I became a planet

Chapter 51 The Flame Stone

Now, except for the lizardmen he met at the beginning, the exterminated black wolf tribe, and the sheepman tribe just now, Guo Sen found that the rest of the civilizations knew what fire was for.

The group of dwarves in the cave is no exception.

However, in front of Guo Sen's eyes, the dozen or so tiny flames proved that this group of dwarves possessed an alternative civilization.

They seem to make "lamps".

Or rather, something similar to a candle was made.

In Guo Sen's sight, under the burning flame was a black rope, and the other end was soaked in water-like lamp oil.

The lamp oil was soaked in a metal bowl that was not too exquisite, and it also told Guo Sen that these dwarves also had a very powerful smelting process.

Lamp, this is a new technology after the development of "fire".

Its principle is the same as that of a torch, but you don't have to worry about burning it out at any time, you just need to fill it with lamp oil every once in a while.

This undoubtedly makes full use of the characteristics of "fire", which can be widely used in quite a lot of fields.

For example, take it to a deep mine to find that ruby-like ore.

Compared with the previous dwarves, they didn't seem to shift their focus to hunting and fruit gathering, but instead used the deal with the goatmen to save this part of their time and focus on mining and developing the tribe.

They understand how to use resources better than any race before them.

Otherwise, wouldn't there be so many people?

Within Guo Sen's line of sight, nearly six or seven hundred dwarves were squatting on the ground and talking.

This also includes women and children. It seems that their population is really quite a lot.

With a thought, he used his ability.

"..."

"Boss, the food we got from them is enough for us to sneak into deeper areas."

"That's right, leader, these jerky are enough for us to eat for a longer time, as long as we find more flame stones, they will give us more food!"

"However, we can't go any further. Before, some brothers disappeared inside. What if..."

"Yeah, leader, I also think it's fine to keep the status quo."

Guo Sen heard their voices immediately.

It seems that as I guessed, this group of dwarves seems to have established a cycle in civilization, that is, using gems to obtain food, and then using food to find more gems.

This seems to be a virtuous circle. As long as the goats like gems, the mining industry of the dwarves will gradually become more developed, and their race will become more prosperous.

As for the goat people, more animals will be raised, more rock salt will be mined, and progress will also be made.

The premise is that the goats can maintain a continuous interest in gems.

However, this is a false proposition.

Guo Sen had no way of knowing what the meaning of the non-speaking goatman was, otherwise, he could judge for the dwarves whether to continue in the future.

"Don't talk about it, everyone. I have my own judgment. If there is no objection, we will go down now to find more flame stones." The tallest dwarf among them interrupted the noise made by the crowd. The sound, the rich sound has a sense of presence.

"understand!"

The answers were mixed, but they had to obey the leader's words.

The dwarves stood up one after another. After they walked out of the cave, they came to a cave hidden at the bottom of a boulder with lamps, dried meat, wooden sticks and a large number of metal picks.

Guo Sen suddenly felt that what these dwarves did was not what a tribe with a mature civilization should have.

How to mine, all the people who fall have to go?
Why don't you go do something else?How about picking some wild fruits and making weapons?

However, his gaze followed them and entered the mine.

This mine is not wide, and the diameter of the mine is only about two meters. There is no glowing moss on the rock wall that the goatmen have, and the dwarves can only hold their lights and walk slowly along a slope that is not too steep. Go down.

Guo Sen looked at the rock wall and found that it seemed to be formed naturally, and it became so smooth and flat after being developed by the dwarves.

The further the dwarves went, the less traces of artificially intervened mines, and in the end, only the existence of a large number of stalactites and other landforms remained.

After a while, the dwarves finally stopped, and Guo Sen found that they had come to a vast underground space.

Unlike the rock salt mines of the goat people, this space does not have a very tall cave roof, nor does it have a single bit of flat ground. There are just countless huge rocks, all over the place as far as the eye can see.And in the corner of this space, there is a tunnel that seems to be formed naturally, extending to the bottom. Maybe this is the "deeper" that those dwarves said?

Guo Sen noticed that on the rock wall of this huge space, many huge rocks with a diameter of nearly five or six meters had been shattered, and the gravel-like things inside were scattered all over the place.

To be honest, this mine is completely unsafe.

It only needs some not strong earthquakes, and I believe this place will soon become the grave of this group of dwarves.

However, it is Guo Senben who can control the earthquake. As long as he doesn't deliberately play tricks, these dwarves can still mine here forever.

Do those gravel-like stones really contain the so-called "flame stones"?

Guo Sen decided not to go out from here for the time being, he wanted to take a good look at how these dwarves mined.

When he was on that piece of land before, he didn't take a closer look at what kind of work mining was, but now that he finally followed him, he might as well take a good look.

What if the advanced technology of this mining can be brought to other civilizations in the future?

This is necessary.

The dwarves immediately dispersed, with 20 people as a small team, lit the torches with lamps and placed them beside them, and began to knock on the rock wall with metal picks.

The tinkling sounds caused echoes, making this originally quiet space much more lively.

Guo Sen watched them carefully.

The rock wall seemed quite thick. Guo Sen saw that they not only had metal picks, but also small metal hammers and wedges to break down the stronger rock walls.

The rock was peeled off continuously, but Guo Sen knew that the red "flame stone" was still buried deeper.

Or, get them all out?

Guo Sen knew very well that the content of red gemstones in the rock formation they were in was not much.

What they said before that there may be flame stones in the deeper places is completely a conjecture. Guo Sen checked, and there is almost nothing in the deeper places.

Oxygen is the greatest enemy to this dwarven mining team.

"Boss, boss!" The dwarves seemed to lose their composure after working for a few hours. After digging for so long, they didn't even see the appearance of the ore.

"Don't stop, keep going!" The leader commanded, and he also understood the current situation.

The ancestors have dug here countless times, and they are repeating the process. Is there any flame stone in this mine?No one can be sure.

So far, can we only go to the deeper mine?
but……

"Boss! We think we need to go deeper, or else, who knows..."

"Gah woo woo!!"

A roar that seemed to be from a beast suddenly resounded through the mine!
(End of this chapter)