Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 138 - 132: The Mysterious Light Crossbow with Incredibly High Damage

Chapter 138: Chapter 132: The Mysterious Light Crossbow with Incredibly High Damage

After waiting for a few seconds, the moth lazily flew toward the red circle area.

"Bang!"

Han Qiwu pulled the light crossbow, and a crisp clicking sound echoed from the mechanism of the weapon.

Accompanied by the sound, the long-prepared mysterious crossbow arrow transformed into a streak of dark light, instantly striking the moth’s head in the red circle of the mining tunnel.

[Armor Break]

Large glowing words flashed briefly on the moth’s head, and before Han Qiwu could see them clearly, the moth dissolved into a streak of white light and vanished.

Instant kill!

"This powerful?!" Han Qiwu looked dumbfounded.

He knew about the armor break damage mechanic, but he didn’t expect an instant kill!

Picking up the loot, Han Qiwu reflected on the situation just now.

High armor break damage was one reason, and hitting the head—a critical spot—was definitely another important factor.

To verify this, Han Qiwu sought out another mining tunnel moth, waited at the spot, and tried again.

As expected, this time Han Qiwu’s shot landed on the moth’s right wing. No armor break, no instant kill.

Just as Han Qiwu was about to deliver a finishing blow, the light crossbow’s red circle dimmed.

[Mysterious Crossbow Arrow recharging. Remaining time: 57 seconds]

Automatic recharge takes a full minute??

Even longer than the Fireball Technique.

Can’t I just do a manual reload?

I don’t mind the hassle.

While the moth was laying eggs, Han Qiwu racked his brain trying to research manual reloading methods.

Unfortunately, manual reload was impossible.

Left with no choice, Han Qiwu switched to his refined Longsword and slashed at the moth with swishing strikes.

"One arrow per minute, ten arrows in ten minutes, and after shooting, I still need to wait until a precise reset to replenish ammunition. With so many restrictions, no wonder the damage is so high." Han Qiwu slashed twice, and the moth turned into white light.

It seemed the arrow earlier had already heavily depleted its health points.

After waiting for several more seconds, Han Qiwu brought out the mysterious light crossbow again, and the familiar red circle returned within his field of view.

"Looks like it can auto-recharge while stored in the inventory slot."

With this figured out, Han Qiwu focused on mining operations.

He had arrived late today; it was already 19:25 at night.

An hour and a half later.

[You’ve reached layer 39]

As soon as he descended to layer 39, Han Qiwu heard the familiar sound of spider legs scraping against the walls.

"Delivery time again, and this time two are coming together."

Although defeating both spiders last time involved some luck, Han Qiwu remained confident this round.

First, he unhurriedly placed torches all around the vicinity.

Visibility is crucial.

Then he positioned paralyzing thorns in front of him, calmly drawing out the mysterious light crossbow and aiming at the corner of the pathway ahead.

The lower ceiling here made the spiders’ movement paths easier to predict.

"Aim the first shot at the compound eye; that’ll make it easier to create some distance later." Han Qiwu was well aware of the size of these two mining tunnel spiders.

It was crucial to avoid close combat.

Sixteen spider legs, moving faster than a pile driver.

If you really started hitting them until hair fell off, by the time you finished, they’d be completely bald.

Soon, two mining tunnel spiders—same size as the ones from last time—crawled out. Their millstone-sized bodies had eyes as large as washbasins.

"Bang!"

The instant the crossbow mechanism made its sound, Han Qiwu didn’t wait to check the results but dashed off to another hiding spot in the perpendicular direction.

This long-prepared mysterious crossbow arrow sank deeply into the right eye of the spider on the left, causing penetrative damage before disappearing.

"Swish, swish, thud, thud, thud!"

Writhing in pain, the spider instinctively flailed its eight legs, leaving marks on the rock walls and even accidentally injuring the other spider nearby.

The next crossbow arrow would be ready in 48 seconds.

The spider on the right, unaffected by its counterpart, waved its legs rapidly and charged toward Han Qiwu’s position.

"Why isn’t it spitting silk this time?" Han Qiwu grumbled, sprinting in flip-flops to another direction.

Surprisingly, Han Qiwu’s movement speed was almost neck-and-neck with the spider, and the gap between them barely shortened.

After chasing for half a minute, the spider grew tired and began spurting webs toward Han Qiwu’s direction.

"Hiss, hiss."

"Hiss, hiss."

Hearing the noise behind him, Han Qiwu abruptly shifted to sharp-angled movements, narrowly avoiding the first wave of spider silk.

Before the second burst arrived, he placed the paralyzing thorns in front of him as a shield.

"Snap!"

Just like last time, the web adhered to the thorns and began retracting swiftly.

"Eleven more seconds, the crossbow arrow will be fully charged." Letting go of the thorns, Han Qiwu glanced at the timer before continuing to run farther away.

Why did a mining game suddenly turn into a mining tunnel parkour contest?

Unlike last time, the spider examined the thorns briefly with its legs after retracting the web.

Detecting abnormalities, it discarded the thorns and resumed chasing Han Qiwu.

A few seconds later, Han Qiwu readied the mysterious light crossbow while muttering to himself.

"Strange, where did that spider go?"

