Now that they have formed a large army, it is inevitable that they will be discovered if they carry out any more high-profile operations. Most of the rebel troops are hiding in the abandoned towns and mines not far from the "big iron factory". They can only turn into surging underground torrents with a single order.
Only long Yangjun, Li Yao, Li Jialing and a few experts in the Yijun army dare to venture into the vicinity of the iron factory and contact the local carefree believers under the personal command of the Dharma protector.
The underground world is one huge cave after another. The three-dimensional labyrinth connected by tunnels and crevices is theoretically the easiest to defend and the most difficult to attack. As long as an elite team is sent to guard the main road between the two huge spaces, everyone''s access routes can be locked.
However, there is a mature mining area that has been mined for more than 100 years near the Dachang. There are many intricate mines and tunnels. They are not experienced old miners. No one knows where the dark fork road in the deep of a tunnel leads.
In order to transport fresh air and clean drinking water downward, and to transport precious resources from deep underground, large-scale ventilation and logistics pipeline system should be established.
In the past tens of thousands of years, the demon clan has built such a pipeline system, including the Xinghai Empire, the Xinghai Republic and the human empire.
The numerous abandoned pipeline systems of the previous dynasties have become a shortcut for us to spend time in secret. We can''t guard against relying on a few immortals.
Among the carefree believers, there are naturally old miners who have been dealing with rocks all their lives. Li Yao is a peerless master who shuttles through the ventilation ducts. They are familiar with the road and have a smooth way. They climb into the ventilation ducts from the cracks, climb into the tunnels from the ventilation ducts, and then drill into a mine tunnel which was completely drained decades ago and has long been abandoned.
According to the mining industry standard of the human Empire, this completely mined out mine must be backfilled with rock and rapidly solidified liquid metal to ensure the stability of the whole geological structure and prevent large-scale landslides and geological movements from affecting the Xiuxian world on the ground.
However, the cost of Rock Backfill is extremely high. For those immortals who are greedy for profits and extremely decadent, all the mining industry standards are rubbish. The black iron group was originally attached to dongfangjia, and the imperial capital is not dongfangjia''s territory. How can Li Minghui care about the standards?
As a result, there are black and empty abandoned mines all around the iron works. The carefree believers used a few years to get through most of the mines and carefully cover them up, making the rock strata in this area become big trees eaten by termites. The inside is full of holes, but the outside is not visible.
It was from the depth of such a mine that Li Yao and long Yangjun came out and directly bypassed the peripheral guards of the black iron group and appeared on a honeycomb like rock not far from the big iron factory.
Wearing grey cloaks, they seemed to be integrated with the surrounding rocks. Looking down from a high position, they could see the whole picture of the iron works. The first thing that came into sight was the volcanic well of magma in the center of the iron works.
It''s like a torch that has been ignited by hundreds of millions of heavenly fires. It''s blazing, roaring and howling. Even if it''s several miles away, you can feel its hot temperature. In the blink of an eye, it''s like Mars will splash on your face.
Long Yangjun told Li Yao that under the rock stratum where the iron works is located is the convergence place of three flame spiritual veins, which can continuously produce extremely strong and quite stable flame spiritual power far away. It is the best quality energy. In terms of modern Xiuzhen civilization, there is an ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure magmatic belt in the rock stratum under the iron works, but the geological structure is quite stable and solid, There are several rare ore veins with extremely large reserves and excellent quality nearby, so it would be much cheaper to build smelting plants in situ to smelt ore with geothermal energy, and then transport the raw ore to the ground after refining it into concentrate.
Looking out into the distance, Li Yaoji saw the geothermal energy plant built around the fiery well, all kinds of mining, smelting and metal processing plants built on the basis of the energy plant, as well as a small scale magic weapon component rough processing plant.
The high and low smelting and refining furnaces are like cold giants, all the way up to the top of the cave, making the originally open underground space extremely dull.
For underground smelting, the most difficult problem to solve is not the industrial water consumption, but the emission of toxic waste gas. Li Yao noticed that numerous huge pipelines with strong suction are distributed on the top of the tunnel and the surrounding walls of the tunnel above the large iron works, pumping away the black gas which is almost solidified all the time. After heavy filtration, all the highly toxic substances are filtered, Compressed into tiny blocks, purified air will be recycled back.
