Dawn Spider

Chapter 80 I've struck gold!
As expected, all nine metal boxes could be opened.

All are happy.

Metal boxes that couldn't be sold for 100 Primogems before can now be sold for 1000 Primogems each. You can even trade them with Zerg warriors who possess the Seed of God for Primogems-gathered food that can't be bought with Primogems.

Master Tenghuang was very happy, but seeing the four guys, Red Cone, Gold, Sky Blue, and Taro, jumping around there, he suddenly became less happy.

"Sky Blue, I'll give you a treasure chest. I'll change the password for you, make it simple, eight characters like this, this is '0', easy to remember."

"Thank you, Jin."

"Lord of Red Cone Mountain, I'll also give you a treasure chest. Change the password like this... you can change it yourself."

"Then I won't be polite."

"Taro, you also have a treasure chest. From now on, the raw stones and wooden beads will be hidden inside this treasure chest. Set a password that only you know, so no one can steal it."

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

"There are three treasure chests left: one for Lord Famu, one for Lord Sikui Mountain, and one for Silver. The one I bought last time is mine."

"..."

The master of Mount Tenghuang spoke up at the opportune moment, saying:

"Jin, is there anything in the treasure vault that catches your eye? I'll sell it to you at a low price."

"Nothing."

"Is that all? Shall we go outside and talk?"

"it is good……"

They went back to the living room together.

After chatting idly for a while, they went down the mountain together to explore the various pits and caves in the ruins.

It wasn't until noon that Xi Hua invited the master of Qingmei Mountain back.

Upon hearing that the treasure chest containing the raw stones had been opened, Qingmei Mountain Lord and Xihua were both delighted and envious.

This means that the box containing the original crystal was successfully opened again last time, and the two little guys, Gold and Silver, really made a small fortune.

The Lord of Qinghua Mountain asked:

"Lord of Red Cone Mountain, how many days will you stay?"

"The price is the same as last time, right? Half price for junior warriors, 50 primal stones a day?"

"Sure. But for safety's sake, we can only take one person down at a time."

"Of course, safety first. We'll be playing for six days. These 600 rough stones are mine."

"I have 100 rough gems. I'll play with them for two days."

"I have 200... Can I bring Taro down to play too? Taro and I can each play for two days."

"Hmm...we can give it a try."

"Alright, just like last time, we'll dig pit number 17, the same spot as last time."

"no problem."

"..."

After some negotiation, half a day of free time was offered for the visit.

Perfect timing, let's test whether we can take the taro into the water first.

We arrived at Pit 17 together.
The test results came back quickly; it works.

Let Taro play for another half day.

Jin and Tianlan were not idle either; they practiced sparring in the forest, honing their combat skills.

Half a day passed quickly, and it was destined that there would be no gain.

After a night's rest, the activity officially began the next day.

On the first day, Red Cone and Sky Blue went down first.

They dug up some worthless metal fragments.

The next day, the red cone and taro were taken down.
Zero results.

On the third day, Jin followed.

It was still a zero-gain outcome.

Under Jin's guidance, the tunnel runs along the ground, zigzagging forward towards the calculated direction of Pit 0.

On the fourth day, Tianlan continued to follow, but still gained nothing.

On the fifth day, in the afternoon, the master of Fujikoyama emerged from the tunnel, dragging a rusty metal plate.

Jin and Tianlan, who were practicing in the woods, stopped their movements at the same time.

"Jin! Tianlan! Congratulations in advance! You've unearthed a building! There's a chance you'll find valuable treasure at that location!"

"Did you really find something?"

Tian Lan was greatly surprised.

"architecture!"

Jin was equally surprised. He stared at the rusted metal plate and asked, "Is this the door to the building?"

"That's right! It's the door of a very high-end building!"

The master of Mount Fuji replied, "The building's walls have collapsed, and the interior is filled with mud and sand. It will take time to clean it up."

Jin didn't expect to find anything of value, but this was an excellent opportunity to extract the 'Black Oak Seed' in a reasonable way.

"Lord Fujiko Mountain, please inform them to exchange the taro. I will personally go down to supervise the digging work!"

"..."

Guidance? Master Tenghuang hesitated for a moment, then agreed, "No problem."

Soon, the reluctant taro was forcibly dragged out by the Green Plum Mountain Master using water-based abilities.

Jin followed them into the cave passage, deep underground.

Passing through streets lined with buildings buried for who knows how many years.
We followed the straight road to the stone wall.

In five days, a winding tunnel, over six meters wide and nearly four meters high, has been excavated for three to four hundred meters.

Among the rocks, the concrete walls of the building are faintly discernible, and the entrance is a square doorway.

The owner of Red Cone Mountain is frantically digging along the entrance, excavating into the building's interior.

With the help of the master of Mount Fuji, they cleared away the mud and sand that had been dug out.

"Gold! We've discovered this building, and everything inside is ours. We might be rich!"

"Quick! Help! Help!"

The owner of Red Cone Mountain greeted everyone enthusiastically.

"I'm coming!"

Without saying much, Jin stepped forward and started digging around with his claws.

This place is very close to the dojo; it must be a villa belonging to a wealthy student of the dojo.

They're excavating the first-floor living room now.
They soon made a discovery: a set of decaying metal table and chair frames. Those who can afford to live in villas have some wealth; they used primal metal, but unfortunately, due to the passage of time, its primal properties had been lost, turning it into ordinary metal.

