Chapter 747 The First Treasure

"Impossible." Jihalin shook his head firmly and said, "The vein sealing technique is mainly for mineral veins. It only makes the state of objects constant. It does not mean that time really stops passing. The creatures sealed in it are in the seal. While it lasts, it will remain unchanged, but when the seal is lifted, time will catch up with them in an instant.

The moment the seal was lifted was also the moment they died.

During the sealing period, they were still and even unconscious, so there was no point in doing so.

Whether it is the past or the future, time is the most difficult to span.

Not the craziest person would dare to attempt this easily. "

Gavin couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. He understood this very well, because he was the madman who tried to travel through time. Even with the protection of the Tears of Selun and the Star Gate as the road, he still had twists and turns and almost failed.

"It's no use guessing. Just go and take a look and you'll know. Maybe it's an automatic mining equipment made by the dwarves here. When the seal here is lifted, it automatically enters the operating state." Yuriu, the leader of the gray dwarves, is a practical man and took the lead in asking Walk deeper into the passage.

"It's not impossible." Everyone nodded involuntarily. If it were purely mechanical equipment, it would make sense.

If there is no corrosion, oxidation, etc., even if time comes to knock on the door, materials such as steel will not be affected in any way. Only those flesh and blood bodies cannot withstand the pure blow of time.

"Stone thorns? So many stone thorns!"

"Can Stone Thorn grow so big?"

"Ordinary stone thorns will definitely not be able to grow so big, but don't forget where this is. The law of gigantism on the Giant Plains can also be enveloped here. If it becomes gigantic, it will be super large!"

"The reason why the passage here is so huge is not simply to prepare it for the giants, but it is left over from their mining process."

"That's not right. Stone Thorns are elemental creatures, not bloodline creatures. Can enlargement also be effective on them?"

"This comes from the level of laws and is not of blood. It is not surprising that it can take effect on elemental creatures."

"I didn't expect that our dwarf mining's use of stone thorns could be traced back to the period of the Supreme Shanatar."

"Supreme Shanatar is known as the most glorious era of the Northland dwarves. It's not without reason."

"Congratulations, Lord, this is the first treasure you have excavated from the Kingdom of Supreme Shanatar. You have a group of the best ore diggers, who can work non-stop to mine for you, and you have to pay , which is the residue produced during the smelting process and the air mixed with metal dust. This is their favorite food, but you need a group of dwarves to help manage them. "

"Can gray dwarves do it too?"

"You need to ask Chief Yuriu about this."

"I don't know about this, because our clan has never used stone thorns. Wait, I can try it."

The crowd didn't go far before they found the maker of the sound.

That's a very unique creature.

Its main body is like a rough black stone pillar covered with blunt thorns, with a varying number of hammer-shaped tentacle arms. The least is four, and the most is even seven or eight. This is related to their size.

These hammer-like tentacle arms are both their arms and their feet, dragging them forward.

They have only one organ, which looks like a big, hollow mouth, occupying the entire front. When it turns around, it is discovered that it is not a mouth at all, but an extremely deep eye. There is an earthy yellow light blooming in the depth, and even the surrounding It is studded with tiny blunt spines that resemble eyelashes.

When it stares at you blankly, not only does it not feel cruel, but it feels silly.

The sound Gavin and the others heard earlier was not the roar of this creature called Stone Thorn, but the sound of their hammer-shaped tentacle arms hitting the wall or ore.

This is not a matter of striking an egg against a stone.

It's the iron ore that's flying around, not the hammer-shaped tentacle arms.

Because their owners are not made of flesh and blood, at least what is exposed outside is made of hard rock, especially the hammer heads of their hammer-shaped tentacle arms, which are extremely hard and shine with a blue-gray color belonging to steel.

The stony thorns also have different body shapes. They have a columnar body squatting there, about the same height as a dwarf. After the four hammer-shaped tentacle arms are stretched out, they have a medium-sized body with the height of an adult.

There is also a body as tall as a hobgoblin, with hammer-like tentacle arms spread out, but over four meters tall.

There are also behemoths as tall as the hobgoblin giants, with wingspans exceeding seven meters.

Their movements are very slow, and even those with as many as eight hammer-like tentacle arms rarely hit iron ore with two at the same time. However, their power is quite amazing, even those of relatively inconspicuous medium-sized bodies. It can easily smash down a small piece of iron ore, not to mention those of large size and super large size. Every time it smashes down into pieces.

As if they were unaware of fatigue, they slowly but firmly waved their hammer-shaped tentacle arms, hammering the surrounding iron ore rock formations.

This is a kind of elemental creature called Stone Thorn. Their properties are very similar to the earth element. They were born from the earth element plane and have immortal life. Naturally, they will not be negatively affected by the mineral vein sealing technique.

They are often summoned by dwarf spellcasters and bound to the material plane to serve as their guards or miners. Their temperaments are very similar to those of dwarves. They are also hardworking, rough and straightforward, and indomitable. They are usually very willing to serve the dwarves.

