Mining Is Hard Work (2)
Volume 2 Heroes of Might and Magic of Might and Magic: The Death Battle Chapter 192 The Miner's Dilemma (Part 2)
His meager fighting strength was completely incapable of resisting Li Wei's attacks. He was like a delicate little girl cornered against a wall by a burly, powerful man, being wantonly violated.
Throughout the entire process, Zheng Yutong kept her back turned; she didn't want to watch.
At this moment, Li Wei was using the bronze sword in his hand to cut the zombie's body, first dividing it into many large pieces according to the limbs, and then dissecting each limb one by one. Judging from his focused appearance, he seemed to be searching for something.
Li Wei had done this kind of work before. Back when he was searching for the bead for that old ghost from the Mount Shu Qi Sect in the Demon Suppression Pagoda, he dug up a bunch of corpses for dissection and dismemberment. And what's the same is that this time, Li Wei is also looking for something.
That's the quest item: Zombie Bone!
"No!"
"I've lost a rotting thigh that looks like it's been gnawed on by hunting dogs, "Li Wei muttered.
"No!"
After throwing back a section of intestine still covered in rotten pus, Li Wei murmured.
Still nothing!
Finally, Li Wei threw the zombie's head out as well. He stood up with a frown, his body now covered in a lot of putrid slime, but he didn't care at all.
"Didn't find it?" Zheng Yutong twitched her nose and took two steps back. Li Wei's smell was really strong at that moment.
Li Wei nodded.
Obviously, Zombie Bone, as quest items, must be dropped items, so you can't find them just by searching the zombie's body.
Li Wei simply wanted to confirm this.
Next, they continued walking forward and encountered even more zombies. Li Wei counted a total of 100 zombies, and after killing them, not a single Zombie Bone fell out.
"If it's a loot item, the drop rate of Zombie Bone is just too low!" Li Wei tossed aside his somewhat damaged bronze sword and replaced it with a weapon called "Eight Desolations".
This weapon was likely cast and forged from copper, iron, and some other metals. It has a wide blade with a semi-circular, protruding tip, making it easy to pierce a zombie's body.
With the "Eight Desolations" sword, he could slash and kill zombies with ease. As more and more zombies died under his blade, Li Ju finally saw a small piece of gleaming bone fall out.
Upon picking it up and taking a look, Li Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The bone in my hand is the quest item "Zombie Bone," but its drop rate is extremely low. It only drops one bone after killing about 1000 zombies. To collect four, wouldn't I need to kill a whopping 1000 zombies?
This is no easy task.
After thinking it over, Li Wei had a plan in mind, but he needed to wait for Nina to bring the mining tools before he could finalize it.
After killing zombies for a while, Li Wei glanced at the highlighted teammates on the Yellow Paper and then left with Zheng Yutong.
At the entrance of the mine, Li Wei saw Nina, as well as the Viper Squad, the Bisky Squad, and the Seventy-Two Squad. They had obviously found their way here. The once empty entrance was now packed with more than 100 reincarnators.
The three teams were startled to see Li Wei appear before them, covered in rotting filth.
At the same time, he thought to himself, "This person is too fast! How did they find the mine so quickly? Could it be that they have some special way of finding their way?"
Li Wei ignored them and, together with Nina, re-entered the mine.
"Did you buy the items?" Li Wei asked.
Nina nodded, retracted her bat wings, and then with a flick of her wrist, three mining picks appeared in her hand. Li Wei took one and examined it.
"A pickaxe is a mining tool, but to use it skillfully requires a certain amount of strength and technique!"
Nina then said, "This pickaxe is very heavy and difficult to wield. Basically, anyone with a strength below the blade point simply cannot swing it."
Li Wei nodded. When he first took the pickaxe, he felt its unusual weight, probably exceeding that of the old one by more than 100 kilograms.
This weight is fine for short-term use, but if used for mining for extended periods, it would be a considerable test of physical strength.
"Girls aren't suited for this kind of thing!" Li Wei muttered, then sent Zheng Yutong and Nina to kill the zombies, while he stayed behind.
Li Wei then used it to dig forcefully into the walls on both sides dozens of times, and luckily, a piece of ore fell down.
"Judging by the quality of the ore, this is a good piece of ore and can fetch a good price!"
"Quest items obtained: Iron Ore 4, Copper 4, Zombie Bone"
Seeing these hints, Li Wei smiled with satisfaction. He had now determined that the ore that met the mission requirements could only be mined using mining tools.
Seventy-Two, the Viper Squad and others also filed into the mine. It was obviously their first time entering, and they twitched their noses, choked by the unpleasant smell in the mine.
