Chapter 212 It Seems that an Ancient Secret Has Been Discovered (Addition for 'Le0627')

Without any delay, the group didn't bother to pack up the loot in the city, and then followed the assassin to the smelting plant further underground.

After going there, Ren and the others were immediately stunned by the sight in front of them!

I thought that the smelting plant in ancient history should be a dilapidated scene of earthen stoves, boilers, and anvils.

Unexpectedly, there was a highly mechanized smelting plant in front of him.

Even more so than a modern steelworks.

All kinds of equipment are not inferior to those of modern steelmaking plants, such as large steelmaking furnaces, refining furnaces, molten iron tanks, internal combustion boilers, fuel conveyor belts, complete ventilation ducts, and smoke removal equipment. There are also some incomprehensible, special reaction devices constructed of brass and rivets.

No one expected that the goblin civilization had such an advanced large-scale steelmaking plant countless years ago. The sparks from the collision of ancient "alchemy" and "engineering" created such a smelting plant with the characteristics of goblin civilization underground.

If the steel factory in Modern Machinery City is dark punk style, then this is the alchemy magic style.

This goblin civilization, on another branch of the technology tree, has already flourished.

Laymen like Renn only look at their appearance.

Only a professional mechanic can understand the internal structure and operation principles of these devices.

Seeing this, Mr. Toust was shocked again.

"This is unbelievable! These smelting equipment are still preserved in such a good condition. These designs... are simply amazing!"

While marveling, he caressed those mechanical devices with his hands, as if touching the skin of a peerless beauty, his eyes were full of heat.

Probably because the body has not expressed the emotion of "shock" in the past 30 years, and let him release it today.

Goblins are inherently small in stature, and their buildings are small.

But the scale of this smelting plant is surprisingly large.

Ren walked into the factory intuitively, thinking that he had walked into a forest of steel, and he was like a rabbit passing by next to an elephant. Surrounded by huge iron bumps, people have a kind of awe from the bottom of their hearts. The awe of technology, the awe of alchemy, the awe of a brilliant civilization.

Ren can't understand engineering technology, but his eyes can understand other things.

With a sweep of his gaze, he saw a mountain of "iron ingots" piled up in the open space of the smelting plant!

These black iron lumps looked familiar, and Ren was curious, so he tried them in his hands.

It is very heavy to hold, a piece weighs about seven or eight hundred catties, but it is half the weight of steel of the same volume. It's icy and cool, exactly the same as the shield I touched before!

Ren was not sure, and asked the professionals on the side, "Grandpa Toust, does this iron ingot seem to be a material for forging shields?"

When Toust heard it, he also picked up a few pieces with his mechanical arm and took a look, and immediately confirmed: "This is the high-purity [Anzera Black Iron]!"

"Really are?!"

When he said this, Renn instantly felt that the black iron ingots in front of him turned into a warehouse of gold, and suddenly they shone golden.

According to a rough estimate, there are thousands of cubic meters here!

It can be said that before the mine was discovered, even a little iron slag that fell on the ground of the smelter could become a hot commodity on the black market.

No one expected that there would be such an exaggerated amount of refined iron ingots!

For mechanics, this goblin civilization is a treasure everywhere. It's like a hamster fell into a warehouse full of nuts, and his eyes glow everywhere he looks.

Toust was really surprised today. He said: "Just this pile of smelted finished products is enough for the first stage of our mechanical cost airship!"

After a pause, the old man looked at the end of the smelting plant again, and said, "Let's go, let's continue to look! There must be an ore warehouse and a forging plant ahead, and maybe there will be more surprises for us!"

Sure enough, there was also an ore warehouse.

A lot of high-purity "sacred blood mines" have accumulated!

Then, in that forge, there are indeed a large number of large finished shields, and some metal objects such as armor, axes, and scimitars. This is the standard equipment that goblin engineers build for their army!

Of course, the most important thing is not these finished and semi-finished products, but the advanced forging equipment in the "forge".

This even allowed Ren to see the feeling of a semi-automatic mechanized assembly line in his previous life!

Furnace, mould, mechanical forging hammer, quenching. There are special mechanical equipment for the whole process of forging.

This allows the goblins to mass-produce various standard equipment without much manpower.

"No wonder I always felt that the marks made by those shields were a bit strange. It turned out that they were not forged by humans at all!"

Tuster, a professional mechanic, was also shocked.

The forging machinery of this era can't beat with high precision at all, and can at most complete the initial melting and forging process. Equipment that is more than excellent must be hammered out by hand.

But now it is unexpected that a forging workshop countless years ago has such advanced mechanical forging equipment. Moreover, the quality of equipment forged by machinery is no worse than the "excellent grade" forged by hand!

The same quality, but the manpower and material resources consumed by the two are not at the same level at all.

Originally, a group of people wanted to go deeper, but they all stopped in the forging workshop at the same time.

The equipment here really opened everyone's eyes.

Toust took a general look at the forging equipment and found that they were well preserved. He suggested: "I think we can directly move a part of the forging factory in the Machinery City to this mine. It will also save the need for a long distance." It is far from the trouble of transporting ore. Moreover, the equipment here seems to be in good condition, at least the boilers should be able to be used. Mine tunnels, exhaust systems, and cooling pools are all ready-made. This is better than our new large-scale steelmaking plant Save a lot of effort."

Hearing this, Ren thought about it, and agreed with the old man: "I think it is feasible. This mine is underground, and it will hardly be affected by monsters. Even if it is a tide of corpses, the mine is thousands of meters deep underground, and it has been isolated. Without most of the smells, this place can be built into our Black Dragon City's secret base."

Ryan and the professionals have said so, and Ymir naturally has no objections.

However, now is not the time to discuss this matter in detail.

