Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Treasure Fishing
"Why a fishing rod?" He Biduoyan scratched his head. After completing the dungeon, everyone returned to their original state. Now he held a shield in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. "This dungeon reward... I'm really confused."
Tang Li's gaze scanned the now-empty dungeon after refreshing, finally settling on the three-meter-square pool of rich, sticky, fragrant, and sweet honey that had been revealed after the Queen Bee vanished. "A fishing rod appeared in the treasure chest, and I'm using it to catch treasure. Where's this nesting doll?"
The game routines are getting more and more complicated.
If the final reward is not satisfactory, it would really be a shame for their hard work.
For example, he walked to a small stone tablet by the pool. A system prompt unfolded before his eyes. He quickly scanned it, then sent the message to the team channel, explaining concisely to his teammates:
"This is the 'Drunken Honey Pool', filled with drunken bees. The game requires you to use a special fishing rod to 'catch' them within the specified time.
Aside from fishing for bees, everything else is the same as fishing in the game. A progress bar appears as each bee is hooked. Once a bee is hooked, you must control the fishing rod to keep the green progress bar stable, otherwise it will unhook and fail.
Everyone opened the team channel and started browsing.
"Bee fishing? Sounds pretty good! It's even better than fishing." Li Zi took her fishing rod. She didn't bother reading the group chat messages because they were filled with text. She excitedly asked the ready-made answerer, "What are the benefits of catching something?"
"You don't even want to read a few words. I'm so lazy, so forget it." Ju Lizi glanced at her helplessly and continued to explain:
There are different types of bees in the pond. While fishing for bees, there's a chance a treasure chest will appear next to the progress bar. If you fill the treasure chest bar before the bees are caught, you'll open a treasure chest containing a large amount of experience, gold, equipment, skill books, and more.
He paused, then continued, "Also, the bees you catch aren't completely useless. Depending on the bee's level, after fishing, you can find the banyan tree guard outside the dungeon to exchange them for honey that temporarily increases its attributes."
"The game lasts one hour." He closed the team channel, picked up the fishing rod and walked to the pool to add.
"Sounds good," Tang Li also took the fishing rod, "Shall we get started right away?"
Um. "
The five of them quickly spread out around the Drunken Honey Pool, found a place to sit down, and cast their rods into the sticky golden liquid.
As everyone moved, a countdown of 59:59 appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"here we go."
The surface of the pond temporarily returned to calm, with only a sweet fragrance lingering.
Sudden--
"Here it comes!" There was movement first from Li Zi's side. The virtual progress bar suddenly appeared in front of her, rising rapidly but steadily. She calmly controlled the fishing rod in her hand to move with the progress bar, ensuring that it did not exceed the range of the rod falling off.
When the power was fully accumulated, she seized the opportunity, flicked her wrist, and quickly lifted the rod. Then a dizzy worker bee was thrown out of the water, turned into a glimmer of light and fell into Li Zi's backpack.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Worker Bee," experience +15.]
"Hahaha, it's quite simple." Li Zi proudly showed off to the others.
Just as he finished speaking, Hebiduoyan also successfully caught a worker bee. He smiled innocently and said to Li Zi, "It's really quite simple."
Soon after, "Words don't express the meaning" and "Give me an example" were also put on the shelves.
...Li Zi sat back silently.
Tang Li held her breath, feeling the subtle vibrations of her fishing rod. Suddenly, the tip of the rod sank sharply! A tiny progress bar popped up. She glanced to the side and saw, indeed, a more advanced Soldier Bee icon!
The progress bar began to vibrate violently, jumping up and down very unstably.
Tang Li's eyes narrowed as she stared at the wildly fluctuating strip. The moment it rushed into the green area, she decisively lifted the rod!
A slightly larger soldier bee with a stinger was successfully caught.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Soldier Bee"! Experience points increased by 35.]
This experience value, emmm, is better than nothing.
Tang Li collected the soldier bees and continued casting the rod.
"Excellent!" Chestnut beside him praised, "The progress bar of the soldier bee is difficult to control."
"It's okay actually." Tang Li smiled slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Very impressive." The person on the other end also gave a compliment out of the blue.
Ah, this... Tang Li and Li Zi were silent at the same time. This doesn't seem like a style that fails to express one's thoughts clearly.
Hebi Duoyan and Juerlizi on the opposite side twitched their lips when they saw this and almost laughed out loud.
Words don’t express what I mean: …let’s continue fishing for treasure.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Scout Bee"! Experience +35 points.]
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Queen Bee Guardian"! Experience +50 points.]
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Worker Bee," experience +15.]
…
A series of harvest prompts are constantly refreshed, and thanks to everyone's excellent operations, there are rarely any disconnections.
Tang Li had no interest in fishing at first, but as she fished, she became more and more addicted.
