Chapter 292 Iron Mine
Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei on the shoulder.
"We found something. Let's go and take a look!"
The excavation efficiency of the zombie team was extremely fast and they had dug out two caves hundreds of meters deep along the passage.
The two of them went to the deepest part of the cave together.
In front of them, the zombie team was still waving their iron axes and digging the cave.
av.
One by one, the zombies were transporting the ores out of the cave.
Fang Heng checked the crystal ores that were excavated.
Item: Inferior blue crystal raw ore.
Level: D.
Description: Inferior grade. After special chemical purification, it can be used to extract C-D level blue crystal ores.
Success! That's it!
Fang Heng turned around and gave Mo Jiawei a thumbs up.
Not bad!
Mo Jiawei's luck was not bad!
They were already able to dig up the ore, which meant that they were heading in the right direction.
"No way? We found them?"
Mo Jiawei felt that this was a bit ridiculous.
Fang Heng praised, "I told you, 'A fly does not bite an egg with no cracks'. Your luck is not
bad."
"What metaphor are you using… Fang Heng, you have to believe in science."
Mo Jiawei was quite speechless.
"If I have the ability, wouldn't I be able to dig up the blue crystal ore with just a casual dig?"
To prove himself, Mo Jiawei randomly picked up an iron pick on the ground and smashed it against the rock wall at the side.
"Bang!"
The rock wall made a loud sound.
"Look, it's just a coincidence this time. My luck is just so-so, it's not believable."
To prove that his character was not that good, Mo Jiawei raised his pickaxe again and aimed at the spot where he had just hit, trying to smash out a stone to test his character. "Bang!"
The pickaxe smashed into the rock wall again.
"Ka… Ka Ka Ka…"
The entire rock wall showed fine cracks under this heavy strike.
The cracks spread out rapidly in all directions like a spider web.
"Boom!!!"
There was a loud sound!
The rock wall in front of him formed pieces of shrapnel and collapsed backwards.
After the dust settled, a black hole appeared in front of Mo Jiawei.
"This…"
Mo Jiawei was stunned.
Fang Heng opened his mouth in disbelief.
He shone his flashlight into the hole.
Behind the hole was an artificially mined iron mine.
Blue fluorescent stones could be seen on the walls of the iron mine.
"Blue crystal raw ores?"
Fang Heng was also stunned,
He turned his head and looked at Mo Jiawei, who was also stunned.
When he first heard the story of Mo Jiawei's uncles doing business, Fang Heng thought that Mo Jiawei's sixth uncle was a joke.
It turned out that…
His sixth uncle was the one with great wisdom.
They found the ores!
The next step was naturally to take all the ores away!
Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei's shoulder vigorously.
"Mo Jiawei, I've said it long ago. You're a talent!"
Fang Heng took out a shotgun and used the handle of the gun to clean and expand the hole until it could accommodate an adult.
After entering the iron mine, Fang Heng looked around.
This iron mine had been mined before. The walls were full of holes, and there were still messy mining tools on the ground.
Strangely, the entrance of the iron mine on the right side had been sealed by a large amount of shrapnel.
Fang Heng squatted down and picked up a miner's hat from the ground.
He noticed the logo of the Meteorite Company on the miner's hat.
[Item: Damaged miner's hat.)
Description: This item has been damaged. It can provide weak protection to the head when worn.
"It looks like the Meteorite Company had been here before and have even collected the blue crystal ores here."
Mo Jiawei followed him into the iron mine and looked around.
He soon noticed that the exit was blocked by rocks.
"The entrance to the iron mine has been sealed? Is it a landslide? Did the mining team meet with an accident?"
Fang Heng sniffed.
There was a familiar smell in the air.
"It doesn't seem like an accident. The
There's no corpse here, and there's still the smell of gunpowder. It feels like the entrance was sealed by an explosion."
"Ah? The entrance was sealed on purpose?"
"Yes."
Fang Heng nodded.
He felt that it was strange.
The Meteorite Company must have understood the value of the high-level energy crystal.
There was still more than half of the ores left in the iron mine.
Why did they suddenly stop mining?
What had happened that forced them to make such a choice?
"Fang Heng, come and take a look. There's a box here."
Mo Jiawei found a wooden box in the corner and called Fang Heng over to check.
The box was not locked. There was also a symbol of Meteorite Company on it.
