Last Totem Novel - Chapter 327
Chapter 327 Mining Area
“Boss Lu, you’ve done well.” Tie Zha grinned and said.
“Brother Tie, you’ve already become a big shot. Don’t laugh at me.” Lard-bucket shook his head and said.
After the two old friends recognized each other, they sat down on the sofa in the living room. Afterwards, Tie Zha asked Giant Ahmu to call Sylman Hiros over. After all, they were from the middle of the Northern Wilderness. Even if they didn’t know each other, they could still be considered fellow countrymen.
A moment later, the four of them opened a bottle of wine and asked the chef in the restaurant to bring some food over. They drank around the coffee table and talked about the past.
During the banquet, Lu Shanhai recalled the past three years ago …
At that time, Tie Zha entrusted him to contact the head of the Xerox Clan and said that a noble girl from Silver City 17 had lost her way and wanted to find someone to send her home. Although he agreed, because his status was too low, he could not contact Layton directly, so he could only take a step back and look for Eldest Young Master Hillman. But when he went to Syros Manor, he heard Steward Song say that Hillman had gone to Northwest City. He had no choice but to take another step back and explain the reason, wanting Steward Song to introduce Layton to him on his behalf. However, Steward Song did not agree. He said that there was no need to bother Master with such a small matter. Just let Steward Song handle it. At that time, he didn’t know what was going on, so he agreed to it obsessively. Unexpectedly, that fellow had already been bribed by the people of Silver City 13 …
“Do you know who that noble girl was back then?” Hillman took a sip of wine and asked with a smile after listening to Lard-bucket’s narrative.
“Who else can he be? Isn’t he just a noble?” Lard-bucket asked. However, just as he finished speaking, he discovered that Tie Zha and Giant Ah Mu were smiling at him without saying a word. He immediately frowned and carefully recalled …
“Mm … milky white skin, dark brown pupils, silver hair …” Thinking of this, he seemed to have caught something, but he couldn’t remember.
“Who is the owner of this stronghold?” Hillman prompted when he saw that Lard-bucket was worried and racking his brains.
“Silver-haired … Silver-haired nobles … Silver-haired … Lombar …” Thinking of this, Lard-bucket couldn’t help but cry out, “Princess Temple!” As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth in horror. In the next moment, cold sweat broke out on his broad forehead and dripped down his face.
“Brother Tie, save me” Not long after, the shrewd Lard-bucket figured out the link and pleaded with Tie Zha. He estimated that Tie Zha’s status today was bestowed by the Temple Princess.
“The past is over, but …” Tie Zha comforted, then changed the topic and added, “It is said that she remembers her enmity …”
“Brother Tie, I was wrong. If you want to blame me, then blame the eldest young master of the Xi Luo Clan. What a misdemeanor. Why would he go to the Northwest?” Lard-bucket hurriedly shrugged.
“Hey hey hey hey … this friend, don’t drag your own mistakes onto me.” Hillman said with a stern expression as he pushed Lard-bucket.
“Anyway” Tie Zha glanced at them and concluded, “It’s both your problem.”
“Brother Tie, don’t …” “What does it have to do with me!” Lard-bucket and Hillman shouted at the same time.
Seeing this, Giant Ah Mu laughed foolishly …
About half an hour later, the four of them were drunk to a certain extent. Lard-bucket took the opportunity to pull Tie Zha and sincerely said, “Brother Tie, you are a big shot now. Take care of your brothers and do more business.”
“What do you want to do?” Tie Zha asked casually.
“Didn’t you guys run out of dense silver ore? Leave the dismantling work to me. I guarantee that it will be done beautifully for you.” Lard-bucket patted his chest and said.
“Alright, as long as you can do it, I’ll give it to you.” Tie Zha said generously.
“Thank you, Brother Tie! Thank you!” Lard-bucket’s expression froze as he said seriously.
Tie Zha had always been a man of his word. After drinking, he waved his hand and said, “Let’s go and see the silver mine.”
After leaving the office, Tie Zha and Hillman put on their power armor and drove by Giant Amu. The four of them left the castle and headed in the direction of the silver mine.
After driving on the cliff for a while, the road gradually narrowed and the street lights became thinner and thinner. Moments later, with the last street lamp gone, only the jeep headlights and the specks of light on the cliff remained in the world.
Endless darkness was the true face of the Bottomless Abyss.
More than ten minutes later, a series of mechanical rumbles could be heard in front of him. After a while, the jeep drove into an intersection. Looking around, one could see a steel factory with high chimneys built on the steep slope of the cliff ahead. At this moment, in the dim light, circles of pitch black smoke were emitting from the chimney. It was the ore refinery that belonged to Meditator Stronghold.
“Brother Tie, since we’re here, let’s go take a look.” Lard-bucket suggested, pointing to the factory not far away. He thought about visiting the factory to see if there was anything suitable for them.
“Alright.” Tie Zha said straightforwardly. Since childhood, Lu Shanhai could be said to be his best friend, second only to Old Niu. Although he was not as reliable as Old Niu in his work, there were many strange ideas. Moreover, Lard-bucket had his own ways of dealing with the human world, so he could be considered a rare talent. Now that he had a corresponding position, he might as well help his old friends to lay the foundation for his future.
