The rain stopped yesterday evening. The air in the valley in the morning was very, very good. Zhang Tie's nose seemed to be able to smell the fragrance of green grass on the roadside. Corresponding to this fresh air was the road conditions in the valley. There were originally The paths that people walked on this morning had become muddy and slippery, and they could fall all over themselves if they were not careful. Zhang Tie could only slow down and walk slowly towards the mine a few kilometers away.
Shortly after Zhang Tie left Tree House, he encountered two teams of trialists who were preparing to go hunting today. There were more than ten people in each of the two teams. When Zhang Tie passed by them, those families The guy glanced at Mining Basket on Zhang Tie in surprise, then looked at Zhang Tie with a hint of disdain, and then strode away with his head held high and pride...
In the past two days, Zhang Tie has become immune to these contemptuous looks. Zhang Tie can't remember when he seemed to have read a passage - a man who cannot bear loneliness will never grow up. The current situation, for Zhang Tie, is the process of a person growing up in loneliness.
What grows is Castle of Black Iron and Zhang Tie's gradually stronger hearts.
After Zhang Tie's hard work these days, the Basic Energy Reserve value in Castle of Black Iron has reached 2000. Compared with the Basic Energy Reserve that was only a few dozen before the trial, the two are vastly different, nearly a hundred times different. This is the result of Zhang Tie's work during this period. After throwing all kinds of messy Stone from Mining Basket to Mining Basket to Pool of Chaos, These Stone and ores that have been converted into basic energy are quickly making Castle of Black Iron stronger. For Zhang Tie, these energy reserves can actually allow him to make some small terrain modifications in Castle of Black Iron, such as creating a small pool first, but Zhang Tie is not satisfied. He plans to accumulate more and make decisions as needed when the trial is over.
In addition to Basic Energy Reserve, Spirit Qi Value in Castle of Black Iron are also increasing rapidly, and all the seeds given by Mother Theresa have sprouted. Now, and growing well, the Potato, corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and other grains grown in Zhang Tie's private land are also growing well, and now Castle of Black Iron no longer looks like a bare wasteland, but has begun to have some scattered and vigorous greenery. The vitality brought by the vigorous greenery makes Zhang Tie feel good every time he goes in and out of Castle of Black Iron in the past two days. Taking advantage of the opportunity brought by this trial, Zhang Tie has always intended to use his own food in exchange for some wild fruits and other things collected by girls in the past few days. Then Anything with seeds, Zhang Tie brought those seeds to Castle of Black Iron and scattered them on the ground at will. Over the past few days, Zhang Tie has remembered them More than ten kinds of wild fruit seeds have been scattered here and there, the most common of which are pine tree seeds, that is, pine nuts. Zhang Tie has scattered several acres of pine seeds in Castle of Black Iron. There are also seeds of some plants that even Zhang Tie can't name, but when he sees plants that are blooming or falling fruit on the road, Zhang Tie picks them up or picks them off and throws them into Mining Basket. Then after entering Castle of Black Iron, he just finds an open space and throws those unknown seeds on the ground. Zhang Tie doesn't care whether they grow later.
I don't know if it's an illusion. When I came to mine two days ago, Zhang Tie always felt like he was being watched on the way back and forth in the morning and evening. But this morning, when he was on the way to mine, the feeling of being watched and followed was gone. This made Zhang Tie a little strange, whether his neurotic problem had occurred again, but he didn't think deeply about it.
After the first rain in June, dandelions grew everywhere in the valley overnight. The white balls of dandelions emerged from the grass one by one, as if waiting for the arrival of a strong wind. Seeing these lovely dandelions, Zhang Tie was in a good mood and did not dislike them. He picked more than ten dandelion balls on the road and threw them into Mining Basket on his back.
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie came to the nearest iron mine cave to Wild Wolf Castle. This mine was only more than two hundred meters away from Wild Wolf Castle. Many people who came to mine gathered to work in this mine. On the ground covered by weeds outside the cave, there is a rusty and half-dismantled small mine car track, which seems to tell the past prosperity and bustle of this place. This mine may have been important before, but now, it is just a place where a few unlucky students exchange coolies for food.
Because it was too close to Wild Wolf Castle, right under the eyes of those girls, perhaps for fear of embarrassment, no boys chose to camp in this mine, which made this mine a lot cleaner.
In the past few days, there will be many new faces who come here to mine every day, and many old faces will disappear. Those who have really settled down to mine here, Zhang Tie observed it, and if he is included, there are only about ten people. Maybe it is because this job really does not give people any sense of honor. Those guys who decided to come here to mine, all of them Zhang Tie is introverted and taciturn, and doesn't like to talk much. He worked here for several days, but he didn't even make a friend. However, it was just as Zhang Tie wanted. It would be better if no one paid attention here. Zhang Tie also pretended to be introverted and taciturn, doing his own thing in the mine in a muffled voice.
