Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 287 Ghost Card

As Quan Momo finished speaking, the room suddenly became silent.

Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi stood up at the same time and stared at Quan Momo as if they were looking at some rare treasure.

"What... what's wrong?"

Quan Momo looked at the two people in front of him who suddenly stared at him without saying a word, shrunk and spoke hesitantly.

"You just said that there are still many Shaogang mines in this world?"

Xin Lailai took a deep breath, looked at Quan Momo, and asked in the gentlest tone possible.

"This, actually... is actually quite small. After all, it seems that there are only a few thousand tons left in total, and it is also very scattered. It will probably take a lot of time to dig..."

Quan Momo said cautiously, briefly refuting the errors in Xin Lailai's words.

After all, the density of Shaogang is actually about the same as that of Shaogang. Each meter weighs almost ten tons. If converted, it means that there are only a few hundred cubic meters of Shaogang left in the entire world. From her perspective as a professional miner, Look, this is quite pitiful.

When she first entered the world of black bombs, Xin Lailai asked her to extract a few grains of dark steel from the soil. It was not so outrageous.

The ore veins she digs are usually measured in units of 10,000 tons, okay?

"..."

After hearing Quan Momo's answer, Xin Lailai was silent for a while, and then said:

"How do you determine that there must be some remaining Shaogang in this world?"

"Well, our imprint has a wide-area investigation function, which can conduct wide-area investigation on minerals with ready-made samples. And didn't the showman give me a small sample of Taogang before..."

Quan Momo described it nervously, explaining the causes and consequences bit by bit.

To put it simply, when every official miner in Apocalypse Paradise passes the assessment, his brand will unlock a series of additional mining-related functions. Just like the pioneer brand of Sanctuary Paradise, he can create a miner that will be judged as another miner no matter how it is judged. Like the virtual identity of an independent individual, these additional functions for mining are also exclusive features of Apocalypse Paradise.

One of them is to use the ready-made samples in hand to consume a certain amount of park points, which are the same things as the park points in Apocalypse Park, to conduct a large-scale wide-area detection and quickly locate whether there is anyone in this area. Minerals to look for.

As for the detection range, according to what Quan Momo said, it is probably equivalent to the size of the entire world.

Don't think it's an exaggeration. In fact, the size of the current world is very small in the world. If it is a serious native world, even a third-order native world, the general volume can reach 5 to 10 times that of the current world. About times.

If it were the ninth-level world where Quan Momo was born, this detection range might not be as large as a medium-sized mine owned by Quan Momo's family.

According to the results of Quan Momo's detection when he was bored, in the current black bomb world, although the extraordinary minerals in most places have turned into dark steel, there are still bits and pieces of them in some inconspicuous corners. Some of the broken Shaogang ore has not been excavated.

From a proportional point of view, this point in the Shaogang Mine can be said to be unquestionable, but Quan Momo is a senior miner from Tianqi. From the time she picked up a mining shovel at the age of 12 to now, what type of mine has she not dug?

Not to mention just searching for hundreds of cubic meters of minerals within the current world. In Quan Momo's memory, she even formed a team with other miners to complete the task of digging an entire second-order world without samples. The total content is only three fist-sized pieces of ultra-rare minerals.

"Performer, you can question my strength, but you can't question my ability in mining!"

"We are professionals in mining, huh!"

Quan Momo looked at Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi who seemed to be shocked by him, confidently puffed up his chest, patted the chest that was flatter than Ling Yuzi's when he was ten years old, and said proudly.

"You're right, this is really... an unexpected surprise?"

Xin Lailai looked at the triumphant Quan Momo in front of him, and slowly put away the joy in his eyes. After calming down, he exchanged glances with Ling Yuzi and nodded together.

'Lailai, if you look at it this way, Momo...'

‘Well, I originally thought that the Starlight Pointer guided us to find her so that we could reach Leviathan smoothly. Now it seems that this is the fundamental reason why the Starlight Pointer points to her. ’

Xin Lailai said in his mind, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes when he looked at Quan Momo.

To be honest, Quan Momo has been of many uses along the way, from digging tunnels at high speeds to allow them to avoid the gastrea army in time in areas where rock magic fails, to refining minerals, detecting terrain, and pulling out various solids. A durable vehicle, an oversized storage space, and refined ultra-dark alloy...

The uses that the other party exerted were almost all areas that he and Ling Yuzi had no way to participate in. Therefore, Xin Lailai once thought that this was the purpose of the Starlight Pointer instructing them to find and protect Quan Momo.

But now that I think about it, maybe the reason why the Starlight Pointer pointed to Quan Momo was that he was asked to take out the several pieces of Tao Steel samples in his storage space for the other party to detect from the beginning. As for other things, think about it carefully. What he said is actually more of the result of the small miners themselves gaining wisdom in critical moments.

‘In this case, the plan made before will have to be changed. ’

Xin Lailai muttered to himself in his head, with a hint of thinking in his eyes.

