The Geared Immortal

Chapter 865

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Shin Jiao did try the button combination, instead, he began to control his psychokinesis and slowly probe the surface of the array for possible loopholes. It took him about 10 minutes before ha finally is able to see a slight opening.

He immediately enters the opening and began to check the contraption deep inside. Shin Jiao was a bit amazed at what he saw. It was full of small array lines that connect to each button.

After figuring out the combination, Shin Jiao walks in front of the boulder then began tapping the buttons according to the array he discovered. It did not take long before the boulder suddenly voluntarily moved on its own as if guided by something.

"It's open now… Let's go inside…" Shin Jiao said gesturing to the dumbfounded Loom on the side.

She did not know what just happened, but she is aware that this thing is one of the secrets of her village. How did Shin Jiao figure things out? That is something that she did not know.

Loombwark Diggingsons could stand comfortably in this narrow path, but Shin Jiao has to almost crawl just to be able to enter this small passageway.

Soon the small boulder slowly closes after the two came inside. Shin Jiao handed her a night vision visor, and the two carefully traverse the long and winding tunnel.

"It seems that the dwarves are really careful with their defenses in this place."  Shin Jiao commented.

Now that he is inside the tunnel, if he so wanted, he could actually reshape everything, but he would not do such a thing. He still has morals and would not stoop down to bullying those who are weaker than himself unless provoked.

And so after an hour of walking through the passageway, the two soon arrive in a large cavern. Shin Jiao was a bit stunned after seeing what is inside the cavern. It is actually full of Elemental creatures. However, these creatures are sleeping.

"Are they the guards of this place?" Shin Jiao muttered.

"What should we do now, Master Shin?" Loom asked with a hint of worry in her expression.

"Can you understand these creatures?" Shin Jiao asked.

"I don't know… I haven't encountered talking to an Elemental beast before." She said with a hint of uncertainty.

"Let's try it then." Shin Jiao said.

Though he did not want to cause any trouble, he did not have any time to spend in this place. So Shin Jiao walks towards a small Elemental creature that looks like a squirrel with a single horn on its forehead and wail full of spikes instead of bushy fur.

He willed his psychokinesis while covering the creature with a silencing array. When it felt that something is wrong, the creature began to attack the air trying to hit the human it suddenly saw. However, it found out that it could not move. Even its shrieking did nothing as it is surrounded by silence.

Shin Jiao suddenly saw the desperation and anger in its eyes.

"Master Shin… He is angry at you for disturbing its peace. It just wanted to bask in the Elemental cavern, so it felt discontent and wanted to bite you…" Loom began to explain what the small beast is raging.

"Haha… Tell it, that we do not mean any harm. We just wanted to pass…" Shin Jiao said.

Loom began to talk to the squirrel and told it what they wanted. Suddenly the rampaging squirrel looks at Loom with a hint of disbelief in its tiny eyes. It seems that it could not believe that someone could talk to it.

While this is happening, a pair of glowing eyes is actually watching this scene in one dark corner. It showed interest to the man and the small woman who are talking to the squirrel. Its large mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth suddenly showed a cunning grin on them as if it is planning something.

It suddenly moved deeper into the dark corner it is in and hid further inside the hole.

This movement did not escape Shin Jiao's perception which is already open. What he saw made him feel a bit taken aback. This is because that thing is a small dragon, something that looks like an eastern dragon, a scaled snake-like body with four limbs.

Its eyes are glowing with intelligence especially with it suddenly grinned, Shin Jiao felt that the hair on his back stands on end.

After talking to the squirrel for a while and arriving at a compromise, the three carefully traverse the cavern filled with slumbering beasts.

The three then arrive in front of another cave opening and Shin Jiao tosses a thumb-size mana stone towards the squirrel. It suddenly frowns and then gestured two fingers.

"You… Our deal is only one mana stone, now you…" Shin Jiao feels a bit helpless.

Though he has a lot of mana stones in his dimension, he still needed them for his creations, so how could he just casually use them, especially from getting tricked by a small beast? He feels a bit discontented with this so he frowns and just waves his hand and threw another mana stone.

The squirrel gladly catches the mana stone and then suddenly puts them in its mouth making its cheeks suddenly become puffy. The squirrel now looks cutter. Shin Jiao could not help but shake his head as he just chuckled at the greedy little thing.

The two soon walk into the dark cave passage in front of them. When the two enter the cave passage, the hoping squirrel suddenly stops and then looks at the two figures. A complicated expression appears on its face as it looks at the cave passage.

It suddenly stumps its foot on the ground feeling a bit annoyed and reluctant. But it could tell that those two are good people especially the small female human, it kind of like the feeling of talking to her. In this place where there are many strong beasts, it belongs to the lowest kind.

Though its speed and strength make it hard for others to bully it inside the cave, it still felt lonely. Looking at the disappearing figure, the small squirrel seems to have made the greatest decision it made in its life.

It has been living for hundreds of years and has attained the strength that can rival that of a Grand Magus, but in the outside world, it is still not the strongest. It could not even preserve its kind and would always become food for others.

So it lived a lonely life until today when it was able to talk to the small woman.

Squeak!

It suddenly said as it darted towards the cave entrance.

Its squeak woke some of the beasts from their slumber but then slowly closes their eyes as they continue to bask in the feeling of dense mana in the air.

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Shin Jiao and Loom have now reached a place where there are many crystals and stalagmites.

"This cavern… these crystals are… mana crystals… and there is also a man vein…" Shin Jiao muttered as his eyes glowed with interest in the place.

Loom on the other hand is also looking at the place in front of them with a dumbfounded expression.

"So, the mana in the other cave came from here. But why do the other creatures dare not enter this place?" Shin Jiao muttered.

"Master Shin… I… I think there is something in here." Loom suddenly said with a hint of worry in her tone.

"You mean a beast?"

"Yes… A very strong one…" she said while looking vigilantly at the large cavern.

Squeak!

Suddenly, the squirrel was able to catch up to them. It then hops onto Loom's shoulder and then said something to her.

After hearing the squirrel, Loom's complexion changed and turned pale.

"Ma… Master Shin… We… We should leave this place… This place is actually very dangerous… we should go back and then think it through." Loom said as she suddenly pulled at Shin Jiao's sleeves.

"What did that small thing tell you?" he asked while looking at the cute squirrel with bulging cheeks.

"It… it told me about a very dangerous creature lurking inside this cavern. It said that the people who pass by this area would feed that dangerous beast every now and then…" she began explaining what the dwarves would do when going through this passage.

"Hmm… I think this place is where the dwarves are keeping their resources. And that 'thing', is the one protecting this place. The beasts on the entrance on the other hand are the first or last line of defense… But the thing I am wondering is why the entrance? Why do they keep it in this area in the first place?" Shin Jiao said while looking at the large cavern.

He dare not use his spiritual sense in this place. Instead, he switches to his absolute sense and began scanning the 100 meters radius.

He soon discovered something in the ground. What he saw made him interested. In fact, Shin Jiao is not afraid of any beast at all.. He just respects and values the lives of those who did not offend him.