Fang Heng walked to the side of the box and carefully opened a gap in the box.
"Buzz…"
A faint blue light shone through the gap on Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei's faces.
D*mn it, there was half a box of blue crystal ores in the box!
Fang Heng casually picked up a piece of ore and examined it.
Item: Premium blue crystal raw ore.
Level: S.
Description: The premium blue crystal raw ore contains powerful energy waves. After special chemical purification, A-S level blue crystal ores can be extracted from it.
Jackpot!
Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Who cares why!
Since they had found the iron mine, they should start mining immediately and move all the ores back home!
"Let's go, start digging!"
Without saying anything else, Fang Heng controlled the zombie team to drill through the hole and enter the abandoned iron mine.
The zombies waved their shovels and started digging at the blue spots on the other wall.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
The Federation's shelter in the desert area was still under Level 1 State of Siege.
They had been in a stalemate with the Lickers outside for the whole day!
The Lickers' actions were too strange.
They did not seem to have any intention of attacking the shelter.
But they did not leave easily. Instead, they stayed at the periphery of the shelter and kept wandering around.
Five hours ago, when the Lickers first retreated, the Federation players let out a sigh of relief.
But before they could deactivate the alarm, the Lickers suddenly turned around and headed straight for the shelter.
They went back and forth a dozen times.
Sometimes they were close, sometimes they were far away.
The Federation players in the shelter were all under a lot of mental pressure from the group of Lickers. They were afraid that they would suddenly attack the shelter.
Half an hour ago, the group of Lickers had entered the shelter's range.
Tang Chu gradually lost his patience. He felt that the group of Lickers seemed to be playing with him, constantly challenging his bottom line.
"Captain Yu, the Lickers has entered the attack range. Should we try to attack?" "No! Absolutely not."
Yu Jie, the main person in charge of the shelter, firmly refused.
"This group of Lickers is behaving strangely. They are not attacking the shelter either because they are apprehensive, or maybe they are not targeting us."Chapter 293: Asking for Help
"If we act rashly, we might arouse their hostility and force them to attack the shelter. At that time, we will be even more passive."
Tang Chu could not refute.
He knew that Yu Jie was right.
"But are we just going to wait? Maybe we can try to attack and force them to retreat?"
"We can't afford to gamble. The shelter's current defense is not strong enough to withstand such a large number of Lickers. Even if we force the Lickers back, we can't afford to suffer casualties and losses."
"This will make us lose most of the combat ability against the zombies in the upcoming Blood Moon."
Tang Chu clenched his fists.
He could not bear to sit and wait for death!
He turned his head to look at Zhang Zhe.
"Sir, is this group of Lickers related to the Night Owl organization?"
"I'm not sure."
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Zhang Zhe maintained his calm on the surface, but he was actually very uneasy inside.
In his opinion, this group of Lickers that had suddenly appeared was too strange. It was indeed very likely to be related to Night Owl.
But…
Did Night Owl have the ability to control the Lickers?
"Sir, could it be someone from the prison? I've come into contact with some intelligence before. The player in the prison can control Lickers in battle."
Yu Jie had also heard of Fang Heng's prison shelter. He raised his head and asked, "Are you talking about Fang Heng?"
"No, it can't be him."
Zhang Zhe firmly rejected it.
"I just met Fang Heng not long ago. I even worked with him for a short period of time during the mission."
"He can indeed control a small number of Lickers, but there are definitely not that many."
"Moreover, the prison is very far away from us, and the energy consumption of the space tearing passage is very high. It is impossible for the prison to transfer such a large number of Lickers."
"Most importantly, the prison has no motive to attack our shelter."
In the command room, everyone fell silent again.
Zhang Zhe asked, "Are our people still monitoring Night Owl? Do they have any new special reports?"
"We keep in contact with the monitoring team every 15 minutes offline. We just confirmed it three minutes ago."
"So far, we have not found anyone leaving or entering the iron mine. We believe that the Night Owl organization is still excavating inside the cave."
"We've conducted an analysis of the iron mine in advance. Based on the number of players entering the iron mine, it will take at least two days to dig through and enter the laboratory."
Zhang Zhe looked at the time.
It had already been almost a day.
There was only one day left.
Theoretically speaking, it was almost impossible for Night Owl to be related to the group of Lickers outside.
However, the timing of their appearance was too coincidental.
