The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 972 Underground Mine

The ancient elves left behind many unimaginable creations, and of course there are also some wonderful things that make people speechless.

But in any case, the magic technology of the ancient elves is too much beyond the present, and if it is the kind of thing they create with a serious purpose, the effect will be very exaggerated.

The simplest example is the Magic Fortress.

This kind of powerful magical weapon that can be used to kill gods once played an extremely important role in the battle with the monks. Several Jiexians were dispatched from the Eastern Shenzhou side, but in the end they only shook hands and made peace. The reason for the handshake was because the ancient elves and the dragon clan had a complete falling out, and there was no time to deal with petty fights with the monks...

By the same token, the underground mines they dug for mining, no matter the depth or size, are exaggerated to the point that even the dwarves who are the best at digging are shocked.

To this day, the residents of Bariahat never know how deep the mines beneath their city are, because every time they think they have found the deepest point, they always find a new passage leading to the bottom nearby.

This is not just a problem in the city of Bariahat. Almost all the cities in the Lightless Land have mines of similar size, and no one has ever said what it looks like at the bottom.

The ancient elves left behind a huge mine whose depth is unknown, but this is not necessarily a bad thing, because human beings who are still living in the land of no light must rely on it to survive.

The most powerful aspect of the excavation technology of the ancient elves is not how deep it can dig, but how to mine precious minerals without damaging the underground structure.

Even after tens of thousands of years have passed, the structures of these mines are still very stable, and none of the mines have ever had any landslides.

At the same time, such a huge mine has no effect on the underground water veins. This is also an important guarantee for the survival of many cities, including Bariahat.

After all, if there is less place to live, it will be crowded at most, and if there is no water to drink, it will be really fatal.

At the same time, with the increase of population, a large number of vacant lots in mines have also been utilized.

Many houses were built on the layer closest to the surface. Although the lighting can only rely on magic lights instead of the artificially simulated sun like on the surface, it is still a place to live in.

At the same time, the original mine was developed into a farm for cultivating mushrooms by the local people, which is more efficient than using the only land on the surface for farming. They even bred livestock specially raised underground to ensure the production of meat. .

So the methods are all forced out. Under the oppression of the harsh environment, the people living here are forced to find a way.

But the existence of the mine, and its incomplete understanding, also creates another problem.

That is, it is not only the locals who can use the mine, but also the local monsters.

The mine is too complicated and huge, maybe some small and hidden passages have been dug through by shadow monsters who are good at digging holes, forming secret passages directly connected to the outside of the city.

Occasionally, some shadow monsters will pass through these passages and run straight through the mine to the surface city.

There must be no such troubles when the ancient elves were still there, because even if the shadow monsters dared to come, they would be killed by the golems and golems in charge of mining before they could wait. Becoming unable to move, coupled with the aging of the facilities, the barriers that prevent monsters from sneaking in are gradually becoming unreliable, and there are more and more cases of monsters breaking into the city.

Therefore, apart from the underground mines that the ground surface is used for living recently, and the parts that are used by the locals to cultivate mushrooms and develop agriculture, there are actually shadow monsters wandering in the lower part from time to time. The number is not too many, but It is definitely not too little.

In view of the fact that the number of guards in the city is definitely not enough to clean up the entire mine, although the danger is better than outside the city, it must not be taken lightly.

And this part was chosen as the location for the college selection, allowing students to face monsters head-on without being besieged by a large number of monsters.

But just relying on students is absolutely not reassuring. The purpose of the selection is to find talents among the students, not to let these talents be played to death by their own people before they grow up. None of the living students can make up a table of mahjong.

This is why every student must be accompanied by a teacher when they go down.

The families of rich and powerful children like Laventan can of course hire private tutors through personal connections or financial connections. There are too many students in public schools. Even if the teacher leads the team, it is impossible to accompany each child. Therefore, many guards who are on vacation will play the role of this protector and accompany the students down together.

Of course, Lin Tianci was also in the accompanying ranks. Butler Macaulay was in such a hurry at the beginning, even looking for Brother Lin as a tutor without hesitation. Firstly, it was because Lin Tianci was very powerful, and secondly, because Laventan was fierce. Even if they were forced by the earl's family's face, they didn't gossip about Laventine's situation to others, but no one in this circle wants to accept Laventine as a hot potato.

After the primary selection was completed, the school quickly counted the scores of each student, and announced the list of students who will enter the next selection. If there is no one on the list, I am sorry, please go back. If the age is not over, it will be four years There are still opportunities in the future.

