Chapter 36 White Iron Mine Cave, Giant Rats
As Ji Xinghan walked up the mountain, he glanced at the chat channel.
In the chat channel, players were chatting enthusiastically, but they were all discussing one thing:
"Hey, that's weird, where's the box?"
"I've been driving for ages, and I haven't found a single box?"
"I've been exploring in the wild but haven't found any chests. What's going on? Has the game lowered the chest drop rate?"
"The newbie period is over, very likely. Oh no, I haven't upgraded my vehicle yet!"
"Damn it, I just ran into a huge rooster. It was incredibly fierce and almost pecked me to death. It could even fly! It scared me to death!"
"A Tier 1 mutated flying chicken? I advise you to run! These chickens peck very hard and are poisonous. Our current attributes are too low; we can't deal with it at all!"
Ji Xinghan's heart skipped a beat. Was she the only one who had encountered the flying chicken from earlier?
That's true. That flying chicken is fast and can fly, with a sharp beak. It's not something an ordinary person can handle. Her weapon is powerful, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to stop it.
If those players were stronger, they might have obtained abundant resources just like her.
The box we just opened contained a treasure map and a wooden axe. You can't get these things from ordinary boxes!
So, all we need to do is severely injure the Flying Chicken?
Ji Xinghan suddenly realized that this must be it. The players are not capable enough to deal with the Tier 1 mutated flying chickens, but if they think of a way and find a good strategy, they should still be able to severely injure them.
As long as you are seriously injured, you will receive a supply box!
The game has given players another way to obtain treasure chests, so there are fewer supply chests on the roadside!
This should also be a change after the beginner phase ends!
In the chat channel, players were discussing it animatedly, but no one mentioned this point.
Ji Xinghan didn't intend to share her guess. First, seriously injuring Feiji wouldn't be so easy. What if someone attacked Feiji but ended up seriously injuring themselves instead? Wouldn't that be blamed on her? Second, it was just a guess; who knew if it was accurate?
It's better to avoid trouble than to get involved; she wasn't exactly a helpful person to begin with.
Following the treasure map, Ji Xinghan arrived at the foot of the mountain.
According to the treasure map, the entrance to the iron mine is where the peach blossoms are in full bloom. She needs to find the peach tree first!
Walk a little further to the left!
She walked for another ten minutes or so, and ahead of her, there were patches of pink – a peach blossom forest!
She walked quickly over, passed through two peach trees, and saw a dark hole.
This is it!
Ji Xinghan took out a wooden plank, lit one to use as a torch, and threw it into the cave entrance...
A soft creaking sound came from inside.
Sure enough, there was something inside!
Ji Xinghan took out a few more pieces of wood, lit them, and threw them in. There was no sound inside.
She hesitated for a moment, then realized she couldn't wait any longer; it was going to rain soon. She decided to go inside first, since her longsword was powerful enough.
Holding the torch, she ducked into the cave.
As soon as I entered, there were two squeaks, and two huge rats rushed over with lightning speed.
Ji Xinghan was startled and quickly swung his longsword, severing the front leg of one of the rats with a "whoosh".
The rat squeaked twice and rolled on the ground.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Countless sounds rang out as huge rats scurried out of their holes, surging in like a tide.
Their small eyes gleamed with a fierce green light, and with a "snap," they bit off the wooden stick that had fallen to the ground.
Oh my god!
so much?
Ji Xinghan turned and ran.
Fortunately, she was very close to the cave entrance and ran out in just a few steps.
The rats didn't chase her; once they saw her leave, they retreated like a tide.
Ji Xinghan stood at the cave entrance, in a dilemma. There were too many rats, and even with her powerful weapons, she couldn't kill them all by herself!
Sigh, I wonder where Doraemon went. Otherwise, it might have been able to help.
Now I can only rely on myself!
Or how about setting it on fire? Or smoking it out?
She used to enjoy collecting hay, and she still has two large bundles in her backpack. However, burning hay produces a lot of smoke, but it burns too quickly…
Oh, right, pine wood!
Pine wood is heat-resistant but also easy to ignite!
There were several old pine trees on the mountain, looking withered and gnarled. She had an iron axe, just enough to cut a pine branch!
Ji Xinghan acted immediately, running to the mountain, taking out a junk iron axe, chopping down a few pine branches, and then laboriously cutting down a pine tree.
[Collection successful, obtained 1 pine branch!]
[Successfully felled the tree, obtained 2 pine wood blocks!]
[Collection successful, obtained 1 pine branch!]
[Successfully felled the tree, obtained 2 pine wood blocks!]
...
After a series of sounds, Ji Xinghan obtained several bundles of pine branches and 10 wooden blocks.
She put the pine branches and wood into her storage backpack, hurried back, then tied the hay and pine branches together and lit them.
Thick smoke billowed out, she took a deep breath, and kicked hard with her foot.
With a loud bang, pine branches and dry grass, accompanied by billowing smoke, crashed into the mine shaft.
"Squeak!" A panicked sound came from inside. A moment later, a group of large rats rushed out, squeaking and squeaking. Some of them charged towards Ji Xinghan.
Ji Xinghan wielded his longsword and took down several of them.
Outside, the space is large enough that the rats don't huddle together, making them much easier to deal with.
[Slay 1 giant rat, dismantle it?]
Ji Xinghan: "Yes!"
[Obtain 1 piece of rat meat and 2 rat teeth!]
What is the use of rat meat?
Ji Xinghan hesitated for a moment, but still habitually chose to decompose it, just in case it might be useful later.
She killed seven or eight rats, and the rest of the rats dared not come closer; they scattered in all directions.
By this time, the thick smoke had dissipated considerably.
Ji Xinghan took a torch and walked into the mine.
The dry grass in the pine branches had burned out, and the smoke had decreased considerably. Only the pine branches were still burning, providing just enough light.
Ji Xinghan carefully carried the torch and walked inside. After walking about ten meters, she found a hole in the corner of the stone wall.
A mouse hole?
Ji Xinghan took out a pickaxe and dug down...
[Obtained 1 Bluestone Block!]
Huh? You can do that?
Ji Xinghan got excited and used a pickaxe to dig a few times on the stone wall, digging out seven or eight pieces of bluestone, which he used to block the entrance to the rat hole.
The bluestone is quite heavy; let's see how the rats get out now!
She continued walking forward, and after a few steps, she saw another mouse hole. In this way, she blocked four or five mouse holes before finally arriving at a spacious cave.
The cave is small, only about ten square meters. On the innermost stone wall of the cave, there is a grayish-white object.
[Iron ore discovered, please start mining as soon as possible!]
Found it!
Ji Xinghan was overjoyed and rushed over.
After taking only a few steps, suddenly, with a "squeak," a dark shadow flashed, and a huge thing stood in front of the stone wall, just blocking the white iron ore.
It was an even bigger rat!
It stood about a meter tall, with two golden eyes, and was staring coldly at Ji Xinghan, letting out a threatening cry: "Squeak!"
Ji Xinghan suddenly understood what it meant: "Go any further, and you'll die!"
Ji Xinghan paused, gripped his longsword tightly, and stared at the giant rat.
Rats are already disgusting enough, but if you add a giant gray rat, it's not just disgusting, it's terrifying!
[Ding! Danger! Danger! Tier 2 giant rat detected!]
[Ding! Danger! Escape immediately!]
"Squeak!" The giant rat revealed its gleaming, sharp teeth!
Second-tier? That's amazing!
She could only severely injure the first-tier rooster before, but this second-tier giant rat is even higher level than that rooster. Can she handle it?
To fight or not to fight?
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