of no use, or its use is reflected in aspects that he cannot access for the time being.
The one-horned man holding the scanning device looked him up and down, thinking that he seemed to have never seen this female insect before. If he had seen such an outstanding appearance, he would definitely be impressed.
Qi Heng stood there openly, allowing the one-horned man with the name tag "One-horned Twenty-Eight" to look at him. He also took advantage of the close distance to let A1 use the scanning function to see what the scanner was used for.
[Your Excellency, this device is a metal detector, capable of detecting metal components.]
Unicorn Twenty-Eight swept the instrument in his hand across the ID card on his wrist, and the green light came on with a slight beep, which meant he had passed.
This is good news for Qi Heng. At least he doesn't need to use backup measures.
After passing the inspection, he grabbed the rope beside him and went down the mine. After descending about ten meters, his feet landed on the ground. Several dim mining lamps illuminated the surrounding environment.
Yun Jiu saw him and walked over to him, whispering, "What took you so long to come down?"
"Sorry," he said.
The space under the mine was very large. Qi Heng took a quick look and saw no less than six or seven dug mine tunnels, with many crooked baskets discarded beside them.
"never mind."
Yun Jiu shook his head and took his arm, leading him to a mine tunnel. He also took a basket for him and said, "Take this wicker basket. Put the ore you dig out in it and carry it on your back."
The material of the rattan frame seemed to be some kind of extremely flexible and strong vine that had been tanned and woven. The height of the rattan basket was about his thigh.
Qi Heng estimated the weight of the bag after it was filled with ore, and realized that it would be difficult for a person without strength to carry it on his back, let alone climb vertically for more than ten meters holding the rope.
"Follow me closely," Yun Jiu said as they walked. "There are many tunnels inside. It's easy to get lost if you don't know the way here for the first time."
He knew that he had the system and there was no possibility of getting lost, but he still responded: "I will."
Yun Jiu had promised Yan Ning that he would take care of Qi Heng, so he would definitely keep his word. Furthermore, Qi Heng had left him with the impression of being good-tempered and obedient along the way, so Yun Jiu didn't mind saying a few more words.
"The tunnel was dug by a former female miner. There's basically no ore to dig, so if you want to find ore, you have to dig inwards."
"But the deeper you go into the mine, the more dangerous it becomes. The environment inside is complex and some tunnels are not solid. If there is a landslide, you will be easily buried..." Yun Jiu's tone was casual when he talked about the landslide, as if this kind of accident happened frequently.
“So the first thing you have to learn is not to be greedy.”
Qi Heng was originally thinking about the unicorn man, but after hearing Yun Jiu's reminder, he said, "I understand."
"Compared to your own safety, no matter how rare the mineral is, it is not important."
Yun Jiu, holding a mineral lamp in his hand, turned around and glanced at him when he heard this: "It's rare to meet a female insect with the same thoughts as you. It's really rare."
"Isn't this a bad idea?" Qi Heng asked.
"No, this is good. It's better than despising your own life." Yun Jiu's words hinted at something, but he obviously didn't mean to say more.
"Later I'll teach you how to mine ore and tell you which ore is more valuable."
Yun Jiu led him through twists and turns in the tunnel, and soon they arrived at a tunnel with fewer Zergs.
"Look carefully." Yun Jiu asked him to hold the mining lamp, then picked up the stone spear in the basket, held it in his hand, and slammed it hard against the inner wall of the mine tunnel.
Female insects can see in the dark, and the dim environment in the mine does not affect their speed in digging ore.
Although Qi Heng's body in the process of fusion is neither a female insect nor a human, it has the ability to dominate itself, so it can naturally see Yun Jiu's movements clearly.
After just a short while, he discovered that the rock walls on both sides of the mine tunnel were very hard. Yun Jiu struck them with exceptional force each time, and after about a dozen strikes, the exposed ore on the rock wall began to loosen.
Then Yun Jiu thrust the sharpened end of his short spear into the loose crack, and his men pried it hard, and a piece of black ore was dug out.
"Have you learned it?" Yun Jiu said to him, holding a fist-sized ore in his hand.
"I think I understand what to do." Qi Heng said, then asked, "Is ore like this valuable?"
"This is the main ore produced in this area. There are also some other associated ores. Some of them can be exchanged for more points, while others can be exchanged for less."
"It's the most cost-effective." Yun Jiu replied.
"Does it have a name?"
"I don't know. We call this kind of ore black stone because most of it is black..."
"So that's how it is." Qi Heng nodded, but in his mind he asked A1 to scan the ore in front of him.
[Your Excellency, this is raw obsidian ore.]
After A1 sorted out the remaining information about obsidian crystals in the database, he meticulously stated: [Quality: SL1, Hardness: B, Purity: 70%. Can be used for making accessories, refining star equipment, and weapon applications... Associated minerals include black crystal and dragon crystal chalcedony...]
