Chapter 614: Pillar of Steel Mountain
[Sacred Mountain·Tianfeng], this sacred mountain is so magnificent that even Qi Ge felt a sense of solemnity when standing at the foot of the sacred mountain.
Compared with his current short stature, the sacred mountain is too tall.
His current height is exactly 1 meter, while Mount Kinabalu is at least 14,000 meters high, and you can't even see the end at a glance.
Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, is only 8,848 meters.
Perhaps only those who have reached the foot of Mount Everest can understand the shock of the seven pigeons looking up at this moment.
And this extremely tall sacred mountain only occupies half of this underground space.
In other words, this underground space is at least 30,000 meters.
Climbing Mount Kinabalu is hard work.
The dwarves believe that the sacred mountain is extremely sacred. No dwarf dares to use a pickaxe on the sacred mountain. This is disrespectful to the sacred mountain and will be collectively punished by the dwarves.
Therefore, there is no dwarven building on this sacred mountain.
This means there are no steps or stairs, and if you encounter some difficult-to-climb terrain, you can only climb with your bare hands.
But the dwarves have more solutions than problems.
In many places on Mount Shenshan, there is a fluorescent ball suspended above the mountain - this is the seed of the underground dandelion, which will take root as long as it falls to the ground, but Mount Shenshan is an exception.
Only [Golden Grass] will grow at the bottom of the Golden Mountain.
[Pillar of the Steel Mountain] will only grow [Orichalcum Vine].
[Silver Mountain Peaks] only grow [Silver Trees].
Therefore, the dwarves can hang fluorescent balls on the sacred mountain and use the fluorescent balls to form roads.
These fluorescent roads are the suitable ways to go up the mountain that the dwarves have explored over decades.
But the sacred mountain is too high and too steep.
The Steel Mountain Pillar section is particularly difficult to climb.
Even for well-trained dwarves, it would take 6 to 7 days to reach the top of the mountain and return.
Therefore, dwarves rarely go mountain climbing unless they have something to do.
Each climb requires at least thirty dwarves to gather before it can begin.
Of course, the dwarves will also leave about 20,000 tribesmen on the mountain to pick up the [fine gold], [Orichalcum steel] and [mithril] produced by the sacred mountain from time to time.
After learning more about the situation, Qi Ge found out that the dwarves had too much respect for the sacred mountain and no dwarf dared to eat the plants produced by the sacred mountain.
This made Qi Ge feel very sorry.
If the dwarves could eat some leaves of [Golden Grass], [Orichalcum Vine] and [Silver Tree] like the goblins, perhaps new types of soldiers would emerge among them.
At first, Qi Ge was a little confused as to why the dwarves had to gather 30 of them before they could climb the mountain.
But when Qi Ge followed the Stone Fist clan leader to climb to the Pillar of Steel Mountain, he understood.
On the pillars of the Steel Mountain, there are broken cliffs everywhere.
The farthest cliff is even more than twenty meters long.
Normally, a bridge would be built to cross such a cliff.
But the dwarves don’t even dare to knock on the sacred mountain, so how dare they build a bridge on it?
So, the dwarves invented an extremely special way to cross the bridge.
I saw a dwarf grabbing the cliff with his hands, his back straight.
He asked a dwarf to hold his feet and also stand straight.
In this way, one dwarf captured another dwarf, and a total of twenty-two dwarves formed a [Dwarf Bridge].
The dwarves' special body structure and exaggerated muscle strength allow them to hold themselves up in the air without bending down.
The last eight dwarves walked across the Dwarven Bridge and helped capture the last dwarf.
The first dwarf let go, stood up straight, and followed the team.
Then the second dwarf, the third dwarf...
In this way, all thirty dwarves successfully crossed the cliff together.
This action is a bit like the action when Qi Ge was pulled onto the city wall by the dwarves.
The Stonefist clan leader was so excited when he saw the seven pigeons crossing the bridge that he laughed and asked:
"Jiukuang, didn't you like building human bridges the most in the past? You always wanted to be the bridge pillar.
