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"Is this a private mine?" Kaya, who had been silent, suddenly asked.
Minerals must be owned by the state. This is the concept of the earth. In the Lost Lands, the ownership of mineral veins is just like the gangsters fighting for territory on Earth. Whoever has the biggest fist belongs to them. It's just that in most cases, national-level organizations have the biggest power, and therefore naturally own the ownership of minerals.
But for newly discovered mineral veins, some well-skilled and ambitious discoverers will find ways to swallow them privately and obtain the maximum benefit from them. You can hide it as long as you can, until the day comes when you can no longer hide it. In order to achieve this goal, even if it means killing someone, he will not hesitate...
It seems that I have met such a group of people. Lin nodded and agreed with Kaya's statement, because this was the answer he thought was closest to the truth. However, he still said conservatively: "Although I vaguely guessed that this is a private mine, I don't know what kind of mine it is. And it should be a very valuable mineral that makes them not hesitate to kill people. Otherwise, I risk offending The risk for magicians, if they do this kind of thing, as long as they don't have the corresponding force, then the village will be wiped out by the surviving Master, which is a safe thing."
As the three masters and apprentices talked, they continued to go deeper into the tunnel. If they only relied on torches or the fluorescent light from Halumi's bright light spell, I'm afraid they would have to move forward cautiously and gropingly. Dan Lin's improved version of the lighting technique illuminated the entire passage as if he were walking in a passage full of electric lights in the 21st century.
It is extremely bright, with almost no blind spots, and it can shine directly to the bottom of the passage. Of course, it is unrealistic to expect that the light can turn a corner and shine into the passage behind the corner. At best, Lin could only illuminate everything he could see.
For this reason, there are many small creatures such as geckos, lizards, and other caves that are constantly avoiding the sudden bright light. Their fleeing figures were clearly visible under sufficient light.
Although doing so would also alert the enemy in ambush─if there were any. But the bigger benefit is that it eliminates the sense of oppression and mystery brought by dark caves, and makes people no longer afraid of things in dark corners. And some forks and passages also appeared one by one under the light.
In the past, when exploring caves or tunnels, the most common problem encountered was whether the mountain wall in the depression was a passage leading to a fork in the road, or whether it was just a concave mountain wall. Relying on the faint light of dim torches or bright light spells, it is impossible to tell unless you look closer. And if you ignore the fork in the road, you may be ambushed from behind, so you have to be careful.
Now, the whole passage is illuminated. Occasionally, the blind spots created by rocks can actually hide no threatening creatures.
However, the deeper you go, there is a strange power fluctuation that spreads weakly in the air. At the same time, the mineral deposits in this tunnel are gradually revealed.
The rock walls are sparsely inlaid with crystal clear crystals of various colors. It has not been polished, but it is full of magical power. In the Mysterious Land, it is very common for magic stones to be used as associated mines and sparsely dotted with the main veins. But if you can find a mine with magic stones as its main output, you can make a lot of money, just like digging for oil on the earth.
The place in front of me... looks like a vein of magic stone, with large tracts of various crystals exposed. It changes gradually from red to orange and yellow, occasionally dotted with crystals that are close to green.
Since I have never seen other magic stone veins, I cannot compare the value of this vein. To be honest, no one has an idea about how to process raw stone into standard-sized magic stone.
But no matter what, it's money. It is said that in some places in the Lost Land, magic stones are directly used as the currency for large-scale transactions. And no matter how the magic stone fluctuates in value due to its appearance, no matter how low it is, it won't be much lower.
The most important thing is that this mineral vein explains why those people were willing to risk offending Master and wanted to kill people. Even strangers who passed by this place by chance looked like they had no intention of letting people leave.
Thinking of this, Lin had to sigh. I had no intention of exploring the secrets of this village at first, and of course I didn't know anything about this mine. If they didn't think of killing someone and just let the person go, nothing would happen next.
Now that I am trapped in the tunnel, I can't even see what's going on outside with my own eyes. But just thinking about it, Lin felt that he should be able to guess accurately. It was impossible for those villagers not to search for the carriage, and it was impossible not to disturb the lich in the carriage; but if they could escape with their lives after offending the former Demon King, then what the hell.
However, he didn't want to care about the bad things outside. Lin tightened his hold on the staff, turned to the two girls who were blinded by the magic stone veins, and said, "Cover your ears. Maybe you can't hear the sound, but It may feel a little uncomfortable. So it’s better to cover it up, although it may not have any effect.”
