Three hours later, Guhan and the other two left the Lion Mountain mineral vein with the soldier.
The soldier's backpack was filled with ores that he thought might contain dimensional crystals.
Although Guhan and the others had nothing on them, their dimensional pockets were filled with ores.
Although they were novices compared to the soldier, Guhan's mining efficiency as a swordsman was not comparable to that of an ordinary person like the soldier. Each of their dimensional pockets contained more than three times the amount of ores that the soldier had, especially Guhan, who had quietly dug the most. He had almost completely filled a few cubic meters of dimensional pocket.
The road back to the camp from the Lion Mountain mineral vein was also relatively dangerous. There was a high chance that they would encounter Yuan Kou who would suddenly appear.
However, it seemed that the Yuan Kou in the mine had accumulated enough luck, so they did not encounter a new Yuan Kou along the way and returned to the camp safely.
The next thing they needed to do was to go to the stone crusher in the camp and smash the ores they had dug up to see if there were any dimensional crystals hidden inside. If there were, what kind of dimensional crystals were hidden?
The stone crusher sounded relatively low-end. It seemed that it was enough to use a few iron hoes to smash the ores into pieces.
But in fact, the stone crusher was a very high-end and valuable machine. There were only three stone crushers in the entire Luoting Town Camp, so they were absolutely rare.
This was because ordinary materials could not cause any damage to the ores in the dimensional crystal mine. A hammer made of dimensional alloy containing dimensional crystal powder was needed.
At the same time, in order not to damage the dimensional crystals inside while crushing the ores, the stone crusher used a very complicated bit-matrix technique … You don't need to know what this technique is. Anyway, it's very awesome and expensive.
The official price of a stone crusher was as high as 160 million RMB, and one needed an additional 160,000 Hero Coins to buy it. If one was not a powerful force, they would not be able to afford this gold-swallowing behemoth.
"The stone crushers in the Luoting Camp belong to three different forces, namely the Yuzhang Sword Sect, the Heng Mountain Sword Sect, and the Council," the soldier who was familiar with the Luoting Camp explained to Guhan.
"Are there any differences between these three forces?" Guhan asked.
"Of course there's a difference."
The soldier said, "In terms of quality, the official machine is the best and has the fewest people in the queue. It has five workstations and can crush five pieces of ore at the same time. It is also the only stone crusher that can crush Princes. The Heng Mountain Sword Sect's machine is ranked second. It has three workstations and can crush Dukes. The Heng Mountain Sword Sect has the second most people in the queue. The worst quality machine is the one from the Yuzhang Sword Sect. They also have three workstations, but they can only crush Earls. However, they have the most people in the queue."
"Wait, I'm a little confused.
Since the official machine is so good, and it's the only stone crusher that can crush Imperial Zergs, why are the people queuing up the least? "
Song Hama scratched his head. "Also, what do you mean by 'emperor', 'prince', and 'duke'?"
"Then let me explain them to you one by one."
The soldier organized his words. "Species refers to the level of sword element in the dimensional crystal. It's named after the ranks of nobility in ancient times.
The worst is the Baron type, which is the dimensional crystal that contains sword element between 10 to 100 quarks. It's also the most produced crystal. Just Meiling Mountain alone has millions of Baron types dug out every year.
"Next is the Viscount type. The production is about hundreds of thousands, and the content is between 100 to 1,000 quarks. Then is the Earl type. Starting from the Earl type, the production can't be described as tens of thousands. It can only be calculated as thousands. The Earl type's production is no more than 8,000 a year, and the sword element content is between 1,000 to 10000 quarks.
"After that, there are 10,000 to 100,000 Marquises, 100,000 to 1 million Dukes, 1 million to 10 million Dukes, 10 million to 10 million Dukes, 10 to 100 million Princes, and 100 to 1 billion Imperial Zergs."
The soldier's words were getting more and more unbelievable. The Prince type actually had a sword element content of 100 to 1 billion. This was equivalent to the sword element in ten Jiandi's body.
"Is there really such a terrifying dimensional crystal in the world?" Song Hama asked in disbelief.
"Well, I don't know about the Imperial Zergs and Prince types, but I've seen the Dukes with my own eyes. It was last autumn. An ordinary human dug it out of the Yuzhang Sword Sect's mine. When the stone crusher broke open the outer layer of the mine, the dazzling light could illuminate the entire Meiling Mountain. Even the sun's light was covered by it.
"Later, he sold the Dukes to the Yuzhang Sword Sect on the spot for 80 million RMB!
Later, I heard that the Yuzhang Sword Sect sold the Dukes to the Great Confucian Family. The price was 10 times higher, and they sold it for 800 million. "
When he said this, the soldier's expression was full of envy. "The person who dug it out went back and bought a citizenship spot. He even bought a small room in the core area of 10 square meters. His life is very comfortable, and he doesn't have to work hard for the rest of his life."
