In the 437th year of the Xinyuan Era, Amethyst Mining completed its land enclosure, and the molybdenum iron ore with extremely large reserves was named the Xinghuo Mining Area. Construction began three years later, and the first phase of construction was completed five years later, and excavation began in the same year.
In the year 476 of the New Origin Era, the Xinghuo Mining Area was mined to exhaustion, and various super-large equipment began to be evacuated from the site, and all dismantling work was completed in the year 480.
Since then, this huge mine, which has provided more than 20% of the molybdenum iron ore output for the entire Source Star in the past forty years, has become a breeding ground for beasts. The total number of beasts inside has gradually increased over the years, until
Reaching the peak, forming a complete underground beast ecosystem.
The residents of the White Bone Valley ruins were attracted by the beasts in the abandoned mines, and gradually gathered here over the course of hundreds of years, forming a huge gathering place of deserted people, which eventually reached a population of 100,000, almost as much as some large towns.
Or a small county town.
And because this gathering place has not been registered by the Yuanxing Business Association, it does not even have a name and is only called the Nameless City.
But for a long time, the Nameless City has been a holy place in the hearts of the people of Yuanxinghuang, and its reputation has spread to other continents.
There are even desolate people who wonder from afar whether they can one day be like those pioneer desolate people in the nameless city, gathering the strength of tens of thousands of people in the desolation to build a city that is not inferior to the citizens.
This fantasy lasted until disaster struck.
Those pioneers must have never imagined that one day they would replace the abandoned mine pits and become the fertilizer to support a better "Feng Shui Treasure Land" in this area.
In other words, even if they thought of it, they tried it without hesitation, but they just failed.
They are probably not the first losers, nor will they be the last.
In short, it was several decades after the Bone Valley disaster that Spark Town, named after the Spark Mining Area, was built nearby.
Ren Zhong and others parked the modified Ben Lei vehicle with specially enhanced defensive performance at the edge of the abandoned mine pit.
Ren Zhong jumped out of the car first, stood in the huge pit and looked forward.
A huge impact hit him. He only felt majestic, huge and spectacular, and an indescribable feeling of desolation surged in his heart.
The huge pit can't be seen at the edge, and it's deep and bottomless.
There seemed to be a black hole below, sucking away the light.
It was as if a meteorite weighing millions of tons had fallen from the sky and bitten a gap in the planet.
But it is the power of man, and now it has been restored to its natural appearance by the beast that represents nature.
Following the hemispherical outline, there is a winding ladder structure in the shape of annual rings winding down, like terraces or the back shell of a snail.
Based on the shape of this deep pit, this place should have turned into a huge lake during the long-term rainfall.
But no, the reason is that the cliff surface from top to bottom is filled with countless tunnels that are as high as one person or several people.
The tunnel drains away all the water.
Under the huge pit, there must be a surging underground river.
The rest of the people stood behind Ren Zhong.
At this time, Ren Zhong and Wen Lei were wearing their own exoskeletons.
The remaining four people wore combat uniforms of varying performance and quality, ranging from light to heavy, and wore customized tactical helmets.
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"Brother Ren, according to the small amount of information I have collected, the distribution of the beasts in the abandoned mines still has a certain pattern. They are getting stronger from top to bottom. The distribution density of the beasts is not fixed, and the categories are also all kinds of strange."
"The one who built the network of pits is a non-level restricted ruin beast called the Labyrinth Bug. It is the most dominant species in the entire abandoned mine, and can be found everywhere from top to bottom. The individual strength of the Labyrinth Bug ranges from level one to level four.
The levels vary. As for other types, there are too many, at least dozens or hundreds of species."
"If we only move in the first dozen or so stairs, usually we will encounter a large number of second-level beasts and a small number of third-level beasts. Unless..."
Ren Zhong: "Unless what?"
Zheng Tian: "Unless we are unlucky, there will be Level 4."
"Well, I understand."
Ren nodded his head.
He actually understood it in his heart.
He has generally read the information Zheng Tian mentioned.
In fact, Zheng Tian's team is not the only semi-professional team in Spark Town that can attack and capture the second-level ruin beasts. However, the reason why the abandoned mine pit has become the second most dangerous place is that only professional teams will come, but it is because of the fourth-level ruin beasts here.
