The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 723 Dream World 61
These underground passages were created when adventurers were still enthusiastic about exploring this floating island. Some were naturally formed, while others were man-made, and they are almost everywhere on the entire suspended floating island.

Only when walking in underground passages will you not worry about a sudden anti-gravity field causing you to fall into the sky; at most, you will be pressed to the ground by a super-gravity field.

This can be considered a safe passage for the suspended floating island.

The route to the "gold mine" that she found on the forum also followed the underground passage.

To distinguish the entrances to underground passages from ordinary caves, adventurers in the past would mark each passage entrance with a ring of crimson ore.

Because it is as light as a feather and is crimson red, it is called Akabane mineral.

This ore is completely unaffected by gravity. Whether in a supergravity field, a zero-gravity field, or an antigravity field, the Crimson Feather Ore remains unmoved and maintains a stable state, making it the most reliable landmark for adventurers on the surface of the Floating Island.

The nearest underground passage entrance was three kilometers away. Moran flew about a third of the way before the light feeling disappeared, and his body suddenly sank. The rocks that had been suspended in the air fell back into the sky.

The zero-gravity field turned into an anti-gravity field. She immediately flipped over, adjusted her balance, stabilized herself, and with her head on the ground, she tried her best to flap her wings and get away from the sky.

After flying for a while, she noticed that the pebbles on the hillside ahead were firmly stuck to the ground, a characteristic of a supergravity field, so she quickly pressed herself against the ground.

Even with all the preparations, it was still firmly held to the ground when it flew up the hillside.

The strength of the Sky Eagle was not enough for her to move forward in this supergravity field, so she had to transform into a feathered serpent.

The feathered serpent has wings, which allow it to fly slowly at low altitudes or crawl close to the ground, making it perfect for this situation.

If the surface of the floating island hadn't become increasingly flat due to constant changes in the gravitational field, making it impossible to find shadows even in broad daylight, it would have been easier for her to walk in the shadow world.

After finally surviving the supergravity field, Moran finally saw a cave entrance "encircled" by the Crimson Feather Ore.

The red feather ore was piled up at the edge of the cave entrance without any securing measures, but in the anti-gravity zone, it remained motionless, as if welded to the ground.

"Finally found it!" Moran breathed a sigh of relief, casually picked up a card from the Book of Cards, then used it to create a {Mining Card - Crimson Feather Ore}, materialized it, put it back in its original place, and then flapped his wings and flew into the underground passage.

The underground passage has a gentle slope, sloping downwards as a whole, with the highest point being less than three meters.

As soon as Moran entered, he deactivated his transformation and easily landed on the cave ceiling.

The passage was pitch black and eerily quiet. She took out a magic lantern and made her shadow appear to keep her company.

The lights also illuminated the marks left by our predecessors.

Some are arrows carved with sharp tools, while others are road signs made of red feather ore.

Although the passage was uneven, it had clearly been repaired and was much easier to walk through than a natural cave.

After walking for about ten minutes, she suddenly felt her body sink and fall uncontrollably toward the ground. The gravitational field had changed again, from an anti-gravity field to a supergravity field.

Moran, who was prepared, was not panicked and let herself fall from the ceiling.

Just as she was about to touch the ground, several dark figures shot out from her shadow, weaving together in mid-air to form a soft net of shadows that caught her steadily.

“Thanks.” She patted the Shadow Web, and the loyal shadow pets immediately merged back into her shadow, leaving only the shadow of a cave spider in place. This cave spider shadow, as large as an adult wild boar, rose from the ground, its eight long legs firmly embedded in the rock crevices.

Moran skillfully climbed onto its back, letting her shadow become a rope, firmly securing her to the spider's thickest leg.

The cave spider shadow immediately sprang into action, its eight legs climbing the rock face alternately at an astonishing speed.

Moran only needed to hold up the lantern for illumination while keeping an eye on the markings on the cave walls.

The passage ahead begins to level out and there are forks in the road; it's easy to go the wrong way if you're not careful.

This also frees up your hands to perform prospecting and mining techniques.

The minerals on the Floating Island have not been developed for use because those who discovered them were adventurers who relied on spellcasting from skill books and lacked any research awareness. The Floating Island itself has no local Dreamers who research and explore them.

However, many of these ores are magical ores, containing magical energy and related to gravity.

Moran had only seen some information on the Dream Forum, yet he already knew of their many uses in alchemy.

Unfortunately, they can't be bought in the beginner area, so you can only collect some yourself.

Moran followed the route map he had written down, exploring and mining along the clearly marked paths.

The journey became intermittent from then on, and whenever a new vein of ore was discovered, Moran would have the Cave Spider Shadow stop.

Sometimes it's "Floating Feather Crystal" that can generate an anti-gravity field, sometimes it's "Anchor Stone" that can stabilize a gravity field, sometimes it's "Melting Stone" that automatically rotates when two stones are close together to generate a micro-gravity vortex, and sometimes it's "Heavy Iron" that increases in weight exponentially with each increase in volume, giving her the feeling of returning to the time when she was mining in the Witch Academy.

Before you know it, you get caught on the ore and drift off course.

Fortunately, the cave spider shadow was incredibly agile in the underground passages, and after digging up the ore, it was able to quickly lead her back to the original route.

It wasn't until her shadow touched the magic watch on her wrist, reminding her to check the time, that she realized it was time for day and night to change and for the dream world to shut down. She had been engrossed in mining for most of the day!

Back in her apartment in the real world, Moran's fingertips still retained the cool touch of the mineral.

She worked through the night to organize her collection notes, meticulously recording the characteristics of each ore and its potential alchemical uses.

Over the next few days, she was completely immersed in the joy of mining, and even temporarily put aside her dungeon runs to focus on collecting unique ores.

At night, I mine in the dream world, and during the day, I try to use these ores to make some alchemical inventions in the real world.

After collecting all the unique ores from the Floating Island, she reluctantly headed towards the location of the "Gold Mine" instance.

It was a huge cave entrance filled with dark gold ore, shimmering with a dreamlike light.

Moran patted the cave spider's shadow: "Let's go back!"

After the cave spider's shadow disappeared into her own, she unhesitatingly poured all her accumulated experience points into the Shadow Hunter class. Her level rapidly increased, eventually settling at level 78. Then, carrying a lantern and accompanied by her own shadow, she entered the dungeon.