Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 280 - 272: Raising a Snowball!

After digging for five or six minutes, Han Qiwu finally straightened his back, ready to take a break.

There’s no denying that the feeling of unearthing something valuable is incredibly addictive—he could dig up seven or eight pieces in one go.

"Weird, why hasn’t Little Electric made a sound?" Han Qiwu scanned the surroundings and finally noticed Little Electric lying limp and motionless on the ice, its face tinged with blue.

Han Qiwu rushed over and scooped up Little Electric. "Already frozen stiff? I told you to eat, but you wouldn’t listen!"

Fortunately, his hand could still feel Little Electric’s heartbeat; it seemed to just be slightly frozen.

"Ah, looks like it’s over for you. Guess I’ll roast and eat you later. Good thing your tummy already has some peppercorns; it’ll remove the gaminess." Han Qiwu deliberately muttered to himself, pulling out a fire bucket and placing it nearby.

Look at you, acting all temperamental.

Why can’t you learn something good from your brother, the Little Prince?

Always picking up useless habits!

Little Electric, clinging to the last shred of rationality: "?????"

Master, are you seriously not going to try to save me?

Are you really giving up this easily?

No way! I can’t die yet!

I haven’t even tasted what a female bird is like!

With a startling will to survive, Little Electric flickered with a few sparks of electricity, gradually warming up thanks to the fire bucket’s heat.

"What a pity, what a pity." Han Qiwu shook his head, watching as Little Electric slowly came back to life. Still, he felt something was odd. By all accounts, after eating raw peppercorns, Little Electric shouldn’t have been frozen so easily.

"Did you not eat the fish earlier?" Han Qiwu asked.

Little Electric slowly shook its head, edging a bit closer to the firepit.

Han Qiwu walked over, picking up the fish. Only then did he realize the two peppercorns had fallen onto the nearby ice.

So that’s what happened.

He placed the fish and peppercorns near Little Electric’s beak and advised, "Stay right here. If you can’t hold on, eat both the peppercorns and the fish."

"Cheep-cheep." Little Electric obediently nodded.

Han Qiwu returned to the mining spot, gathered the glowing minerals excavated by the Snowman Miner figurine, and kept digging.

Half an hour later

Han Qiwu happily hopped down the staircase he had smashed earlier, picking up the last piece of flashing ice iron ore.

This haul was nothing short of a windfall.

In total: [Flashing Ice Iron Ore] ×41, [Flashing Ice Jade] ×29.

The unfortunate part was that some mining spots had already been eaten by snow monsters; otherwise, he could’ve collected even more glowing minerals.

Thinking back, it was a good thing Little Electric had used a multi-thousand volt strike; otherwise, he might’ve lost some of this bounty.

Time for a reward!

Next stop: the Thunderbolt Secret Realm to bring back some lightning fish!

Bringing his thoughts back, Han Qiwu picked up Little Electric and the Snowman Miner figurine, stretched his hand to remove Xiao Lai from the mining spot, and slowly walked toward the nearby staircase.

[You’ve reached the 63rd level of the mine.]

As his vision cleared, Han Qiwu quickly surveyed the surroundings.

In the icy snowbound environment, three large snowballs were rolling toward him.

Their momentum was overwhelming.

Unlike the small snowballs he had seen before, these snowballs were massive—each roughly as tall as Han Qiwu—and their rolling noise was thunderous.

"What on earth is this thing!" Han Qiwu didn’t even bother pulling out his Paralytic Bramble; he turned and bolted.

If the bramble got squashed, he’d lose big.

After running a few paces, he switched to his Mysterious Crossbow, aimed at the snowball in the lead, and fired a Mysterious Crossbow Arrow.

"Whoosh"

The Mysterious Crossbow Arrow struck the center of the lead snowball, piercing through and hitting the two snowballs behind it as well.

A triple shot.

Upon impact, streams of white snow water seeped out of the damaged snowballs.

It somewhat resembled the creamy filling of Snow Meimei pastries.

At the same time, the Dreaming Reagent still active for a few more minutes triggered again.

The paralyzed snowballs suddenly lost control, hurtling straight into the nearby ice wall.

"Splat"

Blasts of thick white slurry sprayed from the wounds.

Han Qiwu: "...What the heck—why do they have to be so revolting!" Thinking for a moment, he grabbed Little Electric and chucked it forward with force.

"It’s all yours—go get ’em!"

Flying mid-air, Little Electric was utterly baffled.

"?????"

You think this stuff is gross.

Don’t you think it’s gross for a bird too?

Why are you sending me?!

Seeing itself about to collide with the thick white slurry, Little Electric reluctantly flapped its wings, sending a streak of golden electricity forward.

"Bang!"

The electric strike hit the damaged section of the snowball, causing it to explode outright.

The snow water inside erupted like molten cream, splashing both Little Electric and Xiao Lai across the icy surface.

Dozens of seconds later, Han Qiwu cautiously poked his head out from behind the Paralytic Bramble, thanking his foresight.

People need to always maintain their dignity and appearance.

Though seriously, Little Electric’s shockwaves had grown remarkably powerful after mastering the multi-thousand volt skill.

Against obvious electricity-averse monsters like these, it’s instant annihilation.

You see, birds need to be trained with plenty of action.

Tucking away the Paralytic Bramble, Han Qiwu carefully approached the site of the snowball explosions and bent down to gather the loot.

[Snowball Incubator Blueprint Fragment] ×1

[Snowball Egg] ×2

"One fragment and two eggs?" Han Qiwu picked up the Snowball Incubator Blueprint Fragment.

Adding this to his existing collection, he now had three fragments total.

Time to see if they fit together!

Taking out the other two fragments, Han Qiwu found they combined perfectly to form a complete blueprint.

Once assembled, the blueprint’s details began to surface.

[Snowball Incubator Blueprint]

[Required Materials: Stone ×100, Coal ×2, Snow Monster Essence/Snowman Essence ×1]

[Usage Limit: 2 times]

[Note: Snowballs hatched have special uses.]

"Not too many materials needed." Han Qiwu mused as he casually crafted one on the spot.

One incubator could be used twice, perfect for hatching both eggs one after the other.

[Snowball Incubator crafting in progress, estimated time: 5 minutes.]

With nothing else to do, Han Qiwu reached under Little Electric’s claws to retrieve the Snowball Egg, flicking its head with a light thud.

If he didn’t take it back, this scamp would zap the egg into oblivion.

Little Electric rubbed its now swollen head with its claws, looking pitifully disgruntled.

You didn’t say I couldn’t play with the egg!

"Don’t mess with things," Han Qiwu added before lowering his head to inspect the Snowball Egg’s attributes.

The Snowball Egg’s appearance resembled an oversized dumpling. Through its snowy white shell, a faint outline of a filling—or rather, a snowball—could be seen within.

[Rare Snowball Egg (Silver Star Quality)]

[Purpose: Can be hatched into a Small Snowball using a Snowball Incubator.]

[Price: 500 gold.]

[Note: Small Snowballs can grow into Big Snowballs!]

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