206. The secret of the cannon
Qingshi thought that the formation cannon had exploded, but Xiang An was not at ease. He got another log, tied a frog on it and threw it to the other side. Yes, a frog. Because they had run out of fish, Xiaopang couldn't press There weren't any more small fish for the number of logs they had.
Xiang An wanted to try again, so he had to go to Xiaopang, and this time, Xiaopang gave him a frog. The frog did not trigger the bombardment. It seemed that Qingshi's judgment was correct.
The cannons on the other side went silent, and the next step was simple.
Qingshi released a small airship with the best defense, and then the four of them got on it and flew to the other side.
Qingshi installed a concealment array on the small boat. At the same time, the four of them repaired the damaged armor to its best condition.
This time it went smoothly. Most of Hai Lingbiao did not detect the airship, so there were only a dozen or so water arrows that hit the airship. Moreover, the water arrows were not very powerful and basically did not cause any damage to the airship.
After successfully crossing the river, Qingshi flew the airship directly to the position of the formation cannon, and soon saw the large formation disk. It was located in the dense forest, about a hundred feet away from the river.
Qingshi landed the airship next to the large formation plate, and saw that the thick formation cannon had indeed exploded.
The four people got off the boat and were on guard. Except for the exploding cannons that were still emitting wisps of smoke, the surroundings were completely silent, with no signs of birds or animals or the sound of insects.
The vegetation is extremely lush. Except for the dozens of feet around the array area, the rest of the area is completely covered by thick tree roots and vines. Apparently no one has cleaned up these vegetation for a long time.
The air is filled with evil spirits, and its concentration far exceeds that on the east bank of the river, which makes people extremely uncomfortable. However, the spiritual energy in the air is also richer than on the east bank.
Qingshi asked Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian to be alert and investigate the surrounding environment, but he and Xiang An began to study the cannon array.
This large formation disk is indeed very similar to the Golden Cloud Disk of the Immortal Sword Sect. Its main function is to protect the equipment installed on it from being corroded by wind and rain.
In addition to protecting the artillery array, it also integrates functions such as identifying intruders, automatically charging, and loading ammunition. It is simply an automatic artillery system with a high degree of automation.
But now, the array cannon exploded and other functions were destroyed. The entire array was transformed from a highly intelligent defense system into a pile of dead objects.
The formation system was damaged but it did not prevent Qingshi and Xiang An from studying it. It took Qingshi less than two hours to basically figure out the secret of the formation system.
In terms of magic, it is not very profound, but its spiritual source opened Qingshi's eyes, because its spiritual source actually came from an underground spiritual vein, not an earth vein, but a spiritual stone vein.
Qingshi had never seen a spirit stone vein in its natural state, and this time it was an eye-opener.
There is a circular control room with a diameter of two feet under the huge array disk. When you open a metal cover underground in the control room, you can see that there is a natural cave slightly smaller than the control room. There is a two-foot-long natural cave growing in the cave. The thick blue transparent crystal cylinder that people can hold together is the above-ground part of the spirit stone vein.
Dozens of golden threads protruded from a metal device in the control room, all inserted into the spirit stone crystal pillars. These were obviously wires used to extract the spiritual power of the spirit stone veins.
The lower part of the crystal pillar is deeply embedded in the ground. It is unknown how large it is below, but judging from the section that is more than a foot long when it emerges from the ground, there are at least several million spirit stones. Moreover, the quality of these spirit stones is very high and can be considered top grade.
Several people looked at this thick vein of spirit stone, and they were all very excited. They all calculated how many spirit stones they would harvest by digging along it, which would be counted in the tens of millions at least!
In addition to figuring out the spiritual source, Qingshi also figured out some other issues through the equipment and defense diagrams in the control room, such as the defense situation and building distribution in the entire area within the river.
This spiritual stone vein is the only branch of the main mineral vein on the island. In addition to the largest array disk and array cannon built on it, more than 30 spiritual power wires branched out from it also support more than 30 other different structures. There are twenty-four such array disks and array cannons for the purpose of equipment, but their scales are all smaller than this one.
