168: Discovery of gold mines and catacombs

“Oh?”

Hearing this, Li Feng’s eyes lit up.

“Take me there.” After speaking, Li Feng called over ten Gran to go with him.

Since he had people, he shouldn’t have to do the hard labor of mining himself, a Lord.

Passing through the poisonous insect area, they arrived at the place where the copper ore was previously discovered.

The Gran, holding miniature detectors, led Li Feng to a rock.

“Lord, it’s down here. According to the detector, it should be about 7 meters underground, and it’s a tin mine.”

Tin mine?

Li Feng’s eyes lit up.

After entering the Bronze Age, he unlocked the method for making bronze, but to make it, he needed bronze blocks.

To make bronze blocks, he first needed to upgrade the Tier 1 Workbench to Tier 2, which required copper blocks and tin blocks.

“Dig!”

At his command, ten burly Gran, holding stone pickaxes, shattered the obstructing rock with clanging sounds, and Li Feng collected another 10 units of stone.

Immediately after, they followed the guidance of their companion, who held the detector, and began frantically shoveling dirt with stone shovels.

Under the combined effort of the ten people, the dirt disappeared at a visible speed.

Before long, Li Feng had gathered 100 units of dirt.

“You unlocked the Island achievement “Digging Dirt,” rewarding 1 Gold Coin!”

Immediately after, 1000 units of dirt were also gathered.

“You unlocked the Island achievement “Digging Dirt,” rewarding Ceramics Crafting!”

In the equipment interface, Li Feng unlocked a new tech tree: Ceramics.

Initially, he could only make simple ceramic bowls, basins, and similar items.

If he made them often enough, unlocking proficiency, he could make exquisite ceramic bottles, and even blue-and-white porcelain vases.

These were all works of art, which he could keep for his own collection or sell at a high price to the Bearded Merchant.

However, the assessment period was at most one month, and ceramics didn't offer much help to Li Feng.

So he just glanced at it and closed the panel.

“Lord, tin ore has been found.” Not long after, a Gran raised his shovel and excitedly said.

Hearing this, Li Feng looked down into the deep pit and indeed saw pieces of tin ore embedded in the soil.

Since it was only 7 meters from the surface, this tin mine was not too large, probably only a few kilometers long.

The Gran shoveled dirt and used stone pickaxes to chip away at the tin ore, diligently mining it.

Ten minutes later, a small, half-person-high pile of tin blocks was stacked in front of Li Feng.

Li Feng immediately took the furnace out of his backpack and found some flints to light it.

Large quantities of tin ore were thrown into the furnace by the Beedrill.

Progress bars filled one after another, and standard units of tin blocks were laid out in front of Li Feng.

As they continued to work, the furnace’s speed in smelting ore also increased.

Originally, it took one minute to smelt one unit of tin block, but later it only took five seconds.

Consuming 5 units of copper blocks and 10 units of tin blocks, the Tier 1 Workbench was upgraded to Tier 2.

Placing the copper blocks and tin blocks on the Tier 2 Workbench, he quickly produced bronze blocks.

Li Feng then, without stopping, crafted bronze shovels and bronze pickaxes.

Compared to stone shovels and stone pickaxes, their efficiency increased by several times.

Having dealt with these, Li Feng was about to return to his territory when he saw a Gran holding a detector run over.

Li Feng looked closely and saw it was the first Gran he had purchased.

In his hand was a small ore vein detector.

“You found something too?” Before the other could speak, he asked.

Hearing this, the Gran immediately nodded and said, “I found a gold mine, but it’s blocked by a dungeon. I tried to enter but couldn’t get in, so I came to ask for your instructions, Lord.”

Upon hearing it was a gold mine, Li Feng couldn't sit still.

Copper ore, tin ore, these were only for advancing the main quest.

Gold ore was his greatest need.

Advancing the main quest was only to obtain more Gold Coins.

But since a gold mine had been discovered, copper ore and tin ore could be put aside for now.

Thinking this, he immediately told the mining Gran to stop what they were doing.

Led by the first Gran, they all went to the area where the gold mine was located.

After traveling several kilometers, the group finally reached their destination.

“Lord, look over there. That’s where the detector found the core of the gold mine, and the dungeon entrance is also there.”

The Gran, whom Li Feng temporarily called A-Da, pointed forward.

Following the direction of A-Da’s finger, Li Feng immediately saw a pile of gray rocks.

And hidden within this pile of rocks was a dungeon. If one wasn't careful, it would be easy to miss due to the color of the rocks.

Li Feng took the detector from A-Da’s hand and started using it.

After waiting for 10 seconds, text indeed appeared on the detector’s display.

“It really is a gold mine, 15 meters from the surface. It should yield quite a few Gold Coins.”

Thinking this, Li Feng strode to the entrance of the dungeon.

As he approached the dungeon, he saw some small text appear beside the entrance.

“It’s actually a dungeon. What is this? A dungeon within a dungeon within a dungeon, playing Matryoshka dolls with me.” Li Feng muttered jokingly.

The small text only provided simple information about this dungeon.

The Underground Crypt, this was a dead man’s tomb. Due to years of accumulated resentment, some undead creatures had formed, making it very dangerous.

How dangerous exactly, Li Feng didn’t know; he would have to explore it himself.

Thinking this, Li Feng summoned a swarm of Beedrill to fly in front of him, entering the dungeon with him.

Slaves and Troops could not enter dungeons alone.

They had to be led by a Lord to enter.

Soon, the group and hundreds of Beedrill all entered the dungeon…