Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 319: Leave The Cloudcenter Territory

Several dozen metres away, a white figure reappeared out of thin air. Charlotte’s white dress fluttered as she floated in midair. She spread her divine sense and began to search nearby.

Even though the divinatory art was miraculous, it still probed the mysteries of heaven. There was no way it could show an exact location. But that was already enough. With her grandmaster ability, it wouldn’t take her too long to search the entire place anyway.

That was especially true where she was, outside of the city in the wilderness. It wasn’t as noisy, so it was much easier to find what she was looking for.

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Under Alina’s lead, the pair had already arrived at a canyon at the foot of Great Snowy Mountain. There were guards patrolling the canyon, and all of them were Frost Clan members.

Alina said, "Farther in is the Frost Clan’s ore vein. Let us go in secretly; I do not want to involve them."

She held incomparable prestige and popularity in the Frost Clan. If Emperor’s people came to interrogate them later, these people might not reveal where she is, but they would still experience a harsh trial, or even torture. Rather than that, she would rather not let any of them know anything to begin with.

Sharky chuckled and remarked, "Everyone else only knows the Medusa’s cruelty, they don’t know just how kindhearted you are."

"My mother wasn’t evil either. Even though I didn’t spend much time with her, I still have a bit of an impression," Alina said, somewhat unhappy about Medusa’s reputation.

"Every race has good and bad people," Sharky said with a nod. "It was probably because of Medusa’s eyes that could petrify all who saw her that made everyone so scared of her. That was why they created such a terrifying image of her."

"There’s nothing that can be done about that," Alina said. She had already lived in human society for so long, she obviously knew just how deeply ingrained into people’s bones that thought was. Changing something like that was really difficult.

She felt a deep sense of powerlessness when she thought of that. She turned around and gave Cloudcenter Territory a look, and there was a great sense of reluctance in her expression.

Sharky guessed what she was thinking and tried to console her, saying, "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely find a way to take back the Cloudcenter Territory."

Alina smiled and replied, "Thank you."

Since she had always had a worried frown the entire time, her sudden smile created a powerful visual clash. Even Sharky, who had already seen his fair share of beauties, was still stunned. He said, "You were able to become the most beautiful in the human world. Now, you might stun all of the fiend races with your beauty, becoming the first to achieve both."

Alina hit him lightly with her fists, complaining, "Come on, do you know what kind of situation we are in? And yet you are still teasing me..."

The two chatted happily as they entered deeper. The outside world was bitterly cold, and the place was far out and remote. It was late at night as well. Even though there were guards, there was no way the security would be particularly rigid.

With their cultivation, sneaking in wasn’t too difficult. The two of them headed inside. Sharky noticed many wooden houses off to the sides, and he could see that there were fires going on inside. The fragrance of food also wafted through the air.

"There’s a village here?" he asked curiously.

Alina explained, "Mining ore not only requires the miner, but also a large number of people to work on the logistics. This is also a place where all kinds of goods are collected for distribution. At first, people built some temporary homes, but later on, the Frost Clan built several houses here. The people who live here are the miners and various other workers."

Sharky looked all around him. He saw that there were giant wooden arms everywhere, similar to the cranes found in construction sites in his world.

"These are all things researched by the academy. They can lift some things from a lower position to a higher one. They are really useful," Alina explained, sounding quite proud of her clan’s industry.

Sharky said with a sigh, "The academy’s research is much more helpful for the common folk than what cultivators have done for them."

They continued inside. Sharky suddenly noticed two familiar strips of metal. There were even some carts on them, and he could vaguely make out some ores on the carts.

Alina explained, "The Frost Clan’s ore veins do not only produce ki stones; most of the mining is for ordinary mineral resources like iron and copper."

"That’s not what I was surprised about. You actually have rail tracks?" Sharky asked, having been paying attention to something else. He pointed at the two strips on the ground.

"That was something a miner came up with in the past to help the miners transport goods. We discovered that they were extremely useful, so we spread them throughout the mines," Alina replied.

"Where is that miner now?" Sharky asked curiously. Don’t tell me he’s a transmigrator too?

"He seemed to have lost his life later on in a mining accident." Alina grew a bit emotional. "No matter how many security measures one puts into place, mining disasters still happen from time to time. That is why these ores are excavated through the blood and sweat of these miners. Unfortunately, those bigwigs in the court do not care about such things at all."

Sharky fell silent. It wasn’t just in this world; that was the case no matter which world he thought of. It was just a pity that the miner who had come up with the rails had passed away. If he hadn’t, he might have come up with even more useful things.