(Bridge pillar: The first or last dwarf requires the most strength.
If it fails to hold up, the entire dwarf bridge will fall down. It is a heavy responsibility, and it is also a symbol of a strong dwarf.)
Why don't you fight today?
Did you become more mature after getting married? "
Qi Ge smiled and touched his head without answering.
After this period of life and death, he discovered that when faced with a problem that was really difficult for him to decide, not answering was also a kind of answer.
As long as you don't answer, you won't die in many cases.
This historical echo forced Qi Ge, who was full of evil intentions, to become a simple and honest dwarf.
The Seven Pigeons followed the Stonefist clan leader all the way to the huge furnace on the pillar of Steel Mountain.
In the huge furnace, a ball of purple to black flame was burning quietly.
A group of dwarves from the Hammer clan are using fire to forge armor and weapons.
The dwarves of the Hammer clan have formed an assembly line with a highly specialized division of labor.
A dozen dwarves, each responsible for melting one resource, and another dozen dwarves fuse the resources together.
Then a long line of dwarves would each use all their strength to smash a part with a hammer and then retreat, and the rest of the dwarves would follow.
Such a high degree of division of labor allows the dwarves to produce armor and weapons with extremely high efficiency.
However, this production method is soulless and can only produce clubs and armor for the [War Bear Cavalry].
If you want to produce equipment for [Berserker Dwarf], [Tale Chieftain], [Fire Lord] and high-level dwarves, you need some other high-level Hammer Dwarves to complete the process.
It just so happens that there are fewer high-level and advanced dwarves, and they don’t need much equipment.
Seeing the seven pigeons looking around, the Stonefist clan leader proudly introduced:
“Jiu Mine, is this your first time here?
This is the naturally formed furnace of Mount Kailash, in which burns the everlasting flame of Mount Kailash.
Even the indestructible Orichalcum steel will be melted by the flames of the sacred mountain.
But the magical thing is that the flame is suspended in the furnace. As long as you don't enter the flame, you won't feel any heat no matter how close you get.
Since the appearance of the sacred mountain flame, the dwarves of the Hammer clan have suddenly become much more powerful and can easily earn a lot of points.
Even the rune stones, which originally had very low production, can now be mass-produced.
Don't look at it. No matter how powerful the flames of the sacred mountain are, they have nothing to do with our Stonefist clan. This is not where we are going."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
The Stonefist clan leader led the seven pigeons around and arrived at a place surrounded by a group of dwarves.
In this dwarven encirclement, Qi Ge saw a large number of high-level resources placed on the ground.
Qi Ge had never imagined that such extremely rare level 5 resources as refined gold, mithril, and Orichalcum could actually be described as being piled up into small hills.
Just looking at these resources, Qi Ge was drooling.
To be honest, the ancient dwarves who can directly transform chaos monsters into resources are really rich.
The Stonefist clan leader explained the situation to the guards and showed the three points that the Seven Pigeons had earned.
The guards deducted 1 point from the score and gave Qi Ge three large sacks of resources.
Even the fine gold, mithril, and orchid steel were given ten each to the seven pigeons.
Qi Ge carried a bag on each shoulder and another bag on his head, looking incredibly funny.
But when the dwarves passing by saw the appearance of the seven pigeons, they all showed envious eyes.
Seeing that the Stonefist clan leader was about to return with him, Qi Ge couldn't help but ask anxiously:
"Clan leader, why don't we go to the Silver Mountain Peaks to have a look?"
The Stonefist clan leader shook his head and said:
“The peaks of Silver Mountain haven’t fully grown yet, and there are no functional sacred mountain buildings yet. What’s there to see?
If you really want to see it, wait until you get married and have some vacation time, then take Yinyin with you to see it.
The king's daughter has married you, and you're still worried that the guards won't let you go?
I don’t have that much time to waste, so I’d better get down the mountain quickly, otherwise I’ll have to wait for several days to catch the next trip.”
