Treasure Hunters, Sail the Blue Sea

Chapter 163

When everyone finally explored the weak point of the iceberg in front of them, they were ready to align and excavate to open up the passage leading to the interior.

The final method used was that Alka used the normalizing cross, relying on his proficient control ability, to spray out a thick pillar of fire.

It kept burning the iceberg in front of it, making it start to melt.After burning for a while, the rest began digging.

so repeatedly.

If it is not burned with flames, the hardness of the ice cube is really difficult to destroy, which greatly limits the speed of their digging.

Follow this method.They cooperated with each other, and it took about two hours. The magic power in Alka's body began to be unable to maintain the flames, and he waved his hand to signal that he needed to rest.

Although the flames were not maintained non-stop for two hours, maintaining the flames for a long time still consumes too much of his magic power.

The combined time lasted at least about 30 minutes.

Who would keep jetting flames for 30 minutes during a battle? Isn't this a waste of mana?
It is not an easy task to spray such a high-temperature flame out of thin air, and it consumes a lot of mana every moment.

If Alka hadn't already reached the triple helix, and had a treasure near him and had slightly more magic power than others, she wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long.

The rest of the people looked in front of them only slightly like a gap three or four meters deep inside.

"No, this efficiency is too slow. We have to wait until the year of the monkey when we dig inside."

Looking at the efficiency, Xia Daiti shook his head and said.

It is conservatively estimated that the radius of this mountain is about 800 meters, and the ice surface in the pit below is in the center.

With the current efficiency, Alka has to rest for 3 to 4 hours after maintaining it for two hours, and even if the non-stop operation is completed in the middle, it will take about one and a half to two months.

Not to mention that this is impossible, the time will only double.

Such time consumption is almost unacceptable to them.

Because the hardness of the ice cubes is higher as you go inside, the main reason is that you are getting closer to the treasure and you have to suffer from the cold.

At that time, the consumption of maintaining the flame will be further increased, and even the power of the flame will be weakened.

After all, the ice here is not formed by the natural environment, but by the accumulation of too many ice elements, which will greatly affect the surrounding fire elements.

Too much ice element will even squeeze out those fire elements.

At this time, after checking the depression just dug out for a long time, Jason couldn't help but said, "Have you noticed that these ice blocks seem to be recovering slowly."

The rest of the people gathered around and watched for a long time after hearing this, and finally confirmed Jason's statement.

These ice cubes are indeed slowly growing and solidifying. Although the growth is very slow, it is still very obvious after a while.

Seeing this situation, Alka shook his head.

"No, this method will not work at all."

If the ice can still grow slowly, the time it will take will increase, and it may not be possible to get through in a year, because they still have to go down to get through the ice in the underground pit.

After wasting two hours, I came up with the stupidest method.

Now I can only think of other ways to solve this problem.

Jason looked at the ground they were stepping on and couldn't help pushing away the snow with his feet. After stomping a few times, he said, "What do you say if we dig directly into the ground and into that hole?"

Alka looked at the ground under his feet and nodded.

"You can try it."

This method sounds good, but I don't know what kind of problems it will encounter when it is operated.

Anyway, the ground here must be frozen hard.

Several people took tools and started digging at the ground under their feet.

Due to the permafrost, these lands are much more difficult to dig than the soil outside, but at least they are much better than the ice.

The ice that formed the iceberg was obviously abnormal, and the hardness was ridiculously high.

With their joint efforts, a pothole quickly appeared.

Porolo stood in the pit, facing the direction of the iceberg.

They were about to start digging in, and the pothole expanded rapidly, all the way to the foot of the mountain.

"when!"

The digging tool touched it all at once, and there was a metal-like collision on it like a stone.

"What's wrong? Did you dig a stone?"

It's normal for such underground digging to find boulders blocking the way.

Pororo didn't say anything, and changed his position, but it was the same.

At this time, the few people who were digging noticed something was wrong.

Facing the area in front of them, they experimented one after another.

Not a boulder at all.

The piece of soil in front of them is ordinary soil, no, it should be said to be frozen soil.

I don't know how it was formed, but the hardness of this frozen soil is even more outrageous than the ice above it, and it is impossible to dig a tunnel down.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing.

Jason sat helplessly on the ground next to him, and couldn't help scratching his hair.

Yet another method failed.

The few people with mud on their faces looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

Climbed out of the pothole with tools.

"Could it be possible to dig by brute force?" Xia Dati sat on the edge of the hole and couldn't help but say.

This seems to be the only way to go now.

Spend a little more time digging down by brute force.

The others were silent when they heard this.

Because that seems to be the only way to go.