Qingshi found that judging from his position flying over the river, the first thing to discover and fire the airship should be the other two smaller array cannons on the periphery.
Out of curiosity, Qingshi immediately went to the location of the two formation cannons according to the map, intending to find out. It turned out that the two array cannons were indeed there, but they were smaller in size and had long been disconnected from the spiritual source. They had been covered and entangled by trees and vines, thus growing into one with the forest, and they were also It was so rusted by wind and rain that its original appearance was almost unrecognizable.
Qingshi thought to himself, it seems that this place has been abandoned for longer than he originally thought. It is estimated that in addition to the main cannon, the other formation cannons and other facilities have long been turned into garbage like these two formation cannons, and have been buried in ruins by the long river of time.
The defensive artillery on the island should be all useless. Even if there are still functioning ones, they no longer pose a threat, because as long as the golden wires are disconnected, the problem will be solved.
However, Qingshi and the others still haven't figured out what these array cannons are protecting. They only know that there should be an underground palace in the center of the area surrounded by the river, on top of the main vein of the spirit stone vein. And a building on the ground. As for what it is, it is still a secret.
Qingshi is not in a hurry to explore the secret. It may have been waiting in the jungle for thousands of years, and Qingshi is not afraid that it will run away.
Judging from the fact that the main cannon is still functioning, the things built on the main vein are undoubtedly more likely to be intact, and will undoubtedly be more terrifying. It is obviously not advisable to break in rashly. Besides, Qingshi still needs to study the array cannon first.
A few more hours passed, the sun had risen, and the sky was bright. Qingshi finally figured out the secret of this array of cannons.
This array of cannons also uses the spiritual power of spiritual stones as a power source, but it does not simply use the spiritual power of spiritual stones.
There is a device behind the barrel of the formation cannon that is not available in ordinary energy cannons. It is filled with a kind of black-purple crystal. It is this crystal that emits a diffuse evil spirit. Qingshi and the others don't know what it is, so they give it to them. It was named Black Evil Stone.
The evil spirit emitted by this black evil stone can be mixed with the spiritual power of the spiritual stone, that is, the spiritual energy guided from the spiritual stone. The mixed gas will explode after being compressed to a certain extent.
Using the high-temperature and high-pressure gas generated by the explosion to launch iron cannonballs, this is the working principle of the mysterious array cannon.
Although the cannon had exploded, Qingshi still understood everything about it. If there are suitable materials, Qingshi can cast this kind of array cannon by himself.
Qingshi removed the device filled with black evil stones and put it into the storage container, then straightened up with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Done!"
"Okay!" Duan Wutian had been impatient for a long time. When he saw Qingshi getting up, he immediately said, "Can we dig for spiritual stones now?"
"Money fan!" Xiang An squeezed out two words from the corner of his mouth with disdain.
"What's wrong with the money addict?" Duan Wutian said, "If I can dig it out, don't take it from me."
"Why shouldn't I?" Xiang An said, "I mean it's not time to dig for spiritual stones yet."
"Haven't you all finished your research?" Duan Wutian said, "How long do we have to wait?"
"I haven't finished researching it yet!" Xiang An said.
"As long as you finish researching the bluestone!" Duan Wutian said, "Who cares about you? Can your level compare to that of the bluestone?"
"That's right," Chen Tianye said, "it will take more than a hundred years for you, Lao Xiang, to finish your research. Don't we keep waiting for you?"
"Okay!" Qingshi had no choice but to smooth things over again, "Lao Xiang, you can continue your research. It's okay. Even if they dig out the spiritual source, it won't affect you. Brother Qi and Amano, go dig it. I have to get some more." something else."
"Okay!" Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian were so excited that they turned around to dig.
"Wait a minute!" Xiang An was afraid that the two men would dig up the spiritual stone without sharing his share, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, I won't do this anymore, let's dig it together!"
"No, no," Chen Tianye teased, "I don't need to do anything to you, just the two of us can dig it."