"Haha, I triggered the treasure chest!" He Biduoyan on the opposite side suddenly said excitedly.
Tang Li looked over quickly and saw him suddenly stand up, controlling the fishing rod with both hands to move up and down. As the bee was hooked, a golden treasure chest appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"Cool!" exclaimed Chestnut next to him.
"Open it quickly and see what you can get out." Everyone's attention was attracted and they immediately stopped paying attention to themselves and hurriedly urged.
"Yeah." Why bother saying more? Hold your breath and carefully open the treasure chest.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Soldier Bee" and successfully opening the [Beehive Treasure], gaining +35,000 experience points and 15 gold coins!]
"Cool." Although it was not the skill book or equipment he wanted, he was still very excited when he saw the experience bar growing significantly.
"It's an experience pack!" Everyone was a little surprised to see so much experience. After level 20, a lot of experience is needed for each level up. The experience given by this experience pack is almost as much as they would get from killing monsters for an hour. If they could come a few more times, their levels would definitely increase rapidly.
He Biduoyan's success aroused everyone's fighting spirit. Tang Li turned her attention back to her fishing rod. She didn't believe that she couldn't catch the treasure chest!
…
Some things have to be believed.
Time passed bit by bit, and the other four people obtained about three treasure chests on average, but Tang Li still got nothing.
Just when she was about to give in to despair and accept her fate, a big treasure chest appeared on the progress bar.
"!" Tang Li's heart beat faster and her hands tightly controlled the fishing rod.
Now is the time!
She quickly raised the fishing rod, it drew an arc, and the treasure chest successfully fell into her hands.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Queen Bee" and successfully opening the [Beehive Treasure], gaining +120,000 experience points.]
A golden light rose from her.
"Upgraded!" Tang Li was surprised. She actually got such a big experience pack!
"Xiao Li is awesome!" Li Zi had long noticed that Tang Li had gotten nothing, and now seeing her successfully obtain the treasure chest and directly upgrade, he was happier than if he had gotten something good himself.
"Congratulations!" Hebi Duoyan and Jugelizi on the other side also congratulated him. "You actually got 120,000 experience points! That's worth a single treasure chest. We opened several treasure chests."
"Hehe, no, no!" Tang Li actually thought she was very capable, but she couldn't be proud.
The man beside her was hesitant to speak. He wanted to say something, but he was afraid that he would be tongue-tied and say the wrong thing, so he could only look at the bright smile on her face and remain silent.
"..." His eyes warmed slightly, then quickly faded and refocused on the pool in front of him.
Time passed and the countdown indicated that there were only ten minutes left.
Everyone became more and more skilled, and they could successfully catch a bee almost every few tens of seconds.
"Swish, swish, swish——" The entire poolside was filled with the sounds of everyone swinging their clubs.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Queen Bee Guardian" and successfully opening the [Beehive Treasure], obtaining the skill book [Divine Protection].]
"Holy skill book!" For example, looking at the skill book emitting holy light, I was so excited that I couldn't express it in words.
Who in the healing profession doesn’t know the value of the word “holy”?
Today is his lucky day!
Everyone looked at him with envy and jealousy.
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Soldier Bee" and successfully opening the [Beehive Treasure], gaining +45,000 experience points.]
System: [Congratulations on catching the "Intoxicated Worker Bee" and successfully opening the [Beehive Treasure], obtaining the necklace [Carlisle's Dream].]
…
At the end of the event, everyone was racing against time.
System: [Ding! Drunken Honey fishing time is over.]
A warning sound rang out, and the fishing rod in his hand disappeared. The honey in the pool quickly solidified into amber.
The five of them breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other, their faces full of excitement and fatigue.
"How was the harvest?" he asked vaguely.
"Great! I gained a lot of experience! I also got several props," Hebi Duoyan's face was bright red. He really liked this game. "This is the first time I found that fishing is so fun. Let's play again later."
"Me too, I leveled up and got a copy of [Divine Protection], it's a huge profit." He gave an example with a smile on his face.
"I earned a lot of money, experience, and materials, and I also got several pieces of equipment with good attributes, but I can't use any of them, so I just threw them in the warehouse when I got back." Li Zi rummaged through his backpack and took inventory.
"..." Tang Li smiled bitterly, so she was the only one who got an experience treasure chest, right?
Don't want to laugh anymore.
"..." He was silent for a moment, unable to articulate his thoughts. "This activity gives a lot of experience points, and combined with the experience gained from completing dungeons, it's perfect for leveling up."
"Well, with the current strength of the players, this dungeon will be a bit difficult. I'll make a guide when I get back and then notify a team of the right level to give it a try," Ju Ge Li Zi pulled Li Zi to stand up and checked the time. "But if this is the case, we probably won't have time to play it again today."