Just now they thought about cutting down the surrounding trees and burning them to melt the ice.

But there are not many trees around here, and the islanders living on this island also need to use them.

Moreover, these trees themselves are alive, and it takes a lot of time to burn the hardy plants and dry the wood.

And their demand will definitely destroy the local ecology.

Alka sat by the pothole, his eyes inadvertently glanced into the distance.

Resident children with several tribes were hiding in the snow and watching them.

For these children, outsiders like Alka are too strange.

Look at these children.

"I have a solution!"

"I have a solution."

Alka and on the shoulder, Lucilia said at the same time.

Hearing the sudden voice of the two, the others turned their gazes.

Lucilia on the shoulder patted Alka's face: "You talk first."

Alka didn't delay, nodded and said, "Why do we have to dig into this cave by ourselves? Aren't there hundreds of tribesmen on this island? They can definitely be mobilized to help us dig."

Speaking of this, a silver snake appeared on the back of Alka's hand, and began to roll from side to side.

"And we just need to pay something."

Hearing Alka's words, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Won't it be exposed like this?"

Porolo embraced it with both hands, and said with a frown.

He felt that their actions were digging out treasures, and such actions should be well concealed.

Hearing Pororo's question, several people looked at him.

Jason couldn't help but said from the side: "It's impossible to hide what we just did from the residents of this island."

They were digging pits and mountains, no matter which one it was, it took a lot of time, and it was impossible for them to act without telling the residents of this island.

This is something that will definitely be exposed.

Not to mention that a group of people with the same purpose came here almost every 10 years before them.

Quite a few people even questioned the residents on the island about some information they knew. Arka would not believe anything that the residents on the island did not know for hundreds of years.

It's just that no one would have guessed that they were looking for the treasure buried under the center.

Hearing this, Pororo nodded in a sudden realization.

It turned out to be the case.

"This method is indeed feasible, and we can accept the payment."

To be honest, it doesn't cost much to hire the residents of these islands.

Not to mention that the tribal residents on this island are not closed people, they will still leave the Triangle of Famine and the periphery by boat to conduct some trade.

They also have boats, but there are no merchants willing to come to them.

The population is too small, and the supplies are not abundant.

At this time Alka shook his shoulder: "Where are you?"

"It's about the same as you think. It's also asking for help from others."

It's just that what she thought was to tell the archbishop the information directly, since the location of the treasure had already been determined anyway.

It's no different from finding treasures, just let the pope worry about how to get through these ice cubes.

It's just that the rewards may be reduced.

However, after hearing Alka's method, I felt that I could give it a try. After all, it would be several months before the archbishop rushed over to help after receiving the news.

Since everyone felt that there was no problem, Alka nodded.

He said to Jason, "I'll leave the negotiation to you, no problem."

Hearing Alka's words, Jason adjusted the plush hat on his head, gestured with no problem and said, "Don't worry."

As he said that, he walked directly to the place where the children were hiding before, preparing to let him take him to their tribe.

The rest of the people waited in place.

After about an hour, Jason walked over with several tribe residents.

The leader was an old man wearing some ivory ornaments, holding a huge solid wooden scepter in his hand.

His left leg didn't seem to be working well, and there was a young man beside him supporting him.

Jason came over, shrugged helplessly and said, "The price has already been negotiated, and he has to communicate with you."

The old man who came over waved his hand, and asked the young man who was supporting him to wait for him to take the scepter and walked over slowly.

As he walked, the videos hanging on the head of the stick were still shaking from side to side, making a crisp sound.

The moment he walked over, he stared at Alka in front of him.

Visibly shaking his nose twice, he looked at Alka and said, "Are you a resident of Homeland Island?"

Hearing this, Alka narrowed his eyes slightly.

This old man does not seem to be an ordinary person, he is also a toucher.

Xia Daiti and the others next to him showed a dangerous look.

"Don't be nervous. When I was young, I had dealt with many residents of Homeland Island, and it was easy to identify them."

As he spoke, he came tremblingly and sat down beside the pile of mud piled up next to him.

He stretched out his dry hand and thumped his knee.

"You want to hire the people of our tribe to help you dig up this iceberg, which means you have found the source of this cold source, right?"

"Don't be surprised, it has been cold here for 824 years, and the church will send a team to search for it almost every 10 years or so.

Some are serious and responsible, just like you.

Some people are sloppy and perfunctory, as if they are on vacation. "

The old man said, trying to dispel the vigilance of several people.

After all, they have lived here for 800 years, and there are countless church members who have come here to investigate one after another.

Some people keep their mouths tight, and there will also be some people who don't care what they know and disclose some information to the residents of these islands.

