Only I can make them stronger

"This means that the artificial monsters will be more concentrated, and their tactics will be more limited..." Xia Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"On the way here, I have already observed the general topographical distribution of the Livica mining area, so if they really threaten our safety, I plan to catch them all... in one fell swoop!"

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The next morning, Careya went to the eastern mining area of the Livica Mine to participate in a sample identification meeting, while Xia Ye and others stayed in the Stone Hotel, waiting for the storm to come.

The backyard of the eastern mining area is the office area of the Livica Mine, which is home to one of the few decent three-story office buildings in the area.

When Kareia arrived at the venue, many blacksmiths from the Shia city-state and other cities were already in place.

In the center of the venue, there are various storage containers of various sizes, which contain new mineral samples currently mined from new veins.

After a brief greeting and speech, Evan, the person in charge of this activity, directed the miners to start knocking off a small piece of the sample material and distributing it to the blacksmiths one by one.

Suddenly, a heated discussion broke out in the meeting room.

"This looks like a mixture of mica and lazurite." Soon, a sturdy middle-aged man with a beard spoke loudly.

"I think so too."

"It looks pretty good. I think it would be a good inlay for making protective gear, but I need to test its hardness, density, and physical conductivity."

"..."

"Can mica and lazurite be naturally hybridized?"

At this time, Careya heard a forger beside him whispering to his companion, and then his brows slowly frowned.

Because she knew the answer to this question - no.

Everyone at the scene was in the same profession, and in order to avoid embarrassment, almost no one would raise this question publicly or loudly.

The less experienced blacksmiths had already begun discussing the uses of this ore, and Careya noticed that there were a few others who had remained silent since they saw the ore, frowning and looking puzzled like himself.

Because they all knew that mica and bluestone could not be naturally mixed...but the ore in front of them was indeed like that.

How could this be?

It's impossible that this mineral vein was man-made and then buried underground?

But no matter what, before reaching a conclusion, these blacksmiths who saw the problem all kept silent.

The first sample was thus confirmed, and the second one was soon placed in front of everyone.

"Same thing again?!"

Careya looked at the raw ore in front of him and frowned even deeper.

If the first piece is a coincidence caused by some accident, how do we explain the second piece?

The piece in front of us is obviously a mixture of Hall iron and gold-wire copper, but it is also impossible for them to be naturally mixed.

There seems to be something wrong with this vein...

72. The Monster Attacks

As more and more samples were displayed, Careya felt more and more that something was wrong.

The unnatural hybrid phenomenon occurred five times, which is too many to be a coincidence.

For workers who have only been in contact with the Livica Mine and blacksmiths with little experience, this situation will only make them marvel at the wonders of nature;

But for a blacksmith like her who had traveled far and wide when she was young and had handled C-grade ores and above with her own hands, it was something that she had to pay more attention to.

To hybridize minerals, it is not necessary to simply melt them and mix them together, but it is necessary to break their inherent internal structure and physical flow veins, and reconstruct a new and stable internal physical distribution.

This means that a fairly strong external force is needed as a framework to stabilize the changes in this process.

Therefore, natural hybridization is an extremely rare thing.

However, a variety of minerals with completely different physical veins and originally stable inherent structures have been hybridized. This probably means that in or under the veins from which these ores were mined, there is something with much greater energy than the veins themselves.

Is it a Devil Beast? Or a super rare high-grade ore? Or is it some kind of physical phenomenon?

No one knows the answer.

But most of the time, the answer is usually not very pleasing.

Finally, someone couldn't help but speak.

"Mr. Evan, how long have you been since you discovered this mineral vein?"

The person who spoke did not directly ask about the area of doubt, but rather started from the source very carefully.

It always helps to be careful when you are in Hill Continent.

"It took about a month and a half. The initial surveying, mining and pit construction took a lot of effort. We only started the formal mining and sample statistics last week."

Evan listened to the discussions around him and did not notice the strangeness in the tone of the question. Instead, he spoke with considerable pride.

He was originally an outsourced sales manager for the Baison family of the Levin city-state. Because he offended his superiors, he was sent to be responsible for mining and sales in the eastern area of the Livica mining area.

Knowing nothing about minerals, he thought that being thrown into such a remote and desolate wilderness as the Livica Mine meant that he would have no chance of any subsequent promotion.

Unexpectedly, my luck turned for the better. Not only did I discover a new potential mineral vein a few days ago, but I also mined a lot of raw ore that I had never seen before.

In order to ensure that he alone could take the credit, he did not even seek help from any colleagues or family members. He also kept all the relevant information and samples in the East District without leaking them outside. His goal was to make a big splash at the family headquarters and move up several levels.

Just now, the admiring tones and surprise in the eyes of many blacksmiths made him, a layman, feel that he had really got a treasure.

"During the mining process, did the miners encounter any problems? For example, physical infection or factor disease outbreak?"

"What does this mean?" But soon, Evan sensed something was wrong.

In the venue, several blacksmiths seemed to look unhappy, including the man who had just asked the question.

"These samples may very well mean that there are some terrifying...demons or physical phenomena around us."

"If it's not the case as I just mentioned, then it's most likely the former... Could there be a monster of type seven or above sleeping under this mineral vein in the east district..."

Finally, someone couldn't help but speak out this terrible guess.

The degree of crystallization of the body of Deinobeasts above Type 70 is as high as %, and their size is more than ten times that of ordinary Deinobeasts. If such a thing really exists, once it is awakened, I am afraid that no one in the entire mining area will be able to walk out alive.

"Sir, I invited you here because I hope you can identify the newly mined ore samples from a professional perspective in a fair and open manner. What you said seems to be unkind to the reputation of our mining area, right?"

