Chapter 175 The Greed of the Apostles

The terrible wails echoed for a long time in the basin. Five minutes later, the Star Apostle slowly walked out, its immaculate white suit stained with blood, giving it a strangely cruel look.

In its right hand, it held a strangely shaped crystal, the very resource buried in the basin.

"The resources here are too scarce..." The Star Apostle wiped the blood from its fingertips with a handkerchief, its eyes fixed on the crystal. "I need a large mine!"

After leaving the sea, the apostles frantically prospected the surrounding area. Of course, most ancient civilization creatures avoided contact with human prospecting teams as much as possible, because their goal was resources, and if they attacked human prospecting teams in large numbers, it would quickly attract Li Tianran's attention. This was not what they wanted to happen.

The Star Apostle was an exception. Its personality was particularly twisted and cruel. In addition, it had been chased and beaten by Li Tianran before, which made it feel stifled. Then, it heard those Russian soldiers mocking it...

All of these emotions coalesced and exploded.

If those Russian soldiers hadn't laughed so happily, the Star Apostle wouldn't have attacked them for the sake of the bigger picture...

After three hours of prospecting, the apostles returned to the Miracle Building, exchanging information about the types and quantities of resources their clans had found. In the end, they discovered a problem.

The location of their base in the Arctic produced very, very few new resources!

The entire civilization mobilized all its members, working continuously for three hours, and only found less than six different types of resources, with a total weight of no more than three thousand kilograms!

This amount was not worth the risk!

"This amount can't change anything!" The Star Apostle stood in the Miracle Building and threw the crystal in its hand to the ground. "We need more, more resources!"

The Ocean Apostle's mood was equally gloomy. It shook its three huge heads and said, "Our location isn't good! The two polar regions of Blue Star have been barren areas since ancient times. It's unlikely that we'll find large mineral resources here!"

"Are you saying... we should move outward?" the Star Apostle asked.

"Now that we've decided to plunder resources, we might as well be ruthless. Leave the Arctic! Conduct frantic mining outside the human defense lines. As long as we don't enter the human world, it won't be easy for Li Tianran to stop us!" the Ocean Apostle said in a sinister tone. "Unlocking the Miracle Building can't compete with Li Tianran's Kunlun Battleship, but it will also be very difficult for him to defeat us!"

"Even the Babel Tower of the Storm Apostle withstood the Kunlun Battleship for two hours in the desert before it completely collapsed..."

"And we won't fight Li Tianran head-on. As long as he appears, we'll steer the Miracle Building away. How can he stop us?"

"Even if the Miracle Building is damaged in the Kunlun Battleship's pursuit, the resources we mine outside will be enough to repair the damage!"

The more the Ocean Apostle spoke, the more excited it became, its voice trembling. "What I want most is to seize the large-scale mineral veins that Li Tianran has already discovered and begun to mine!"

"If we succeed, we can strengthen ourselves while weakening Li Tianran's power. It's a win-win situation!"

At this time, the apostles' mentality had gradually changed.

They had previously been extremely fearful of Li Tianran, and didn't even dare to leave the seabed.

But now, after they truly found new resources and held them in their hands, the greedy desires in their hearts began to grow and gradually amplify.

Desire is one of the things that can weaken fear the most.

When a person has a strong desire for something, all dangers and fears will be left behind!

The Ocean Apostle was already somewhat manic.

At this time, it wasn't just the Ocean Apostle whose fear was weakened by desire. The Star Apostle also felt that its previous behavior was ridiculously timid.

Li Tianran had indeed defeated them several times, but none of them had caused them fatal damage. As long as the Miracle Building was still there, as long as it was still protecting them, then Li Tianran could never kill them!

If they lost the opportunity to compete with Li Tianran for resources because of timidity, and allowed him to develop rapidly, that would be truly fatal!

"I've decided to leave the Arctic!" The Ocean Apostle announced to the Star and Night Apostles, as if making a major decision. "I'm going to fight for all the resources that belong to me, instead of picking up scraps like a rat at the table!"

"Are you going to come with me, or continue to hide here like rats?"

As soon as the Ocean Apostle said this, fierce glints appeared in the eyes of the Star and Night Apostles.

