Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 36 Magic Crystal

"This, this is..." The middle-aged man exclaimed after a moment's examination, "It's a magic crystal, it's a magic crystal! Yasuo, it's a magic crystal!"

"Holy crap, Captain, we've struck it rich! We've struck it rich!" The skinny young man's face immediately lit up with surprise.

Unlike gold, silver, copper, and iron, magic crystals are extremely precious resources, comparable in importance to monster cores. Even a low-grade magic crystal can be worth as much as a level three monster core.

As for mid-grade magic crystals, the middle-aged man who was the captain knew very well that his own worth was roughly equivalent to a mid-grade magic crystal.

"There might be a magic crystal mine down there, Captain, what should we do?" Yasuo's face was excited, and his eyes were gleaming with greed. A single low-grade magic crystal could support his family for several years, and they had already touched magic crystals after digging only a few hundred meters deep. If they dug down another ten meters or so, they might find vast stretches of magic crystals.

"Don't rush, this is very likely a magic crystal mine. What we need to do now is to see how big the magic crystal mine is," the middle-aged captain said with a frown.

Greed is a universal human trait. A single bag could be worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, a fortune that could last several lifetimes. The middle-aged captain considered filling the bag, but then realized that this method wouldn't work.

After its establishment, the geological exploration team enjoyed high-level treatment, and every time it went out for exploration, it would report to its superiors, reporting where it had explored each day and where there were suspected mineral veins. These things have been gradually improved over the years.

All the middle-aged captains knew very well that their superiors knew they and Yasuo had come in this direction today. If they didn't return on time, the higher-ups would send people to check, and then the matter of the magic crystals would be impossible to hide.

As for running away with some magic crystals, as a mere level three warrior, even if he had several sacks of magic crystals, he wouldn't dare to sell them easily.

"Yasuo, continue the reconnaissance," the middle-aged captain, Ninja Greed, said to Yasuo.

"Yes, Captain." The young man suppressed his excitement and patiently continued to survey the surrounding area with the captain.

"There are some here too!" The middle-aged captain's eyes lit up.

"Captain, I have some too!" Yasuo, who was a hundred meters away, was incredibly excited. The captain looked around and immediately ran to his subordinate, panting with excitement: "Yasuo, it's obvious that this is a magic crystal mine. The one we found alone is several hundred meters in size. Such a large magic crystal mine is extremely rare in the entire Yulan Continent."

Yasuo nodded quickly, looked at his captain, then looked around to make sure no one was there before whispering, "Captain, we've struck it rich! The magic crystal vein we detected, covering an area of ​​several hundred meters, is definitely worth hundreds of millions of gold coins, or even more!"

"Yasuo, what do you want to say?" The middle-aged captain had already seen the almost undisguised greed in Yasuo's eyes.

Suppressing his excitement, Yasuo quickly said, "Captain, you know, although our geological exploration team has good benefits, we can't actually save much money in a year. If we secretly dig up a bagful and then quietly sell it, we can become the richest people in the Yulan Continent by relying on this magic crystal mine. We'll be living the life of gods then."

As he spoke, Yasuo became even more excited, as if a mountain of gold coins was swaying before his eyes.

"Yasuo, calm down. You need to be alive to have money to spend." The middle-aged captain interrupted Yasuo while he was still acting impulsively.

The captain's words were like a bucket of cold water in winter, making Yasuo shiver.

The captain said sternly, "You should know that our geological exploration department is strictly managed. The higher-ups are worried that if we discover some valuable mineral vein, they'll embezzle it. The kingdom is very strict in monitoring us."

Yasuo laughed dismissively: "Captain, what are you afraid of? There are surveillance cameras, but we'll just make a quick buck and leave, we won't go back."

"You're still too young," the middle-aged captain admonished. "You should know that the department keeps records of which areas we inspect every day. If we suddenly disappear, they'll definitely check that area. That's when they'll surely discover this magic crystal vein."

"Second," the middle-aged captain looked at Kaya solemnly, "the kingdom has many experts. Once the kingdom discovers what we have done, it will definitely hunt us down, and our families will probably be implicated as well."

Yasuo also came to his senses. His captain was a generation older than him and already had a good family in the Skywind Kingdom. His parents were still alive and well, and his wife and daughters were by his side. The middle-aged captain had no reason to take risks for the sake of his greed.

Having discovered the magic crystal mine, the middle-aged captain was fully confident that the kingdom would reward him handsomely.

However, Yasuo is a bit different. His parents died in war many years ago, and he has been all alone ever since. He only ended up in the Kingdom of Tianfeng a few years ago. It was only after living in the kingdom for a few years that he had enough wealth to start training. Now, he is only in his early twenties and is already a level two warrior.

"Yasuo, if we report this to the department, they will give us a reward."

"But how much can the department give us? Ten thousand or twenty thousand gold coins?" Yasuo sneered.

"Hey, you don't understand, kid. The reward depends on the size of the vein we discover. If it's just this much, we might get tens of thousands of gold coins, and we won't have to leave our homes. Besides, with our strength, we'd be dead if we encountered bandits." The middle-aged captain paused here, and then continued, "But if this vein is bigger, we can report it to higher levels. Then we'll not only get a high reward, but we might also become leaders in the exploration department in the future. Compared to a stable future, there's no need to risk our lives for it."

The middle-aged captain was well aware of Yasuo's thoughts. He even thought about running away the moment he saw the magic crystal. But when he thought about his own strength, he wondered if a level 3 warrior could survive in the Chaos Realm.

"If I were twenty years younger, if I had the strength of a level five or even a level six warrior, I would leave the kingdom with you without hesitation, and live a wealthy life with enough magic crystals. But obviously neither of us has such conditions."

The middle-aged captain didn't say anything more, but his fighting spirit was flowing rapidly, clearly giving Yasuo a chance.

If Yasuo chooses not to listen and insists on leaving, then the middle-aged captain will have no choice but to take drastic measures.