Li Wenxi said that she found something strange in the mine, which made Xu Xin instantly interested.

"I went to mine saltpeter and black gold this time, but unexpectedly, a cave that didn't exist before appeared in the black gold mine!"

Isn't this similar to his experience?

"What is your hole like? Is it very deep and you can't see the bottom, and the soil at the entrance of the hole is light red?" Xu Xin asked.

"Yes, yes, and there is white light deep in the cave!" Li Wenxi's eyes lit up, and she sat up from the back of the cow, "How do you know? Have you encountered such a hole?"

"Well, I have them here too, and here..."

Xu Xin told Li Wenxi about the vines coming out of the cave and the strange smell.

"Will vines emerge?" Li Wenxi was stunned, "Isn't that something that only happens outside the protected area?"

It seems that nothing like this happened to Li Wenxi. Sure enough, that hill is special.

"I don't know what's going on." Xu Xin sighed, wondering why he always encountered such strange things.

"Oh, then you can't mine salt mines?" Li Wenxi said with some sympathy, "It's miserable, but it's okay. Others have discovered the salt mines now. They can't refine salt. You can get it from them.

Buy a salt mine.”

"I picked a lot before, and it's enough for the time being." Xu Xin did not continue the topic, but asked, "How big is your hole? Does it have a weird smell?"

"Hmm..." Li Wenxi thought for a while and said, "It's about one or two meters in diameter. It's really very deep. It's like a well without a manhole cover. As for the smell... I'm not sure. It shouldn't be there, right? It turns out that the mine is

The smell in the cave is not good either, the metallic rust smell of the black gold nuggets is too strong.”

"Then did you see anything that looked like red gas?"

"Red gas? Hmm... No, there shouldn't be, but this time it was strange. Not long after mining, I started to feel a little dizzy. I quickly finished mining and left." She frowned as she spoke.

"But after I came out, I stopped feeling faint."

This dizzy feeling was probably caused by inhaling that weird gas. Li Wenxi didn't smell it, maybe it was just because the smell was masked by the metallic smell.

Xu Xin told Li Wenxi his conjecture and warned her that if she wanted to enter that cave to mine again in the future, she had better be prepared first, otherwise problems might occur.

"Oh, good! My head was swollen at that time, as if something was about to jump out of my head. Now I think about it, it is indeed very dangerous." Li Wenxi was also a little scared, "Fortunately, I mined enough ore this time, and it triggered

That’s enough… enough for us to use for a while!”

She seemed to have said something strange, but Xu Xin pretended not to hear.

But since the situation is not unique to his side, it seems that these bottomless caves that appear inexplicably are indeed related to the second stage.

"Xu Xin, now that I have A Niu, my mining and quarrying efficiency has been greatly improved. Do you think I should open my mines to the outside world?" Li Wenxi asked with a somewhat tangled expression.

"If you can take care of it, open it up. You can also collect some resources from them that you don't have."

"Well, but you basically gave me all the resources I wanted, including weapons, armor, and ingredients. I seem to be lacking everything."

"You can exchange them for the things in the points mall. Those things are very useful." Xu Xin suggested. The things in the points mall, even the very cheap green-level fertilizers, are very effective and can make green-level plants grow faster.

grow.

There are also those weird things, most of which are quite attractive.

"...That makes sense. I also have a lot of iron ore resources now. If you want, you can sell iron to others, but you will get a piece of the pie." Li Wenxi lay down on the back of the cow again.

"If you can provide that much iron, I'll have no problem."

After hanging up the video call, Xu Xin opened the regional channel.

On the regional channel, a few people also discovered bottomless caves. However, because only a few people discovered it, it didn't attract everyone's attention.

There is actually a discussion within [Explorer].

Zhao Xiaochuan: "What do you think is in this cave? It's so deep, and there's light underneath!"

Ji Chaoyang: "The soil next to the hole is gray-grade contaminated soil. I'm afraid some not-so-good things will come out of it. It's better for everyone to find a way to block it."

Wen Guixin: "Why didn't I find the hole you mentioned?"

