Acai's Sky

Branch 1: Stardust Ore Exploration

Day 2: Golden Wall and Rock-Armored Earth Dragon

With the lessons learned from the first day, we were more fully prepared for the exploration on the second day.

Tong Shishan equipped all participants with upgraded filtering breathing masks and anti-corrosion shield generators.

The golden raccoon dog is even more eager to try, holding back his energy to prove himself.

Based on Tong Shishan's in-depth analysis of yesterday's data and Golden Raccoon's continuous perception, they set their sights on deeper areas with stronger energy reactions.

A main ore vein surrounded by thick star debris rock layers, suspected to be rich in "glowing gold"!

"The road is not easy to walk on today."

The golden raccoon stood in front of the cave that had been blown open yesterday, pointing its little paws at the deeper and steeper cracks below. "The rock layer is thick and hard, mixed with a large amount of high-density metal veins. My pulse perception has been disturbed. And... there seems to be a big guy sleeping down there." Its little ears stood up alertly.

"Big guy?" Ah Cai raised her eyebrows.

"Hmm, the snoring sound made the earth veins tremble... like... something covered in rock armor?" The golden raccoon dog tried to describe the vague image it perceived.

"Rock Armor Earth Dragon? A lord-level star creature from the Bone-Breaking Star Ridge?"

Tong Shishan retrieved the database match information. "Extremely high physical defense, strong energy resistance, skilled in drilling and soil manipulation, and possesses a violent temper. The location of the mineral vein has been confirmed to be near its lair. Danger level: High."

"Can't get around it?" Nanny Gu frowned.

"If we take a detour, we will waste at least half a day, and other paths are more dangerous and have dense spatial folds." Tong Shishan shook her head.

"Then... let's meet it!"

A hint of fighting spirit flashed in Ah Cai's eyes. "Our target is the mine, not this. Golden Raccoon Dog, your mission is to quickly open a safe passage to the core of the mine. Rong Mama, Gu Mama, and the Dark Guard Squad, your mission is to contain or even temporarily trap the Earth Dragon to buy time for Golden Raccoon Dog! Feiyue, Nuomi Tuanzi, you are responsible for guarding against and eliminating any small Star Debris creatures that may interfere. Shishan, provide real-time battlefield monitoring and weakness analysis!"

"Yes, sir!" Everyone responded in unison, their fighting spirit rising.

The team descended along an even steeper, narrower crevasse.

The golden raccoon dog walked in the front, with a yellowish-brown halo continuously emanating from its body, carefully sensing the structure of the rock layer and the position and status of the giant monster below.

"Right ahead! Behind that huge cave! The mineral vein is deep inside the cave wall! My goodness, the aura of this pure gold... is as pure as the sun!"

The golden raccoon dog lowered its voice and pointed its little paw at a huge dark hole. From inside came the faint sound of dull snoring like thunder.

"Ready for action!"

Rong Mama gestured, and the secret guards quickly dispersed, occupying advantageous positions. Various binding and delaying energy traps and runes were quietly deployed around the cave entrance.

Ah Cai took the golden raccoon dog and the gold ingots and quietly walked around to a relatively weak rock wall on the side of the cave.

This place is quite a distance away from the sleeping Rock-Armored Earth Dragon, and the rock layer is relatively "soft" (by Star Debris standards).

"That's it! I feel the fine gold vein is less than twenty meters behind here!" The golden raccoon whispered excitedly.

"Okay! Let's start!" A Cai nodded.

The golden raccoon dog immediately crouched on the rock wall, its two small paws pressed tightly against the rock. The ochre light around it became more condensed and heavy than ever before. "Mystical Powers: Turning Stone into Gold, Splitting Mountains and Splitting Rocks!"

This time, it was no longer a gentle perception or softening, but was filled with an indestructible penetrating will!

A beam of dark golden light condensed to the extreme, like a red-hot steel drill, pierced fiercely into the hard star debris rock layer!

Wherever the beam passed, the rocks made a sizzling sound and were quickly decomposed and turned into sand, creating a scorching tunnel that was only wide enough for one person to pass through and extended deep into the depths!

The golden raccoon's face was flushed red, obviously exhausted.

"Squeak! Come on! Come on!"

Jin Yuanbao whispered encouragement beside him, and at the same time pricked up his ears alertly, listening to the movements in the cave.

