Chapter 233: Ruins Excavation
Xia Daiti carefully explored the area around the ruins, and even the silver ripples she emitted could be clearly seen.
The silver ripples detected could give her clear feedback of the underground situation.
The effect of this is that Xia Daiti can simulate a three-dimensional model in her mind, and let her know exactly which area to start digging to save time and effort without damaging the ruins.
Such precise exploration naturally requires more thought and more time.
Just when Xia Daiti was conducting precise exploration.
Excavation tools made of scrap iron and some better parts were also made by Simon.
It was extremely easy for Simon to make such a simple and convenient tool, especially since he already had delicate hands and treasures.
Even a simple structure was thoughtfully made for the handle of this tool.
This is a sharp triangular shovel. The sides of the triangle can extend when digging, expanding the digging area.
The structure on the handle allows the shovel to be more easily controlled when entering the soil, and can even crush rocks when necessary.
Simon took it in his hand and demonstrated it to everyone, then handed the first finished product to Jason next to him.
A larger shovel was then made and given to him, specially customized for Porro.
After making one for each person.
Simon thought about it and started again.
Looking at the liquid metal in Simon's hand changing shape, Alka, who was waving the strange shovel in his hand, smiled.
"Here, this is for you." Simon smiled and handed the four palm-sized shovels in his hand to Lucelia and several puppet girls next to him.
"Thank you!" Lucelia took it happily.
The puppet girls behind him also smiled.
Including Er who saw the situation here and swung over quickly.
Only then did Xia Daiti stand up and pat the dirt off his hands.
At this time, there were marks of various sizes around the ruins, all of which were marks she had made when she was exploring just now.
"Dig down from here, dig within this square, and don't dig out." Xia Daiti pointed to the square mark not far from her.
Then he kicked his feet again: "Start from here and dig diagonally in the direction of the mark over there."
Then came the instructions for each mark.
This was the plan Xia Daiti simulated in his mind, utilizing everyone's power to quickly dig out the entire ruins.
After the plan was finished.
Everyone started to move.
Simon watched the way Matlisa, who had four arms, dug.
After thinking for a while, he walked over and said, "Let me improve the tool in your hand. This one doesn't seem to be suitable for you now."
"Ah? It's okay, it's okay. This one is fine for me too." Mathilda waved her hand, very politely.
Although they had been together for several days, he was the last person to board the ship, and he was pushed aboard by his grandfather.
He was fine with the other women, Xia Daiti, but he was not that familiar with the men on the ship, like Alka.
"It's okay. This is not a difficult thing for me. Don't worry."
Simon said as he took the shovel from her hand, then reshaped it and lengthened the handle, so that Mathilda could hold it with four arms and exert more strength without looking awkward.
Matlisa took the modified shovel and swung it twice. It was indeed much more useful than the one she just used.
The comfort level immediately improved by several levels.
He nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you, this is a great change."
At this time, the largest marked area had been dug by Porro to form a huge deep pit.
The huge shovel, coupled with Porro's powerful strength, is even more efficient than an excavator.
With every shovelful of dirt a large mass of earth was dug out.
That area was specially allocated to him by Xia Daiti, which could perfectly demonstrate Porro's efficiency.
At this time, Xia Daiti was walking back and forth in the area where everyone was digging, with silver ripples constantly transmitting under his feet, monitoring the surrounding situation at all times.
"Jason, you dug too far, move it back."
"Juanlu, slow down. You are going too fast and it will affect the structure below."
Xia Daiti adjusted everyone's digging methods from time to time according to the situation.
Like an overseer.
However, this also made everyone's excavation efficiency higher and higher, and the excavation of the entire excavation site proceeded in an orderly manner.
A large lump of soil was dug out by Porro's huge shovel, and with too much force, the entire lump of soil was thrown into the sky.
Slide through the arc and fall accurately.
puff!
“Who is it?”
Jason's angry roar came from the hole he had dug.
It's so precise that it's hard not to wonder if it was intentional.
Hear Jason's voice.
Alka raised his head, stood on tiptoe, poked his head out of the hole, and looked out.
What's wrong?
Hearing the sound, several people around also looked over curiously.
Just then I saw another large mass of soil thrown into the sky.
It passed over everyone's heads, causing a lot of mud to fall down.
He quickly raised the shovel to cover it.
The largest ball fell into Jason's pit again.
"Damn it! Who is it?"
Jason, covered in mud, angrily climbed out of his own hole.
The angry voice startled Pororo.
He turned around blankly and looked in Jason's direction.
Alka and others also seemed confused.
Jason just looked at them with confused eyes, as if it wasn't them who did it.
"Okay, you're all confused, right? Then don't blame me for hurting innocent people!"
