"Dang, Dang, Dang!" Next to the huge blast furnace, several naked men were hammering a large piece of ore, hammering the entire ore into pieces.
Then he used a big shovel to pour the crushed ore into the hot smelting furnace. As the crushed ore was poured in, a thick smoke instantly rose up, and the magma-like ore liquid in the furnace also rolled violently, making a gurgling sound. of bubbles.
These furnace workers are smelting rough ore, calcining raw ore with extremely heavy impurity content through fire, and extracting semi-finished mineral materials.
Later, these semi-finished mineral materials will be transported to the forging heavy industry room, where they will be melted into liquid by the earth fire array, and then refined and purified into qualified finished mineral materials through machine forging equipment.
This place is the base of the Withered Bones Gang. It was originally a large abandoned mine. The terrain is like a concave valley surrounded on three sides with a gap on one side. Nowadays, a high wall made of large rocks blocks the gap on one side, forming a A large mining village was built.
Moreover, there is a river of magma gushing out from the ground in the valley. Setting up a magic circle is a natural underground fire, which is perfect for smelting ore. It is no wonder that the Withered Bones Gang set up their base in this old mine. Although it is like this Magma rivers are not uncommon in the Flame Cave layer.
Two days ago, Liu Yu came to this mining village with a camel team transporting ore. There are rows of tall furnaces in the mine village, and forging workshops of various sizes. A large number of furnace workers are working in and out day and night. It is like a fortress. Huge refinery.
After two days, Liu Yu discovered that this mine was not simple. The first was its scale. There were more than twenty forging workshops and hundreds of furnace workers in the mine. Smoke billowed from the chimneys of the workshops every day. Liu Yu had been supervising work at the shipyard for many years. , is already very familiar with the mineral smelting process and technology.
Calculated based on the daily output of these more than twenty forging workshops, the amount of ore mined by the Dry Bones Gang alone is far from enough to support the daily operation of such a large refinery. Obviously, the mine has other sources of minerals.
Liu Yu inquired privately with a furnace worker and found out that the Dry Bones Gang not only mined their own mines, but also purchased ore at high prices from other mining gangs and mining teams in the vicinity of Niuguo Town. There were camel teams every day, carrying various kinds of goods. Ore comes from outside.
Secondly, the security of this mine village is too tight. Outside the high walls of the mine village, strangers can approach by mistake. There is also a forbidden area inside the mine village. Foreign supervisors like Liu Yu and ordinary furnace workers are not allowed to break in. It is said that The factories inside refine precious and rare spiritual materials.
In the past two months, Liu Yu had roughly figured out the situation of the Withered Bones Gang through what he saw and heard on weekdays. The Withered Bones Gang was actually an industry under the Youshak Arena Sect.
Most of the miners are debtor gamblers, not only the gamblers under the "Ghost Shark Arena", but also the debtor gamblers from other gladiatorial arenas. These gamblers have all been resold to the "Ghost Shark Arena" .
This is what Liu Yu can't understand, why the "Secret Shark Arena" goes to such great lengths and consumes a lot of manpower and material resources to mine this deep underground.
Although mining can earn a lot of spiritual stones, with the manpower and material resources, you can make more money in any industry in the prosperous Beluga Port than in this remote and barren place.
There is also a refinery of this scale built, and there may be some ulterior motives in it.
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On the third day, the camel team left the mining village and returned to the mining camp on the ghost cave level. Dozens of moose marched forward in a mighty procession, with each moose carrying four empty "spiritual mustard boxes" on its back.
There were some new faces accompanying the escorting mine supervisor. From the chatter and laughter of these people, Liu Yu learned that it was a normal rotation within the Withered Bones Gang, and among them was the "Gray Fox" who had not been seen in the past two months. .
"Gray Fox, you're in your turn too!" As the camel team was moving, a man with a yellow complexion and dark eye circles trotted up to Gray Fox and said teasingly.
"Isn't that right? There will be no good days in the next few months." Gray Fox couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. He worked in the gang, either staying in the mining village or going out with the mining team. Only then did he live his second and third year. After three months of comfortable life, I was asked to go out again, and the hard days were coming again.
