Farming Games are All About Grinding

The Angus rabbit fur collected was soft and smooth to the touch.

Han Qiwu had looked into it before — rabbit fur is rarely used directly for textiles. It's typically mixed into other materials to enhance softness.

"Next time I have Aunt Guo make clothes, I'll hand this over. Maybe she'll create something interesting." Han Qiwu cheerfully stashed the fur, patted the head of the giant Angus rabbit, and walked into the duck coop to place the feather collector inside.

The duck feather collector looked a bit like a robotic vacuum cleaner. It's circular, with many small bristles underneath, presumably for gathering duck feathers.

Once placed, it started wandering around the duck coop on its own.

Pretty convenient.

After finishing up with these tasks, Han Qiwu climbed onto the roof to check on the amber.

On the roof, 19 pieces of amber encasing wood had become limp and soft, with some already revealing the wood inside.

By his reckoning, it's been eight hours now.

It's not like he's making soy sauce.

Time to collect them.

To extract the resin, Han Qiwu carefully used a spade to separate the wood from the amber.

After hustling for half an hour, he finally collected all the wood and amber parts.

During the collection, he noticed something strange.

The wood pieces had patterns resembling sesame seeds or mountain-and-stream motifs, which looked entirely different from the grain of the trees producing this amber. Plus, the color was much darker.

Picking up a piece of wood, Han Qiwu examined it curiously.

[Burl Wood]

[Use: Construction material]

[Special Effect - Aesthetic Appeal: Animal buildings constructed with five or more burl wood pieces will boost animal mood values and increase their output.]

[Note: Burl wood refers to tree growths formed after a tree's illness, characterized by unique patterns.]

"Burl wood? Interesting. I'll try it out next time I upgrade a building. After all, it doesn't require much — just five pieces."

Han Qiwu stashed the burl wood and nervously pulled out the amber-turned-liquid for inspection.

The amber, after being left in the sun, now had an even richer golden hue. With its contents removed, it appeared more transparent.

[Resin]

[Use: Special Material]

[Note: Just like modeling clay, it holds infinite possibilities.]

After reading this, Han Qiwu felt a bit puzzled.

Well, whatever. I'm heading to Master Shuzi's place anyway.

I'll just ask him directly.

Off to see the master.

"Little Horse, let's go!"

"Neigh-hee!"

"Hyah!"

In this aspect, Little Horse was certainly better than the electric scooter.

Little Horse was voice-controlled.

Upon arriving at the blacksmith shop, Han Qiwu hadn't even stepped inside when he saw Master Shuzi crouched in the yard, working on something.

And his focus of attention was none other than the remains of the giant ice-cold spider.

By now, the remains of the giant ice-cold spider had been transformed. Its joint connections had turned into mortise-and-tenon structures, the interior fillers were removed, replaced with Master Shuzi's signature mechanical core, and the eight newly crafted spider legs gleamed with concentrated black light — they looked like deadly weapons, exuding a menacing aura. The puppet retained the giant ice-cold spider's massive size.

A quick look at Master Shuzi revealed bloodshot eyes and disheveled hair, as if he'd been busy all night.

Feeling a bit guilty, Han Qiwu was about to offer some help.

"Don't move! Just wait ten minutes, and don't touch anything."

Han Qiwu: ".... Carry on, I'll just watch."

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Master Shuzi finally clapped his hands in satisfaction.

At the sound of his clap, the giant ice-cold spider's eight legs moved simultaneously, scuttling around the yard in a swift lap. Han Qiwu noticed that when its legs pierced into the ground, they seemed to encounter no resistance at all.

Extremely sharp.

"Alright, I've transferred its permissions to you. It's voice-controlled; figure it out yourself. I'm going to catch up on some sleep." Master Shuzi waved dismissively.

"Thanks, Master. By the way, when you wake up, could you check if this resin can be made into polarized sunglasses?" Han Qiwu hurried after him with a request, while also placing several frozen crystal spheres on the counter.

"Sure, I'll look into it later." Master Shuzi accepted the resin and spheres and hurriedly retreated to the back room.

Now Han Qiwu finally had the time to examine the puppet.

[Giant Ice-Cold Spider Puppet (Golden Star Quality) (Renamable)]

[Craftsman: Shuzi]

[Combat Route Skills: Frost Dash (Unlocked), Deadly Pierce (Unlocked)]

[Passive Skill: Merged Wood Toughness]

[Energy Source: Solar/Energy Core]

[Built-In Fire Resistance: 40 Points]

[Durability: 200/200]

[Note: In combat, simplicity is more effective.]

"This stat interface is way too straightforward — Golden Star quality?" Han Qiwu looked puzzled.

The Silver Star-quality spider puppets he'd battled previously were loaded with a long list of skills.

Now, for this Golden Star-quality one, there were only three skills.

After seeing the note, Han Qiwu finally started to understand.

Master Shuzi's approach to the puppet seemed to embody the concept "simplify to amplify."

One acceleration skill, one attack skill, and one defense skill.

"Time to test it out for real." Han Qiwu tucked away the giant ice-cold spider puppet, hopped on Little Horse, and returned home to grab Xiao Lai and the electric scooter for a quick dash to the mine.

For convenience, he even renamed the giant ice-cold spider puppet to "Little Ice."

Adorable, adorable.

Reaching the mine, Han Qiwu skipped the Explorer Guild and went straight to the cable car, heading down to the 85th floor of the mine.

[You have arrived at the 85th floor of the mine]

Unlike last time, both of his companions now had significantly higher fire resistance, no longer in the "drink white reed water every three minutes or get roasted" state.

After a quick glance around, noticing nothing of interest on this floor, Han Qiwu descended another level.

[You have arrived at the 86th floor of the mine]

As soon as he entered, he felt a rush of wind near his ear and instinctively ducked to avoid it.

"Whoosh"

A dark shadow streaked across the air above.

Dodging the attack, Han Qiwu turned and spotted seven or eight Cave Worms creeping along the mine ceiling, their appearance eerily unsettling. Unbothered, he raised his hand, releasing the giant ice-cold spider puppet while shouting:

"Little Ice, take them out."

The sudden emergence of the giant spider clearly startled the Cave Worms.

But Little Ice had already locked onto their positions before even landing.

"Swish, swish, swish"

Little Ice's front four spider legs delivered a rapid succession of piercing strikes, taking out all the Cave Worms within seconds!

"That's some brutal speed!"

Han Qiwu noticed that during its strikes, Little Ice emitted a dark glow, likely indicative of skill activation.

Checking the interface, he saw the "Deadly Pierce" skill dimmed and in cooldown.

"Finish off the ones up ahead too." Han Qiwu bent down to retrieve Silver Star-quality Cave Worm Meat while issuing orders.

Having a combat puppet is just too awesome.