Main pit

Main pit (主矿坑), Xilang Mountain, entrance to Underground world

## Exterior

The distance between the summit and the main pit’s entrance was at least 200 meters high. There were also several guards below, so he couldn’t land directly with the wyvern.

If there was a spell like Feather Fall, he could probably fall gently. Unfortunately, Chen Rui wasn’t a mage. However, he had an assistant who could stretch and transform at will. This guy had the ability to stretch its body to cover the entire dragon’s bone. So, it should be a piece of cake for it to be a mobile rope.

The main pit was a flat concave entrance. There was the track of cable car used to transport ores, but it had been abandoned for a long time. There were still guards at the summit, but they were all surrounding the fire.

The main pit was just in front. It was a huge entrance, and there were faint lights of the magic lamp stones inside.

Chen Rui flew away on Mengda. They went around, avoiding the mining office where the two Higher Demons lived and landed at the main pit's summit from behind.

Chen Rui came down silently while Dodo also returned to its onion-head form and landed on his shoulder. Chen Rui looked back at the guards at the bonfire. Indeed, no one realized him at all. He was secretly thinking that he had succeeded, then he sneaked toward the entrance of the main pit.

At that moment, Chen Rui suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart. His hairs were erected as if he was stared at by something terrible. Dodo's reaction was even faster. He immediately bounced off its master's shoulder and escaped, but he was caught by Chen Rui. This onion-head who bullied the weak and feared the strong was pretty good at running away.

There were roars from the front; at the same time, a ball of bright light was quickly expanding before his eyes, whistling toward him. Chen Rui had fully absorbed the effects of the Eternal potions, so his speed had increased to a considerable extent. He jumped immediately and dodged before the ball of light hit his body. The bright light seemed to be something like a fireball with terrible force within. The ground actually burst open being hit by it. It was similar to Balrog Reka's Pyroblast, but the damage was much greater. The sturdy cable car tracks on the ground actually melted and deformed quickly after being affected by this powerful force.

"Damn it!" After careful calculations, Chen Rui didn't expect there would be a horrible demonic beast guarding the entrance of the main pit. Judging from the light ball's power, it should at least had the strength of a Higher Demon. The worst thing was that the guards were alarmed, and the demons who were barbecuing were all rushing here.

"Dodo, you go to deal with it. I will help you right away. If you dare to run away, don't ever think of eating barbecue again!" As Chen Rui said, he threw the onion-head cruelly toward the approximate location of the beast. He then faced the few demon guards.

Chen Rui knew that it was a critical moment, so he didn't hold back. In the blink of an eye, several guards were all settled, but Dodo's cries for help also sounded.

## Interior

Although the main pit was lit with magic lights, the pit still looked dark and gloomy. It was not Chen Rui’s first time entering the main pit. An idea hit him; he put on a ring of illumination. A magic compass appeared in his hand and started to record the coordinates and path along the way.

The upper level of the main pit was huge, but Connor was quite familiar with it. They passed through many winding roads and finally arrived at a bottomless entrance.

## History

According to the dwarf, the main pit was divided into upper and lower layers. After thousands of years of renovation and expansion, it was equivalent to an underground passage accessible to all sides. When the minerals at the upper layer almost finished, a deeper and lower layer pit was opened up. During the previous usual period, it was very convenient to transport minerals through cable cars and lifts.

However, one day, when the miners were conducting deep excavation and survey, they accidentally found an underground world with various powerful creatures below. At that time, the Dark Moon’s lord was a strong Demon Emperor. He immediately rushed here when he heard the news and killed a bunch of underground creatures that came out. He also cast a seal with several powerhouses to prohibit the entry and exit of those creatures.

For thousands of years, it had been safe and sound. 400 years ago, unsure if it was because the seal had lost its power, the underground creatures broke through the seal and occupied the the main pit at the lower mine.

In desperation, the mining officer back then had to destroy the large lifts and sent people to guard the entrance. However, in such a way, the production of minerals was greatly reduced. Many people sneaked down with simple personal rope ladders and risked their lives to mine at the lower layer, leading to the loss of many lives. However, this year, the bandits were rampant. They even controlled some small mining sources that were discovered with great effort, and they were harming the miners. Some of the miners escaped and some of them died, the original thousands of miners had only a few hundred left.

Chen Rui asked the dwarf to draw a map and rewarded him with a big pancake. Dwarf didn’t expect such a good thing to happen, and he left happily. Dwarf was a race with deft hand. Although the map was simple, it was accurate and easy to understand. The main pit was located at the back hill of Mount Xilang and the waste ores room was located somewhere in the upper level of the main pit.

## Xilang mountain seal

This is the entrance to the lower floor. Initially, there were large lifts, so getting in and out was very convenient, but because the demonic beasts broke the original seal four hundred years ago, the mining officer at the time had no choice but to destroy the large lifts. You can only go down through this one and only emergency passage.

This emergency passage also has a seal. Only creatures below Demon King-level can enter, but this seal can only inhibit demonic beasts below Demon Emperor-level from exiting aboveground. If it is greater than Demon Emperor-level, it can also break through the emergency passage.

If they destroyed the emergency passage, then communication with the lower level would also be completely closed off, which was equivalent to giving up on the largest mine and thousands of years of mining operations. Hence, this passage is still retained to this day, so that the demonic beasts can be dealt with in the future.

## Trivia

* The main pit was built for thousands of years, especially the upper layer that had been excavated. The space seemed very large, as if a complex underground labyrinth shaped like a spider web. At every distance, there was a magic lamp for lighting.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 89 (Steambun)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 142 (Steambun)
3. ↑ Chapter 88 (Steambun)
4. ↑ Chapter 90 (Steambun)