Chapter 26: What The Hell Kind Of “special Story” Is This
Grizzly Mine, the sun was setting.
In front of the mine entrance, the rear carriage of the electric tricycle was already piled high with ores of all sizes, plus eight logs as thick as a person’s arms wrapped around them, making the electric tricycle, about the size of a small truck, packed to the brim.
“No wonder this tricycle is so expensive. Expensive things really do have their reasons.”
Looking at the load of ore and logs, Lin Qi sighed inwardly, not knowing when he himself would be able to own one.
Just the ores on the electric tricycle, by rough estimate, weighed more than two tons; that was 600 Bit for one load. Adding the eight logs, if ordinary people in the high martial arts world had to carry them, who knew how many trips it would take, but now a single electric tricycle could handle it.
You could say that with just four round trips, not only would they earn back a month’s rent for the tricycle, they would also have thirty-two extra logs. With these logs, doing some simple repairs on the training room of the martial arts hall should be no problem at all.
The training room in the martial arts hall was a single large house, covering nearly two hundred square meters, and it was also where the players now rested and slept.
At present the number of players had reached ten, while the floor in the training room was already riddled with holes, many places unusable, so that in a room of nearly two hundred square meters, only nine people could currently sleep.
As for the remaining one, they could only sleep in a small corner of the training hall.
If it could be repaired, it would not only accommodate more players to rest, but they could also charge players higher accommodation fees. It would be killing two birds with one stone.
“Alright, let’s go.”
Lin Qi directly sat on the tricycle and waved to Luo Wu Shang and the other three beside him, signaling them to sit on the logs.
“Ah, we’re leaving already?” Twilight of the Gods said, looking troubled.
Beside him, Fang Zhen was also looking at the forest in the distance, glancing back every few steps, looking extremely reluctant to leave.
“What? Do you two still want to sleep here or something?” Luo Wu Shang found the two’s reluctance very strange. “Or did you develop feelings while chopping trees here?”
“No way. We just think the scenery here is really nice,” Twilight of the Gods quickly explained.
“That’s right. Usually we’re all staying underground where it’s dark and we can’t see the sky. Now that we can see the sky and the green trees, our mood is much better,” Fang Zhen also nodded, looking very honest.
“Fine. Next time we come back, we’ll let you two handle chopping trees, alright?” Zhang Qing Wei looked at the two who seemed addicted to tree chopping and could not help but laugh.
The task of carrying ore made earning points far too easy. This time she and Wu Shang had earned 60 points in one go. If it were not that the tricycle also had to be loaded with wood and could not hold more ore, earning two hundred points in one trip would not have been a problem.
“Alright, then next time we come, leave the tree chopping to us.”
“Being able to come out and see the scenery from time to time is pretty nice. Even if we earn a bit less, our mood is what matters most.”
Hearing this, Fang Zhen and Twilight of the Gods seized the opportunity, their smiles growing wider as they directly sat in the rear carriage of the tricycle, their eyes filled with uncontrollable excitement.
“What is with those two?”
Lin Qi found them a bit strange. Tree chopping was hard labor; he had even planned to increase the reward next time for fear that no one would want to do it.
But now these two looked as if they were enjoying it. To say it was not strange would be a lie.
Lin Qi immediately pulled up their data panels.
“Damn!” Lin Qi almost gasped when he saw their stats.
Fang Zhen, Crushing Stone Fist First Level, Stump Crushing Realm entry level （54%）
Twilight of the Gods, Crushing Stone Fist First Level, Stump Crushing Realm entry level （33%）
In just half a day, their Crushing Stone Fist had risen by more than 15%. It was like they were cheating. The higher the proficiency, the harder it was to train, and Fang Zhen’s Crushing Stone Fist proficiency had already surpassed his.
“Master of the Pavilion, when are we coming back here again?” Fang Zhen asked Lin Qi expectantly.
At Grizzly Mine, in just half a day, he had pushed the First Level of Crushing Stone Fist to 54% entry level. Calling this place a training holy land was no exaggeration at all. If they could come every day, he might not even need a week.
He would become the first to break through entry level in Crushing Stone Fist, and then he would be able to fully unleash the power of the First Level.
“From now on, we’ll come once every day,” Lin Qi said, looking at Fang Zhen in the rearview mirror, overjoyed.
He had not expected such a huge harvest from coming to Grizzly Mine. Not only could they make money and repair the martial arts hall, now they could also grind Crushing Stone Fist proficiency. If they did not come every day, it would be a huge loss.
Hearing this, Fang Zhen and Twilight of the Gods, sitting in the rear carriage, were even more delighted.
“Those two are really strange. Could they be hiding some secret?” Luo Wu Shang watched their growing smiles, feeling this was anything but simple.
