I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

The crimson clumps of fragments grew larger and larger behind Sri, and finally, as the last spider in the cave exploded, the clumps suddenly gathered together.

It coalesced into something resembling a spider doll, which was then taken into Siri's possession.

Murphy looked at the doll with a curious gaze.

But it might involve Sri's own secrets, so it didn't ask about it.

Siri noticed Murphy's gaze but didn't hide it.

He took the doll he had already bought out and tossed it to Murphy.

Then he continued to explain:

"Our faction originated in the North, where there aren't many plants and animals, so we can only study things like animal carcasses."

Siri thought of his own faction and couldn't help but feel a touch of sarcasm and sorrow.

"Heh, over time, I ended up associating with all sorts of necromancers and learned quite a bit from them."

After he finished speaking, he slightly raised his chin to indicate the doll in Murphy's hand.

"That thing was learned from necromancers. You can turn it into a spider by injecting magic into it, but it can probably only be used a few times."

Murphy shook his head, watching the little stone wobble and adjust to its new limbs as he replied.

"I have no magic."

Siri was somewhat surprised, but he simply nodded calmly and casually changed the subject.

"Does Mr. Murphy recognize this spider?"

"No, it doesn't feel like it's local," Murphy said.

"That's right. This spider must be from the north; it should be called a cave giant spider."

"Cave Spider?"

Murphy repeated the name, then asked a question in return.

"Why eat the stone man?"

However, Siri had never studied this type of spider and was naturally not very clear about it, so he could only tell the truth.

"I don't know about that, but if you're interested."

There should be other spiders like this in other caves; I can catch a few to study.

Murphy nodded, then he and Siri scanned the cave to make sure all the spiders had been killed.

We had just reached the deepest part of the cave.

In the very center of the cave floats a large cube, about 3 meters tall, with a copper-gold color and a faint golden glow.

There were also three or four darker-colored blocks piled on the ground, but all the other blocks were the same.

This is the mountain core.

Murphy breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the core at the top was still intact.

As long as the mountain core remains, this cave will not perish.

Once the higher-level stone golems return, the cave will gradually improve over time.

Murphy hoisted the three mountain cores below before leading the few survivors he had found out outside the cave.

Besides the two small stone figures that were already standing at the entrance, Lynn and Sylph were also waiting there.

When Lynn and Sylph saw the 5-meter-tall Murphy carrying three 3-meter-tall hickory nuts out, they immediately understood why Murphy had specially built two cars.

"Do you know what that thing is?"

Lynn stared at them for a long time but couldn't figure out what the three large cubes were, so he asked Sylph, who was leaning against the car door.

"Don't you know? It's an abandoned mountain core, I don't know what Mr. Murphy wanted it for. Besides growing stone golems, this thing is useless, isn't it?"

Sylph shrugged and replied indifferently.

Lynn glanced at the few small stone figures that Murphy had brought out behind him, sighed, and then asked in a low voice.

"I wonder what's going on in there, but judging from the looks of it, something must have happened in this stone golem cave?"

Sylph rolled her eyes and muttered a remark.

"Why don't you just ask directly? Stop beating around the bush."

After asking her question, she immediately turned to Sri and Murphy.

"Mr. Sri, Mr. Murphy, what happened here?"

Siri looked at Murphy and saw that Murphy didn't seem to want to explain, but also didn't seem to be unhappy.

Then I patiently offered a reminder:

"This place was attacked by cave spiders, and many stone men died. These things usually migrate and don't just eat stone men."

Why don't you check if these things have appeared in the mines of your own village?

"Wait! Let me ask you something."

Lynn's expression immediately changed, and he took out his small gemstone, which he didn't know where it came from, shook it slightly, and said with great urgency.

"This is Lynn. Call the person in charge of the mining area directly. Ah, it's me. Send someone to check it out right now."

Are there any small spider-like creatures in the cave? Ah, yes, the sooner the better, hire mercenaries if you can!

I'll reply as soon as I get a message.

After giving a few more instructions, he put down the gemstone, breathed a sigh of relief, and only asked a question after Murphy put Shanhe into the cargo box.

"Mr. Murphy, shall we go straight back to your cave, or go somewhere else?"

"Go to other caves, hmm, no, that's not right."

Murphy stopped halfway through his sentence. He suddenly remembered that many of his minerals were collected with the help of the Goblu tribe. Could it be that the spiders had also gone to that mine?

Thinking of this, it looked at Siri.

Siri clearly realized what was happening and spoke up before Murphy could even open his mouth.

"Please go and check on Mr. Gobru first."

Upon hearing the name, Lynn understood the reason after a moment's thought.

He hurriedly closed the car door and reminded Sylph, who was still looking bewildered.

"Stop standing there! Get in the car!"

"Uh, oh, okay, so what happened?"

Sylph got into the car subconsciously, relying on muscle memory, started the engine, and even drove the car two meters away.

My mind finally processed what was happening, and I asked instinctively.

Lynn was shocked to see Sylph react so quickly; before he could even fire, Sylph had already been sent flying two meters away.

I thought this person had suddenly become enlightened, but then, in a daze, he asked me, "Why do I drive?"

So, when it comes to relationships, you act first and then think, right?

"No, have you forgotten that our deal with Mr. Gobru included minerals?! There are spiders here, and there might be more in that mine over there!"

He could only curse helplessly.

"That seems to be the case! Shouldn't we hurry up and set off? Let's go!"

After saying that, Sylph was either genuinely anxious or just looking for an excuse to speed up.

Sylph suddenly sped up and sprinted away.

After seeing the two leave, Sri turned to Murphy, who was deep in thought, and asked him a question.

"Mr. Murphy, which mine are we going to next?"

However, Murphy stood there stunned, pondered for a moment, and then blurted out a strange and whimsical remark.

"This spider climbs quite fast, and it gnaws at rocks quite quickly too. Why is that?"

Siri had assumed that Murphy's silence was due to grief over the death of his companion.

However, this sentence suddenly popped up out of nowhere, leaving him momentarily confused and stunned:

"what?"

However, Murphy's eyes flashed thoughtfully, and he nodded.

This large spider can crawl through narrow caves and even carve rocks.

So, if we use a machine with the same structure, can we overcome the problem of rugged terrain?

Furthermore, if one could understand the spider's body structure, especially why it could devour the stone golem so quickly and why it needed to consume the core, that would be even more remarkable.

Maybe it can also develop a machine for mining?

Besides fuel, the materials Murphy lacked most were various kinds of mineral resources.