Chapter 56 Today is also a day of hard-working mining!
According to documentary records, sulfur ore, a natural mineral, was called "sulfur" as early as biblical times after it was discovered.
In ancient Egyptian and Greek records, sulfur was used as medicine and fumigation.
Early mining involved miners in volcanic areas such as Sicily, and until the 20th century, sulfur could also be found in salt domes.
Generally, sulfur mines occur either in volcanic areas or in salt dome areas.
"This terrain doesn't look like a place that can produce sulfur ore. Is it really that the resource points are randomly buried, or was there volcanic activity here before it was put in?"
After carefully digging the soil on the ground, Somo found bits of sulfur ore that looked like gravel.
If you don't look at this kind of thing carefully at ordinary times, or know that there are minerals here, you won't think of it as sulfur at all, but will just think of it as a small colored stone.
Along the terrain, Sumo measured the distribution range of the crushed sulfur mines with his footsteps. There were traces of their existence within a range of approximately 100 meters.
After walking around, he found a small slope with no trees and a slightly higher terrain. Somo took out a high-quality shovel and started digging.
"Good guy, how can this high-quality shovel be so much better than ordinary quality?"
A flash of light flashed on the shovel, and a critical hit was triggered on the first shovel move. Within 20 seconds, the resistance of the soil was greatly reduced.
As soon as the shovel went down, almost like shoveling tofu, Somo pulled out a shovelful of soil effortlessly.
As the soil was brought out, Sumo dug around, and after confirming that there was crushed sulfur ore inside, he began to dig with confidence.
Digging a hole is also a technical job. If you simply dig downward, it is very likely that the surrounding structure will be unstable and collapse, and people will collapse and die underneath.
When Sumo was a child, he saw someone digging a cellar in his hometown in the countryside. As a result, the cellar was not dug to a depth of two meters, and the surrounding soil structure collapsed.
When the surrounding neighbors found out, the man had been buried under the earth, his mouth and nose covered, and he was suffocated to death in a small pit less than two meters deep.
Therefore, Sumo chose the most reliable step-by-step digging method, sacrificing some efficiency, but it was better in safety.
Under the bright sun, shovelfuls of soil were piled aside as Somo moved.
Although it took half a day to make the shovel, Sumo felt it was very worthwhile.
The efficiency bonus of the shovel is extremely terrifying, especially the critical hit which is unreasonable and can be superimposed infinitely.
This means that as long as you keep digging, you can keep triggering this effect.
This shovel can be used as a small half excavator when there are no mechanical tools for digging.
"There is no sulfide gas erupting underground. How did the sulfur mines form?"
After digging about one meter deep, the shovel gradually encountered resistance, and a clanking sound came as the shovel head touched the ground.
Squatting down, Sumo wiped the surface of the soil with his hand and immediately discovered the earthy yellow sulfur ore.
There are tiny pores on the surface of sulfur ore, which represents the escape of sulfur gas.
Putting the shovel back into the storage space, Sumo took out an excellent quality iron pickaxe.
[Iron Pickaxe (Excellent)]
Description: A shovel made by the conscientious craftsman "Suma". It is made of solid materials and rough in workmanship, but for some inexplicable reason, it has been upgraded to excellent quality.
Special effects: 1. Sharpness +1
2. When mining ores, there is a small probability of a critical hit (ores with a strength lower than 5 will disintegrate)
Evaluation: It’s a pity that it is not the enviable golden pickaxe!
After taking out the mineral water bottle filled with psionic water and taking two sips to regain his strength, Somo picked up a pickaxe and struck the yellow ore on the ground hard.
A pleasant sound sounded.
The relatively hard yellow sulfur ore on the ground suddenly disintegrated into scattered small ores.
Lowering his head, Somo silently thought about absorbing the storage space, and all the ore slag on the ground was immediately taken into the storage space.
"Oh, this efficiency is really high. It seems that one hour of mining should be enough for me to use it for a long time!"
After taking a look at the number of sulfur gravels collected, Sumo had an idea in his mind.
When the disintegration effect is triggered, a critical hit can harvest about 20kg of sulfur ore.
Without a large demand for thermal weapon ammunition or gunpowder, digging about half a ton is enough.
Ding-ding-ding-ding, the sun rising in the east slowly begins to set in the west as time goes by.
Every five minutes of digging, Somo had to raise his head and climb out of the hole, looking around for signs of mutated creatures.
Gradually, the great sun finally reached the horizon.
A ray of sunset light shone down and fell on the vast land, giving the earth a touch of sulfur color.
"Okay, I'll just dig this much. I'll dig it out when I'm done with it. There's no place to put this stuff if it's too much."
Raising his head, Sumo looked at the sky and stopped what he was doing.
At this time, the excess space in the two cubic meters of storage space is almost filled with sulfur ore. According to the purification efficiency, there will be no shortage of sulfur for a long time.
Climbing out of the pit, patting the soil on his raincoat, Somo began to fill the dug-out soil back.
Sulfur without roots will escape, and soil burial can also increase the storage time of sulfur ores.
The small high slope that was originally excavated turned into flat ground after being covered up.
After making a mark, Soma turned around and returned to the shelter.
Compared to the heat outside, the shelter looked more like a shady cellar after sinking.
As soon as you enter the entrance tunnel, most of the heat is isolated. It is not until you enter the shelter that the temperature rises again.
"When will this day of not being able to take a shower end!"
Standing in the weapons and equipment room, Sumo took off his raincoat and looked at the yellow vest that had become stuffy. Sumo looked sad.
For the time being, he was too distressed to do such an animal thing as using psionic water to wash clothes.
The hoarding talent of the Chinese people is buried in their genes.
Even though he has now stocked up about 20L of psionic water, when he washes his face in the morning, Somo only dares to wipe it with a rag dipped in some water.
"What the hell, billions of earthlings have been released into this world at once, and not a single one of them can be released near a water source."
"We can only wait until the snowstorm comes before we can stock up on ordinary water."
Smash it with your mouth, and drink the remaining psionic water in the mineral water bottle in one gulp. The burning feeling in your throat subsided a lot.
A strange world of survival.
This is a fact that everyone has discovered these days.
These mutated creatures seem to fall from the sky just like humans. Because there is no water source, a large number of creatures have begun to die of thirst in the wild.
Except for a few animals that can survive by drinking acid rain, basically most mutant creatures can only kill each other and survive on blood.
No fresh water source was found anywhere.
The world seems to have deleted the setting of water source, or to put it more bluntly, there is no option to add water source.
If humans want water, other than opening treasure chests, they can only rely on some scientific methods, such as:
Put a plastic bag on a twig with dense leaves. Transpiration from the leaves will produce condensation.
Or dig a small pit in relatively humid ground, place a water collector in the center of the bottom of the pit, and hang an arc-shaped plastic film over the pit surface.
Light energy increases the temperature of the moist soil and air in the pit, and evaporates to produce water vapor. When the water vapor comes into contact with the plastic film, it condenses into water droplets and slides down into the container.
Both methods can barely mix enough water to sustain life.
The collection method has also been shared by most people and has gradually become popular.
Just because of the express delivery fee, even if some people have extra water in their hands, they cannot trade it.
“I don’t know why, but even if I make a second water well device, the system cannot upgrade it.”
Just like a raincoat cannot be upgraded unless it is placed in the wardrobe, the same is true for a water well.
Shaking his head and throwing the strange thoughts to the back of his mind, Somo began to examine the gains from this trip.