Chapter 466: [Beast Emperor Ore (S)]

"How is it?"

"Is there anything there?"

Vivian and the others, who had carefully followed behind and ultimately stopped at the corner, softly asked Lan Qingyou.

"Mm, we've found the objective of our dungeon raid this time."

Lan Qingyou nodded, speaking with a smile on her face.

Compared to everyone hiding at the corner, Lan Qingyou's tone and volume of speech here seemed much more normal.

Seeing that Lan Qingyou, who was out in the open, was acting like this, everyone also felt reassured and walked out from the corner.

Subsequently, just like Lan Qingyou, they froze on the spot.

Not far from them was a space that was somewhat larger compared to the previous cave path.

Compared to any crystal cluster Lan Qingyou had seen before, this crystal cluster was much larger. Just by visual estimation, its diameter was at least over twenty meters.

Of course, the size wasn't the issue. The issue was the information Lan Qingyou saw with her Demon Eye.

"What is this?"

Gu Xiaobei, who had just recovered thanks to the magic items that added spirit, moved closer wanting to get a clear look.

"What did we come to this dungeon for this time?"

Lan Qingyou asked in return.

"To fight monsters, level up, and find new materials, of course."

Vivian, standing to the side, looked at Lan Qingyou as if looking at a fool.

Alright... that was indeed the reason they entered here, but it wasn't the reason for Lan Qingyou.

"Initially, the consideration for entering this dungeon was to find some kind of ore to upgrade the Sanctuary, right."

Li Huai thought for a moment and said.

"Oh~~~~ Right, you came to this dungeon for that matter."

Prompted by Li Huai's reminder, the few of them finally remembered why Lan Qingyou and the others wanted to find this dungeon.

"Ten months truly feels like a sea change, I had almost forgotten about this matter."

Vivian, as if trying to summarize something, looked at that entire crystal cluster and said with a sigh of emotion.

[Beast Emperor Ore (S)]

[Function: Forging, Repair, Architecture, Engineering]

[Description: This is an ore formed from the solidified and coagulated heart of a Beast Emperor after its death. It is extremely precious. After all, a Beast Emperor only has one heart, so one must carefully consider how to use it to avoid waste.]

Mm.

Looking at this description, it had a very nanny-like temperament.

At least compared to the little screen's venomous tongue, it was much more pleasing to Lan Qingyou's eyes.

However, having not gone back for ten months, she now actually somewhat missed the venomous complaints of the little screen on the magic desk.

Wait...

The heart of a Beast Emperor?

Looking at the crystal cluster, Lan Qingyou frowned tightly.

Generally speaking, a heart should be inside the body, right.

Then why would this heart... no, this Beast Emperor Ore, appear inside this small hill.

Lan Qingyou found it somewhat unbelievable.

It couldn't be that someone moved the heart here after killing the Beast Emperor, could it.

One must know that according to the description, this heart was a very precious thing. No matter who obtained it, they probably wouldn't throw it in a place like this.

Moreover, judging from the appraisal results, the word 'incomplete' further indicated that before solidifying, this heart had very likely suffered an attack, which was why it became 'incomplete'.

Thus, under everyone's watchful eyes, Lan Qingyou took out a desk lamp, flew up, and began flying back and forth within this not-so-large but not-so-small space.

"What's wrong with her?"

"Who knows."

The clueless Vivian asked Gu Xiaobei, who directly shook her head, and even took a bite of a minced monster meat and wild vegetable rice ball taken from a card.

After all, she had completely emptied her stomach earlier. Now that she had recovered, she always needed something to pad her stomach a bit.

Otherwise, if they encountered some emergency situation later, she wouldn't even have the strength to run.

"Boss, what are you doing?"

With the rice ball still in her mouth, Gu Xiaobei asked without any regard for her image while chewing.

"Wait a moment, you guys. I'm confirming something."

Lan Qingyou didn't answer directly, just single-mindedly circling within the space.

About three or four minutes later, Lan Qingyou finally stopped her seemingly somewhat inexplicable actions and returned to the main group.

"How is it, did you find what you wanted?"

At this time, Vivian was also holding a rice ball and gnawing on it.

Or rather, right now, apart from Lan Qingyou, everyone else had one or two rice balls in their hands.

It couldn't be helped, Gu Xiaobei was eating too deliciously, and quite a few people came up to ask for some.

So everyone decided to take a break first.

Since they were resting, snacks were definitely indispensable.

Although conditions were a bit tough right now, it hadn't reached the point where there was truly nothing to eat.

"Found it, but it's slightly at odds with common sense."

Lan Qingyou took the rice ball Gu Xiaobei handed her and took a bite. The aroma of wild vegetables and the juicy minced meat bloomed in her mouth, allowing her to slightly relax her somewhat tense nerves.

"Hahaha, the Karim Continent never lacks things that violate common sense."

Vivian laughed loudly.

To her, just the fact that the words 'common sense' came out of the mouth of Lan Qingyou, a witch who was constantly breaking common sense, was already very interesting.

"What is it?"

Like Vivian, Li Huai was also very curious.

After all, the fact that Lan Qingyou could say such words was in itself an interesting signal.

Then wouldn't the answer be even more interesting?

"We might currently be inside the solidified body of the Beast Emperor."

"Hmm?"

"Ah?"

"Wait..."

With a single sentence, Lan Qingyou directly caused the cerebellums of the big three to shrink.

"Are you saying that this cave, this hill, is the solidified body of the Beast Emperor?"

Vivian pointed at the nearby cave wall in disbelief.

"Yes, though using 'solidified' might be a bit incorrect. I'm more willing to call it 'weathered', which is the current phenomenon formed after the body's moisture was completely air-dried."

Lan Qingyou nodded, then explained it anew.

"Who cares about that? What's the basis?"

Vivian threw the last bit of food in her hand into her mouth, then rolled her eyes at Lan Qingyou.

It was just a vocabulary word, there was no need to chew and swallow slowly like eating a meal. As long as the general meaning was there and people could understand, it was fine.

"The basis is that behind that Beast Emperor Ore, there is a hard-to-detect wound that might have been caused by a sharp weapon, which has withered and shrunk due to drying..."

"Wait!"

Li Huai interrupted Lan Qingyou's words.

"If we assume this place is the Beast Emperor's body, and there's a wound caused by a sharp weapon behind the ore, then what is the Beast Emperor Ore?"

Although Li Huai wasn't very talkative and was a pragmatist, he wasn't a fool.

Lan Qingyou's words, the surrounding environment... by connecting them slightly, one could think of a possibility.

"The thing formed after the Beast Emperor's heart solidified. However, this heart is incomplete, which also corroborates the reason why there is a wound."