Chapter 1317 Not Something That Can Be Mined by Human Beings

"What's the matter?"

Nicole was curious. Samuel shook his head. He told her he didn't know either, and Emory had sent
someone to check out.

At this time, Amelia said, "This is a formation. Nicole, do as I say."

"Alright."

In terms of formations, Nicole listened to Amelia.

Jarrod had worried that Amelia would not be able to stand it. Seeing that she was teaching Nicole how
to open the formation, he was surprised and then smiled.

Amelia was not someone who would easily open her heart to others. But once she did, she would trust
the person for the rest of her life. It seemed that Amelia had seen Nicole as her friend.

Before the result of paternity test came out, Jarrod liked such development. Even if the worst came to
worst and he was Jayden's son, as long as Nicole was around, there might be hope between him and
Amelia.

She was just a woman, but he couldn't let her go.

Nicole opened the formation according to Amelia's instructions, and a heavy dusty smell immediately
wafted into their noses.

Samuel ran over almost immediately and threw himself at Nicole, shouting, "Get down! Hold your
breath!"



The team was well-trained. After hearing Samuel's order, the people quickly prostrated and held their
breath. Jarrod immediately pulled Amelia in his arms.

"What's going on?"

Nicole gazed at Samuel in confusion. She did not feel any danger.

Samuel whispered, "Once this long-sealed ore vein comes into contact with the air outside, it will
release a poisonous gas. Although the toxicity is not great, it cannot be ignored."

Only then did Nicole understand.

She knew too little about mining.

The smell was too weird to describe. Some people held their breaths too late and got poisoned, rolling
on the ground and howling.

Emory immediately had some of his men carry them out of there for treatment, and the expressions of
the others became much more solemn.

They thought that it was just an ore vein, so they didn't need to take it too seriously. Until this moment,
they realized that things were much more difficult than they had imagined.

Samuel felt that it was almost time, so he got up.

He pulled Nicole up and whispered, "Come forward when I need you, and stand beside Amelia at other
times. Okay?"

"Okay."

Nicole also knew that it was dangerous, so she hurriedly nodded, but she was worried about Samuel,
so she grabbed his arm and stared at him.



Although she didn't say anything, Samuel knew.

"I will be careful. Don't worry."

Nicole finally let go of Samuel.

He and Emory were the commanders of the two sides, so she could not and did not dare to ask him to
stay.

Nicole went to Amelia.

Amelia said to her, "This is the first time I've seen such a vein. I've seen it in one of our family's books
before. I thought it was just a legend. I didn't expect it to be true."

"What do you mean?"

Nicole didn't know anything about ore veins, so she was confused.

She leaned against Amelia. The latter said, "This kind of ore vein should have a history of over a
thousand years."

"What?"

Nicole was rather surprised.

Over a thousand years?

What ancient ore vein that was.

Amelia nodded seriously and continued, "Modern ore veins can't be hidden by a formation. In modern
society, formations have almost disappeared. I've read about this kind of formation in my family's
books. This kind of way to open a formation was only used a thousand years ago."



"If someone discovered this ore vein a thousand years ago, why didn't they mine it? Why did they use a
formation to conceal it?"

Nicole seemed to be talking to herself, but her mind raced.

No one would dislike money. Even a thousand years ago, such an ore vein was the treasure of a
country. Any lord would have ordered people to mine it. However, the ore vein was concealed with a
formation. Why?

An idea flashed through Nicole's mind. She shivered.

"Unless this ore vein cannot be mined by human beings!"

Nicole's eyes widened as she stared straight at Amelia, her heart in her mouth.

She had guessed right. Amelia nodded heavily.

"Since ancient times, formations have been created with dangers. The fact that such an ancient ore
vein has been hidden for a thousand years is enough to prove that this ore vein is not simple. It is even
beyond the control of human beings. The technology from a thousand years ago was backward, so
they sealed it. Now that our technology is advanced, I wonder if we can complete the mining."

Amelia's eyes were filled with worry.

Unlike others, as the sole inheritor of a family of formations, she had an innate keen sense in this
regard.

Nicole's expression became somewhat solemn.

She quickly informed Emory and Samuel of this news.



Emory and Samuel were shocked and had a doctor examine everyone's body. Afterwards, they told the
others to rest and wait for the results.

After more than an hour, the results came out. Everyone was fine and they felt relieved.

The mining work was their mission. Since they had discovered the ore vein and that the people of
Country F were coveting it as well, Emory and the others had no choice but mine it. Moreover, they had
reported it. Therefore, after a short rest, everyone approached the ore vein again.

Before leaving, Emory had made sufficient preparations and had asked for professional miners and
geological surveyors. At this moment, the geological surveyors were doing a survey of the ore veins.

