Chapter 455: Set off to hunt for treasure, strange little iceberg
This has always been a place of cultivation for the territorial mages.
As a lord, Zong Shen seldom visited.
When there are no tasks, the masters can come here freely to meditate.
Of course, because the meditation room is limited, whether you can grab a spot depends on your ability.
So it is normal for Ai Xia to have some doubts when she was suddenly awakened by Zong Shen.
"The third phase of the Winter Challenge has begun."
"Asia, I need you."
Zong Shen said softly, in such a pure environment, people will unconsciously stay quiet.
For Ai Xiya, Zong Shen's simple "I need you" beats all reasons.
As a loyal citizen of Max, Aisia is willing to sacrifice her life for him.
She grabbed the [Wand of Dawn's Wisdom Staff] placed by her leg and stood up immediately.
"Awaiting your instructions at any time."
"My strength, my mind, and my body are all waiting."
Aisia nodded slightly and held the staff in front of her chest with both hands.
"Very good, this time the action may be just you and me."
"Your task is very simple, you just need to assist me."
"At the same time, use the Holy Light Arrow to assist in output."
Zong Shen had a gentle smile on his face and gently held her arm with his hand.
The two walked out of the meditation room together and guided her outside.
Naturally, Axia would not have any objections to this and followed obediently.
When Zong Shen let go of his hand, she followed closely while maintaining half a body distance.
After opening the sheepskin curtain of the [Magic Palace], the cold outside made her body tremble uncontrollably.
But she soon returned to normal, and she was wearing a [Double-sided Sheepskin Warm Clothes].
Under the off-white woolen garments, the edges of the priest's robes sewn with gold threads were exposed.
This kind of dress makes Aishia look a little strange,
After all, cold-weather clothes are not beautiful, let alone standard cold-proof clothes.
The kingdoms and major forces in the north have their own standard cold-weather clothing.
The appearance is very beautiful, and the emblems of different families are embroidered on it.
Although the [Double-sided Sheepskin Warm Clothes] looks a bit rustic, it cannot conceal Aysia’s holy and dignified temperament.
Zong Shen held her hand in a very gentlemanly manner and asked her to enter the cockpit and sit down, and then he climbed up flexibly.
After closing the glass hatch, Zong Shen took out several bottles of [Magic Spring] from the storage compartment and gave them to Aisia for backup. At the same time, he briefly introduced to her the driving of the drilling machine and today's main tasks.
Aisia will drive in his place when necessary.
Now they don't know much about the winter treasure chest and the ice monsters guarding it.
The remaining winter snow monsters will continue to roam the earth.
After Zong Shen briefly explained the driving method and the functions of each control part.
He started the [Magic Drilling Machine] again, and at the same time started asking the guide prompts about the location of the winter treasure chest near the territory.
These locations are also marked by eye-catching gold circle marks.
It can clearly display the direction and distance. When Zong Shen's sight turns, marks in other directions will gradually appear.
He sat in the cab and looked around. The nearest treasure chest was on the east side of the territory.
It takes 2.73 kilometers to go from here. It takes about 5 to 6 minutes to move forward with the third gear power of the drilling machine. That position is within the scope of the territorial defense matrix.
But it seems that those defensive arrow towers have not been activated yet.
As the saying goes, seeing is worth hearing a hundred times, and you need to go to the scene to see the specific situation.
After confirming the target, Zong Shen pushed down the power push rod, activated the drill bit, held the main control rod with both hands, turned the direction, and headed towards the east of the territory.
At this time, most of the dark clouds in the sky have dispersed, and the pale golden sunshine is shining on the earth, spreading light and heat.
The snow on the ground begins to absorb heat, and the cold air rises, just like dry ice. In fact, the coldest time is when the snow melts.
Melt holes appeared in the surface snow, which was a sign of collapse.
Five or six minutes later, Zong Shen arrived at the east side of the territory.
This place is not far from the living area, and you can even see some soldiers standing in the snow, looking here with curious eyes.
Doris and Howie are organizing people to start a new round of snow clearing and find something for everyone to do.
After they heard the movement of the drilling machine, they also turned their attention here.