Qi Ge then remembered that there had to be more than thirty dwarves going up the mountain, and the same went for going down the mountain.
There is a special grain warehouse on the sacred mountain, which is replenished only once a month. It is rare to see a team like ours going up the mountain for special reasons.
If you missed the team going down the mountain this time, you will have to rely on luck if you want to go down the mountain.
It took Qi Ge and the Stone Fist clan leader three full days to finally come down from the sacred mountain together.
They have been traveling for three days, and Qi Ge has not gained much except for some information obtained from chatting on the road.
But intelligence itself is a gain.
Through the dwarves' conversation, Qi Ge summed up a surprising fact.
There is probably a huge ancient dwarf empire underground in the world of Yasha.
An extremely large empire that spans the entire Asian world, including the territories of the nine major forces and even some sea areas!
If the Yasa world is divided into layers.
The nine major forces are all in the earth's crust.
The Dwarf Empire is located in the mantle layer thousands of kilometers underground.
Even O'Farati, the dwarf king, may not know how many cities and people the dwarves have now.
Qi Ge shuddered suddenly.
If the Ancient Dwarf Empire had not been destroyed, perhaps an ancient dwarf city could have been dug out from the ground of the Chosen City.
These ancient dwarves have extremely mature underground food cultivation technology, powerful forging skills, and a vast underground world of resources that will not be fought over.
They have been fighting against chaos in cities and have accumulated hundreds of thousands of years of experience in fighting against chaos.
Therefore, when faced with the Chaos Outbreak, O'Farati and the Dwarves were able to win so easily.
Qi Ge made a surprising discovery while listening to a dwarf from the Deep Fire Clan talking. The ancient dwarves not only believed in Yasha, they also believed in [Lord of Fire Element·Forge].
But they know nothing about other gods in the Yasa world.
Not to mention magic, fate, the god of the sea and the god of the sun, they didn't even know about Yufeng, Gaidi and Liushui, who are also the four elemental monarchs.
This made Qi Ge suddenly realize.
Perhaps the ancient dwarves are also part of the three-dimensional defense of the Yasa world against chaos.
This was another battlefield of gods located deep underground, arranged by the Lord of Fire Element.
“It is very likely that compared to other arms in the Yasha world, the dwarves are exceptionally pure.
They have a strong logistics system that can ensure their combat effectiveness in a self-sufficient manner.
And they are all of the same race. Although there are clan fights, fights to the death are very rare and they are very united.
Almost all the civilization development of the dwarves is towards combat effectiveness.
Personal enjoyment is almost non-existent among the dwarves, and even entertainment activities are rare.
Almost all of them
That’s also very strange.”
Along the way, Qige was thinking.
While constantly thinking, Qi Ge realized another strange thing.
O'Farrati.
“I have seen O’Farati in the simulated Heroes’ Soul. At that time, O’Farati was a demigod-level blacksmith who could even create components for unique combination treasures.
But the current O'Farati is clearly the Divine Talisman Patriarch who was born in the Deep Fire Clan.
O'Farrati is now a legend, which means that no matter what situation the dwarves encounter later, O'Farrati is definitely not dead.
But how did he go from being a pure fighting legend to a logistics demigod who could create all kinds of treasures?
What happened in the meantime?"
With such curiosity, Qi Ge wanted to find an opportunity to have a good chat with O'Faraday later.
Of course, it is definitely not possible now. The Chaos outbreak has just passed and O'Faraday is so busy that he doesn't even have time to take care of his daughter, let alone his son-in-law.
As soon as Qi Ge came down the mountain, he was taken to his own house by the Stonefist clan leader.
The Stonefist clan leader quickly gathered about a hundred Stonefist dwarves and began to renovate the Seven Pigeons' house.
The way they build houses is exactly the same as that of architects - not by moving bricks and building walls, but by directly consuming resources, constructing magic circles, and finally stabilizing the magic circles to form buildings.
The number of magic circle nodes that a single Stonefist dwarf can control is extremely limited, only about 1 to 2.