Seeing that Amelia was a little tired, Nicole asked someone to carry Amelia to a distant place and set
up a small tent so Amelia could rest for a while.

Amelia was indeed tired. Hearing Nicole's words, she did not refuse and went into the tent to sleep.

Jarrod sent people to patrol the surroundings, for Jayden, who was hiding in the shadows, might
suddenly come.

Everyone was proceeding step by step. Nicole wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about this
ore vein, but she searched online without finding anything.

Why was there no record of such a large ore vein?

Nicole was puzzled.

At this moment, someone suddenly vomited and then began to have respiratory dyspnea. He fell to the
ground and had a cramp.

"What's going on? Doctor!"



Nicole was the first person to discover this situation and immediately shouted for help.

Samuel and Emory hurriedly turned around and saw the doctor rushing over to examine the person
who had fallen to the ground.

Immediately after, a second person had the same symptoms, then a third, a fourth....

Almost at the same time, a large number of people collapsed. Their symptoms were the same, and
each of them had blue lips.

"They are poisoned!"

The doctor's expression immediately changed.

Nicole's heart skipped a beat.

There was nothing wrong with them just now! Why were they suddenly poisoned?

Amelia heard the commotion and got up. Realizing what was going on, she shouted to Nicole, "Nicole,
quickly get the people out of the ore vein and seal the ore vein entrance. Hurry!"

Hearing this, Emory and Samuel immediately gave orders. Later, Emory asked curiously, "What's going
on?"

With a serious look, Amelia replied, "The ore vein has been sealed for too long. When the gas inside
comes into contact with the air outside, it forms a natural toxin that can damage people's body. It was
not normal for the vein to be sealed for a thousand years without being mined. According to my
deduction, there must be something wrong with this mine. It may be something that manpower can't
solve. So, Commander Emory, stop immediately. Otherwise, many lives will be buried here."



These weren't alarmist words. Amelia had only seen this kind of situation in the family books before.
She didn't expect it to happen in reality. Now, she was in a panic.

However, Emory was in a dilemma.

"This is an order."

"Emory, it's not that we don't want to mine, but we have to take into account people's lives, right? Since
we know that there is a problem with this mine, let's find the problem first. Wouldn't it be safer to solve
the problem before we act?"

Nicole also persuaded Emory. She agreed with Amelia's suggestion.

While Emory was still hesitating, Samuel also joined the lobbying.

"Emory, this matter must be suspended. Many people have been poisoned and the poison attacked
them at the same time. Besides, we didn't bring many people with us. Do you want them all to die
here? They should die on the battlefield, not here."

Emory looked at the wailing soldiers and finally nodded.

"Alright, I'll go report to the higher-ups. You're in charge now."

He looked at Nicole and Amelia.

Amelia nodded and said, "I have taught you how to seal a formation. Just follow the spell."

Nicole knew that the matter was very important now. She wanted to run over, but Samuel grabbed her.

"Someone, find a gas mask."



Samuel had prepared the gas masks for emergency needs. There were only a few of them. He didn't
expect that they would come in handy at this time.

Nicole looked at Samuel and smiled.

After putting on the gas mask, Nicole quickly walked over and began to seal the entrance of the ore
vein according to the spell Amelia had taught her. However, she was a beginner after all. She tried
several times without success.

Amelia got anxious, so she asked Jarrod to fetch her a gas mask, and she personally walked over.

She was still very weak, but now she gave people a noble impression. Perhaps this was the charm of
the members of the formation clan.

Jarrod looked at her, his heart aching, his brows tightly knitted together.

He regretted bringing Amelia here. What if her body couldn't take it?

However, Amelia couldn't know what was on his mind at this moment and she didn't want to care about
it for the time being.

When Nicole saw her coming over, she asked worriedly, "How are you holding up?"

"I have to do this. The longer this gas is emitted, the more people will be poisoned. If a gale rises blows
the gas out of this range, I'm afraid more people will suffer."

Although she had stayed on Jayden's side for so many years, as a member of the formation clan,
Amelia still had the most basic goodwill.

Nicole nodded and started to seal the entrance of the ore vein with Amelia.



The doctors were in the middle of rescuing the poisoned soldiers, but after all, there weren't enough
doctors, and there were too many poisoned soldiers. The situation was chaotic.

Amelia and Nicole tried their best to seal the entrance, but one of them was exhausted after the
miscarriage and the other was just a beginner. This was an arduous task for them, and they could
barely hold on.

Everyone was trying their best to change the situation, but there seemed to be a huge beast hiding in
the air, causing people to feel extremely uneasy.


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