The super lord of the island

Chapter 386 385. Mysterious Mine
Without further ado, Jialan held her wand and pressed it heavily on the ground. The teleportation circle was activated, and the chaotic magic runes bloomed, illuminating the dark basement.

buzzing...

Accompanied by a burst of high-frequency buzzing, the light was restrained and the space collapsed. One ten thousandth of a second later, Jialan appeared at the position where he had killed the soul-eating beast in front of the third layer of the rift.

The messy battlefield remained unchanged from before leaving, but the corpses of the cavemen had begun to rot and emitted an unpleasant stench.

"follow me."

Jialan ignored them. After all, they were leaving soon. There was no need to bother to deal with them. It was better to let them decompose naturally, and maybe they could become nutrients for the fern forest.

The team passed through the broken tribe and came to a stone mountain.

This stone mountain is the only mountain on the third level. It rises abruptly from the flat ground, which is very unconventional.

But this is the underground world, and the more unconventional an existence is, the more reasonable it is.

There was a cave at the bottom of the mountain, and Master Jialan pointed.

"Did you see the hole?"

"I saw it." Karl nodded.

"I was here when you were unconscious last time, but I didn't go in to check. If nothing else, the way to the fourth floor should be here."

"Sir, please stay outside. I'll go in first to confirm whether there is any danger."

"Ah."

Jialan nodded and cast a layer of ice armor on Karl, "Come out immediately if you find any unexpected situation. Go ahead."

Under the gaze of the two people, Karl's back disappeared from the entrance of the cave.

It was very quiet. I waited for more than ten minutes and there was no sound at all.

Funya frowned.

"Why hasn't the leader come out yet? How about I go in and take a look."

"No rush, I'm waiting."

Jia Lan did not agree, because in the system character function, the attribute panel belonging to Karl was all normal, without any negative status.

After another five minutes, Carl walked out of the cave intact and reported what he saw.

"Sir, this cave entrance extends all the way to the inside of the stone mountain. At the end of the road is a passage like a square well. There is a rope hanging from the top of the cave into the well. My subordinate first checked the firmness of the rope and after confirming that there was no problem, he climbed down along the ropeway. climb."

"Then, what's under the well?" Funya asked curiously.

Carl shook his head.

"The well is very deep. I descended for more than ten minutes but didn't reach the bottom, so I had to climb up again. It was quite safe. The cave was flat and dry, and no living creatures were found."

"Is that so..."

Jialan thought about the soul-eating beast saying before it died that it climbed up from the deep world. Could it be that this one came up from here, and what happened to the rope?

The cavemen living on this level are in a primitive society and cannot make such things as ropes.

He thought about it and couldn't think of a reason.

"No matter, let's go in together."

Karl led the way, Funia followed, and the elite team headed straight in.

As Jialan entered, the halo of torches illuminated the cave. As Karl said, the surrounding cave arms were smooth and flat, with no gravel on the ground. Moreover, the shape of the entire cave resembled the mountain tunnel I had seen in Blue Star in my previous life, with obvious traces of artificial excavation. .

Five minutes later, the team arrived at the end of the cave.

The ground is a standard square wellhead with a side length of two meters. If it is regarded as a water well, it is obviously too wide. If it is a mine, it is just right.

In the middle of the wellhead, there is a rope hanging. To be precise, it should be a steel cable made of multiple strands of metal wires.

Jialan tried it and found that it was very tough and could bear hundreds of tons of weight.

Looking up at the top, there is a mechanical device fixed in the rock formation. The surface of the device is rusty, and no marks or writing can be seen. There is a horizontal row of holes below, and this steel cable protrudes from one of the holes.It can be guessed that there should be identical steel cables in other holes, but for some reason they are gone, leaving only the last one.

Climb down?
Looking at the perfectly vertical wellhead at [-] degrees, Jialan said it was impossible to climb.

"Funya, you can fly and move nimbly. You are in front this time, and Karl and I are behind."

"Yes."

Funya jumped directly into the well without touching the steel cable. After a brief free fall, she spread her wings slightly and hovered in the well. She raised her head and motioned for the two of them to follow.

Jialan recited a spell, and soon a pair of cyan wings composed of wind elements formed behind his back. They slowly flapped and supported his body as he fell into the well.

"Uh…"

Karl had no choice but to put on his gloves, hold on to the steel cable and slide down. He would let go to speed up and hold on to slow down. As long as he was not climbing up, it would be the easiest for him.

The halo of torches illuminated the mine. Just like above, the walls of the shaft were polished very smooth, and there was this strange mechanical device. It was most likely a relic of an ancient civilization, or even used for mining.

In the mine, the team descended all the way, neither fast nor slow, and everyone focused on their feet.

Suddenly, a square hole was dug out in the wall on one side of the well. It seemed that the space inside was dug manually, but the bottom was not yet at the bottom.

"Would you like to come in and take a look?"

"have a look."

Jialan controlled the wind wing and entered the unknown mine tunnel with Funia, and then Karl jumped in.

The internal space of the mine tunnel gradually widens, and metal pillars are supported at regular intervals to hold up the rock formations above and prevent collapse.

Looking at the metal furniture like beds and cabinets inside, it shows that this is not a mine tunnel, but a rest platform on the first floor, a temporary resting place for workers.

But what makes Jialan even more confused is that the color of the rock formations has not changed since the descent. The entire stone mountain is the most ordinary rock, and no valuable minerals have appeared.

"Is it still down there?"

"Then the exploration technology is too advanced, and it can detect mineral veins at such a depth."

By the time we reach the resting platform, we have dropped to a depth of at least 500 meters.

If it were only 500 meters down from the surface, it would be considered shallow, but the problem here is the third layer of the fissure. It would be several thousand meters at least to reach the surface.

"Continue to go deeper!"

Having no choice, he returned to the mine and continued the semi-free fall. In order to seize the time, the speed of the fall was accelerated a lot, and the sound of wind whizzed in Jialan's ears.

1000m…

500 meters...

2000m…

3000m…

Jialan had forgotten how long he had been descending, and had no idea of ​​the depth. He only noticed that the temperature inside the well had dropped to about zero degrees, and the marks of manual polishing on the surrounding well walls were getting rougher and rougher. Only this steel cable remained the same.

I encountered several transit rest platforms one after another.

But as the depth drops below 2000 meters, there is nothing.

"I hope this path is the right one, otherwise..."

Noisy! !

Before Jialan could react, Karl, who was landing parallel to him, tightened his grip on the rope. The violent friction between metals emitted a large number of sparks.

"slow down!"

At this time, Funya also saw the ground, shouted loudly, spread her wings to slow down her fall, and caught the unresponsive Master Jialan at the same time.

(End of this chapter)