After completing several level 4 resource-related missions, Moss accepted another one. However, it was a level 5 resource-related mission to upgrade his three-star weapon to a four-star weapon by searching for crystals.
According to the older man’s tips, the level 5 mission had no specific completion area yet, so Moss thought it was likely to be a cross-region mission.
With that in mind, Moss was not worried about it. Instead, he felt excited because the harder the mission was, the better it was for someone like him who understood the resources’ distribution better.
He went through the mission again in his mind, ‘Level 5 mission: Collect 30 kilograms of refined iron ore. Find one piece of grade-5 green crystal, two pieces of grade-6 red crystal, and three pieces of grade-7 crystal. Find the best smelting department and complete my upgrade.’
Moss was very confident about this mission. He had found refined iron ores during his level 3 resource-related mission and found crystals in the beginner mission. Although it was a grade-8 crystal, grade-7 was not a problem.
He also learned how to obtain red crystals when chatting with the older man. As for whether or not he could obtain crystals of higher grades, it depended on his luck.
As for the smelting department, Moss could find it in the Fire Region. The Fire Region’s smelting department was the most famous and skilled throughout Buried City.
After going through the mission in his mind, Moss’s train of thought became more evident as he started to act. An hour later, he collected 30 kilograms of refined iron ore from a mine in the forest.
Then he headed straight to a small shale crystal cave where he found the crystals last time.
Previously, Moss would feel an energy fluctuation at the forest edge when he ran laps during his beginner missions. He did not stop when he passed the forest edge the first two times, but the energy fluctuations became even more intense on his third lap, so he stopped and followed it to the small mountains.
He found a cave entrance at the foot of a very hidden island. Then he carefully entered the cave and continued to follow the energy fluctuations. After walking for about 20 meters, Moss found the crystal emitting a purple light. He carefully took it down and started looking around.
Through some broken moving tools and excavated traces combined with the relevant knowledge from his past life, Moss could determine it was an abandoned shale crystal cave.
Although he sensed remnants of energy fluctuations inside, he also felt a vague existence of spiritual power. Considering he still had a beginner mission to complete, he did not continue exploring rashly.
However, Moss had fully prepared himself to explore the cave again. He brought various digging tools and even a small mining machine. Soon, he was nearly a hundred meters deep in the cave.
He could not help but smile when he looked around. Moss looked at the end of the cave and sighed. “What a pity.”
He could have gathered a lot of gains if the excavator could push forward a bit more. Perhaps the miners at that time had limited mental strength and could not sense the potent energy fluctuations nearby.
Moss removed the mining equipment and a stone splitter and adequately used the support tools to protect the shale crystal cave. He also set up multiple shields behind him to effectively isolate the noise caused by his mining.
After setting everything up, he released Little Seven from the interspace dimension. Initially, Moss wanted to release Little Seven so he would not be lonely during the tedious mining process.
However, Little Seven saw Moss driving the excavator and let out a few excited bleats, violently hitting the rock wall before it. “Baa, baa!”
“Little Seven!” Moss wanted to dissuade Little Seven but was surprised it could break the rock wall.
“Your horns are very effective, huh?” He could not help but praise Little Seven.
Little Seven became even more excited when it heard Moss’s praise. Thus, under the joint efforts of man and beast, the duo dug 20 meters into the cave in less than half an hour.
Moss was surprised to find mountless purple lights flashing when he cleared the rubble at the front. The purple lights flashed on a massive rock wall in front of him.
“Well, that’s a shocking number of crystals!” The typically calm and collected Moss could not help but become excited after seeing such a large piece of crystal.
He held his four-star Red Flame Holy Sword and pried off two pieces of crystals from the massive rock wall before him.
“These two purple crystals are even more powerful than the grade-7 red crystal I gave to the manager last time.” Moss smiled.
Moss felt Little Seven rubbing its horns against him excitedly and patted its horns. Then he said smilingly, “We got lucky this time, Little Seven. These purple crystals can at least rival a crystal grade-7 and above.”
The duo was celebrating when a thunderous roar sounded from the cave.
“Roar!”
A massive white-haired ape appeared before Moss as it patted its chest with a ferocious expression as if it was asserting its dominance. The ape was about to attack when Little Seven ran toward Moss at breakneck speed and stood upright.
Little Seven was eight feet long and almost ten feet tall when it stood upright. Although Little Seven was shorter than the ape, it seemed like a small mountain when it stood before Moss.
Strangely enough, the white-haired ape stopped roaring and quieted down when it saw Little Seven.
Moss’s heart jolted when he saw this. “You’re something else, Little Sven. You don’t even know the origins of this place, yet you made a beast kneel.”
A moment later, Little Seven slowly approached the ape as if it was saying something to the ape.
The ape hurriedly kowtowed to Moss continuously. Then it turned to Little Seven and gestured something. It even pointed at the cave it came out of. It was as if the ape was telling Little Seven about its experiences in the cave.
Since the two Magical Beasts were communicating enthusiastically, Moss pried a few larger purple crystals from the rock wall.
When Moss put the crystals into his interspace dimension, he felt a horn gently rubbing against his leg. Then Little Seven softly bleated twice.
“All right, let’s go.” Moss patted Little Seven’s horn and used his spiritual power to convey a message.
Moss had grown accustomed to this. As he spoke, he would convey messages to Little Seven with his spiritual power.
Little Seven nodded at Moss and then glanced at the ape. Then the ape nodded at Moss as if to say Little Seven was reliable.
Moss smiled when he saw this. He patted Little Seven’s horn again and exited the cave. The ape even waved to Moss and Little Seven, reluctant to part ways with the man and the beast.
