The ultimate Valkyrie has fallen for me

It's December now, and four months have passed since I left Chongming Base City. There are still eight months left until the end of the one-year term.

A single punch can prevent a hundred more. Since Lu Yuan's last outburst, the seven major groups have remained silent for over half a month, presumably having given in.

In this way, Lu Yuan can focus on his development.

Within a month, not only did the mining output continue to increase, but the base also constructed many new buildings.

Although this era was dangerous, the various automated and large-scale machines made construction extremely efficient.

In this way, Lu Yuan was finally able to extricate himself temporarily.

"Do you have any here?"

Ten thousand kilometers away from the base, Lu Yuan stopped and lowered the hole.

Hole lay on the ground, its dark little nose sniffing around. Suddenly it darted out, then stopped for a while to dig in the dirt, before running off to other places.

Without expecting to make any discoveries anytime soon, Lu Yuan yawned, sat down on a half-weathered rock, and, unusually, decided to bask in the sun without thinking about anything.

With the support of energy-absorbing mines, the base is developing rapidly, but people are always greedy.

It is said that once you've tasted the marrow, you'll crave more. Lu Yuan couldn't help but think that if he could have another mine, wouldn't the base's development speed double? If he had several more mines, wouldn't that be several times faster?

To ordinary people, Lu Yuan's idea was simply out of the ordinary.

Who wouldn't want to own a few mines? But looking at the entire Chongming Base City, how many mines are there? Let alone Lu Yuan personally, how many of those large families actually own mines?

However, Lu Yuan might be able to do what others cannot.

He has cheat codes.

This hanging thing is a hole.

When Lu Yuan discovered the energy-absorbing ore last time, he noticed that the cave seemed particularly sensitive to the ore. He tested it later and found that to be true.

Even if it's buried a thousand meters underground, it can still smell it!

This isn't a Shadow Rat, it's practically a Mining Rat, a Treasure Hunting Rat!

Lu Yuan was overjoyed and immediately wanted to take Dongdong to find a mine. However, he was too busy and didn't have the time until now.

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For several days in a row, Lu Yuan led Dongdong in searching for mineral veins.

"It's not that easy after all."

Half an hour passed, and the cave had long since disappeared. Looking up at the sun, which was gradually setting in the west, Lu Yuan sighed softly.

Several days passed, and using Blood Shadow Escape, he and Dongdong had explored the surrounding area for tens of thousands of kilometers, but still hadn't found any mineral veins.

Minerals are indeed not so easy to find.

In fact, with current human technology, we can find mineral veins not only thousands of meters deep, but also thousands of meters underground.

The problem is that mineral veins are too rare.

Of course, there is another very important reason: the wilderness is the home of monsters. Even if humans establish a base, they can only operate in the vicinity and cannot go too far.

Due to the limited area, even fewer mineral veins can be discovered.

Statistically speaking, if Lu Yuan carries Dongdong and goes far enough, he will definitely be able to discover new mineral veins.

But the problem is, if it's too far from his base, how can the mine be protected in this wilderness teeming with monsters?

Of course, he could set up the Eight Trigrams Formation.

However, there are still transportation issues. The farther the distance, the longer it takes to transport the goods back to the base city, and the more dangers and uncertainties may be encountered along the way, thus increasing the cost.

When costs reach a certain level, even if the ore is transported back to the base city, there will be no profit.

Indeed, living space has always been the number one problem plaguing humankind.

Squeak!

Just as Lu Yuan was pondering, a sharp squeak came, and a dark shadow shot out from a distance.

It landed in my arms, lying on its back with its head facing up, revealing its seemingly soft little belly. It squeaked and pointed at a spot on top with its little paws.

"You mean...you were attacked?"

Squeak!

"It's nothing, it's nothing, there's not a trace at all. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me."

Lu Yuan smiled and reassuringly touched the spot the hole was pointing to.

The reason why the cave can find minerals is that it is extremely sensitive to various minerals and metals, and the reason why it is so sensitive is simply because it likes to eat them.

That's right, the cave eats minerals, and even various metals.

Back at the base, Lu Yuan had noticed him prying open screws and nails in the house and eating them as snacks.

This change occurred after it finished eating the kiwi; before that, the hole would at most gnaw on stones to grind its teeth.

Lu Yuan pondered that the kiwi fruit must have activated what Dongdong called the 'ancient bloodline'.

As the saying goes, "like cures like," the cave has consumed so many minerals and metals that its body has become extremely solid.

Although it feels soft to the touch, even large-caliber armor-piercing rounds can't penetrate its surface.

That's why Lu Yuan felt at ease letting it go off on its own to search for minerals.

Squeak!

Dongdong barked twice more, its little black eyes blinking at Lu Yuan.

"Um?"

Lu Yuan was taken aback, and asked another question.

"You mean, it wasn't a monster that attacked you, but a human."

squeak~

"Heh, although this is a wilderness, there are quite a few human martial artists here, so it's not surprising to encounter them. They must have mistaken you for a demon beast, which is why they attacked you. Besides, aren't you a demon beast yourself?"

Squeak!

Seeing that Lu Yuan still didn't care, Dongdong barked twice more.

"Not a martial artist?"

Through his spiritual perception, coupled with his understanding of the cave's habits, Lu Yuan could roughly discern the meaning of its sounds.

"Or do you mean they aren't ordinary martial artists?"

squeak~

"That's interesting."

Lu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle. In this wilderness outside the city, besides martial artists who hunt monsters, gather materials, and explore secret realms, what other humans are there?

For a moment, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel curious.

"Take me to see it."

squeak!

Dongdong excitedly responded, leaped out of Lu Yuan's arms, and immediately ran off into the distance.

As it devoured large amounts of minerals and metals, Dongdong's physical defenses became increasingly terrifying, and its speed also increased dramatically, at which point it transformed into a black shadow.

As a result, Lu Yuan couldn't keep up at his normal speed and had to activate Blood Shadow Escape.

In the blink of an eye, the man and the rat were hundreds of kilometers away.

The cave suddenly stopped, and Lu Yuan also activated his spatial detection.

Three or four kilometers ahead, behind a small mound, there were indeed three people: one man and two women.

"what?"

Lu Yuan looked over again with his X-ray vision, and when he saw the appearance of the three people, he was also stunned.

They all have one nose and two eyes, and are no different from ordinary people. The key difference is their clothing.

Animal hide?

Not only were they dressed in animal skins, but the weapons at their waists and the tools in their hands were also crudely made from raw ore or animal bones.

These are three savages!

Judging from their attire, they really are savages.

But this is the wilderness, how could there be savages here?

Even those warriors at the general level couldn't stay in the wild for long; they would be eaten by monsters before they even became savages.

Where did those three savages come from, especially since they were only at the Qi Opening Realm?

"That's interesting."

A moment later, the three "wild men" picked some plants that Lu Yuan did not recognize and then got up and left.

Lu Yuan smiled and followed them.