As he spoke, Jason shoveled the ground hard, and a large ball of soil was thrown out around him.
"What are you doing!"
"What does this have to do with me?"
"The war has begun, right?"
The few people who were hit by the mud immediately started to fight back.
The scene immediately became chaotic.
The movement here attracted Xia Daiti, who was squatting on the ground to further investigate.
She stood up and turned to see what was happening .
"Be careful! Xiadaiti."
Unexpectedly, when she just turned her head, she saw a large ball of mud flying towards her.
She was caught off guard and fell to the ground on the spot.
Looking at the mud all over his body, Xia Daiti's face suddenly became calm.
He stood up and silently brushed off the dirt on his body.
"Sister Julia," she called calmly.
Julia, who had just crawled out of the hole she had dug, nodded.
She brushed off the dirt on her soft blue hair, and was also hit by the dirt.
A halo floated behind him and several ribbons shot out.
Golden lines emerged from Xia Daiti's forehead, and a headband was worn on his head.
"They both seem very angry. Shouldn't we stop them?" Matlisa asked cautiously, touching Lucilia next to her with the tip of her snake tail.
Lucelia's face was now filled with smiles, and there was even light in her eyes.
Looking at Alka and his companions who were still unaware of the situation and were still attacking each other with mud, the smile on his face grew wider.
"It's okay, there's something interesting to watch."
Alka, who was standing opposite and could just see Xiadaiti and others, seemed to have discovered something wrong.
He silently poured out the dirt on his shovel and gently tucked his body into the hole he had dug.
Even if mud was sprinkled on him again, he seemed not to feel it.
The ribbon leaped out and tied around his body.
Obviously someone didn't want to let him go.
Seeing that this method was not working, Alka immediately argued loudly: "It has nothing to do with me!"
It is a useless function.
The ribbon lifted him up into the air, and Jason and several others were also lifted up into the air.
Even including the huge Polo.
The sunlight suddenly condensed into beams from the sky and shone on them.
"Hiss~"
"Ah! Hot, hot, hot!"
“It’s burning. It’s burning.”
“…”
All kinds of screams of pain came out of their mouths.
When they found the source of the attack, they saw Xia Daiti with a stern look on his face and Julia with a slight smile on her face.
There were two people covered in mud, but the mud couldn't hide their beauty.
But how to say it.
It was quite embarrassing, especially with the mud and sand mixed in their hair, which was not easy for them to clean.
"Are you guys playing some uh... game?"
Bai Shi's voice suddenly sounded not far away.
Hearing this sound, the ribbons on the bodies of several big men immediately loosened, allowing them to fall to the ground.
The sunlight beams shining on them also disappeared, and Xiadaiti and Julia immediately returned to their original state.
Fortunately, there were piles of mud on their side to block their view.
Everyone turned to look towards the place where the sound came from.
Bai Shi was walking over with a team of hunters, apparently on patrol.
The ruins they are currently excavating are not far from the outermost watchtower of the town, only about five or six kilometers away.
It seems that this is also their patrol route.
Bai Shi walked over and looked at the holes they had dug everywhere, and instantly understood what they were doing.
After all, I have been with them for several days and have a general idea of the situation of Alka and others.
"You... don't want to dig up the entire ruins and take a look? "
After cleaning the dirt off himself a little, Alka smiled and nodded.
"Of course, wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't learn more about such a huge relic?"
"Aren't you a treasure hunting group?"
Bai Shi said, and suddenly realized.
"Oh, I understand, but don't get your hopes up.
The reason why many of the ruins here have special effects is that the spells that were once engraved on them still remain on the collapsed ruins, which is why they can produce such effects.
So unless you move the entire ruins away, it will be useless, as most ruins don’t contain any treasures.”
Obviously, Alka and his friends' behavior was nothing new on this island.
Alka and his friends were not the only ones who did this to strangers who came to the island.
Even the island's residents have tried it.
After all, the entire island is covered with ruins, and it can even be said that the entire island is formed by the ruins of that city-state.
Hearing this, Alka was not discouraged, and said with a smile: “It’s okay, although we are a treasure hunting group, our pursuit of treasure is not very strong.
Moreover, this is a large ruin. Wouldn't it be more attractive to decipher its past existence and stories?"
"Don't you want to know about the civilization this island once had? Maybe these people are your ancestors.
We do have some experience with these archaeological excavations.”
Alka didn't lie.
For him, the blue treasure represented here is not as important as digging out the ruins and the information recorded on them.
What he needed was the information these ruins brought, so that he could unlock more information about the treasure of the orange and golden lights.
The blue dots are just a byproduct.
After all, this island is almost entirely made up of ruins, and where there are blue spots, perhaps more important and comprehensive information can be found.