There is a large piece of abandoned gravel outside the mine. On rainy days, the gravel makes the road around the mine much easier to walk. At least there is not so much mud. The exposed entrance of the mine is very large, covering dozens of square meters. Zhang Tie rested at the entrance of the mine and He stamped the mud off his shoes on a piece of Stone at the entrance of the cave, then took out the torch and mining pickaxe from Mining Basket. After lighting the torch, Zhang Tie held the torch and entered the mine...
Even in broad daylight, after walking a few dozen meters into the mine, especially after turning two turns in the mine tunnel, it becomes difficult to see where you are. If there is no light source, it would be impossible to get in. Fortunately, the ground in the tunnel is relatively flat without too many obstacles, which makes walking in this pitch-black tunnel a little easier.
The light of the torch and the sound of Zhang Tie's footsteps startled several bats at the entrance of the mine. The sound of those bats flapping their wings in the dark mine was very loud, which often startled some first-timers. Zhang Tie was also startled by those bats when he first came, but he got used to it after visiting twice more.
The light of the torch pulled Zhang Tie's figure out of the pit into a shadow that danced with the light of the torch. The shadow stuck to the wall of the mine, moving forward with Zhang Tie. Every time he came, Zhang Tie couldn't help but quietly look at the weird walls in the mine. On the wall, on the yellow-brown wall, there will be circles of strange marks like tire tracks. There are too many strange marks, and they are densely covered with the entire tunnel of the mine. Zhang Tie can be sure that those are definitely not traces left by humans. Every time I see those marks, Zhang Tie thinks of Shavin said about the legend of Gold-Eating Python that appeared here thirty years ago. Walking in these round tunnels with a diameter of three to four meters, extending underground, and with strange traces all over the body, it is terrifying to think of those exaggerated figures that crawled through these tunnels decades ago and could eat anything. Giant python, Zhang Tie always has a shuddering feeling in his mind, as if there is always some monster staring at him in the darkness of the tunnel. Although he knows that this is a psychological effect, Zhang Tie still can't help but speed up his pace every time he passes by those strange tunnels...
The faint tinkling sound coming from the front made Zhang Tie's little heart calmer. It was the sound of the mining pick hitting the ore. He continued walking for several hundred meters in the cave. When he came to the end of the tunnel, a huge space appeared in In front of Zhang Tie, this space is larger than Black Flame City's citizen square. It is a bit like a natural cave. A few weak firelights are shining in some places in this dark underground space. Those are the torches that those who came first put in their mining places. In this darkness Wherever it is, the light of the torch has become as inconspicuous as an oil lamp. The sound of the mining pick hitting Stone is heard piecemeal and one after another in this space. The echo effect in this huge mine makes those sounds sound both far away and very close. To everyone For those who have walked through the many long tunnels there, being able to see the little bits of light in the darkness in front of them and hearing the sound of the mining picks will make people feel relieved and at the same time feel a sense of happiness. At least for Zhang Tie...
The place where Zhang Tie usually mines is more hidden than other people. The place where he mines is another tunnel dug out by mining in this underground mining space. In the tunnel, even if a torch is lit inside, there is not much light from the outside. Moreover, there are several forks and turns in this tunnel, which seem to lead to farther underground. This place is really ideal for Zhang Tie.
After arriving at his usual mining place and using a few pieces of gravel to set up an inconspicuous little mechanism at the entrance of the tunnel that could remind him that someone was coming from behind, Zhang Tie completely relaxed.
Insert the torch into the gap in the wall of the tunnel. The light of the torch immediately illuminates the tens of square meters of space in the tunnel. Place Mining Basket on the ground and put the spare torch in Mining Basket. After pouring out the dandelions and other things, he took off the dagger, kettle and dry food from his waist. After taking a sip of water, Zhang Tie picked up the mining pick, exerted enough strength, and began to join the chorus of mining picks in this underground cave!
When Zhang Tie was turning the mining pick, what he didn't know was that the Wild Wolf Castle above, a Letter Falcon flying from Black Flame City, brought some of the latest news about Black Flame City in the past two days. Just yesterday, a big event happened to Black Flame City. This big event is related to the envelope sent by Zhang Tie. After a week of fermentation, the storm caused by Black Flame City shook the entire Andaman Alliance. Yesterday's rain seemed to be a sign of a bigger storm to come for everyone in Black Flame City...