This is basically a biological version of a breaker, and it is a perfect match for the Kobolds' vibrator bombs to blast and mine.

The deep burial blasting of the Kobolds' vibrator bombs can split large sections of iron ore directly from the rock mass, but due to the difficulty of crushing and transportation, they often have to sacrifice the number of one-time blasts and use more blasting energy to crush the iron ore.

With this group of stone spikes of different models, there is no worry in this regard.

The blasting ability of the vibrator bomb can be fully utilized. Large pieces of iron ore are handed over to large stone spikes, and small pieces are handed over to small ones. They can be crushed to a satisfactory degree quickly.

Compared to smashing iron ore directly from the iron ore wall, the shape of the stone spikes is better at crushing the ore that has been mined.

If equipped with multiple rail cars and large shovels, a modern underground iron ore mining will be complete.

At that time, it will not be an annual output of one million tons, but a monthly output of one million tons.

Gavin couldn't help but use Dragon Vision on the super-large stone spike closest to him.

Hit Dice: 160 (12D8+108)

Size: Super Large

Movement Speed: 4 km/h (running 12 km/h, sprinting 20 km/h)

Attributes: Strength 28, Agility 6, Constitution 28, Intelligence 6, Perception 13, Charisma 13

Elemental Biological Characteristics (Special Ability) - The stone spike is immune to poison, sleep, paralysis and deterrence effects. It will not be hit or pinched, and it can neither be resurrected nor revived. It has 18-meter dark vision.

Incoordination (special ability) - The coordination of the Stone Thorn's body is extremely poor and the distribution of its tentacles and arms is uneven. It cannot use more than 50% of its body to attack at the same time, but it can attack in multiple directions without moving.

Vibration and Crushing (special ability) - Extraordinary Strength Reward, the Stone Thorn's hammer strikes with a strange tremor, which can crush and disintegrate the target from the inside. If it hits a living creature, it is easy to cause internal injuries such as bone shattering and internal organ rupture. If it hits an object, especially a stone object, it will be easier to break and disintegrate from the inside, and all damage will be maximized.

Stone Body (special ability) - Extraordinary Physical Reward, the Stone Thorn's essence is connected to the earth. When it is on the earth, it will have five points of regeneration ability. Rock collapse will not cause fatal injuries to them. The Stone Thorn will only be buried, not dead.

The ability of the Dragon Vision Glasses is not static, but rises with the user's intelligence and will.

When scanning each other, the two sides will have a will confrontation.

If the enemy has overwhelming strength, just like when Gavin tried to spy on the six-armed snake demon, he will be directly blocked.

If the two are evenly matched, or slightly inferior, only surface data will be obtained, which is the case in most cases.

If you have an overwhelming advantage over the enemy, you can get its detailed data, which is the case with Gavin now facing these stone spikes.

Super-large stone spikes have eight hammer-shaped arms, with life dice between 11-15.

Large stone spikes have six, with life dice between 5-10.

Medium stone spikes have four, with life dice below five.

Their abilities are simply born for breaking stones and mining, especially those large and super-large ones, all of which have extraordinary strength and physique, all of which are vibration-breaking and stone bodies, which makes them not afraid of mine collapse at all. As long as there is a little gap, they can rely on their own abilities to arch out little by little.

Given their characteristics as creatures on the earth elemental plane, it is normal to have such abilities.

Because the Earth Elemental Plane is an endless world of earth and stone, there is no distinction between up and down, and no ground pressure. All states are constant. The creatures living there either have the ability to dig stones or live in various caves.

Stone thorns are obviously cave creatures.

The description of the elemental creatures that they cannot be resurrected and cannot be resurrected does not mean that once the stone thorns are killed, they will die completely. Their soul consciousness is just taken away by their original plane (that is, the place of birth) and resurrected there.

On the material plane, there is naturally no way to revive or resurrect (after all, a creature cannot be resurrected twice), but you can summon or teleport them from the Earth Elemental Plane again through summoning spells, interdimensional teleportation, etc.

This characteristic is not unique to elemental creatures. All alien creatures, whether they are upper, lower, or elemental plane creatures, have this characteristic. If you want to completely destroy them, you must kill the demons in the Abyss and the devils in Hell in their original plane. Their life essence is reabsorbed by the plane, and they will really die.

But if someone uses divine or magical spells to pull them, they can still be resurrected again, unless they are stopped by special methods, die of old age, or they don't want to be resurrected.

The speed disadvantage and uncoordinated nature of the stone spikes destined them to be much more useful in the mines than on the battlefield.

Gavin's use of the dragon vision glasses to spy was like poking a hornet's nest. All the stone spikes stopped mining and turned around in unison, looking at Gavin and his group of uninvited people with their huge, but cute eyes.

In their eyes, Gavin felt neither hostility nor any welcome, but more indifference.

This is normal. Emotions are not just intellectual behavior, but also inseparable from the body.