Even if thousands of powerful industrial air purification magic weapons go all out, the air is still full of all kinds of suffocating smell. Even Li Yao has a little discomfort, as if he had been stuffed with a mixture of two lumps of rubber and asphalt in his nose. I really don''t know how the workers and their families here can bear it.
"In fact, like the new federation before your return, the real Empire uses a lot of demon workers. More precisely, it uses various kinds of drugs to activate the" demonized cells "in the bottom workers'' bodies, giving them all kinds of" abilities "with various kinds of strange things and great side effects."
Long Yangjun whispered, "in other words, since the complete collapse of demon rule ten thousand years ago, the enslavement of the human race to the demon clan has never stopped in the middle of the Xinghai sea. Let alone the high-level demon clan, the strong and hardworking low-level demon clan is the best labor force. Who is willing to kill all these" big animals "? Isn''t that too outrageous?
"Of course, in order to defend" the dignity and pride of human civilization "and" the spirit of humanitarianism ", it''s not very common to transform human beings into monstrous demons. But it''s not uncommon to transform human organs partially, or use the principle of" eugenics "to combine human beings with some demonic genes, It''s a kind of dog breeding, but it never stops.
"The workers living in various kinds of underground heavy pollution factories, their full set of respiratory system is more like a demon than a human, which makes them master the ability to survive and work in a heavily polluted environment.
"It''s not without cost. Demonizing genes can only help them to work in their youth, but can''t prevent the accumulation of toxic heavy metals in their bodies. The final result is a greatly shortened life span and a certain probability of damaging their intelligence. However, for the owner of Xiuxian factory, these are not" costs. ", Anyway, they don''t need miners to live to the limit of their natural life, and they don''t need them to have too much intelligence, be a little silly and have better control. "
Hearing this, Li Yao was thrilled and furious: "these immortals are so despicable!"
"That''s the wrong thing for you to blame the cultivator."
Long Yangjun said coldly, "those who cultivate immortals are not the original figurines, but also follow the bad rules of the previous dynasty. As early as the era of Xinghai Republic, those who cultivate immortals, of course, were doing" model factories "on the surface of the sky, not to mention the elegant environment, the singing of birds, the fragrance of flowers, the laughter, but in the depths of the earth where the sun can''t find, in order to make excessive profits, Isn''t that what you''re doing? Anyway, since these workers have been activated the demonization gene, they are even polluted by the demons, or they are simply part of the demons.
"The demon clan is the enemy of the human race. No matter the practitioners or the immortals enslave the demon clan, they don''t have any sense of guilt. Can they be justified?"
In silence, Li Yao suddenly appreciated what Jin Xinyue had done in the past 100 years.
If she had not led the demons to fight, would today''s Xingyao Federation still retain a large number of such cruel factories?
That is not the dream world in Li Yao''s mind, it should exist!
In addition to the deadly poisonous gas, thousands of industrial air purification magic weapons emit a deafening roar at full power output, which is also like the endless magic sound of penetrating the brain, hovering over the iron works, turning into thousands of snakes with venom flowing into everyone''s ears.
Li Yao tried to limit his power. He only relied on his strong flesh and blood body to resist the noise. He soon became thirsty, his heart beat faster, his blood vessels beat wildly, and countless thoughts of darkness and blood came out.
"How''s it going?"
Long Yangjun said with a smile, "now you should understand why so many people are crying and crying and kneeling down to beg me to practice" forget your worries "? Even if it''s just to resist the endless noise, it''s worth it
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and gazed at the "rumbling" air purification magic weapon above his head. He shook his head and said, "there''s no reason. Even the industrial high-power air purification system can''t make such harsh noise as long as it''s carefully refined, regularly maintained and replaced with silent gasket. This is a technology that even the Xingyao federation can solve, There''s no reason why human empire can''t do it! "
"You have said that we should" refine carefully "and" regularly maintain and replace the mute gasket ". Every time we replace it, we need to shut down some factories, so the cost is very high, OK?"
Long Yangjun said, "compared with such a high cost, it''s much cheaper to send three pairs of earplugs to each worker and his family every month - guess which way Li Minghui''s immortal cultivator would choose?"
Li Yao frowned and said, "the air purification system is running all the time, and the noise will not disappear for a moment. In other words, the residents here have to plug their ears all day long. Isn''t it very inconvenient to talk to each other?"
"It''s not convenient."
Long Yangjun said, "don''t talk at all. Just shut up and try to work hard for those who cultivate immortals. Isn''t that right?"