Farming Games are All About Grinding

With Xiao Lai and Xiao Dian along, Han Qiwu suddenly noticed that some plants in a vegetable field had ripened while crossing the bridge over the moat.

Clusters of ripe wild millet swayed gently with their heavy ears, the golden grains were strung together, looking extremely delightful.

"20 days have passed so quickly. Now we'll have millet porridge to drink, and the grains can be made into some chewy rice cakes. I'll learn how later." Han Qiwu was in a good mood, bending down in the field to harvest.

[Wild Millet Ears]

[Stamina +50]

[Health +50]

[Note: Wild millet is not easy to digest]

Each stalk of wild millet could yield seven or eight heavy ears, totaling an estimated five or six pounds, which was quite a good yield.

After harvesting them all, Han Qiwu collected a total of [Wild Millet Ears] ×174.

Later, they'll need to be thoroughly milled at the mill, as the quantity is indeed quite large.

Off we go!

Riding on a pony, Han Qiwu leisurely made his way toward the polluted area.

He hadn't reached the polluted area yet, but noticed that there were quite a few vehicles on the road.

One small car after another.

This was odd; hadn't the Tomb-Sweeping Festival passed? Why are there still so many people?

Approaching the town, Han Qiwu saw quite a few middle-aged men gathered in groups of three or five, each carrying a large fishing box, with many skillfully pinching fish bait in their hands.

A large flag stood on the ground nearby, with "Welcome Fishing Enthusiasts to the Fishing Competition!" written on it.

Now he understood.

Turns out they're all here for the fishing competition.

I must say, Old Huang has organized quite a large fishing competition.

Tomorrow is the 8th of April, and the invitation said it's the finals.

So today must be the preliminaries, and there are quite a few people. These are all competitors.

After sneaking a peek for a while, Han Qiwu rode his pony to avoid the crowd.

Never mind, just watching won't reveal anything, let's talk about it tomorrow.

Let's go fight!

Arriving at the polluted area, Han Qiwu recalled the pony, summoned Xiao Lai and Xiao Dian, and briefed them: "Today I'm going to use bombs, so wherever I tell you to go, you go. If you don't listen, you'll get blown up by bombs."

Xiao Lai nodded obediently.

Xiao Dian also uncharacteristically nodded quickly.

Though mischievous, it's not stupid.

With its small body, it's even less bomb-resistant than Xiao Lai.

Han Qiwu nodded in satisfaction, put on a mask, summoned his wind-fire wheel, and headed straight to the fishing spot he visited yesterday.

The location was best suited for an ambush, and with a limited supply of premium coal, he aimed to make a big explosion today.

Along the way, he quickly attracted numerous pollution worms. For his plan, he evaded them as much as possible, only swatting away those he couldn't avoid.

Reaching the selected spot, his health had dropped to half.

"Xiao Dian, release a high-voltage field fifteen meters to the left front. Xiao Lai, slow down in steps and gather the following pollution worms together."

"Buzz Buzz"

Xiao Dian, upon receiving the command, didn't release a high-voltage field but instead covered its nose with its wings while flying to Han Qiwu's ear, trying to share his mask.

Xiao Lai reacted even worse, almost rolling its eyes.

"Cough cough, here, use these masks." Han Qiwu finally realized, taking out two masks and putting them on Xiao Lai and Xiao Dian.

With masks on, the two pets finally came to life and attacked according to Han Qiwu's instructions.

Meanwhile, Han Qiwu took the opportunity to throw down four timed bombs at the selected spot.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock"

The timed bombs activated.

Simultaneously, the pollution worms within the explosion range began to hatch after being attacked by Xiao Dian, entering an invincible state, remaining still.

The pollution worms following behind, attracted by Han Qiwu and slowed by Xiao Lai, continued pushing into the explosion range.

More and more hatching pollution worms appeared within the explosion range, and soon several pollution moths emerged.

"Xiao Dian, retreat. Xiao Lai, only slow down the pollution moths within the explosion range." Han Qiwu revised his instructions, then aimed a blast snowball at them, not seeking damage but hoping to keep the newly emerged pollution moths within the explosion range.

"Buzz Buzz Buzz"

The newly hatched pollution moths were drizzled with Xiao Lai's poison liquid, reducing their speed drastically, almost turning them into crawlers.

A few dozen seconds later, 80% of the pollution moths within the explosion range successfully hatched, with only a small portion of the last-entered pollution worms still in the invincible hatching state.

Timing it to be just right, Han Qiwu returned both pets to his pet wristwatch and turned to run.

Even though he's not currently in the explosion range, it wouldn't be wise to be hit by flying shrapnel.

Be cautious!

Five seconds later, four Flame Burst Timed Bombs exploded simultaneously.

"Boom Boom Boom"

The sound of explosions and flying shrapnel was heard simultaneously, and a surge of red light emerged within the bomb range.

Half a second later, large swathes of white light followed.

In just two or three seconds, all the pollution moths within the explosion range disappeared.

Not a single one left.

A few seconds later, the newly appeared pollution moths had their wings sliced by the shrapnel on the ground as soon as they emerged, drastically reducing their flying speed.

Han Qiwu was amazed.

This is too fierce!

This is what you call a bomb!

Thrilling!

He raised his hand to summon his pets and instructed: "Xiao Dian, Xiao Lai, clean up the pollution moths within the explosion range. As for the pollution worms newly attracted, try to lead them aside and keep them away from me."

Poison Liquid Radio took the orders and left.

Han Qiwu himself took out Golden Sun, quickly moved to the polluted waterfall, and cast his line to fish.

He was curious to see what kind of fish were in there.

They've mutated to this extent and can still survive.

Godzilla fish, perhaps?

"Splash"

The hook hit the water and slowly sank to the riverbed.

Due to the overly turbid water quality here, Han Qiwu couldn't see the situation underwater, relying solely on ripples to judge if fish were nearby.

Fortunately, the bait worked well, and in about ten seconds, it lured a bizarre fish with scars on its body surface.

[Mutated Carp: Movement trajectory is aggressive, skill effect: pollution]

"This thing is a carp? So ugly?" Han Qiwu was surprised to see the prompt in the fishing game box.

The movement trajectory is quite common, just aggressive.

But its skill seems very annoying at first glance.

Pollution?

Pollute what?

Whether it pollutes the float or the fishing rod, it's quite nasty!

Better reel it in quickly.

Han Qiwu held the float in the center of the fishing box, waiting for the mutated carp to swim itself onto the hook.

The willing fish bites!