Zong Shen parked the drilling machine, and in front of him was a not too small piece of blue ice stone.
The height is about five meters and it covers an area of about 70 to 80 square meters.
This ice rock is like a small iceberg.
It appeared so suddenly that neither Doris nor Howie seemed to notice it before.
The sun shines down, reflecting the crystal clear ice, refracting rainbow-like light.
The winter treasure chest that Zong Shen is looking for is frozen in this iceberg.
And it happens to be at the very core.
The most outrageous thing is that this small iceberg is hollow.
In addition to the frozen treasure chest, there is an unfrozen annular area around it.
At this time, a total of seven ice monsters were wandering among them.
From time to time, he would growl hostilely at Zong Shen outside the ice.
These ice monsters are strong white snow leopards, no smaller than the sentinel panthers that Luna rides. You can tell at a glance that they are fierce ice beasts.
If you want to get the treasure chest, you must break through the ice.
Once the ice is broken, these monsters will be alarmed.
Zong Shen stood outside the small iceberg and stretched out his right hand to caress the ice surface.
Through the chain mail gloves, you can feel the coldness gradually coming from your palms.
These are real ice cubes, the kind that freeze hard.
However, this thing is still somewhat interesting, because it will not melt when heated.
Facing the direct sunlight and irradiation, it has no intention of melting.
Zong Shen retracted his palm, feeling restless at the snow leopards trapped in the iceberg just now.
It frantically clawed at the ice surface with its sharp claws the size of cattail leaf fans.
Even through the thick ice, Zong Shen could vaguely hear their roar.
"A grumpy guy."
Zong Shen tilted his head and stared at these snow leopards.
[Level 3 Ice Snow Leopard lv20 (Blue)]
[Blue Captain Level]
[Race: Ice Beast]
[Bite damage: 41~44]
[Health value: 785]
[Armor value: 30]
[Magic Resistance: 25]
【Speed: 6】
[Passive skill: Frost damage (the attack comes with an additional 20 points of frost damage, which can produce a certain freezing effect)]
【Points: 125】
(The ice beasts guarding the treasure chest and captain-level monsters are not too difficult for you)
Zong Shen took a look at the attributes of these guys. Except for the slightly higher health value, the other attributes were not as good as the Sentinel Black Panther, but they were still considered to be relatively powerful beasts.
Moreover, they also have a numerical advantage and can attack Zong Shen.
Seeing that Zong Shen didn't react at all, he took out the [Wind, Fire and Thunder Trident] with one move, and started hitting the small iceberg with the cone-shaped impact head at the end.
He used 80% of his strength and only left a gap the size of a rice bowl.
The hardness of this iceberg is beyond imagination. It seems that the difficulty in obtaining the winter treasure chest is far more than these guarding ice beasts. The small iceberg is also a part of the test.
It is not afraid of the temperature brought by the sun, and it also has super hardness.
It's really not easy for Xiang to deal with this iceberg.
If you use brute force to cut it, you don't know how long it will take.
Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at the drilling machine behind him.
Those three sets of ferocious drill bits should be able to drill through this iceberg.
However, considering the hardness of this thing, I am afraid that the durability of the drill bit will be greatly reduced.
The third phase of winter has just begun less than half an hour ago.
When he saw the small iceberg for the first time, he had plenty of time to study it.
Choose the best solution to break the iceberg.
This iceberg showed no relevant attributes under his inspection.
There is no concept of solidity value and armor value, and it is a non-digital materialized product.
It proves that this small iceberg and the rune gate are completely different things.
Zong Shen took two steps back, looked at the living area, climbed into the cockpit, and took Ai Xiya to the living area.
He drove the drilling machine directly to Doris and waved her into the cockpit.
Let her and Aisia squeeze together and head towards the small iceberg again.
The empty seats in the cockpit are like sponge water, there will always be space if you squeeze in.
He returned to the small iceberg in a hurry, pulled Doris and jumped out of the cockpit.
"Doris, breathe fire over here."
"I want to see what's going on with this iceberg."
Zong Shen pointed at a flat surface of the small iceberg and asked Doris to prepare to "breath fire".
