"You’re certain that the teleportation device you ntioned is tal, right?" Wei Shishi imdiately asked Xu Ying as the two won approached.
"It should be..."
"What do you an by ’should be’?" Wei Shishi frowned imdiately, "You don’t know either?"
"I do know! At the beginning, it was indeed a tal pillar, but... I’m not sure if it still is now." Xu Ying glanced at the people exploring around, "If it hasn’t changed much from when I saw it, then it should be made of tal."
Wei Shishi nodded slightly and then looked at Li Wenxi, who was scanning the surroundings: "Li Wenxi, you can find tal ores, but you can’t detect finished tal tools?"
"It’s not that I can’t." Li Wenxi continued to observe the surroundings, "The location of tal ores is relatively clear, but the perception of finished tal products is much weaker, probably to prevent from mistaking finished tal products for mineral resources. However, there’s still so perception, though it’s rather vague."
"Oh?" Xu Ying looked at Li Wenxi in surprise, "Sister-in-law, you can even sense finished tal products? I didn’t know..."
"Yes, but..." Li Wenxi stopped surveying the area and shook her head, "At least I can’t sense the kind of massive tal pillar you ntioned around here. If it were really that large and close to the surface, I probably wouldn’t miss it."
"Let’s start with a thodical search," Wei Shishi suggested, "Since the perception is vague, it’s not accurate. Regarding what Xu Ying ntioned, I need a definite answer."
"You seem... very concerned about this matter?" Xu Ying looked at her and asked, "I was actually worried you might think I was talking nonsense and ignore . I didn’t expect you wouldn’t be skeptical at all."
Wei Shishi’s expression changed slightly.
"Have you... already found so clues?" Xu Ying looked directly at Wei Shishi, "Did you discover sothing earlier?"
Xu Ying had only proposed a hypothesis to Wei Shishi just now. Was it necessary to gather so many people and dig three feet deep in the middle of the night while others were asleep?
Those team mbers seed a bit listless, clearly having been woken up from their sleep.
Since she took it so seriously, she must have thought of sothing, feeling that there’s a certain possibility in Xu Ying’s scenario, prompting such urgency for verification.
"...Let’s verify the truth of what you said first."
Xu Ying moved closer to her: "Is it related to your parents... I’m sorry, don’t look at like that, it’s scary..."
Seeing the coldness in Wei Shishi’s eyes, Xu Ying imdiately raised her hands in surrender and stepped back two steps, finally saying, "This matter concerns the fate of all humanity. I hope you think it over and that there’s no concealnt."
Wei Shishi didn’t speak.
Ti passed by second by second, and about half an hour later, over a hundred team mbers completed their tasks and regrouped.
No discoveries were made.
"It seems your hypothesis doesn’t hold water," Wei Shishi said to Xu Ying, her expression much more relaxed.
"...Are you sure there were no mistakes in your detection?" Xu Ying frowned.
"Although our Wei Family isn’t specialized in resource gathering, our tools can detect tals about ten ters below the ground. To avoid errors, I had them scan this area three tis."
Xu Ying had also tried that detection tool, finding it effective.
"If that’s the case... could I really have been mistaken?" Xu Ying wondered, "But... if it’s not the teleportation device, what’s going on with this polluted area? Could it be mutated creatures?"
She then looked at Li Wenxi, who hadn’t said a word: "Sister-in-law, do you have any thoughts?"
Li Wenxi then raised her head to look at the do of the underground world.
"Is there sothing up there... Ah!" Xu Ying clapped her hands, "Right above here, it’s near that mineral point!"
Wei Shishi also looked up.
The do above was dotted with countless white, luminous crystal minerals arranged haphazardly.
It seed no different from other areas.
But this place was indeed very close to the mineral point Li Wenxi ntioned!
Very close!
"That’s the mineral point," Li Wenxi murmured thoughtfully, "The do’s mineral point is extensive, occupying a considerable area, and right above here, it’s near the edge of this mining area."
"Do you think there’s a possibility... that the teleportation device isn’t underground but rather..."
Li Wenxi looked at the two won, then pointed upwards with her finger: "In the sky?"
"...Very possible!" Xu Ying replied imdiately, clearly, "It’s even more likely than being underground!"
"Why?" Wei Shishi turned her head to ask.
"Because this is already the underground world, and there’s this layer of separation from the surface," Xu Ying pointed to the do, "If the teleportation device were also buried underground in the underground world, it might... have poor reception."
"But if it were embedded in the do... perhaps it could solve those issues." Xu Ying squinted her eyes as she looked up at the do two or three thousand ters away, "After all... your do is like their ground."
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