The weather was getting hot, and it was just past midnight. The time between 2am and 5am was a bit cooler, and starting from 6am, the temperature in the unventilated basement started to rise, like a furnace, every time he went offline, Dongfang Qingyu would be drenched in water, and had to continuously drink two bottles of mineral water to replenish the lost water. The air was reeking of sweat, and fortunately, he was alone, so he did not need to worry about others gossiping.
Steamed Bun and the like couldn't help but play. They had bought it in the morning, but when they logged off at night, they would have a taste of it. When he was full, Dongfang Qingyu didn't want to move. It was good to get blown by the wind, but he had no sense of belonging towards this city. He didn't want to go out and lie on his bed.
"..."
Bang!
Dongfang Qingyu increased his speed and sprinted forward, suddenly appearing three meters away in a flash. Phew, the second rock flew past his shoulder, and after hitting the air, the Stone Monster took about three seconds to create the rock, and three seconds was enough for Dongfang Qingyu to do a lot of things.
As he got closer to the Stone Monster, he nailed the pickaxe onto its body.
Clink, clink, clink …
His voice was filled with a rhythm as red damage figures floated into the air one after another. An angry expression surfaced on the Stone Monster's face. As it smashed with its huge fist, Dongfang Qingyu had long since slipped behind it. In terms of agility, the Stone Monster did not have any advantages.
Clink, clink, clink …
- 25-26-30.
With a clatter, the Stone Monster turned into a pile of rubble. looked at the pickaxe in pain. The Stone Monster's hardness was much harder than the Hematite's, the wear and tear of the attacking Stone Monster was much greater than digging. In just a short span of time, the Durability had fallen by 1 point.
"Revive!"
The shattered rocks reassembled, turning into a new Stone Monster. When they were walking up the mountain, they saw a few Hedgehog Monster. Right now, he wanted to look for one, but he couldn't see a single one, but he could see a few poisonous snakes, but that wasn't his goal. After going around left and right, time passed second by second, just as the Stone Monster was about to die, an Hedgehog Monster appeared in front of Dongfang Qingyu. The Hedgehog Monster's head was stuck in the soil, eating ants while revealing half of its butt.
"Bang!"
Time was of the essence, Dongfang Qingyu did not have the time to aim, he immediately threw it, and himself also retreated a few steps.
"Huuu ~ ~ ~"
The rock that was the size of a human head whistled through the air and unerringly smashed onto the Hedgehog Monster's body. With a "pa da" sound, the Hedgehog Monster's flesh was smashed into pieces and flattened.
Clang clang. Three copper coins had been dropped. Those who were engaged in underground projects were all quite wealthy.
"Crash ~ ~ ~"
After the Stone Monster's time was up, it turned back into a pile of shattered rocks.
"Revive!"
The Hedgehog Monster's body that had been smashed flat by the stone pillar quickly recovered and in the blink of an eye, it had turned into a perfect hedgehog as it looked at Dongfang Qingyu in a daze.
Dongfang Qingyu did not hesitate, and quickly left with his Hedgehog Monster, heading in a certain direction at the back of the mountain. In the morning, like before, the first thing he did when he came to the mining area was to beat up Hamster Monster, but he was chased by a Hamster Monster, and in the end, he found a mouse nest, and there were dozens of Hamster Monster inside. If not for the Resurrection skill and Hamster Monster's nest, he could only quietly retreat, but with the skill of Resurrection, the situation would be completely different. As long as they were able to avoid the first wave of attack, Stone Monster would be a dish for them after they got close.
That was why he had seen what had happened: He had killed the Stone Monster, used the Stone Monster to kill the Hedgehog Monster, and had the later generations use the Hedgehog Monster to kill the Hamster Monster. Everything was going according to plan, the only problem was that it was a bit far. The hedgehog was not fast, unlike the Stone Monster, which was slow, but still ran very fast. Traversing mountains was like walking on flat land, each step was as fast as a normal person's two steps.
In the remaining half a minute, Dongfang Qingyu brought the hedgehog and felt the Hamster Monster's nest. Without even time to check and confirm, Dongfang Qingyu ordered the Hedgehog Monster to rush in, and then shoot out a spike.
"Creak, creak ~ ~ ~"
For the first time, Dongfang Qingyu felt that the Hamster Monster's cries were extremely pleasant to listen to. A wave of Tricolor Light descended from the sky, and its body suddenly produced a strong power that surged throughout its entire body in an instant, making it extremely comfortable.
Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu, levelled up by 1 level, Level: 4. Hope player continues to work hard!
When Dongfang Qingyu saw an injured Hamster Monster rushing out of the cave with shaky steps, he immediately rushed forward.
- 25-30.
