Meteor Crater

Generally speaking, there are always undulating terrains between continuous mountain ranges.

These constantly changing terrains divide the entire mountain range into different peaks.

After Linsey climbed to the top of the outermost Mountain Peak.

The original plan was that a natural slope extending downwards would appear later.

But actually...

The terrain was indeed descending, but it wasn't the mountain valley he had expected. Instead, it was a vast expanse of scorched, black earth that had sunk downwards, looking like a scar left when the earth had been torn apart.

Especially when Linsey looks ahead.

You will find that in the center of this scorched earth, which is at least a thousand meters in diameter, there is a giant pit of unknown depth.

Looking over there from his current position, all he could see was complete darkness.

On the contrary, the sudden smell of burning in the air reminded Linsey of the unusual scene before her.

"This is Meteor Crater? No way!"

"Meteorite that can create such a large Meteor Crater could not possibly have made as little noise as described in the books."

Linsey looked confused.

This scene is unlikely to occur on the mountaintops of high-altitude regions.

But this scorched earth, and the deep crater that crashed into the ground, are traces left by that Meteorite a hundred years ago...

Based on Linsey's limited knowledge.

A Meteorite capable of creating Meteor Crater thousands of meters in size fell to the ground.

On Earth, such an event would be enough to trigger massive earthquakes and tsunamis globally; causing large-scale mass extinctions and altering geological conditions would be equally likely.

But what about in front of him?

The Mountain Peak beneath our feet did not even collapse during the impact a century ago.

Not to mention that the calendar in the Border Town records that the impact only caused a minor earthquake.

"Could it be that there are inherent differences in the world itself..."

At that moment, a brilliant idea flashed in Linsey's mind.

He recalled his earlier discovery beneath the Clock Tower Lighthouse, when he was confirming the distance to the World's Edge.

The Lighthouse has stood for over a century.

The ground of the Hidden Borderlands world has expanded a hundred meters towards the World Border.

This phenomenon is also something that his common sense cannot explain.

Perhaps the traces left by the Meteorite are also related to some unique rule of this world? At least on Earth.

There certainly isn't some giant Vines connecting the two worlds.

With that thought in mind, Linsey walked toward the scorched earth.

Once he entered this peculiar region, he immediately picked up a few scorched soil pieces and used his Commodity Skill to appraise them.

Soil: Scorched earth

[The soil inside contains intensely scorched earth.]

[It has almost no value for sale.]

"Almost worthless..."

Linsey murmured to herself, then checked it again on the Workbench.

He was certain that the scorched earth was truly worthless, so he casually tossed it aside and continued on his way.

The journey ahead is going to be a bit troublesome.

The scattered, charred rocks in this area have sharp, irregular edges that can easily tear clothing, and the surrounding temperature is also rising.

The distance of a few hundred meters was actually more difficult to traverse than in the dense forest.

When Linsey arrived at the large pit in the center of the scorched earth...

At this time, the surrounding temperature was probably around 30 degrees Celsius, giving one the illusion of stepping from the dead of winter into the height of summer.

Linsey leaned out of the enormous crater and peered down.

A splash of fiery red dancing in the Pitch-Black Abyss immediately caught his attention.

"Fire? It's still burning inside?"

"What a joke, it's been over a hundred years."

"Could it be that this Meteorite crashes into an underground coal mine?"

Linsey was somewhat incredulous.

But when he immediately took out his binoculars and looked down, the result was astonishing.

Inside this dark Meteorite crater, fiery red stones are scattered irregularly. They resemble glittering red gems, and among these stones, some have surfaces ablaze with orange-red flames.

The color Linsey saw was the firelight on these stones.

Moreover, he could tell that these stones were definitely not red-hot charcoal, but rather that the mineral itself possessed such special properties.

"The temperature and burnt smell come from this."

"These things must be fragments from the Meteorite that fell to Earth, right?"

Linsey raised an eyebrow slightly.

I am very curious about what is happening below.

Moreover, his purpose in embarking on this journey was to collect Meteorite.

I'll definitely have to go down into that suspiciously huge Meteor Crater today.

The problem now is that the vertical impact Meteor Crater has no terrain suitable for human activity, and the few protrusions that can be climbed are as sharp as the surface rubble.

Even though Linsey was very confident in her abilities.

But in a place like this, if something goes wrong, it's no laughing matter.

"Let's try using a rope first."

On her first attempt, Linsey took out the rope she had prepared from her bag.

He can use Resource Conversion Skill to give it special properties, allowing one end of it to stand firmly on the ground.

Linsey lowered himself down the dark walls of the Meteor Crater, laying out ropes as he went.

This is fast, but the rope is also worn out quickly.

After more than 100 meters, Linsey's usual three bundles of rope were reduced to only one.

"..."

"Let's keep these as backups."

Linsey sighed and gave up on using the rope for a quick descent.

Continuing to modify other objects now would consume a lot of Essence, which is not safe enough.

He simply took out Workbench, used Iron Ingot and wood to craft a Pickaxe, and then used his Resource Conversion ability to turn the Pickaxe into a survival item, thus creating a new descent strategy.

"If there's no road, I'll make my own!"

Along the edge of the Meteor Crater, Linsey dug a spiraling, downward-sloping tunnel.

His physical abilities are already quite extraordinary, not to mention the tools he uses after Resource Conversion.

Linsey's physical strength is perfectly capable of handling this level of repetitive labor.

With his mechanical digging movements, a channel that stretched across the charred wall extended downwards like a thread being tapped.

About half a day passed.

When Linsey knocked away the scorched earth in front of him once again, a patch of blazing red appeared before his eyes.

This is the kind of ore that can shoot out flames!

"It's you."

Linsey's face lit up with joy, and without thinking, she struck it with a pickaxe.

Bang! The pickaxe and stone made a dull thud, quite different from normal digging.

What Linsey did not expect happened.

The Iron Pickaxe struck the fiery red ore, but it couldn't budge the rock at all; instead, it bounced back immediately.

Linsey blinked, then immediately realized. "A low-grade Iron Pickaxe pickaxe can't mine high-grade ores?"

In some survival games.

To provide players with a clear path to advancement, similar settings are indeed implemented.

Linsey had never used these tools to mine high-grade ores before, so she naturally hadn't expected this kind of feature.

"This is really something!"

"Given the current situation, where am I supposed to find materials to make a high-grade pickaxe...?"

The moment that troubled me because of this.

Linsey paused for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Hehe..."

"I really made a stupid mistake."

"This isn't a real game world. If the Resource Conversion pickaxe can't dig it out, why don't I just dig it out myself?"