Blue Star

After hesitating again and again, Daoporing still took Gu Li to the first town.

This is the closest place to the First Goddess Pillar, and it is also the town with the least human habitation.The houses for accommodation are not on the ground, but dormitories are built directly in the dug-out underground city.

Small airships came in from the outer city carrying all kinds of daily necessities, and after being taken by the dwarves, they would be transported out with a full load of crystal ore.

The surface of the huge Goddess Pillar is like a pearly shell on the seabed under the reflection of the crystal ore beam.And on the right side of the Goddess Pillar, there is a lighthouse tens of meters high inlaid with the largest lighting crystal mine.

The ground was of different heights, and mechanical sheds were set up in front of the roofs of more than a dozen mines to keep out the wind and rain.There are newly dug drainage pipes at the edge of the mine, and the previous drainage pipes can no longer cope with today's heavy rain.

The one-meter-tall dwarves came out of the nearby mine with a basket of newly dug suppression crystal ore on their backs.The helmet on the top of the head is embedded with a palm-sized lighting crystal mine, and there are six or seven mining picks of different sizes hanging on the waist. The dusty man opened the mechanical umbrella and walked towards the three of them.

He raised his hand to wipe off the dust on his face, took off his glasses and asked Porling, "Are you going to get the ore again so soon? The time is too short, and the amount of inhibitory crystal ore we collected is not much."

"No mine, no mine, I'll bring Elder Gu Li to pick out the materials for making the ring." Daoporing explained.

The dwarf put on his glasses again and looked up at Gu Li, whom Dao Porling was pointing at. His military uniform was covered with holes and mud stains.Although he was dressed in a mess, his demeanor was that of an elder. When he was not speaking, he looked like an impersonal patriarch.

He put down the bamboo basket he was carrying, and poured the suppressed crystal ore into the transport ship floating a few centimeters above the ground.Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Come in, just in time for me to rest."

The mines of the dwarves are small, and people of the height of Gu Li and Iris have to bend over when entering.After walking for more than 50 meters, they could only straighten their backs when they stood on the crude manual lift.

The underground city is not like the mine when I entered it, but an abyss whose size is close to the ruined library.The sound of the wind blowing into the mine from the outside will be amplified many times in it, whistling like the howling of wild animals.

There are no plants or fungi, and there will be a lighting crystal mine every two or three meters on the wall, and the rest are mechanical supports and hard soil rock formations.

The temperature in the underground city is much higher than that on the ground. If the temperature in Minggu Continent is like spring all the year round, then the underground city is hot in summer.

On the mechanical elevator driven by the gear chain, in addition to the lighting crystal mine above the head, there are many colorful fluorites.The magnetic field echoes the route planned around it. When it descends to a depth of more than ten meters, the dwarf stops the steering wheel in his hand and lets the fluorite drive himself, slowly moving forward to the left at a height of 50 meters from the ground.

Iris leaned against the elevator fence in novelty, leaned out half of his body and looked down at the dwarves wearing hard hats.The appearance of walking back and forth with lighting crystals embedded on the head is really like the food that glows under the sea.

Gu Li took a step across and stopped in front of Iris, for fear that the mermaid's expression of wanting to eat people would be seen by the dwarves leading the way.Taking advantage of no one's attention, he quickly grabbed Iris's collar and reminded him in a low voice, "Don't eat it."

"What kind of crystal ore do you want to use as a ring?" The dwarf who led the way adjusted the lighting crystal ore on the helmet and reminded: "If it is a dry crystal ore, you have to go to the restricted area of ​​the underground city."

Gu Li started to talk about porphyry first, and asked, "Is the corrosion crystal ore also in the restricted area?"

The dwarf's hand for adjusting the crystal ore paused, and after a long time, he turned the gear of the elevator and said: "No, the corrosion crystal ore is in the non-gravity room."

The elevator stopped, and the dwarf took Gu Li to the opposite direction of the restricted area, following the track under the mining area until he stopped in front of a half-person-high mechanical door.

The so-called gravity-free room is a large fluorite that has been hollowed out. Many untouchable crystal ores will be placed in this kind of place.

Gu Li winked at Dao Porling, but Dao Porling had no choice but to turn the key with the gear in his hand, and turned it twice on the mechanical door of the non-gravity room.

The dark green corroded crystal ore the size of a fingernail is suspended in the center of the hollow interior of the fluorite, and the stinging magnetic field emitted by the crystal ore can be felt before it gets close.

The dwarf put on his glasses, pulled them from his waist, and moved the palm-sized pickaxe forward. The sharp blade began to make a corrosive sound the moment it touched it.By the time the pick was taken back, the edge of the blade had become limp and unrecognizable.

"When the crystal mine stopped working before, we were worried that the corrosion crystal mine would melt the ground. But in fact, like other crystal mines, it turned into a useless stone." The dwarf took a step back and gave Daoporin Give up the place where it can be taken, "It stayed in this fluorite when it was discovered, and so far only this ore is the most dangerous."

He glanced at Elder Gu Li who was determined to take the crystal mine, "Is it finally going to be used? I thought it would be the end of the world before we would take it and die together."

Dao Porling also put on his glasses, and said as he approached the crystal mine with his hands, "Don't be so pessimistic, the corrosion of the crystal mine is not as terrible as you think, and its effects are not enough to end at the same time."

The dark green crystal ore was catalyzed into dust in the gradually closing hands of Dauporin.In order to make an unaffected ring, he also catalyzed part of the surrounding fluorite.

