Farming Games are All About Grinding
Chapter 62: Reaching the 20th Floor

Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Reaching the 20th Floor

The massive explosion echoed endlessly inside the mine.

"Boom boom boom!"

The reverberations from the blast took nearly five minutes to fade away.

The ground of the mine left behind by the explosion was charred black.

The swarm of slimes that had been gathered earlier had all turned into white light and vanished.

As the cost for this, Han Qiwu’s health had been sliced down by half.

"How is this a grape grenade? It’s clearly a mutual-destruction grenade." Han Qiwu’s clothes were covered in dust, and his face was blackened.

He really wanted to know—who on earth invented this useless grape grenade?

Why could it fly back to me even after being thrown?

Just because its description says ’stationary placement only, not throwable’?

So I have to use it and then immediately chomp down on supplies, huh?

Han Qiwu muttered complaints while taking out his tangyuan to roast.

No matter the situation, eating something to calm the nerves is never wrong. What if another monster pops out later? Better replenish status quickly.

A few minutes later.

"Roasting like this is a bit inconvenient; next time I’ll cook all these tangyuan and stash them in the storage slot—grab and eat whenever I please." Han Qiwu munched on roasted tangyuan while strolling over to where the slimes had been annihilated to check their drops.

[Moss]

[Stamina+15]

[Health+15]

[Note: This is the reason Green Slimes are green]

[Blueprint: Slime Single-Use Hatchery]

[Slime Single-Use Hatchery]

[Materials: Stone×200, Coal×1, Moss×5]

[Note: This item is useless to most people, because they wouldn’t even know slimes exist]

"This thing is useful to me, though," Han Qiwu said with delight. Now he didn’t have to worry about finding a slime house.

Among all the mine creatures, Han Qiwu felt slimes were the friendliest—they were fun to fight, and their drops always felt like buy-one-get-one-free deals.

Looking at the materials required, other than moss, everything else was fairly easy to obtain—looks like he should farm more Green Slimes.

Green Slime, don’t blame me. If you have to complain, blame your own bad eating habits.

Peering further at the drops, Han Qiwu found another piece of moss and surprisingly came across a piece of equipment.

[Soft Blade]

[Category: Dagger]

[Attack: 6-8]

[Critical Damage: 16-28]

[Note: Soft... dagger]

"A dagger? Does the hidden effect of daggers revolve around critical hits?" Han Qiwu wondered. Clearly, this dagger was a weapon driven by luck.

Good luck makes your enemies suffer; bad luck makes you suffer yourself.

The dagger’s appearance, likely because it was dropped from inside a Green Slime, was a bright green color as well, about forty centimeters in length, with only a slight curve.

Han Qiwu picked up the Soft Blade and swung it lightly twice. Compared to the Longsword, the dagger felt much lighter, and using it naturally consumed less effort.

"Swoosh swoosh!"

Coincidentally, just as this happened, a worm popped out in front of Han Qiwu. He reversed his grip on the dagger and swiftly slashed downward.

[Critical Damage-18]

With one slash, the worm turned into white light and vanished, leaving a staircase at the place it died.

"Nice!"

Han Qiwu offered a brief assessment, then eagerly moved toward the staircase.

Time to head home!

[You have arrived at floor 20 of the mine]

[Cable car floor recorded]

On floor 20, as soon as Han Qiwu stepped off the cable car, he was dazzled by bright flames.

Unlike the previous floors, the oil lamps on the rock walls here had been replaced by torches, lighting up the mine layer brightly.

"Splash splash, splash splash!"

Han Qiwu even heard the sound of water.

"Is there an underground river here?" Han Qiwu looked surprised, heading first for the usual reward zone in the middle of the mine floor.

The reward this time was a chestplate mirror.

[Chestplate Mirror]

[Defense+1]

The attributes were simple, and equipping it was straightforward—Han Qiwu simply slung the string around his neck. Done.

With the equipment collected, Han Qiwu prepared to locate the underground river. What if there were rare ore deposits near the riverbank?

Following the sound of water led Han Qiwu to its source in just two minutes.

At the edge of the mine layer lay a small pond about 50 feet wide, its surroundings clean without monsters or mining points.

The water inside the pond looked very deep—after tossing a rock into it, Han Qiwu couldn’t even see it sink to the bottom.

Observing further, Han Qiwu noticed that a steady stream of tiny bubbles was rising from the pond floor—it seemed to be water that was seeping out from tributaries of an underground river.

"Blub blub!"

Suddenly, Han Qiwu spotted several black shapes streaking through the pond.

"Fish?" Han Qiwu’s eyes lit up. He pulled out his copper knife and rigged it with bait.

Time to fish!

[Hooked]

The copper knife had barely touched the water when the system indicated a sign of something biting.

"These fish are this easy to catch? Is it because they’ve never been fished before?" Han Qiwu chuckled to himself as he reeled in the line, hoping for a nice haul.

[Water Grass]×1

Han Qiwu: "???"

All for nothing.

Adjusting his posture, Han Qiwu picked a spot that seemed clearer and cast the line again.

"It should work this time, right?"

Ten minutes later.

Han Qiwu’s inventory had gained thirteen bundles of water grass.

"Is this a water grass farm? Even a Luck+3 attribute won’t help?" Frustrated, Han Qiwu decided to stop fishing—despite eating two tangyuan earlier, all he had managed to catch was a bunch of useless water grass.

What a complete waste of stamina!

Wait—an idea suddenly struck Han Qiwu.

Scanning his packed inventory, Han Qiwu took out [Roadblocker Worm Meat] and [Stinkbug Meat].

After inspecting the notes on them thoroughly, he realized he’d likely been using the wrong bait all along.

"So this mine operates on an original ’soup-for-supplements’ principle, huh." Shaking his head in resignation, Han Qiwu crafted ten portions of bait.

[Beginner Worm Meat Bait (Roadblocker Worm)]×5

[Beginner Worm Meat Bait (Stinkbug)]×5

Equipping the freshly made Roadblocker Worm Bait, Han Qiwu took a deep breath and cast the line once more.

After a minute, Han Qiwu suddenly yanked the rod upward.

Got one!

Looking at the familiar fishing interface, Han Qiwu remained calm, carefully observing this fish’s movement patterns.

Three minutes later.

[Congratulations, you successfully caught a Mine Stonefish]

[Mine Stonefish]

[Stamina+15]

[Health+10]

[Note: This is a rare delicacy]

Han Qiwu stared at the Mine Stonefish in his hand—it had a flat head, a long slender body, rounded at the front and slightly flattened on the sides near the belly, measuring five centimeters in length.

Honestly, it didn’t look like it could even fill the gaps between his teeth.

"How tasty could this thing possibly be?" Han Qiwu was skeptical of the system’s note.

Still, with a new fish species caught, it confirmed his revised strategy was correct. No wonder the Luck attribute hadn’t been working earlier—clearly, the fish here required worm bait to take the hook.

Han Qiwu decided to experiment next with stinkbug bait, curious to see what kinds of fish it might attract.

A few minutes later, Han Qiwu saw the system prompt he hadn’t encountered in a while.

"Too bad, the fish got away!"

Hey, could you stop being so cryptic and just say it properly?!

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