They continued, but after a while, they both stopped. Sharky was speechless when he saw a massive pit before them, exclaiming, "This is the Frost Clan’s mine?"

The pit was several thousand meters wide. A pathway wound down it one layer after another. It was easy to imagine just how great the scale of such an engineering project was. It was also pitch-black; even with Sharky’s sight, he couldn’t see what was inside at all. It was like the mouth of a massive beast, waiting for him to jump in.

"Indeed, the mines are all underground, and the roads lead in all directions. Please watch your step; even many seasoned miners have lost their way inside," Alina replied.

Sharky nodded, saying, "Now we don’t have to worry even if Arthur chases us here."

"Follow me," Alina said as she kicked off. She didn’t follow the winding miner paths along the walls, but rather jumped straight down. But every so often, she still used the wall to stop. She didn’t dare to jump straight into the pitch-black pit.

Sharky also followed her down. As he fell, the light around him grew dimmer and dimmer. Eventually, he couldn’t even see his own fingers in front of him.

Alina moved next to him and quietly said, "No open fires can be used inside the mines. You absolutely cannot use anything like a torch." She took out a luminescent pearl afterward. The soft radiance scattered down across her body, making her skin look even more moving and beautiful.

Sharky chuckled and said, "I know. There are all sorts of natural gases in the mines. There would be an explosion if they made contact with fire."

A terrifying roar emerged from the depths of the pit just then. Then, the entire mine began to shake.

"What kind of sound is this?" Alina exclaimed as her face turned extremely pale. She subconsciously moved closer to Sharky, as if only then could she feel a bit more at ease.

Sharky frowned. He had never heard such a sound before. It was practically a soul-shaking noise. He wasn’t even sure whether it was the roar of a beast, or something created by the wind blowing through such a massive cave. However, he replied, "This is your Frost Clan’s cave; why are you asking me?"

Alina was a bit embarrassed. After thinking for a bit, she said, "I do not know too much about this place, but from what I do know, this kind of thing should not have happened before."

"Then we have to be careful." Sharky’s expression turned strange as he spoke. "In my opinion, something isn’t right. I have strength comparable to a master rank, and you’re the infamous monster Medusa. If there really is something strange, it should be scared of us."

"What you say makes sense," Alina replied, subconsciously nodding. But she immediately pinched him out of embarrassment, retorting, "You are the infamous monster; that sounds so awful!"

Sharky chuckled. He wrapped his arm around her waist, then jumped down. He had to admit that the woman’s waist was slender and fine. It was narrower than those of basically all the other girls he knew. It was also much more supple. Because Alina was half fiend race, her waist was more slender than those of other humans.

"Hm? Something is not right," Alina suddenly said.

Sharky grew vigilant, asking, "What is it?"

Alina stared at the pit below and said, "The miners should still be working at this time, but I cannot sense a single person. It is far too strange."

Sharky was shocked, remarking, "It’s already so late at night, but you still make them work? What a heartless capitalist..."

Alina said in annoyance, "There is no day or night down there; there is no difference whether they go in during the day or night. Of course, we do not make them work day and night, but rather have them work in different shifts."

Sharky realized that his own thoughts had been off. He replied, "If you put it like that, something is indeed wrong. Did something happen down there?"

"Apart from these miners, I am more worried about Maid Soni and the others. I had them escape down there, but if something really has ended up happening, they may be in danger," Alina said worriedly.

"Let’s take a look first," Sharky replied. The two had already arrived at the bottom while they were talking.

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The air at the bottom was comparatively heavier than the air up top. But it wasn’t too big of a deal for cultivators.

Everything around the two was pitch-black. By borrowing the luminescent pearl’s radiance, they could see many simple and crude wooden houses wherever they looked. There were many tools and miner’s carts all over the place.

"This is the mine’s supply station, which distributes the goods from the surface to different supply points farther down. At the same time, the ores that are excavated can be picked up and brought back to the surface.... There should be a lot of guards watching this place. It seems as if something happened here after all," Alina explained as she looked around them. She didn’t see any signs of people present. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"There’s an announcement post here," Sharky said, pointing at a board off to the side.

Alina walked over and read, "The vibrations below are abnormal and several unexpected events have taken place. Out of consideration for everyone’s safety, all personnel are to evacuate to the surface and wait until the clan sends an investigation squad before continuing..." She was shocked when she read that, exclaiming, "Why have I heard nothing about this?"

Sharky investigated his surroundings a bit and said, "Judging from these traces, they probably evacuated recently. Furthermore, all the things happened now, they didn’t have a chance to report back."