As soon as they entered, they saw Li Wei wielding a pickaxe, digging for ore. They exchanged a glance, then quickly took out their own weapons and started digging as well.
During this time, no one spoke, and for a moment...
Half an hour later, Li Wei let out a long breath. Even with his strength exceeding the blade point, he felt tired after swinging the heavy pickaxe for so long.
He summoned the Yellow Paper and examined it. The quest item list now displayed "Iron Ore 4, Copper Ore 4, Zombies 4".
"Too slow!" Li Wei frowned.
Nina and Zheng Yutong were currently killing zombies inside the mine. Mining was a job they couldn't do. In an hour, the two of them had collected five Zombie Bones.
While Li Wei was worrying, the other three teams nearby also noticed something was wrong.
They had a large number of people and dug up countless stones, but after checking them one by one, they found that none of them met the requirements for the mission items. It turned out that the people who were sent in to kill zombies had obtained some loot.
They were completely clueless about how to mine ore, but after seeing the pickaxe in Li Wei's hand, the team leaders suddenly understood.
They understood somewhat.
Seventy-Two ran up to Li Wei with a sheepish grin, bowed and scraped for a long time, then hurriedly ran back and summoned a few of his underlings.
"All of you specialize in speed-related skills. Now, go to Bicheng City and buy ten pickaxes. Be back in two hours. Got it?"
The henchmen quickly ran out of the cave.
Seeing this, Li Wei chuckled and told him how to obtain the Seventy-Two ores. He didn't want to hide it; in fact, anyone who thought about it for a moment could guess the result.
Sure enough, the Viper Squad and the Bisky Squad, realizing that things were not going well, also learned about the way to obtain the ore and quickly dispatched their fastest men to buy pickaxes.
"Uh, Brother Li, I need to talk to you about something!" Bored Seventy-Two walked over to Li Wei.
Li Wei glanced at him, indicating that he should feel free to ask.
"I see you have two extra pickaxes, could you sell them to me?"
How could Seventy-Two not know that this place is quite a distance from Bicheng City? Even for the fastest reincarnators, it would take more than two hours to travel back and forth, and it might even take three or four hours.
It was already getting dark, and it would be a shame to waste this time. He noticed that only Li Wei was mining with a pickaxe, so he tentatively asked him about it.
"Four points of integration!" Li Wei wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a smile.
"What?" Seventy-Two gasped.
Four integral points?
Why don't you just rob someone? You can buy so much stuff at the Shadow Street exchange points, even a Virus Enhancement Potion. And now, they're offering to buy a mining pickaxe at King's Points?
This is outright robbery!
Seventy-Two's expression changed several times. Just then, Viper, who had been watching from the side, walked over.
He was a middle-aged man with a slightly stooped back and a gloomy face, but at this moment he forced a smile.
"Bo'ao, right? I'll buy it!"
As he spoke, he summoned the nose paper, preparing to make the transaction.
Unexpectedly, Li Wei glanced at him and coughed, "I mean, Red Merit Points, one pickaxe, there are two here, if we sell them together, it'll be four points!"
Even the Viper's expression changed several times, choked and speechless. He was also the captain of a reincarnation team, a local overlord, and had never been so slighted before.
I want to lash out, but I don't dare.
The opponent's combat strength is three...
With his meager combat strength, how could he possibly be a match for him? Even if he had more than 100 subordinates, he wouldn't dare. Just a few days ago, he personally witnessed a reincarnator like himself being killed in three moves by a reincarnator whose combat strength reached the level of a martyr.
Each level means being several times, or even "dozens of times" stronger.
So even though he was furious, he had to suppress it, but a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.
"Hehe, Viper, you're supposed to be a powerful figure, yet you can't even afford a mere Curve Points? Brother, I'll take your Curve Points!" Bisky glanced at Seventy-Two and Viper, then walked over with a smile.
Li Wei glanced at her with considerable surprise. This woman was no ordinary person!
Among the people here, in terms of sheer strength, her mage-level combat power is the strongest. She also has a large group of over a dozen people, all with combat power at the highest level. It can be said to be the strongest squad in terms of overall strength.
Moreover, she was willing to spend an almost astronomical amount of four points to buy two pickaxes, which is something that ordinary people cannot do. You should know that these pickaxes are only worth a dozen gold coins or no more than a few points in Bicheng City.
Two pickaxes are worth only four points. And now, she's willing to pay the price he asked for.
Nobody's a fool; she must have had a purpose in doing this.
Li Wei's eyes lit up, and a possibility immediately came to mind!