"It's more important for everyone to level up. Let's make a strategy first. We can play it tomorrow. We're tired after playing for so long today." Before other players find the key information to break through the level, working hard to level up is the top priority.
After leaving the dungeon, they returned to the huge banyan tree at the entrance.
Every time after completing a copy, someone comes out to collect "protection fees", and this time is no exception.
An old face appeared from the banyan tree's massive trunk, and the Banyan Guardian spoke in an old voice, "Young adventurer, leave those greedy little creatures behind. I will pay you."
Tang Li looked at the bees' "ransom" curiously:
The exchange ratio of worker bees and honey is 1:1, soldier bees and scout bees is 3, queen bee guards 5 points, and queen bees 6 points. Eating honey can randomly obtain an attribute enhancement.
Tang Li took a look at her backpack. Since the most common bees she caught were worker bees, all the bees combined could be exchanged for about 100 portions of honey.
She was quite interested in this kind of honey and wondered if it could be added to cooking or potions. She planned to give it a try when she returned.
"Here." He walked forward silently, unable to express his meaning, and traded the honey he had exchanged for her.
"Why should you give it to me? This can be eaten directly. The honey tastes very good." Tang Li didn't take it.
"You need it more, don't you? I don't lack this little attribute enhancement." She likes this honey very much, and it is clear that she doesn't express her feelings clearly.
"Well...thank you." Although her words were not clear, it seemed that she had made up her mind. It would be too awkward to postpone it any further. Tang Li was not good at the back-and-forth politeness, and she really wanted the honey, so she simply reached out and took it.
His luck was better than Tang Li's. He caught a lot of high-level bees and exchanged them for 300 portions of honey, which was enough for Tang Li to make.
Later, Li Zi and the others wanted to give her their honey, but she refused. Anyway, they would have to stay in the dungeon for the time being, so if it was not enough, they could go to the next dungeon to exchange it.
After everyone finished exchanging their items and sorted out their gains, they recalled the exciting fishing and rich harvest, and all the fatigue seemed to be diluted by the sweetness.
"Today's dungeon was worth it!" Li Zi stretched and smiled.
"Indeed, the last fishing trip was unexpectedly interesting." Tang Li agreed, her eyes curved.
Looking at the satisfied smiles on his teammates' faces, especially Tang Li's relaxed and happy expression, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, almost imperceptibly.
"Okay, that's all for today." His voice was still cold, but with a hint of smile. "We'll meet again tomorrow."
"Yeah." Tang Li nodded.
Next, let’s take Li Zi as an example. He has to go back to help organize the strategy guide. Li Zi must accompany him. There are a lot of things going on in the gang recently. Even if I can’t express myself clearly, I still plan to go back and take a look.
"See you later."
After rejecting the offer of sending her home, Tang Li said goodbye to a few people, tore open the return ticket and returned to her warm home.
As soon as she stepped into the small courtyard surrounded by a fence, a ball of jelly-like, translucent, khaki-colored object came bounding towards her and rubbed her ankle affectionately.
After several transformations of supernatural powers, Xirang has now reached level 20.
Maybe Tang Li was too much of a homebody. As a slime that had been very independent since childhood, after reaching level 20, it often went out to level up on its own, and sometimes even brought back some local specialties, so Tang Li didn't need to worry about it at all.
This habit started during the server launch event. During those days, Tang Li often received gift boxes dropped by the little guy at home.
Now the little guy is accustomed to finishing the housework first and then going out to level up. He is so independent in taking care of everything at home and outside.
Thinking of this, her conscience pricked a little. She took out a piece of honey from her backpack and handed it to him carefully: "I'm back, baby. I found a copy that is very suitable for leveling up today. I will take you there tomorrow."
"Chi!" Xirang jumped happily and swallowed the honey in one gulp.
Tang Li unconsciously let out a relaxed smile. She bent down and gently rubbed its cool, smooth, yet incredibly soft body. Xirang lay comfortably in a ball, its body swaying like water waves, circling happily around her.
After playing with the little guy in the yard for a while and watching it jumping around happily, her heart softened.
"Okay, I'll go get some honey for my little brother too." After a moment, she stood up and walked directly to the planting space in the corner of the yard.
When she moved the house to Fengyu Camp, she also expanded the planting space. Now, standing at the starting point, she can't see the end at a glance.
Fortunately, there are many fields and slimes. After continuous efforts over this period of time, my brother and his family have now grown to a very large scale.
There is definitely not enough slime honey to share, but although my family lives in her space and eats her food and drinks her food, they are all free yellow names and are not close to her, so Tang Li only needs to feed my family.
After feeding his younger brother and playing with the little guy for a while, Tang Li stood up and inspected the empire he had built.
