Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 564 - 551: Can It Still Evolve?

After getting into the car downstairs, Tang Qingying turned her head and asked Han Qiwu, "I’m so stuffed from eating! How about we find a nearby park for a stroll?"

"Sure, People’s Park is nearby, just past the intersection on the right," Han Qiwu replied. He whispered playfully as he pinched Tang Qingying’s cheek, "Remember to exercise when you get home, or you’ll end up with baby fat!"

"Hmph! Baby fat would make the aunties like me even more! Say it again and I’ll call them over!" Tang Qingying declared triumphantly, wielding her words like a sword of justice.

Han Qiwu: "...I’m scared, I surrender."

After parking the car, the two walked hand in hand toward People’s Park.

This People’s Park is quite old, with no new facilities. Han Qiwu often played here as a child and is very familiar with it.

Despite that, Tang Qingying seemed very enthusiastic, pulling Han Qiwu’s hand as she wandered and explored.

Even the dullest of landscapes seems extraordinary with you here.

Two hours later, the two hugged briefly at the entrance of the research institute.

"Make sure to exercise when you get home, and come find me to hang out whenever you have time," Han Qiwu gently ruffled Tang Qingying’s hair.

Tang Qingying huffed and, with arms akimbo, retorted, "Nobody takes me to workout sessions, so I’m not exercising! Meh." She then pulled Han Qiwu’s hand down and stood on tiptoes to touch his hair, adding, "You, however, should focus on your research and strive to finish the project successfully."

"Don’t worry about it," Han Qiwu chuckled. After watching Tang Qingying head into the research institute, he found a discreet corner and tore open a scroll.

Time to go home.

Time to head back to the mine to work on the prototype for customized architecture. Don’t forget to write down notes about the shield ring—it blocks one hundred points of damage and is insanely useful.

At home, Han Qiwu realized there wasn’t much pressing to work on.

Better tackle the customized architecture prototype first.

Can’t wait to test whether the concept would actually work.

And it’s a good chance to try out the shield ring he got today.

After crafting ten bombs, Han Qiwu geared up, brought his two pets, and rode a little horse to the Polluted Lands.

Once there, he switched to water shoes, but as soon as he stepped inside, he sensed something off.

What’s going on?

Logically, he hadn’t started any attacks yet, so why was there the sound of moths flapping their wings?

Even Xiao Dian heard the sound and disdainfully twitched a corner of its mouth. With a flash of electricity sparking off its body, it was ready to charge straight forward.

"Stay put!"

Erring on the side of caution, Han Qiwu removed his glowing ring, recalled his two pets, and crept carefully in the dark toward the interior.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Suddenly, a barrage of rock-like objects shot out from the sewage ditch beside the entrance, hurtling through the air and smashing into Han Qiwu. The frequency of the attacks was so fast that he couldn’t even pull out his fiery board shield in time.

Luckily, the shield ring on his hand activated automatically, forming a white luminous shield around him with a hundred points of health.

"Where did the ambush come from?" Without hesitation, Han Qiwu hurled two exploding snowballs toward the front, then activated his cloak’s speed boost and dodged swiftly.

He looked up to check the shield’s health—it had dropped by 99 points.

On the verge of collapse!

"Good thing the shield absorbed it, but what’s up with this projectile attack? If there are another couple of waves like that, it’ll cost me a respawn!" Han Qiwu muttered as he turned and swung an ice club to knock away another incoming rock-like object.

As the damage registered, lines of stats appeared from the objects and the explosion site of the snowballs:

[Evolved Worm]

[Attack Mode: Projectile, Collision]

[Trait: Hardened Shell]

[Note: Polluted worms dwindled in numbers and evolved into moths independently]

[Evolved Moth]

[Attack Mode: Throwing, Mouthpiece Strikes]

[Note: Evolved moths have enhanced attack capabilities]

After examining the stats, Han Qiwu felt mentally exhausted.

So killing too many of these things leads to evolution?

Previously, they only evolved into moths after being attacked; now they can evolve by mutual collisions?

Judging by the stats, the objects smashing into him earlier were likely evolved moths throwing evolved worms.

"Good thing I didn’t slack off today. The numbers of these evolved moths and worms aren’t high yet. If I came back a few days later, even with a shield ring, I might get obliterated right at the entrance." Han Qiwu clicked his tongue, lit some torches, and mounted them on the walls before releasing his two pets, ready for battle.

Amid the torchlight, he could see dozens of evolved moths, each larger by about two sizes compared to before. The light also attracted their attention, and they started closing in on Han Qiwu, their mouthparts glinting golden. Meanwhile, the nearby evolved worms on the ground now had bodies coated in thick muck, and their sizes had also increased.

Xiao Lai proved reliable. As soon as it emerged, it sprayed a large dose of slowing venom across the area.

After absorbing the Lava Heart, Xiao Lai’s venom had gained some heat properties, causing sizzling sounds when splashed onto the evolved moths.

Taking advantage of his cloak’s speed boost, Han Qiwu decisively planted two timed Flame Bombs set for ten seconds at his feet, turned around, and fled.

He didn’t bother looking back.

Even Xiao Dian, perched on Xiao Lai’s back, was fully aware of the bombs’ power and flapped vigorously to fly away.

Ten seconds later, the Flame Bombs detonated on schedule.

As the smoke cleared, Han Qiwu turned to assess the aftermath, puzzled.

The number of evolved moths had only decreased by about ten.

Have they become this defensively strong?

Han Qiwu bent down and planted another timed bomb, continuing to lure the moths while observing their reactions.

A few seconds later, he understood.

Not only had these evolved moths’ bodies advanced, but their brains had too.

They knew how to dodge the bombs!

When they were about to approach the bomb locations, they reflexively veered to the sides, substantially reducing its impact. Fortunately, Xiao Lai’s slowing effect was still active; otherwise, not even ten would have been taken out.

"Seems like we’ll have to fight head-on." Han Qiwu decided to stop wasting bombs—their crafting costs were obnoxiously high anyway!

"Xiao Dian, deploy the high-voltage electric net to contain them! Xiao Lai, focus on turning those nearby evolved worms into evolved moths!" Han Qiwu commanded, taking out a fire-bearing crystal and tossing a large blue fireball toward the twenty or so evolved moths.

Using the blue fireball as cover, he charged forward on his wind-fire wheel, wielding an ice club and activating the warrior’s brute-force strike skill.

I dare you to evolve further!