“It doesn’t matter. We’ve earned plenty as well,” Zhang Qing Wei said with a smile, and opened her attribute panel.
Strength: 8 kilograms. （Quasi-apprentice 100 kilograms）
Speed: 1 meters per second. （Quasi-apprentice 10 meters per second）
Martial skill: Leopard Shadow Steps First Level, Wind Chasing Realm entry level （43%）
Zhang Qing Wei did not really understand why using Leopard Shadow Steps in the mine improved so well, but since someone was willing to give up this opportunity, she was more than happy to take it.
……
The sky grew dim and night descended.
Driving the tricycle, Lin Qi carefully navigated through the ruined wasteland, keeping his attention on the surroundings at all times.
The wilderness outside the City of Light Chasing was extremely dangerous, and places close to the city were no exception.
Out in the wilderness, they would not only encounter monsters and various radiation, but also large numbers of unregistered nomads.
Within the City of Light Chasing, whether in the abandoned area or the suburbs, people more or less followed some rules, but in the wilderness, all rules ceased to apply. Everything was decided purely by strength.
This was also why Lin Qi was reluctant to come out. If he had not gained some ability to protect himself, he would never have come out, not even if they beat him to death.
“Master, there seems to be something in that ruin over there,” Fang Zhen suddenly pointed at a dilapidated little house and said urgently.
“Something there?”
Hearing this, Lin Qi tensed and looked in the direction Fang Zhen indicated.
By the little house, something was indeed lying there. But the sky was too dark; they could only make out a vague shape. If one was not paying special attention, they would probably overlook it.
“Yeah, something is off over there. I can smell a faint scent of blood,” Luo Wu Shang also nodded.
“A special plot event?” Looking at the situation, Twilight of the Gods felt it had to be some special plot.
As soon as Twilight of the Gods spoke, Lin Qi almost instinctively rolled his eyes at him.
Special plot, my ass.
This was clearly trouble, and big trouble at that.
In a desolate place like this, a strange figure appearing was already no small problem. Add the smell of blood, and it screamed major trouble.
Fortunately, thanks to Fang Zhen’s sharp eyes and Luo Wu Shang’s keen nose, they discovered the issue early. Otherwise, dealing with what came next would have been much harder.
“Fang Zhen, can you see what that figure is?” Lin Qi parked and asked in a low voice.
They were still more than thirty meters from the house. If whoever it was tried something, they would at least have time to react.
“It looks like… it seems like a monster,” Fang Zhen looked carefully and confirmed. “The monster looks like a rhinoceros, but with multiple spikes all over its body. It should be more than three meters long. It’s just… this rhino monster is kind of strange.”
“Like a rhinoceros? Spikes all over its body?” Lin Qi felt a wave of dread, but forced himself to calmly ask, “What’s strange about it?”
Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros.
This was a relatively common monster in the wilderness, and a very strong one. Ordinary quasi-martial artists would run for their lives when they saw it; only true martial artists could kill a Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros.
Its strength was comparable to a martial artist. If martial artist apprentices encountered one, they were almost certainly doomed, with no chance to escape.
“That rhino monster,” Fang Zhen rubbed his eyes, puzzled, “looks like it only has less than half a body left.”
“Less than half a body?” Lin Qi froze for a moment, then could not help asking, “Are you sure?”
“I’m sure,” Fang Zhen nodded.
“Good. Very good!” Lin Qi could not help laughing.
The corpse of a Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros was a great treasure for people living in the City of Light Chasing. With only a little under half the body left, it was very likely that the Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros had been killed by another monster, which ate most of it and then left.
If a martial artist had killed the Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros, nothing would have been left. The flesh and blood of a Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros was worth over 600 Bit per kilogram. Even if it weighed only one ton, that would be worth 600,000 Bit. Not to mention almost half a Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros, which would be a considerable income for a martial artist.
This was wealth falling from the sky.
“Hurry, get that rhino monster onto the cart. Dump the logs,” Lin Qi ordered almost immediately.
With nearly half a Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros, the value would be enough to repair most of the martial arts hall with no problem. And with players on his side, if they were a bit frugal, completely restoring it would not be impossible.
Fang Zhen and the others moved at once, cooperating with Lin Qi. With the strength of five people, it took nearly ten minutes of effort to finally move the remaining half of the Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros into the rear carriage of the tricycle.
“Good. Everybody get in.”
Looking at the Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros loaded on the vehicle, Lin Qi urged the four of them to get on quickly.
Just as the four sat back down, an arrow shot from the distance. With a sharp whoosh, it scraped past Twilight of the Gods’ ear and slammed into the tricycle, piercing through the metal plate.
Twilight of the Gods looked at the arrow in the tricycle, touched his own cheek, and flew into a rage.
“Fuck, who shot me?”
