Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

Xiao Yi stared at it for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's a deer."

He thought it was some kind of carnivore.

"Deer! Where is it?" When Shi Anan heard the alarm was lifted, he quickly turned around to take a look.

Startled by her movement, the deer hiding in the bushes turned around and ran in one direction, disappearing out of sight.

Wait! That direction!

Shi Anan and Xiao Yi looked at each other, and both thought of a possibility, and chased towards the place where the deer disappeared.

After pushing aside the bushes that blocked their view, Shi Anan and Xiao Yi discovered that there was a very hidden cave behind the bushes!

"I'll go ahead." Xiao Yi stopped Shi Anan who wanted to go in. No one knew what was in the cave, so it would be safer for him to lead the way.

"Then you better be careful." Shi Anan thought for a moment, took out the familiar night pearl lamp and handed it to Xiao Yi.

Although Xiao Yi knew that Shi An'an had robbed... ahem, visited their house, he didn't expect that she had even robbed the lamp on his desk...

Shi Anan lowered her eyes somewhat unnaturally: "What are you looking at? I took it because I thought it was practical. Look, it's being used now. It's better than a candle!"

Xiao Yi suppressed his laughter and responded with agreement, saying, "It is indeed useful."

After an episode, Xiao Yi took the night pearl lamp and went into the cave first. He used his sword to clear some weeds around him, and then shouted to Shi Anan outside: "Come in."

When Shi Anan came in, she found that the area of ​​the cave was actually very small. She was over 1.6 meters tall and could barely stand upright, but Xiao Yi, who was over 1.8 meters tall, could only curl up in grievance and walk with his head down.

Tsk...it’s tiring just looking at it.

Xiao Yi had to keep going even though he was tired. He looked carefully for footprints on the ground. There were not only deer footprints, but also footprints of many unknown animals.

They didn't even see a hare outside, but unexpectedly they found traces of animals here. It turned out that animals have more accurate intuition about danger and are more likely to find a place suitable for their survival.

Although the cave was not high, the corridor was long and narrow and dark. Shi Anan could only hold the corner of Xiao Yi's clothes and follow him forward with the help of the dim light from the night pearl lamp. After walking for an unknown amount of time, she finally felt a ray of light appearing in front of her.

Xiao Yi slashed the weeds that were blocking the way with two swords, and an exit appeared in front of the two men.

Shi Anan crawled out of the cave, stood up and took a breath, then began to observe the scene nearby.

"This place was not destroyed by the meteorite shower!" Shi Anan looked around in surprise.

The exit of the cave seemed to lead to a completely different world from the other side, with lush and green trees growing vigorously. They had been walking in the silent forest all the way, but at this time, the sound of birds finally appeared, and some animals that had been invisible before could also be vaguely seen here.

"The deer is there." Xiao Yi said, pointing in a direction.

When Shi Anan looked over, she saw that the deer she had just seen had merged into the herd and was eating grass comfortably.

It was only then that Shi Anan realized that the place they were in seemed like a canyon, with steep mountains on both sides, but the canyon was relatively wide and there was a winding river flowing in an unknown direction, forming an ecosystem of its own.

Shi Anan took out the compass again, confirmed the direction and said, "There are animals here, and animals also need salt. Maybe the salt mine is nearby."

The two walked in the direction indicated by the compass. Shi Anan observed the plants on the road, but found that the closer they got to the direction indicated by the pointer, the sparser the plants became.

It seems that the salt mine is nearby!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for finding the salt mine. Rewards: Salt Well*1, Method for Purifying Crude Salt*1]

Shi Anan:!!!

Suddenly, the system message sounded, leaving Shi Anan stunned for a few seconds.

She found the salt mine now? And the system directly rewarded her with a salt well and a method to purify crude salt!

You know, although she really wants to find a salt mine as soon as possible, salt mines are generally mined underground, and mineral salt is poisonous and needs a long time of purification before it can be eaten.

Even if they find it, it will take a lot of effort for them to eat it.

But salt wells are different. They usually mine brine from hundreds or even a thousand meters underground. Because they are far away from pollution underground, such salt can be eaten directly and has better quality.

Although ancient China had a history of deep well salt more than 2000 years ago, there must have been related mining technology in this era.

But they are in Guangming Village, a remote and under-staffed small village. If they want to mine salt wells themselves, it will cost a lot of manpower and resources.

If it were not for the importance of salt and the difficulty of mining and purifying it, how could it have become a commodity monopolized by ancient governments?

So, if the system had not directly rewarded her with the salt well, she would not have been able to mine the salt well herself even if she had been given several years.

He couldn't help but praise the system in his heart, and then Shi Anan couldn't help but excitedly share his joy with Xiao Yi: "We have found the salt mine! And we also have a salt well!"

"Salt well? A reward from the gods?" Xiao Yi obviously also knew the value of the salt well.

"Yes, let's find where the salt well is!"

Although it took a lot of effort to find the salt mine, the system finally did not make things difficult for them with the salt well. They soon found a wellhead with a diameter of more than ten centimeters. This was the salt well.

The system not only rewards salt wells, but also equips the salt wells with supporting tools, such as a brine pumping cylinder with a movable valve installed at the bottom of the cylinder, or a pulley power device that makes it easier to lift out the brine pumping cylinder.

With these, they can even start making salt directly.

"Is this the salt well?" Although Xiao Yi knew about the salt well, he had never actually seen one.

"Yes, let's make a mark first, and then find someone to mine together when we go back." Shi Anan said.

"The road here is not easy to walk on." It takes a lot of effort just to pass through that narrow cave passage.

Shi Anan certainly knew that it would be a bit troublesome to get to the salt mine, but she couldn't do anything about the cave for the time being, and it was also a natural hidden channel. However, the road from Guangming Village to the cave could be built.

"It's okay. We won't be mining on a large scale for now. It's enough to have enough salt. We can boil the brine right here when the time comes. Once the road from Guangming Village is repaired, it will be much more convenient to transport the goods."

There are always more solutions than problems. Isn't construction done from scratch? Because of the system's help, she directly obtained the salt well, which saved her a lot of trouble.

Hearing that An An had already made arrangements in her mind, Xiao Yi stopped talking. On the way back, Xiao Yi kept marking the places, especially the winding corridors inside the cave, which could easily lead to the wrong path if one was not careful.

In fact, with his memory, he would not forget it after walking through it once, but it would be impossible for him to bring people here every day, so it was still necessary to make marks.

Since they were familiar with the road conditions, they returned to the other side of the cave much faster. After going out, Xiao Yi blew a whistle to call back Jueying, who was wandering off somewhere. The two of them mounted their horses and continued to look for mining sites.

Next stop, the coal mine!