"A Dukes can be found every one or two years. There are about a dozen Dukes every year, and there are hundreds of Marquises. The production is absolutely rare."
"As for Prince and Imperial Zergs, I really haven't seen them. However, I heard from the seniors here that a Prince Zerg was born a few decades ago. In order to obtain this Prince Zerg, even Jiandi came personally. They almost fought."
"Jiandi almost fought?" Song Hama found it hard to breathe when she suddenly heard this explosive news.
"Isn't it said that the sword bearers are harmonious and friendly?
Why would Jiandi fight over a mere stone? "
"The sword bearers are harmonious and friendly because of Jiandi's suppression, and Jiandi, who can't be suppressed by anyone, can naturally fight!"
Guhan sneered. "Moreover, it's for the Prince Zerg. Jiandi naturally won't let go of a super crystal that can increase his combat power by several times."
"The Prince Zerg can increase Jiandi's combat power?
Sour Popsicle, who did you hear this from? "Song Hama was shocked again … Anyway, Song Hama was used to being shocked.
"The Prince Zerg Dimensional Crystal can be embedded into the Sword Maiden's body. The Sword Essence in the crystal is so pure that it can be used directly. The Sword Essence in the crystal can continuously flow into the Sword Maiden's body to replenish the Sword Essence it lost.
In other words, if a Jiandi, who originally only has ten million Sword Essence, embeds a Prince Zerg Dimensional Crystal with thirty million Sword Essence in his Sword Maiden, then his actual Sword Essence is equivalent to forty million quarks. Doesn't this mean that his combat power has increased by three times? "
"Damn, no wonder Jiandi fought over it …" Song Hama exclaimed. "What happened next?
Did the two Jiandi fight?
Who won in the end? "
"They didn't fight …" The soldier shook his head. "I heard from the elders that some big shot passed an order to stop the two Jiandi from fighting. Each of them had to take turns to use it for a year. Only then did they settle the dispute."
"Tsk tsk. A big shot that can make Jiandi listen to him?
Does such a big shot exist in this world? "
Liunian Ling's face twitched unnaturally when she heard Song Hama's teasing. This big shot was none other than her grandfather. As the leader of the Liunian Family, he had the right to mediate the fight between the two Jiandi.
"What about the Imperial Zerg?
If the Prince Zerg could make the Jiandi almost fight over the Imperial Zerg, would the Jiandi of the Imperial Zerg start fighting over it? "Song Hama asked again.
"I don't know about that. I've never heard of the Imperial Zerg. It seems like there hasn't been any Imperial Zerg born on Mount Mei Ling in the past hundred years." The soldier spread his hands.
"It's not the past hundred years. It's the past four hundred years!" Guhan added. "It's not just Mount Mei Ling but the entire Earth.
In the past four hundred years, there hasn't been a single Imperial Zerg Dimensional Crystal born on Earth.
Even if an Imperial Zerg Dimensional Crystal was born, no Jiandi would snatch it away.
On the contrary, they would do their best to protect the Imperial Zerg even if it cost them their lives. "
"Do you believe me, Sour Popsicle? You even know about this? Hurry up and tell me how powerful the Imperial Zerg is!"
Song Hama was excited to hear Guhan continue. However, Guhan mimicked the soldier and spread his hands. "I've only read about it in a book. I don't know the details."
"Is that so?"
Song Hama looked at Guhan suspiciously. Since Guhan denied it, Song Hama would not continue asking. He turned to the soldier and said, "Come, come, come. You haven't finished speaking. Why do the best stone crushers have the fewest people in the queue?"
"It's simple. It's because of the price!"
The soldier stuck out his tongue. "Although the quality of the official ones is good, they don't bargain. They charge 1,000 RMB for each stone. That's too expensive. Even a Baron can't sell for 1,000 RMB. If you go to the official shops to break stones, you won't even have enough to pay the fee. Unless it's an Earl Species that the Yuzhang Sword Sect can't break, no one will go to the official shops to break stones.
"The Heng Mountain Sword Sect charges the same fees as the official shops, but it's much cheaper. It only costs 80 RMB.
As for the Yuzhang Sword Sect, they charge a different fee. They only charge ten dollars for every stone they break, and then they take a cut based on the number of Dimensional Crystals they break. Usually, it's thirty percent of the price of a Dimensional Crystal. For a Baron that sells for six hundred, they take one hundred and eighty. "
"About five pieces of ore can produce a Baron. So, in general, the Yuzhang Sword Sect is cheaper. Outsiders like us will take ordinary stones to the Yuzhang Sword Sect to break stones.
If they think the quality is good and there's a possibility of producing a Viscount or above, they will take it to the Heng Mountain Sword Sect because they charge a fixed fee.
"That's the general situation. Mr. Military Governor, which stone crusher do you want to go to?"