Chapter 146: Steward Li, Ready to Lend a Hand
Starting from Tunnel 16, the doors were no longer locked, and the true abandoned mine shafts began.
From the web of indicator maps at the tunnel entrance, it was clear that everything worth extracting had been very thoroughly extracted.
Whatever remained was simply too little to justify the cost of bringing in large machinery.
That was left to private exploration crews to salvage by hand.
And even that had been picked over for so long that it was like a pot of egg-drop soup where even the single egg had been consumed down to the last drop.
Anything worth earning now meant going deeper into the mine pit, into zones prone to cave-ins and other associated geological hazards.
Li Qiuchen took Hu Caiyi through a quick circuit of the area, and if he was being candid, he felt it was genuinely not as interesting as going back to the museum to study the old exhibits.
There was truly nothing left here.
The museum, by contrast, had its mechanical models, operating manuals, and ancient magical treasures, all well worth examining.