Chapter 202 Victory in the first battle
Chapter 202 Victory in the first battle
Xiao Jie was surprised and thought, "No way? How can the three groups ahead of us still miss monsters?"
There are no forks in this mine, and there is only one path going down, so there is no way it could have been missed.
But hearing Ye Luo's particularly affirmative tone at this time, Xiao Jie instantly perked up.
"Get ready for battle!" he shouted.
In the darkness, there was a loud metallic sound of swords being unsheathed. Seven or eight torches lit up the surroundings, and everyone asked nervously.
"Where is where?"
"Where is the monster?"
"It's in the right corner, in that angle." Ye Luo's voice was unusually calm in the darkness.
Xiao Jie looked towards the corner, but saw only darkness.
Damn, torches are really unreliable.
Just as he was hesitating whether to use a light-condensing talisman, Deidara behind him raised his hand without saying a word and blasted a fireball into the darkness.
The trajectory of the fireball instantly illuminated the darkness, but no shadow of the monster was seen in the flames of the explosion.
"Ye Luo, stop scaring people." Xiao Jie said speechlessly.
"Who scared you? Look—that's coming."
The next second, in the darkness, a hand suddenly emerged from the dark soil, followed by a dark humanoid monster that struggled out from the ground and appeared in front of everyone.
Digger Zombie: Level 16, HP 320.
The monster looked like a burnt naked human figure, staggering out of the darkness.
"Fire arrows!"
At Xiao Jie's command, the people behind him immediately shot arrows.
The execution of the long-range weapon plan was quite smooth. Everyone had learned some long-range weapon skills. After all, it was always a good thing to reduce danger.
As soon as the zombie appeared, it was shot with dozens of arrows, and then Deidara hit it with a fireball, and it fell to the ground dead instantly.
"That's it? It's not that good."
"Haha, with so many of us, no zombies or ghosts can stand up to us."
"That's right, this long-range weapon really makes sense. As long as the firepower is enough, no one can stop it."
Everyone was laughing, which livened up the depressing atmosphere a little.
Xiao Jie still felt a little uneasy, because there was no mention of this kind of monster in the information.
He casually opened the notebook next to the mouse, which contained information about the mine monsters that Xiao Jie had copied from the group information.
According to information provided by players who have gone down into the mines in the past, there are a total of five types of monsters that have appeared in the mines: mining zombies, giant rats, descendants of rat demons, giant bats, and cave maggots.
What's up with this digging zombie?
"What happened next?" Qianlong Wuyong's voice came from YY.
"I encountered a small monster, a burrowing zombie, which was not mentioned in the information."
There was silence for a moment.
"Is that thing powerful?"
"Not very powerful, it was killed in an instant."
"That's no problem. Keep going. We are almost at the mining area."
Xiao Jie knew there was no better way. He couldn't just stop because of a mere harmless monster.
"Keep moving forward." Xiao Jie said and the team set off again.
The three teams were not far apart. As soon as Xiao Jie arrived, Xianyu arrived with the rear guard troops.
Woo woo—a strange sound suddenly sounded in the darkness, and the dead zombie actually crawled up again.
The only difference is that the name has changed to - Resurrected Zombie: Health 160/320.
"Fuck, what's going on in front of us? We can still miss monsters?" The leader, Xianyu, said speechlessly, "Hurry up and kill them."
Immediately, three or four swords swung at him together, knocking him to the ground in an instant.
After the people in the rear team passed by, after a while, the corpse struggled to get up again.
And its health bar was reduced to half again.
Resurrected Zombie: HP 80/320...
But the people in front of me didn't realize this at all...
At this moment, Xiao Jie had already arrived at the mining area with his men. Before they got close, they heard a burst of shouting and killing from the front.
"Come down and help!"
Xiao Jie immediately rushed down with his men. Below the mine tunnel was a huge underground cave. This was the so-called mining area, where miners used to pile up ore and load it onto trucks for transportation.
Because of the need to pile up ore, the area is very open. At this moment, the three groups of people in the front team are being besieged by dozens of mining zombies.
Holy shit! So many!
Xiao Jie was startled. It might be because no one had come to spawn monsters for too long, causing all the monsters to spawn. Crowds of mining zombies were rubbing shoulders with each other in the darkness.
And perhaps they were alarmed by the sound of fighting, causing more and more zombies to rush over here.
It has to be said that the quality of the core players is indeed strong. Even when faced with such a horrific scene, they have no intention of retreating or running away.
Qianlong Wuyong commanded everyone to line up in a horizontal line. Since most of them were equipped with long-handled weapons with a long attack range, every mining zombie that rushed to the front had to face attacks from three or four people at the same time and could not get close at all.
The zombies at the back couldn't squeeze in, so they gradually moved to the sides.