Over time, the residents of these islands knew something about why the surrounding environment changed like this.

The information they knew was almost the same as what Alka and the others knew, not much different.

The old man in front of him said to himself: "You know, according to the records of our ancestors, more than 800 years ago, this place was a good place where the seasons were like spring, and the grain produced could be sold to several surrounding countries."

"The legend is that it is because of the gift from the Virgin, and we do believe in the Virgin."

The information given by the church did say that the residents on this island are believers of the Holy Mother, so there is no need to be too defensive, just say that they are members of the church.

"Don't look at me like this. When I was young, I was also a member of the church."

As he spoke, he also revealed a tattoo on his withered right arm.

Xia Daiti looked at the tattoo, turned his head, and said in Alka's ear, "It's a lone missionary of the church, and it's indeed a member of the church."

I only heard the old man continue to say: "So I have a deep understanding of this area. After all, when I was young, I also followed a team that took over this mission and came here to investigate."

Speaking of which, he slightly opened his eyes, staring at Alka in front of him with some cloudy eyes and said, "So, let the source of the cold here be in the iceberg, right?"

There was a tremor in the voice, but it was so firm.

Alka nodded.

Not hiding.

Because there is really nothing to hide, just like what the old man in front of him said.

There is almost no difference between the information they know and the information Alka knows.

"Good, good, good."

As the old man spoke, he stood up vigorously with his cane, and the surprise and excitement in his voice couldn't be concealed at all.

"It turned out that we thought we were on an ice-covered island, but it turned out to be here? What's your name?"

Hearing the old man's words, Alka nodded involuntarily. It seems that the old man did take over this task when he was young.

The location given by the church is also considered to be an ice-covered island. Although this is called the arctic triangle, the overall neutral position is the ice-covered island at the top of the triangle.

According to normal logic, and the fact that the ice cap island is colder than other islands.

Normal people would think this way.

"Just call me Arka."

"Okay, Alka, I will let the residents of our tribe cooperate with you."

As he said that, he couldn't wait to stick on his crutches, and limped back towards the original road.

The young man immediately came to support him.

After a while, a large number of tribal residents wearing all kinds of fluffy animal skins rushed over.

One of the burly men looked at Alka and said, "Are you Alka? The high priest asked us to listen to you."

Looking at the various digging tools in the hands of these tribal residents, they even brought their own tools.

nodded.

Start planning these people and dig into the interior of the iceberg.

……

The excavation operation is in full swing.

Even with the help of these tribal residents, it is difficult to dig through without 10 days and half a month.

Because the further you go in, the hardness of the ice cube becomes more and more outrageous, and the speed has to be slowed down.

When faced with these stubborn ice blocks, Alka would use flames to burn some points of strength, so that they could speed up the efficiency of digging and save some strength.

And their ships had left the arctic triangle long before the excavation began.

Jason and Pororo on the boat are going to some supply islands outside to buy some food and tools.

The hardness of these ice blocks has greatly increased the wear and tear of the tools of the tribesmen.

Moreover, there is not much food on the island, Alka can't let them do things for him hungry.

As time goes by.

The progress has finally advanced 600 meters inward, and according to Xia Daiti's detection, digging inward for about 160 meters will reach the top of the pothole.

But here it ran into a problem.

The hardness of the ice cubes has reached an extremely exaggerated level, no matter how these residents operate.At most, some debris can only be knocked off these ice surfaces.

It's not as fast as these ice cubes recover.

"Your task is completed. The food and tools are all presented to you. Leave the rest to us."

Alka took out a bag of gold coins from his arms, handed it to the man in front of him and said.

Seeing this situation, the strong man scratched the back of his head in some annoyance.

"But we didn't dig it in for you."

He felt a little embarrassed.

Alka and the others gave new tools, enough food, and even money.

However, they have not been able to complete the task.

Seeing the simple appearance of these strong men, Alka smiled, patted his shoulder and said: "It's okay, just leave the rest of the matter to us, just tell the high priest like this."

The strong man nodded and said helplessly: "Well, you are really a generous person. I wish you all the best, and the Holy Mother blesses you."

As he said, he folded his arms across his chest.

Alka nodded, and returned the same salute: "May the Holy Mother bless you."

Watching the residents of these tribes leave, Alka turned to look at the tunnel in the middle of the iceberg.

He said to Xia Daiti beside him: "Let's go in and have a try, now we can only rely on ourselves."

As they spoke, several people walked into the tunnel, while Pororo stood outside and waited.

He's too big to spend a lot of time extending the tunnel up because of him.

So although his strength is great, he can only watch and wait outside.

(End of this chapter)