It's naturally best to stay in the mining village. Not only can your life be relaxed and comfortable, but when you have free time, you can also sneak to Niuguo Town to have a few drinks and talk to the maid you like in the tavern.
It's hard for the mining team to be dispatched. Not to mention being as tired as a dog all day long, just in case they run into some powerful ghosts. Not to mention those short-lived miners, even the supervisors who are responsible for the guards themselves will be exhausted. There will be life-threatening danger, and the ghost cave level is not a place for people to stay.
"Yeah! It's going to be difficult next time!" The man also sighed and murmured with empathy.
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It was originally a three-day journey, but because the camel team was traveling without a load and someone didn't know what happened, the leader ordered the camel team to drive at full speed with few stops. It only took two days for the camel team to arrive at the mining camp on the ghost cave level. , and when we arrived at the camp, we learned the reason for the rush.
Just three days ago, the lion's belly mining team in the camp was attacked by multiple "Dark Banshees" when they were out mining. Two mine supervisors were killed on the spot, more than a dozen miners were killed, and many strong miners were kidnapped. Therefore, the camp was forced to suspend all mining operations for these two days.
First, the pack team transported ore to the mine village and took away some of the supervisors, leaving the camp weakly guarded.
Secondly, ghosts like the "Dark Charm Banshee" have the same intelligence as humans, are cunning and insidious, and are extremely difficult to deal with. Moreover, there are many "Dark Charm Banshee" appearing. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, deputy gang leader Mang Shark had to issue an order , no one is allowed to take a step outside the camp.
At around nine o'clock, the canteen in the camp was filled with miners having a meal. As more than 20 supervisors escorting the pack team rushed back to the camp, the deputy gang leader Mang Shark decided to resume mining. After dinner, as usual, each team Go out to mine separately.
"Have you heard? It was the "Dark Charm Banshee" who did it!" a miner whispered.
"I've heard it a long time ago. Not many people in the Lion's Belly team survived!" Another miner immediately replied.
"This is too tragic! I wonder if these evil stars are gone, but please don't come to our team!" After hearing this, a thin young miner said to someone next to him with a pale face.
"Don't worry! You're so skinny, those "Dark Enchantresses" don't look down on you at all. I heard they like macho men like me!" A strong man with a bulging body next to him stood up and gestured to his strong and thick body. Arms, he said teasingly.
"Hey! I heard that those "Dark Enchantresses" have big breasts and fat buttocks, and are gorgeous in appearance. They are all peerless beauties. They can enjoy themselves before they die!" Another miner said with a lewd smile.
"Ha, ha, that's right. It's not a bad idea to die on the bellies of these banshees!"
Bursts of laughter suddenly erupted in the dining hall greenhouse, and the originally depressing atmosphere dissipated in an instant, followed by more dirty jokes. Senior miners like "Old Black Niu" couldn't help but shake their heads, lamenting that these young people really don't know how to live or die. .
Only when they see the tragic death of those abducted by the dark enchanting succubus will these young people truly understand the terrible reputation of these stunning succubi.
"Old Black Bull" has stayed in the Withered Bones Gang for nearly thirty years. In fact, he has already paid off his gambling debts. He just stayed here to earn more spiritual stones for the sake of his family's descendants. Although underground mining is dangerous, the income is indeed not high. Low.
In the past thirty years, he has seen the "Dark Banshee" attack mining teams many times, especially in the past ten years or so, which has happened every three or four years.
Every time the "Dark Charm Banshee" kidnaps some strong miners for sexual pleasure, it will leave only after it is satisfied. When it finds these miners, they have turned into skeletons covered with a layer of dry skin.
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"Old Hei Niu, the rest of the Lion Belly Mining Team will be assigned to our team. You can make some arrangements." When Lao Hei Niu's team gathered to set off, the team leader "Ghost Ya" led a dozen miners who looked depressed. , brought it to the mine head "Old Black Niu" and said.