After completing several level 4 resource-related missions, Moss accepted another one. However, it was a level 5 resource-related mission to upgrade his three-star weapon to a four-star weapon by searching for crystals.
According to the older man’s tips, the level 5 mission had no specific completion area yet, so Moss thought it was likely to be a cross-region mission.
With that in mind, Moss was not worried about it. Instead, he felt excited because the harder the mission was, the better it was for someone like him who understood the resources’ distribution better.
He went through the mission again in his mind, ‘Level 5 mission: Collect 30 kilograms of refined iron ore. Find one piece of grade-5 green crystal, two pieces of grade-6 red crystal, and three pieces of grade-7 crystal. Find the best smelting department and complete my upgrade.’
Moss was very confident about this mission. He had found refined iron ores during his level 3 resource-related mission and found crystals in the beginner mission. Although it was a grade-8 crystal, grade-7 was not a problem.
He also learned how to obtain red crystals when chatting with the older man. As for whether or not he could obtain crystals of higher grades, it depended on his luck.
As for the smelting department, Moss could find it in the Fire Region. The Fire Region’s smelting department was the most famous and skilled throughout Buried City.
After going through the mission in his mind, Moss’s train of thought became more evident as he started to act. An hour later, he collected 30 kilograms of refined iron ore from a mine in the forest.
Then he headed straight to a small shale crystal cave where he found the crystals last time.
Previously, Moss would feel an energy fluctuation at the forest edge when he ran laps during his beginner missions. He did not stop when he passed the forest edge the first two times, but the energy fluctuations became even more intense on his third lap, so he stopped and followed it to the small mountains.
He found a cave entrance at the foot of a very hidden island. Then he carefully entered the cave and continued to follow the energy fluctuations. After walking for about 20 meters, Moss found the crystal emitting a purple light. He carefully took it down and started looking around.
Through some broken moving tools and excavated traces combined with the relevant knowledge from his past life, Moss could determine it was an abandoned shale crystal cave.
Although he sensed remnants of energy fluctuations inside, he also felt a vague existence of spiritual power. Considering he still had a beginner mission to complete, he did not continue exploring rashly.
However, Moss had fully prepared himself to explore the cave again. He brought various digging tools and even a small mining machine. Soon, he was nearly a hundred meters deep in the cave.
He could not help but smile when he looked around. Moss looked at the end of the cave and sighed. “What a pity.”
He could have gathered a lot of gains if the excavator could push forward a bit more. Perhaps the miners at that time had limited mental strength and could not sense the potent energy fluctuations nearby.
Moss removed the mining equipment and a stone splitter and adequately used the support tools to protect the shale crystal cave. He also set up multiple shields behind him to effectively isolate the noise caused by his mining.
After setting everything up, he released Little Seven from the interspace dimension. Initially, Moss wanted to release Little Seven so he would not be lonely during the tedious mining process.
However, Little Seven saw Moss driving the excavator and let out a few excited bleats, violently hitting the rock wall before it. “Baa, baa!”
“Little Seven!” Moss wanted to dissuade Little Seven but was surprised it could break the rock wall.
“Your horns are very effective, huh?” He could not help but praise Little Seven.
Little Seven became even more excited when it heard Moss’s praise. Thus, under the joint efforts of man and beast, the duo dug 20 meters into the cave in less than half an hour.
Moss was surprised to find mountless purple lights flashing when he cleared the rubble at the front. The purple lights flashed on a massive rock wall in front of him.
“Well, that’s a shocking number of crystals!” The typically calm and collected Moss could not help but become excited after seeing such a large piece of crystal.
He held his four-star Red Flame Holy Sword and pried off two pieces of crystals from the massive rock wall before him.
“These two purple crystals are even more powerful than the grade-7 red crystal I gave to the manager last time.” Moss smiled.
Moss felt Little Seven rubbing its horns against him excitedly and patted its horns. Then he said smilingly, “We got lucky this time, Little Seven. These purple crystals can at least rival a crystal grade-7 and above.”
The duo was celebrating when a thunderous roar sounded from the cave.
“Roar!”
A massive white-haired ape appeared before Moss as it patted its chest with a ferocious expression as if it was asserting its dominance. The ape was about to attack when Little Seven ran toward Moss at breakneck speed and stood upright.
Little Seven was eight feet long and almost ten feet tall when it stood upright. Although Little Seven was shorter than the ape, it seemed like a small mountain when it stood before Moss.
Strangely enough, the white-haired ape stopped roaring and quieted down when it saw Little Seven.
Moss’s heart jolted when he saw this. “You’re something else, Little Sven. You don’t even know the origins of this place, yet you made a beast kneel.”
A moment later, Little Seven slowly approached the ape as if it was saying something to the ape.
The ape hurriedly kowtowed to Moss continuously. Then it turned to Little Seven and gestured something. It even pointed at the cave it came out of. It was as if the ape was telling Little Seven about its experiences in the cave.
Since the two Magical Beasts were communicating enthusiastically, Moss pried a few larger purple crystals from the rock wall.
When Moss put the crystals into his interspace dimension, he felt a horn gently rubbing against his leg. Then Little Seven softly bleated twice.
“All right, let’s go.” Moss patted Little Seven’s horn and used his spiritual power to convey a message.
Moss had grown accustomed to this. As he spoke, he would convey messages to Little Seven with his spiritual power.
Little Seven nodded at Moss and then glanced at the ape. Then the ape nodded at Moss as if to say Little Seven was reliable.
Moss smiled when he saw this. He patted Little Seven’s horn again and exited the cave. The ape even waved to Moss and Little Seven, reluctant to part ways with the man and the beast.