The Hamster Monster emitted a grey light and died.
A few seconds later, another Hamster Monster staggered out. Dongfang Qingyu's hands were as fast as lightning as he stabbed his pickaxe into it.
- 30!
The Gray Light flashed and died.
After waiting for a while, no Hamster Monster came out, and there were no movements from inside the cave. Dongfang Qingyu carefully crawled into the cave, why did he climb out? The entrance to the Hamster Monster was too small, only about half a meter tall.
Through the dim light, Dongfang Qingyu saw dozens of Hamster Monster's corpses. He counted carefully, eleven of them, adding the two outside, there were a total of 13, which meant that the Hedgehog Monster had killed 11 of the Hamster Monster with one of its Pear Blossom Rain Needles. The Hedgehog Monster was already dead, and had rotted into a pile of bones. It was unknown whether it died in the mouth of the Hamster Monster or because the time was up.
Dongfang Qingyu was secretly proud of his wise decision. Thirteen Hamster Monster, he was sure he could not defeat them, even if he could, killing them would take at least half a day. Directly rushing up was impossible, as the thirteen Hamster Monster would rush up together, he wouldn't be able to beat them even if they were three heads and six arms. He could only lure them out one by one, which was quite time-consuming.
Killing 13 in a row, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't get injured. How could it be like now, where he could easily sit there and wait for the experience. This way of leveling up was simply too satisfying.
The Hamster Monster had dropped quite a few copper coins, so Dongfang Qingyu naturally did not want to give up. He picked each of them up and counted.
When he picked up the two Hamster Monster s from the cave entrance, he was suddenly stunned for a moment. A thought that made him extremely happy flashed through his mind, even before he could add in his Free Attribute Point, he had already rushed to the mining area on the mountaintop. He threw the corpse of a Hamster Monster on the ground.
"Revive!"
A ripple of energy flashed by, and the Hamster Monster moved. In the blink of an eye, its wound recovered, and it was revived. Seeing that, Dongfang Qingyu laughed loudly, he was extremely happy.
In this way, he would be able to bring out the monster's corpse by his side. When there was a need to fight, he would bring out a corpse to revive, and that way, he could avoid the short end of the ten-minute lifespan. As long as he brought the Hedgehog Monster's body to the hole in the Hamster Monster to revive, everything would be perfect.
However, it was not too late now, the Hamster Monster's resurrection clearly showed that this method worked. As long as he had a corpse on him, it would be equivalent to having a helper.
After the monsters were killed, they continued mining. For the time being, mining was the main business and killing monsters wouldn't earn them much money. A monster would only earn two to three copper coins and wouldn't be able to buy a single cup of water.
With this skill, his Free Attribute Point would no longer be used on Strength. As a result, his Intelligence would increase by 230. With another 2 levels, he would be able to use the Resurrection skill 5 times.
Very quickly, Dongfang Qingyu discovered another benefit of the Resurrection skill. The revived Hamster Monster could help him mine, and their speed was not inferior to his. Both of their claws were equal to two Ore Hoe s. In just a short moment, hundreds of ores had been excavated. Unfortunately, the time was too short, only ten minutes was left.
Seeing that there were no monsters to kill, Dongfang Qingyu brought out another Hamster Monster to revive him. Using a helper to not use it would be a waste, a waste would be shameful.
Ten minutes later, the Hamster Monster turned into a pile of bones. Its magic power was insufficient to revive it, so Dongfang Qingyu could only struggle on his own.
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang …
Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00001%.
Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00003%.
Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00002%.
Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00001%.
"..."
It was only until dark that Dongfang Qingyu was able to appraise all of the ores. Compared to a few days ago, today was clearly much later, but the harvest was not as good as it was a few days ago. 1,150 Low-grade Ore, 520 Medium Grade Ore, although he already knew the result a few days ago, he was still sad when he saw that the ores were getting lesser and lesser by the day.
They descended the mountain and headed straight for the blacksmith's shop.
The total price of the 1670 ores was 95,250 copper coins. When Dongfang Qingyu walked out of the smithy, the words of a few miners beside him caught his attention. The general idea was that someone had accidentally discovered a new mineral deposit somewhere, and there was quite a number of them. The main idea was that someone had accidentally discovered a new mineral deposit, and there were quite a number of them.
After the miner finished speaking, the rest of them immediately expressed their intentions to go, such opportunities were rare, if they were to be late, they would be left with nothing but ashes, they whispered amongst themselves, and spoke softly. If not for the fact that no one was by and it was quiet, Dongfang Qingyu would not have been able to hear them.
After they finished speaking, they quickly left. Dongfang Qingyu remained calm and followed closely behind, but he did not realize that the first person who spoke was a miner whose eyes flashed with a cunning look.