When the Golden Raccoon Dog was halfway through digging the tunnel——

Boom! ! !

Inside the cave, the dull snoring suddenly stopped!

Instead, there was a deafening roar filled with rage and awakening! The entire underground space shook violently, and gravel fell!

"It's awake! Move!" Aunt Gu shouted!

"Roar--!!!"

Accompanied by an even more violent roar, a huge monster suddenly rushed out from the depths of the cave!

It was a huge creature that was over thirty meters long!

Its body is made of thick, angular dark brown star debris rock, and its joints are covered with black shells that gleam with metallic luster.

The head is like a huge battering ram, with no eyes, only a big mouth full of spiral sharp teeth that keeps opening and closing!

Its sturdy limbs were like stone pillars, and every time it stepped on the ground, it caused a small earthquake! It was none other than the **Rock Armor Earth Dragon**!

"Quick! Collect the core gold! The big guys outside are about to rush in!"

Ah Cai's voice came from the tunnel, accompanied by the more violent roar of the earth dragon outside and the loud sound of the chains breaking!

"understand!"

The golden raccoon dog came back to its senses, and its little paws shone with an even stronger golden light: "Magic Power - Turning Stone into Gold - Peeling off Pure Gold!"

This time, its magical power was no longer used for destruction, but with the intention of "guiding" and "comforting", it acted on the flowing glowing gold.

A wonderful thing happened. The hard refined gold "flowed" down from the rock wall like gentle water, guided by the magical power of the golden raccoon, and gathered into streams of golden-red liquid metal. Then it quickly solidified in the air into fist-sized refined gold ingots of astonishing purity!

"Squeak! This one is the brightest! This one has the most energy!"

Jin Yuanbao was like a picky quality inspector, moving quickly among the fine gold ingots and pointing out with his little claws the ones with the highest energy purity, letting the Golden Raccoon Dog collect them first.

Just as they were frantically collecting this priceless treasure, a deafening roar and Aunt Gu's muffled groan were heard outside!

Boom——!

The dragon-trapping formation was completely broken by the earth dragon!

The furious earth dragon was like a runaway locomotive, and it knocked Rong Mama, who was blocking the tunnel entrance, away (the puppet body made a harsh metallic twisting sound), and its huge head, carrying a fishy wind and gravel, slammed into the tunnel entrance where Acai and others were!

The huge mouth full of sharp teeth opened wide, ready to swallow up the ants who dared to steal its treasure along with the tunnel!

"Miss, be careful!" Xiaojia roared and raised his shield to block Acai!

"Golden raccoon! Gold ingots! Retreat!"

Ah Cai shouted loudly, with golden light flashing around him, ready to fight hard!

"You wish! Try this!"

At the critical moment, Tong Shishan's voice rang out! Several specially crafted "gravity collapse bombs" flashing with unstable blue light were launched from above the cave entrance, landing precisely in the path of the charging earth dragon!

Om-!

A burst of blue light! A powerful gravitational field instantly distorted space!

The huge body of the earth dragon seemed to be stuck in an invisible quagmire, and the momentum of its charge suddenly stopped, as if it was being replayed in slow motion!

It roared angrily and dug the ground with its limbs frantically, but it could not move forward!

"Hurry up! The gravity field can't last long!" Tong Shishan shouted.

"withdraw!"

Ah Cai made a quick decision! Golden Raccoon Dog and Golden Ingot immediately grabbed a few of the largest gold ingots and transformed into two streams of light, darting out of the tunnel!

Acai and Xiaojia protected them, and under the cover of Rong Mama, Gu Mama and other secret guards, they quickly escaped from the gravity field and ran back the way they came!

Behind him was the unwilling roar of the earth dragon after breaking free from the constraints of gravity and the loud noise of the cave collapsing.

Although it was extremely thrilling, looking at the pile of glowing gold ingots emitting warm golden-red light and of astonishing purity in the shuttle cabin, as well as a large amount of star-patterned mithril, the harvest of the second day was truly brilliant!

The golden raccoon dog was so tired that he collapsed on the fine gold ingot and gasped for breath, his little paws still touching it reluctantly, while Jin Yuanbao was holding a small piece of crumbs and chewing it happily (he found that he really couldn't chew it, but he just liked to hold it).

Feiyue licked the fur that was scratched by the gravel, and Glutinous Rice Ball silently absorbed the remaining aura of violence.