He wanted to know what was so special about the icebergs created by this system that they could not melt at all under the sunlight.
There are actually two possibilities for this situation. One is that the melting point of this iceberg is special and higher than that of ordinary ice and snow. The other is that this thing will not melt at all.
With the capabilities of the lord system, it is not too shocking to create some icebergs with non-mainstream rule characteristics.
Zong Shen took a dozen steps back and waited for Doris to show off.
Doris was very cooperative with his request.
She was seen holding the [Scorching Burning Staff], pointing the tip towards the ice, and adjusted the angle.
A fire dragon that was slightly thicker than an arm spurted out and hit the side of the small iceberg. Due to the influence of the cold winter climate, the fire dragon that was originally as thick as a thigh was now only slightly thicker than an arm.
The fire dragon was surging and enthusiastic, like a stream of orange-red hot fire, spurting out and blooming into a flower of flame on the ice.
Some flames spilled out from the surroundings, and there were some signs of backfire.
Zong Shen stared intently at the contact point between the small iceberg and the fire dragon.
After two or three seconds, the ice began to melt rapidly, just like a piece of butter that had entered the pot.
About twenty seconds later, a two-meter-deep hole was burned out of the small iceberg.
"Stop it Doris."
Zong Shen waved his arm to signal Doris to stop.
He quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and touched the irregular solidified ice layer next to the melting mouth.
I already have a clear conclusion in my mind.
This kind of small iceberg hiding the winter treasure chest is not unmeltable. It will also melt under the continuous baking of the high-temperature fire dragon.
However, compared to ordinary ice cubes, these small icebergs are almost as heat-resistant as metal.
For example, in the [Blacksmith Shop], the wind furnace commonly used to smelt iron ore is around 1500°C.
Zong Shen didn't know how high the fire dragon was just now, but under such a concentrated fire stream, the temperature must not be much lower.
Under such circumstances, it actually took more than 20 seconds to melt to a depth of two meters.
Moreover, the melted hole is actually not big. The outermost diameter is only half a meter, and the deepest part is only as thick as an arm.
This is a bit outrageous. It would take at least seven or eight minutes to rely on the fire dragon to reach the center circle of the iceberg and open up a passage that can accommodate at least one person.
In this case, it would be better to use the drilling machine directly. After all, the "fire breathing" skill also requires the durability of the staff.
However, "breathing fire" still has some effects.
These ice beasts are trapped in the small iceberg. Zong Shen can completely adjust the size of the entrance to "block the monsters". He only needs to open a narrow passage.
Just let these snow leopards come out one by one to die.
The first half can be opened with a magic drill, and when it is about to be opened, Doris can use "Spray Fire" to melt out a small passage.
"Doris, Asia, you all stand back."
"Stand by to support me."
Zong Shen quickly ordered, and then he climbed into the cockpit using both hands and feet.
Push the power of the drill bit to level three first.
[Magic Drilling Machine] Both the power of the magic core and the power of the drilling rig are divided into one to three gears. The first gear is the most powerful gear, and the third gear is the smallest gear.
The three sets of drill bits slowly rotated, and the sounds of stirring airflow and rolling gears appeared.
"Buzzing..."
Zong Shen drove the drilling machine forward and slowly pushed it towards the spot where Doris had erupted fire. The drill bit at the front made contact with the ice and made a harsh friction sound.
The drill tip made of alloy quickly opened a breakthrough.
As the [Magic Drilling Machine] slowly advanced, the thick main drill bit advanced into it.
The ice slag splashed everywhere, and after breaking away from the small iceberg body, it melted into droplets of water.
When the main drill bit is more than half submerged, the auxiliary drill bits on both sides also begin to contact the ice surface.
This [Magic Drilling Machine] can drill circular or semi-circular channels with a diameter of about three meters.
After the speed of the third gear became smooth, Zong Shen pushed the push rod of the second gear power.
The speed of the drilling rig begins to become faster and the torque is much greater.
Under such circumstances, a passage six to seven meters deep was quickly opened.
This depth is only about half a meter of ice from the unfrozen central circle.
The snow leopards inside also became more and more violent.