Mechanical Doctor

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Manolin was naturally very interested in the news that the Black Stone Patriarch said.

After all, the iron-eating beast was too rare.

The special magic metal produced by this extraordinary creature is called [Magic Gold].

As the name suggests, the function of [Magic Gold] is to "break the magic".

Even if a legendary strongman is hit by this metal without opening the domain, he will not get any benefit.

Of course, it is also difficult for legends to be attacked.

In addition, [Magic Gold] is also one of the important materials for making dragon hunting crossbow arrows.

In case Manolin wants to hunt dragons one day, [Magic Gold] is also a very important material.

So whether there is an iron-eating beast in that valley, he has to go there.

After thanking the Black Stone Patriarch and giving him some fine wine, Manolin hurriedly called the crew who were still sleeping and prepared to set off.

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Since many crew members were hungover, the [Pterosaur] did not officially set off until noon.

Manolin found Barritt, the navigator, and showed him the map with the canyon circled by the Black Stone Patriarch.

Barritt, a navigator at sea, has now changed his job to a navigator on land.

This change has not made him adapt to it even after a few months.

However, the difference between "navigating" on land and sailing on the sea is very huge.

The simplest example is that you need to be careful when sailing on the sea and don't mistakenly enter the danger zone.

Especially those dangerous areas that move, Barritt still needs to calculate to avoid them smoothly.

And "navigating" on land is different. Although there are dangerous places and dead ends on land, such places are less in number and sparsely distributed than dangerous areas in the ocean, and on the other hand, most of these places on land will not move.

In this regard, sailing on land is much more comfortable than sailing in the sea.

But sailing on land is not without trouble.

After all, the ocean is a plane, and as long as you don't enter the danger zone, you can sail freely in most places.

But on land, due to the terrain, many places need to be paid attention to.

Although the two floating fortresses have very strong traffic capacity, they can pass smoothly regardless of the terrain.

But the energy consumed for passing different terrains is different.

The energy consumed by the [Pterosaur] in plains and hilly areas can even differ by twice.

What's more, when passing through different terrains, the comfort level of the people living in the [Pterosaur] is also different.

As a responsible navigator, Barritt will naturally choose a more economical and comfortable route.

Since the two floating fortresses began to "travel on land", Barritt has not been idle.

It makes him feel like his head is going bald now.

Fortunately, since entering the Roman Highlands, his life has become more leisurely.

After all, the Roman Plateau is an endless plain, and there is no arable land. He doesn't need to consider the route at all, just rush forward.

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100 kilometers is a piece of cake for two floating fortresses.

With the endless plain, the two floating fortresses quickly arrived at the canyon in the map.

In order not to scare the iron-eating beast and let it escape.

Manolin stopped the two floating fortresses when they were still a long way from the canyon.

He decided to use a stupid method and sent people directly into the canyon to search for the traces of the iron-eating beast.

Because the situation in the canyon was unclear, and he didn't dare to use radar for fear of scaring away the iron-eating beast, Manolin finally arranged several very luxurious teams to enter this canyon.

Except for the team he led, each of the remaining teams was equipped with a vehicle-mounted mecha and several mechanical spiders.

Manolin believed that unless he encountered a legend, such a team could ensure that nothing could go wrong.

As for encountering a legend?

Legends are not cabbages, how can they be everywhere?

He didn't believe that there could be legendary creatures in such a small valley.

"Everyone, take your own safety as the priority. If any dangerous situation occurs, try to escape and don't worry about the harvest. Okay! Let's go!"

As Manolin's orders were issued, each team also entered the canyon with long guns and short guns.

This canyon is not particularly large, and there is no name marked on the map.

After entering the canyon, the first thing Manolin did was to set up a temporary communication tower to facilitate communication between the teams.

He took out a five-meter-high metal tower from the secret realm.As the steam engine under the metal tower began to run, a steady stream of magic energy was transmitted to the entire metal tower along with the magic pattern.

As the magic pattern on the metal tower began to work, the metal tower also emitted a special wave to the outside world.

This wave dispelled the special force that affected communication in the entire space.

From now on, the communicator can work in this canyon.

After contacting each team and confirming that the communication was correct, this adventure officially began.

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"Is this... a golden ant?"

Soon after entering the canyon, Manolin found a lone giant ant.

This ant is the size of an adult's arm and is golden in color.

This guy saw a group of people standing in front of him, and not only did he not dodge, he also raised his two big teeth (mandibles) to demonstrate to everyone.

The reason why this ant is called a golden ant is not only because his exoskeleton is golden, but also because its exoskeleton can really extract gold after smelting.

Of course, killing ants to smelt gold is a waste of natural resources.

Like the iron-eating beast, the golden ant can also swallow metal.

However, it cannot produce any special alloys, but they can purify metals.

These ants can purify the metals in the ore and spit them out, and store them as food.

Manolin used the [Metal Control] ability and easily subdued the golden ant.

There is no way that the [Metal Control] ability is very effective for these ants whose shells are almost made of metal.

"This canyon has both iron-eating beasts and golden ants. There must be a lot of minerals buried here."

Manolin muttered to himself and thought for a moment, and decided to use a mining machine to dig for minerals after confirming the authenticity of the news about the iron-eating beast.

If it is a magic metal mine, he plans to stay here for a few days and dig some minerals before leaving.

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