46: Chapter 46 News of the Copper Mine, and the Werewolf Who Sneaked In

She Dan always felt that he was a very lucky Snake-man, truly, very lucky!

Not to mention how he would inexplicably encounter small animals that had crashed to their deaths during his childhood, and not to mention that he had recently narrowly avoided a sneak attack by the Wolfmen.

Just look at today, for instance; a green stone he had picked up casually could actually be exchanged for a beautiful blue animal skin and a pottery jar. This was truly very good luck.

Even though he still needed to provide the news about the stone, She Dan felt that this was already worth it.

Having received the news, the Witch had long since dispatched scouting cavalry to accompany She Dan's clansmen to the place where the green stone was found, which made it very easy for Zhao Feng to find the location of the copper mine on the System map.

The location of the copper mine was in the northwest corner, exactly in the opposite direction of the quarry.

The scouting cavalry had no way of figuring out how much copper Ore there was, so Zhao Feng had to make a trip himself.

"Cloud-Soaring Sparrow, let's go!"

Zhao Feng rode the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow, rushing toward the suspected copper mine with burning anxiety.

With the copper mine, he could quickly upgrade the tribe, rapidly bring the tribe into the Copper Age, and become the hegemon of this region with overwhelming superiority.

Only then could he further collect transformation points for the Planet of the Dead and plant the planet tree.

At the speed of the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow, it was only a five-minute journey.

This was a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation; almost all the plants looked sickly, barely managing to survive.

There were many emerald green stones exposed on the surface, all over the mountains and plains. It was truly malachite!

Such a surface Ore deposit was truly like timely rain for the tribe.

Zhao Feng immediately contacted the Witch through the System to summon two squads of infantry and one squad of spearmen to come and guard the area.

The idle Farmers were also divided into two batches; one batch went to build a road toward this side, while the other carried supplies to arrive first and build supply facilities.

The tribe's resources were mobilized rapidly. It was expected that in one week, this copper mine would be able to go into production and provide copper Ore. This was truly good news.

Once the garrison soldiers arrived, Zhao Feng had nothing left to do there, so he got back on the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow, preparing to return to the tribe.

Just as the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow was preparing to take off, Zhao Feng suddenly felt the earth shake with a boom. Fortunately, he had practiced martial arts for a long time and had excellent control over his body, so he only paused and did not fall.

An earthquake? Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly signaled the soldiers to retreat to a spacious area, while he himself rode the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow into the air.

Rumble!

The earth shook again. The peak of a towering mountain in the distance suddenly erupted with a large amount of gray-black gas, followed by a pillar of fiery red lava shooting into the sky!

This was an explosive volcanic eruption. It turned out there was an active volcano nearby!

Boom! A low sound like a cow's roar took a long time to travel over. After another while, the gray volcanic ash followed.

Zhao Feng secretly rejoiced; it was fortunate that he had let the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow land to take cover early, otherwise, he would be in a wretched state right now.

This volcano was extremely majestic. The erupted ash blocked out the sky and sun, and the already gray sky became impossible to see through.

For a time, the daylight dimmed, resembling the end of the world.

A huge cloud of dust swept in all directions.

There was also an immeasurable amount of dust swept into the atmosphere, which would shift globally with the wind in the long days to come before gradually diluting and dissipating.

In the air, it was like falling snow, filled with gray-white volcanic ash.

In the distance, one could only see a blurry shape as the lava erupting from above the volcano exhausted its momentum, began to fall, and merged into the rolling lava flow, cooling gradually at the foot of the volcano, draping it in a red-black web-like garment.

Rolling thick smoke rose into the sky, and the rampant lava ignited everything around it.

Those bizarre, clawing Corpse Trees and the Corpse Beasts that fed on living things were crushed without resistance under the natural disaster, like mantises before a charging tank.

Under the natural disaster, whether it was a Corpse Beast or a surviving sentient creature, all could only flee in a wretched state.

Some creatures driven out by the lava and fire fled in despair, fighting in despair against the fearless Corpse Beasts...

The volcanic eruption seemed to have little impact on Great Qin, only causing a few people to be injured by the initial earthquake.

But the more profound impact was the loss of the barely penetrating sunlight once again; crop yields would certainly decline.

The originally clean tribe would also be surrounded by dust for a long time to come, potentially leading to disease.

Zhao Feng, worried about the tribe, dared not take off into the air even if he was anxious, so he had to walk back to the tribe under the gray sky. It was not far, only about half an hour.

Everything around was gray and dark, almost impossible to see clearly even a meter away.

The Cloud-Soaring Sparrow's legs were not long, and it was not good at walking on the ground. It walked stumblingly, and with the howling wind, it was not even as fast as Zhao Feng, which slowed him down even more.

Although Zhao Feng was anxious, he would not abandon the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow.

The tribe's buildings in the distance were completely invisible, and there were no roads on the ground. Everything was dark, and he did not know how far or how long he had walked, only aiming for the light points in his mind.

Zhao Feng found a large rock to shelter from the wind and let the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow rest its feet.

Both of them were covered in a layer of gray, almost impossible to distinguish what they were. As a super creature, the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow was quite intelligent and knew its master cherished it, so it leaned its large head gently against Zhao Feng's cheek, emitting a pleasant, soft cry.

"%＆￠￡..." Amidst the howling wind, Zhao Feng vaguely heard some sound, as if someone was talking.

He hurriedly signaled the Cloud-Soaring Sparrow to shrink its body behind the large rock, carefully pressing against the rock. With that layer of gray, if one did not look carefully, one would really not know that this was a moving living creature.

"μㄘ♯..." The sound gradually grew louder, and footsteps could be faintly heard. Zhao Feng secretly gathered his strength, condensing his Great Dragon Fist without releasing it, waiting for an opportunity.

As the sound got closer, Zhao Feng could already see that two Wolfmen were walking over from not far away.

One large and one small, their fur was covered with white ash. The large Wolfman was protecting the small Wolfman with his thin body; they looked very close.

Yan Shi had led his ragtag team during the hunt last night and was the first to find a group of fleeing Bearmen, making a great contribution and gaining a real name—Lang Yan.

The Bearman liver bestowed by the Wolf Chief was carefully protected by him, and he had brought his sister out to share the food under the jealous eyes of some Wolfmen.

The environment was too bad, and the Wolfmen's sense of smell had completely lost its effect.

Lang Yan did not dare to go far, so he found a large rock nearby and brought a few confidants over, and he did not discover Zhao Feng watching with cold eyes.

He used very gentle movements to take out the liver hidden in his arms, placed it in front of Ye, used his claws to cut it into two pieces, put the larger piece in Ye's claws, and said, "Eat!"

"Wolfmen have a side like this?"

Zhao Feng was secretly surprised. He had been on the Planet of the Dead for so long, and Wolfmen had always been synonymous with evil. He had always thought they were all beasts with no warmth to speak of.

His killing intent vanished instantly, and he just watched them enjoy the food.

This larger Wolfman was missing an ear, and there were many scars on his face; he looked like a fierce one.

The little Wolfman, however, was still like a cute, dazed puppy. Excluding the bloodstains at the corners of its mouth, it looked much cuter.

The map's early warning function required support from the tribe's people or building line-of-sight, so on the map in Zhao Feng's mind, there were only the two Wolfmen in front of him, and it was unclear how many Wolfmen had come or whether they would pose a huge threat to the tribe.

When he came back to his senses, the Wolfmen in front had long since left.

Zhao Feng had the Witch pay attention to the alert through the System, and only then did he begin to plan the route for his own return.