Because Captain Rhine and the others once again sent people to urge them to see the "still usable" ancient machine!

Ryan and the others walked through the forge, and then he saw another black technology—the elevator!

Although it was very rough, it looked no different from the lifts on the construction sites in Rennes' previous life.

This "Goblin Elevator" has an operating platform, and Ren can understand the words on it, "Up", "Down" and "Pause". It also seems to have some kind of special energy drive for an alternative power supply. But that equipment has been broken, or has no energy source, anyway, it has completely lost its function.

Fortunately, the person who came down before has figured out its manual method, and checked it, and the structure is still stable and firm.

Then there was a burst of clicking, clicking, and the cage of the elevator slowly descended.

The surrounding temperature is getting lower and lower, like coming from a freezer, the chill is piercing.

Not long after, the elevator descended to a depth of about one thousand meters and stopped.

And this is a confined space, surrounded by thick metal walls, like a closed laboratory.

As soon as he entered, the system beeped.

【warn! The absorption of 'Abyss Demonic Qi' has exceeded the range of the host, please pay attention.]

Ren looked at the system panel in his mind, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Because, according to the data panel, the concentration of "Abyss Demonic Qi" in this laboratory has reached twenty times that of the ground!

Ren has [Thunder Totem], which automatically absorbs and transforms battle energy all the time. Even though the devilish energy here has been so strong that it has exceeded the limit that the body can bear, it can be converted, and the increase in his battle energy here is seven or eight times that of the ground!

"Cultivation Holy Land"

As soon as his eyes lit up, he felt such emotion in his heart.

Such a strong environment is estimated to be "deadly toxin" to others. But for him who has the [God Healing Technique], it is completely acceptable!

Of course, this is not the most shocking part of this laboratory.

The most shocking thing was the piece of black crystal that almost blinded me!

As soon as the magic light source is measured, the entire size of the crystal clear black crystal slowly enters the eyes, reflecting the bright light.

Is this a crystal mine?

Obviously not!

Those crystals were brought here and cut into a specific rhombus shape. And if you take a closer look, those crystals are also engraved with mysterious alchemy formations.

There seemed to be a few difficult skeleton monsters in the laboratory, but the people who came down first had already beaten them into white skeletons.

Toust looked at the black crystals, then at the instrument in operation, and immediately understood what was happening, and said in surprise, "Those goblins in ancient times are actually man-made 'magic crystals'?!"

"Artificial magic crystal?"

Ren was also stunned. The magic crystal is the kind of energy crystal in a living corpse. Can that thing be artificially manufactured?

He took one and put it in his hand, it was exactly the same as the magic crystal that killed the living corpse outside.

However, the amount of "Abyss Demon Qi" contained in these brick-sized magic crystals is a hundred times that of ordinary fifth-order magic crystals!

What is this thing for?

practice?

Or. Energy?

Faintly, Ren felt that he had guessed something.

At this time, Toust had already walked over to see the machine that was still running and pouring black air into the crystal.

The old man thought about it for a while, and said with emotion: "It's really a genius design with a whimsical idea. They actually transformed the energy of the 'Abyss Devil Qi' to supply the alchemy formation in real time, so that it can continue to operate until now."

Ren's gaze also followed the machine. Except for those gleaming alchemy formations that he couldn't understand, the overall structure of the instrument was not complicated.

A ten-meter-high cylindrical tank (probably made of brass alloy), a control machine with several buttons, then the connecting pipes, and finally the cabin for making the "artificial magic crystal".

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind.

"Huh, that's not right!"

After confirming that this was the "Abyss Demonic Qi", Ren suddenly thought of another very critical question.

Didn't the "Abyss Demonic Qi" erupt after the [Kuroshio]? With this instrument, it shows that these goblins have already started to use this gas countless years ago. This time difference, what is the situation? "

"Also. Didn't the legend of the abyss devil energy come from hell? Why did this thing come from a railway?"

Apart from being shocked, Renn was also full of question marks.

He had witnessed the abyssal demonic energy gushing out from the "Eye of Hell" in the Coleman Tribe before, and Mafa also said that it was the hole connecting to hell.

But now?

That strange big iron barrel was supported by a steel frame, and it didn't touch the ground at all!

It also means that the "devil energy of the abyss" here does not come from the ground at all, but from the jar!

At this moment, Ren suddenly understood that the so-called "devil energy of the abyss" might have been misunderstood by them.

"What exactly is in the jar? An energy generating device like a 'nuclear reactor'? Or is it really like a biogas digester, with poopy, fermented organic matter?"

Ryan immediately thought of the "digester".

A lot of technology in front of me looks very high-end, isn't it just a biogas tank design?

A sealed jar was connected with a trachea, and then injected into those crystals engraved with magic patterns, creating a large number of "artificial magic crystals".

But now it is determined that the "devil energy of the abyss" is not some gas from hell, but may be produced by certain conditions.

Then, another problem arises.

Now the [Kuroshio] has erupted in the entire area west of the Alcoron Mountains, and a large amount of "Abyss Demonic Qi" has spewed up from the ground, and it continues to spew out continuously.

But obviously, there would definitely not be such an iron bucket under such a vast land, or some goblin black technology in operation.

The greatest possibility is that the "thing" that emits black gas is not a man-made device like a nuclear reactor that requires the intervention of external conditions, but a natural substance that can continuously release the "devil energy of the abyss".

What exactly is in that iron barrel that can keep it spewing out devilish energy for countless years?

But the black air gushing out from under the "Eye of Hell" covered the entire wasteland. Is there a lot of that kind of "substance" underground, or is that kind of "substance" underground in the entire wasteland?

At this moment, Ren suddenly realized that there might be a prehistoric secret hidden in the iron jar.

This Mystery May Explain the Source of Fog in This Ice Ridge Wasteland

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