Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 60 What is this?

"-0"

Han Qiwu swung his pickaxe, and a number actually popped up from the rock.

"What’s the deal?"

Han Qiwu stared gape-mouthed as the ’rock’ started rushing toward him sideways.

"Master of disguise?"

Not even acknowledging it, Han Qiwu put down his protection board and continued smashing away at the nearby rocks.

"Bang."

The ’rock’ knocked straight into the protection board.

After failing to break through, it kept ramming the protection board repeatedly.

Han Qiwu was already smashing out a staircase nearby, yet the ’rock’ was still stubbornly slamming into his board.

"Why is this thing so relentless? Can’t it just pick another path?" Han Qiwu shook his head in admiration—creatures with determination like this were rare.

Fine, let’s give it a dignified death, then. Han Qiwu raised his sword to strike, but before he could swing, the persistent little monster rammed again.

"Bang."

And with this final impact, the creature unexpectedly split in two.

[Rock Hermit Crab]

[Level: 9]

[Description: Armed with its rocky armor, it runs rampant through the mines!]

"Tsk tsk, didn’t expect you to be one of those bullies who rely on others! Take this!" Han Qiwu jabbed his sword at the dark crab.

"Splat."

The crab turned into white light, leaving behind some loot before vanishing.

"Dead already? Without your rock, you’re nothing, huh." Han Qiwu eagerly picked up the dropped items.

[Crab Shell]

[Purpose: Feed]

[Price: 5 gold]

[Note: Beyond being feed, it serves no other purpose.]

"That’s it?"

Han Qiwu turned and headed down the staircase. This thing was just taking up inventory space.

[You’ve reached layer eighteen of the mine.] fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

Using the same old tricks, Han Qiwu placed down the protection board and continued mining away.

After a day of wear and tear, his trusty protection board was battered and on the verge of breaking.

Not that Han Qiwu was worried—he could just reforge it into a new board anytime.

After mining for a few minutes, Han Qiwu began to feel uneasy with how silent this layer was.

Based on the monsters and rewards from earlier, layers 0-5 seemed to belong to one stage, while 5-10 were another.

Just now, at layer fifteen, he’d only received a system prompt recording the layer’s elevator info—nothing else stood out. This likely meant layers 10-20 were part of the same stage. The monster types shouldn’t vary much.

So where were they after several minutes? Bugs? Road-blockers? Rock crabs?

At the very least, toss in some worms to liven things up!

Han Qiwu thought his weapon was affecting his state of mind—when there were plenty of monsters, they annoyed him; now without any, he actually missed them.

Clearing out this tunnel of minerals, Han Qiwu turned into a side cavern to continue digging,

"Huff... huff... huff... huff."

Han Qiwu heard the sound of flesh dragging along the ground.

Turning around, he saw three or four round, chubby, green blobs inching their way toward him.

This time, he didn’t even need the system notification to recognize them.

Slimes, duh.

[Green Slime]

[Level: 10]

[Description: Cute but fierce!]

Cute? Sure. But what does that have to do with me, Han Miner?

Fierce? What’s fierce about one of the lowest-tier fantasy creatures?

Han Qiwu ignored them and kept mining away. Judging by progress so far, he might be able to reach layer twenty by dinnertime.

[Earth Crystal] ×1

[Copper Ore] ×1

Two swings later, Han Qiwu suddenly felt a heavy weight press on his lower back. His knee, too, felt like it had taken an arrow.

"Wait, don’t tell me... this is a flesh missile attack?"

Han Qiwu lowered his head in surprise, spotting two green marks left by the slimes where he’d been hit.

Meanwhile, a third slime finished charging, shooting toward Han Qiwu like a green cannonball.

"Get lost!"

Han Qiwu unsheathed his Longsword, slicing at the incoming slime projectile.

"Squelch."

Han Qiwu fumed at its audacity. "I hit you with a sword, and you stick yourself onto my blade—is this your idea of disarmament?"

"Where’s my knockback proc?"

"Bang."

A nearby slime finished charging and launched itself at Han Qiwu.

This time, he was ready. He used the slime on his sword as a battering ram to intercept the incoming projectile.

"Bang bang."

Both slimes flew toward the cavern wall, leaving green smears before sliding down slowly.

The remaining slime wasn’t idle—it began charging up as well.

Now Han Qiwu could clearly see its charging process.

The previously round slime spread itself into a puddle of goo, then gradually reformed into a full sphere. During this phase, its head was angled in the intended direction, and the whole process took roughly five seconds to complete. After that, it would transform into a missile-like green projectile.

Seeing this, Han Qiwu decided to try a flashy maneuver, dodging the slime with a sharp angled step—but as soon as he lifted his leg, he felt unbearably heavy.

Debuff: [Slime Toxin] ×3

[Slime Toxin]: The toxin from Green Slimes slows your movement speed. Effect stackable, maximum 5 layers.

"Disgusting thing," Han Qiwu grumbled, reluctantly raising his trusty protection board to block the shot. He’d intended to mimic barbed wire repelling projectiles, but his makeshift board lacked elasticity and failed to counterattack.

Instead, the slime stuck to his protection board once again.

Han Qiwu jabbed his sword at the slime’s body. One stab and the creature’s knockback proc sent it flying into the wall.

"Ah, I see now."

Han Qiwu switched into assassin mode, jabbing his sword over and over again at the three wall-stuck slimes.

His enhanced Longsword applied a knockback effect with every strike, stacking on the slimes and pinning them helplessly to the wall.

One minute later, the three slimes breathed their last, turning into white light and vanishing from the cave.

Before fading, they left two loot drops on the wall.

[Slime Mud]

[Purpose: Unknown]

[Price: 0 gold]

[Note: Slime Mud contains unique magic properties.]

[Rare Green Slime Egg (Silver Star Quality)]

[Purpose: Can be incubated into Green Slime at a slime nursery.]

[Price: 100 gold]

[Note: Upon hatching, you will get a Green Slime pet.]

"A Green Slime? This game lets you hatch babies?" Han Qiwu was pleasantly surprised. If he raised a pet that could slow down mine monsters, he’d be free to focus on mining.

The Luck stat was definitely paying off—it even brought out rare items like this.

Judging by this loot, those slimes usually only dropped useless, valueless Slime Mud. No wonder raising a slime seems more fun; when mining gets exhausting, you could enjoy a little missile show!

But how do you get a slime nursery? Do you have to buy it from a breeding farm or something?