The number of zombies was unusually large, but because of the terrain, most of them were crowded at the back, so they subconsciously surrounded the two sides. Once these zombies expanded to the two wings, the players on both sides would inevitably be under tremendous pressure, which might trigger a chain reaction.
"Quick, guard the two wings and don't let the monsters outflank our formation!" Qianlong Wuyong shouted.
Secret - the blue dragon stirs up the sea!
The spear in his hand swirled and danced, continuously repelling the zombies in front of him. A dragon-shaped energy force gradually took shape around him. Finally, as Qianlong Wuyong swung his spear, the dragon-shaped energy force roared and knocked over the zombies in front of him.
This move disrupted the zombies' formation and reduced the frontal pressure suddenly. Everyone immediately took the opportunity to shrink the formation and straighten the already somewhat scattered line.
Xiao Jie also responded quickly.
"Group seven, go to the right, and group eight, follow me to the left."
The two groups of people instantly filled the gaps on the two wings.
Just as Xiao Jie was leading his men to their positions, he saw several mining zombies rushing towards them with growls.
It would be more appropriate to say that it was a collision rather than a pounce. The mining zombie was carrying a heavy wooden basket full of ore, so its movements were very slow.
But it also gained super high toughness.
Xiao Jie slashed forward with a knife.
Ding! The blade was directly bounced away.
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7!
Damn, what the hell! Xiao Jie was shocked. The knife seemed to have hit the wall.
Although the information said that mining zombies have high resilience and poor effects of light weapon attacks, I didn't expect it to be this bad.
Another slash of the knife, and it bounced back.
Not only is the damage low, but because of the bouncing knife, the attacks can't be connected at all. One strike will cause a slight stiffness - a slight stiffness yourself.
The mining zombie swung its pickaxe and came towards him, but Xiao Jie dodged it easily with a somersault. Fortunately, although this monster was tough, it was really slow.
Xiao Jie immediately adjusted his tactics.
Running Wolf Slash! Xiao Jie suddenly leaped into the air, spun around, and slashed down with his sword.
Wolf Slash can transform slashing attacks into slashing attacks, and slashing attacks are the attack type that can restrain enemies with high toughness.
Click! -
58!
That's more or less.
System prompt: Your weapon durability -3.
Damn, does this game have to be so detailed? Seeing that the mining zombie was coming again, Xiao Jie opened his backpack and decisively changed to his backup weapon - a mountain-splitting broadsword.
【Mountain-opening broadsword (two-handed sword)
Attack power: 22 cuts.
Equipment requirement: 30 strength.
Weapon Introduction: A heavy sword forged from a heavy iron block, capable of causing slashing damage. 】
A blank weapon, the damage is not high, but fortunately it is a slashing damage.
It requires 30 points of strength, which Xiao Jie can just lift with both hands.
The best attack types for dealing with this high-toughness monster are Blunt Strike (100% damage), followed by Slash (75% damage).
Slashing and piercing have almost no effect.
In fact, it would be better to change to a hammer, but then Xiao Jie wouldn't be able to use his fighting skills. It's just right now.
Run to the Wolf! Run to the Wolf! Run to the Wolf!
Every slash of the sword would make the mining zombie stiff. To deal with this tough but slow monster, there was no need for any martial arts moves, just use your combat skills mindlessly.
After a few slashes, with a loud bang, a zombie was chopped to the ground.
Xiao Jie quickly picked up the body.
Copper Ore x 1.
Copper coins × 172.
The money was not lost.
Then run straight to the next one.
The others followed suit, switching to sledgehammers and axes, and began to smash the zombies in front of them.
At this time, Xianyu and the rear team also arrived. They were stunned when they saw the bustling scene.
"What the hell!"
"Stop talking nonsense and help me."
Xianyu immediately ordered everyone to change into axes and hammers and joined the ranks of swinging the hammers.
Those mining zombies also wielded pickaxes, but their speed was too slow, and nine out of ten hits missed. Occasionally they would hit someone, and although the damage was not low, the injured player would immediately retreat to the back to replenish blood and recover.
Naturally someone will fill the position.
Seeing that the front line had been completely stabilized, Qianlong Wuyong immediately ordered a change in formation.
"The ones in the middle should slowly retreat, and the ones on the two wings should advance forward. Squeeze them together!"
The row of people in the middle immediately retreated slowly. The zombies were stupid and immediately advanced as soon as they saw the enemies in front retreating. The zombies on both wings were squeezed and moved naturally towards the middle. In the blink of an eye, everyone surrounded the zombies. Now they could use more people to defeat fewer and gain numerical advantage locally.
Flame Orb!
Boom! It was Deidara who saw the right moment and threw a huge fireball into the monster pile, instantly blowing up a bunch of them.
Boom boom boom! Several huge fireballs hit and burned a lot of people.
