The excavation went smoothly.
With the support of the goblin royal family, the camp was well prepared with food and resources. There were also hundreds of boxes of magical batteries that were used as energy sources, enough to run more than 200 construction machines continuously for a month.
More than 30 drilling machines used their high-speed rotating drills to drill a big hole in the ground mixed with sand and gravel, and then disappeared from everyone's sight. If they were lucky, they could drill over a hundred meters underground in one go. But when they reached there, there was a very high probability that they would hit the outer wall of a metal building, or directly hit a huge piece of rock that was as large as a hill …
Either way, it was not a good thing for the weak drilling machines.
Either the machine would be destroyed, or the drill would go on strike. They could only stay where they were and wait for help from above.
Of course, there were also those who were lucky enough to find a zigzagging underground space amidst the countless boulders, stone statue fragments, and parts of the metal building.
Thus, as they continued to clear the ground, the general situation of the underground space became clear.
The original Steel Capital was built on the peak of a towering mountain. Close to sixty percent of the mountain was hollowed out and transformed into underground tunnels, caverns, and secret rooms of all sizes. In order to increase their sturdiness, the Goblins had laid down a large number of metal tunnels and secret chambers that were made entirely of metal components when excavating this underground space.
Following the explosion, all of the underground tunnels were broken into countless pieces, and the metal chambers were twisted and deformed, moving in different directions.
Later, the underground space collapsed, and the mountain above along with most of the buildings in the Steel Capital collapsed. Then, they were buried under hundreds of millions of meters of soil and shattered rocks.
To be honest, if they wanted to dig out the former Steel Capital from the depths of the earth, they would have to find the things that were originally in the underground space. The difficulty was no less than digging out the entire mountain range that spanned over a hundred miles. The amount of work required was so great that it left one speechless.
But since it was a project that Grimm pushed for, the rich and overbearing goblin royal family could only grit their teeth and accept it, investing most of the forces under their control into it.
There were more than seventy thousand goblins stationed in the Goblin camp within the clear zone. Hundreds of construction machines cleared the ground day and night, pushing large amounts of junk and debris further away. In just five days, they had already dug 150 meters into the ground and cleared out tens of thousands of tons of gravel and metal fragments.
And in the center of the Goblin camp, there was a small tent that stood alone. Not a single goblin dared to approach within a hundred meters of it. Only when the excavation team discovered a strange object that they had never seen before would they send someone to invite the supervisor, Lord Bliss.
Even when he went out, he would hide himself in a thick black robe, not revealing the slightest bit of skin.
In the huge camp, apart from a few goblin commanders who knew his true identity, the rest of the goblins were completely clueless.
Bliss once again returned from the Goblin Engineering Command and sat cross-legged on his carpet. There was a fist-sized crystal ball in front of him, and there was a faint red glow.
Bliss extended his strange right hand, covered in a black carapace, and pressed it onto the crystal ball.
In the next second, a familiar spiritual consciousness flowed into his mind.
"Bliss, how are the goblins?" It was Grimm, who was far away in the Wizard World.
With the Teleportation Device and the Blazing Flame Wizard's Pagoda, the connection between the two planes was no longer a problem.
"Master, they've dug another seventeen meters underground today. However, they had encountered the remains of a giant stone statue, and were trying to pull it out after blasting it apart … Furthermore, they had also discovered a metal building roof that stretched for almost three kilometers, and they should be able to find the main body of the Steel City after its explosion soon. When the time comes, we might have some interesting discoveries … "
After listening to Blitz's report, Grim paused for a moment before asking, "What did you find on your side?"
With the cunning and suspicious nature of the Wizards, how could they pin their hopes on the goblins? That was why Grimm had stationed Bliss here. One reason was to monitor the goblins' progress, and the other was to borrow the special abilities of the Insect Lich to search for treasures underground.
"My little darlings are about to reach five hundred meters underground. Yesterday, we discovered a few metal tunnels. Today, we found an underground warehouse, but it's filled with ordinary resources. At this rate, we'll need another three or four days to reach a depth of a thousand meters. "
Hearing this answer, Grimm nodded in satisfaction, then transmitted, "The closer you get to the explosion, the more careful you have to be. Apart from the broken space in the soil, you also have to be careful of the enemy. I have a feeling that they're not completely dead yet. Once you discover any signs of life, inform me immediately, and I'll rush over as soon as possible … "
The two conversed softly for a while, and only cut off the long-distance communication after confirming that they had not missed anything.
