Now that his interests were involved, Paul was uncharacteristically aggressive. He immediately stood up and sneered, "Don't worry, I won't let you off so easily.
"What about us? Did we attack the One-Horned Flying Ants? Is there a problem? Are these One-Horned Flying Ants your relatives? Can't we touch them? "
Paul's current body actually had an incomparably swift and fierce aura! Sheyan had even seen this aura on Zi before. It was obvious that Paul's hidden strength was not simple at all.
Aldaris picked up on Paul's words and said lazily, "Don't worry.
"After we heard the news of the death of two of our companions last night, we were very sad and indignant. We were so sad that we couldn't even sleep, so we agreed to come here to avenge them. Because this matter was too dangerous, we decided that the three of us would bear the danger alone. Now that we've succeeded in avenging them, aren't you happy at all?"
If Paul's words were a bit aggressive, Aldaris's words were more like a kind of bitter sarcasm that made people speechless!
However, Sheyan did not add fuel to the fire. Instead, he spoke in a timely manner.
Instead, he said, "Thanks to the fierce battle yesterday, the number of these damn One-Horned Flying Ants was greatly reduced. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to kill the remaining male ants and the ant queen."
Sheyan's words immediately attracted the attention of the rest of the party members to the ant queen. Even Azsa could not help but exclaim in surprise, "That's right.
"You actually managed to kill the ant queen?"
Sheyan smiled and said, "It was just a fluke.
"I was just lucky. The body is over there."
There was no doubt that this answer immediately caused the rest of the party to feel a chill in their hearts. Their evaluation of Sheyan's combat ability immediately rose by a notch. They thought to themselves, 'Sure enough, they have the right to be arrogant.'
Sheyan then noticed that these temporary companions of his looked exhausted and injured. He immediately deduced something and smiled. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Paul quarreling with Ronnie again. "That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.
"You said we took advantage of the situation? No sense of teamwork? Very well! Excuse me, when you sneaked out last night, where was your sense of teamwork? You thought your actions were very secretive, didn't you? You wanted to take advantage of the time when the One-Horned Flying Ants suffered heavy losses and powerful foreign creatures had yet to arrive to hunt on the plains. Did you think of us at that time? "
Sheyan could tell from the Cockatrices he had hunted before that even low-level creatures on Uplos could be very valuable. For example, the Cockatrices were not very powerful creatures, but their petrification ability was quite rare, so their spoils of war were very valuable.
Last night, both sides had their own ulterior motives. It looked like they were sleeping in the camp, but in fact, they had sneaked out. However, one side had been scared out of their wits by the One-Horned Flying Ants, so they could only choose to attack the relatively weaker creatures. The other side had adopted a reverse thinking approach and faced the difficulties head-on because they believed that the enemy had become a paper tiger …
Fortunately, luck favoured both sides at the same time, so it seemed that both sides had a good harvest. But there was no doubt that after the two MTs returned triumphantly this morning, they wanted to use the bountiful harvest just now to establish their prestige among the party and show that "Follow me and you'll get candy", but they found that the opposing party was also not in the camp. They had probably gone out to hunt as well.
There was no doubt that the resentment in their hearts was almost tangible at this moment. Those who wanted to show off felt as uncomfortable as if they had swallowed a fly.
When these people saw the Queen Ant's corpse and, of course, the Pi ores that were being purified, their complicated feelings were instantly sublimated. The feeling of wanting to show off their wealth, only to find that the other party's hair was thicker than their thighs, was like slapping themselves hard in the face.
The MTs were, of course, jealous and angry, while Dardanian and the other neutral guys who chose to follow the MTs were full of annoyance. They could not help but think, "If I had shown my goodwill to these people last night, would I have a share of the Pi ores being purified now?"
There was no doubt that after this incident, the prestige of the MTs was once again weakened. But when both sides fell into an awkward silence, Sheyan, who was aware of the danger of this world, took the initiative to show his goodwill.
"Actually, we've also found a medium vein of Pi ores in the depths of the ant nest. If it's convenient, you'd better record it. That way, your evaluation will increase when you return."
