Chapter 4: Iron Age

　　After returning to the underground base, Steven Zhou made some simple furniture.
　　With his current ability, he dare not dig all the way to the magma layer, and most of his ability is lost, and he must kneel in case of collapse.
He first opened a mine and dug more than 100 meters, then chose a direction to dig directly forward. This dig does not know how long it took, but fortunately, the alchemist’s judgment on time is quite accurate. It was just dark outside when Stephen returned to the underground base.
　　 He was playing with the golden seeds in his hand and waiting for the strange movement of last night.
　　 But it was very calm tonight, and there were no abnormalities outside.
He climbed up curiously and glanced around. There were some sounds quietly from the forest. The beasts that were active at night were preying, and the huge purple ring in the sky was still so eye-catching. One is dim and one is bright, the other is a fading blood red.
　　 This process is visible to the naked eye and becomes brighter after about an hour.
　　 The position of the satellite has a slight change. If Steven Zhou is not an alchemist, it may not be aware that the satellite whose position is close to the purple circle is the one that gradually changes from blood red to bright.
　　 Under the night.
　　 was surrounded by silence and desolation, as if it was a prehistoric civilization in ancient times. Even Stephen Zhou’s will was extremely tenacious and he felt a little bored. He felt lonely or wanted to find someone to talk and chat. When I looked at it the next morning, the third moon had passed through the purple ring, and everything seemed to return to normal calm.
　　Steven Zhou's mining industry continues.
　　He has hoarded a lot of stone, not to mention building a house, even building a section of city wall is enough.
　　 The next two days were boring.
　　Steven digs three passages and still hasn't found a metal mine, but accidentally discovered a coal mine.
　　 The coal mine's reserves are not large, but it still shocked Stephen Zhou because the coal mine is easily associated with metal mines. He dug along the surroundings and finally laughed after finding some reddish ore.
　　Iron ore!
　　 And it is still a good hematite.
　　The highly motivated Stephen Zhou digs into the afternoon, and after returning to the underground base, he starts to freehand the furnace.
　　 At present, there is no magic crystal forging furnace in his hand, nor an element furnace as an energy source. Steven Zhou can only use the most primitive way to extract iron ore. Fortunately, he has recovered one alchemy level. When he dug into the iron ore, he continued to incorporate elemental energy into the body. Now he can use the ability of [Alchemy Hand].
　　In an empty underground base.
　　A basic furnace with a height of more than five meters has been completed. Stephen Chou has arranged a lowest level alchemy array inside, which can raise the temperature of the furnace to about 1500 degrees.
He beckoned towards the heap of ore behind him, and a piece of hematite weighing more than ten kilograms flew directly into his hands. This is the ability of the
alchemy hand
. He can move objects weighing no more than twenty kilograms with his mind. The improvement of the alchemist's energy level is more demanding than the ordinary'Mage's Hand', which can help the alchemist to complete many dangerous tasks. This is the original version of the ability. If there is gold, silver and ruby, he can use the alchemy notch to enhance the ability by 100% to upgrade to [Alchemy Hand Type I], which is also commonly known as [Silver Hand]. Stephen put iron ore into the furnace, and then ignited the coal to control the internal temperature. Soon the iron ore began to melt. The use of foreign objects to extract metals is only an expedient measure. A real alchemist can hold it. Iron ore separates the iron in an instant.
　　 Half an hour later, Stephen got a batch of iron ingots.
　　It is impossible for Steven Zhou to lift the hammer to knock on the iron ingot. He brought a batch of iron ingots to the workbench, and then began to make his first batch of iron tools as if magic.
　　Change the external structure of matter.
　　 may be struck with a hammer, of course, it is also possible to pluck with your hands.
Freehand iron is one of the daily routines of top alchemists. Stephen was already familiar with it. He first picked up an iron ingot and knocked it with his fist a few times. Then he knocked it flat, and then he began to squeeze a sword with his hand. The sturdy iron ingot is like mud in his hand, and his hand is like a machine when working accurately.
　　 The entire process took about half an hour, and soon the outline of a long sword was completed, mainly because it was a little more troublesome to blade.
　　After Stephen Zhou was busy, he flicked the sword body with his hand, and immediately heard a crisp sword sound.
"Okay."
　　 He held the hilt and waved a bit, and said to himself: "It is close to the standard of the standard long sword. It should be no problem to deal with some ordinary beasts."
　　 For alchemists, common sense is used to trample.