"Don't worry, sir! Six sons will assign jobs to these brothers!" Lao Hei Niu nodded hurriedly. The remaining dozen or so people from the Lion Belly Mine Team knew everyone from the Lao Niu Mining Team, and the arrangements were quickly made.
"Fellow Daoist Xuankong, let me introduce to you. This is Gray Fox, a new member of our team." The remaining members of the Lion Belly Mine Team were all integrated into the Lao Niu Mine Team, so the deputy gang leader gave the Lao Niu Mine Team a new member. A mine supervisor was added, and this person was "Gray Fox".
"Xuankong, the poor Taoist, I have met fellow Taoist!" Liu Yu said with a nonchalant expression, nodding his head in greeting.
"Taoist Priest, you're welcome, just call me "Gray Fox"! By the way, Taoist Priest looks familiar, have we met somewhere?" Gray Fox said hello with a smile, and took a closer look at the Taoist from Zhongzhou, It seemed like I had seen them before, but most of these Zhongzhou people looked the same, and I couldn't remember them for a while.
"Oh! That's right! Pindao has only traveled to Beihai in recent years. I think fellow Taoist must have recognized someone else, or perhaps the fellow Taoist knows someone who is somewhat similar to Pindao." Liu Yu said calmly .
This "grey fox" has only had two encounters with him. Once he used a fake spirit ticket to defraud him, and another time he just passed by him in the arena. If it weren't for the death of his senior brother, this "grey fox" would have stood in front of him. You will definitely not be able to recognize this person.
He didn't believe that an idle liar like "Grey Fox" could recognize him at a glance. People like "Grey Fox" had come into contact with countless strangers every day in Beluga Harbor. After so many years, how could he I suddenly remembered the stranger I passed by in a hurry more than ten years ago.
"Grey Fox, you must have admitted your mistake! There is a "Dark Charm Banshee" near the camp, and you all know it. Please be more careful in a moment!" Guiya waved his hand and called the mining team to set off. These "Dark Charm Banshee" The Banshee appears again, which is really troublesome.
"Forget it!" Gray Fox thought about it carefully, but still couldn't think of where he had seen this Taoist, so he didn't think more about it. He had seen too many Zhongzhou Taoists in Beluga Harbor back then, and he thought it was him. He was mistaken. In his opinion, most of these Zhongzhou people, with their dark eyes and fair faces, looked like birds.
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In a dark cave near the Withered Bones Gang's camp, on a large stone slab covered with a thick soft leather blanket, three charming women in thin clothes were lying. The three women had long black silk hair, and their hips were raised and their waists were thin. Hugging each other, their long white legs intertwined like snakes, the cave was full of spring scenery.
"Smelly Taoist, you finally showed up!" Suddenly a woman in the middle suddenly opened her eyes and sat up. This woman's breasts were towering, but her skin color was one golden and one white. The left side was actually a fake gold mask, and only the right side was It's plump and soft Xuefeng, but it's not the "Dark Charming Banshee" Miji who had her left breast cut off by Liu Yu.
"Sister, what's wrong?" The petite woman on the left opened her hazy eyes, stretched and asked softly.
"The stinky Taoist who hurt me back then was nearby!" Mi Ji said with angry eyes and gritted teeth.
"What! Then what are you waiting for? Let's kill him now." The petite woman said as she immediately sat up and said sincerely.
"This Taoist should be with the Mining Gang. Let's go and take a look first!" The woman lying on the right is more beautiful than Miji and the petite woman, and has the highest cultivation level among the three women. She also felt To the distant "charm flower demon seal" breath.
"What to do with these wastes!" The petite woman said, pointing to some black figures lying horizontally and vertically under the big stone slab. A closer look revealed that the black figures lying on the ground were actually frail naked men.
These men were all reduced to skeletons, lying on the ground with only a layer of wrinkled dry skin stuck to their bones, looking like they were neither human nor ghosts.
"Just kill him!" Miji waved her hand and a black blade flew out, cutting a naked man lying on the ground in half, but only a few faint traces of blood flowed from the wound on the body.
