At this critical moment, the mining machine broke down.

Originally, the wear of key components of mining machines was very serious and they had to be replaced regularly. However, the recent blizzard caused the cargo aircraft to be unable to land here, which affected the replacement of components.

But the head of the head was urging again, and the person in the excavation department gritted his teeth and decided to dig by hand.

Manual excavation does not mean that you have to use your hands to draw. In particularly strong rock formations, explosives are allowed.

Once explosives are used, the excavation will not be as accurate as before, and will eventually damage the veins themselves. As a result, over several days, the veins were washed and exploded, and more cracks appeared on the veins.

The "serpentine objects" wrapped under the ore veins are becoming more and more prominent and more obvious. People can even see the serpentine bodies hovering inside and the scales covered on the body from outside the ore veins. Everyone is very curious - even if the snakes I see usually grow very big, they have not grown so big, let alone red.

After digging down another piece, the snake's body became thicker. The part exposed before was just the tip of its tail.

Lao Han couldn't hold it in anymore and went to the leader to respond: "Boss, let's not dig down. The more I dig down, the more I feel scared. If this is really a snake, I'm afraid it can catch up with the size of a warship."

"Isn't that better? It can make all of us eat until the beginning of spring." The leader said jokingly.

But Lao Han didn't mean to joke. He said seriously: "Boss, have you ever thought that if this big snake is still alive, it is in a hibernation state. If we startle it, once it wakes up, all of us will not be enough for it to eat in one meal."

Seeing that there was no one around, the leader leaned into Lao Han's ear and said, "There is an order on the top. Be sure to dig out this snake - they checked what we dug out before and thought that the snake's origin was very unusual."

"What's so unusual?"

"You know, the first speaker of the Chang'an Parliament and the first guardian of Chang'an, do you know?"

"You mean Liu Bang? That's a legendary hero, why did he mention him?"

"The secret of Liu Bang's rise is not detailed in the epic. It only says that he defeated a giant snake and thus gained the ability to compete with another powerful hero, Xiang Yu. Later, Liu Bang first overthrew the ruler at that time with Xiang Yu, and defeated Xiang Yu in the subsequent internal strife. Finally, he gained the status of dominating the world, became the first patron saint of Chang'an, and founded the Chang'an Parliament." The leader continued: "In legend, Liu Bang once buried a treasure underground, but no one has dug it out yet."

"What kind of treasure?"

"It is said that he discovered the secret of the star marrow from the giant snake he killed at that time and obtained powerful energy from that star marrow."

Lao Han was in a state of spirit: "You mean, what we dug up now is related to that kind of star marrow?"

The leader nodded: "Our position was inferred by the people above based on historical materials. It is said that it is very close to the treasure buried by Liu Bang. It is also because of this that the superior attaches great importance to everything we dug."

The leader asked Lao Han to keep the matter secret again and again, but in order to appease the people who dig the mine veins, everyone changed the three-shift system and reduced their working time.

A few days later, the cold winter was still there, and more discoveries were made in the mine cave.

During the excavation process, a worker's iron pickaxe accidentally dug a hard object. At the beginning, he thought he had encountered another vein, so he quickly dug down. When the other workers heard the news, they rushed over to dig together. However, after digging for a long time, they did not dig any vein, but a huge transparent box was dug out.

After seeing the box, everyone became interested, especially Lao Han, who felt that this might be some kind of treasure left by Liu Bang.

The miners had already dug the box more than one meter out, but the bottom was still not far from it. The box seemed to be surprisingly large. What's even more strange is that the whole box seemed to be connected together, and there was no gap on the surface. Everyone wanted to open the box cover first to see what was inside, but this was completely impossible.

Through the transparent box wall, everyone could vaguely see five vague human figures inside. So someone asked if this was a coffin.

Lao Han used an instrument to detect it and said no, there was no reaction here that was similar to the human body structure, and there was no calcium - it was definitely not a human corpse.

The atmosphere gradually became strange, and an inexplicable sense of fear began to spread among the miners. But those who engage in science would definitely not be able to envelop feudal superstitions. Since the box was not a coffin, it had nothing to do with the ancient tomb.

Everyone could not suppress their strong curiosity and couldn't even take a break. They continued to dig down, digging while pulling out the gravel. Not long after, they dug a large pit about ten meters deep around the box. About half of the box was exposed, but the bottom of the box was still not seen.

The stones dug out at this time are already relatively hard obsidian. From the perspective of digging, obsidian is very strong. If there is no mining machine, it is basically impossible to dig. The shovels and iron hoes used by people will roll the blade as soon as they hit it, let alone dig.

The leader couldn't hold back his anger. After all, he received instructions from Chang'an. If he didn't even understand what was this thing, how could he report to Chang'an? So he summoned seven or eight people, stood on the side of the box and pushed it hard, trying to make the box move. But no matter how hard everyone pushed it, the box remained motionless, which meant that the part buried in the obsidian rock layer was far stronger than people thought.

The leader stared at the box, poured himself half a bottle of wine, and then said fiercely: "If you don't have it, just use it to fry it!"

When Lao Han heard his words, he thought he was crazy. After all, this box is an antique no matter how you say it, so where can you blow it up casually... Moreover, the geological conditions here are complicated, and if you are not careful, it will cause a landslide!

But the leader is the leader, and he always speaks the same thing. Everyone dares not disobey him, so he can only listen to him.

After the explosives were placed, the leader gave the order and the detonation began.

The explosion lasted for half a minute, and the mine was filled with smoke and dust. The leader didn't care about the pungent dust, so he put on a gas mask and rushed into the mine. He wanted to see if the obsidian rock layer buried in the box had exploded and loosened.

But when he ran to the front of the box and saw it, he almost jumped up in surprise.

The box is actually open!

I don’t know if it was affected by the explosion shock wave, and the box was broken into eight pieces. But these eight pieces seemed very average, as if eight parts of the same size were pre-organized into one box.

The box was opened, but the red giant snake in the mine vein next to it also disappeared without a trace.

The leader didn't care about where the red giant snake was going. For him, the things in the box were the most precious.

After the box was opened, the things inside were also exposed.

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