Farming Games are All About Grinding
Chapter 310 - 301: Generous Drops

Chapter 310: Chapter 301: Generous Drops

As Han Qiwu approached, he saw two wingless and bare ice birds crawling on the ground, straining to move toward his direction.

Han Qiwu’s heart lifted with joy—seems like his aiming skills were top-notch, perfectly blasting their wings off.

"A bird without wings is worse than a chicken! At least chickens can scratch the ground like pros!"

Wielding his ice bat, Han Qiwu smashed the ice birds into small bursts of white light with measured strikes.

"Whew, this cold is killing me." Han Qiwu pulled out a bag of steaming hot glutinous rice balls and stuffed his face with them voraciously.

The biggest downside of fighting ice birds was how freezing cold it got.

Time to check the loot.

If the loot was disappointing, next time he’d simply let Little Electric lure them away instead.

Walking to where the ice birds disappeared, Han Qiwu bent down to pick up the drops.

[Ice Bird Feather]

[Ice Bird Statue Fragment II]

[Snow Fruit Remnants]

"Why is it all bits and scraps?" Han Qiwu complained as he inspected the items one by one.

[Ice Bird Feather]

[Usage: Crafting Material]

[Price: 500 Gold]

[Special Effect - Frost Phoenix Wingspan: Embedding it into cape-type equipment grants the cape a speed boost skill]

[Remark: Only ice birds that perish on the ground will drop feathers]

[Ice Bird Statue Fragment II]

[Usage: Special Building Material]

[Completion Progress: (1/5)]

[Cannot be placed]

[Special Effect: Increases the yield of all ice and snow crops on your farm. The range of enhancement depends on the completeness of the statue.]

[Remark: Ice bird statue fragments have a mutual magnetic attraction effect.]

[Snow Fruit Remnants]

[Usage: Fertilizer/Crafting Material]

[Usage Method: Place it beneath snow fruits or ice fruit trees to boost yields.]

[Remark: If you have a seed production machine, you may get the chance to generate an ice fruit tree.]

After reviewing all the items, a hint of a smile appeared on Han Qiwu’s face.

Scraps or fragments—they’re still valuable!

Just like the leftovers from pigs, cows, and sheep—they’re delicious!

The ice bird feather looks exactly like an ice sculpture shaped like a feather, roughly the size of an adult’s forearm, cool to the touch. It’s just perfect for the cape Egger is currently working on.

A speed boost skill is something you can never have too many of.

The faster you run, the safer you are!

Though Han Qiwu wondered if flame bird wings would conflict with ice bird feathers when used together in a cape craft.

That’ll be a problem for later. _{f.re(e) w.e(b)nov el.c.om}

Ice Bird Statue Fragment II shimmered with crystal-clear brilliance.

Judging by its shape, it seemed to be part of the ice bird’s back, about sixty centimeters in length, and quite aesthetically pleasing.

Han Qiwu had been diligently collecting such statue-type items.

After all, they offer permanent yield boosts—the sooner he gets them, the better.

"Looks like there are five pieces in total. Collecting them won’t be easy." Han Qiwu pulled out Ice Bird Statue Fragment II, ready to test out the "mutual attraction effect" mentioned in its remarks.

As soon as the fragment was removed, Han Qiwu was surprised to see a new prompt on his mining map.

[An attractive force is emanating from Floor 74 of the mine]

"That’s a decent hint." Han Qiwu nodded in satisfaction, deciding to head to Floor 74 later to investigate.

With Little Electric in tow, his ability to provoke ice birds would surely come in handy.

The last item, Snow Fruit Remnants, looked like half-eaten snow fruit with some cuts on it. At the end of the marks were traces of feathers—probably left behind by an ice bird’s wing slashes.

Nonetheless, Han Qiwu’s real interest lay in the information revealed in its remarks.

Seed production machine?

What’s that?

It seems like it can transform Snow Fruit Remnants into ice fruit trees?

Sounds powerful.

He had no idea where to buy one.

"Might as well hold onto the Snow Fruit Remnants for now. Who knows, it might come in handy down the line." Han Qiwu thought as he collected the drops.

The ice bird really carried a lot of good stuff.

Little Electric deserves the credit!

"Little Electric, go make another trip to lure a few more ice birds over. But keep the numbers small—no more than five," Han Qiwu instructed Little Electric seriously.

If too many showed up, he wouldn’t be able to handle them.

The damage from the ice birds was terrifyingly high, and it was a good thing his life points and recovery options had increased recently. Without them, he wouldn’t have been able to endure the ice fog.

Time to continue mining iron ore!

"After finishing up this iron ore here, I still need to spend a bit of time digging up 55 copper ores over the next couple of days to craft basic sprinklers back home," Han Qiwu thought. But he couldn’t afford to spend too much time on this task—his priority was still to delve deeper into the mine layers.

"I wonder how many layers there are in this mine." Han Qiwu shook his head and resumed his pickaxing.

Two hours later.

[You’ve reached Floor 74 of the mine]

[The attractive force from Ice Bird Statue Fragment II is intensifying]

As his vision cleared, Han Qiwu cautiously ducked to the side.

He didn’t know how many ice birds were around and had to stay vigilant.

Case in point: on Floor 73 earlier, he had been happily mining when he turned his head slightly and saw Little Electric had provoked a swarm of over ten massive ice birds, blotting out the sky as they flew toward him.

Thankfully, his inventory had a stash of ladders ready—he swiftly escaped with Little Electric and Xiao Lai to Floor 74.

Now that he had steadied his position, Han Qiwu carefully scanned his surroundings.

A few dozen meters away, three ice birds of varying sizes were battling with an unknown creature on the ground.

Among the three ice birds, two were large and one was small. They were continuously spewing icy fog, attempting to freeze the unknown creature.

The unknown creature’s body was entirely emerald green, about the same size as the Little Prince, with a simple attack pattern involving broad swings that smashed down on the ice birds.

Its strength seemed immense—even though it didn’t land hits on the ice birds often, when it did, the struck bird would inevitably crack severely.

Assessing the situation, Han Qiwu pulled out his ice slingshot, loaded it with an explosive snowball, and prepared to join the fray.

After all, when your enemies are in the open and you’re hidden, you’ve gotta seize the moment to strike.

"Swoosh~~~"

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

The snowball detonated right on the smallest ice bird’s head, triggering a fierce explosion.

With past experience, Han Qiwu didn’t bother hiding—instead, taking advantage of the icy fragments flying everywhere, he quickly fired two bolts from his mysterious light crossbow toward the center of the explosion.

"Little Electric, go check if it’s dead. If it’s not, chirp three times." Han Qiwu twirled in place, extending his arm to toss Little Electric into the fray.

Little Electric: "...I can fly on my own!"

Once inside the icy mist, Little Electric took a quick glance around, then spun around and hurriedly flew back, chirping nine times in succession.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp......"

The continuous chirping nearly had Han Qiwu losing count.

"One bird, three chirps—three birds, nine chirps?" Han Qiwu muttered as he ducked aside, pulling out another explosive snowball and swiftly firing it from his ice slingshot.

If one wasn’t enough, make it two.

Several seconds later, Little Electric flew out once again to investigate.

This time, it returned quietly.

All enemies vanquished!