The mining area of ​​Linfengcheng is located in the southwest, with a total of more than a dozen mines.

The two iron ore mined first have been exhausted, and the Norman nobles have gradually reduced their investment in this, and the focus of mining has shifted to the newly discovered veins. Due to the level of civilization in this world, mineral mining is mostly open-pit ore and shallow ore. Only dwarves have enough time and technology to dig deep into the ground. Stephen Zhou chose a target of an iron ore with a surface close to the depleted surface. It is very close to the silver ore and has almost no guards. It is also desolate nearby, so there are no need to worry about being discovered by others. Since it is coming to steal the mine, the lower the key, the better.

This iron ore was the first open-pit mine to be discovered, but as the minerals became lower and lower, it was gradually abandoned by the Normans.

When the manpower input was completely out of proportion to mineral output, the Normans were reluctant to throw slaves here. Stephen Zhou walked around the corner and could hardly see anyone moving. He picked a nearby location to dig a hole, but he gave up after digging more than ten meters.

Because the underground is full of bones!

The Normans like to use slaves to mine very much, and slaves suffered heavy casualties during the mining process, which was a very dangerous job.

Stephen Zhou just dug down and dug hundreds of corpses. He didn't know how many people died during the mining process in this mining area. There was a heavy breath of death underground, and it would be fine if he didn't dig it out. If he opened an underground base below, he might directly cause trouble for the dead when encountering special energy changes in the outside world.

He thought about it and dug near the valley one mile away, and then he opened a passage to enter the ore vein.

Stephen Week chose a relatively hidden place. There was a large forest to the south and the north was blocked by mountains, so basically no one would come.

With enough materials on his hands, Stephen Zhou certainly couldn't dig a hole as simply as the first time. He used a stepped entrance, laying it with half-brick marble that had been prepared long ago, instead of digging a vertical passage directly.

He first arranged a simple secret mark at the entrance of the cave, and waited for the mechanism to be dealt with tomorrow. The depth of the underground base was thirty meters. Because it was close to the mining area, Stephen Zhou used his ability to strengthen the walls. The initial area was about 500 square meters, and divided it into a studio, a bedroom, a kitchen, and two warehouses. The floor was paved with marble floor, the furniture was oak, and the lighting was made of alchemy torches. Because his ability was restored a lot, it took him less than two days to complete all of this. One of the ultimate creations of the alchemist was [Floating City]. Pulling an underground base with bare hands was only a common daily life for Stephen Zhou.

While building the first underground base, Stephen Week stockpiled a large amount of marble resources.

Now that the prototype of the second underground base is completed, there is still remaining. The digging of soil is piled up in the planting area, and the ordinary stone mined is stored in a different space.

After all this, Stephen Zhou finally left the underground and was about to go to Linfeng City to purchase supplies.

Food, water, furniture, decorations, etc.

The underground base is now very empty, and Stephen Zhou decided to simply arrange it to improve the environment in which he lives.

Linfeng City is still the same.

However, it was a little different from when Stephen Zhou arrived. There seemed to be a little more nervous in the city, and the guards in iron armor were obviously more and more severe in the investigation of outsiders. The merchants in the past seemed to feel uneasy. There were rumors that a noble family in Linfeng City was involved in the Dragon City rebellion in the tavern.

"Something seems to have happened?"

Stephen Zhou thought about it and it seemed that it had nothing to do with him. He didn't need to pay attention to the matter of indigenous civilization. The most important thing at the moment was to collect resources and build a basic floating city. If things went well, he wanted to plant the golden seed on the floating city because he was not sure that he could not take it away after planting it in other places. Quietly, Stephen Zhou felt that this golden seed had a stronger power than the gods. If he studied this power thoroughly, it would be very likely to advance to an unprecedented level. Some merchants in Rinfeng City were leaving, and they were very afraid of being involved in the war. Stephen Zhou needed a lot of things, such as food, seasonings, bedding, pillows, vases, cabinets, etc. Anyway, he bought some of the things that he could use at the moment.

It took me an afternoon to purchase.

After returning to the underground base, he immediately arranged his room, planted a few pots of flowers, laid quilts, made food, and placed furniture.

It was nearly half a month later.