Li Wenxi: "I also discovered it. It was in the mine I went to. There was absolutely nothing like it before."

Qin Yunlong: "This sudden hole is most likely related to the mutated monster."

Xu Xin asked: "Have you ever seen monsters outside the protected area appear in the protected area?"

"No."

"No."

Xu Xin was thoughtful and did not continue to ask.

Forget it, let's go take a look after dark. Now let's continue carving and improve the decoration of the tree house.

Picking up the carving knife, Xu Xin concentrated on carving on the red (blue) crystal.

Let’s carve out a breast this time.

Before, he was always immersed in sculpture or painting, which made him feel that time passed quickly, and an hour or two would pass by without even realizing it.

But this time, it was unusual.

After only carving for a few minutes, he frowned and stopped what he was doing.

no.

He seems to be unable to carve on blue-level materials, nor can he create blue-level carvings.

The process of carving was too difficult, and he seemed to have returned to the person he was when he didn't get the artist contract and knew nothing about carving.

Proficiency.

This should be the reason.

His sculpting skills are not yet proficient enough to handle blue-level materials. The hardness and texture of blue-level materials are completely different from those of green-level materials, and he cannot control them now.

He actually still has a purple-level crystal in his hand, but now even the blue-level crystal can't be dealt with, let alone the purple-level crystal.

Valley

Putting away the blue-level crystal, Xu Xin took out a piece of green-level crystal and started carving.

This time it was very smooth, and he quickly became immersed in it.

With the full mental energy given to him by the orange (blue), this small carving was completed very smoothly.

[It is detected that the cheetah red crystal carving (green) is placed in the tree house, the tree house decoration degree is 10, the current tree house decoration degree: 116.4]

Putting the small carving on the bookshelf, Xu Xin nodded with satisfaction.

I looked at the time and saw it was almost six o'clock in the evening.

Although this carving and painting can increase the decoration, it really consumes too much of his time.

Xu Xin sent a private message to Ji Chaoyang: "Do you know the role of decoration level? My decoration level has exceeded 100 and it didn't prompt me."

Ji Chaoyang took a long time to reply to him: "I have just passed 100 here, and I was not prompted. Maybe we won't know until the second stage, but since there is nothing important now, it is better to improve it first. After all,

Our new capabilities are all related to it, and it must be an important indicator."

"Indeed. Have you been to the altar again?" Xu Xin asked.

"I've been there. There's nothing unusual except that the statue on the pillar has been completed again." Ji Chaoyang replied.

"By the way, I want to ask, are there any strange-looking terrain around your altar?"

"No, it's similar to the area around the tree house. The resources around the altar are actually very rich."

"There are a lot of hills here, and it feels a little weird."

"...Hills? Are hills weird? There are quite a few hills here. The entrance to the dungeon is in the hills."

...It seems that the situation on his side is completely different from that on his side.

Now that it was getting dark, he planned to go to the altar to have a look.

After hanging up the call and looking back, Xu Xin found Coco rubbing her eyes behind him.

Oh, it's time for dinner.

Silver King and Mimi still don't want to eat, and they have been sleeping on their stomachs since they came back. These two guys were not so well-behaved before. If Xu Xin hadn't been watching, these two beasts would have destroyed the house if they made trouble.

Demolished.

The radiation stone is placed on the long cabinet under the screen, and it has been affecting King Yin and Mimi.

It seems that it won't be long before the two beasts mutate.

Xu Xin cooked a sumptuous dinner, carried Coco to the dining table, and handed him a pair of chopsticks. Coco still held a chopstick with one paw and ate hard.

Xu Xin looked out the window absentmindedly, looking in the direction of the hills.

Looking towards the hills from the window of the treehouse, we can't see anything special about the hills.

He slowly ate his meal with chopsticks while waiting for night to fall.

Finally, the last trace of sunset on the horizon disappeared, and a galaxy appeared in the night sky. Tonight was another moonless night.

Although it was night, under the light of the stars, the jungle was not very dark.
To be continued...