Chapter 260 A Sign

"All construction team members, assemble immediately and prepare to enter the ruins for reconnaissance! The target is a black stone! As soon as you discover its existence, report to me immediately!" With Wang Baixiang's order, the entire work team sprang into action.

Hundreds of people flooded into the ruins, and Wang Baixiang replaced the previous [Investigate the Truth, Clean Up the Ruins] task with [Search for Metal-like Ore]!

Wang Baixiang carefully placed the black stone in his hand and continued to move forward.

As the person in charge of this team, he couldn't stand idle while everyone else was working.

He was currently closest to the center of the mountain. After walking only four or five steps forward, he discovered another black stone, about the size of a thumb, in the pile of rubble beneath his feet.

Immediately afterward, his communicator started ringing incessantly.

"Found three black stones!"

"Found one, about the size of a basketball. Damn, how is this thing so heavy?"

"I found a few too..."

Good news kept coming from all directions, and Wang Baixiang's mood soared.

This discovery indicated that the existence of black metal ore was definitely not an isolated case, but a genuine product of this mountain!

He quickened his pace.

The deeper he went into the ruins, the closer he got to the center of the mountain, the greater the quantity and frequency of these black metal ores.

At first, one would appear every two or three meters, then basically one every step. Further in, near the center of the mountain, the number of ordinary rubble and black metal ore was practically equal!

Looking around, the center of the mountain ruins had become a black ocean!

Wang Baixiang stood in the middle of the black ocean, laughing like a madman, like a starving man seeing the most delicious food...

...

Li Tianran received the news as soon as he returned to Raging Breath Island: a construction team had discovered that a long-vanished ore had reappeared on Blue Star.

Although he had absolute control and surveillance over Raging Breath Island, he hadn't paid much attention to the collapse of a hill on the island.

Although Raging Breath Island was still nominally an island, its size, after the last expansion, was comparable to a medium-sized country. Even Li Tianran couldn't possibly monitor every change across millions of square kilometers of territory.

So, he was quite surprised and delighted when the news reached him.

He immediately had someone bring him the black ore and analyzed it. After analysis, Li Tianran confirmed that this thing contained a brand-new metal, completely different from any known metal on Blue Star.

Even Nilason didn't recognize what this metal was or what properties it had!

Upon hearing this news, Li Tianran immediately thought of the Great Destruction that the Gale Apostle had mentioned to him before.

After each Great Destruction, new resources would emerge on Blue Star. Countless years had passed since the ancient civilizations' last Great Destruction, and their full-scale resurgence had exceeded twenty days. The sudden appearance of this metal ore might be a sign.

It represented that, in the coming period, Blue Star would enter a peak period of resource emergence!

The ancient civilizations of the past had gradually increased their level of civilization by relying on successive resource emergence periods. This time, if he could seize the opportunity, Li Tianran was confident that he could completely elevate his power to the extreme!

To this end, he specifically summoned the Gale Apostle to ask if it was familiar with this metal, and for more information about the Great Destruction and the resource emergence period!

Although Nilason was also a creature of ancient civilization, the Triangular Tower Clan had experienced fragmentation after all. Its knowledge of certain things might not be as extensive as that of the Gale Apostle, who had existed since the birth of ancient civilization!

The Gale Apostle looked at the metal ore in its hand, and its heart was churning and roaring.

"Damn it, why! Why is this resource emergence period happening at this time?"

"Why not wait until Li Tianran and the ancient civilizations are fully at war?"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"The emergence of these precious new resources represents unlimited hope! If I could obtain some, I might be able to rise again and lead my clan back to its peak!"

"But why? Why are they appearing at this time? I have no power to compete for them now. All the resources will be unrelated to me!"

The Gale Apostle was roaring angrily in its heart, but its expression didn't change at all, still appearing extremely calm.

When faced with Li Tianran's questions, its tone was equally indifferent: "Every Great Destruction brings about a period of resource surge. During this period, Blue Star will see many resources that it never possessed in the past, such as certain special metals, rare earths, and even medicinal plants and special magnetic field forces."

"This is just the most basic thing that appears during a resource emergence period."

The Gale Apostle held the metal ore in the palm of its hand and squeezed it hard, finding that it didn't deform in any way.

Its hardness also seemed to be very high.

No, to be precise, it wasn't high hardness, but rather that this stone seemed to have a characteristic of absorbing and dissolving power. After the Gale Apostle's power was injected into the ore, it was diluted and dissolved by a magical property!

It was like trying to squeeze a shelled egg. It was obviously very fragile, but an ordinary adult would find it difficult to crush, because its special eggshell structure formed a shape that could evenly distribute the force.

And the special properties inside this ore were the same.

It clearly didn't look that tough, but it was able to remain motionless under the Gale Apostle's power, without even a grain of sand crumbling!

If these metals could be perfectly extracted, they would be the best material for making new armor and the outer defensive layers of ships!