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Hopps and the others didn't know that Sui Xiong had been inspired by their mineral processing work, conducted some outdated research, and finally got the good result that "the Northwest Republic will build a large magic pool." They still work hard to select the ores every day, sort out the mithril ores from the silver ores, and then send them to two master appraisers for further screening to select the innate mithril ores.

This job was boring, but it was very good for honing his skills. After the batch of silver ore was finally sorted, Hopps felt that his understanding of the ore had improved a bit. If it were in the game, his "mineral processing" skill would have definitely improved a lot in proficiency, making him a big step forward steadily on the road from expert to master.

If he can keep practicing like this, maybe after a year and a half, he will be able to distinguish between innate mithril and acquired mithril.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"You look very happy, is it because the boring mineral processing work is finally over?" Ruby, who was sitting next to him, asked, "To be honest, the work was really unbearable. I would rather fight against a group of giants alone." Even the devil doesn’t want that kind of work.”

Hopps looked at his face with slightly dark circles and couldn't help but smile and said: "You haven't picked much mine, right? Why do you look so tired?"

"I used to think that fighting was a very tiring time, but now I know that doing internal affairs is also very tiring." Ruby said helplessly, "I have to coordinate people and deal with various things every day... I'm really not good at these things. I am a warrior, not a scholar or a noble!"

"But I think you did a pretty good job, keeping everything in order. If that's not good at it, then what does it mean to be good at it?" Hopps asked.

Ruby was speechless and could only remain silent.

"He just doesn't like this kind of work." Sid, who was sitting next to them, said, "But there's nothing we can do if we don't like it. We can't stop working just because we don't like working. That's how life is."

"If possible, I hope to be a librarian. My daily job is to read books, organize books, and handle borrowing and returning books. I can be quiet and free from the world. How peaceful and peaceful it is!" De sighed softly and said, "But, no. I have responsibilities that I must bear, and work that I must do. I am not young anymore, and I no longer have the power to be willful."

He looked at the haggard Ruby with his slightly light green eyes: "You are older than me, and the pressure in life must be greater than mine, so you must understand this truth better. Living happily is also a day. , it’s just a day when you’re not happy, why not adjust your mood and try to like this job?”

Ruby was stunned for a moment, smiled, sighed, and shook her head.

"You're right, but I can't do it. I really can't like this tedious job of constantly dealing with all kinds of people, numbers, and account books!"

He turned to look at Dudu, who was laughing and eating and drinking with a group of people next to him, with envy in his eyes.

"Sometimes, I really envy this single-minded guy. He is always so happy and never seems to have a care in the world."

"That's probably because he really likes this job." Hopps said, "Just like me. You may think mineral processing is a very boring and boring thing, but I can do it in this job." Find fun. Studying each piece of ore carefully, judging its texture from each edge, each section, and each reflection is like opening a wonderful book and browsing a book with rocks as the carrier... Just be quiet. It’s actually quite fun if you put your mind to it.”

Seeing his smiling face, Ruby couldn't help but sigh again and drank in a low voice.

Tonight is a celebration banquet to celebrate the completion of the primary batch of mithril ore, so it is not the right time to talk about boring and unhappy things.

The next morning, Hopps got up very early. He got his equipment early, then said goodbye to his friends, and set out to explore for mineral veins with several other exploration team members.

During the past period, the exploration team has explored about a quarter of the entire mining area. In the entire mining area, more than half of the places that are more convenient for movement have been passed by them, and the rest are a bit dangerous. Without skilled experts to lead the team, ordinary exploration workers really don't dare to go.

Death-seeking behaviors such as "extreme sports" are not popular in this world. Both nobles and commoners pay great attention to personal safety - that's why Void City's adventure-themed amusement park "Dungeons and Dragons" is so popular because it can satisfy everyone's needs. The need for adventure among those with money, but without real risk.

It's the middle of winter now, real ice and snow. In this kind of weather and environment, it is really dangerous to climb those steep rock walls or follow the cracks in the rocks to the bottom of the cliff. Not to mention that most of the exploration team are just civilians with a little bit of wilderness survival ability. Even senior adventurers are generally unwilling to do this kind of thing.

Therefore, if it were not for Hopps as the core, the exploration workers would never dare to take risks.

Wearing special snow boots and wrapping themselves like bears in thick waterproof winter clothes, the group of four people trudged along the road that had been opened during this period. It was not until noon that they arrived at the place where they were scheduled to conduct further exploration. place.

It was a cliff. Although it was not straight up and down, it was enough to stop people from going any further. What was even more terrifying was that there was ice and snow in many places on the cliff - or to put it more clearly, the places on the cliff that were slightly less steep and could be used for footing were all covered with ice and snow.

"Captain Hopps, look up." An exploration worker pointed to a section on the cliff. Although the sun was not very good today, some obvious silver-white color could still be clearly seen.

There was no doubt that it was a mineral vein.

"I'll go up and take a look." Hopps observed carefully for a while and was sure that he could not judge the situation of the mineral vein only by observing from a distance, so he decided to take a risk, climb up the cliff, and go to the mineral vein for a field survey.

This was a very dangerous thing and required a lot of preparation. With the help of three companions, he spent several hours to nail a dozen waterproof spikes on the cliff.

When he actually climbed, these spikes would be where he stepped on and tied the safety rope, and they would also be the insurance for his life.

That was the end of the work for the day. The next day, they came again and continued to drive long spikes into the cliff, driving more than a dozen more.

But the third day was a little bit unsuccessful because of the snow, which greatly affected the work. Only four long spikes were driven in total.

According to this trend, it is estimated that it will take another five or six days to open up a relatively safe passage, enough for Hopps to climb all the way to the mine and do field surveys.

Hopps was not in a hurry, and the exploration team members were not in a hurry either. Field exploration is a time-consuming thing. It can even be said that in most cases, they actually wish to spend more time.

Time is safety. The more time you spend and the more fully you prepare, the safer you will be.

For people like them, safety is the most important thing.

There will be double monthly tickets at the end of this month. If you still have monthly tickets, you can wait until the double monthly tickets are available. Thank you everyone!