Chapter 171: The Mine Thieves

Treasure Pangolin looked at Liu Yan suspiciously. It felt something was wrong, but it did not know what was wrong.

Then, Liu Yan led Shadow Wolf and followed Treasure Pangolin into another cave. It did not take long for them to reach Treasure Pangolin’s nest.

Liu Yan’s eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the pitch-black cave. Something was shining in the cave, and it was dazzling bright.

After getting used to it, Liu Yan looked around and saw a cave the size of a house. It was filled with all kinds of rare ores and treasures, emitting colorful lights.

Liu Yan went up and checked the treasures and found that the level of the treasures was not low. With these materials, he could make many B-grade equipment and weapons. It was a massive amount of rare raw materials.

Liu Yan estimated he could even gather a few pieces of A-grade equipment. However, Liu Yan only had basic knowledge about making equipment. Therefore, he did not know how many pieces of A-grade equipment he could make.

There were even some materials that could be used to make S-grade weapons.

Liu Yan’s eyes immediately lit up. If he could really make an S-grade weapon, he could use the Divine Extraction on it. Perhaps he could obtain SS-grade equipment.

Every grade above S-grade would have a huge gap.

Currently, Liu Yan had two S-grade weapons, which had already brought a significant boost to Liu Yan’s combat strength.

Liu Yan estimated that his combat strength would probably double without a problem if he could obtain an SS-grade weapon.

However, Liu Yan roughly took a look. Although these materials were very precious, there was no ice chalcedony among them.

Following that, Liu Yan put these rare materials into his storage space one by one until he had collected all of them.

When he had collected all of them, Liu Yan realized that his spatial ring was almost full.

The spatial ring on Liu Yan’s hand was still only a middle-grade spatial ring. The space was not very big, only about 100 cubic meters.

Previously, he had already stored a lot of resources, materials, and equipment. After adding all the rare ores from Treasure Pangolin, it was almost full.

Liu Yan obtained the spatial ring when he was on the first floor of the tower. It seemed that he could change it to a high-grade storage ring later. Otherwise, it would not be enough space for him to store things.

Treasure Pangolin looked at the empty cave and suddenly looked a little sad.

After all, it had kept these treasures for many years. Although they were useless to it, it still loved these treasures. Sleeping next to these treasures was the happiest moment for Treasure Pangolin.

However, thinking that Liu Yan was only keeping them for it, Treasure Pangolin felt a little better.

The Treasure Pangolin did not know that Liu Yan would take these rare ores as his. As long as it was useful to Liu Yan, Liu Yan would definitely use the ores. Liu Yan would only give those useless ores to Treasure Pangolin to play with.

After collecting the rare ores stored in the Treasure Pangolin, Liu Yan planned to bring the Treasure Pangolin deeper underground.

“You should have seen a very precious treasure down there. Let’s go and take a look. You’re the only one who can dig a hole.” Liu Yan said.

When Treasure Pangolin heard Liu Yan’s words, it immediately looked a little troubled.

Through telepathy, Liu Yan roughly understood the meaning of Treasure Pangolin.

It probably meant that the treasure belonged to its owner. Otherwise, it would have dug it out long ago.

That treasure was dug out by a group of people two days ago. Those people were very powerful.

When Liu Yan heard this, he was immediately a little surprised.

Only then did he understand. No wonder the Treasure Pangolin didn’t dig it out when it was deep underground.

After all, Liu Yan had the Treasure Hunting skill, so he could sense a very powerful treasure deep underground. Treasure Pangolin could also sense it.

Liu Yan was a little surprised. According to the Treasure Pangolin, this treasure had an owner and seemed to be a group of humans.

He didn’t expect humans to be in such a deep part of the mine.

“It’s okay. I should be strong enough. Let’s go and take a look. If it doesn’t work, we’ll retreat.” Liu Yan said again.

Treasure Pangolin agreed and immediately led the way.

Treasure Pangolin lowered its head and began to dig.

Treasure Pangolin dug very fast. In addition, its size was larger than a normal pangolin and already bigger than a human. Therefore, Liu Yan and the Shadow Wolf could easily pass through the hole.

Treasure Pangolin dug in front, while Liu Yan and the Shadow Wolf followed behind.

Seeing how fast the Treasure Pangolin dug a hole in the front, Liu Yan couldn’t help but feel relieve. With Treasure Pangolin, they could move around easily in the mine.

Without Treasure Pangolin, Liu Yan would have to dig by himself. Although Liu Yan’s body was quite strong, it would definitely take a lot of time.

At this time, the ground loosened, and the Treasure Pangolin fell down.

Liu Yan and Shadow Wolf followed. When they came down, they saw that there was actually a well-dug tunnel.

This tunnel was not big, but it was barely enough for one person to pass through. Treasure Pangolin could barely fit in it.

Liu Yan looked at the traces of digging around the tunnel and immediately frowned slightly.

From the traces around, it was obviously dug out by humans.

However, Liu Yan remembered that the Western Mine had a clear rule.

Besides the professional mining cave used for mining all year round, outsiders were not allowed to dig a new cave. They could only mine in the old caves.

As for the professional mining cave used for deep mining, they had to apply for approval before proceeding.

After all, although the Western Mine was big and rich in mineral resources, every vein in it was extremely precious. They had to excavate it under a reasonable arrangement.

Otherwise, if they were to excavate the mine without a proper plan, the cave might collapse and destroy the entire mine.

The Western Mine could continuously produce large amounts of ores, and there were many rare ores among them. They were an important source of equipment for the Lighthouse Academy’s Weapon School. Hence, the Western Mine was the core area of the entire Lighthouse Academy. Naturally, they couldn’t excavate without a proper plan, and they had to protect every vein of mineral resources before digging.

And the regulations of the mining tunnels were clearly stipulated.

The tunnel in front of Liu Yan clearly did not conform to the regulations. It did not even have any reinforcement measures, and could collapse at any time.

Such a deep collapse could very well cause a chain reaction, affecting the entire mine’s mining tunnels.

It was obvious that these humans were stealthily excavating the mine. They had already violated the rules of the Western Mine and affected the interests of the entire Lighthouse Academy.

Liu Yan’s expression darkened when he thought of what the Treasure Pangolin had told him.

This group of mine thieves had entered a deep place to steal the mine. They had stolen such precious mineral resources, and it was very likely that they had stolen the ice chalcedony. Yet these people were so careless about their safety and could destroy the entire mine at any time.

“You guys come in first. I will go up and investigate alone. I will definitely punish these people!” Liu Yan said coldly.