Chapter 604 Giant Fire Beetle

Joan walked into the entrance of the mine with doubts.

Walking a short distance along the snow-covered tunnel, you enter a relatively spacious pit. There are dusty mining tools piled up in wooden boxes placed against the wall, and there are two wooden rails on the ground. In disrepair, the wooden rails have become damp and moldy.

Joan continued walking along the wooden track, and the light in the tunnel gradually dimmed. He raised his hand to touch the prosthetic eye, turned on "dark vision", and his vision became clear again.

Wooden rails are common facilities in mine pits, just like public carriages in cities. Miners place mining vehicles on wooden rails, load the excavated ore into the car body, and walk along the wooden rails with manpower or mules and horses. Improve the efficiency of transporting ore.

Joan walked not far along the wooden rails, and saw a mine cart overturned on the side of the road, with yellow-green light flashing in the rusty body.

At first, Joan thought it was a firefly, but when he walked closer, he realized that the glow from the firefly couldn't be so strong. He suddenly became alert, so he stopped 20 yards away from the minecart, and cast a spell to create a "mage strike palm" ".

The translucent magical hand came upon the summoning, suspended in the dark tunnel, showing a magnificent luster under the light of the yellow-green flash.

Joan remotely controlled the "Mage's Strike Palm" to approach the mine cart, scraped open the ore, and searched for luminous objects. At this time, a group of black shadows suddenly jumped out of the car bucket, and squeaked at the big magic hand.

Joan was slightly surprised, and took two steps back to observe carefully, and found that the thing was a brown beetle, about two feet long, as big as a puppy, with twinkling eyes, illuminating the ten-foot space around it. Bright.

Joan moved his left hand slightly, and "Mage Strike Palm" opened his thick fingers at the same time, and grabbed the big glowing beetle.

The big beetle screamed in fright, shook its two membranous wings hidden under the hard carapace, jumped high, and glided towards the depths of the mine, but it couldn't escape after all, and was caught up by Joan's remote-controlled magic palm .

The scream of the big beetle became more and more urgent, struggling desperately, trying to bite the big magic hand. Of course, it was useless, and after a while, he was dragged back to Joan, wailing in despair, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

Qiao An observed this peculiar luminous beetle nearby, and compared the relevant illustrations in the "Insect Volume" of "Vares Monster Illustrated Book", and quickly recognized that it was a rare insect called "Giant Fire Beetle". Occasionally seen in natural or man-made underground pits.

The miners especially like the giant fire beetle. After catching them, they put them in birdcages and raise them. They can be used as pets to relieve boredom, and they can also be used as miner's lamps for lighting.

There is a pair of glands growing inside the giant fire beetle's eyeballs. The special substance secreted by the glands will undergo a complex alchemical reaction after contacting the air, and then produce bright light. Even if the giant fire beetle dies, the secretion stored in the gland can still continue to emit light, which can last up to a week of light.

Joan remembered that the luminous gland of the giant fire beetle is a valuable alchemy material. In addition, it can also be used as a material for many light magics including "Light Art". Once consumed, it can be used repeatedly, so it is very popular in the magic material trading market. The glowing glands of a giant fire beetle are worth at least 20 Kindurga.

Joan was really scared of poverty, 20 Gold Duga was not a small amount for him, so he was cruel, and he grasped the "Mage Strike Palm" remotely, and crushed the hard shell of the giant fire beetle with a puff. shell.

The squeaking stopped abruptly, and a pungent brown body fluid seeped out through the cracked carapace.

Joan pulled back the "Mage Strike Palm", pulled out the "Electric Light Blade" with his right hand, skillfully cut open the giant fire beetle, cut off the two groups of glowing glands, put it into an empty glass bottle, and put it in the storage bag .

With the alchemy materials worth 20 gold coins, Joan was in a good mood. Even if the investigation can't find out why, as long as he collects more glowing glands of giant fire beetles in this mine, it will be a worthwhile trip.

Putting away the dagger, Joan continued to explore along the wooden track.

Unfortunately, no other giant fire beetles were found along the way, and the wooden track finally broke in front of a large sunken pit with water. The tunnels in front of them were all submerged in water, and there were many broken boxes and barrels floating on the water surface. Occasionally, rotten and swollen corpses of dwarf miners could be seen. The air was disgustingly foul.

Joan stood by the sinkhole and recalled for a moment, remembering that Mr. Schmidt said yesterday that there had been a serious water seepage accident in this mine before the shutdown, which resulted in the drowning of many miners.

Judging from the current situation, there are mostly underground canals under the mine pit. The miners accidentally dug through the rock formations that isolate the groundwater during operation, causing the groundwater to flow back quickly under the action of pressure. drowned in the mine.

It has been two years since the accident, and the water in the pothole has not receded, which added another obstacle to Joan's investigation.

Joan could swim, but seeing the filthy water with floating corpses, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​swimming there. Since I don't want to go into the water, and I haven't learned spells like "walking on water", how can I get through this waterlogged area?

Joan's first thought was to turn into a Yingman and fly there, but after observing the narrow gap between the water surface and the ceiling of the tunnel, and considering the tall body and wide wings of the Yingman, it was impossible to use it in such a narrow environment. , I am afraid that before it can fly, its feathers will be wet by the sewage.

Touching his chin and thinking for a while, Joan thought of a proper way. He took out a piece of dried eye stem from the spell-casting material bag, and cast the 2-ring "transformation" to transform himself into the "eye of insight" form.

As a subspecies of beholders, the "Eye of Insight" has the ability to use magic power to float in the air, and its size is not too big. Its round body has no edges and corners, which is very suitable for walking through this kind of winding and narrow underground tunnel.

In fact, the geographical environment of the "underdark region" where the beholders inhabit is similar to mines, and the unique movement and physiological structure of the beholders probably evolved gradually to adapt to this special environment.

After Qiao An transformed into the "Eye of Insight", the dark and damp underground tunnels no longer made him feel depressed, but inexplicably felt a kind of intimacy of returning to his hometown.

Joan skillfully swung his eye stems, adjusted his direction with slight changes in the airflow, and slowly floated over the puddle. At the same time, the other two eye stalks were not idle. One eye stalk acted as a "periscope" to observe the situation above the head, and the other looked around vigilantly to observe the movement around.

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