He is not so honest and often breaks the rules and appears in the upper area.
If a semi-professional team encounters a level four beast, they will never survive.
Zheng Tian only said "relatively unlucky", which was actually conservative. She should be "relatively lucky" in that she didn't encounter a level four beast.
"Check the equipment. Focus on checking the performance of new equipment such as night vision goggles, infrared sensors, and ultrasonic reflection projectors, and then prepare to enter the hole. Since we must enter the pothole network, it takes too long to enter and exit each time, so Chen Han said
You must go in with us. Chen Hanyu has no power to protect himself. We must make these details perfect."
Ren Zhong waved his hand and announced that today's hunting operation had officially begun.
The reactions of everyone under his command were actually different.
Wen Lei and Ou Youning had slightly ignorant excitement and excitement on their faces.
Chen Hanyu's expression showed no change.
Same goes for Bai Feng.
A trace of doubt disappeared briefly on Zheng Tian's face.
But in the end, everyone followed Ren Zhong and went deep into the cave.
After walking a few steps inside, the light suddenly dimmed.
A simulated picture, which is a mixture of information provided by three instruments: night vision, infrared sensors, and ultrasonic reflection projectors, appears on everyone's helmet cover, creating a simulated picture that is almost only different in color from real vision.
Others feel a little uncomfortable and need to adapt, but they feel like they are going home.
This is very similar to his visual experience in virtual reality.
"Wen Lei, Bai Feng, you two are responsible for Chen Hanyu's safety. Ou Youning, follow me closely, and prepare as soon as possible any bomb I tell you to use. Zheng Tian, you are in the middle, always pay attention to the situation behind you, cover the back and the front
Basically you don’t need to worry about it.”
While giving the order, Ren Zhong turned on the high-performance geomagnetic sensor and vibration detector separately installed in his exoskeleton.
After everyone walked a few hundred meters further, Ren Zhong shouted in the communicator, "Everyone, move back fifteen meters!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other five people turned around and retreated without hesitation.
Ren Zhong pulled out the second-level concussion dagger and held it in his right hand. With a flick of his left wrist, a small round shield the size of a battery wheel hub slipped from his arm armor and was grasped in his hand.
There was a soft buzzing sound.
The medium engine behind Ren Zhong sprayed out the hurricane, and in an instant he was holding the concussive dagger and appeared at the place where Ou Youning was standing before.
The concussive dagger stabbed forward with a cold light flashing.
Almost at the same time, plaster suddenly fell from the wall above the pit, and an iron-clad earthworm with a diameter of one foot and an unknown length suddenly emerged.
This second-level iron-skinned earthworm has a round head and a round brain, and its body is in a ring-shaped interlocking structure, resembling the exhaust pipe of a range hood.
It was originally winding towards Ren Zhong, but Ren Zhong's prediction was successful and he stabbed his head hard with a dagger.
The vibrating dagger made a buzzing sound like a chainsaw and cut forward.
Sparks exploded from the iron-skinned earthworm's forehead, and a huge gap was cut out.
The dagger was drawn downward again, tearing out a foot-long wound at an extremely fast speed.
The iron-skinned earthworm felt the pain and retreated again, as if trying to escape.
Ren Zhong's left hand holding the shield punched out simultaneously, and the shield and fist were forcefully punched into the head of the iron-skinned earthworm.
Dozens of interlocking steel cables spread out around the shield in the blink of an eye, piercing into its body.
The steel cables were intertwined with each other and spread along the head deep into the earthworm's body until they grew nearly four meters long.
The steel cable trembled slightly, and barbs protruded from each link.
It was hanged to death.
Ren Zhong stood on his feet and began to use the amplifier to quickly increase the power of the armor, trying to retreat backwards.
When the armor's output power exceeded 189 kilowatts, the iron-skinned earthworm began to be pulled down from the roof of the pit by Ren Zhong like an eel.
Ten seconds later, the iron-skinned earthworm was eight meters long, as if the body of a giant python had been completely pulled out.
Ren Zhong abandoned the shield with his left hand and escaped.
