novelraw Chapter 341: Psionic Ore, A Surprise! The Dark Civilization Beneath the Earth
Chapter 341: Psionic Ore, A Surprise! The Dark Civilization Beneath the Earth
Squeak—
Dozens of rats were smashed into pulp under the attack of several falling stones, their blood splattering everywhere.
But in the next moment, even more rats transformed into a swarm and continued pushing forward.
With the constant triggering of mechanical traps and the continuous deaths of the rats, Yu Yuan knew he had found the right place.
His gaze traveled past the mining tunnel, looking toward the cavern hall at the end of the tunnel.
That was the location of the Moss Cottage Shelter, according to the rat swarm.
Squeak—
Zhi Zhi, with its over-one-meter-long body, stood two meters in front of Yu Yuan, continuously directing the rat swarm to advance.
While a single rat might not be enough to trigger the shelter's defensive traps, the densely packed rat swarm clearly didn't fall into that category.
Soon, all the defensive traps were completely triggered, and the remaining rat swarm had already occupied the entire cavern hall.Yu Yuan and Zhi Zhi's figures vanished from their original spot, appearing inside the cavern hall the next second.
This hall wasn't small; its length was a full fifty to sixty meters. It should have been modified from a natural cave, because here, the pit props and roof supports for the mine tunnel were already scarce.
There were more traces of irregular, naturally evolved formations.
In a hidden corner of the hall, dozens of rats gathered together, continuously emitting "squeaking" sounds.
Casting a glance over, he saw that hidden corner had a door that seemed completely out of place with this environment.
Clearly, this was the entrance to the Moss Cottage Shelter.
Hmph~
Yu Yuan had no interest in going up to inspect it, nor any interest in finding out whether Moss Cottage was inside or not.
He didn't care.
Whether he was inside or not, as long as the shelter was destroyed, the answer would naturally reveal itself.
"Zhi Zhi, have all the rats stay away from that door."
As the rat swarm quickly distanced itself.
Yu Yuan was already kneeling on one knee, an RPG rocket launcher shouldered, its crosshairs aimed at that door. He pulled the trigger.
Whoosh~~
The scorching exhaust from the rocket's tail stirred up billowing dust throughout the entire cavern hall.
Boom—
With the sound of the explosion, that shelter security door was directly blown away by Yu Yuan, leaving a dark, gaping hole in the wall.
Without needing Yu Yuan to speak, Zhi Zhi had already begun issuing orders. The rat swarm mobilized again, surging toward that blasted opening.
Squeak... squeak...
Boom—
Not long after the rat swarm charged into the shelter, two consecutive explosions sounded from within.
Yu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"That Moss Cottage guy really did set traps inside the shelter."
When the dust settled, the remaining rat swarm also ran out from inside the shelter.
Moss Cottage was indeed not inside.
As soon as Yu Yuan approached the damaged opening, he smelled a strong, pungent scent of blood wafting from inside the shelter.
He looked at Zhi Zhi.
"Zhi Zhi, that guy definitely hasn't gone far. Have the little ones find him."
Squeak—
Following Zhi Zhi's command, the rat swarm immediately scattered in all directions.
Only then did Yu Yuan step into Moss Cottage's shelter.
Fragments of rats were everywhere inside the shelter, along with two explosion craters.
Surveying the room, Yu Yuan's gaze was drawn to a biological skull hanging on the wall.
This skull resembled that of an ox or sheep, also having two horns, but its size far exceeded that of ordinary cattle or sheep.
The skull alone was one meter long; with the horns added, the total length reached about one and a half to one and six-tenths meters.
Just approaching it, Yu Yuan could feel a fierce, intimidating aura emanating from the skull.
Yu Yuan frowned slightly.
Just a skull alone had such an intimidating effect.
If it were a living creature, wouldn't it be even more terrifying?
Information about this skull had already appeared on the virtual light screen.
【Meriyes Sheep Skull】
Quality: Silver
Type: Decoration
Function: Place this item in a fixed shelter/mobile shelter. When achieving victory in an invasion war, spoils of war +2%.
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Yu Yuan's eyes lit up.
"Great item!"
The next second, this 【Meriyes Sheep Skull】 was stored away into the Rabbit Ring.
An auspicious start. Yu Yuan immediately began checking the other items.
Only now did Yu Yuan notice that the interior style of the Moss Cottage Shelter was primarily based on red and black tones.
It gave others a somewhat oppressive feeling.
The first floor's area was roughly three hundred square meters. Facilities like the warehouse and living room were all on this floor.
Calling it a living room, but in Yu Yuan's view, it looked more like an interrogation chamber.
Two chains with shackles dangled down from the ceiling; traces of bloodstains were still visible on the shackles.
On one side of the wall were five individual cages. Four of these cages each contained a corpse, all of which were Bat People. The cause of death for one had turned it into a desiccated mummy, with a clear bite mark on its neck, obviously killed by a vampire draining its blood.
The other three corpses had all been killed by headshots.
Yu Yuan touched the corpses with his hand; they still had residual warmth, clearly having died not long ago.
They were probably killed by Moss Cottage when he left.
On the other side of the wall was a row of walnut liquor cabinets. The cabinet doors were shattered, the bottles inside broken, with only two bottles of liquor remaining intact. Slightly viscous red liquid had stained the floor red.
As Yu Yuan approached, an even stronger, more pungent scent of blood assaulted his nostrils.
He crouched down, dipped a finger into a bit of the red liquid, rubbed it between his fingertips, then brought it to his nose.
It was the smell of blood~
Squeak—
Zhi Zhi made a sound.
Yu Yuan got up and walked to a room, his eyes slightly widening, revealing a hint of a smile.
This should be Moss Cottage's storeroom, with an area of roughly over a hundred square meters.
Clearly, this warehouse had been upgraded along an optimization path.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have such a large space.
The warehouse didn't contain survival supplies like food, but it did have a large amount of construction materials, occupying two-thirds of all the supplies. Black ebony, crystal granite—all were materials Yu Yuan had never seen before, but without exception, all these materials were of Excellent quality.
There were also many mechanical parts neatly arranged in a specific order, like specialized components for some kind of facility.
Lastly, there were various pieces of equipment, weapons, and so on that Moss Cottage had collected. The quantity was considerable; clearly, these were his carefully curated collection.
The remaining one-fifth of the space, aside from various subterranean plants stored in boxes, some deep blue crystalline ores caught Yu Yuan's attention.
Yu Yuan picked up a piece of the deep blue crystalline ore.
The virtual light screen lit up, displaying information about the ore.
【Void Energy Ore】
Introduction: This is a unique ore discovered in the Subterranean Gloom Civilization, containing extremely miraculous energy.
Quality: Excellent
Type: Energy Ore
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"Excellent quality energy ore?"
Great stuff!
This was also the first time Yu Yuan had come into contact with energy ore; a flicker of novelty passed through his eyes.
These Void Energy Ores were divided into two piles, one large and one small.
The ore in Yu Yuan's hand was taken from the small pile, which contained about thirty to forty pieces.
The other pile of ore had a much larger quantity, roughly over a hundred pieces. These were also 【Void Energy Ore】.
The only difference was that the 【Void Energy Ore】 in the large pile was of Ordinary quality.
"Ordinary level, Excellent level, Subterranean Gloom Civilization..." Yu Yuan looked at the two piles of ore before him, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
"Who would have thought! The first world I invade actually turns out to be a special world fused with civilization shards...."
Yu Yuan lightly licked his lips, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"It seems that after Fries and Loris, there's going to be another person to offer incense to.... What a lucky star this is!"