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Upon hearing this...

Athena nodded.

"Open the map, I need to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Wayne waved his hand, and a map projection of the water area appeared before everyone's eyes.

Athena didn't rush to identify it, but instead first scanned the complete map of the waters.

Athena finally nodded.

"As expected, only the Heavenly Ice Python is the dominant race here, and there are no other possible emergencies."

He then looked towards the center of the map.

From the center, six main veins extend in all directions, along with numerous branch veins containing mineral deposits.

After careful consideration, Athena finally focused her gaze on the central section on the east side.

"The mother ore is located here."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a weak energy blast landed in the center of the eastern side.

The projection emitted ripples.

"East side?"

"And it's on the eastern side, in the central section; shouldn't it be in the center?"

Hearing Wayne's question, Athena became intrigued. "What information makes you think you're in the center?"

The words fell.

Wayne then shared his guess.

"First of all, the distribution of mineral deposits is such that they spread out from the center."

"Secondly, the Ice Serpent race has lived here for so long, they should have found the Mine Mother by now, and if they have, they will definitely keep her in their base camp, which is located in the center."

Athena shook her head and chuckled at Wayne's guess.

"That's not just a guess."

He pointed to the central section on the east side before continuing.

"Although the mother ore has no intelligence, it has subconscious self-protective behaviors. Look at this center."

"It may seem that the center is where it exists, but the real center is actually here."

"The center is just a facade that extends from the east. The simplest way to identify the center is to find any branch and follow it forward. When you find that no matter where you start from, the branch leads to the same place..."

"Then congratulations, you've found the true location of the mother mine."

Following Athena's explanation, everyone carefully examined the area and eventually discovered that no matter which branch they pushed forward from, they would eventually reach the eastern central section that Athena had initially pointed out.

"I see."

"I almost fell for it, it's so real and amazing!"

"That's right. If I were to search for it, I'm afraid I would have a hard time finding it. This trip has truly broadened my horizons."

.........

Hearing what everyone was saying, Athena shook her head slightly.

"It's nothing, you'll see once you experience it."

He then steered the conversation back on track.

"The raw marinated food is ready now. After everyone has eaten, let's get ready to set off."

"I will be the first to test the poison on everyone."

As he spoke, Lei Shi floated up a piece of food and put it in his mouth, making everyone laugh.

At that moment, Aurora suddenly asked a question.

"Young Master, do you know how the Ice Python found us using this thing?"

Wayne nodded upon hearing this.

"certainly."

"The Cold Spring Earth Bead is the source of their discovery of us. It is a special alchemical artifact that recorded the entire water area's conditions through the Heavenly Ice Python clan. Once any other creature reaches a depth of a thousand meters underwater, it will be transmitted back to this bead and marked."

"That's why we were found so quickly."

.........

Six hours later.

The group arrived at the eastern mine according to the map, looking at the mine buried underwater and under the mountain.

Wayne was on the verge of tears. "Athena, we can't keep digging like this, can we?"

Athena shook her head, amused.

"How could that be? If that were the case, I wouldn't have let you come over; I would have left immediately."

As he spoke, he identified the location.

"I'll give you directions."

.........

Another hour later.

Beside an underwater sinkhole, looking at the bottomless pit with water as black as ink, Wayne subconsciously swallowed and looked at Athena with a slightly trembling voice.

"Athena".

"You're not suggesting that this place is the entrance, are you?"

The words fell.

Even the boldest Lei Shi showed some fear on his face.

"Really?"

"Sister Athena, we usually get along quite well. Would you like some lion's head meatballs?"

……

Listening to each person's words, Athena smiled slightly, as if she were seeing her past self reflected in them.

"alright."

"Don't be afraid, I was like that the first time too. You'll get used to it. This sinkhole is just a gimmick."

"Aside from being dark, there's nothing dangerous about it."

After offering comfort.

Athena turned her gaze to Wayne. "We should go down now. If we stay any longer, the Ice Serpent Clan might discover the dead members of their clan."

Although Wayne trembled as he listened to Athena's words, he still nodded in agreement.

"it is good."

As he spoke, he controlled the flying array and plunged it into the sinkhole.

Go down.

It was indeed pitch black; if it weren't for the golden blade illuminating the interior of the flying array, Wayne wouldn't know how he would have fared.

Darkness is not scary.

Water isn't scary either.

But the bottom of the water, tens of thousands of meters deep and dark, would be terrible. The bottom of the previous water was still visible, and although it seemed lonely, at least there was light.

The environment there is so much better than it is now; this kind of thing is afraid of comparison.

……

The three hours of descent passed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, a light appeared before everyone's eyes.

Wayne rubbed his eyes.

After seeing the image clearly, I couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"It's actually a piece of land."

There is no other reason.

Below was a valley that resembled an exposed mineral vein, devoid of water and resembling the surface of the earth.

"Young master, look, there's a palace."

Following Aurora's pointing finger, everyone saw a colossal palace in the center of the exposed mine.

This scene left Wayne somewhat bewildered.

"Are people still living in this dump?"

Wayne rolled his eyes at Lei Shi upon hearing this.

"Stop making sarcastic remarks. This is only isolated within the protective barrier. What if there are powerful individuals hiding here?"

"If someone hears this, be careful that your lion skin gets stripped off and used as clothing."

At that moment, Athena's voice rang out.

"Peace of mind."

Wayne nodded.

After controlling the flight array to land on the ground below, Wayne couldn't help but look up after deactivating the flight array.

Looking at the hole above, which resembled a black sun, Wayne couldn't help but feel curious.

There's no formation or treasure to block it, so how come the water isn't flowing down?

At this moment, Lei Shi's voice rang out.

"I've struck it rich."

"Level 5 Ice Element Ore".

Upon hearing this, Wayne turned his head and saw Lei Shi laughing while holding a piece of exposed, ice-blue ore.

Before Wayne could say anything more, the voice of the World Deer rang out.

"That's the taste!"

"It smells so good, so delicious!"

Turning his head, he saw the divine deer hugging and licking a piece of ice elemental ore, which made Wayne's forehead crease with annoyance.

At the same time, his gaze towards Lei Shi softened considerably. Indeed, everything is relative.