Chapter 3634: Digging the IslandEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The vast sea stretched endlessly.

Ahead, a small island shone under the sunlight like a brilliant blue gemstone.

"Captain, up ahead is the Sapphire Island. Our labor on this ship is seriously insufficient this time, so the mining efficiency might be very low," Howell said. He didn’t know why they were suddenly mining at this moment and repeatedly warned, "Also, our fleet has too many ships, and the target is too large. I’m afraid the Skeleton Guild is already watching us."

"No need to worry, Howell."

Meng Qingyu happened to pass by, patted Howell on the shoulder, and said confidently, "The king’s people will have a way."

The king?

Howell found the title strange. He looked out the window at Fang Heng standing by the deck, feeling very odd inside.

Mining?

Backbreaking labor.

What other way could there be? Could he somehow conjure a group of laborers?

Soon, the fleet landed along the shore of the Sapphire Island, set up a temporary camp by the sea, and entered the island.

Fang Heng leapt down from the deck and observed the island’s environment.

The ground on the island was different from the Outer World. Except for the sandy areas near the coast, the soil on the island’s periphery was very hard. Looking closely, the soil was mixed with a special blue crystalline material.

Perhaps because of the soil composition, only a few plants could grow on the island.

Meng Qingyu looked at Fang Heng, a few expectations in his eyes, and saluted, "Your Majesty, the blue crystal ore we need lies beneath this land. The only difference is the concentration of crystals varies. We need many laborers to mine it and transport it back and forth."

"Mm."

Fang Heng listened to Meng Qingyu’s explanation and did not see any difficulties.

Wasn’t this just a normal collection mission?

If anything, the only difference was that collecting the materials was simpler.

"Then let’s start."

Fang Heng said this, took out a stack of rune papers from his backpack, and tossed them into the air.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"

Lickers leapt out from the exploding sealing rune papers, then quickly condensed on the ground, forming flesh cocoons.

The flesh cocoons split open rapidly.

One by one, zombies emerged, letting out wails, and walked beyond the sandy areas, beginning to dig the crystalline soil with their bare hands.

Meng Qingyu and the other players’ eyes lit up.

Since Fang Heng had become famous outside the game, many videos of him had been dug up by players, with several popular clips repeatedly played.

The players had more or less seen the zombies controlled by Fang Heng before.

These creatures’ auxiliary abilities were extremely strong!

Besides combat, they were also masters at mining!

Fang Heng’s right God’s Eye rapidly condensed. He raised his hand, and a simple magic array quickly formed in the air ahead.

The sand on the ground flowed toward the magic array.

The extracted elements were quickly filtered and constructed through alchemy, eventually forming pickaxes that scattered on the ground.

The players were astonished by Fang Heng’s actions.

Alchemy?

Could it be used like this?

The zombie clones passed one by one in front of the magic array, each bending down to pick up a pickaxe from the belt, and began digging.

Fang Heng looked at Meng Qingyu and said, "Minecarts."

"Oh, right!"

Meng Qingyu immediately focused and nodded, "I’ll have people get them."

Soon, in less than five minutes, a basic production line was set up.

The watching players and locals saw the zombie team quickly disperse across the island to dig.

Very quickly, the zombies began lining up to transport the high-purity crystal ore to the shore.

Although the players had prepared themselves mentally, they were still shocked by the scene.

Seeing it in person was far more thrilling than in videos.

The zombies’ mining efficiency was terrifying.

The players felt that they couldn’t compete with the zombies.

Howell and the group of local players were even more stunned, standing there speechless for a long time.

Now he understood why so many empty ships had been brought.

It turned out they were here to transport resources.

The most troublesome part of collecting sapphire ore was, in Fang Heng’s eyes, simply not a problem.

At this speed, it would take no more than half an hour to mine enough materials to fill all the ships.

Then they could return.

"Commander."

Howell finally understood what was happening. He walked to Fang Heng’s side and asked quietly, "Should we transport the materials immediately?"

"Wait a little."

Fang Heng noticed that the mined sapphire crystal ore was more like mixed minerals, full of impurities.

It had not been refined at all.

Even a 10% concentration of true sapphire crystal was considered good.

Transporting it now would be like bringing back a shipload of trash.

Fang Heng did not want to waste time on the mission repeatedly.

It was better to max out contribution points at once and start the next tier of missions sooner.

He raised his head, and his right God’s Eye spun rapidly. He lifted his hand forward.

"Chi, chi chi..."

Small alchemy runes gradually appeared in the air.

With his mental strength triggering them, the complex alchemy runes twisted and condensed, forming a large alchemy magic array.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The magic array spun rapidly.

Fang Heng waved his hand toward the piles of high-concentration crystal ore.

The ore was immediately pulled toward the magic array.

"Chi! Chi chi!!!"

As the ore passed through the spinning magic array, a white mist rose and hissed.

What was this?

Crystallization!

Meng Qingyu and the players’ eyes filled with shock.

They had never seen anything like this!

Fang Heng’s alchemy—how high had it been leveled?

Could it be maxed out already?

After passing through the alchemy magic array, the ore’s impurities were quickly removed, leaving only high-concentration purified crystals.

In the entire empire, only high-level alchemists in magic guilds could refine ore of about 60% purity up to 85%.

The process was extremely complicated and time-consuming.

No one had ever purified raw ore directly to crystal at such speed.

The locals looked at Fang Heng like he was a monster.

Who was he, really?

"Quick, don’t just stand there. Get people to load the sapphire crystals onto the ships!"

Cao Ge could no longer hide his joy.

Such high-purity crystal ore was limited even in magic guilds.

Even with money outside, it might not be obtainable.

Yet Fang Heng could refine it almost casually!

And the efficiency was astonishingly high!

They were making a fortune!

The players could not sit still. They jumped off the ships and helped the laborers load the blue crystal ore onto the vessels.

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