But when the number of Stonefist dwarves increases, each dwarf will be able to control more nodes due to mutual influence.
Both the Brew Mine and the Stonefist Clan Chief are dwarves with outstanding talents. The Brew Mine itself can control about 5 nodes, and the Stonefist Clan Chief can control hundreds of nodes.
With the added power of more than a hundred Stonefist dwarves, their combined effect could even reach that of a level 29 architect.
It only took the dwarves thirty minutes to complete the renovation of the house.
Qi Ge's original small bungalow has been transformed into a large villa covering an area of more than 600 square meters, with a garden and plantation and three floors.
Qi Ge even found a nursery in the villa that could accelerate the growth of the baby and a wedding room that could increase the success rate of pregnancy and improve the speed of energy recovery.
This made Qi Ge extremely moved.
This house is the real house with attributes that belongs to the Yasa world!
Qi Ge was sure that if he could open the property panel now, he would be able to see the panel properties of the villa.
Only the Stonefist clan, whose all members are half-architects, can develop this kind of house.
My God, they didn't even use architectural blueprints, they just did it with their bare hands!
After the villa was completed, Qi Ge immediately pestered the Stonefist clan leader and tried his best to ask the dwarves what buildings could be built.
The Stonefist clan leader admired Qi Ge's spirit of learning very much and taught him one by one without reservation.
For Qi Ge, who has rich experience in construction, remembering these is not a problem.
Qi Ge thought that maybe after he returned, he could try to build a building with his bare hands without any architectural drawings.
As Mr. Agaid said, architects have the ability to build buildings with their bare hands, it's just difficult.
Qi Ge thought that with his extraordinary talent in architecture, he could definitely give it a try.
Difficult? Hard work pays off!
“If it doesn’t work, I’ll use design techniques to draw the blueprint.
When the time comes, throw it all to the teacher.
There are so many goblin architects in the territory, there will always be a few who are useful. "
Speaking of goblin architects, Qi Ge suddenly realized that perhaps the goblin architects in the territory were the same as these dwarves and could both feel the nodes of the magic circle.
However, their abilities are weaker than those of the dwarves of the Stonefist tribe, so they need an architect to lay out the framework using blueprints first.
"Hey, this can be considered as my experience of the goblin architect's perspective. It's quite interesting."
After the new house was built, Qi Ge tremblingly rejected Yin Yin's shy invitation. To his surprise, he was not dead.
"It seems that Jiukuang is also a real man who is not moved by beauty. He is exactly like me. No wonder I put myself in Jiukuang's shoes."
After saying goodbye to Yinyin temporarily, Qige went to the library again.
His purpose this time was quite clear, he was going for that map.
Relying on his memory, Qi Ge marked the approximate location of the statue of Poseidon on the map.
To Qi Ge's surprise, the statue of Poseidon was located on a high mountain in this underground world.
It was a large mine named "Blue Mountain" by the dwarves, rich in bluestone ore, and as high as 6,300 meters.
Qi Gedong thought about it and soon figured it out.
The water in the underground sea dried up for unknown reasons. Well, it was most likely drained by the Immortal Wood.
The original trench became a canyon, the deep sea area became a plain, and the shallow sea area where the statue of Poseidon was located naturally became a mountain.
Qi Ge carefully observed the direction of the rivers on the map and found that the source of all the rivers in the underground world pointed to [Blue Mountain].
This shows that the statue of Poseidon is likely still functioning, constantly summoning the sea water.
There are several roots of immortal trees around [Blue Mountain].
I'm afraid that the sea water will be purified and sucked dry by the immortal wood before it can gush out.
Qi Ge found all the dwarven documents about the Blue Mountains and discovered that they only described how to find mineral veins and mine in the Blue Mountains.
The dwarves, whose minds were filled with only mining, had never considered why the Blue Mountains became the source of so many rivers.
Naturally, there is no mention of the statue of Poseidon in any document.
"It seems that I still have to go there myself."
