Thud!
Heidou landed squarely on his rear, kicking up a puff of dust.
Exhausted from his bout of diarrhea, he didn't even have the strength to cry out in pain. He watched with wide eyes as Chen Yu ran to the ice crystal ore, a beam from his wristband locking onto it and absorbing it. Then, Chen Yu trotted away.
"You said we were brothers, like limbs!"
"You just tossed my arms and legs aside, are you even human?"
Gulp!
As he shouted, Heidou's face contorted, his legs clamping together.
"Damn it, here we go again!"
Having obtained the ice crystal ore, Chen Yu sprinted towards the smelting area.
"Be careful, water, quick, get water!"
Er Gou, overseeing the smelting area from outside, shouted continuously. Chen Yu, frowning slightly, looked at the few kobolds lying on the ground outside.
"What's wrong with them?"
"Camp Master~" Er Gou, hearing the call, suddenly turned his head and then spoke with a slight frown, "The temperature in the smelting area is too high. The employees here have been working in high-temperature environments for a long time and are not used to it. Don't worry, this kind of thing happens often. They'll be fine as long as they rest and replenish fluids."
Chen Yu's brow furrowed.
As expected—
The smelting area, a high-temperature work zone, would definitely require improvements. Already, some kobolds were showing symptoms. While it seemed they could recover with rest and fluids now, in the long run, it might lead to serious illness.
Licking his lips, Chen Yu's expression turned serious as he walked into the smelting area. Er Gou, who had been calling for nearby kobolds to help, hurried after Chen Yu as he saw him enter.
"Camp Master!"
The smelting area.
In fact, since the construction of the smelting area, Chen Yu had never truly entered the internal area. He occasionally just looked from the periphery, and even then, the intense heat made him quite uncomfortable.
Now that he had truly entered the smelting area.
Waves of heat washed over him.
After a few steps, he couldn't help but feel dry-mouthed and parched, as if all the moisture in his body had been evaporated by the heat. His blood felt restless.
It was hard to imagine.
These kobolds had been working in such an environment all along.
Temperature control was essential.
"Camp Master!"
Er Gou, who had been following behind, caught up, sweat streaming down his body. He said solemnly,
"You should go out quickly. The temperature here is too high. Human physique is much weaker than that of beastmen. You cannot stay in such a high-temperature environment for a long time."
Just as Er Gou urged him, he saw Chen Yu suddenly squat down.
A stone emitting cold air landed on the ground.
The cold air spread.
As the stone landed, the heat from the furnace area and the cold air from the stone seemed to be competing for territory. The ground, which had just formed frost, instantly melted into water droplets, turning into vapor.
"Hiss!"
Chen Yu, standing beside the ice crystal ore, gasped as the steam scalded him, and he took half a step back.
"Camp Master!"
Er Gou cried out in alarm and pulled Chen Yu back.
Chen Yu's arm.
It was red from the steam. Er Gou's eyes widened, but he noticed Chen Yu's gaze was fixed on the ore on the ground.
"Camp Master, your arm..."
"Don't worry about it." Chen Yu raised his hand, his eyes already locked onto the ore. "Er Gou, take a look for me. Has that ore not melted, and is it still emitting cold air?"
"Yes~"
Er Gou glanced at it and smiled.
"Camp Master, where did you get this ore? It's quite interesting. If there were more of this stuff, perhaps it could help cool down our smelting area."
"You're right, I want to cool down the smelting area."
"Huh?!"
"Now, tell all the kobolds in the smelting area to stop." Chen Yu stared intently at the ice crystal ore thrown not far away. "The smelting area is going to be revolutionized!"
Chen Yu's face was filled with joy.
His previous concern was that the ice crystal ore would melt in the high temperature of the smelting area. Seeing that the ice crystal ore was still intact made him overjoyed.
Chen Yu ran out excitedly. Er Gou, standing behind him, raised his arm and shouted.
"Camp Master, your arm..."
"So stupid."
Chen Yu, his mood greatly improved after leaving the smelting area, tapped his own head.
"Ice crystal ore, it's ore, not ice, how could it melt so easily?" waр.kanshu伍.net
He tapped his wristband.
Flipping through his friend list, he found Jiang Yaqing's chatbox and initiated a video call.
About half a minute later—
"Boom!"
Before the video even appeared, the sound of cannons was incessant.
Immediately, Jiang Yaqing appeared in the wristband's projection. She was in a vast, snow-covered ice plain, with two cannons firing furiously towards the distant ice crystal mountain range.
Boom!
Boom!
A barrage of cannon fire.
Jiang Yaqing covered her ears, tightening her clothes.
It was evident that her environment was indeed harsh. She exhaled misty breath, frost clinging to the tips of her hair, and her nose, ears, and small face were all tinged red with cold.
However, her eyes were exceptionally bright, filled with excitement.
"Chen Yu!"
"I was just about to look for you!"
"Can you lend me two more cannons? These things are incredibly useful for mining. They're much faster than me banging away with a pickaxe."
"As they say, technology changes lives. This is indeed much more efficient than manual labor."
"Hey, how many more do you have? Lend them all to me!"
Jiang Yaqing had her hands tucked into her sleeves. She snuffled as she spoke, but completely disregarded her goddess image, using her sleeve to wipe her nose and then sniffing.
"You're trying to freeload from me again!" Chen Yu frowned.
"Oh dear!"
Jiang Yaqing in the projection clicked her tongue.
"I'm not not going to return them, I'm just borrowing them. I'll pay you rent, 5 million resources per cannon per day, is that acceptable?"
"Pay up!"
Ding.
You have received a gift from Jiang Yaqing.
8400 All-Element Fragments.
"The rest is my tip to you. Hurry up and send me two cannons. The sooner I finish mining, the sooner I can leave. I don't want to stay in this godforsaken place." Jiang Yaqing said, wiping her nose with her sleeve.
"Tsk, didn't you say you wanted to be the Ice Queen earlier?"
Chen Yu teased, and then gifted her two more cannons.
"Be careful. Your environment there is special. If you mine incorrectly, it could cause landslides or avalanches. Don't focus too much on efficiency and neglect safety."
"I'm better at this than you. I have a background in demolition. You can just watch."
Jiang Yaqing pouted. Upon receiving the two cannons, she instinctively wanted to end the video call. Then she suddenly remembered that Chen Yu had initiated the call and said,
"I haven't asked yet. What did you want to talk to me about? If you have something to say, hurry up and say it, I'm busy mining!"
At this moment, Jiang Yaqing's expression was as excited as it could be.
A mining vein.
No one was competing with her.
Every cannon shot she fired brought in a large sum of income. Although she didn't know the exact value of the ice crystal ore, she had the illusion of making a fortune every day.
"How much ice crystal ore have you mined?"
"Ah!?" Jiang Yaqing blinked in surprise, then said, "I've only fired a few shots, and I've mined about 8000 units. What's wrong?"
"Give it all to me."
"Huh?"
"What are you saying 'huh' for?" Chen Yu, imitating Jiang Yaqing's earlier impatience, said, "I said give it all to me. Hurry up... I need to cool things down urgently."
"Cool things down?" kanδん
Jiang Yaqing craned her neck, tilting her head. Vaguely, she thought she saw some smoke and fire behind Chen Yu in the projection.
"Did you go into the Flaming Mountain?"
"What Flaming Mountain are you talking about? Aren't you in a hurry to mine? Don't be so talkative!" Chen Yu raised his hand and stretched it towards Jiang Yaqing in the projection.
"Quick, the ice crystal ore, give it to me!"
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