Keep digging, one after another.

They also unearthed a coffee table and display shelf made of metal, as well as some art pieces made of non-metallic materials.

It's severely decayed and has no value whatsoever.

The living room on the first floor was cleared out.
There are three passageways, which should lead to the second-floor stairwell, the kitchen, and the bedroom and bathroom, respectively.

“Red Cone Mountain Master, dig over there.”

"Lord Fujiko Mountain, Lord Aomei Mountain, if you have time, could you help dig out the rooms over there?"

"I'll dig here."

Jin then took command.

"..."

Tatami and the master of Aomei Mountain were speechless.

"Okay! Hurry up!"

The owner of Red Cone Mountain was simple-minded and agreed without thinking, and started digging.

quickly,

Jin dug into a room, dug a tunnel to enter and check, and confirmed that it was the kitchen, so there was no need to dig deeper.

Digging further into the room opposite, one finds collapsed display shelves, a jumble of rusty metal, broken armor and weapons, as well as everyday household tools.

The villa's storage room.

"This room is just right!"

Jin Xin pondered, focusing his senses as he watched the Tenghuang Mountain Master push a clump of excavated soil out of the cave. The Red Cone and Green Plum Mountain Masters were both busy digging and weren't paying attention to him…

Jin swung his claws wildly, stirring up the water, then focused his mental energy, shifted his focus, communicated with the Space-Time Cube, and selected 'Extract'.

The space ahead rippled slightly, stirring up waves. In the murky water, a black lotus bud made of metal with blue primal energy runes appeared out of thin air.

"what!"

"ah!"

"Crack! Crack!"

"Have I struck gold?"

"I've struck gold!"

Jin exerted his mental strength and cheered.

The spiritual power of the neighboring Red Cone and Green Plum Mountain Master surged over like a tide, locking onto the black lotus bud held by the golden claw, and then rushed over.

"This is……"

"Isn't this similar to the treasure trove in the Cyathea Mountain ruins, the kind used to store plant seeds?"

"This thing is valuable, and not cheap!"

“Jin, don’t make a fuss. There are a million similar things in the Cyathea Mountain ruins. Anything in large quantities will not fetch a high price.”

"that's true."

Jin was greatly disappointed.

The Green Plum Mountain Master asked, "Aren't you going to open it and take a look? I've never understood what the alien civilization is doing with these seeds."

After the Green Plum Mountain Lord finished speaking, he waved his tentacles lightly, and a beam of water-based primal energy struck the golden body.

The primordial energy 'film' attached to the surface of the metal slowly expands, transforming into a spherical bubble filled with air.

"This item is smaller and more exquisitely crafted..."

As Jin commented, he tried to inject his Force.

The translucent black lotus petals, as thin as cicada wings, unfold layer by layer, a full hundred layers, revealing the lotus seedpod inside.

The lotus had only one recess, inside which lay a black acorn with white Force patterns, emanating a faint fluctuation of Force energy...

"Gold! Put it away! Put it away quickly!"

The master of Red Cone Mountain reacted immediately and urged them to hurry.

"This is...this is not an ordinary seed!"

The Lord of Qingmei Mountain exclaimed in shock, "A divine gift!"

"God-given seeds?"

Jin's acting was superb. His eyes were dazed, then sparkling, followed by shock. Suddenly realizing what was happening, he hurriedly injected his primal force, causing the lotus petals to close and transform back into a lotus bud.

"I'll keep it!"

Without a word, the Lord of Red Cone Mountain sent a spider silk thread that quickly wrapped around and bound him to his own back armor.

"Was this room discovered?"

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain asked.

"Yes."

Jin responded, becoming agitated, its chelicerae and forelegs flailing wildly in excitement.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain was equally excited, his spiritual energy trembling. He urged anxiously, "There's more! There must be more! Dig! Dig quickly!"

"it is good……"

Before Jin and Qingmei Mountain Lord could agree, they were roughly squeezed out of the storage room by Red Cone Mountain Lord.

After a tumble of mud,

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain emerged disappointed, muttering dejectedly, "There's a lot of stuff, but it's all useless..."

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Did you dig something up?"

The master of Mount Fuji, who was transporting the mud and rocks, sensed something was amiss from afar and shouted with a powerful spiritual force.

The master of Qingmei Mountain said dejectedly, "This time we've truly struck gold! We've unearthed a divinely bestowed seed with intact life force!"

"what?"

"God-given seeds?"

The master of Mount Fuji rushed over.

The Green Plum Mountain Lord swayed its tentacles, pointed at the gold, then at the Red Cone Mountain Lord's carapace, and said, "Little Purple Hair dug it up in this room, in that lotus bud-shaped object, which contained a divinely bestowed oak seed..."

God gave us a seed!

The Lord of Mount Tenghuang was both excited and heartbroken, his heart bleeding. He wished he could smash his head against the wall and die. He asked painfully, "Lord of Mount Hongzhui, it's getting dark. Shall we continue?"

"nonsense!"

The leader of Red Cone Mountain said, "There's a passage over there leading to the next level. Keep digging! Dig as hard as you can!"

P.S.: It will be available for purchase on May 1st. The plan is 10 chapters. The pace will be slow, but I will try to update more frequently and speed up the process after it is released.

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