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Chapter 21 Crystal Mine
Sanda Village, inside the village chief's house.

It has been a long time since Yang Chen was called by the village chief, and he has been hanging out without beating or scolding him, just not letting him go out.

After dark, after the warriors in the village said something to the village head, the village head came in with a bowl of porridge.

After the hungry Yang Chen took it, he immediately gobbled it up.

The village chief threw another towel to Yang Chen: "Wipe off the dirt on your face, what does it look like!"

"Village chief, why don't you let me go out and talk to those people? That's a lot of money, and it can improve the predicament of our village!"

"Don't even think about it, the three of them should not be real business travelers. I asked Ada to keep an eye on them, and they have already left."

Yang Chen was lost, and finally someone recognized that his invention was useful.

"Too young, and there is no wildebeest luggage team. There is no loss-making business. Buying you a cannonball with ten black crystals is a loss-making business. They have other purposes."

Yang Chen was puzzled: "Didn't they say it was used for self-defense?"

"Do you believe what others say? Such a dangerous thing, accidentally injuring yourself before it's time to defend yourself! You elm-headed, you don't pretend to be anything other than useless inventions!"

"But your recent behavior has become more and more excessive. If you don't restrain yourself, I can't keep you anymore."

"The world outside is so chaotic now. If you are really driven out, there is no way to survive outside alone. Recently, there have been a lot more incidents of ferocious beasts raiding metahumans than in previous years. You should be more peaceful."

Yang Chen still didn't give up: "That's why I want to develop more effective defensive weapons."

The village head hates iron for being weak: "Your grandfather also left the village with ambition back then, and I don't know what he went through. He gave up his identity as a master craftsman and returned to the village. He even burned all his invention and design manuscripts. It didn't take long. Died in depression, your father was not very old at that time, and you want to follow in the footsteps of your grandfather?"

Yang Chen didn't take it seriously, he had heard the village chief nagging this old story hundreds of times, so that he could recite it by heart.

"Understood, village chief, can I go back?"

The village chief saw it and knew that Yang Chen still longed for the outside world, so he sighed heavily: "Go back."

Yang Chen returned to his house, the roof hadn't been repaired yet.

Most of the laboratory in the attic on the second floor also collapsed. The village head had his experimental materials taken away by someone, and he turned over the hidden compartment on the floor. Fortunately, the last bit of raw material for the shell was not found.

After Yang Chen packed up the remaining manuscript paper scattered on the ground, he could only fall asleep looking at the stars in the sky tonight.

The next day, Yang Chen was still criticized by the villagers in the village, and no one wanted to help him build the roof.

Yang Chen thought for a while, and decided to go out and find some materials first, so as not to be annoying in front of others.

After leaving the village, go to the path he often walks, and find some crystal materials for the roof. With the hardness of spar, it will not be easy to be blasted.

After Yang Chen walked for half an hour, he felt that someone was following him, so he hid.

Then when he was waiting for the other party to show up, a pretty figure suddenly jumped out from behind Yang Chen!
"Wow!"

Yang Chen was frightened by the sudden sound and jumped up a few feet.

"what!"

But when he saw who was coming, his frightened mood recovered a lot.

"Qiu Yan, why are you here?"

Qiuyan is the granddaughter of the village chief, one year younger than him, but she is brave and brave. She is one of the few female warriors in the village and often goes out hunting with her father and other warriors.

Qiu Yan smiled mischievously: "I just came back from hunting and heard that your house was blown up yesterday, but now, it seems that you are fine and alive!"

"So you're scaring me on purpose?"

"Yes! Who let you enter the Sunset Forest alone? Although we have cleaned it up, there will still be some strange beasts from other places appearing!"

"Qiu Yan, you know that everyone doesn't want to get along with me, and neither do I. But in broad daylight, ferocious beasts generally don't appear."

"You are lucky, the number one female warrior of Sangda Village is with you!"

Yang Chen smiled and said nothing, while Qiu Yan had a bold temper, and was the only one among his peers in the village who wouldn't treat him as a different kind.

He often disregards other people's eyes, comforts his mood, and is his only friend.
The two continued to go to the Forest of the Setting Sun. Qiu Yan had been sharing with Yang Chen what happened to her and her father when they went out some time ago, which made Yang Chen envious and curious at the same time.

He has never been far away from Sangda Village, and his actual understanding of the outside world is limited to the surrounding villages, and there are some records in books.

It's not that he didn't think about the village chief's words, but he still wanted to go out and have a look.

"Yang Chen, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, after three Taihao months, you're going to get married, will your tough character be restrained?"

Thinking of this incident, Qiu Yan became indignant: "Father must let me marry some number one warrior in Vasa Village. I am only 20, and I don't want to marry! I will definitely run away from marriage!"

"The betrothal gift has been given, if you really run away from the marriage, it will be unfair to the village head and uncle."

"I heard that the Kanda senior warrior is very good, and you won't be wronged if you marry him."

Qiu Yan paused, looked into Yang Chen's eyes, and murmured, "Are you serious?"

Yang Chen avoided looking at Qiu Yan, hesitated for a moment, and said in a muffled voice: "The number of warrior families in Sangda Village is getting smaller and smaller. Over the years, they rely on the support of warriors from other villages to help clean up the surrounding beasts. The village is safe."

"After you marry, you can continue the blood of the warrior family."

