Chapter 174 The door is gone
Long Bai’s survey guessed that the diameter of the hole created by the starship treasure house falling to the ground is more than 200 meters. During the long period of geological changes, most places were covered with stones and sand. The mixture was backfilled to create the lush woodland that is now visible around the site.
Only the central position forms an oval-shaped swamp with a long axis of about 50 meters and a short axis of about 40 meters.
The ones responsible for digging are 90 special chemical worker ants and 90 large worker ants. They are not many in number, but they are all elite and high-level, with large size, fast speed and high efficiency.
In the afternoon, we started working when the sun was about to set.
Working in the dark.
After a busy night, I dug down a layer about 80 centimeters thick.
A cloudless sunny day.
Worker ants dig into the semi-dry clay with their double-jawed shovels, and the ground is undulated with small pits, which in disguise increases the evaporation area of water.
After a day of exposure, the mud is dried by one layer.
It doesn’t need to be too dry, as the worker ants will not sink when they walk on it, and it only needs to be able to be scooped up and carried away by the worker ants with their jaws together.
After the sun went down, Heiti directed the worker ants to start working.
Long Bai commanded 30 soldier ants at the designated storage point, responsible for "unloading".
I finished my work in the middle of the night and shoveled down a 30 cm thick layer.
The next day, the sun shines for another day.
At night, the ants dig out another 30 cm thick layer.
Relatively easy job.
The temperature in summer is still rising, entering the hot season of the year.
You need to work almost all night every day, and you can dig down a layer of about 50 cm thick.
There was a heavy rain on the way and water accumulated in the pit.
Long Bai led 30 blue soldiers to use their water control abilities to drain the rainwater in time.
When the depth reaches five or six meters, the mud layer gradually becomes dry and hard.
Downward is settled clay with gravel.
No need to be exposed to the hot sun, you can dig directly.
The aura of the original metal in the treasure house also became clearer.
After careful investigation, Long Bai narrowed the excavation area to 10 meters in diameter.
It dug down to a depth of two meters in one night.
The next night, in the middle of the night, the ant colony suddenly burst into joy and cheers, and the pheromones that inspired the ants spread in the forest.
Heiti ran over.
"Your Majesty, come out! Come over and have a look!"
"Okay!"
Long Bai flew towards the excavation site.
Follow the slope to the bottom of the pit.
What was revealed was a section of the original metal plate, the kind of metal used exclusively for starship treasure troves. It was solid, more than 10 centimeters thick, and the fracture was torn.
It is hard to imagine what kind of energy can tear the treasure house into pieces.
"Heiti! You go and command the soldier ants. I'll command the worker ants!"
Long Bai waved his tentacles to give instructions, directing groups of worker ants to dig around the exposed metal plates.
It was soon discovered that the tearing fracture was only 2 to 5 meters long.
At least one well-preserved treasure chest is connected below, with a width of more than 8 meters and a height of about 3 meters. It is slanted and embedded deep in the soil, with an unknown length.
Have a day off.
At dusk, Long Bai personally directed the digging and continued digging.
“Stop!”
Long Bai suddenly jumped into the pit late at night, shook his tentacles, and gave the order: dig here!
Teams of worker ants came forward and dug at the place designated by Long Bai.
On the edge of the box, a circular hole with a diameter of 10 cm was cleared.
In the starship that spans the divine power barrier, every treasure room has several similar holes with unknown functions.
Long Bai raised his claws to remove the clogged clay and stones, and swept his mental power into the treasure house.
It’s all water.
After thinking for a moment, he shook his tentacles and gave the order. The specialized blue soldiers on standby above took action immediately, standing one at a distance of about 2 meters, forming a straight line.
Long Bai activated his water control ability, and the water in the silted treasure house turned into a water column with a diameter of 10 centimeters, flowing out backwards, and soon condensed into a water ball with a diameter of half a meter.
Long Bai controlled the water polo to fly and passed it to a special blue soldier next to him.
This specialized blue soldier controls the water polo to fly and pass it to the next person...