Bliss only retracted his right hand after the red glow in the crystal ball had completely dissipated, and sat stiffly on the ground. Of course, he did not fall asleep, nor did he meditate. Instead, he immersed his consciousness into the Thorn Scorpion beneath the thick soil.
… …
In the dark soil 573 meters below Bliss, a Thorn Scorpion the size of a washbasin was using its strange instincts to push away the soil, and was working hard to dig downwards.
Under the scanning of its strange compound eyes, the soil in front of it was not completely dark. There were also countless strange substances mixed within. This included green tree branches that had not completely rotted, metal fragments that flickered with fluorescent energy, the remains of goblins, oddly shaped broken rocks, and many other broken substances that could not be identified …
The thirteen Thorn Scorpions didn't gather together and instead spread out on their own, searching through the loose earth and debris in search of a hidden passage that led downwards.
Although the original underground passage was mostly destroyed, there were still some remnants. As long as they could find them, not only would it be easy to locate them, but they could also track down some valuable targets.
However, when this Stinger Scorpion continuously dug through the earth, it suddenly stopped its movements, starting to fully sense a strange vibration that originated from the depths of the earth.
The source of the vibration was not far, only a few dozen meters away.
And from the amplitude and frequency of the vibration, it seemed … as if something was secretly digging upwards, and its speed was not slow.
This unexpected discovery immediately attracted the attention of Bliss, who was on the surface. Under his remote control, the thirteen Thorn Scorpions began to approach the source of the vibration from various angles. Before reporting to Grim, he felt that he had to find out the truth about the source of the vibration!
With a target, the digging speed would be much faster.
When they were only ten meters away from the source of the vibration, under Bliss's command, the rest of the Thorn Scorpions stopped digging and went into hiding mode. Only one Thorn Scorpion continued to move forward carefully.
Just as the Thorn Scorpion was only a meter away from the source of the vibration, a strange black claw penetrated the thick soil and grabbed it.
Shortly after, the soil exploded, and a faint light appeared.
In a narrow cave that could only accommodate one person, two tall figures, one fat and one skinny, were squeezed inside. The one that was holding the Thorn Scorpion was the sturdier one.
Grabbing the Thorn Scorpion and shaking it, the tall figure flung off the mud and dirt on its body. Without hesitation, the tall figure opened its mouth and stuffed the Thorn Scorpion into its mouth.
The Thorn Scorpion's tough, alloy-like shell was completely useless in the tall figure's mouth. Following a burst of strange kacha kacha sounds, the insect's shell ruptured, and insect blood splashed everywhere. The Stinger Scorpion was actually swallowed whole.
The Insect Lich Bliss suddenly let out a sharp hiss, feeling a sharp pain in his head.
He had a feeling that the other party had not only swallowed the Thorn Scorpion, but also the strand of mental strength that he had attached to the Thorn Scorpion.
Damn it, it's him!
Bliss endured the pain and opened the communication crystal …
…
When Grim received the news, he was actually dealing with a matter at hand.
After a long period of planning and control, he finally had some progress on the big matter that he had been plotting for a long time.
The fish had taken the bait!
Lester? Vik, the one who had left behind the origin blood and infected Mary into a foreign vampire, had finally reappeared after lying low for seventy years.
He had left the Castle of Blood in the Cadaseron region and began to frequently interfere with the local affairs of the Vic family, spending his days at noble banquets and lustful salons.
This sounded like good news. But along with the good news came a huge piece of bad news.
Unfortunately, that Lester? Vik had successfully advanced to become a Grade 2 Vampire.
Without a doubt, his status in the Vic clan had risen to the same level as several of the clan elders.
Even with Grim's strength as a Grade 2 Fire Wizard, and having advanced a few years earlier than Lester, it would not be easy to capture him. If he was not careful, even Grim might fall at his hands.
After all, the difficulty of dealing with Vampire Wizards was well-known even in the scattered Tallinn region!
But for Mary's future development, it was more important to help her undergo Blood Transfusion Rebirth as soon as possible.
Just as Grim was silently planning a plan to capture the Grade 2 Vampire Wizard, the Insect Lich Bliss who was far away in the Goblin Plane suddenly sent him a piece of shocking news.
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