"Okay, stop wasting time and start digging." Yun Jiu didn't notice that he was distracted. He pointed to another empty spot and said, "I'll dig there. This is for you."
"If we don't dig enough to fill a basket, the one-horned man up there will forbid us from entering this mine."
Qi Heng listened to A1's analysis report while listening to Yun Jiu's words. When Qi Heng finished listening to A1's report and was about to respond, Yun Jiu had already walked away on his own.
He swallowed the words in his mouth and focused on the rock wall in front of him.
After a while, Qi Heng raised his hand, tapped the rock wall, and said to A1: [I remember that obsidian is also a type of high-energy crystal.]
【Yes. 】
Obsidian is a medium-rare mineral resource in the game. He has some impression of it because it is relatively easy to develop in the early stages.
The reason why it is said "can be considered as" is because obsidian crystal is only slightly related to high-energy crystal. It contains a small amount of elemental energy itself, but it is much inferior to the high-energy crystal that contains the power of the stars.
Compared to obsidian, its accompanying mineral, dragon crystal chalcedony, which contains trace amounts of star power, is more precious.
[Can you replenish energy for the system?]
In theory, yes.
Qi Heng's fingers groped on the rock wall and soon found a protrusion. He imitated Yun Jiu's movements and knocked down the ore.
[How to add.]
You imagine absorbing it.
With a thought, the energy contained in the ore in his hand was extracted and broke into several pieces in his palm.
[Energy absorption completed, energy replenishment progress increased by 0.0000000001%.]
He knew that the energy level required by the system was very high, and converting ordinary energy into the energy needed by the system was a drop in the bucket. He had thought that if quality was not enough, he could make up for it with quantity... But with such a low conversion rate, he might not be able to replenish much energy even if he consumed the entire vein.
Qi Heng didn't even want to count that string of zeros.
Qi Heng didn't feel disappointed. After all, he didn't have much hope for this method.
As he worked on the rock wall, he said, "Do you have a map of the mineral distribution on Tianyun Star in the system? If so, pull it up and show it to me."
We must not forget the important things we need to do today, and we still have to dig the mines we need to dig.
Qi Heng glanced at the diagram on the system interface and said, "Mark the obsidian crystal vein."
[Marked.]
There are not many obsidian crystal veins on the map. Except for scattered distribution in some places, the largest and richest vein is located near the center of the city on the Lanzhou continent.
He was not sure about his location on Tianyun Star, but now he knew that he was most likely near the Lanzhou obsidian crystal vein.
Most civilizations will dig holes into their own planets as they develop, and the Tianjia civilization is no exception.
Tianyun Star is different.
The Tianjia civilization had already mastered long-distance navigation technology before developing Tianyun Star, so there was no need to hollow out Tianyun Star for technological development.
In addition, Tianyun Star has a different position in the Tianjia civilization, so there is no need to develop the mineral veins on Tianyun Star to support the development of civilization. Instead, a large amount of resources needed by Tianyun Star are continuously transported to Tianyun Star.
An obsidian vein with huge reserves and medium to high quality that can be mined for a long time can be located with 70% certainty even without systematic analysis.
Qi Heng dug hard at the rock wall, but his brain was uncontrollably pondering the situation of the Zerg based on the new clues.
From the information provided by A0, we know that the Zerg were defeated in the war and suppressed by interstellar civilizations. The Interstellar Alliance, led by the Mora civilization, even divided the Zerg into slave races and kept them in captivity.
Because it was not known why they were keeping the Zerg in captivity, Qi Heng had a question mark on this point. The only thing that was certain was that this slum, which seemed to be abnormal everywhere, should be one of the captive areas.
He was still a little uncertain at first, but after the one-horned man appeared, the last trace of doubt in his heart disappeared.
It was Qi Heng himself who branded the Zerg as "extremely xenophobic". As an alien race, the one-horned people would never appear on the Zerg's native planet. Therefore, the one-horned people at the mine entrance just now were obviously outsiders.
He didn't expect to see the One-Horned Clan here.
After all, the main civilization that created the Unicorn Clan offended the Tianjia Civilization, and was destroyed along with its civilization and mother galaxy by his army... The fact that they can still be seen today means that the cleanup was not thorough enough, and the civilization that should have been destroyed still has some that slipped through the net.
As an artificially created race, the Unicorns are sold as export goods to various parts of the galaxy by the civilization that created them because they are obedient and useful. They are very cost-effective slaves in the interstellar civilization circle.
Their main civilization made a fortune just by selling them, and then they provoked the Tianjia civilization and were destroyed by the Zerg... This happened to happen some time before he left the game, which was about 14,000 years ago according to current time.
Was it simply luck that he escaped, or was there another reason? Qi Heng leaned towards the latter.
If it were so easy for the Tianjia civilization to escape the purge of other civilizations, it would not be called a natural disaster.
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