Struck It Rich! Part One

"Splash!"

A cold wind swept across the desolate land, rustling the withered yellow grass.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, birds and beasts have vanished, leaving only a deathly silence.

Hopefully, there are no powerful evil beasts occupying the area ahead.

In the unknown area of Lost Land, Cao Fengqi observed everything from the perspective of the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu, his gaze burning as he stared intently at the area ahead containing level 9 metal.

The Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu advanced there on his command.

"Buzz!"

"!!!"

"This won't work either; that heart-palpitating feeling is coming back."

But... when the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu was once again a thousand meters away from the metal ore vein, that sense of crisis returned.

A demonic beast capable of giving off the feeling of an 8th-level Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu must be incredibly powerful.

Cao Fengqi somewhat pale, and he felt extremely distressed.

Level 9 metal resources!

"Damn it!"

"I refuse to believe that such a massive metal mine has been entirely occupied by evil spirits and beasts."

"Continue!"

Although Cao Fengqi was unwilling, he had no choice but to give up on the place ahead that contained level 9 metal.

He commanded the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu to continue circling, and his own body followed suit from the outside.

"There's one here too..."

"There's one here too..."

"Besides..."

Even after driving a full twelve kilometers, the sense of crisis remained.

"Is the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu feeling this unease caused by a single evil spirit or beast, or a group? If it's a group, then this place is terrifying."

"A massive level 8 ore vein, mixed with level 9 metals, can indeed give birth to quite a few level 9 evil spirits and beasts."

"The domain and perception range of a level 9 evil spirit beast must be very wide."

Cao Fengqi increasingly grave as he examined the document.

However, there is also good news.

The entire metal ore vein stretches at least seventeen kilometers from where it started, and that's only part of the route.

One can imagine that the entire metal vein contains a quantity of Grade 8 metal, which must weigh over a thousand tons.

[Scanned within a 4km radius: 10 Level 1 supplies, 5 Level 2 supplies, 2 Level 3 supplies, 1 Level 8 supply, and 2 Level 9 supplies.]

At this moment, the external scanner continued to scan.

Cao Fengqi saw that level 9 metal had been detected again and looked over.

"Hmm? The metal veins here are much deeper than before."

He raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself.

The previous metal veins were also underground, which he roughly estimated to be between 300 and 400 meters underground.

The metal ore veins here are about 2 kilometers underground.

"Moreover, this is the end of a metal ore vein."

Cao Fengqi looked at the displayed supplies and thought to himself.

He shifted his gaze to the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu, probing in that direction.

This time, as it moved forward, that feeling of unease did not come.

Even after the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu arrived above the metal ore vein, that sense of crisis still did not arise.

"It's safe here, but..."

He looked down and said, "I need to dig two kilometers underground."

"It's not that we can't dig, after all, it's not like we're doing the work ourselves..."

However, Cao Fengqi's heart was still burning with passion.

Finally found a safe place to mine!

Cao Fengqi did not impulsively start digging immediately, but prepared to explore the entire vein first.

He continued exploring around the vein.

Half an hour later, Cao Fengqi obtained detailed information about the entire ore vein.

Most of the metal ore vein is located at a depth of 300-400 meters underground.

However, in these places, the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu will feel threatened once it gets within a kilometer's range.

"In other words, evil spirits and beasts occupy the area above the 300-400 meter high metal ore vein."

"Besides metal veins at this depth, there are only two relatively safe places: one is at the very end of the vein, 2 kilometers underground."

"The other one is in front of me."

Cao Fengqi sat in his wheelchair, his gaze fixed on a point two kilometers ahead.

Here, 1300 meters underground lies a metal vein, and there are no evil spirits or beasts in the vicinity.

"Although this place is closer to the ground, there are no level 9 metals here."

"There were two pieces of level 9 metal at that spot."

Cao Fengqi thought to himself.

As I said before, since he didn't need to dig the hole himself, he naturally chose the former.

Having thoroughly explored the area, Cao Fengqi returned to the end of the mine with the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu.

"This place is clearly safer than the previous one."

He glanced around, then released the Guilou and gave it orders.

"Start digging, dig a hole one meter in diameter, and keep digging downwards."

"Roar!"

The Guilou's round eyes looked over, it let out a low growl, pushed off with its hind legs, and its two forelimbs quickly began to dig.

Digging holes and its natural ability to Earth Travel are two different things.

In its Earth Travel state, it does not need to dig out the soil.

But now it requires digging out the soil, and digging at an angle, which makes the project much more complicated.

Fortunately, the Guilou is an 8th-level battle pet, so the Xiaotian Dog can help out.

"..."

"..."

Five hours later, the four Guilou, exhausted from digging, finally dug a hole connecting to the ore vein.

It was one meter in diameter, Cao Fengqi had to stoop to get past it.

However, he can Perfect solve this problem while in a wheelchair.

"We also need to set up a waterproof formation on top to prevent this place from flooding when it rains."

With these thoughts in mind, he quickly reached the end.

When a piece of golden metal appeared within the time limit, Cao Fengqi couldn't help but get excited.

[Radiant Obsidian Gold Ore: Level 8 Quality]

[Effect: Mining this item will yield a level 8 quality Radiant Obsidian Gold.]

"Radiant Obsidian Gold... Level 8 hard gold, golden throughout, and among level 8 metals, it is an extremely hard metal."

"Suitable for crafting armor and weapons."

"Hahaha, it's like gold is everywhere! We're rich! We're rich! This time we're really rich!"

Upon seeing the properties of the metal ore vein, Cao Fengqi couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Based on the Tianbei Base City, 80 jin can be traded for 1 level 7 soul.

There was an entire metal mine in front of him; it could hold more than 80 kilograms, maybe even 800 tons.

"This is a complete windfall! Not only will my battle pet be upgraded, but I might even get the soul needed to advance to the Fourth Sequence, and there's also an upgrade to the Transcendent Shelter..."

Cao Fengqi clenched his fist tightly, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Donning the forged gauntlets and enveloped in Transcendent Emberfire, he dug directly at the metal ahead.

"..."

"..."

Soon, a scene that left him somewhat bewildered unfolded.

"Damn, mining is not only physically demanding, but also quite troublesome."

"To extract level 8 hard metal, you need to melt it with Transcendent Emberfire and then dig it out piece by piece."

"This is..."

His expression changed, and he summoned the exhausted Guilou, instructing it to try digging.

As a result, the Guilou were even worse.

Although the Guilou is a level 8 battle pet, its constitution is only 2254, which is considered weak among level 8 pets.

There is no Transcendent Emberfire like the Extraordinary Ember that can melt metal!!

"Damn it, I'm going to become a mine slave next."

Cao Fengqi's face darkened.