After being scolded before, the two girls were obedient and covered their ears with their hands, looking at their teacher in confusion. Lin, however, thrust his staff toward the ground and muttered a spell. This is a detection spell that was once used in the vampire castle. It uses ultrasonic feedback to detect buildings and maze terrain.
In the sound of the incantation, waves of sound waves spread outward and constantly refracted and fed back. In this continuous process, the topographic map of the tunnel in front of Lin gradually took shape.
Because he had to continue casting spells, Lin rested his forehead on the staff, closed his eyes, and recited the spell attentively. But in the eyes of the two girls, this magic stone vein seemed to resonate with something and started to vibrate slightly. The gravel on the ground bounced gently, and even the color of the magic stone mine seemed to be flowing and changing subtly.
When the curse stopped, Lin opened his eyes and looked at the topographic map of the tunnels drawn in the air before him. He looked at it carefully and said to himself: "It's really strange. There are some differences in the drawn pictures."
Because there are many geographical references in the maze, you can easily mark your location on the map. Lin looked at his position on the map and the cave he was actually in, studying the anomalies that showed differences. It was surprising to find that the parts of the tiles that had color differences that could be compared were the exposed magic stone veins.
"Is it possible that this magic can also be used for prospecting?" Lin was only surprised for a moment, then relieved. Different materials have different performances in reflecting sound waves, and because of the difference in feedback time, the program that originally just measured the distance and then drew the points has unexpected functions.
But sound wave detection should only act on the surface, how can it enter the interior of a solid. There is no pile driver used to transmit shock waves to the interior. Moreover, even with the advanced technology of the earth, it is not easy to detect the interior of a solid. Could it be that there was an unexpected reaction due to the use of magic? "It seems that we can focus on exploring this aspect in the future."
It was not the first time for the two girls to see such a building and maze structure diagram. Of course, they could clearly see the structure of this tunnel at a glance. The tunnel is not deep, but there are many side roads. It looks like it has been mined for some time. In addition to the mine where he was, there were several mines that also had reactions that were suspicious of magic stone veins. In one of them, not only is the space larger, but the reaction of the suspected magic stone is even greater than here.
"Teacher, do you want to go here and have a look?" It was Kaya who spoke. She pointed to the largest mine and asked.
Lin nodded and let the two girls lead the way to the deepest large mine. Along the way, you can see many damaged tools discarded in relatively hidden corners. The air was filled with a very high concentration of power, as if it was about to form a substance and liquefy. If you meditate in this environment, you should be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
And this reminded Lin of a question. Judging from their own experiences, it was probably not the first time that the villagers had done this. But among the people they killed, there should be no magicians; or perhaps they would have been buried by earth and rocks at the entrance of the tunnel because of their wrong choices.
Because in an environment like this, for formal magicians, what is more efficient than meditating to accumulate power is the speed of power recovery after using magic. If you still feel that it is not fast enough, then go and hold a rough magic stone. Even if it has not been cut, the power contained in it is genuine.
In other words, the magicians here have almost unlimited magic power. A passage blocked by earth and rocks is really not a big problem. Otherwise, if you take a gamble and use the three-ring apprentice-level magic - any door, to open it from a place outside the field of vision, it is possible to leave.
However, considering that there is too much movement in any door, a space-traveling portal must be opened first before the magician can pass through. If you do this, you should be easily stared at and beaten by the people guarding outside.
In short, it is really unrealistic to trap a magician in such an environment.
Walking into the largest mine, the place is filled with a strong aura of power. The magic stone veins exposed outside the rock wall even began to glow by themselves, showing a riot of colors. It looks beautiful, but is actually not a good thing. This shows that the power here can no longer be stored and begins to overflow. But this also means another thing, that is, there may be high-quality magic stones here.
While Lin was groping for the rock walls and mineral veins here, he was thinking about whether there was any way to get the 'high-quality' magic stone. But the two girls quickly escaped from the dazzling scenery in front of them. Because there was a strange feeling that flashed through their thoughts.
Observing the surroundings carefully, the attentive Kaya first noticed the slight beating of the gravel on the ground. Halumi put her hand on the ground, trying to detect the source of the vibration.
It’s just that this source doesn’t seem to need to be checked. Because the movement is getting louder and louder, and it can be felt that 'it' is heading here.
"Teacher!" Halumi shouted, reminding someone.
And someone was not completely unaware of what was happening. At least after seeing the strange behavior of the two girls, he paid more attention to his surroundings and also noticed this inexplicable vibration. He pounded the staff heavily on the ground, sending out an even stronger shock wave that went straight into the ground. It is hoped that this method can be used to clearly detect the conditions inside the solid.
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