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Chapter 258 - 255 Mu Ying the Foolish Old Man

Chapter 258: Chapter 255 Mu Ying the Foolish Old Man

"Ding-a-ling~ Ding-a-ling~"

Upon entering the Space Travel Box again, the hanging Dingling Flowers on the wall started ringing.

"Hello? Are you alright?" It was Liu Luoluo’s voice.

Old Mao and the others must have seen her get hit by the rock and went back to report.

"I’m fine, just fine, but it’s going to take me a while to get out," said Mu Ying, feeling genuinely cared for.

"A while? How long? What will you eat and drink?"

Mu Ying had no choice but to say, "Didn’t Old Mao tell you guys I have a Space Ring?"

There was silence on the other end for a moment, and then several voices said in unison, "Rich guy!"

"Do we really not need to find someone to help smash the rock?" asked Zheng Jing’s voice.

"Just send some contribution and wages when it’s time," a male voice added, and it was Lin Shang.

Mu Ying: "..."

So they wanted to make money. If it was something she could handle herself, why would she outsource it to someone else? If she had been that generous, she wouldn’t have been trapped here over a few Gold Coins.

Anyway, she would be learning spells if she went out, and wasn’t it the same studying them here?

It’s just that this place is a bit closed off, a bit dark, and once she entered the Space Travel Box, couldn’t she not see anything anyway?

So she decisively refused their offer.

Thinking of Gungun and the Local People who were still in the territory, she added, "Tell everyone who’s worried about my safety, and Gungun, that I’m okay."

"Are you sure you don’t need help?" Lin Shang was particularly persistent.

"No need," Mu Ying hung up the Dingling Flower, quite annoyed.

Feeling a bit hungry, she first prepared a good meal for herself. After eating, she began to study the Stone Shaping Technique.

She figured she would be here for quite some time, so she had to organize her life well.

Impatience won’t get her anywhere, and she was in a good mindset, treating it like a retreat at another location.

The Stone Shaping Technique was also a level 4 spell, and all of her Mana Value wasn’t enough to support casting it many times, so most of the time, after practicing the Stone Shaping Technique, she spent her free time making Magic Potions.

In short, day by day, she scheduled her time as fully as she did outside.

It took a little over a week for her to be able to cast the Stone Shaping Technique successfully and steadily before she emerged from the Space Travel Box and started working on the dragon-breaking stone; previously, she had practiced with the stone material in her Space Ring.

At first, she only planned to carve out a small hole big enough for her to pass through, but while practicing the Stone Shaping Technique, she tried turning the stone into the shape of a column again, and hence, she got a new idea.

She decided to create more columns to support the other half of the tunnel because she wasn’t planning on leaving for good after clearing the exit, and she still needed to explore the Tomb, but in a way that ensured she had a way out.

There wasn’t enough stone material on her, so she decided to use the stone from the dragon-breaking stone as well.

She simply carved out an arched doorway, big enough for one person to pass through comfortably.

And on the other side, the intact corridor had several new, thick stone columns.

With these columns in place, there was no longer the fear of triggering any traps that would make the ceiling’s dragon-breaking stones fall down.

But the scale of the work was considerable; her daily Mana Value was only enough to carve out a doorway on a dragon-breaking stone and shape the carved stone into columns.

So it took her half a month to get through the dragon-breaking stone completely, and the falling stone traps in this passage were rendered useless by the large pillars she installed.

Seeing the familiar giant stone gate, Mu Ying still breathed a sigh of relief.

She still preferred the green of nature; spending such a fine spring season in the dark and chilly tomb passages was quite oppressive.

She looked back at the arch-shaped tunnel she had personally excavated and spat out fiercely, "I will come back!"

She pushed open the stone door with flair and saw a light. Mu Ying squinted her eyes, "Is someone there?"

"Lord!" Old Mao, holding a Lamp Vine, turned around at the sound and exclaimed with joy.

"You haven’t left yet?" Mu Ying asked in surprise. How much time had passed, and why were they still here?

"There are copper coins to be picked up in these rubble heaps; I even found a silver coin once, but I didn’t tell anyone. So I brought the little brother here to turn the place upside down," Old Mao explained.

Seeing her gaze at the stone platform in the center of the tomb, he continued, "We carried the bronze coffin back. It took a lot of effort, but Tongbi 559 said it was an antique with great value for collection and research. We made a lot of money from it. We finally belong to the homeowners now. Thank you for teaching us how to be human beings in the past; who would have thought we could earn our own property after the apocalypse."

Mu Ying calculated the price of a Tree House and realized that she might have judged the value poorly. Compared to the trinkets in the bronze coffin, the coffin itself was actually more valuable?

Having just emerged to hear such distressing news, Mu Ying’s heart ached, but she consoled herself that, after all, the money would end up in her pocket.

"Well, congratulations," Mu Ying said insincerely.

"Besides, I’ve already dealt with the dragon-breaking stone inside, so the entry passage is safe now. I haven’t been further inside, and I haven’t touched those two doors either. If you plan to explore, still be cautious," Mu Ying cautioned them.

The fact that one bronze coffin in this tomb enabled them to earn so much, and the bronze coffin was transported back to their territory by them, had player traffic not been blocked, players would have sought to explore the tomb for treasure by now.

Mu Ying couldn’t stop them.

Even she had to return.

But next time, she would come fully prepared, not caught unawares and forced into exploring like this time.

There are always more solutions than problems. If Old Mao and the others could think of digging traps for Ghouls, she could also prepare for those traps, couldn’t she?

Old Mao nodded to show he understood.

Mu Ying transformed into an Owl and flew out.

She had initially come out to check on the effects of the world integration around her territory, but unexpectedly, the tomb had tripped her up.

Although she wasn’t in the territory during this period, Liu Luoluo and Zheng Jing often contacted her through Dingling Flowers to inform her about the occurrences around the territory.

She also saw some news on the forums.

Near Qingshan Town, there was indeed an undiscovered instance hidden within the Chaotic Stone Forest where they had built three camps.

The Chaotic Stone Forest was vast. On the far side from the three camps, a new area with high mountains and cliffs had emerged, with large flying monsters often circling overhead. Since the world integration, they had attacked the Breeding Camp’s pastures.

But they were blocked by the Territory Shield.

Furthermore, a new sea area and coastline had appeared near the Coastal City port where the Koutao Fishmen were, making them harder to catch than before. Their hostility towards humans had also increased. Players who used to go there to make Fishman oil were affected, and there were casualties among players who went there.

The Mermaid Clan also clashed with the Koutao Fishmen, who had attempted to invade the Undersea Corridor, but ultimately there were no casualties, and the Mermaid Clan drove them back.

Last of all, the Spirit Dragon Gorge Camp was completely gone, but there appeared to be a southward movement of the Blood Crow Nest. Players who had gone north to explore had encountered Blood Crows, and it was uncertain if this trend would continue.

On top of this unexplored underground tomb, Mu Ying truly felt that dangers lurked everywhere.