A few minutes later, the jeep drove into the refinery gate. As soon as the current factory director heard that the person in charge of the popular Thinker Stronghold was visiting, he hurriedly ran out with all the management to personally welcome them.
Afterwards, under the gathering of the factory director, the director of technical department, the director of safety, the chief financial officer, Tie Zha and the others walked into the refining workshop and began to visit.
“This is the Secret Silver Ore Calciner” The factory director pointed at a dozen workers and said, The big stove that was busy with the work introduced, “Here, the Mithril Mine will perform the first step of separation to remove silicon and other impurities, and the heat generated by the furnace will be transferred to the distillation chamber …” The factory director pointed at a steel boiler several meters tall along a heat transfer pipe. Then, he said, “The distillation chamber will dissociate the spirit stone ore for a second time to form crude liquid psionic energy …” The captain followed another smaller pipeline and pointed to a smaller iron container, an oil tank beside it, and the workers who were transporting it. He continued to explain, “Because of the high toxin content of crude liquid psionic energy, we have to ship it back to the biochemical pharmaceutical plants in the Central Continent for microbiological dissociation before it can be used to make gatectic …”
An hour later …
After visiting the workshop, the four of them arrived at the factory office. After a brief explanation from the factory director, Tie Zha learned that only rough machining could be carried out here, the main purpose of which was to reduce transportation costs. After all, the journey was long and dangerous. They could only refine the ore initially, reduce its volume and weight, and then transport it back to Silver City World for further processing.
After introducing the situation of the factory, The director took out a few more pieces that were dark on the surface. However, under the light, there was a flicker of silver in the Secret Silver Ore. “Lord Wilderness Knight, look, the quality of these Mithril ores is getting worse and worse, and the content of Mithril is also getting lower and lower. If I’m not mistaken, our Mithril veins will dry up in two months, so we have to mine new mines as soon as possible, or else there will be a fault in the production of the factory,” he said to Tie Zha. “As a result, some of the workers have nothing to do and their overall benefits have declined. However, it is not easy to dismiss these workers. After all, there are not many skilled technicians willing to work in the Abyss, so it is more difficult to hire them …”
After listening to the situation report, Tie Zha nodded, indicating that he knew. Then he got up and took his men out of the factory and boarded a jeep to inspect the silver mine.
About forty minutes later, Tie Zha and the others arrived at the Mithril Mining Area along the rugged mountain path. The person in charge of the mine personally received them and pointed at the cave on the cliff, which stretched for several kilometers. “This is a landslide area. Stones mixed with soil require a large number of I-beams to support the cave for further mining.”
Then, he pointed to some dimly lit caves and said, “Most of these caves have been exhausted, and some of them have tailings. After the full mining is done, we will ask someone to recycle the I-bar for the next mine.”
“What is the density of the soil here and the collapse rate of the abyss?” After the person in charge of the mining area finished speaking, Lard-bucket continued to ask. The former immediately looked at Tie Zha with an inquiring gaze. After obtaining his consent, he replied, “The density is 0.97. The rate of collapse of the abyss is 3.69 per 10,000.”
“The collapse rate is very low.” Lard-bucket couldn’t help but sigh.
“For the mining area, it’s not low anymore.” The person in charge of the mining area frowned as he looked at the former and said. A collapse rate of 3.69 per 10,000 meant that 30 to 40 skilled miners would die every year.
Realizing that his words were inappropriate, Lard-bucket immediately laughed and patted his head. “Sorry, we scrap miners aren’t that sensitive to the collapse rate.” Hearing what he said, the person in charge of the mining area immediately shook his head and said modestly, “I don’t know if you guys are engaged in the demolition of the mining area. I misunderstood. I should be the one to apologize.” Remember, the dismantling of scrap mines can be more dangerous than digging. The slightest carelessness would cause the entire demolition team to be buried alive. This was not only a technical job, but also a desperate job. The danger was no less than fighting on the battlefield.
Next, Tie Zha asked the person in charge of the mine to take Lard-bucket around to find out about the situation here and instructed, “They will be responsible for the follow-up demolition work.”
“Yes, my lord.” The person in charge of the mine, dressed in a one-piece sling uniform, dark skin and a yellow miner’s lamp helmet, bowed deeply to Tie Zha and responded.
“Dudu … Dudu … Dudu … Dudu … Dudu … Dudu … Dudu … Dudu …”
Not long after Lard-bucket and the person in charge of the mine left, Tie Zha’s communicator suddenly rang. He picked up the voice and heard Jerome’s calm voice.
“Boss, the Dawn Expeditionary Army sentry post found traces of a red Abyss Great Devil. I’m asking for your advice.”
“Wait for me to take a look.” Tie Zha replied, then hung up and left Giant Ah Mu in the Mithril Mining Area. Hillman was in charge of driving the car and drove towards the coordinates of the outpost sent by Jerome.