Chapter 5: Mining Techniques (Temporary)

  The cloth on his body, the small knife in his hand, and the two bottles of medicine in his bundle were all that Ding Qiang now possessed.

  "16th Newbie Village..." Looking at the village number, Ding Qiang was somewhat surprised. In the game "God's Trace", a newbie village could hold at most 1,000 people, with numbers starting from 01. After the first newbie village was full, newly born players would automatically spawn in 02 newbie village next to 01, and so on. Although two newbie villages were very close, they were separated by high mountains and treacherous waters, making it impossible to get through unless one had a flying mount.

  No. 16 Newbie Village, this also means that before him, there were already 15,000 players who entered the game, which can be seen from the popularity of this game.

  In fact, although there are still some online games struggling to survive now, it won't be long before these game companies will all be squeezed out by Shenji Games, either being acquired or going bankrupt. In short, in the later stage, only Shenji game is left on the market.

  "My god, it's so amazing......" touched his hand, swung his arm and leg, took two steps to play an inverted turn, everyone was extremely curious about this almost real game.

  Without wasting any time on such a boring thing, Ding Qiang squeezed out of the crowded birthplace and immediately rushed to a vegetable garden in the east of the village.

  In his mind, although there were countless BOSS refresh locations and task trigger conditions, for now, since the newbie teleportation had not been opened yet, players could not teleport to the main city through the transmission array. He could only start practicing from the newbie task like other players.

  Damn it...... Looking at the old man in front of him, Ding Qiang sighed.

  "There's always a group of wild chickens causing trouble in my garden, can you help me chase them away?" said the old man standing next to the vegetable garden to Ding Qiang.

  "No problem."

  After receiving the task, Ding Qiang didn't immediately go to kill those wild chickens, but instead ran into a grocery store not far from the vegetable garden.

  "Hey young man, I'm too busy with business here, can you run an errand for me? Go to Old Zhang's place up front and buy some Chinese cabbage for me." said Old Wang, the owner of the grocery store.

  "No problem."

  Ding Qiang took over the thirty copper coins handed over by Old Wang and immediately used these thirty copper coins to buy a bottle of Er Guo Tou.

  He turned around and came out again, then made another turn and slipped into a blacksmith's shop.

  After seeing Ding Qiang come in, the blacksmith didn't pay attention to him and just sat there sighing, but when Ding Qiang handed over the Er Guo Tou, the blacksmith finally spoke up.

  "It's been a long time since anyone supplied me with iron ore. Can you help me go take a look at that idiot in the village entrance and ask him if he has any ore on hand?"

  "No problem."

  This time, Ding Qiang followed the game's task guide and quickly ran to the village entrance where that silly boy was.

  "Second Brother." Ding Qiang called out.

  "Huh?" The NPC was taken aback.

  "Mission..." Ding Qiang said briefly.

  "Ore? A group of rats appeared in the mine behind the village at some point, I haven't been there for a long time. If you're willing to go mining, I can lend you my equipment..." Er Duanzi scratched his head and handed over a pickaxe.

  [A somewhat damaged draft]

  Attack: 3-5

  Note: Mining is allowed.

  Required level: Level 1;

  "Ding, you have learned Basic Mining (Temporary)."

  Mining (Temp): Cannot be upgraded, can only collect low-grade ore. The skill will be deleted after the task is completed.

  This pickaxe may look bad, but its attack power is much higher than the small knife given by the system.

  After changing into a miner's pickaxe, Ding Qiang bid farewell to Er Dangzi, lowered his head and slipped into another farmhouse nearby...

  "My little baby Huang ran off somewhere, can you help me find him?"

  When Ding Qiang saw this task, he couldn't help but laugh. This "Find Little Huang" task was known as the most ridiculous one in history. Seeing the anxious look on the NPC's face, every player who accepted the task would think that the "Little Huang" she mentioned was her child. However, after searching everywhere and being unable to find anything, when they came back to ask her again, they would only be told that the so-called "Little Huang" was actually just a dog she raised.

  Ding Qiang was able to come and accept this task smoothly because the location of this little yellow thing happened to be inside that mine.

  In the early stages of the game, every minute is crucial, and doing tasks is even more so. How to complete all tasks at once, this route has been studied by many people in the past, and the one currently used by Ding Qiang is the fastest one.

  After taking on almost all tasks, Ding Qiang rushed to that vegetable garden with a manuscript in hand.

  At this time, many players have already received the task of driving away wild chickens.

  Wild Chicken: HP 30, Defense 3, Attack 3-5.

  Players can only kill two wild chickens with the small knife given by the system, even if they are full of blood. The small medicine bottles sold in the store cost 50 copper coins each, which is currently unaffordable for anyone, so they can only sit on the ground to rest and recover their health.

  But this had no effect on Ding Qiang, who held a pickaxe and, with the five points of strength he was born with, his attack power reached 8-10. Others needed seven or eight hits to kill a wild chicken, but Ding Qiang charged forward, swung his pickaxe, and in two or three hits, the wild chicken let out a miserable cry and disappeared into a white light.