"No, no!" Xiang An said, "How can I just let you work? I've always been a kind person, and what I can't stand the most is others doing the hard work while I sit back and enjoy the results, digging together!"
Qingshi smiled secretly in his heart and said: "Since Lao Xiang is also willing to contribute to mining, let's invite Brother Qi and Lao Xiang to dig together. Amano will accompany me. According to the rules, whoever sees the excavated spiritual stone will have a share, so you two Don't take it for yourself!" After saying that, he turned around and left with Chen Tianye, leaving Duan Wutian and Xiang An staring with big eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Duan Wutian said, "dig it!"
"Dig, dig!" Xiang An said, "Although it is a little tiring, the fun of digging for treasures is not only to get the treasures, but also to enjoy the process!"
"That's right!" Duan Wutian's eyes lit up, "You have some knowledge in this field, and it suits me very well! Let's go! Let's dig it up..."
Qingshi took Chen Tianye and searched for the location marked in the control room. They soon came to a cannon point. Sure enough, the array plates and cannons at this point were also submerged among tree roots and vines. Almost completely rusted away.
Qingshi pushed aside the vegetation to check, but found nothing worth collecting, so he had to go to the next point.
This area is one thousand feet on each side, and the artillery arrays are distributed within a distance of 100 to 300 feet from the river on all four sides. Qingshi and Chen Tianye walked around in a clockwise direction and found every artillery point. As expected by Qingshi, a total of three array artillery points were completely preserved. If Qingshi hadn't just cut off their spiritual sources, I'm afraid they would have fired one at the two of them.
Qingshi stayed at the first complete cannon point for more than two hours, and finally dismantled the cannon completely and put it into the storage container. As for the array plate, he only removed some of the more precious key components. . The two formation cannons found later were naturally treated in the same way.
After learning the array techniques of this array array and acquiring three powerful array cannons, Qingshi undoubtedly gained a lot. He named this array of cannons the Evil Spirit Cannon.
The array magic contained in this array disk is quite brilliant, and it has a very good reference and enlightenment effect for Qingshi, and the evil spirit cannon is even more useful. You must know that this is a brand new cannon. Although the power is smaller than the energy cannon, the firing rate is much stronger than the energy cannon.
Unfortunately, these three cannons had been eroded by wind and rain for too long, and they would probably be destroyed within a few shots. Therefore, Qingshi did not install them on the battleship.
When they returned to the formation, it was almost noon, and they saw that Xiang An and Duan Wutian had dug down more than twenty feet deep along the thick spiritual stone vein pillar, revealing a giant dragon-like crystal pillar. , it’s really breathtaking.
Chen Tianye was so excited that he immediately jumped down and took out a big hoe and started digging.
Qingshi did not mine, but he dismantled some valuable equipment and building materials in the control room and put them into storage containers, including those rare golden wires, several large boxes of black cannonballs, and several large metal boxes filled with black evil stones. box.
Chen Tianye and the others dug for nearly an hour, and the exposed spiritual stone crystal pillar was already thirty feet long. At this time, the rock surrounding the crystal pillar was so hard that Duan Wutian's sun gun could not penetrate it, and it was also The temperature is very high and very hot.
Then, water began to seep in from the surrounding soil and rocks. As soon as the water seeped into the cave, it was evaporated by the extremely high-temperature rocks, making the cave filled with high-temperature water vapor, which made the three of them scream.
Qingshi smiled and said: "Let's stop here. If we dig any more, people will be cooked."
The three of them couldn't hold on any longer, so they all jumped up soaked and panting. Qingshi asked them to rest and began to collect the spirit stones. He gathered his true energy and used his fists to break the crystal pillars into large cylinders one foot long. Then he moved them piece by piece to the metal array plate on the ground and stacked them.
Duan, Chen and Xiang were unwilling to stand still and began to imitate Qingshi's method of moving crystal pillars. After a while, a total of thirty-five thick crystal pillars, one foot long and five feet in diameter, were neatly arranged on the formation plate.