Many times, all kinds of emotions in the brain are caused by physical stimulation, such as rage caused by pain, excitement caused by large amounts of adrenal secretion, and estrus caused by male hormone secretion.

Those undead whose bodies are transformed by negative energy, even if they have their own wisdom, have no emotions. This is particularly evident in people like Estel and Daphne who have the ability to transform spirits into flesh.

Even if the undead have emotions, they are negative emotions dominated and amplified by negative energy.

Most elemental creatures are composed of various elements, so their emotions are naturally indifferent.

Until all the stone spikes set their eyes on Jiharin and the Heart of Regeneration in his hand, the khaki eyes softened involuntarily, and turned around to continue to bombard the ore layer, no longer paying attention to Gavin and his party.

Obviously, Jiharin's identity as a dwarf and holding the Heart of Regeneration were recognized by them, and they were regarded as the new owner of this vein.

Gavin and his party were not ready to officially take over the entire vein. Since these stone spikes had no intention of attacking them, they naturally would not pay attention to them and let them mine here on their own.

As for whether their bombardment would cause landslides or other problems, even Gavin, an outsider, had no worries.

Let alone the original owner of this vein, how abnormal the Supreme Shanatar dwarves reinforced this place - many places used fine steel as load-bearing columns, not to mention Gavin was stunned, even Jiharin and the gray dwarf Yuriu, who were also dwarves, were dumbfounded.

It is understandable that the cage shaft and high-pressure steam pipelines, including those steel doors, were cast with fine steel.

Especially the cage shaft and high-pressure steam pipeline, which involve safety issues, no matter how careful or cautious it is, it is not too much.

However, it is a bit too extravagant to use fine steel structure as the load-bearing column of the mining area.

There is only one such situation, that is, this dwarf mine. At the beginning, the production was seriously overproduced, and the dwarves would rather use the excess fine steel as the safety expenditure of this mine than sell it cheaply in large quantities.

"Fuck... multi-section track mine car!"

Gavin couldn't help but burst out a swear word after turning a passage.

Because the scene in front of him is no longer modern, but super modern.

This passage is a pure transportation passage, with huge rails on it, and there are huge steampunk-style carriages, and you can't see the end at a glance.

These iron ore carriages are obviously not prepared for dwarves or humans. They are scary tall. Next to the carriages, there are super-large fine steel shovels, fine steel picks and other tools. At a glance, you can tell that they are prepared for giants who are seven or eight meters tall.

Just by looking at the scene in front of them, everyone has imagined the operation of this iron mine at its peak.

The stone spikes in the mine are responsible for mining and crushing.

Then the giant slaves are responsible for loading the ore onto the steam multi-section track minecarts.

These steam multi-section track minecarts transport it to the feeding port above the Colossus Dungeon.

The Colossus Dungeon uses the heat energy of dry hot rocks for smelting and forging, and the high-pressure steam generated in this process is transported to the mine to assist in production - this multi-section track minecart obviously uses high-pressure steam as transportation kinetic energy, and those stone spikes seem to like to use the output there as food.

In theory, elemental creatures do not need food, they can directly draw energy from the earth elemental plane to feed themselves.

However, most elemental creatures have their own food preferences, and each creature is different. Some feed on rocks, and some feed on ores or gems. For example, the Thor Stone Monster is a typical example.

In short, this is a modern mining area that combines mining, smelting, and forging. At its peak, the output was so high that even if it was not No. 1 in Faerun, it would probably be in the top ten.

It is not difficult to understand why those dwarves use fine steel as load-bearing columns.

They can make a lot of money just by selling those mass-forged armor equipment, so how could they sell steel?

This kind of steel output is seriously out of touch and unequal with other outputs in the world. Even if they want to sell it, other forces do not have the ability to digest it.

"How do these steam multi-section rail mine cars use steam? You can't just drag the pipes out from these steam pipes, right? Or did the dwarves of Supreme Shanatar forge a super-large high-pressure steam gas tank?" Gavin ran towards the front of the mine car hidden in the darkness.

This is what he is most interested in.

If it is just the former, its role will be limited to mining in Colossus City in a short period of time.

If it is the latter, then its uses are endless. It will become an effective source of power, pushing many things into the process of modernization, such as steam trucks, steam boosters, etc. Even if they are limited by the production of high-pressure steam and can only be used for short distances, this epoch-making thing will quickly promote the development of an area.

No one could answer Gavin, because for them, this kind of thing was also new to them, including the chief of the gray dwarves, Yuriu.

When they took over the Colossus Dungeon, it had been closed for hundreds of years, and many things were destroyed, and there was no such cargo mine cart.

In the past thousand years, although the Colossus Dungeon has produced a lot of money, most of the profits have been taken away by the Council of Death Chiefs. The dungeon has been barely maintained, without much development and change.

As slaves, the gray dwarves also lack the passion for creation and innovation, and the maintenance of the thousand-year-old day continues.

Everyone couldn't help but follow Gavin's steps, wanting to see the true face of this behemoth.