Qiu Yan interrupted angrily: "Stop talking! You, like grandpa and grandpa, are all for the righteousness of the village, not for what I want!"

Qiu Yan walked straight forward, sulking all by herself, this elm-headed, unresponsive person!
Southern warrior families are similar to psychics. If they marry a non-warrior family, the warrior genes of the offspring will gradually fade, and they will become ordinary metaclasses that cannot fight against alien beasts.

A village without a warrior will soon be devoured and destroyed by strange beasts.

From Sangda village to Yang Chen's generation, there are very few warriors left, and Qiuyan is the only one left with the blood of high-level warriors.

Otherwise, she would not be allowed to go out hunting with other warriors to protect Sangda Village.As the price for other villages to assist Sangda Village, Qiuyan married the son of the other village chief.

But if he can create a stable weapon that can be used by ordinary metaclasses, he can return Qiuyan to freedom.

In the setting sun forest, the standing trees, under the action of the wind, their branches and leaves are shadowy.

After a while, the two who fell into silence arrived at their destination.

Pulling away the dead branches and tree trunks he had placed before the entrance, the Crystal Mine appeared in front of their eyes.

Colorful crystal stone pillars are scattered like bamboo shoots, and the walls and ceiling are all crystal stone clusters, which are emitting weak fluorescence, and the light is shining for a while.

This crystal mine was accidentally discovered by Yang Chen, and the crystal pillars here basically have no traces of being destroyed or developed.

The height of the cave is more than ten meters, and the depth of the cave is endless.

Even Qiu Yan, who had seen many crystal pillars, couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the scenery here: "It's a beautiful place, Yang Chen, when did you find this place?"

"It was discovered after the earthquake not long ago, and it has not been explored in depth."

"Some types of spar have never been seen before. With so many clusters of crystal pillars, they can be collected to make utensils, and they can also be forged into weapons."

Yang Chen nodded: "I know, I will tell the village chief about the situation here after I finish getting the crystal raw materials I want."

"With these crystals, the situation in the village will be better."

"Qiu Yan, please help me find some crystal pillars as roofing materials."

"Okay, wrap it on me!"

Qiu Yan pulled up a long blue crystal pillar with a diameter of more than [-] centimeters and a length of more than three meters, and carried it with ease.

Yang Chen continued to go deep inside, the crystal raw material for making cannonballs was inside.

Qiu Yan probed: "Why are you going?"

Qiu Yan remembered her grandfather's words, and she was slightly annoyed: "You still want to make dangerous things that blow up the roof of your house?"

Yang Chen did not deny it.

Although Qiu Yan had always supported him in his research and inventions before, but now she does not support things that threaten Yang Chen's own life!

"Let's go back! This is too dangerous, I don't agree."

Qiu Yan is not a person who is good at reasoning, she directly grabs Yang Chen with actions, his weight is insignificant to her.

Qiu Yan picked him up, grabbed him and walked back,

Yang Chen, who was being carried like a chicken, hastily persuaded: "Qiu Yan, I'm about to find the raw material that can control the triggering of the shells, please let me down."

Seeing that Qiuyan turned a deaf ear and remained unmoved, Yang Chen continued: "Qiuyan, I'm serious, you trust me!"

"Qiu Yan? I will succeed this time."

"To shut up!"

Yang Chen was puzzled, Qiu Yan stopped, that means she agreed?

Before Yang Chen had time to rejoice, Qiu Yan shook his hand away, and at the same time he was dizzy, a pair of eyes with green light suddenly appeared in front of him like a ferocious, overdeveloped canine teeth and cracked teeth, which were vital to his neck. Pass by!

Yang Chen, who was put down by Qiu Yan, hadn't recovered before he heard Qiu Yan's instructions: "Qiu Lang, I don't know if it's the lone wolf that was missed in the last cleaning or there are new wolves nearby. Yang Chen, be careful. Get behind me!"

Yang Chen didn't refuse either. At this time, he was being hypocritical, but he didn't want to die.

Qiu Lang, who failed in the raid, retreated a foot away and confronted Qiu Yan.

Yang Chen was surprised. The strange beast Qiulang is a nocturnal animal, good at running fast and long distances, and likes to live in groups.

During the day, it often sleeps alone or in pairs in the cave, although it is also active during the day in sparsely populated areas; but the last time he came to this mine, there was obviously no sign of the wolf.

Yang Chen glanced at the hole, is it Qiu Lang who just came in?Or is there another entrance on the other side of the mine?

Qiu Lang's expression was obviously very angry, his hair stood on end, and he was ready to attack Qiu Yan and Yang Chen. Qiu Yan swung the crystal pillar on his shoulder towards Qiu Lang.

Qiu Lang, who was about the same length as the crystal pillar, flexibly dodged and retreated, and attacked Yang Chen who was at the side when Qiu Yan switched the crystal pillar!

Qiu Yan saw that the crystal pillar was too inflexible, so she simply threw it at Qiu Lang, blocking its route to attack Yang Chen.

Qiu Yan pulled out the bone blade she carried with her, but this knife was still smooth.

Qiulang was irritated, his eyes began to turn red, the hair on his body began to grow rapidly, and his sharp teeth and body also began to increase in size.

"What's going on with this mound wolf, it's going berserk?"

Generally, if there is no fatal threat, the strange beast will not suddenly fall into a state of madness. Why is this?
(End of this chapter)