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Chapter 229 - 98: Translate Translate, What The Hell Is Called a Surprise!_3

Chapter 229: Chapter 98: Translate Translate, What The Hell Is Called a Surprise!_3

Scattered copper mines could still be seen along the way.

"Oh my god, this many?" A refreshing surge, like an electric current, ran through Nu Liu’s body.

During her days of live streaming, Nu Liu had discovered that the game Stardew Valley had an enormous demand for minerals.

Later on, it seemed almost impossible to craft anything without these kinds of metallic ores.

Even with daily mining, the consumption still outpaced the supply.

The Cheese Press, which could turn milk into cheese, required copper bars.

The coal bunkers that kept the furnaces running also needed them.

Tappers, kegs, sprinklers and so on, a whole series of equipment, and you could even combine three copper bars to create an iron bar.

And players usually needed more than just one of those machines.

If you wanted to improve efficiency, it was typical to line up several or even dozens of the same type of machine.

"Hurry, mine it," Nu Liu was about to swing her pickaxe when Zhuangzhuang said,

"Sister, wait, have a ’Miner’s Treat’ first! +3 mining skill."

"Oh right." Nu Liu had a few of those in her backpack, which she made a couple of days ago, but since the ingredients were rather hard to come by at this stage, she had been reluctant to use them.

Soon, after drinking the ’Miner’s Treat’,

+3 mining level not only reduced stamina consumption but also accelerated mining speed and increased the drop rate of minerals.

The siblings clanged and clattered away in the dim depths of the mine.

Minutes later, they cleared out level 39.

Soon, a whole ground full of broken copper ore burst forth!

After picking them all up and tallying,

with the boost from the ’Miner’s Treat,’ they mined nearly a hundred pieces of copper ore on just this level!

Plus what Zhuangzhuang had saved up earlier.

A total of 150+

Enough to make more than thirty copper bars in one go!

You should know, when the siblings first went mining a few days ago, they both exhausted their energy and only managed to get a combined total of 40+ copper ore.

This time they hit the jackpot!

Even better, the mine levels reset daily.

When they ran short of copper ore, they just needed to take the elevator straight down to the 30th level and start mining all the way down.

Once they got to level 39, it was always a great harvest to the brim.

This effectively announced that the copper bars, which had always been in short supply in the early stages, were finally beginning to be freely available!

This scene also thrilled the audience in the live stream.

"Damn... this is clearly a pixel art game, but why does it feel so exhilarating to play... I’m just a viewer, and I’m feeling so thrilled."

"It’s mainly the ’Strength’, the buildup and payoff, right? It’s because Baby Ke has managed the sensation of scarce resources so well, that when you suddenly become able to obtain them easily, it feels so satisfying."

"Although it was hard... thank you, Baby Ke!"

"??? OMG, are we expecting something even better?!"

While this wave left many viewers feeling great,

what nobody expected was that there were more surprises ahead!

Once the siblings finished collecting minerals, they planned to head down to level 40 to activate an elevator checkpoint and then return to the surface, since their stamina was nearly depleted.

But as soon as they arrived on level -40 of the mine,

the style suddenly changed!

A shift from the previous dim, lightless scenes,

this place became bright, with large, clear layers of ice covering the area, creating a bright, cold color scheme.

And what now lay before the siblings and all the audience in the livestream,

besides those chunks of ordinary stone ore wrapped in frosty blue-gray hues,

were several veins of ore glistening with a silvery sheen.

That was a second-tier rare ore, harder to obtain than copper ore and essential for crafting higher-level items.

The livestream chat went wild!

"OMG, iron?"

"OMG! Starting from level 40, we can mine iron ore?"

"I’m convinced, truly convinced! From innovative farming gameplay to the odd fishing mechanics, then to livestock, and the revelation that there’s a unique way to make money with brewing. And now, mining continues to deliver emotional feedback to players incessantly! Does it ever stop, or am I just supposed to be overwhelmed wave after wave?"

"Baby Ke really knows how to surprise us! Damn, most single-player games would have viewers feeling aesthetic fatigue after three days of streaming, but how come his games keep churning out surprise after surprise?"

"Can someone translate for me, how many more surprises are there down the line?"