Zhang Zhe felt apprehensive and insecure inside.
"Let's organize a small team. I want to go over there and see for myself."
"Now? This is too dangerous. What if those Lickers attack us?"
Zhang Zhe's eyes narrowed.
"Colonel Tang Chu, this is an order. Night Owl is more dangerous than the group of Lickers outside."
Tang Chu's expression turned solemn.
"Yes, Sir!"
Yu Jie nodded and said, "I will stay here and provide backup. I wish you good luck."
…
Ten minutes later, Zhang Zhe and Tang Chu finished their preparations and left the right side of the shelter with a team of twelve Federation elites.
The team maintained a high level of vigilance and gradually moved away from the Lickers from the side of the shelter.
Every member slowed down their footsteps and held their breath, trying not to attract the attention of the Lickers.
Tang Chu's heart was in his throat.
He prayed in his heart that he would not be discovered by the Lickers.
In the distance, behind a broken bunker, Lucia revealed herself.
A layer of blood-red light appeared in her pupils.
After the modification from the biological weapon project, Lucia's super strong vision allowed her to immediately capture the movements of the party of players.
Following Fang Heng's instructions, Lucia stretched out her hand and pointed at Zhang Zhe's team.
"Go!"
"Chi Chi Chi…"
The Lickers waiting outside the shelter received the order and immediately rushed toward Zhang Zhe's team.
"D*mn it! They're coming!"
"Retreat! Retreat quickly! !"
The soft sounds of "chi" were like a life-threatening charm!
Tang Chu quivered, shouted and took the lead to turn around and run.
It was too terrifying!
Hundreds of Lickers gathered together and madly rushed toward them.
The extreme pressure made Tang Chu unable to breathe and he couldn't even think of resisting.
The entire team only had one thought in their minds.
Run!
The entire team practically rolled and crawled back to the shelter.
"Da Da… Da Da Da…"
Outside the shelter, the 10 automatic cannons that the Federation spent a large sum of money to buy opened fire at the same time!
Unfortunately, the output of the automatic cannons was still too weak!
Chi Chi Chi..
When the Lickers saw that the players had already retreated back into the shelter, they quickly retreated the same way.
They retreated again, maintaining a safe distance from the shelter.
…
Inside the shelter's command room.
The operators let out a long sigh of relief when they saw the group of Lickers outside retreating through the surveillance screen.
Their foreheads were covered in a layer of cold sweat.
It was too scary.
Tang Chu's back was drenched in sweat when he escaped back to the shelter's command room.
He felt like he had just escaped from the gates of hell!
"F*ck!"
Tang Chu cursed in his heart.
Fortunately, they had only walked a dozen meters. If they had gone any further, they would have died outside.
Yu Jie had the operator replay the Licker's attack on the main screen.
"The Lickers are afraid of the shelter. They are retreating very quickly."
A researcher wearing glasses raised his glasses and said, "Sir, we have compared the images. The defensive ability of these Lickers is stronger than that of normal Lickers."
"The hit rate of the automatic cannons previously was over 56% , but our attacks had almost no effect. We did not kill any Lickers."
The entire hall fell into silence.
After a short exchange, the player discovered a cruel truth.
The damage of the automatic cannons on the Licker was negligible.
If they tried to fight it head-on, they would most likely lose.
Tang Chu gritted his teeth. "If the Lickers don't leave, are we trapped here and can't get out?"
No one responded to Tang Chu.
Being trapped here was good, but if the Lickers went crazy and attacked the shelter..
The shelter that they had spent a lot of effort on could be destroyed!
In the silence, the chief researcher adjusted his glasses and said, "Leader, I have a suggestion."
"Go ahead."
"Fang Heng from the prison shelter is working with the Dark Knights. They have found a way to control the Licker and control it to fight."
"I think they know more about the Licker than we do. Maybe they have a way to solve our predicament."
"I suggest we ask Fang Heng for help."
Hearing this, hope was rekindled in everyone's hearts.
Yu Jie turned to look at Zhang Zhe.
"I heard that you seem to be very familiar with
Fang Heng?"
Hearing Fang Heng's name again, Zhang Zhe frowned.
"Not really. We participated in a mission together."
"Able to talk?"
Zhang Zhe was very unwilling to look for Fang Heng, but if he did not handle Night Owl's problem well, he would also be in trouble.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Zhe said, "I'll go and try."