I Live on the Land in Global Games
Chapter 260 - 257: Building Life

Chapter 260: Chapter 257: Building Life

Hearing 559 muttering under his breath, Mu Ying leaned in to listen.

"Can’t be greedy, can’t be greedy, can’t be greedy, even if I put up all my treasures, they might be lost without a trace..."

Oh, so he’s trying to wake himself up, then it’s no problem, Mu Ying thought. A couple more slaps might do some good.

After mumbling for a while, 559 suddenly grabbed Mu Ying’s arm, "I can’t do it but you can! Come with me!"

He dragged Mu Ying to the counter, found a thick tome, and quickly flipped it open, "Look, these are images of other Underground City Cores throughout history.

Although each Underground City Core looks different, as long as it has accepted a master, it will display the miniature form of an Underground City like a small city model.

Underground City Cores that have accepted a master are usually hidden in the Core Chamber, and even if they were shattered, one should be able to recognize them from the illustrations. However, the Core Chamber is the most secret and important place in an Underground City, and it’s very difficult to find.

An infant Core won’t move, and generally looks like an ordinary stone. But given that it split from the Core of Guland Underground City, it must also be in the Chamber. If we find the shattered Core’s Chamber, we can drip blood on all the stones within to claim the core, and we will eventually find it.

So the key is to find the Core Chamber. Now that you’ve learned the Stone Shaping Technique, dig through the walls whenever you encounter them. Even if you have to hollow out the entire Underground City ruin, you must find it and master it!"

"If you control the Underground City, then Qingshan Town will really become a super territory with developmental prospects. Even the super cities and territories beyond Deep Blue Star don’t often possess an Underground City.

Because the civilization of Underground Cities was passed to us from outer space in the near ancient times, the method to build them has long been lost in our universe, even the Evolution Centers don’t have it, and one by one, the Underground Cities are slowly disappearing.

Yet, the existing Underground Cities in the world today are moneymaking tools, a paradise for adventurers.

With the Underground City under your control, you won’t have to worry about foot traffic. Just collecting the teleportation fees will make you rich. As long as you’re strong enough to protect these things, Qingshan Town is guaranteed to develop into a super city, or even surpass that!"

Listening to him, Mu Ying realized that a super city must be a mighty place. Underground Cities sound like a venue for adventurers, but are they truly this magical?

Tongbi 559, seeing her doubts, explained, "Do you know what they say? Underground Cities are actually alive. Some say they’re a kind of architectural lifeform, that feeds on the emotions of the adventurers exploring within, and they can grow! They are even more precious than a Lord Token, because territories don’t grow on their own."

"Architectural lifeform?"

Mu Ying was stunned. A living building!

She always felt that anything with a defined limit, no matter how powerful, would have boundaries, and that others would eventually find a way to counter it. Only things that can grow, without limits, are truly precious.

For some reason, an image suddenly popped into her mind: a miniature city slowly growing larger, one day becoming pregnant with a Little Stone, which called the city ’Mom,’ and then that stone slowly grew into another small city.

It was both eerie and oddly adorable!

Tongbi 559 was still talking.

"Even without the Ghost Spring, if I can’t obtain something similar from the trade guild as long as you refuse the entry of other copper coin pawnshops."

Tongbi 559 looked at her with a pleading gaze, "I’ve told you everything I know about the Underground City, and I will keep it to myself until you find the Core of the Underground City. I can also give you a Wall Peeping Mirror to aid in your search for the Core. In the future, when someone tries to take my place, you just need to lend me a hand. Please."

A 200-plus-pound short and stocky guy, with half his face swollen, tears in his eyes, and speaking in a forced, high-pitched tone while shaking the sleeve of my shirt in both hands, is enough to make anyone feel like their eyes have been violated.

Mu Ying struggled to free her sleeve from his grasp and turned her face away in disgust, saying, "I get it, I get it, stop burning my eyes already. Take a look in the mirror, are you trying to ask for help or scare people?"

"Heheh, who cares if it’s asking for help or scaring people, I just know nobody can resist my pitiful pleas!" Tongbi 559 said proudly.

He then gestured for her to step back a little and pulled out an oval mirror about a meter tall from his Space Ring. Judging by the way he handled it, it seemed quite heavy.

"This is the Wall Peeping Mirror. Just place it against the wall, and you’ll be able to see through to the other side, but it won’t work on walls with spells on them, only ordinary walls. Since the Underground City has been abandoned, only certain mechanisms and the Secret Magic Locks on the doors are still active. Since you can dig through the walls, they’re just ordinary walls, so this should definitely work."

Mu Ying nodded, attempted to lift it, and with great effort managed to raise it a bit, "Isn’t this thing a bit too heavy?"

"Lighter ones are too expensive; I can’t afford those. Plus, a bigger mirror gives you a larger viewing range. Isn’t your animal companion an Iron-eating Beast? Just have it hold the mirror for you. But be careful it doesn’t take a bite out of the mirror, as it’s made of metal," Tongbi 559 suggested earnestly.

"Gungun isn’t that greedy," Mu Ying endeavored to redeem Gungun’s reputation.

Tongbi 559 shook his head at her, "This metal is called Bamboo Essence Gold. Just try it when you get back and you’ll see."

Mu Ying stored the Wall Peeping Mirror in her Space Ring, said goodbye to Tongbi 559, and teleported back to the Plantation.

Gungun was lying in the Iron Bamboo Forest munching on bamboo.

Mu Ying took out the Wall Peeping Mirror.

Gungun sniffed the air and instantly turned its head, curling into a ball and rolling over, then hugged the mirror, completely ignoring her, its long-absent owner.

"Slurp~"

Mu Ying’s mouth twitched when she heard the sound of saliva being drawn, and seeing it already grinding its teeth, she felt compelled to put the mirror back in her Space Ring.

With her arms suddenly empty, Gungun looked at her dumbfounded: (｡•﹃•｡)

"You can’t eat this, at least for now!"

Gungun: (｡•﹃•｡)! Can I at least give it a lick?

Mu Ying: "..."

This Bamboo Essence Gold stuff really that tempting for an Iron-eating Beast?

She said resignedly, "If you help me hold this mirror, you can give the edge a lick, but don’t damage it. We still need to use it later, and make sure to clean off any saliva afterwards."

"Slurp~" Gungun nodded eagerly. Getting to even lick it a little was a real treat; it had never smelled anything so delicious.

Only then did Mu Ying take out the Wall Peeping Mirror again, and Gungun eagerly embraced it and began to lick.