1 Month To Doomsday But I Awakened Before That - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: The Art of Turning Stone Into Gold

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As the old saying goes, fortune favors the bold.

Su Chen stopped hesitating and chose to enter the left hole.

The hole was very small. Su Chen accidentally slipped and fell down a long, vertical slope!

“Thump!”

Due to the rope tied around his body, Su Chen was suspended in midair!

He looked around.

The place was rather empty, with the exception of several huge statues that were scattered around!

Moreover, there was a large mural on the wall behind the statues.

Su Chen took a closer look. The mural displayed the Solar System and its nine planets.

However, there was an additional planet near Pluto!

“Nibiru!”

This word instantly entered Su Chen’s mind.

The Anunnakis came to Earth because they wanted to save Nibiru which was about to be destroyed.

Due to excessive mining, Nibiru’s mass had become lighter and it could no longer maintain its atmosphere.

Therefore, the Anunnakis traveled to Earth. They collected Earth’s gold and took them back to Nibiru. This way, Nibiru’s mass would increase and its atmosphere would return to normal.

It was all for their own selfish interests! What happened to Earth afterward was none of their concern!

They also wanted to enslave the human race!

Su Chen then examined the huge statues.

These statues looked like humans and gods. Some of them had the bodies of animals such as a bull, a dog, and a snake.

The largest statue was in the middle. It looked like an Anunnaki.

Its head was pointy as if it was wearing a tall hat. Additionally, it had huge wings on its back.

Su Chen, who was still suspended in mid-air, looked below him. He realized that he was not too far from the ground and decided to cut the rope so he could explore further.

The Anunnaki statue was facing a huge arch.

After getting closer to the arch, Su Chen suddenly felt something dripping on his face.

He looked up and cursed in his heart. There were rows upon rows of bats the size of a dog! They were all hanging upside down on the ceiling!

Su Chen had discovered a lot of things today. First, there were rats the size of a cow. Now, there were bats the size of a dog!

Obviously, Su Chen did not want to attract the bats’ attention.

So, he walked slowly and quietly past the colony of giant bats without encountering any danger.

Su Chen continued to move forward.

Not far ahead, Su Chen saw two small caves. Each of them was on different sides of the path.

Each cave had a variety of instruments placed inside.

This attracted Su Chen’s attention.

He was curious and wanted to take a closer look. 

The instruments looked like something that would be used for electronic experiments.

Even though these instruments were covered in dust, Su Chen could tell that they were extraordinary. 

The instruments were well-made. If only Su Chen had storage capacity, he would gladly take them with him for studying purposes.

After inspecting the quality of the instruments, Su Chen came to a conclusion. These were not something that could be achieved by people on Earth based on their current level.

Moreover, these instruments were probably made hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

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Su Chen also discovered some digging tools such as hoes, shovels, and so on. They looked very average.

Suddenly, the flashlight’s light was reflected.

It was caused by baskets of glittering gold!

Su Chen had reached the actual gold mining area!

There were also plant-like things growing around the place.

However, Su Chen did not pay much attention to it.

“Ding dong! You have successfully checked in at the bottom of the gold mine. You have obtained the skill “Turning stone into gold”!”

“Host, you can turn stones into gold, but this skill has its limits! You can only use it when you have a need to purchase items of great value but you’re unable to pay for them.”

Su Chen thought about it.

‘In chaotic times, the financial and banking industries would definitely cease to function. The value of things would fluctuate except gold.

‘Only gold would stay in the form of hard currency.’

A smile appeared on Su Chen’s face.

Suddenly, he felt something strange on his feet.

He looked down and sure enough, his feet were entangled by vines.

They were similar to the plants that he had seen earlier.

These vines were abnormally thick.

Su Chen tried to pry them apart but was unsuccessful.

He tried again but still failed!

The vines were very strong.

Su Chen took out a knife and began cutting them with all his might, but it had little to no effect.

At the same time, specks of faint red lights appeared from the darkness again.

The rats squeaked as they approached Su Chen.

‘F*ck

‘Of course you guys would appear at this moment.

‘You saw that I was trapped, so you’re trying to attack me. 

‘Do these rats have intelligence?’

Su Chen did not have much time to waste.

He took out his pistol!

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Once again, a few rats fell to the ground.

They let out a miserable cry before dying.

Upon seeing this, the other rats retreated to the corners.

All of a sudden, an endless clattering sound could be heard.

‘Not good. It’s the bats!’

As the bats flew towards Su Chen and the rats, they kept spitting out an unknown green liquid.

The rats quickly fled in all directions.

Su Chen kept firing his pistol.

Some of the rats came in contact with the green liquid and it caused them to shriek loudly.

Their skin seemed to be burnt.

It was poison!

Since Su Chen was immune to all poisons, he was not very worried.

Some of the liquid came in contact with his body, but nothing really happened. He just felt disgusted. 

In a turn of events, the poison corroded the vines binding Su Chen’s feet.

He was finally freed.

‘Perfect!’

Almost immediately, Su Chen activated his scamper skill to depart from this troublesome place.

However, when he reached the entrance of the mine, he found out that someone had blocked it!

Meanwhile, the giant bats were still chasing him relentlessly from behind.

The sound of their flapping wings got closer and closer!

Su Chen immediately used all his strength to push away the giant rocks blocking the entrance of the mine.

Then, he quickly got out and barred the entrance again.

If the bats were to escape, many people would be harmed!

A horrifying scene flashed through Su Chen’s mind again.

After leaving the cave, he went back to the place where the snow monster was tied up.

He wanted to set the snow monster free, but it was long gone.

When Su Chen returned home, he had a myriad of thoughts.

The young man recalled the events that had happened to him recently. There was the rescue mission at the farm, the snowy mountain, the boars’ nest, and the gold mine.

After everything he had been through, he received skiing, scampering, and fighting skills. He can also communicate with animals and turn stones into gold.

However, these skills were not enough. Things would be way worse in a month’s time.

There was not much time left. The most important thing was to gain more combat power.

Su Chen wanted to go to Jiajia Volcano, which was most active at the moment.

However, with his current abilities, he would be digging his own grave.

To check-in at the volcano, he needed a couple more skills such as the ability to pilot an airplane, resisting ultra-high temperatures, and even deep-sea diving.

Su Chen wondered where else he could check-in before the volcano.

‘There’s an artificial lake in the suburban park. That should do it!’

Having top-notch swimming skills was important..