Xiao Jie was jealous. It was indeed more fun to kill monsters with magic.
After smashing it for more than five minutes, finally - with a loud bang, the last mining zombie was chopped to the ground.
"Haha, this battle is really exciting." Xianyu said with some amusement.
However, few others could laugh. Everyone was nervous and tired. After finally defeating the enemy, they were all sighing.
Xiao Jie took stock of his gains. Although this mining zombie didn't drop much equipment, he still managed to get two pickaxes.
But a lot of money is lost, and various ores will also be dropped, which should be worth some money.
"Damn, there are so many mining sites."
Suddenly someone cheered.
Xiao Jie also noticed that the entire mining area was full of mining sites. In the wild, you would only occasionally come across a mining site, but here, they were everywhere.
Qianlong Wuyong was not excited, but said coldly: "Don't rush to mine. Everyone should search in groups and make sure there are no remaining monsters around. Also, light the fire."
Although they were envious of the mines, everyone knew what was right and wrong, and started searching the mining area in groups.
This search actually found a few mining zombies hiding in the dark corners. After some banging and smashing, they finally cleared the place.
Then they used bundles of firewood to light a few more fires, which illuminated the mining area. As the fire lit up, the tension and anxiety in everyone's hearts were dispelled a lot.
"Those who don't have mining skills should stay alert. Those who do have mining skills should start working immediately. Remember to record the video. This is a group activity. All mineral resources must be handed in. They will be converted into money and distributed according to points later."
Those who knew how to mine took out their pickaxes and started mining. Although the ore had to be handed in, it could at least increase their mining experience.
Groups of people who don't know are scattered around, especially in the mine tunnels leading to unknown areas, and people are guarding the entrances.
While others were mining, Qianlong Wuyong called several team leaders over.
"Have you all looked at the map of the mine?"
Xiao Jie responded. He had studied the mine map several times in the past two days. The terrain of the mine was very complex. The key was that many areas had not been explored. There was only one road from the entrance to the mining area, but there were four or five branch roads leading to the surrounding areas of the mining area.
Most of these forks have not been explored in depth. Only one of them is shown on the map as leading to a branch mine, where some mining sites and cave maggots will spawn, so it can be considered to have a base.
The remaining forks in the road will have to be explored by them.
"We will have to leave a team of people in the mining area to dig for ore, and at the same time ensure that our escape route is clear and we must clear out any new mining zombies that spawn.
Salted Fish - you are in charge of this team."
"Don't worry, Captain. I'll make sure the retreat is clear."
"That's good. So far we haven't suffered any casualties. This is a good thing. It would be best if we can keep it up. Let's choose a path and explore a little further. Then we can record the newly explored map. Today's activities will be successfully completed."
Xiao Jie was a little stunned. Is this the end? How far have they walked?
However, he also understood that for this kind of death game, every step must be carefully studied and the right way is to proceed step by step. He must fully understand the explored map before moving on to the next step.
This kind of development and exploration of the mine is definitely a long-term process and it is impossible to complete it in one go. The risk would be too great.
However, he still couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to meet the Corpse King today.
"Okay, let's take a break and get back to normal. We'll set off after we recover our strength. Oh, and record the monster's refresh time."
As soon as a few people finished the discussion, cheers from the team members were heard over there.
"Haha, I dug up copper ore!"
I'm lucky, Xiao Jie thought. Cuprite is a special ore. If you want to forge weapons, ordinary iron ore, copper ore, etc. can only forge white weapons. If you want to forge weapons above green, you need rare ores.
Cuprite is a relatively common rare ore, but one piece is worth several hundred coins.
Soon someone dug up black iron ore, which is the most valuable type of common ore.
Xiao Jie secretly calculated in his mind that the mines in this mining area alone could produce at least a dozen taels of silver worth of ore every day, which is hundreds of thousands of RMB. This is not a one-time deal like retaking a village. As long as it can be maintained, the output can be stable.
I was mining while waiting for monsters to refresh for more than half an hour. Finally, a mining zombie emerged out of nowhere in the darkness.
“Swipe, swipe!”
"Record the time."
"Half an hour."
"No, it's 36 minutes." Xiao Jie said.
"My record was also 36 minutes, Xiao Bailong also said."
Qianlong Wuyong pondered for a moment, "If the monster spawning time is 36 minutes, it's safe to assume it's 30 minutes. We move forward for minutes, and then retreat immediately no matter what happens. This way we can ensure that we won't be blocked underground by the monsters that spawn behind us."
Xiao Jie nodded secretly, this idea is still feasible.
I just don’t know how far I can explore in fifteen minutes.
Qianlong Wuyong said: "Xianyu, I'll leave this to you. Group 456 will stay here, and the others - keep going! Remember, it's only fifteen minutes."
(End of this chapter)