Because of a series of beautiful misunderstandings, Laventan got a very high score, not to mention the top ten, but also among the top twenty. Naturally, Lin Tianci also needs to go down the mine with her.

Butler Macaulay had told Brother Lin about this point before, and it was a practice in every selection, so it was not surprising.

To Lin Tianci's surprise, the mine was actually bigger than imagined.

There are a total of more than 300 students, plus an accompanying teacher or guard for each person, adding up to more than 600 people and nearly 700 people. So many people must not be thrown away at once. That would not be an assessment, it would be a direct push.

There are a total of 12 entrances into the underground mine, and all personnel are sent to the 12 entrances, and then they are divided into groups after they reach the bottom.

During the period, they may meet or cooperate, but the starting point is the way of students themselves plus a group of accompanying personnel.

And if it is divided into more than 300 groups, more than 300 starting points that can be placed separately are required.

This is nothing more than a piece of cake for the mines left by the ancient elves. Even if the number is doubled, there is no pressure to accommodate it...

To enter the mine, you don't walk down a little bit on two legs, but through a super-large elevator that uses magic as the hole, which was used to transport ore in the past.

Once entering the underground, the scene seems not as dark as Lin Tianci thought, not to mention the magic lamps everywhere, and various luminous mushrooms emitting a faint phosphorescent light can often be seen on the cave roof and walls, making the underground world look like a ghost. There are some dreamy colors.

Of course, the most conspicuous thing is the crystal pillar supporting the dome of the entire city.

The entire mine seems to be centered on these support pillars, spreading out in all directions, densely packed and no one knows where the end is.

The elevator they took actually couldn’t reach the bottom of the mine directly, because the elevator actually has a length limit. If it is too long, it will affect the efficiency of ore transportation, causing the mining speed to be faster than the transportation speed. In this case, the ore will be Build up underneath.

Therefore, the deepest point that this elevator can reach is actually less than 500 meters underground. If you want to go deeper, you need other elevators to continue going down.

But then it has nothing to do with Lin Tianci, and the college selection will not let students go to deeper places.

Strictly speaking, the part of the mine from the surface to the depth of 500 meters has basically been figured out by the locals. Although there may be some dangers, everyone has been given a map because they have figured out the relationship between the routes. Too likely to get lost below.

The task of the students is to walk back to the surface step by step according to the route marked on the map after getting off the elevator.During the period, they will be scored by the judges according to their performance and the time to reach the surface, and then the best will be selected for admission.

When the number of students and teachers on the elevator became less and less, they finally reached the starting point where Lin Tianci and Laventan set off.

The elevator put them at the entrance of a simple and rough cave, and you can see that there are still traces of artificial processing on the cave wall, but as I said just now, there are almost semi-permanent magic lights lighting every section of the road, plus The phosphorescent mushrooms were so dim that they couldn't see.

The person who sent them down gave a few instructions to be careful, and then started the elevator again to send the others to their destination. This meant that Lin Tian gave them, mainly because Laventan could start the assessment project.

With a snap of the fingers, four pure white balls of light hung on the roof of the cave according to Lin Tianci's wishes, making the dark cave brighter. The ball of light of the dancing light technique will move with the movement of the caster, which is very good means of lighting.

Laventan glanced around and looked back at Lin Tianci.

The latter can only shrug:

"Let's go, you have the final say here. According to the regulations, I can only help you clean up. The rest depends on your self-consciousness. Don't forget what I taught you."

The escort is an insurance, but it is only an insurance. Unless it is a situation that the student cannot handle by himself, these escorts are not allowed to help.

Having said that, no one is watching anyway, and if they help, will anyone know?

Then someone will really know.

Lin Tianci stretched out his hand to press on the temple, activated the divine mind technique and scanned casually, and found that there were traces of magic on the surrounding cave walls. Saili identified it as the peeping magic eye enchanted on it.

Because it is fixed on the top, it should be a means for the school to avoid cheating compared to using the Peeping Eye spell to detect and transmit images over a long distance.

Not only that, these real-time magic images will also be transmitted to the only square in front of the city hall, where many parents of students or ordinary people who have nothing to do to join in the fun are sitting there to monitor and watch through the huge magic screen, On average, each candidate will stay on the screen for 15 seconds, and then cycle in turn.

The peeping magic eye in the tunnel was indeed added later, in order to monitor the shadow monsters that broke into the city from the mine, but the huge magic screen on the square belonged to the product left by the ancient elves.

That thing is actually used by the ancient elves to watch the game broadcast, which is roughly equivalent to an open-air cinema...

(End of this chapter)