He originally planned to let Quan Momo get as many copies of the refined ultra-dark alloy as possible in this month, but since such an unexpected surprise appeared, it was naturally impossible for Quan Momo to waste his time anymore. on top of this.

Super electromagnetic orbital weapon - ladder to heaven.

In the original book, the description of this thing is a perverted black technology that can accelerate ammunition to the sub-light speed level.

Although in fact, when used on the ground, the actual acceleration will be less than 5% of the theoretical upper limit due to various reasons, but in terms of power, this is definitely a terrifying thing that far exceeds the power of any weapon in Leviathan.

If the ladder can really be reproduced, it will definitely be of great help in defeating the Zodiac.

more importantly……

‘Even Zhizi Yingyin probably wouldn’t have thought of this stupid move, right? ’

Xin Lailai chuckled in his heart, a chilling light flowing in his dark pupils.

'But, could he have been monitoring our conversations? ’

‘Looking at it now, at least he must not have seen the content of the conversation just now, otherwise it should have appeared in front of us. ’

Xin Lailai looked around the room with his psychic field and answered in his mind.

Judging from the current contact, if Zhizi Yingyin really learned that there was still a Shaogang in the world who could make a ladder to heaven, he would not be so quiet.

'However, there was indeed some oversight just now, and she should have been allowed to speak out on the Brand Channel. ’

Xin Lailai reflected that Quan Momo's move was so sudden that he didn't even react at the first moment.

Fortunately, the other party said it during such a break. If it was at the party or the scene where he was talking to Satomi Rentaro last night, Hiroko Shadow Yin was probably monitoring them in some unknown way at that time.

Before knowing about Zhizi Yingyin and the source of the anomaly in this world, it is definitely not a wise idea to let the other party know their trump card rashly.

Thinking of this, Xin Lailai looked at the imprint interface at the edge of his sight and quickly sent a message to Quan Momo:

……

Performer: "Everything about Shao Gang will be communicated via the branding channel to prevent being overheard by Zhizi Yingyin. Do you understand?"

……

"Ding~!"

Quan Momo, who was immersed in elation, saw the message prompt that suddenly popped up. He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized something. He quickly looked around suspiciously, nodded, and edited on the branding interface:

……

Quan Momo: "Master performer, isn't that masked weirdo spying on us now?!"

Performer: "It probably won't happen now, but it might happen in the future. Also, act naturally on the surface, there's no need to look suspicious."

……

Since...naturally?

Quan Momo turned his head nervously and looked at the full-length mirror on the side. He saw himself in the mirror with a sullen face and his legs unconsciously rubbing. He looked very worried.

This...how to do this?

"Express... Mr. Performer, is this enough?"

Quan Momo had a sad face and forced himself to squeeze out a smile, which looked like he was making a face.

Xin Lailai looked at Quan Momo who was "forcing nature" in front of him, and realized that he seemed to have made an unrealistic request, so he looked at the leftovers beside him.

‘How about you come and help her? ’

'Um. '

Ling Yuzi nodded slightly, walked to Quan Momo, and stretched out his hands.

"Sister Bu... Set decorator, what's wrong?" Quan Momo looked at Ling Yuzi who suddenly walked up to him and asked in a panic.

Ling Yuzi didn't answer, but suddenly reached into Quan Momo's pajamas and started scratching the other person's armpits and waist.

"Ha...hahaha, stop...haha...stop!"

"Bu...haha...set decorator...hahaha...sister!"

When his 'vital' part was attacked, Quan Momo's smile, which was uglier than crying, was immediately broken by his body's instinctive reaction. He laughed uncontrollably and kept begging Ling Yuzi for mercy.

……

Twenty minutes later.

Wow.

The sound of pages turning was heard. In the room, Xin Lailai was flipping through the book as if nothing had happened. Ling Yuzi and Quan Momo were sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking like they were meditating.

In fact, on the imprint interface at the edge of the three people's sight, messages are constantly popping up from the communication channel:

……

Performer: "This is the plan for now. Do you remember everything clearly?"

Quan Momo: "We need to dig out all the steel without Zhizi Yingyin and Leviathan noticing, right (ω)!"

Performer: "Well, at least that's the plan in the first phase. The set designer will lead you to secretly dig up those taosteel mines hidden around the world on the pretext of collecting taosteel."

Izumi Momo: "But, Mr. Performer, why did you hide Leviathan as well? I feel like Rentaro Satomi and the sister named Sumire Muroto are not bad people, right?"

Performer: "Just in case, you are our ghost card now. Since it is a ghost card, naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better."

Quan Momo: "But if you want to make a ladder to heaven, we shouldn't be able to build it alone, right?"

Performer: "I will make my own arrangements for this when the time comes. By the way, how many Shaogang mines are there in the Americas?"

Quan Momo: "Well, let's see...it's not a lot, about a dozen tons."

Performer: "Very good, then give up the four tons near the Great Rift and avoid the Americas."

Quan Momo: "Hey, why is this (#Д)?"

Performer: "It's nothing, I just feel like something is wrong over there in the Americas. It's better to avoid it if you can."