After hearing this, Bai Shi thought about it and nodded, as if it was indeed the case.
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore, but remember that sentence: don't speak our language around the ruins.
You have seen the consequences after walking around this island."
This is the main problem.
Then he added, "Also, you must return to town before dark. I don't want to hear about the death of a friend I just met."
Listening to Bai Shi's slightly concerned words, Alka smiled and nodded, then waved to him.
"Okay, don't worry."
Bai Shi turned around and returned to his team.
After a while, Bai Shi's voice was heard again in the distance.
"Be careful, some monsters just like to wander around, and the noise you make here might alarm them."
Afterwards, Bai Shi and the others were seen entering the woods not far away.
When he turned his head.
They found that the place where they had just spread the soil had been cleaned up, and Polo Rogerson and others were digging silently in the pit.
It was as if what happened just now was all an illusion.
When Alka tilted his head slightly and looked towards where Xiadaiti and others were, he discovered it.
What just happened was obviously not an illusion.
At this time, Xia Daiti was looking at him expressionlessly .
Not far away, Julia was sitting next to the pit, and Lucelia and Mathilda were cleaning the sand and stones off her head.
Lingyier was walking towards Xia Daiti, preparing to clean the mud and sand off her head.
Looking at Xiadaiti who was staring at him, Alka smiled awkwardly and laughed.
However, he did not enter the pit and continue digging like Jason and the others as if nothing had happened.
Instead, he walked towards Xia Daiti.
Seeing Alka's heroic behavior, the people who were digging the hole dug silently, but they all tilted their heads slightly and looked at him with their peripheral vision.
Alka came over, picked up the puppets that had climbed onto Xia Daiti's shoulders, and put them down.
"You guys go ahead and do your work, leave this to me."
As he said this, he looked at Xia Daiti and a comb appeared in his hand.
Xiadaiti looked at Alka expressionlessly.
As for the heart...it is surging like the sea.
Alka walked around behind Xiadaiti, lifted up her short silver hair with her hands, picked up the comb, and gently cleaned it.
"Don't be angry, I'll help you clean it up."
Several people digging in the pit looked at this scene with different expressions.
"Oh~" Simon suddenly realized, so that's why, he had felt something was wrong before.
"Strong!" Jason showed admiration on his face. Although he knew it, he still admired him.
"Yeah." Juanlu nodded, having learned what he learned.
"Tsk~" Porro was full of disdain, unable to understand how women would only affect the speed of attack.
Faced with the different expressions of the four people, Alka pretended not to see them and silently felt the soft silver threads in his hands.
And looking at Xia Daiti who was pretending to be calm, his slightly red ears and his white and tender neck which was slightly sweaty.
The female members behind him were also watching this scene.
Mathilda looked curious. Even as she was cleaning the sand off Julia's head, she would look up from time to time.
Doll Two was about to go over to disturb them, but Zero and One held his hands and dragged him towards the pit, where he struggled non-stop and even had his mouth covered.
Julia watched this scene and shook her left shoulder.
Lucelia, who was standing on her left shoulder and cleaning the sand off her head, felt the movement and lowered her head.
"Did it pull your hair out?"
"……without."
He silently raised his hand and held his forehead.
…
As everyone focused their attention completely on excavating the ruins.
The progress of the entire excavation began to accelerate again.
With their strong physiques and such useful tools, it didn't take long before part of the ruins below began to be exposed.
The surrounding area was also filled with excavated soil. The pits were getting bigger and bigger, and the places dug by everyone began to connect, exposing large areas.
The shovels in everyone's hands had long been replaced with various more sophisticated tools, as if they were excavating ruins and were afraid of causing damage to these things.
Lucelia has also begun to study and interpret these exposed ruins.
The three puppet girls following behind her were holding their own tools, doing more detailed cleaning to facilitate her observation.
"Three monsters are approaching. They are not very strong. Who will go and clean them up?" Xia Daiti, who was emitting silver ripples, suddenly said.
Porro, who was standing on the pit with nothing to do, immediately ran in the direction Xia Daiti pointed when he heard this.
The current delicate work is obviously not something he can do, so he can only do the rough work at the beginning.
When he came back dragging the three prey which had turned into corpses, everyone had already dug out most of the surface layer of the ruins.
Now we just have to wait for Lucelia to give a complete interpretation.
However, as the ruins were revealed, Xiadaiti's silver ripples also discovered more things.
She stood on the ruins, crouched down, and felt the overall ruins below more carefully.
The silver ripples can reach deeper underground.
Although these ruins are very old, the materials used and the spells engraved on them, plus the high concentration of magic power here always affect her exploration.
As she probed, she began to look confused.
Alka, who was standing next to him, asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with your expression?"
Xia Daiti looked up and nodded.
