When the adventurers hired by Jindi saw the magic-powered truck parked outside the city gate, they were all amazed.
"This is the legendary magic-powered truck … It looks great, just like a construct. It's so exquisitely made!"
As the Datang Chamber of Commerce's products had not been sold to Gris, the locals here had never seen the magic-powered vehicle series. The adventurers of Bloody Rock City had only heard about it from their peers from other cities.
The magic-powered truck's precision was far beyond their imagination. From the outside, there was nothing special about it, but this did not stop them from drooling at the sight of the magic-powered truck.
"I heard that this thing is very expensive. The price of one truck is enough to earn us a year's worth of money."
"But if you buy this thing, you can also use it to make money. If you have one, you can rent it to others or sell it yourself."
"The Datang Chamber of Commerce is really amazing. Its products are all convenient tools that can solve all kinds of problems."
"I hope this exploration of the ruins will go smoothly. When I come back, I want to buy a magic-powered truck too!"
"I heard that most of these products were conceived by Tang En Majesty. Under his rule, the Irus Empire is getting better day by day. Perhaps, compared to Stanley, he is a king worthy of being followed … "
Of course, Tang En did not know what these people were thinking. He was surprised by the dwarven engineers' modification of the magic-powered truck.
But …
Tang En moved to Jindi's side and asked, "Which one of you got a driver's license?"
Jindi's head turned. "Driver's license? What's that? "
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"Ahhhhhh —"
"Hahahahaha …"
Inhumane howls echoed in the wasteland of Gris, as well as strange and sharp laughter.
Although the magic-powered truck's suspension system was not as good as an off-road vehicle's, it was at least many times better than a horse carriage. Therefore, in this wasteland, Jindi and the other dwarves were almost stepping on the accelerator all the way.
In the wasteland, the magical beasts that had just recovered from the cold winter were so frightened that they fled in all directions. Although they were powerful, they were also afraid of unfamiliar things. And this strange iron monster was very unfamiliar, so they were also afraid!
The adventurers who were originally hired to protect the archeological team did not need to do anything at all. They did not have the ability to do anything because the crazily jolting magic-powered trucks made the adventurers feel the wonderful sensation of flying on land for the first time. They were about to throw up.
The high-speed magic-powered trucks scared the adventurers so much that their faces turned pale. They tied themselves to their seats with their seatbelts, and the weightlessness from time to time made them feel nauseous. Their stomachs were churning, and the food they had eaten in the morning could not help but surge up.
In fact, even Tang En did not feel very good at this moment. These gnomes, who had become inexplicably agitated after getting into the car, gave him a very bad premonition. He had a feeling that these few cars would end up like the Goblin Airlines, which would end up crashing and landing in the end.
Despite having lived two lives, this was the first time he felt carsick …
And what about Jindi, who was driving at this moment? Instead, his eyes were shining with excitement, and he even had the time to explain the general situation of this mission to Tang En. He did not seem to be affected by the bumpy road, and his spirit was very good.
In his words, the birth of the magic-powered cars had solved a lot of problems for the archeological team!
"This thing is really amazing, you know? Oh, you are a priest of the Church of the Earth Goddess, and you have been training hard in the forest, so you must not know about this treasure. Let me tell you, this thing is really amazing! "
Jindi kept praising the magic-powered cars, but Tang En beside him was dizzy and did not have the energy to pay attention to him. He did not expect that even with his current body, he would still be troubled by motion sickness.
"It's a pity that I heard that off-road vehicles with better performance are now only available to the military, and are not available to civilians. It would be even better if we could get our hands on an off-road vehicle!"
Jindi smacked his lips, a little unsatisfied. After a while, he talked and talked, and the topic of this mission was brought up.
Tang En forced himself to focus and get a general idea of what was going on. It seemed that this ruin exploration mission had something to do with him!
Eve's successful development had greatly increased the research progress of the Magical Engineering Research Institute. Many difficult simulation experiments had been greatly reduced after Eve's calculations. After seeing Eve's powerful functions, Klotto had the idea of using Eve to decipher the prehistoric ruins of the pygmy civilization.
The communicator that they had obtained previously and the crashed spaceship found in the crater of the Leon Empire were the two key breakthroughs. The equipment on them was relatively complete, and the communicator could still work after being activated.
But the biggest problem now was that they did not have a deep enough understanding of the prehistoric civilization. If they wanted Eve to decipher those mysteries, they would need more samples.
So, Klotto ordered the archeological teams of the pygmy kingdom to speed up and collect as many complete products of the prehistoric civilization as possible to increase the number of reference samples.
