Chapter 144 - My Base! (2/2)

Of course, the one that truly had to look for food was the Purple Jade Condor. Zhang Che was merely enjoying the sensation of stable flight.

A few minutes later, not only did the Purple Jade Condor find a group of large herbivores, it also found a clear stream nearby. After receiving news of this, the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon quickly flew towards their destination, directed by Zhang Che with a wave of his right hand.

Zhang Che felt so hungry that he was sure he’d eat an entire bull by himself…

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After eating his fill, the sky started to darken. A day had passed just like that. Zhang Che’s plan for constructing his base could only be put off until tomorrow.

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Returning to the cavern, Zhang Che grew excited again, and immediately turned into a diligent miner, splitting the workload with the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander. They kept carving out huge rocks from the wall, searching for every piece of purple-gold crystal mineral they could find, no matter how big or small.

It was only when Zhang Che felt fatigue all over that he finally stopped. Looking around him, a side of the wall was now a huge, black empty area. Anywhere that had fluorite was carved out by him.

After about three hours of work, Zhang Che’s gains were huge.

Behind him was a small pile of close to a hundred purple-gold crystals, illuminated by the large pile of fluorite next to them. Zhang Che estimated that there was about seventy catties worth of purple-gold crystal mineral gathered here, or about thirty-five thousand grams.

“Tsk tsk, I only worked as a miner for about two to three hours, and earned a few hundred million dollars before I knew it. I’m probably the best miner in the world, aren’t I?” Zhang Che lamented in satisfaction, before ordering the frisky monkey to set up his tent. With the uncountable riches of the cavern by his side, Zhang Che gradually slipped into the land of dreams.

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When Zhang Che woke up the next morning, he didn’t continue digging for purple-gold crystal mineral. Instead, he directly exited the cave and started planning the design for this prosperous base.

The huge entrance definitely had to go. As long as you weren’t blind, any beastmaster who passed by would discover the cave immediately. It was very likely that they would then be driven by curiosity and explore it.

Zhang Che looked around the cliff, and discovered an area overgrown with vines a short distance away from the cave entrance, concealing the cliff behind it perfectly.

-The new entrance will be here!-

There was about thirty meters between the old and new entrances. It wasn’t something easy to dig out such a long tunnel. Even if Zhang Che had inhuman strength, the extremely sharp Mutated Puffersword, and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander to clear away the carved-out rocks, he had to spend several hours to dig out the tunnel.

The original entrance was sealed up by Zhang Che with a few huge rocks. Not only that, he also applied a layer of mud on the outside, and moved a few wild plants there, covering it completely.

Simply concealing the entrance might not necessarily assure its safety…

Zhang Che returned to the first cavern and looked around. He gaze fell onto the small pond for a brief moment, and an idea popped into his head.

What was safer than setting the entrance underwater?

{Ed. Note: Umm! There’s a little thing called airflow you’ll be cutting off…}

However, carving a tunnel underwater was much harder than doing so outside. Zhang Che had to make sure that the connecting tunnel was higher than the water’s surface, and only the entrance would dip in altitude, preventing the water from flowing into the tunnel.

Zhang Che was getting hungry after busying himself for half a day outside. Thus, he exited the cave and had the frisky monkey hunt a large herbivore to satisfy their stomachs, before starting work in the cavern again.

It was all thanks to the pile of fluorite Zhang Che had collected that he could work in the dark cavern. Not only did it provide sufficient illumination, it wouldn’t produce any smoke, nor exhaust any of the precious oxygen in the cavern.

It was both natural and non-polluting!