The road from Black Bee City to Gray Iron Mine Cave has long been paved by people from Miao Mountain, and the road surface is also much smoother. There are many supply stations along the way. Zhang Changkong traveled day and night, and it only took ten days to lead the steel ant swarm. We arrived at the Gray Iron Mine Cave as soon as possible.
"I have met the Immortal Master."
Thanks to the improvement of Miaoshan's communication methods, the news that Zhang Changkong was heading towards the Gray Iron Mine had already reached here. Kong Xiaoer led the management staff of the Gray Iron Mine to greet Zhang Changkong.
After Zhang Changkong asked the steel ant to stay where he was, he rode the golden-needle wasp and landed in front of Kong Xiaoer.
After more than ten years, Zhang Changkong's appearance changed from a young man to a young man, but Kong Xiaoer changed from a young man to a middle-aged man. As time passes, mortals show the most direct expression. Zhang Changkong saw it from Kong Xiaoer's face. To the changes of life.
"How has the Gray Iron Mine been over the years?"
Zhang Changkong was not in the mood to mourn the past and present, but asked directly.
"Back to Master Immortal, originally the gray iron mine cave has always been very stable. Thirty thousand miners took turns working day and night, contributing countless wealth to Miaoshan every month. However, there are more and more steel ants in the cave. And steel ants will also eat gray iron ore. Now, many mine tunnels have been destroyed by steel ants." Kong Xiaoer glanced at the steel ants brought by Zhang Changkong and said with a complicated expression. What else has not been said is that every year Many miners died at the mouth of the steel ants, which put him under unnecessary pressure in order to appease the miners.
"Oh, is that so? To what extent has the gray iron mine been damaged?" Zhang Changkong asked.
Kong Xiaoer didn't know why Zhang Changkong asked such a question, but he still replied: "Now half of the entire ore vein has been occupied by steel ants. We have to reopen the mine tunnel from another place. If the steel ants continue to encroach on the gray iron ore vein, we will not stop it." , taking into account the growth rate of steel ants, the gray iron ore vein may not last ten years.”
"Yes, I understand the situation." Zhang Changkong nodded. From this point of view, perhaps the number of steel ants in the gray iron mine may exceed one hundred thousand. This is exactly in line with Zhang Changkong's wishes. The scale of the steel ants still needs to be expanded. , if there are millions of steel ants in ten years, then he does not believe that the vitality stone veins can "reject" Zhang Changkong in front of so many steel ants.
"It seems that steel ants need to eat some ores as they grow. I don't know whether it is for fun or necessary nutrients," Zhang Changkong thought.
Glancing at Kong Xiaoer, Zhang Changkong said: "The scale of Steel Ant still needs to be expanded. If the gray iron veins are no longer suitable for mining, you can ask the miners to be assigned to other mining areas. Don't we have many veins being mined in Miaoshan? , At the same time, you inform the people in Miaoshan to find some suitable places for steel ants to breed as soon as possible. I will need a huge number of steel ants in the future. Now, steel ants have priority over all mineral veins such as gray iron ore," Zhang Changkong said.
"Master Immortal, although we have many mineral veins in Miao Mountain, including those currently being mined and those that have not yet been mined, none of the veins are as valuable as gray iron ore. If there is no gray iron ore, we will not be able to find it in the future. Replacing the veins of gray iron ore, our development in Miaoshan may be affected,” Kong Xiaoer said.
"About this, send a message to Miaoshan and ask Wan Gong, Liu Hong, Feng Lu'an and other senior officials from Miaoshan to come here. I will tell you, well, don't you have windmill dragonfly?" Knight, use that to get them to come as soon as possible and tell them about the huge changes that Miaoshan will face."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Changkong ignored Kong Xiaoer, directly summoned Hei Yi and Hei Er, and rode Hei Er into the gray iron mine cave.
In fact, the strength of the Black One and Black Two Zerg is relatively suitable for mining, but these two Zerg are not very interested in mining. Unless Zhang Changkong orders them to mine at all times, they will run far away if they are not careful. Zhang Changkong This time we simply brought them to the Gray Iron Mine Cave, firstly so that they could become the backbone of the more than 20,000 steel ants brought from Black Bee City, and secondly, in order to support the steel ants who would be brought from the Gray Iron Mine Cave to Black Bee City. It is better to integrate into the people of Black Bee City. You must know that the intelligence of the zerg is much stronger than that of ordinary bugs, and their xenophobia is also much stronger. Keep them in Black Bee City in case they bring the steel ants of Black Bee City to kill them. The new steel ants are no good.
Under the light of the fireball, there was no trace of anyone passing through this passage for a long time. There may be no people from Miaoshan in the gray iron mine cave. It is likely that they were all forced to evacuate here.
After going more than a hundred meters into the cave, Zhang Changkong's consciousness scanned several steel ants.
With a thought in his mind, those steel ants quickly flew towards Zhang Changkong.
After those steel ants approached Zhang Changkong, although they were somewhat hostile to Hei Yi Hei Er, they were unable to resist Zhang Changkong's call and could only crawl in front of Zhang Changkong.
Zhang Changkong waved his hand and let a steel ant land on Hei Er's back. Hei Er shook his body slightly and ignored it.
"Huh?" Zhang Changkong looked at the steel ant under the light of the small fireball, and then at the other ones on the ground. The bodies of these steel ants were much rounder and bigger than the steel ants in Black Bee City. In a small circle, the body that was originally as thick as an adult's thighs became as thick as a strong man's thighs, just like the fat man in Iron Ant, with a pampered look, and the overall appearance is not that ugly.
"More than ten years apart, although the color of the steel ants in the two places is still the same, there is a big difference in body shape, and the curvature of the mouthparts and the length of the legs have slightly changed. Are they still the same race? ".
Zhang Changkong felt that due to the lack of competitors for survival and the abundant resources in the gray iron mines, the steel ants in these gray iron mines have become somewhat useless over the years, and they have raised a lot of "fat people".
However, although these steel ants have become less suitable for fighting, they have developed a good body, which is suitable for mining. I think they are more hard-working than the steel ants in Black Bee Mountain.
Zhang Changkong released a few steel ants and went straight into the center of the gray iron mine.
We arrived at a location that was roughly the center.
Zhang Changkong stood still, glanced around, and with a thought in his mind, "Earth and Stone Mastery" was activated with full force.
"Boom!"
The terrain around the cave changed. The earth and rocks were squeezed in both directions, and stone pillars with a diameter of three to four meters were compressed as support points.
Some steel ants in the cave were frightened by the changing terrain and quickly escaped to the outside. Some of them were unable to escape and were unlucky enough to be squeezed to death by the rocks.
During the expansion of the cave, some underground rivers were accidentally affected, and Zhang Changkong carefully blocked them.
It took a full three-quarters of an hour to create a roughly elliptical cave space with a diameter of a thousand meters and a height of more than three meters. This huge cave was supported by hundreds of huge stone pillars.
"Renovating the terrain in the mountain is more troublesome than building a city wall, and consumes much more mana." Zhang Changkong briefly sensed the mana consumption in his body and ignored it.
"Secret Technique of Slave Insect" was directly released in combination with "Pulse Mastery", and Zhang Changkong began to summon the steel ants in the gray iron mine cave.
"I don't know if any insects are born here," Zhang Changkong thought while casting a spell.
