A rat groped its way through the darkness. This darkness had existed for more than two hundred years, but as a rat, it naturally did not have to live in darkness forever.
However, the relatively safe environment here made it and its kind quite willing to build their nests here.
But at that moment, a beam of light suddenly appeared in the darkness.
Then more beams of light appeared. The rat warily fled from the light sources and quickly left the area.
After it left, a rumbling sound rang out in the darkness. Like the light, the sound came from beneath the layers of earth.
A moment later, with a thunderous boom, soil and rocks overturned, and a strange machine emerged from the excavated tunnel.
It stopped near the tunnel and entered standby mode.
Before long, buzzing sounds came from within the tunnel. After a while, several drones flew out.
The lights on them illuminated the space, as well as the narrow passage that had lain silent for more than two hundred years.
The drones flew along the passage, sampling the air inside while scanning the condition of each tunnel.
All this data was fed back to the geological team's terminal on the other side of the tunnel. Soon, a model of a silver mine appeared before Captain Luo Yan.
Xin Zeyang pointed to a space at the very bottom of the silver mine that was clearly a room. "If nothing unexpected happens, the Golden Apple should be stored here."
"After all, this is the lowest level of the silver mine, and the only room."
"It connects to the mining chamber above via a vertical shaft, and the entrance to the shaft is sealed by a gate."
"I have a feeling this might be some kind of mechanism. Forcing it