Pass it in turn, send the water polo out of the pit, and then discard it far away.
The same way,
Long Bai continuously pumped water from the treasure house, condensed it into water balls and sent them away.
Feeling something different here, Heidi ran over.
"How is it, Your Majesty? Did you find the treasure?"
"No. There is some trouble. There is water in the treasure chest, and the bottom layer is full of sand."
"Oh ——”
Heiti came forward, took advantage of Long Bai's break to pass the water ball, lay down at the entrance of the hole, and looked inside.
Long Bai pointed with his tentacles and said: "Heiti, you command the worker ants to dig down against the outer metal wall and create a straight passage. First, explore the length of this treasure house."
"Okay, Your Majesty!" Heiti agreed and directed the worker ants to work.
Using the water control ability to drain water consumes a lot of money. After passing hundreds of water balls in a row, the blue soldiers began to exhaust themselves.
Long Bai ordered to eat and rest.
After recovery, continue draining.
The sun is strong during the day, so we go back to the ant nest to rest, and continue again in the evening when the sun sets.
Heiti directed the worker ants to dig a straight passage along the slope of the treasure house, and the result was soon achieved.
“Your Majesty, we’ve dug to the end!”
“Okay.”
Long Bai's mental power unfolded and spread along the passage.
The treasure house is inserted into the ground at an angle, and the end that touches the bottom is neat and smooth. It should have fallen off the starship rather than being torn and scattered.
Initially, it was found that it was a separate treasure house room with a length of about 15 meters.
Long Bai has seen many treasure troves of this size in the wreckage of half of the starship across the divine power barrier, and he is quite familiar with it.
“Your Majesty, what should we do next?”
Black tips for instructions. Can't wait.
Long Bai thought and explained: "The starship treasure house has a door... It should be on the left or right side. Let's see what the door is like first."
"?? ?" Heiti shook his tentacles and sent out a long list of questioning emotions, not understanding which side the 'left' and the 'right' were.
Long Bai buried his head and activated his water ability to control a ball of water to float and transform into a rectangular shape. He pointed with his tentacles and said:
"The treasure house is about 15 meters long and 8 meters wide. It is about 4 meters high. Usually, this type of large treasure house has two doors that slide left and right on this side, or this side, which is 4 meters high."
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"The door is stronger than the wall. If it is closed, it will never be opened. But there is a small probability that the door of the treasure house is open..."
"Understood!"
< br>Heiti looked left and right, then hurried to one side and said, "Your Majesty, dig down from here, right?"
"Yes! You are free to do it." Long Bai saw that Heiti was very high in fighting spirit. , full of expectations, added the explanation:
"The probability that the treasure house door is open is very small, don't put too much hope in it. There is a high probability that this treasure house is intact and airtight, with only a few small holes. It is available for us to operate, but larger treasures cannot be taken out.”
"... Got it." Heiti immediately directed the worker ants to dig.
Long Bai buried his head, facing the hole, and continued to activate the water system ability, controlling the condensation of water balls, specializing in blue soldier transfer, and draining water outwards.
"Your Majesty!"
Heiti, who was directing the excavation, suddenly jumped up, "Your Majesty, the door...is the door gone?"
Huh?
Long Bai threw away the water ball he was controlling, and spread out his mental power to sweep it away.
The newly dug tunnel has a rolled and torn section more than four meters down. The wall on this side of the treasure house seemed to have been torn away abruptly.
My mental power probed the depths, but it was all mud and sand.
Long Bai ran forward and drilled into the tunnel himself, shoveling the soil with his jaws and digging while using his mental power to scan and detect.
100% confirmed, the door to the treasure house is on this side.
The door is gone!
Command worker ants to quickly dig and expand.
Find out the situation quickly.
Not only was the door missing, but the walls were also torn to pieces. The treasure house that was supposed to be sealed had a huge gap on one side of the door that went straight to the bottom, and the interior of the treasure house was filled with sand.
Long Bai felt terribly uncomfortable.
Doesn't this mean that all the treasures inside are scattered?
(End of this chapter)