Mount Fuji continued for another day before entering a weakened state, with magma occasionally flowing from its summit like an old man with an incontinence problem.
This situation no longer posed a threat to them.
Using the same method as last time, they used helicopters to suspend empty oil barrels with a one-ton capacity, drawing lake water from a distance to cool the hot magma.
Fang Er released the gold mining ships that had been stored in the warehouse, removed the black cloth covering them, and retreated to the side, waiting for them to take to the air for operation.
"My Lord, the sky is covered with volcanic ash, can this thing still work?"
Wang Xuance said, pointing at the sky with some concern.
In fact, Fang Er was also uncertain, but for the sake of convenience, he could only try.
The thorium sprayed from the crater would be detected by the system, but gold would not. Last time, it was all found manually, and who knew how much was missed.
Despite the faint sunlight filtering through the volcanic ash clouds, the three gold mining ships, after a dozen minutes of silence, still swayed and floated up.
It was unknown what means the Yanhuang tribe used, but these things seemed to be able to detect where there was gold, and with a "whoosh," they flew towards Mount Fuji.
In Egypt, the gold mining ships extracted very little gold from the ground, only a faint mist.
But now, the concentration of the mist had increased several times, almost becoming substantial!
The mist, composed of gold, had a visibility of less than five meters, and under the faint sunlight, it shone brilliantly, displaying a captivating beauty!
After staring at the gold mining ships for a long time, the three of them deduced a pattern: the efficiency of the gold mining ships was related to the gold content within a certain range.
In Egypt, it took twenty minutes to condense a gold brick weighing 4,500 taels, but now it took less than five minutes!
This meant that with three ships operating simultaneously, every five minutes, 13,500 taels of gold could be collected!
If they operated continuously for twenty-four hours, it would reach an astonishing 3.888 million taels!
"Holy cow, this egg is too awesome~"
Xue Rengui's mouth was wide open in astonishment, but in the next second, he quickly closed it and looked at Wang Xuance vigilantly.
"What are you looking at!"
Wang Xuance felt insulted and kicked out at him.
The two of them started fighting again, the spirit of the Tang Dynasty generals perfectly embodied in them.
"Alright~" Fang Er interrupted them speechlessly, "Keep an eye on them, I have to go be busy!"
Leaving the task of monitoring the gold mining ships to them, he walked towards the solidified lava.
As before, the system was responsible for the search, and he was only responsible for strolling around.
With the addition of the gold mining ships, he initially thought he only needed to collect the thorium element sprayed by Mount Fuji this time.
However, this idea was soon proven wrong!
The interior of the gold mining ships could only hold eight gold bricks, each weighing 193.2 kilograms, which was equivalent to 284 Tang jin, or 4,545 taels (16-tael system). They would land fully loaded once every forty minutes.
This meant that frequent unloading was required to store the gold bricks and not affect the continued operation of the gold mining ships.
Helplessly, Fang Er had to temporarily abandon his thorium collection mission, detain one of the gold mining ships, and study its overall structure.
The fact that the Yanhuang tribe could easily abandon these things indicated that for them, gold mining ships were not rare.
This raised a question: how did they transfer gold while the gold mining ships were operating?
It couldn't be that their miners each had a system that could convert gold into points, right?
With the experience from last time, he easily dismantled the outer shell of the gold mining ship.
After removing the egg-shaped outer shell, the internal structure of the gold mining ship was fully exposed to Fang Er, but he did not pay attention to these. His attention was entirely focused on the outer shell.
Before, in the murals, he had seen the Yanhuang tribe piloting these things, which meant there must be a cockpit hidden somewhere.
"Clang~"
As his hammer gently struck, a piece of the removed outer shell suddenly chipped off, about the size of a fist.
"Damn~~" kanδん
Looking at the chip he had knocked out, Fang Er was a little bewildered.
"Holy cow, is it that fragile?"
He muttered as he picked up the chipped piece and examined it.
Wrong!
This wasn't broken by him!
This should be a mechanism that could be pressed!
He quickly picked up the entire piece of outer shell he had just removed and tried to press the chip back into the gap.
With a crisp click, the entire piece of outer shell fit perfectly and was reattached!
Following the numbers he had noted when dismantling the outer shell, Fang Er found the corresponding position on the hull, reattached the piece of outer shell, and pressed one of the points.
"Ding ding dang~ ding ding dang~~"
As the sound of metal striking metal came from the hull, something like a seat extended from the hull.
It was located next to the mechanical claw!
"Wow, my Lord, this thing can also transform~" Wang Xuance exclaimed from the side.
"Huh? What's this?"
Xue Rengui was also watching from the side. kΑnshu伍.ξà
The seat that extended from the hull looked magical, completely round, without a single sharp edge.
However, on the left and right armrests of the chair, there were several prominent bumps, like switches or buttons.
Xue Rengui let out a question and curiously pressed one of them.
"Stop!"
"Slap!"
Fang Er slapped the back of his hand, intending to stop him, but the slap actually made him press it firmly.
"Duang~~~"
As the button was pressed, the gold mining ship, which was already on the ground, suddenly sank three inches, making a loud noise as it hit the ground.
The three of them quickly retreated. Xue Rengui looked at Fang Er with a guilty smile, and Wang Xuance kicked him again.
"Why are you touching things you don't understand? Are you going to take responsibility if she gets pregnant?"
Xue Rengui: .........
But Fang Er's eyes lit up. He ignored Xue Rengui's reprimand and called the other two to help. They quickly collected the gold bricks inside and reattached the hull's outer shell.
The entire process of dismantling and reassembling took a full day.
Looking at the gold mining ship that had been restored to its original state, Fang Er pressed a certain point on the hull again, and the seat extended out once more.
The gold mining ship, which was supposed to be empty and automatically fly off to collect gold, remained quietly in place this time.
Carefully sitting on the chair, Fang Er reached for the armrests.
The number of buttons on both armrests was different: one on the left and three on the right.
He tried pressing one of the buttons on the right, and the mechanical claw on the hull suddenly extended.
"Bang!"
"Ah~~"
Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui, who had come closer out of curiosity, happened to be in the path of the extending mechanical claw. They were swept away by a claw, flying three to five meters away, and then fell heavily to the ground.