Once the total amount of information of the samples exceeded an order of magnitude, then Eve could use her powerful computing power to decipher the technology of the prehistoric civilization of the pygmies and goblins.
By then, the scientific research power of the entire Prandal would be greatly improved.
At this time, a piece of news reached Jindi's ears: a place suspected to be a prehistoric ruin had been discovered in the Gris area after the legendary spell bombardment.
So, Jindi immediately set off with his "Clockwork Spiral" archeological team. They did not have the right to use the teleportation circle, so they had to travel through the remote and dangerous old road. They set off at the beginning of the Month of Dawn and took more than a month to reach Bloody Rock City.
As the intelligence pointed out that a large number of magical beasts lived near the entrance of the ruins, Jindi, who was not strong in combat, thought of hiring humans as guards.
But this involved the problem of funds. The pygmies, who had little interaction with human society, did not have much gold coins, and could not afford to hire professional mercenaries. They wanted to find cheap and beautiful adventurers, but when they arrived, they found that they did not accept gold coins!
Yes, because the Gris Kingdom had been recovered by Tang En, it had begun to formally integrate with the Irus and started to adopt a paper currency policy!
After going to the redemption point to exchange for a stack of paper currency, Jindi was devastated to find that due to the large number of constructions in Bloody Rock City, the income of the city's residents had soared, and prices had risen. They could not hire many people with the little money they had …
In the end, they came up with a plan and decided to negotiate the payment face to face. They might even be able to cheat … and recruit a few people.
However, the adventurers were not stupid. It was true that they liked to take risks, but they were also very shrewd. They would not act unless they saw an opportunity. In the end, if it was not for Tang En's appearance that solved their dilemma, Jindi might not have been able to recruit enough people in the end.
Tang En watched the caravan move faster and faster, and could not help but ask loudly, "Where is our target?"
"Do you know Frozen Rock City?"
Jindi responded loudly, "It's the mining city where the Gris Kingdom is rich in ore!"
Of course, Tang En knew. In fact, Frozen Rock City was almost destroyed by Jean's legendary spell, Starfall, right in front of him.
Seeing Tang En nod, Jindi continued to shout, "A few months ago, a large-scale battle broke out there. The falling meteorites destroyed Frozen Rock City, including the surrounding mines!"
"After the war, some adventurers returned to the battlefield to try to find Astral Meteorite Iron. As a result, they found traces of prehistoric ruins in the collapsed mines of Frozen Rock City. After we learned of the news, we suspected that it might be the entrance to the prehistoric ruins!"
Jindi, who was holding the steering wheel, shouted to his wife in the back seat, "Mine! Map! "
Mine rummaged for a moment and threw a sheepskin scroll. Jindi caught it and threw it to Tang En, "This is the map we spent a lot of money to buy from the adventurers. Take a look first."
Tang En opened the scroll and looked at it, frowning slightly, "This map is too rough!"
Saying it was rough was a compliment. Strictly speaking, it could only be regarded as a sketch. A crooked route started from Bloody Rock City to the southwest. Along the way, it passed through several marked cities and through several jungles and canyons before finally arriving at Frozen Rock City. The route map began to change dramatically in Frozen Rock City. After circling the surroundings a few times, it went north and stopped at one of the mines around Frozen Rock City.
"Alar Iron Mine" was written on the map, and the line stopped abruptly here.
"This is obviously just a route map!"
Tang En then opened the scroll and was surprised to find that …
"That's it?"
"Yes …"
Jindi nodded a little awkwardly, "The price for the map inside the mine is too high. We don't have that much human currency, so we can't afford it …"
You must be kidding me! It doesn't matter what the situation outside is. If we know that the place is in Frozen Rock City, we can definitely find it. The key is the map from the mine to the entrance of the ruins!
Tang En, who had personally participated in the exploration of the underground world, knew very well how complicated the underground situation was. Not to mention that they were going to a collapsed mine. If they didn't understand the situation there, it was no different from courting death.
"We also wanted to find a guide, preferably a miner who had worked in the" Alar Iron Mine ", but we found that … the old miners in Frozen Rock City are all dead."
This is Jean's fault, I won't take it!
"So in the end, we can only rely on ourselves. But fortunately, with you this time, the danger will definitely be greatly reduced!"
Looking at Jindi's happy expression, Tang En really didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm …
Because he really couldn't imagine how a 10,000 year old prehistoric civilization ruins could be associated with an iron mine that took hundreds of millions of years to form …
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