A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 944: The increasingly clear thread

Continuing to descend, Leon no longer paid attention to his progress because he didn't know which floor he was on. The final goal was the 100th floor anyway, so he just kept exploring.

However, when Leon entered the next level, he found some good news.

Iridium ore actually appeared in the mine on this level.

Unlike other low-key minerals, the raw iridium ore reflects a representative purple luster all over, and the uneven shell also produces several protruding blue crystals, making it very eye-catching among many raw ores.

Lyon never thought that he would encounter one of the main purposes of this trip so soon. He immediately took out a super bomb excitedly, lit it and threw it over.

"Oh!"

As the explosion sounded, all the other raw ores around the iridium mine were destroyed, leaving behind stones and ores on the ground, but only the iridium mine remained standing, as if it was completely immune to the effects of the explosion.

Such an unscientific scene made Lyon stunned for a moment, and then he threw out another super bomb in disbelief.

Seeing that the second explosion still couldn't shake the iridium mine at all, Leon compromised. The game is the game, and reality is reality. So be it.

Although the bomb had no effect on it, when Leon took out a golden pickaxe and hit the outer shell of the iridium ore, it was finally broken through.

As the iridium ore shell collapsed, the debris began to weather and disappear. Three irregular ores, mainly blue with a small amount of purple luster, became the last remains and were collected by Lyon.

The discovery of iridium ore made Lyon very excited. He turned his attention to other areas in the mine. After looking around, he found another piece of iridium ore hidden among several pieces of copper ores.

Without hesitation, Leon walked around with the pickaxe in hand, raised the pickaxe head high and smashed it down on the iridium ore.

Unexpectedly, at the moment when the pickaxe was about to touch the iridium ore, the iridium ore in front of him actually moved more than ten centimeters to the right, perfectly avoiding the landing point of the pickaxe.

The golden pickaxe disappeared from Leon's hand, and was replaced by an extremely slender Galaxy Watermelon Knife.

Iridium ore itself is a dead object. There is only one possibility for it to move, that is, this thing is a colleague of the rock crab, the iridium crab!

When Leon noticed the iridium crab, the crab no longer disguised itself, stretched out its crab legs and claws hidden under the iridium ore, and charged towards Leon's ankle.

Not to mention, the short legs moved quite fast. If Leon hadn't been familiar with the rock crab's attack pattern, he would have been easily ambushed by such a surprise attack.

But knowing that it was an iridium crab, Leon had already prepared for this move. He simply spread his thighs to avoid the attack of the iridium crab, and then directly chopped the exposed crab legs of the iridium crab with the extended length of the blade.

"Boom!"

The iridium crab sensed danger and immediately retracted its legs into its back shell, allowing the blade to chop directly onto the ground with a crisp sound.

This cowardly response is shameless, but Leon is not afraid. He has already considered the consequences of not hitting the crab, and the iridium crab's response is also what Leon wants to see.

In his free left hand, the golden pickaxe that had disappeared reappeared and knocked on the iridium crab's back shell.

This time, it couldn't move sideways in time, and the pickaxe struck it hard on its carapace. Its shell, resistant to swords and knives, shattered under the blow, and the cracked shell began to disappear, protecting the emerald green body beneath. It was ugly, but that wasn't a reason for Leon to hold back. After the iridium crab's shell shattered, the sharp tip of the knife followed closely behind.

Without protection, the iridium crab's own defense was basically zero, and it was easily penetrated by the slender Galaxy Sword. There was no need to stir or tear the wound. The iridium crab under Lyon's sword completely lost its vitality, leaving behind two iridium ores, and then weathered away without a trace.

After picking up the iridium ore on the ground, Leon put away his weapon and did not continue mining. Instead, he recalled the details of the battle just now.

Of course, it’s not about summarizing experiences and lessons, but about recalling the special features of the iridium crab that I just encountered.

If it wasn't his own dazzle, then Leon was certain that he had indeed seen a gap on the back shell of the iridium crab, about the size of a quail egg, and near the gap there were traces of metal rust that was incompatible with the color of the iridium ore.

This made him think of the second mural he had seen before, which showed rock crabs kept as pets by the people of the Golden Dynasty. A ring was embedded in their backs so that the owners could tie a rope to them.

The unknown gap in the back shell of this iridium crab is similar to some of those in the murals, so Lyon speculated that this iridium crab is most likely a variant of the captive iridium crabs in the murals.

As for the transformation from rock crab to iridium crab, it may be a mutation caused by ingesting iridium ore. This also explains why iridium crabs only exist in the Skeleton Mine in the game.

The rock crabs we encountered earlier were still in their original state, probably because they were in too shallow a layer and had no chance to ingest iridium.

It's a pity that Leon didn't see the mural at the time, so he didn't notice whether there were any iron rings or gaps on the back shells of the iridium crabs. Now if he recalls it, the memory has been automatically blurred in his brain and he can't remember the details.

"It's getting more and more interesting."

After thinking it through, Lyon became more and more interested in the next exploration. He no longer hesitated and started mining again.

After that, Lyon basically maintained the highest efficiency. Except for stopping when he saw iridium ore, he didn't care about anything else. When he encountered a mining area with a strong atmosphere, he would use bombs to clear the way. If he blew out a stairwell leading to the next level, he would go directly to the next level. If there was no stairwell leading to the next level, he would continue to use a pickaxe to smash the scattered stones and ores.

After going down six floors in one breath, Lyon once again encountered a small room on the first floor.

There is no treasure chest or mural, but there is a golden tablet.

"The Mage sealed us in this cage.
Waiting for the day when a hero will come and free us."

The text on the second obelisk was more numerous and longer, and the various symbols that made up them added up to at least four or five hundred, but in Leon's eyes, the translation was just one sentence.

But it was enough, because this line once again gave Lyon a lot of confidence.

Cage, seal, mage.

The combination of these three words made Lyon imagine a lot of things.

However, Lyon had reservations about whether these things were consistent with the facts, but he kept them firmly in his mind, waiting to meet Mr. Qi and ask him to help verify his speculation.

Thinking of this, Leon became more anxious, because his intuition told him that the Golden Dynasty did not seem to be caused by natural disasters, but most likely by man-made disasters.

(End of this chapter)