The corroded crystal ore as large as a fingernail recondensed into more than a dozen small particles, and the fluorite was used as an envelope to control it.The magnetic field was retracted, and more than a dozen synthetic crystals with dark green in blue fell to the palm of the hand.

Dauporin took out a ring base from his pocket, and inlaid the crystal ore on the rotatable area in the middle.

The dwarves on the side marveled at the talent of the elders in controlling the magnetic field, and were about to ask a few questions, when suddenly the surrounding lighting crystal mines flickered twice at the same time.What's worse, even the entire underground city seemed to experience a slight and imperceptible vibration.

Dao Porling speeded up the inlay work in his hand, and hurriedly stuffed it to Gu Li after finishing.

Gu Li put the ring on the middle finger of his left hand, and then said solemnly: "Notify all dwarves to leave the mine, the magnetic field of these crystal mines is weakening."

Having experienced two crystal mine failures, he knew what it meant to be weakened. The dwarf hurried to the center of the mining area, knocked on the frame of the equipment on the elevator with the pickaxe, and shouted: "Thunder is coming! Evacuate the mining area collectively! "

The bottom of the mine was shaken by the noise from outside again, Dao Porling swayed and took out a new ring from his trouser pocket and threw it to Gu Li, "Hurry up and put it on, this ring has dry crystals added, it was originally for you Brother's."

Gu Li followed the dwarves towards the elevator, and he still scolded along the way: "To the patriarch? When will the elders allow the patriarch to use the forbidden crystal mine? Once out of control..."

"You also know what the consequences will be if you lose control! You two brothers were born to piss me off." Dao Porling jumped into the empty elevator first, followed by Gu Li and Iris.

Dozens of machines started at the same time, and the speed of ascent was obviously much slower than that of descent.Gu Li saw another elevator on the right side that was stuck in a gear, and turned the ring on his middle finger to drive the fluorite magnetic field.

He controlled his talent, and after a few tries, he got used to the ability to distinguish the corrosive magnetic field in the ring, and then increased the floating effect, pulling the rest of the fluorite in the mining area to speed up the elevator's ascent.

The sky outside the mining area has become gloomy, and the torrential rain has intensified, causing half of the canopy outside the mine to collapse.

Gu Li manipulated the magnetic field to open a barrier over the first town. When he looked up, he saw the blue star that was always bright beside the sixth Goddess Pillar, which was the farthest away, suddenly lost its light.Immediately there was a deafening explosion, and the clouds behind the blue star became pitch black.

Almost in the next second, all the crystal mines lost their original functions and became dim, and the magnetic field controlled by Gu Li also dissipated instantly.

The torrential rain poured down, drenching everyone present.

A chill filled the whole body, and the five urban areas surrounding the Goddess Pillar were all plunged into darkness, completely losing their last protective barrier.

"Go, go and notify the patriarch and other elders. No, notify all the troops to guard the town." Gu Li could feel his voice trembling when he issued the order.

He subconsciously stroked Iris' wrist, forcing himself to calm down.He has a hunch that this time the crystal mine will stop working for a long time.All the magnetic fields around him that he could perceive disappeared, not even a star left, and he couldn't even drive the ring in his hand.

Iris rolled over his palm and held Gu Li's slightly trembling hand, and suddenly frowned and looked at the wall of the fifth town.

A long snake about 40 meters long with gorgeous skin swam into the city from outside the city.There were sharp bone spurs on his back, and he slammed into a ten-story building while spitting out snake letters.

Countless bows and crossbows hit the long snake with the invalid inhibitory crystal ore. Without the blessing of the magnetic field, the range and power of the crossbows were far from enough to kill monsters.

The long snake was entangled on the building, and suddenly quickly penetrated half of its body into the suppressed thick cloud layer. When it retracted again, it had already ruthlessly bit a mutated bat about ten meters long in its mouth.

The bat stretched its wings, and while struggling in the mouth of the long snake, it also shattered the top of the entrenched building.The tarnished large crystal ore fell from the roof, and fell to the screaming and fleeing crowd on the ground.

Gu Li pulled out the small crossbow attached to his waist, and immediately led Iris to the fifth town that was most severely invaded by monsters.

"Save me! Save me—"

A man ran too fast and fell to the ground, but the fleeing crowd was too chaotic, and no one could take care of others when they were trying to save themselves.

The huge salamander crawled towards the fallen man, who crawled on the ground with his head in his arms in despair.At the moment when he thought he would be swallowed, an arrow feather pierced into the newt's right eye, followed by several quick arrow feathers, each of which hit the newt's vital point.

Gu Li stood in front of the man, holding a crossbow in one hand and supporting him with the other, and said sharply, "Run! Go to the processing factory in the third town, hurry up!"

More and more soldiers formed a human wall in front of the crowd, and countless bows and arrows pierced through the rainstorm to kill the mutated monsters climbing into the city.

Iris stretched out his sharp claws, grabbed a half-snake, half-toad monster with his bare hands, and mercilessly tore its body apart.The creatures around him felt the oppression of the strong man, and scattered to other places.

He brutally killed these invading creatures, just like every time the weak eat the strong in the sea.But no matter what, he always kept a distance of no more than five meters around Gu Li.

Gu Li heard the cries, and saw Mi Mier climbing out of the ruins under the collapsed building with a six-year-old boy on his back.

The moment he saw Gu Li, he shouted excitedly: "Elder Gu Li! There are still people under pressure inside! They are all children!"