Tower Defense Game: My Eternal Kingdom

Chapter 273 Star Gold Mine
"Below here should be the underground river..." Cheng Shen couldn't get too close, the effect of the lightless candle was already quite weak here, and the light could only be maintained on his body surface, forming a thin layer of isolation barrier .

The strong polluted atmosphere is like a column of smoke spewing upwards from the entrance of the cave, spreading into the air, aggravating the surrounding darkness. Just looking at this scene, it can be judged that this is the source of all the pollution energy of the entire mine.

"But the real source of pollution is the corpses."

Cheng Shen calculated in his heart.

The custom of worshiping death among the Temple Forsaken began more than 700 years ago, when they built this place.

Or even earlier.

If they were purely ignorant and their own hidden reasons, it would cause such terrible pollution here.

In fact, it makes sense.

But I'm afraid that there are also those unbelievers involved in the plan...

For the time being, Cheng Shen couldn't imagine what purpose the unbelievers would have in doing this, but the possibility could not be ruled out.It's just that now this trouble falls on his side, and it's not easy to clean up the source of pollution.

Not to mention.

He has no particularly effective way to clean up the pollution of the abyss.

"..."

After thinking for a while, Cheng Shen put the matter aside. He picked up a few dropped objects at his feet. Among them, a palm-sized black fragment of a broken sword had already resonated with the two fragments in his backpack.

【Shattered Exile All Sword ④】

……

He now has the three fragments ①③④, and he is still two pieces away from the long sword, and there are just two left in the unexplored area.

put away.

Cheng Shen roughly glanced at the properties of the other dropped objects.

There is a level [-] purple armor shoulder guard, but neither he nor Arjieka can use it.

What is more valuable is another material and a prop.

【Corruption Poison Sac】

【material】

[Level: Perfect]

[Explanation: Spider venom sacs that have mutated due to pollution remain active after being separated from the body, providing them with meat, and can continuously produce venom and spider silk that contain pollution and strong toxicity]

……

The poisonous sac was the size of a washbasin, and Cheng Shen held it with both hands, like a huge placenta, wriggling warmly, the dark gray surface was covered with circles of dark green texture, and there was a mouth full of jagged teeth. device.

"Squeak!"

He noticed that Cheng Shen's arm was shaking in front of him, and the ferocious mouthparts kept rubbing against his teeth, making a terrifying sound.

Just looking at this thing makes people feel uncomfortable.

But it has to be said.

If you use it to compare those monsters that have been corrupted by both pollution and distortion, it not only looks very normal.

even,

And a little cute...

It is not so much a material as it is a resource point that can produce materials. As long as it is provided with food, it can continuously produce two kinds of materials, venom and spider silk, like a tireless workshop.

However, this item must be cleaned of pollution before it can be used. I don't know how much of its quality and effect will be retained after it is purified.

keep it.

Cheng Shen looked at the last mask.

【Evil-eating ghost noodles】

【tool】

[Level: Perfect]

[Explanation: After wearing it, it will continue to devour the negative emotional perception in the soul of the holder. Every time a emotional perception is swallowed, the strength of the holder can be enhanced. This effect will be preserved until the mask is taken off]

……

The shape of this mask is exactly the same as the totem mask made by the strange belief of the abandoned people of the temple.

However, in the refining process, the production method of emotional props was integrated.

The whole mask seemed to be alive, lying in his hands, the ferocious mouth seemed to be slowly chewing.

Cheng Shen suddenly felt that something in the depths of his soul was being involved.

"It's about the same as a butcher's mask, but it's more effective and has more terrible side effects."

Whether emotional perception can be restored after being withdrawn is still unknown.

Cheng Shen never tried it.

However, he thought of the two lucky ones who had been tortured by his soul stripping technique before.

It is expected that such a degree of mental damage cannot be easily recovered.

Even negative emotions are an indispensable part of a normal person.

Cheng Shen had no intention of using this prop at all.

Take it first.

Picking up all the drops, he returned his attention to the hole in front of him that was constantly spewing out pollution. "As long as this hole is sealed, at least the pollution in the mine can be initially treated."

Blocking the entrance of this cave is a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause, but while facing the threat of the old city, Cheng Shen at least doesn't have to worry about the pollution leaking out of the mine in a short period of time.