Qi Ge thought about it, returned to his new home, picked up the luxurious pickaxe given to him by the Stonefist clan leader, and prepared to set out to take a look at the Blue Mountains.
But unfortunately, according to the dwarven rules, Stonefist dwarves must form a team of at least three when going out to mine.
This means that Qige cannot act alone.
At home, he relies on his wife; outside, he relies on his mistress. One sea king has three people to support him, and one hero has three helpers.
The Seven Pigeons have nothing else but many dwarf brothers.
They called for shovels and spades, and Qi Ge carried a pickaxe and set off immediately.
After trekking through mountains and rivers, Qi Ge soon arrived at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
In the underground world, patrols composed of dwarves from the Frost Iron Clan and the Winter Wind Clan have been continuously clearing out wild monsters.
Basically, wild monsters will be killed by the indestructible dwarf army as soon as they are refreshed, and their efficiency is almost as high as that of stupid players.
Along the way, Qi Ge encountered more than a dozen teams of dwarf patrolling back and forth, which gave them a sense of security.
When they arrived at the Blue Mountains, Qi Ge finally understood why the mountain range was named so.
In the Blue Mountains, all the soil, plants and minerals are sea blue, which is simply pleasing to the eye.
Shovel scratched his head and asked curiously:
"Wine Mine, don't you usually like to dig for hidden mineral veins? Why are you so excited today that you came to Blue Mountain?"
The Seven Pigeons replied:
“There may be hidden minerals in the Blue Mountains. I want to go to the top of the mountain where few people have ever been.
Maybe if we dig deeper, we can find something good."
Tiesho patted Qige on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Haha, that's right.
We Stonefist dwarves must have this kind of enthusiasm for unknown mines in order to achieve more powerful advancements."
Although the Blue Mountain is not as majestic as the Holy Mountain, it is also 6,000 meters high. However, it is not difficult for Qi Ge and his friends to climb up the Blue Mountain.
Because there are several rivers in the Blue Mountains that flow back from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.
Contrary to the impression given by their muscular bodies, the dwarves of the Stonefist and Hammer clans are unexpectedly light and can float on the river easily.
Qi Ge and his companions lay on their backs in the pure flowing water, and in just half an hour, they followed the river to the top of the mountain.
On the top of the mountain, Qi Ge scouted for a while with a pickaxe and quickly selected the excavation target.
“It’s probably around this location.”
Qi Ge raised the pickaxe and began to dig down from the top of the mountain, while the shovel and spade continued to hit the ground with the pickaxe.
Stonefist dwarves can determine whether there are minerals underground by knocking on the ground and relying on the sound waves feedback from the ground.
They were a little surprised to see that Qi Ge started digging without any exploration.
Out of curiosity, they both ran to Qi Ge and asked one after another:
"Wine mine, why did you start digging right away?"
"Is there any mine underneath?"
Hush, be quiet, let's dig together.
Qi Ge didn't dare to speak carelessly, for fear that he would accidentally trigger the death flag.
Fortunately, the shovel and spade understood his movements.
The two dwarf father and son looked at each other, jumped down together, and started digging with Qi Ge.
Qi Ge's hands were quick and his pickaxe was quick, and in a blink of an eye he had dug a big hole.
The shovel and spade were responsible for helping Qi Ge to clear out the dug blue soil. One dug and two cleared, and the pit became bigger and bigger.
After half an hour of hard work, the three still found nothing. The shovel and spade tried to interrupt the seven pigeons several times, but were stopped by the seven pigeons.
Another half an hour passed. When Qi Ge knocked down the draft, the soil suddenly cracked and a strong stream of water gushed out, knocking Qi Ge and the shovel and spade all flying!
"Wow! It's powerful, more water than my old woman."
The shovel swung the pickaxe at the top of the water flow and shouted loudly.
Tiesho's face turned black. He felt that Tiesho was scolding his mother, but he couldn't say anything.
"Wine mine, what's going on? How did you dig out a fountain?"
Qi Ge shouted excitedly:
"Wait a minute, wait for me to drain the water, we might dig up some great treasure!"