"By the way, Tuan Bro, my mom said we should hide well. Once the Electric Zombie King loses its target, it'll wander back into the depths of the mine."
"Alright."
Players can only see about ten meters in the mine, so the two of them didn't dare to mine, fearing the Electric Zombie King might spot them.
Even though they were standing four or five meters high, they could still be seen from a distance.
With no players mining around, the entire mine fell silent instantly. Coupled with the oppressive darkness, the little girl's excitement quickly turned into anxiety. In less than ten minutes, she couldn't help but cling to Li Wu's arm.
"Tuan Bro, it's too quiet. I'm a bit scared."
The soft touch on his arm made Li Wu's mind wander for a moment, but he quickly snapped back to reality, silently cursing himself for being a pervert, and dismissed the thought.
Not long after, Li Wu gently tugged Spicy Rabbit's wrist, signaling her to lie down.
Spicy Rabbit quickly followed suit, lying down and not daring to breathe loudly. They could only hear faint vibrations coming from afar.
The Electric Zombie King was back.
The two lay motionless on the platform, waiting for the Electric Zombie King to retreat into the depths of the mine.
The sound of the Electric Zombie King's bouncing grew closer and clearer, but to Li Wu's surprise, it stopped moving once it reached the area below the platform.
From the sound, it seemed to be bouncing right beneath them.
"Roar~"
"Ah!"
A roar echoed from below the platform, startling the little girl, who screamed even louder than the Electric Zombie King.
Li Wu was startled twice, finally coming to his senses. Worried about affecting the girl's development, he quickly pulled his arm back and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, the Electric Zombie King can't see us and can't attack us."
"Sorry, Tuan Bro, I was too scared and couldn't help but scream."
"It's not your fault. We must have triggered the Electric Zombie King's alert line. I didn't expect the monster's alert line to trigger from high up."
"Oh, what should we do? The boss isn't leaving from below. Are we going to starve to death here?"
"I don't have a solution either. We can't fight it, and we can't run. We might as well ignore it and keep mining."
"Huh?"
"Stop 'huh'-ing and start mining. Think of it as a free return to the city."
"But Tuan Bro, starving is a terrible feeling. I don't want to experience it again."
"Then when your Fullness Value is about to run out, jump down and let the boss electrocute you."
"Huh?"
"Haha."
Li Wu was amused by Spicy Rabbit's adorable and silly expression, couldn't help but pat her head and laughed, "We don't necessarily have to die. Let's wait and see if anyone comes by. Maybe they can lure the boss away, and then we can go down and see if we can find another path."
They didn't wait long before a flash of lightning lit up the mine, accompanied by two screams. The mine was once again filled only with the roars coming from below the platform.
Li Wu withdrew his gaze from the distance, frowning slightly.
He had been too optimistic.
Ordinary players have too low health. As soon as they enter the Electric Zombie King's alert range, they are instantly killed. Unless multiple players work together to lure it away during the Electric Zombie King's skill cooldown.
It seemed they really would have to die to return.
Li Wu sighed and shared his conclusion with Spicy Rabbit.
The little girl, realizing they were doomed either way, was so frustrated that she picked up a piece of ore she hadn't had time to collect earlier and threw it down.
The ore hit the opposite cave wall and bounced onto the Electric Zombie King below the platform.
"Roar!"
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The little girl was stunned for a moment, then excitedly said, "Tuan Bro, even hitting with stones does damage. Let's kill the boss!"
"Even a forced 1 point of damage that doesn't break defense can crit. Your talent is truly invincible!"
"Haha, right? Let's quickly defeat the boss!"
"This Electric Zombie King has 60,000 health. Even if you can force 2 points of damage, you'd need 30,000 stones. Do you have that many stones?"
"No." Spicy Rabbit's little mouth drooped instantly, pouting in grievance.
"Hehe! Don't be discouraged. I think I can kill this boss!"
"Huh?"
Li Wu took a stone from his backpack and, mimicking Spicy Rabbit's earlier action, threw it at the opposite cave wall.
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-60
It actually triggered the Slash Talent, dealing true damage equal to 0.1% of the target's maximum health.
Only a thousand stones were needed.
Li Wu quickly checked his backpack and found only 206 stones, then turned to ask Spicy Rabbit.
"I have 398 stones."
"We still need 400 more stones. Little Bunny, start mining."
Worried the boss might regenerate health, Li Wu didn't dare to mine and attack simultaneously. After briefly explaining the situation, he urged Spicy Rabbit to mine quickly, aiming to gather a thousand stones before starting the attack.
The little girl, hearing that the boss could be defeated, excitedly picked up her pickaxe and started mining, swinging it with more enthusiasm than Li Wu.
They mined for an hour, with the Electric Zombie King roaring below, but Spicy Rabbit wasn't afraid at all.
"Damn! The Electric Zombie King is still there."
"Haha, did you die too?"
"It's been so long, and someone is still blocking the Electric Zombie King's sight?"
"Could it be some fool? Just like that Wu Lao Er last time, starved to death on the small platform!"
"Starving is worse than getting electrocuted, and you lose more items when your bag is full."
"Don't go to the 6th fork of Tunnel 2, the Electric Zombie King is blocking the way, and players can get electrocuted outside its sight range."
"Good guy upstairs, I was planning to go loot the bags!"
"Loot what? The boss's sight is blocked, and its aggro is messed up. Whoever shows up dies before they can loot."
"If it weren't for the sight limitation, I'd really like to see which big... idiot got me killed!"
"......"
Li Wu and Spicy Rabbit were unaware of the chaos in the area chat, focused on mining for an hour and a half until they finally gathered over a thousand stones.
Mainly thanks to Spicy Rabbit's critical hits; otherwise, relying solely on Li Wu, they might have starved before gathering a thousand stones.
"You keep mining. It'll take a long time to fight, and the boss might regenerate a lot of health. Plus, we might not hit every time."
"Got it!"
After giving instructions, Li Wu started throwing stones.
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-60 (True Damage)
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-60 (True Damage)
***
One per second, a thousand stones would take about 17 minutes.
When he finished throwing all thousand stones, the boss was indeed not dead.
Due to the blocked sight, Li Wu couldn't use True Sight to check the boss's health.
Fortunately, Spicy Rabbit had mined over 70 more stones.
This time, without any accidents, after throwing another 57 stones, the Electric Zombie King's miserable scream echoed from below the platform, and a massive white light flashed and disappeared.
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