The process of picking up the sword by hand is not important. The important thing is the last step. Stephen Zhou lightened the sword with his middle finger, then left a slight nick on the sword along a certain pattern, and finally he scratched his fingertip on the sword. With a light touch of the body, a strange streamer ran across the blade, and the sharp blade that suddenly edged seemed to be coated with a silver-white film.
　　"Iron Sword (Feng Rui LV1)!"
　　 This time the enchantment consumes a lot of Stephen Week, his forehead overflows with a trace of sweat, the rune on the sword is completely integrated without any pause.
　　 Waving it with the finished long sword, he then chopped directly towards the iron ingot next to it.
　　 sonorous!
　　A piece of iron ingot was cut off by Steven Sword on the marble table together!
　　 Stephen Zhou, who made an enchanted weapon, was in a happy mood, and soon began to roll other tools, such as iron pickaxe, iron axe, iron shovel, etc., and when it was busy, it was already dark.
　　 "Hold some iron ore first."
　　 "A railcar can be built in the future to facilitate the storage of resources to make iron golems."
　　With weapons, the next step is armor. For alchemists, the armor can also be lifted by hand. Stephen's armor is a set of half-body armor, but it is not enchanted. He still prefers alchemy robe and magic armor, and wearing ordinary armor also greatly affects his work efficiency.
　　 There is currently no way to enchant the energy shield. Don't worry about the robe. Let's make up a set of armor.
　　Steven Zhou's fighting skills are very general, maybe for ordinary people already very powerful, but he knows that there is no platform at all, and his fighting experience is very lacking. Before he was exiled, he had a legions of golems to serve himself. There were many legendary professionals among his followers. He used to use flat push to solve problems for a long time.
　　 "Ironware is much easier to handle next."
Stephen Zhou continued to plan his own security base, and it is still uncertain that this world does not have elemental crystals. The crystals containing magic will only be born in the world where [Elemental Tides] erupted. Although the form is different, it is not alchemical It can be used by the magician.
　　 He picked up a compass with a little material, and then said to himself: "This location is still too remote."
　　 "I don't know where the intelligent creatures are? If there is a gathering place for intelligent creatures nearby, you might consider digging an underground railroad track, which can be used as a substation of underground railroad tracks."
　　 Alchemist is the most expensive caster.
　　Steven's demand for materials is endless, and he can mine himself in the early stage, but he must inevitably collect it by other means in the later stage.
　　 "Obsidian, diamond, malachite, ruby, glaze, agate, mythril, cerium ingot, arcane dust, astral sand..."
　　Steven Zhou was talking about a lot of strange materials, carrying an iron pickaxe to continue walking towards the underground mine. He was ready to hoard a little more resources and began to explore the surroundings. The forest must not be able to go there. There were too many monsters in it, and the pterosaurs also flew there. The area of ​​human and other intelligent biological activities should be in the plains, and most of them are near the river. He is going to look west. If human beings can be found, UU reads www.uukankan.com, then he can obtain metals, seeds, gems, etc. in the fastest way.
　　Especially for gemstones, this material is extremely inefficient when digging by itself.
　　Alchemists have a great demand for diamonds, also known as diamonds. Alchemists of this level in Stephen Week, the later demand for diamonds is calculated in tons. Gold is a regular consumable when alchemists explore the infinite universe. It may use a few tons of gold in one experiment, so the alchemists in the past will desperately study the method of transforming gold, such as [pointing the gold hand] , [Point Gold Stone], [Magic Stone], etc.
　　Steven Chow saved 10,000 tons of gold in his hometown, but now it is definitely not going back.
　　 Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
　　In the process of mining coal and iron ore, Stephen absorbed the energy of elements freed between the minerals and gradually reached the level of the second-level alchemist.
As a legendary alchemist, even if you lose the power of the past, most of the alchemy scores have been invalidated, but Stephen Zhou still retains some of the legendary abilities in his body, for example-enlighten wisdom, rejuvenate, immortal Flesh and so on. Many legendary abilities are now sealed in his body, and he has to resort to a lot of expensive and rare materials to reactivate.
　　Gold is currently the most missing.
　　When Steven Alchemist reaches level 10, he needs to collect at least one ton of gold for himself to reactivate an important ability in his body.
　　 But it is a pity that he does not have any gold now.
　　According to Stephen's preliminary judgment, there should be no gold deposits in this area. If no trace of human beings can be found, then he must start to explore the location of the gold deposits.
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