Holding the dagger in his right hand, he ran back and ran wildly. The dagger in his hand was like a razor used to cut open a fish, and it was slashed along the earthworm's body.
Two minutes later.
Chen Hanyu took out the chip from the middle of the body of the iron-skinned earthworm and put it in the storage box.
As for the corpse, I don't want it.
Everyone got off to a good start without any surprises.
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At noon, a group of people jumped out of the hole on the inner cliff of the spiral on the third floor of the abandoned mine.
Chen Hanyu jumped first, rolled on the ground, and regained his balance.
Wen Lei and Bai Feng arrived soon after.
Next came Ou Youning and Zheng Tian.
Ou Youning was extremely frightened. When he took off, his toes tripped on the stone at the entrance of the cave, and he fell backwards and hit the floor two meters high below.
If we were to hit him, we wouldn't be able to escape with a sprained neck, even if we didn't hang on immediately.
Fortunately, Wen Lei stepped aside and gave him a princess hug, so this guy survived.
Zheng Tian jumped up lightly and landed smoothly.
The last thing that came out was Ren Zhong.
There were several corroded holes on the surface of his armor, and the concussion dagger and steel buckler worth 300 points in his hands were long gone.
"Brother Ren, have you chased that thing out yet?"
Zheng Tian asked quickly.
Ren Zhong shook his head, "No, let's go, let's go back first."
On the way, everyone counted the harvest.
In just one morning, a total of 27 second-level chips and 9 third-level chips were obtained, which was like an explosion.
But it's not all good.
If I often walk by the river, my shoes will get wet.
Ten minutes ago, everyone suddenly encountered a level four ruin beast deep in the pit, called a crystallized pangolin.
This thing is not big in size, only as tall as a person, but it is good at both offense and defense, and is powerful. It feeds on ordinary ants, second-level ruin beast copper-molybdenum ant colonies, iron-skinned earthworms, etc.
In addition to its almost indestructible scales, it also has a long tongue that is five meters long when it spits out, and there is extremely corrosive mucus on the tip of the tongue.
Everyone immediately made a decision and started running away.
Still, Ren Zhongdian will take the rear, while the others will go first.
Everyone was fighting and escaping along the road, and when they were almost able to escape from the cave and see the light of day again, the crystallized pangolin finally gave up on the prey in front of him and hurried back.
It's okay to have a heavy responsibility, but others are already a little frightened.
Although it was still early, since the important equipment was damaged, we had no choice but to return to the town first.
On the way back, Zheng Tian tentatively suggested: "Our harvest today is already very good, why not... come back tomorrow?"
Ren Zhong shook his head, "No, my armor only needs to replace the outer armor plates, and it can be repaired very quickly. When we go back, we will find Ju Qingmeng to buy new equipment and take a rest. You also remember to replenish ammunition and supplies. I will get a few more this time. If necessary, prepare some new things, and then come back to cause trouble with the crystallized pangolin."
"Ah?" Zheng Tian was shocked, "No! That's a fourth-level ruin beast! It's already good if we can escape. Is this... still coming?"
Ren Zhong smiled, "When I used to work, my thinking was like this. I would rush in head first, stop when I hit the wall, touch my forehead to see how painful it was and what kind of scars it left. Then I Then I can use the scars on my body to figure out what this difficulty looks like. Knowing what it looks like, I can look back and find a way to overcome it. This is true for everything in the world. Everything cannot be killed at the first contact. My beasts will eventually become my prey."
He added in his mind.
In fact, the beast that killed me the first time I came into contact ended up being my prey.
Zheng Tian: "Huh?"
Ou Youning swallowed his saliva and struggled: "Brother, I know you have a lot of ideas. But even if we destroy the crystallized pangolin, the discount of the forcibly removed chips will be very high? It's a waste. Why don't we wait until we accumulate more Strength? Well, as you said, brother, accumulate food and build walls and slowly become king."
Ren Zhong shook his head, "You guys underestimate Chen Hanyu."
As he spoke, he patted the front passenger passenger Chen Hanyu on the shoulder, "You can do it, right?"
Chen Hanyu blushed and lowered her head, "I...I'll try my best. But there is still hope for perfect disassembly."