"Who wants to hide here like a rat..." The Star Apostle stood up with a sneer, pointing to the newly mined resources on the ground. "These things aren't even enough for the Miracle Building's daily consumption!"

The Night Apostle didn't speak, but its eyes made it clear that it completely agreed with the Ocean Apostle's statement!

"In that case, let's set off immediately!"

The Ocean Apostle laughed loudly.

The dark seabed suddenly surged, and three behemoths slowly rose, heading towards the human world.

After being attacked by the human spiritual network and running away in a panic a few hours earlier, the apostles were lured back by the temptation of new resources, and steered the Miracle Building back, getting even closer to the human world's defense line than before!

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Late at night.

Three Miracle Buildings slowly docked under an island, close to the human defense line, but far from Kuangxi Island.

Kuangxi Island was located in the northwest corner of the human defense line, while the apostles were in the southeast.

Even though they were driven by greed, the apostles still retained a trace of reason, choosing a position diagonally opposite Kuangxi Island, not daring to get too close to Li Tianran.

Of course, there was also an important reason for them to dock here: after some reconnaissance, this was a high-yield area for new resources, and it was also the closest plundering target outside the human defense line!

Under the cover of darkness, the three apostles landed on the shore. They saw a large number of human soldiers busily working near a mountain peak in the distance.

All kinds of heavy equipment were present!

Around that mountain, a tall city wall had been quickly erected, as if to build a city around it!

"The resources in this mountain must be very precious! Otherwise, Li Tianran wouldn't treat it like this!" The Star Apostle's eyes flashed with greed and anger. "This mine is our target!"

"Scout out its defenses!" the Ocean Apostle said in a deep voice.

Soon, the Star Apostle's followers disguised themselves as human soldiers. They had a natural advantage because their bodies were very similar to humans. Without a special investigation, they looked no different from humans.

This disguised group of followers quickly approached the mine, and the human soldiers on guard seemed to be not very vigilant.

Because the apostles had just been defeated and retreated into the sea, no one expected them to make a comeback so quickly.

The massacre of the reconnaissance team by the Star Apostle had not caused too much of a stir. It had cleaned up the scene very thoroughly, making it look as if the team had simply disappeared.

Now that there were dangers everywhere in the world, and many people died every day, the death of a reconnaissance team didn't attract much attention.

Everyone still thought that the apostles were hiding in the sea, and the armed forces equipped at this mine were absolutely sufficient to destroy any number of beast tide attacks. In this situation, everyone thought that this mining operation was foolproof, and the defenses were naturally more relaxed.

The Star Apostle's followers quickly approached the mine. By minimizing their life energy, they didn't arouse anyone's suspicion.

Because the resource eruption period had just begun, the resource reconnaissance teams formed by various countries after Li Tianran issued the order were temporarily drawn from various places, and they were not very familiar with each other. Therefore, even if they saw some unfamiliar faces, most of the staff simply regarded them as colleagues from other regions.

After the followers infiltrated the city wall, they saw various heavy-duty conveyor belts transporting a steady stream of metal ore from the mine, and a large number of special containers were waiting to be loaded in the distance.

A Star Apostle follower picked up a piece of ore debris on the ground and carefully observed the surrounding armed forces.

Forty mecha warriors stood near the ore like mountains!

This level of protection definitely indicated the importance of this metal ore.

After obtaining the information they wanted, the followers quietly left the wall.

"This is the metal ore produced in the mine..." The follower returned to the Miracle Building and handed the ore debris to the Star Apostle. "Their defenses are very strong. Forty mecha warriors and tens of thousands of human troops, and possibly heavy weapons!"

The Star Apostle picked up the ore debris and quickly extracted and identified it on the equipment.

Soon, a whole row of data appeared on the screen.

"Strength..."

"Toughness..."

"Energy absorption and cancellation..."

As the data appeared, the Star Apostle's eyes gradually lit up!

"This metal's data completely surpasses that of the alloy used to build the outer shell of the Miracle Building!" The Star Apostle's voice was extremely excited. "If we can get our hands on it and remodel the Miracle Building, its defense will be raised to another level!"

"In that case, even if we appear in front of Li Tianran and let him attack, we don't have to worry about the Miracle Building being damaged!"