However, to Evan, this sounded like someone was deliberately trying to discredit his achievements.

This new mineral vein in the eastern area of the Livica Mining District is an important bargaining chip for him to return to the city and become a member of the family's upper echelons. He absolutely cannot allow anyone to frame him at will.

"Fame? How can you have fame when you may not even survive?" Another sarcastic voice sounded from the side.

The person who spoke was a girl with amber eyes and a slightly hoarse voice, which was in line with the inherent image of a blacksmith, who was rough and bold. However, the little facial skin that was exposed under her work clothes and headgear was exceptionally white and delicate.

A blacksmith who has been subjected to high temperature baking and iron ash baptism for many years would not have skin as smooth as that of an aristocrat.

At a glance, Evan even thought that the other party was impersonating an invited forger to participate in the sample conference.

"Which city are you from, forge? Can you show me your invitation letter?"

So he was quite rude, using official words but with a haughty attitude.

No matter how skilled these blacksmiths are, they are destined to be hard laborers all their lives. There is no need for him to respect them too much.

"As a person in charge, you can't even remember the guests you invited. You are really unreliable."

Perhaps because she saw Evan's arrogance, the girl did not tolerate it. Even though she was in someone else's territory, she fought back without hesitation and had no intention of revealing her identity to the other party.

"You are such an impolite person. Since you refuse to show me the invitation letter, I can only ask the security to expel you... Someone, come here!"

Evan's face turned a little worse. He didn't want to communicate with this sharp-tongued girl anymore, so he just planned to ask someone to kick her out.

But just as the fully armed security personnel entered the venue, a loud noise was heard outside, and at the same time the entire office building seemed to be slightly shaken.

"What's going on?" Evan frowned and signaled the security personnel to quickly confirm the situation in the team channel.

But soon, everyone noticed that the security guard's face turned pale and his expression became extremely panicked.

"E...Manager Evan...outside, there are monsters attacking outside, and they have already entered the mine!"

"Tetrany? Is this the first time you've encountered a Terrible Beast attack? Just fight it off according to the normal procedures!" Evan didn't understand why the other party had such an expression.

"This time... there are... a lot!"

"How much? How much?"

"At least 30!"

Evan did not hear clearly the numbers spoken by the security guard in a trembling voice, because his peripheral vision had already seen the scene outside through the window.

On the road outside the office building, a large group of black beasts were rushing towards them at a rapid speed.

73. Dilvian at the peak of the fourth level

"Damn it, is the security guard at the South Gate dead?" Seeing that the attackers were roughly coming from the south, Evan subconsciously thought that it was the fault of the security guard at the South Gate.

"Manager Evan, we can't get in touch with anyone at the South Gate. It's very likely that they've been... wiped out!"

"You must be joking. Bob is in charge of the South Gate. He is a Level 3..."

As he spoke in anger and doubt, Evan realized a terrible possibility.

The monster that could cause Bob to lose contact without even having a chance to report a message must be at least Type 5.

A Type 5 or higher monster, with a large group of beasts, came to attack his small mining area?

What merits does the Livica mining area have?

Could it be true as they said... that beneath the newly opened mine, some terrifying existence was sleeping and summoned these terrifying beasts?

Or is it that some mysterious elemental resource is buried there, attracting these terrifying beasts?

For a moment, Evan felt overwhelmed, and all kinds of messy thoughts emerged in his mind, as noisy as the sample conference venue that was already in a state of chaos.

Taking this opportunity, Careya did not forget the agreement between her and Xia Ye, and put a piece of E-grade rough stone sample with relatively good appearance and complete structure into her specially made energy-isolating box. In this way, even if she used a physical instrument to check from the outside, as long as no one opened the box personally, no one would know that she was carrying a fist-sized piece of raw ore.

"Hey, tell us where the backup safe passage is. If we don't run, the monster will rush in!"

"Damn it! I told you not to come to this remote and dilapidated mining area!"

"Isn't this a level 3 danger zone? How could there be an attack by a terrifying beast of this magnitude?"

"Those monsters... they give me the feeling that I have seen them before, but at the same time, they seem like I have never seen them before. Do you know what kind of monsters they are..."

More and more blacksmiths were leaning outside the windows, noticing the approaching army of monsters.

Feelings of panic, fear, and anger began to fill the entire venue.

"Wait, where's the guy in charge? The one named Evan? Where is he?"

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"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

"I finally saw some hope for promotion, why did it have to go wrong at this critical moment!"

In the secret passage under the office building, Evan was shouting and cursing while walking quickly with the security captain.

In the chaos just now, he had quickly sorted out his thoughts and determined the first thing he should do - find a safe place to hide.

This passage was not deliberately built by him, but was discovered by chance during the construction of the office building.

The underground structure of the entire Livica mining area is quite special, with a large number of similar natural passages distributed throughout.

If you look at the underground perspective from a distance, it probably looks a lot like a beehive.

The amazing thing is that even though there were large gaps underground, there were no signs of instability on the surface, which surprised all the people who were engaged in construction and mining at the time.

Therefore, Evan, who was familiar with the map of the East District, simply used the natural passage under the office building as an emergency escape exit in case of emergencies.

"Manager Evan...are we really not going to care about those blacksmiths?"

"Them? Why bother with them?" Evan glared at the security guard behind him and said disdainfully:

"The more people there are, the more problems there will be. If a monster is attracted here, no one will be able to leave!"

"Leaving them there and sealing the entrance will at least buy us some time."

"But..." The security captain was a little worried.

Those blacksmiths came from various city-states. If they all died here, how would the Levica Mine explain to those city-states?