In the boundless space, on the left side near the front is a field of golden sunlight wheat. The ears of these sunlight wheat are full and emit a warm breath like the sun. They look well taken care of. It is daytime now, and moonlight wheat will be planted here at night.
Behind the Sunlight Wheat, a wide variety of plants are neatly framed in different fields, and robots or slimes are harvesting them from time to time.
On the right side of the space are large areas of improved wheat. Whether it is for cooking steamed buns and flower rolls, or obtaining high-quality wheat seeds to transform sunlight wheat and moonlight wheat, or as food for slimes, it is necessary to plant more wheat.
Nowadays, crops in space mature much faster, and wheat takes a very short time to mature, so this half of the land has a good harvest almost all the time, thanks to the fact that there is no shortage of labor.
After carefully counting the harvest of the space during this period and sending the inventory to several stores to clear out most of the warehouse, Tang Li saw a pile of seeds and saplings in the corner.
That’s right, I didn’t have time to plant the things I redeemed after the event ended!
Tang Li slapped her forehead, selected a piece of land in the space and cleared the soil. Then she skillfully dug a hole, sowed seeds, covered the soil, watered the land, and injected natural magic to promote birth.
The dragon scale tree seedlings, which shone with a dark red scaly luster, seemed to have adapted well, and the other seeds also looked okay. Seeing these new lives being properly placed in the fertile soil, Tang Li felt a sense of accomplishment.
After taking care of the planting space, Tang Li returned to the laboratory with the freshly harvested sun wheat and moon wheat.
She originally thought that Sunlight Wheat was more explosive, and Moonlight Wheat would be more suitable for making potions.
However, after obtaining the junior pharmacist certificate, she clearly felt that her understanding of the medicinal properties and control of the infusion of magic power had reached a new level, as if she had opened the door to a new world.
She also had new ideas about the new potion.
The room was filled with the fragrance of a mixture of various herbs. The shelves were filled with bottles and jars, and the workbench was filled with grinders, distillers, etc.
Compared with the initial small-scale operations, this place is now becoming more and more like a professional laboratory.
Place the materials needed for the experiment on the lab bench, and then proceed with the tedious repetitive experiments.
Skilled in operating magic, he carefully processed the newly harvested wheat, extracted the essence, and meticulously began a new round of blending according to the optimized formula in his mind.
Magic power flowed from her fingertips to the magic wand like a silk thread, and slowly flowed into the bubbling crucible as it was stirred. Tang Li carefully guided the warm current of the sunlight wheat and the cold breath of the moonlight wheat to slowly approach and blend... The experimental process was smoother than any time before. The film that hindered her success seemed to be getting thinner and thinner. She clearly felt that she only lacked that most critical bit of inspiration to make a complete breakthrough.
With a "poof" sound, the experiment failed again.
"Oh." After sighing, Tang Li cleaned the crucible as usual and started the next round of experiments without stopping.
She didn't know how long she had been busy until she felt a little tired. She put down the equipment in her hands and looked out at the scenery in the yard through the large window of the laboratory to relax.
What is the difference between asking low-level pharmacists with insufficient knowledge to invent new potions and forcing elementary school students to discover new mathematical theorems?
I don’t know if it’s because Instructor Zoe is too strict or if she is just too inexperienced.
However, Tang Li had a hunch that as long as she could successfully overcome this hurdle, she would definitely receive unexpected surprises.
After cleaning up the laboratory, Tang Li rubbed his tired forehead and returned to the courtyard.
Night has fallen, and soft magic lights are hanging on the eaves, casting a warm glow.
Xirang immediately jumped over again.
Tang Li picked some fruits from the yard, washed them carefully, and sat on a comfortable recliner, eating the sweet fruits in small bites, feeding Xirang from time to time, and letting the little guy rub against her feet.
The evening breeze is gentle, carrying the scent of grass and earth.
After eating the fruit, wiping her hands, Tang Li took out several large books that she had just borrowed from the library from her backpack. She quickly immersed herself in the ocean of knowledge, occasionally checking the records of her experiment today and writing new annotations in her notes.
She read quietly like this for about an hour, until the night deepened and the sky was filled with stars. Then she closed the book and yawned softly.
"Xirang, it's time to rest." Tang Li stood up and stretched, rubbed her eyes, smiled and whispered to the still energetic little guy.
"Chi!" Xirang nodded obediently and sensibly slowed down the frequency of his jumping.
"Good baby!" Seeing this, Tang Li took out some honey and placed it on the table for the little guy to eat in the evening.
As for the remaining honey, she casually put it into the laboratory through the large window. Today had been too full, so she would deal with it tomorrow.
After a simple wash and lying in bed, Tang Li closed her eyes comfortably. With anticipation for tomorrow, she slowly fell into a peaceful dream, bringing a perfect end to this fulfilling day.
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