bookbashuk Chapter 37 Unexpected Gain
Chapter 37 Unexpected Gain
"More than that!"
Su Yang exclaimed excitedly, "This is even better than finding a treasure!!"
"What was that gunshot earlier?"
Zhang Changgong looked at Guo Yong. If he hadn't misheard, there had been a burst of gunfire inside the cave before they entered.
"promise."
Guo Yong pointed to the ground.
Looking down, I saw several unidentified snakes, each as thick as a fist, lying quietly on the ground.
Several bullet holes can still be seen on its body.
"Dr. Su, can you identify what kind of snake this is?"
Zhang Changgong looked at Su Yang beside him.
"This snake doesn't seem to exist on Earth."
Su Yang bent down, examined it carefully, and shook his head.
"No?"
Zhang Changgong frowned.
Since there are these snakes in this cave, it proves that there must be other snakes left.
However, they currently do not even know whether these snakes are venomous or not.
"Should we ask Arcana and the others?"
Han Bei spoke up from the side.
"Arkana, come and see, what kind of snakes are these?"
Su Yang called out to Arcana and Al.
Upon hearing this, Arcana hesitated before stepping forward.
With just a glance, he was able to identify the species of those snakes.
"The Serpent."
Arcana slowly uttered two words.
"A spirit snake?"
Su Yang was taken aback. "Does it have any special meaning?"
"Dr. Su, you've struck gold!"
Al spoke up quietly from the side.
"Have you struck gold?"
Al's words made Su Yang's breath catch in his throat.
As if realizing something, she looked at Al with some shock.
"Spirit snakes typically only live in places rich in spirit crystals."
Almoran nodded and explained.
"You mean, besides heavy iron ore, there might also be spirit crystal ore in this cave?!"
Su Yang was shocked and spoke up.
"It's not a possibility, it's a certainty."
Al nodded and then shook his head. "The High Priest once said that one of the criteria for determining the existence of a spirit crystal is the spirit serpent."
"Where there are no spirit serpents, there may be spirit crystals. But where there are spirit serpents, there will definitely be a considerable number of spirit crystals."
"In all my years, Arcana and I have only ever seen the serpent once."
"this......"
In an instant, Su Yang's heart was filled with turmoil.
He originally thought that finding the heavy iron ore source this time was already of paramount importance.
Unexpectedly, I actually gained something from this.
According to Al, the spirit crystals inside this cave, even if not the parent vein, are a small cluster.
For them, it was nothing short of adding icing on the cake.
Su Yang was worried that there weren't enough spirit crystals to go around for the workaholics at the research institute to do their experiments.
Unexpectedly, I received a windfall.
Overjoyed, Su Yang immediately shared the news with everyone present.
Upon hearing this news, everyone was visibly stunned, clearly shocked by the news.
"Holy crap, I feel like we're blessed with good fortune!"
Guo Yong couldn't help but speak up.
"Exactly, we're a bit too lucky."
Zhu Haotian, who was standing to the side, echoed his sentiment.
There's nothing else to it. After searching for so long, how many spirit crystals and heavy iron have they found in total?
Now, with just a casual search, they found the gathering place of spirit crystals and the location of heavy iron mother ore.
The key point is that these two are adjacent to each other.
It even saved them the time of transporting the goods separately; they only needed to dig them up and then transport them together.
For these unlucky people, everything seems a bit too lucky.
"Don't be too happy yet. Since there are spirit snakes here, there's no chance that other spirit snakes are hiding in some corner."
Zhang Changgong couldn't help but reprimand him in a stern voice.
Currently, all they know is that spirit crystals, heavy iron, and spirit snakes exist here.
It is unclear how many spirit snakes are still inside this cave, or where those passages lead.
"Team Leader Zhang is right. Before we begin development, we need to survey all the possible locations."
Su Yang nodded in agreement.
He agreed with Zhang Changgong's words.
Before they begin mining, they must ensure there are no hidden dangers.
"Especially spirit snakes, we must be careful during the investigation. This place is not like the ground; any slightly larger mineral crevice could potentially harbor spirit snakes or other unknown creatures."
"Did you all hear that?"
Zhang Changgong ordered in a deep voice, "The three teams should each take their assigned positions!"
"clear!"
Everyone spoke in unison.
"Arkana, their luck seems a little too good."
Al spoke up, feeling frustrated.
Near the desolate land, there exists both a gathering place for spirit crystals and a source of heavy iron ore.
Al was incredibly envious of the opponent's incredible luck.
"A little."
Arcana nodded, though she was also somewhat annoyed.
Could this be the outsider from the prophecy?
It took a combination of luck and skill.
However, Arcana quickly realized that if he didn't even have this much luck, how could he possibly solve the Mad Dragon Virus?
Gunshots could be heard intermittently inside the vast cave.
Two hours later, everyone finally reunited.
"Report the results."
Zhang Changgong said in a deep voice.
"A team of forty-six spirit snakes."
"The second team has thirty-seven spirit snakes."
"Three teams of twenty-three spirit snakes."
"Adding the four spirit snakes from before, that makes exactly one hundred."
Su Yang frowned as he looked at the corpse of the spirit snake piled up on the ground, forming a small hill.
This number is indeed somewhat strange.
Is it a coincidence, or is there something else going on?
There were exactly one hundred spirit snakes in the huge cave, which was quite a coincidence.
"Dr. Su, what should we do with these corpses of the spirit snake?"
Han Bei couldn't help but ask.
"this."
Upon hearing this, Su Yang was momentarily troubled.
There's no way I could eat all these snake corpses; who knows if there are any deadly viruses in them?
Both burning and burying alive require removing the bodies outside, so burning them inside the cave is not the most suitable option.
"Dr. Su".
Just as Su Yang was still worrying, Arcana's voice came.
"What's wrong?"
Su Yang looked at Arcana with a weary expression.
"Could we take these snake corpses back with us?"
Arcana spoke up somewhat shyly.
"What use do you have for these?"
Su Yang spoke with suspicion, glancing again at the corpse of the Hope Serpent.
"In our land, the serpent is considered the finest food."
Al spoke first.
"I see."
Su Yang nodded knowingly and pondered for a moment.
"Okay, we'll take some back for research. As for the rest, you two can take as much as you can."
Since the other party needed the spirit snake's corpse, Su Yang decided to do them a favor.
For them, the snake corpses weren't very significant; they could simply take a few back for research.
"Thank you, Dr. Su."
Upon seeing this, Al quickly expressed his gratitude.
Al's excited appearance immediately aroused Zhang Changgong's suspicion.
Although I don't know what the other person said, the fact that they were so excited means they must be hiding something.
In particular, the other party's gaze would occasionally fall on the snake's corpse.