As for the underground source of pollution, it will take an extremely long time to clean up.

If he can't solve the troubles of the old city, he doesn't have to think about it at all.

Thinking in his heart, Cheng Shen had already started to try, he chose the simplest and most effective method.

Blocking.

The spiritual energy spread out, and the ground in front of him suddenly changed slightly. The rocks that had been severely eroded by the pollution energy gradually changed in shape, and the hole that was more than one meter wide began to close slowly.

There is no external hindrance.

During this process, Cheng Shen basically did not encounter any troubles.

Soon, the hole that continuously gushed out the dense fog of pollution disappeared without a trace.

The ground is flat as if it has always been a whole.

"That should be fine."

Cheng Shen nodded, and after solving this problem, he went back to the other side of the underground world where the Temple of Sacrifice was located for inspection.The situation here is still stable, and there is no fog floating on the gently flowing dark river.

"It's the credit of that resentment..."

Cheng Shen was thoughtful.

He has already learned the origin of the monster entrenched in the dark river from the mouth of the goddess.

It was a special monster bred from a deserted village.

Resentment.

It can devour the energy of the abyss to grow, and the Temple of Sacrifice keeps it in the dark river just to control the pollution concentration of the abyss in this area from exceeding the standard, which makes them unable to survive normally here.

But the resentment cultivated by the barren village could only swallow the pollution of the abyss.

After coming here, it was unavoidable to be affected by the dark atmosphere.

In the end, the distortion became an existence that even they could not control.

However, for hundreds of years, this resentment has lived in peace with the people who worshiped the temple. As long as they cross the river in a psychic boat made by the deserted village, they will not be attacked by it.

Over time.

Those who worship the temple are also accustomed to ignoring its existence.

"The entrance to the death ceremony for the abandoned people of the temple should be in the upper reaches of the dark river..."

Cheng Shen stood on the steps and looked at the far end of the dark river.

He looked at the ghost coffin floating on the river like countless ghost ships, and in a flash, he gave up the idea of ​​going upstream to explore.

There is no other reason.

The goddess mentioned that they were also curious to explore upstream.

But the psychic ship they were on took them to a terrifying place inexplicably.This dark river does not seem to be a river in the conventional sense, but a road leading to the "ghost".

Netherworld.

It was the people who worshiped the temple that got the name there.

In fact, even the sick ghosts in the deserted village don't know where the end of the river is.

They just intercepted part of the power of the dark river and used it as a way to trade with the Temple of Sacrifice.

understand these.

Cheng Shen felt fortunate that he did not take the psychic boat to explore the dark river rashly.

Fortunately, he is used to making decisions cautiously no matter everything.

Otherwise, he might be floating on some unknown river now...

Try to communicate with that resentment again.

No fruit.

Cheng Shen stopped by the treasure house of the Temple of Sacrifice to refill his backpack.

The Temple of Sacrifice has been here for more than 700 years.Even if there is a long period of stagnation in development, their resource reserves are quite rich.

Cheng Shen's two trips only took away one percent of the items.

To put it simply, their treasure house is like hollowing out the inside of a mountain.

It was packed to the brim.

Cheng Shen reckoned that he would have to go back and forth at least a hundred times to completely empty it out on his own.

"It's a bit troublesome..."

After he blurted out this sentence, Cheng Shen had already thought of a solution.

Although the improvement of wisdom cannot change his knowledge and thinking logic, the pure thinking speed is simply a qualitative change from human to machine.

Why don't you build a temporary teleportation array here? !
Cheng Shen thought.

He had already observed the teleportation array in the market before, and it was also a magic array composed of runes. It was not difficult for him to imitate one.

The teleportation array cost him nearly six thousand gold coins.

among them.

Five thousand gold is the system fee.

But the money was mainly spent on the system to help him make ready-made array slabs. With the array slabs, he didn't need to keep an eye on the teleportation array all the time, saving high maintenance costs including time and energy.

Otherwise, when the teleportation array was activated, the only array mage in his village would have to watch from the side of the teleportation array.

Too waste of time.

But at present, Cheng Shen's needs can be achieved without making formation slabs.

He acted immediately.

Building a temporary teleportation array only needs to provide the energy when the array is activated.