  "My god, this guy's attack is so high..." The floor-dwelling tribe members who were sitting on the ground recovering their health were suddenly shocked.

  "Master, form a team..."

  "Big brother, take care of little brother..."

  "Good brother, help little sister with a task..."

  As for those guys who were making a fuss around him, Ding Qiang took the attitude of turning a deaf ear to them, pretending he hadn't heard anything, and just focused on doing his own thing.

  He came to play the game, not to be a babysitter, so he didn't have the mind to take care of these people. In the early stages of the game, every minute was precious and there wasn't much time worth wasting.

  Killed a few wild chickens, saw a white vegetable refreshed beside, Ding Qiang casually threw it out, and a white vegetable immediately flew into the bag.

  At first, everyone followed the grocery store owner's words and ran to the vegetable farmer here to buy cabbage with the 30 copper coins given by the NPC. However, later on, someone accidentally discovered that these 30 copper coins could be kept entirely by the player, because the cabbage needed for the task can be refreshed in the garden.

  His actions fell into the eyes of a player next to him: "Dude, what's the use of this cabbage? I've collected it before, and eating it doesn't even restore life or magic."

  "Leave it, it will come in handy later." Ding Qiang replied without lifting his head. In the normal task flow, after the player finishes driving away the wild chickens, the vegetable farmer would say that the owner of the general store seems to have something to ask for you, and then the player needs to run another trip to complete it. When the player returns again, looking at the vegetable garden full of players, they might even feel like crying...

  "Oh, thank you." The player nodded vaguely as if he understood and yet didn't.

  Soon, the 40 wild chickens and 10 white cabbages were all completed, and Ding Qiang's level also rose to third. During this time, Ding Qiang tried to send a message to Jue Shi Shuai Ge, but found that there was no such person. It seems that Lin Yi has not entered the game yet.

  But that's normal, judging from his personality of having to figure everything out, he's probably still reading the game's storyline and job characteristics.

  After adding all attributes to strength, Ding Gang was about to turn around and leave, but inadvertently saw the name of the warrior who asked himself questions earlier.

  "Blood Flame Crazy Dragon?" Ding Qiang's face suddenly showed a strange expression.

  In his past life, Blood Flame Crazy Dragon was one of the top ten famous warriors in the God Trace game. Although Ding strong and he didn't have much contact, but also heard that this person is very righteous.

  Now, looking at this legendary warrior struggling to fight with a wild chicken, Ding Qiang suddenly had an indescribable feeling of laughter and tears...

  At this moment, Blood Flame Dragon was probably anxious after seeing Ding Qiang kill a wild chicken so quickly. After killing one wild chicken, he didn't notice his own blood volume and immediately rushed to another one. As a result, the wild chicken pecked him several times, leaving only 3 points of life left, and he hastily turned around to escape...

  Watching the Blood Flame Dragon, known as a warrior legend, being chased by a wild chicken and running away with its head in its hands, Ding Qiang held back his laughter and snapped several photos. He then rushed up and struck the chicken with a hoe, and it let out a miserable cry before turning into a white light and disappearing.

  "Thanks, bro." Blood Flame Crazy Dragon finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although death before level 5 didn't result in loss of experience, dying at the hands of a noob was still embarrassing: "Let's exchange name cards."

  "Hmm!" Ding Qiang nodded and chatted with Blood Flame Crazy Dragon for a few sentences before turning around to leave.

  After completing the tasks of "Driving Away Wild Chickens" and "Running Errands", his experience bar surged up a big chunk, and he was about to level up again.

  "It's really fast." In his previous life, due to the large number of players, he spent a whole half night completing this task of driving away wild chickens. Unexpectedly, in this life, with the help of the mine draft, it was completed in less than half an hour.

  Just then, the Blood Flame Dragon who had just added as a friend sent a message asking: "Brother, where did you get the ore draft in your hand? Convenient to say? If not convenient, never mind."

  "Hehe, no big deal, the NPC at the village entrance gave me the task, but I had to trigger it at the blacksmith first."

  "Oh, thanks."

  "You're welcome."

  Just now when he left, the task of driving away wild chickens by Blood Flame Crazy Dragon had been done more or less, and the cabbage had also been collected according to his words. So although it would be a bit slower than him, it would still save quite some time. After all, he had already passed the stage of the vegetable garden known as "Newbie Burial Ground".

  The wild chickens in the vegetable garden refresh slowly, and there are many players, making it the most time-wasting stage for new player tasks.

  The monsters in the mine are called "Ferocious Rats", unlike the yellow-named wild chickens in the vegetable garden, these rats have red names, which means they are aggressive and attack proactively. What's even more troublesome is that these rats are also pack animals, if you're not careful, one will attract a whole group. In my previous life, because of ignorance, I died at the hands of this group of rats several times in this mine.

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