Quan Momo: "Yeah, yeah, I'll listen to you, the great performer (｀Δ)!"

……

This should be no problem.

Xin Lailai looked at the words on the book in front of him and tapped his index finger on the table, thinking about whether there were any omissions.

Avoiding the American region was not a sudden idea, but a decision he made after careful consideration.

According to the information he learned, before the change occurred in the Black Bullet World, Zi Ziyingyin should have just gone to the Mechanized Soldier Research Institute [NEXT] run by Ayn Rand, one of the four sages in the Americas.

After that, the other party never appeared again. It was not until the human coalition destroyed the last Zodiac that it suddenly reappeared in front of the world along with the Great Rift.

In other words, in the [NEXT] branch located in the Americas, there are likely to be hidden key clues involving Zhizi Yingyin's past, or... the other party's taboos.

Normally, their purpose should be to explore the [NEXT] branch, but...

‘Lailai, it seems that Zhiziyingyin doesn’t want us to get the clues in [NEXT]? ’

‘Well, if our guess is true, then heading to the Americas rashly will probably lead to an early outbreak of war between us and the Zodiac. ’

The death of other violators was simply too simple.

According to the information that Xin Lailai has investigated in advance, theoretically speaking, among the violators who come in this time, there will be at least one more difficult violator. Specifically, there will be at least one with strength reaching White Night Contract level 15 or even Offenders above level 18.

But the fact is that except for them, none of the other two teams could leave the continent where they initially landed alive.

This made Xin Lailai have to think more, especially about the fact that the team of violators who landed in the American region were completely wiped out.

In terms of time, the team in Asia was destroyed too early. It is estimated that it did not even pass the first phase V test, so the troublesome violator is most likely not there.

In other words, if there is indeed a troublesome violator, then the other party will most likely land in the Americas.

This can also be proven by the fact that the violators in the Americas successfully passed the first time node assessment.

In this case, assuming that Zhizi Yingyin really arranged enemies of the same level as the experimental girl as a test, with the methods of the violators, the whole army would not be annihilated no matter what.

This is not because Xin Lailai deliberately exaggerated the strength of the violators, but the stratification of the strength of the violators in the second level is like this, the strong ones are extremely strong, and the weak ones are extremely weak.

Those who can pass the second update on the right will most likely pass the test of being chased by experimental girls and even the Zodiac.

Combined with the fact that there is a [NEXT] branch in the Americas, Xin Lailai has to suspect that the group of violators in the Americas may not have been simply wiped out, but the surviving violators were curious. He had a heart attack and decided to explore the secrets hidden in the [NEXT] branch.

This is not groundless speculation. If it were Xin Lailai himself, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not do this.

Especially, if the other party is someone who knows the plot of the original Black Bullet World and has come into contact with Zhizi Yingyin, it is impossible not to be interested in [NEXT] where Zhizi Yingyin once stayed.

'If this guess is true, then the person who defeated the Stage V gastrula at the level of the second one in the Americas... or the group of violators probably did not die in other origins. In the hands of intestinal animals, it was handled by Zhizi Yingyin himself. ’

‘However, the attitude currently shown by Zhizi Yingyin should be that he doesn’t want us to die for no reason, right? ’

Ling Yuzi's voice sounded, Xin Lailai nodded slightly and replied:

‘This is indeed the case. Therefore, it is possible that Zhizi Yingyin did not kill them on his own initiative, but had to kill them. Or, in other words, they made wrong choices in some key places. ’

As for what that choice is, it is naturally self-evident:

‘Zhi Ziyingyin probably doesn’t want us to explore the things in [NEXT], or in other words, prohibits us from obtaining certain answers in this way. ’

Yes, Zhizi Yingyin does not want outsiders like them to directly come into contact with the 'answer', but wants to use the process of exploring the 'answer' as a 'test'.

‘Considering the gap in hard power between the two sides, at least until we decide to go to war with the Zodiac, there is no need to touch the landmine in the Americas. ’

Xin Lailai expressed his conclusion in his mind and at the same time looked at the chat history on the imprint interface.

Perhaps this was a bit too cautious, but Xin Lailai's experiences along the way made it clear that sometimes it is better to fight the air than to rashly try certain risky options.

"Huh... It's really a headache. It would be great if the two guys, Executioner or Yamu, could come in together."

Xin Lailai gently rubbed his temples and sighed in his heart. After this period of time, he fully felt that his and Ling Yuzi's thinking ability alone was obviously not enough in many places.

After you finish opening the treasure chests dropped by killing Jisu Er and Jisu San during the day, you can rest for a while.

Xin Lailai rubbed his forehead, suppressed the sleepiness in his heart, took out the four golden treasure boxes from the storage space, and opened them casually.

The next second, a series of prompts bloomed in front of his eyes:

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[Treasure box opened (gold)]

[Treasure box opened (gold)]

[Treasure box opened (light gold)]

[Treasure box opened (light gold)]

……

　PS: I forced myself to write all the way to unboxing in one breath. I wrote 5,000 words in three hours...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)