Just as he was wondering, the injured-eyed spider unexpectedly emerged from the corner ahead.

At close range, the mining tunnel spider was genuinely terrifying!

"Oh crap!"

Shocked, Han Qiwu instinctively raised the mysterious light crossbow and blasted its head.

"Bang!"

The moment the mechanism clicked, the mysterious crossbow arrow pierced through the spider’s head.

[Armor Break]!

Simultaneously, a red glow flashed across the "Malfunctioning Flame Ring" on Han Qiwu’s hand.

"Whoosh, whoosh."

Flames without any fuel erupted from the spider’s head, burning fiercely.

Han Qiwu, now at a distance: "???"

He distinctly remembered the flame ring’s effect should only trigger with polearms.

Glancing down at the long grip of the mysterious light crossbow, Han Qiwu suddenly understood.

Moments later, the spider—now struck by two arrows—disintegrated into white light amidst the flames.

Taking advantage of the other spider’s slower advance, Han Qiwu quickly collected the loot from the defeated one.

[Roll of Spider Silk] ×3

[Spider Toxin] ×2

The drops were surprisingly plentiful, quite fitting for the effort of running around for so long.

During the recent battle, Han Qiwu realized the light crossbow worked best at close range. It helped with aiming and increased the likelihood of armor-breaking hits.

With one spider down, dealing with the other became much easier.

Ten minutes later, Han Qiwu drank some water while collecting loot.

Taking the rare lull in monster activity, Han Qiwu ate two servings of glutinous rice dumplings, replenishing his stamina and health points completely.

After eating, Han Qiwu aimed his pickaxe at the mining spot beneath his feet and swung down hard.

"Bang!"

To Han Qiwu’s surprise, the strike instantly caused spiderweb-like fractures to appear on the stone, and the cracks continued spreading rapidly.

"Does this pickaxe have a hidden critical hit effect? A single strike during a critical moment can shatter rock completely?" Han Qiwu looked at his copper pickaxe in delight, preparing to collect his loot.

After a couple of seconds, Han Qiwu still didn’t see any [Stone], only noticing the fractures spreading continuously to the rock layer beneath him.

Wait, something’s wrong.

Before he could react, cracks suddenly spread across both the ceiling and the ground, and dust mixed with falling debris started raining down.

Everything happened in an instant.

Realizing the danger, Han Qiwu sprinted full-force toward the cable car station.

What the hell’s happening! Why is there a collapse?!

"Rumble, rumble."

"Rumble, rumble."

Dust and thunderous noise chased after him furiously, with occasional flying rubble striking his back.

Han Qiwu sprinted for three solid minutes before the sounds behind him started to subside.

"Pant, pant." Catching his breath, Han Qiwu glanced back. The mining tunnels he had traversed were now completely destroyed and filled with dust.

[You encountered an extremely rare small mining tunnel collapse]

[Small Tunnel Collapse: A minor disaster confined to a single mining level. Occurs at most once per day. If buried, movement is disabled for two hours, and 30% of that day’s mining yield is randomly lost as a penalty.]

Looking at the prompt on his screen, Han Qiwu suddenly remembered what today’s yellow calendar said.

Avoid mining.

He had initially planned to go fishing today instead, ignoring the advice in the calendar.

But he didn’t go fishing after all.

He’d forgotten entirely about it.

Thankfully, his quick reflexes saved the day; otherwise, who knows how much worse it could have been.

Two hours immobile—that’d be unbearable.

Coupled with a 30% loot penalty.

If all the wild yam got lost, Little Prince would be devastated.

Taking advantage of the calm after the collapse, Han Qiwu got back to digging and searching for the staircase.

Luckily, small mining collapses only happen once a day; otherwise, Han Qiwu would’ve had to wait for monsters to trigger staircase drops.

A couple of minutes later, with his status adjusted, Han Qiwu stepped onto the stairs.

[You’ve reached layer 40]

Upon arriving at this layer, Han Qiwu immediately felt the chill.

The icy-blue mining tunnel was freezing cold, with a thin layer of frost covering even the minerals.

But hey, cold is better than collapses.

"Frozen soil ought to have lower chances of collapsing, right?" Han Qiwu consoled himself.

In the future, he’d need to be more cautious; avoiding mining on forbidden days is clearly a must.

Cave collapses are no joke.

Recalling today’s calendar life tips, Han Qiwu decided to test them out.

He brought the torches closer to himself, focusing on the warmth.

To his surprise, things were exactly as the tips mentioned—he couldn’t feel any warmth from the torches.

These torches could only provide light, not heat.

What kind of fake torches are these!

"Looks like next time I hit layer 40, I’ll need to wear thicker clothes. Catching a cold would be a real headache." Han Qiwu silently noted to himself while diligently clawing at wild yam and wild yam roots within the layer.

Maybe it was because he hadn’t been here for a while, but the mining spots were unexpectedly abundant, and the loot was rewarding too.

Fifteen minutes later, Han Qiwu collected a total of [Wild Yam Root] ×7 and [Wild Yam] ×3.

Current time: 21:49

Time to head home and rest.

Passing by the underground river, Han Qiwu didn’t linger.

"White fish, huh? Just wait; once I get the Red Sun, I’ll fish you out and make soup!"