In this regard, Cheng Shen can also use the formation energy originally built underground in the Shangji Temple.

It's just whoring for nothing!

Whoring for nothing is too delicious.

The memories in the mind were distorted into a pattern structure one by one with the fluctuation of mental power, and soon, a narrow portal that could only accommodate one person slowly formed in front of the treasure house.

"It's done."

Cheng Shen nodded in satisfaction.

He stepped forward to input the coordinates, and a familiar scene appeared vaguely on the light curtain of the portal.

Cheng Shen still cautiously grabbed a surviving petrified ancestor and pushed it into the door.

See it emerge completely intact on the other side of the door.

This is reassuring.

Most of the items in the treasury need to be purified and decontaminated. Cheng Shen temporarily opened a warehouse in the market to store the items, and then began to carry them for several hours.

After a period of hard work, the densely packed treasury of ore materials and equipment finally revealed solid ground.

"call……"

Cheng Shen showed a satisfied smile like an old farmer.

This personal handling also allowed him to fully understand the family background of the Temple of Sacrifice. Those ore materials ranging from excellent to perfect quality are not what excites him the most.

There are still a large number of items made of star gold hidden in the treasure house!

That's right, a lot!

The use of star gold can be expanded to various fields, whether it is alchemy parts, forging equipment, or making jewelry props.

Adding a certain amount of star gold can make a qualitative change in the finished product.

And the people in the Temple of Sacrifice obviously also discovered this. During a certain period of time when they took control of this place, they built hundreds of pieces of equipment and various items containing star gold in stages!

Although, most of these items are unusable due to their age.

But this does not delay the re-extraction of the star gold!
Moreover, this discovery made Cheng Shen realize one more thing.

During that period of time, the goblins controlled by the Temple of Sacrifice probably dug up a gold deposit of stars underground!

in other words.

Under his forest, there is actually a gold mine of stars!
Cheng Shen was breathing heavily, and he didn't need to repeat the question of how precious the star gold is.

If he can find a star gold mine, he will take off directly!
what's weird
what a curse.

Cheng Shen has always had a dream, that is to build a set of star gold armor for himself.

He even has the confidence to fight head-on against Tenant No. [-] and the curse of the deep sea!
Immediately.

Cheng Shen went to find Weiman to verify the matter.

However, he didn't live for long, and although the Temple of Sacrifice knew the preciousness of star gold, it just regarded it as a special metal.

There is no additional record.

As a result, Weiman did not understand this past history.

and.

He poured another basin of cold water on Cheng Shen.

Even if there is a star gold mine, it may have been polluted by the abyss breath for so many years and turned into worthless waste.Besides, even if it is not polluted into waste, who would dare to risk their lives to mine it in the underground situation?
Weiman's two words immediately calmed down Cheng Shen.

no way.

The appearance of Star Gold really made him too excited.

If the Star Gold Mine can be found, it will solve the most terrifying threat in this world.

It's no wonder that even Cheng Shen's personality is a bit out of control.

"My lord, if you need to find mineral deposits, you may wish to consider the suggestion I made to you earlier..."

Weiman tactfully said.

"Ok?"

Cheng Shen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Weiman had mentioned to him before that almost every member of their goblin clan was proficient in mining.

He had previously used this as an excuse for Wyman.

In addition, his recruitment focus is mainly on screening scientific researchers.

Just ignored it.

But now, they have lived in his dependent territory for more than one natural day.

Cheng Shen could already check their attributes through the territory panel.

He opened the panel with a slightly restrained mind, and the detailed attributes of a goblin flashed in his eyes.

Select the screening conditions for mining at Cheng Shen point.

really.

Among the more than 900 goblins, more than 700 have mastered mining skills.

Among them, there are more than 300 people with skill levels above level five.

Following Weiman's recommendation, Cheng Shen looked up the names of several people.

It was found that these people not only had a skill level of ten or more.

and.

They all have fairly unique talents.

For example, one of them: Exploration masters can discover mineral deposits hidden at a depth of 200 meters underground.There is also the jade mind, which can analyze the distribution structure and approximate reserves of precious jade and spar in a vein.

The two goblins work together like a detection radar.

It can save him a lot of things.

(End of this chapter)