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Chapter 173 - 159 The Door Can’t Be Opened from This Side

Chapter 173: Chapter 159 The Door Can’t Be Opened from This Side

The exploration of Star Ore Mine was far simpler than the Undead had anticipated.

Apart from occasionally encountering a few corpses with tragic deaths, there were no attacks.

"What if next time we introduce the plague into the BOSS dungeon, seal it off, and then wait for all the monsters inside to bleed out and die? What do you say?"

"Not such a good idea, what if it can’t be controlled well?"

Many were eager to try fancy maneuvers, and there were plenty who were willing to give it a shot, since it was just a game after all.

But where could they find the source of the plague?

The bodies were gathered together, and even though the Abyssal Curse dissipated completely after death, the Calamity would still appear—they had to ensure that the Calamity wouldn’t resurrect those corpses that had nothing left to drop.

The Undead had already finished looting the bodies, never passing up any resource was their creed as citizens of the heavens, so there was no point in resurrecting monsters that had no loot to offer.

The air inside the mine was not obstructed, but there was an indescribable sense of oppression as they ventured deeper.

No sign of any living creature could be seen anymore; the place had completely become a playground for the Undead, who cheered and ran wildly, searching every inch of the corners.

"There might be secret walls, remember to knock twice," they claimed to have special knowledge from somewhere, suggesting endless possibilities in a mine that seemed to have been thoroughly explored.

"Is it really over?"

"I always felt this should be a large dungeon."

"Yeah, it feels like it started with a bang but ended with a whimper."

After burning the bodies, it was time to mine—pure manual labor, which the Undead enjoyed nonetheless.

What rewards awaited them after the Main City was successfully built?

Or to put it more bluntly, how was Lin Dog planning to cut their Points?

Come on, hurry up.

...

Lind had already obtained the mining potion recipe, and after discussing it with Miko and Brittany, they reached a conclusion.

The miner’s potion would enhance one’s stamina, physique, and strength, the more physical effort exerted, the stronger the person would become.

"It’s impossible to grow indefinitely," Miko said, as if seeing through Lind’s thoughts, "The gap between ranks can’t be easily crossed, perhaps if you mine using this method for a few years, you could become the strongest in terms of strength among the Great Knights."

Should this be called the Miner’s Magic Potion? It should be called the Laborer’s Magic Potion.

Lind had no interest in the Miner’s Magic Potion, as the path of building up physical strength was completely opposite to the one he wanted to take, and the improvement gained from sacrificing time and a lot of energy wasn’t worth more than the benefits of opening up a new branch of the Great Knight’s path through his noble bloodline.

The "Rune Messenger" from Milan was more attractive to him.

Moreover, what he needed to focus on was resolving the Main City issue, only after completely taking over and securing his identity could he search for news of the Black Fire brothers, and only by advancing to Upper Rank in the Sun’s Testament path, which was the foundation of his growth, could his future development be smoother.

Brittany looked back and forth between Lind and Miko, finding it amusing to see the way their heads came together when they talked.

"What’s up?"

"What’s up?"

Lind and Miko looked up at Brittany simultaenously, but while Lind’s tone was inquisitive, Miko’s was not so friendly.

The rabbit was very wary of the snake.

Brittany, with her big eyes smiling like crescent moons, shook her head, "Look here."

Brittany brought out a second recipe for the potion, the Upper Rank Miner’s Path.

Compared to the normal Miner’s potion, the Upper Rank Miner’s potion required a more complex formula and had more specific usage conditions based on mining results.

"Starchild Scales?" Lind looked where Brittany was pointing.

As he wasn’t a Wizard Path, he could never grasp the mind-over-matter methods of potion crafting, as he lacked the Undead’s "ding" when mastering it directly.

What Miko saw was even more: "Starchild Scales, replacing the Superior Calamity Heart?"

Brittany smiled, "It seems, it doesn’t belong to this world."

A power different from the Ring of Magic of this world was enough to set off alarm bells in Lind’s heart.

However, when it comes to a matter of world class, in the game, it was probably the boss of several major updates after the official launch, far too distant from him now.

The right choice was to avoid contact as much as possible.

The Undead, who hadn’t even embarked on the true Wizard Path, were even less likely to be able to brew Magic Potions based on the recipes.

He also couldn’t control the Undead’s actions.

Now, recipes for miners’ Magic Potions had already appeared on the official forum, shared generously by the Undead.

"Wait a minute," Lind’s thoughts suddenly raced, the Undead had begun to touch upon Magic Potion recipes, and in the future, they would only access more and more, unstoppable by anyone.

Which meant, could he not also obtain recipes from the Undead?

An unending stream of Magic Potion recipes was Miss Miko’s support for promotion, and also his chance to become stronger.

Indeed, there wasn’t only a bad side to things, but also a better one.

Lind came back to his senses and found Mico up close to his face.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Haha, of course, it’s good news," he said, patting Mico on the shoulder, pressing down until she grimaced and bared her teeth in displeasure.

"Miss Miko, there will be more and more Magic Potion recipes in the future."

Tu Ya’s frown vanished, and her eyes sparkled, "Really?"

...

Ores were being hauled back by the Catastrophe Warhorses and quickly converted into speed-up packs for the progress bar of the new Main City’s construction.

The long-lasting peace made the Undead quickly forget it was a world of apocalypse, and their vigilance gradually relaxed.

Unable to lose, My Ring took off a cartload of ore, grabbed a handful of Star Grass to soothe the agitated Catastrophe Warhorses, and made sure they were under control before turning to continue mining.

Many things spurred them on, and the surging numbers on the progress bar were definitely one of the key reasons.

Another reason might be the anticipation for the development of the main quest.

Now, the Undead had two main conjectures about the development of the main quest: one was the Abyss, which NPCs dared not mention, and the other was the Golden City, Goliath.

Consensus among the Undead was to stabilize the Main City and then develop new maps.

A handful of Undead chose to leave Star Dragon Ridge to explore on their own.

They soon encountered an "invisible wall"; the water routes of Harbor Village were impassable, and after walking south from the Faith Crossroad for two or three days, the scenery didn’t change, making them mistakenly believe they had reached the end of the map, walking in place, and were forced to turn back.

The time lost on the road wasn’t too long, and the empty carts ran faster when going to the Star Ore Mine.

Unable to lose, My Ring entered deep into the mine. Where there were Undead, resource exploitation was always destructive; they didn’t need to leave some to develop slowly.

As long as they kept moving forward, there would always be more new resources.

"Was there a path here before?" Unable to lose, My Ring doubted, as behind the ores, a path obstructed by collapsed rocks was hidden, looking very illogical.

He quickly cleared the path, entering a narrow passage that allowed only one person to pass, and at the end of the corridor there was an iron door.

He pushed gently with his hand, but it didn’t budge.

Pulling was the same.

Even with force applied, it was still ineffective.

The news of a hidden door found deep in the mine spread quickly, with a large number of Undead gathering and trying all kinds of methods, but still couldn’t succeed.

The iron door was even more sturdy than the stone walls, blocking all presumptuous visitors trying to intrude uninvited.

Everyone came to a conclusion: the door couldn’t be opened from this side.