Stephen Zhou finally slept on the soft bed, and could meditate on the white goose feather pillow to feel the breath of civilized life. He was so fed up with the dirty and worn quilts in the hotel, the musty smell of straw, and the annoying flea lice.

No words all night.

The next day, Stephen Zhou got up early one morning. He had an unexpected dream last night, dreaming about what happened before his arrest.

At that time, he was discovered by the Supreme Arcane Council by privately studying the evil spirits. Before he could react, the furious Supreme Arcane Council sent six great arcane masters to arrest him and brought the highest level of [Forbidden Demon Realm]. At that time, Stephen Zhou was determined to run away or escape. He could just detonate the [Eternal Blazing Sun] on the floating city. The powerful energy radiation would automatically break the [Forbidden Demon Realm]. But if he did that, Stephen Zhou could run away, but all the thousands of followers who followed him would die, and none of the hundreds of thousands of civilians living in the floating city could survive.

Although Stephen Zhou acted as he pleased, he still had his own bottom line after all, so he finally chose to surrender.

Fortunately, there is no way out, and he actually escaped unexpectedly in the turbulence of time and space.

Although the world is relatively primitive, without the interference of the Supreme Arcane Council, Stephen Zhou believes that he can rise again soon.

He dug a tunnel to the vein along the underground base. Because there have been people here, Stephen Zhou digging at a slow speed. Every time he digs, he will use the ability to change the form of matter, mainly to prevent landslides. After spending a morning, he quickly dug through the mine, but the mineral resources on the surface have almost been mined. The Norman nobles dug a little deeper and did not find new minerals, and then abandoned the place. The shallow mine tunnel is already bumpy and has no value. Stephen Zhou needs to continue digging deeper. After spending some time analyzing the distribution of the veins, Stephen Zhou chose a location to continue exploring. This time it was a vertical mine, and a four-square-meter mine was directly opened, laying a ladder along the way, and digging about 100 meters down.

really.

There are richer iron ore resources hidden underground, and the quality of these iron ores is higher than that of the No. 1 temporary base.

Stephen Zhou started working immediately, and with every piece of iron ore mined, a trace of elemental power was also integrated into his body. These minerals that were dusty deep underground were the products of elemental changes. Stephen Zhou could absorb a trace of elemental power from them. This force may be very small, but it could not hold up too much. Every time Stephen Zhou dug out a unit of iron ore, it was equivalent to the result of a low-level wizard's meditation for one hour. If other rarer minerals could be dug, then one would be equivalent to other wizards' meditation all day. Unfortunately, only minerals buried underground had an effect. Once the elemental power on the minerals were mined, it quickly dissipated.

In addition, Stephen Zhou can also absorb a trace of the separation power when the element changes during the alchemy process.

As a special alchemist, Stephen Zhou can store dozens or hundreds of times the energy that other wizards have, so the amount of energy required to advance is also greater. Therefore, he must rely on [Elemental Fission] to improve his strength in the later stage, because he found that the more intense the elemental change reaction, the stronger the separation power he can absorb.

“It’s great for stocking up iron ore.”

In just three days, Stephen's alchemy level was almost approaching level 3. The energy he obtained from mining minerals was at least equivalent to the results of other wizards' meditation for one or two years.

At present, Stephen Week's primary goal is the floating city, and the steel consumed to build a floating city is very amazing. Even a basic floating city, the value of all materials is about 300 billion gold coins. The core construction of the floating city requires mysterious material from the astral world. His current value is only six gold coins, twenty-seven silver coins, and thirteen copper coins. (Note: The strategic value of the floating city is equivalent to a super-large interstellar fortress that can accommodate more than 100,000 people to survive. It has a complete ecosystem that can drift in the universe for thousands of years.)

"The first element at the moment is to create iron golems."

Stephen Zhou was counting the gains from the past few days while thinking: "First of all, the iron golem can protect itself and make up for its shortcomings in its lack of melee ability. Then the iron golem can take over many jobs, greatly improving its efficiency in mining resources. However, there is still a need to think of ways to think of a solution in the soul crystal."

"It is estimated that one thousand units of iron will be stored to facilitate the construction of rails, mine cars and steel furnaces in the future."
Chapter completed!