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Chapter 294 Titan Iron
"What's wrong?" Wanda sensed the change in Levi's emotions and asked curiously.

Although she was also surprised by the sudden appearance of the passage, Li Wei's emotional fluctuations were a bit too great.

"I never expected this either... It's like searching high and low only to find it right under my nose without any effort at all," Li Wei said with a joyful tone.

Just now, the instant the underground passage appeared, countless dark yellow resource dots appeared on Li Wei's minimap.

Li Wei was familiar with these dark yellow dots, because they indicated that these resources were located underground.

And the name displayed for these resource points is none other than Titan Iron Ore, which Li Wei has been longing for.

In other words, there is a massive amount of Titanite Iron Ore deep underground in this passage.

His earlier guess was indeed correct.

Titan Iron Ore is indeed related to the Celestials.

This trip was absolutely the right one.

"So you've discovered some rare material again?" Wanda suddenly realized upon hearing Li Wei's words.

He reacted the same way when he saw hell iron and other magical materials in hell before.

“Yes, let’s go in. Tiamat is obviously here to welcome us!” Levi said, and flew into the passage first.

He wasn't worried about any accidents that might happen through the passage.

He and Wanda couldn't find the entrance before, but it was still easy for them to leave.

Seeing this, Wanda hurriedly followed.

This passage is very long.

It was also extremely hot.

Even if ordinary people see it, they simply cannot enter.

However, for Levi and Wanda, this high temperature was not a big problem.

They had seen far worse high-temperature environments in hell before.

And that was hellfire.

Although the magma in front of us is hot, it is still just ordinary fire.

An Ice Shield can solve all the problems.

Along the way, Li Wei discovered many Titan Iron Ore deposits using the mini-map.

This greatly appealed to Li Wei.

But he held back.

Titanite is extremely important, but the current situation clearly shows that Tiamat wants to see them, so meeting Tiamat, the "Mother Earth," is the most important thing.

Besides, these Titan Iron Ore deposits aren't going anywhere.

There's plenty of time to dig later.

The two flew for a long time, going down dozens of kilometers underground, and finally arrived at an extremely spacious space.

Looking at the surroundings, Li Wei suddenly had a sense of déjà vu, as if he had returned to the "Heart of Molten Core".

However, there is no Flame Demon King in this world.

“Children, you have finally arrived!” A clear, ethereal voice echoed in their minds.

Then they saw a huge hole, which flashed.

Wanda wanted to go forward to check, but Levi stopped her.

He noticed that the round hole didn't seem to be a natural feature. After a moment's thought, he realized what it was.

This is not a cave at all.

This is one of Tiamat's eyes!!!
They were standing right in front of Tiamat!

"You are... Her Majesty Tiamat, aren't you?" Li Wei asked with great respect.

“Yes, it’s me, child…” Tiamat said, her eyes flashing again.

"I wonder why Your Majesty Tiamat summoned us here?" Levi and Wanda exchanged a glance, then Levi asked.

“I want you... to kill me!” Tiamat said.

Tiamat's words silenced Levi and Wanda.

On their journey, they considered various possibilities of Tiamat summoning them.

They also knew that Tiamat would "commit suicide" in the future.

But I never expected that Tiamat's purpose was actually this.

After all, Tiamat was not yet fully mature at this time, and there was still a long time before she could manifest as a god.

However, Li Wei overlooked one point: it takes not tens or hundreds of years for a god to grow from a seed to maturity, but a full billion years.

Therefore, in Li Wei's view, it would be at least a decade or more before the divine manifestation occurred, which is a very long time.

But for Tiamat, it was already very close.

After understanding Tiamat's thoughts, Levi and Wanda fell silent again.

"Why us?" Wanda couldn't help but ask after a long silence.

There are so many humans, why do we have to look for them?

“Because you are strong enough to do this,” Tiamat replied readily.

Li Wei is very powerful, and Tiamat sensed the aura of the Infinity Stones on him—although the Infinity Stones have always been kept in Li Wei's spatial storage, theoretically they should not be detected by Tiamat, not even by a true, fully-fledged Celestial.

However, since he had used the Infinity Stones, there was still some residual power from them on him.

The Infinity Stones happen to be one of the very few things in the universe capable of killing a god.

Besides Levi, Wanda was also someone Tiamat believed could kill her.

Because chaos magic is also one of the very few things that can kill gods.

So, without knowing the future plot, Tiamat encountered two beings capable of killing her, and naturally chose to summon them.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty Tiamat, we cannot do that!” Li Wei said.

"Why? You know my birth will destroy everything on Earth." Tiamat's tone was full of doubt.

“Because life on Earth was born because of you, and I think there should be other ways to allow you to be born successfully without destroying the Earth!” Li Wei said, expressing his thoughts.

"Oh? What kind of method is it?" Tiamat asked, a hint of curiosity in her voice.

"If we collect all the Infinity Stones, will it allow you to be transferred directly out of the Earth's core after you mature?" Li Wei asked, as this was the safest method he could think of.

The main reason why Tiamat's birth will destroy the Earth is that her enormous body, if it tries to break through the Earth's core, will directly destroy the Earth.

Just like birds have to peck open their eggs to hatch.

“…Perhaps we could try…but collecting all the Infinity Stones is far too difficult, and the backlash from using the power of all the Infinity Stones at the same time would be fatal to mortal races!” Tiamat replied after a long silence.

"This is my task. I ask Your Majesty to wait patiently for a few more years. If it really doesn't work out, we can make a final decision then!" Li Wei advised.

(End of this chapter)