The temperature of these crystal pillars was very high, and they cooled down quickly after being broken. After cooling, dense cracks began to appear on the crystal pillars. As the number of cracks increased, Duan Wutian exclaimed: "What's going on? What happened?" Is there a problem?"
"Brother Qi, don't worry!" Qingshi smiled and walked up to a crystal pillar and slapped it with his palm. As the inner energy penetrated into the crystal pillar, it shook slightly. The entire crystal pillar suddenly fell into a pile of thumb-sized pieces. The six-sided crystal is a spiritual stone, top grade.
There are so many high-grade spiritual stones that it is impossible to calculate the exact number. Qingshi made a rough estimate and found that each section of crystal pillars contains approximately 1.5 million spiritual stones, and the thirty-five sections of crystal pillars total more than 50 million.
The next step was to divide the spoils. Duan Wutian scratched his head and said, "Thirty-five piles of spiritual stones, how can we divide them among four people?"
"Yes, eight piles per person means three piles more," Chen Tianye said, stroking his mustache. "Nine piles per person means one pile less."
"This is easy to do!" Xiang An said, "Each person should be divided into eight piles first, and the remaining three piles should be mixed together first, and then divided into four piles, right?"
"good idea!"
"Not bad!"
Duan and Chen agreed in unison.
Qingshi said: "No! Divide it into five portions, each portion has exactly seven piles!"
Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye looked at each other, wondering what the blue stone meant, but Xiang An thought of something, and secretly thought something was wrong.
There was only a soft bang, and Xiaopang appeared in the smoke with a mace on his shoulder.
"It's better to be the boss!" Little Fatty said with a look of displeasure on his face, and said with a hint of a smile, "You three guys actually divided up Fatty's share, you are very brave! It seems that I won't give you any today. Look at the color, you really don’t take me seriously..."
"Fat brother, I was wrong!" Xiang An's mind was spinning the fastest, "I don't...ah..."
Before Xiang An could finish his words, he was thrown away by Fatty with a stick. Although he was the first to admit his mistake, he was the first to be hit by Fatty.
Next, Xiaopang hit Duan, Chen and Xiang with a mace until Duan, Chen and Xiang couldn't admit their mistake and ran away with their heads in their hands. Fortunately, Xiaopang didn't turn into a giant beast and use his divine power.
But he soon got tired of beating him, so he threw down the stick and sat down, took out a roast chicken and started to chew on it while panting.
Duan, Chen and Xiang saw the opportunity and quickly served roasted sheep and fatted beef with a smile on their faces. After coaxing them for a long time, they finally calmed down the little fat man.
After Xiaopang put away his share of spiritual stones and roasted sheep and fattened cows and returned to the egg house, the three of them finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"Huh..." Duan Wutian touched the black bag on his head, took a breath, and muttered: "What use does the fat man need these spiritual stones? Really, he didn't participate in the Dragon Ball distribution last time. Well!"
"That's different," Qingshi said with a smile, "Last time at Yinlongquan, Xiaopang didn't contribute, and he also stole the fat sheep I gave to Haijiao, so he was embarrassed to share the dragon beads. This time, he contributed his own pet of."
"Just those little fish?" Chen Tianye said dissatisfied, "We traded him for the roasted fat sheep!"
"Even if it's replaced, it's all thanks to Brother Fat!" Xiang An said sternly, "That's someone's pet! It's such a noble sentiment to sacrifice your loved ones so much. What's more, the frog in the end was donated for free. , yes, and the turtle too..."
Xiang An became more and more excited as he spoke, looking like he was heartbroken and repentant, "Others have made such selfless contributions, but we see the benefits and forget about gratitude. It is really ungrateful, devoid of humanity, and inferior to pigs and dogs..." .”
Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye stared at Xiang An in astonishment, but Qingshi laughed wildly in his belly.
Sure enough, I heard Xiaopang's voice: "Xiang An, this guy has really realized his mistake. That's good! It looks like you two need to be beaten again..."
"Fat Brother! Fat Lord!" Duan and Chen shouted together, "We know we were wrong! We really know we were wrong!..."