Sheyan's goodwill undoubtedly eased the awkward atmosphere. After all, the vein was hidden ten kilometers underground. If Sheyan did not mention it, no one would know about it, so the other contestants had to accept his kindness. For Sheyan, this kind of thing that was beneficial but not costly to ease the tense atmosphere could also help the temporary team gain some cohesion.
At least on one point, Sheyan and the two MTs had the same goal, and that was, the team could not be disbanded before they achieved their goal. In order to achieve this goal, the disbandment of the team could be used as a threat at certain times.
This situation sounded strange and even awkward, but it was a true portrayal of Sheyan's current situation.
After nearly three hours, all eight pieces of Pi ores were finally extracted. The extracted Pi element was only about the size of a fingertip. It appeared grey under the sun, but in the dark, it appeared gold.
If he held it in his palm and observed it carefully, he would even feel that it was like fine sand floating in the air, as if it could be blown away with a single breath. It was an existence between a solid state and a gaseous state. However, if he pinched it with his fingers, the solid and reliable feeling that came from his skin clearly told him that it was a piece of solid metal.
No one could give an answer to this strange phenomenon that was completely different from the sense of touch, but it also directly led to the fact that it was impossible to find a fake Pi element. Perhaps this was why it was so valuable.
Since the trio had already pointed out the mineral veins and expressed their goodwill, they had also proved their strength. Therefore, the others treated them with a lot more respect.
While they were waiting for the ores to be extracted, the unwilling contestants turned the ant nest upside down again. They even went to the place where the mushroom rock collapsed and searched the collapsed nest of the worker ants. In the end, Azsa was pleasantly surprised to find a piece of 3% Pi ore. It was probably the collection of a certain worker ant.
After ascertaining that there were no more treasures here, Sheyan proposed to leave this place as soon as possible. Because soon, those valiant creatures would realize that this place had actually become a vacuum zone. The deterrent force entrenched here had vanished. If they did not leave as soon as possible, they might have to face multiple terrifying creatures, and each of these terrifying creatures should be on the same level as the entire One-Horned Flying Ant colony …
There was no doubt that the creature that could tear the Ferocious Wolverine apart alive was one of them. Even Ronnie, who liked to play the devil's advocate, turned pale when he thought of this. He supported Sheyan's proposal.
They started walking towards the west side of the mushroom rock. There was a deep canyon there with a long river flowing through it. Sheyan's suggestion was to enter the canyon and follow the river. This would undoubtedly save them a lot of time on the way and save them a lot of unnecessary trouble. More importantly, places like canyons were often rich in minerals, so there was a higher chance of finding Pi ore there. The contestants had detectors. If they sailed in the canyon, it would be equivalent to increasing the detection area.
The party quickly accepted Sheyan's proposal, but some people doubted that there might be no monster attacks in the water. If the ship was attacked and capsized, it would be even more difficult to deal with than if it were on land. But at this time, Pokan stepped forward and supported Sheyan's decision.
"Leave that to me. Even if the ship capsizes, as long as we're no more than 50 meters away from the shore, I can create a temporary bridge for everyone to escape to the shore."
Now that the biggest hidden danger had been eliminated, there was nothing more to say. They had to make the best use of their time. The group of people moved quickly. After cutting down a lot of trees, they tied them into a huge raft and began to enter the canyon.
This canyon looked like a deep scar on the plains, appearing very abrupt. From the top of the canyon to the bottom, there was at least a hundred meters of drop, but because of the water's moisture, the surrounding plants appeared to be more luxuriant.
After the contestants found a suitable place to enter the bottom of the canyon, they found that due to the lack of light, grayish-black moss had grown on the rock walls. There were also many fungus-like plants growing there. They looked like mushrooms, but they were very large in size. A slight touch would cause a lot of spores to fall down. Plus, there was often an updraft in the canyon, so it looked like clouds and mist rising in the air.
The botanist Dardanian warned that these spores might be dangerous and should not be touched. But Sheyan noticed that there were large marks on the edges of some mushrooms, as if they had been gnawed by some creatures. He could only hope that these seemingly vegetarian creatures would be friendly, but his rationality told him that this was probably just an illusion. (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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