Shocking! Start With a Piece of Land, Crits Bring Miracles - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: The Insulting Knife, the Bite of Provocation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Gold was considered a raw material and was not sold in the mall. To obtain it, they could either mine or trade with other trial-takers, or burn money to buy finished products from the mall and think of a way to decompose them to obtain gold.

This 300 unit of gold was considered a windfall for Luo Yu.

Dumby was also crying excitedly beside him. A smile appeared on Luo Yu’s lips. He put away the gold and was about to continue working when the blue rock wall in front of him suddenly shook. Then, a large golden rock rolled out.

It was as big as a millstone!

“What the heck? Gold?”

Luo Yu’s eyes widened. However, in the next moment, the piece of gold in front of him unfolded and revealed its true appearance.

[When you excavate rare minerals, you incurred the anger of the Golden-shelled Beetle.]

[Golden-shelled Beetle: Wild 85%, active attack type]

Indeed, there was a chance that they would dig up insects during mining. The better the goods, the higher the probability of provoking insects.

The Golden-shelled beetle’s two golden front jaws stretched out. They looked very sharp and directly clamped down on Dumby!

“Roar!”

Dumby roared and jumped away. Then, it pounced on the back of the beetle and bit it. In the end, its bite did not break through its defense at all.

The beetle shook its body and threw Dumby off. Then, it used its pincers and jumped away.

Luo Yu saw it clearly. This beetle had thick skin and thick flesh, but its agility was not good.

“Dumby, move aside. I’ll do it!”

Dumby immediately jumped away. Luo Yu held the Heavenly Crafting Saber in his hand and went up to slash at the beetle’s front jaw!

Clang!

With a crisp sound, the characteristics [Zerg Nemesis] allowed Luo Yu’s combat strength to be astonishing when fighting against the Insect race. A hole was directly cut in the hard front jaw of the beetle by the Heavenly Crafting Saber. The Golden-shelled Beetle was furious from the pain. It spread its wings and made a threatening posture. At the same time, it crawled over and pounced on Luo Yu.

Luo Yu originally had 27 points of agility, and with the addition of the buff, his agility directly reached 30 points, so he easily dodged this attack.

The Golden-shelled Beetle let out an unpleasant insect cry and rushed over again. Unfortunately, Luo Yu still dodged it.

After missing a few times, it was so angry that it spun around and began to attack Dumby again.

As a wolf, Dumby’s agility was still passable. While dodging, it even bit the beetle. It was not very effective and was instead extremely insulting. It angered the beetle so much that it cried out and attacked randomly.

“Beast taming!”

Luo Yu shouted softly and activated his beast taming skill.

[Beast taming failed. Current success rate is 8%.]

The LV2 Beast Taming was too low, and the success rate was really not high. The cooldown time had reached ten minute

According to the instructions, he could only use the Beast Taming Technique on the same living being three times. If he failed three times, he would not be able to continue. If he wanted to increase the success rate, his Beast Taming Technique was indeed the key. At the same time, the other party’s condition would also affect the success rate.

If the other party was in a mentally abnormal state like fear, anger, and chaos, it would increase the success rate.

The Golden-shelled Beetle in front of him seemed to be on the verge of a certain state. Luo Yu’s heart skipped a beat and he shouted, “Dumby, follow me.”

The green wold looked at Luo Yu and saw that Luo Yu had assumed a posture, but he suddenly jumped left and right in front of the beetle, occasionally striking out with his saber. He was mocking it with his saber.

After the beetle was teased by him twice, its small eyes widened and it was about to go berserk.

“Argh!”

Dumby and Luo Yu jumped up at the same time. The man and wolf surrounded the Golden-shelled Beetle and jumped horizontally repeatedly. From time to time, there would be insulting saber swings and provocating bites. In the face of this, the Golden-shelled Beetle spread its wings, its tentacles straightened, and its fur stood on end.

“Hiss!”

The Golden-shelled Beetle was so angry that it went berserk on the spot. It chased and bit crazily. However, the agility of the human and wolf was much higher than it. Not only was it unable to touch the other party, but it also attacked back and forth with swings and bites that were full of provocation.

It was furious.

The mine was in chaos. After ten minutes, Luo Yu activated his beast taming skill again.

[Beast taming successful. Current success rate: 61%]

It worked! The success rate of 61% showed how angry the Golden-shelled Beetle was…

The Golden-shelled Beetle’s body flashed, and it immediately calmed down. Then, it docilely rubbed its front jaw against Luo Yu’s thigh like a sheep.

What bad intentions could a beetle have? It was good to be innocent.

[Golden-shelled Beetle: Strength 16, Constitution 30, Agility 3]

This was a typical example of a tank. After heaving a sigh of relief, Luo Yu patted the Golden-shelled Beetle’s metal exoskeleton and chuckled. “I’ll leave the task of transporting ores to you in the future.”

The Golden-shelled Beetle happily shook its front jaw, but it crawled to a rock wall and dug.

Luo Yu watched curiously. He saw the beetle’s front jaw reach into the rock wall. After digging seven or eight times, it pinched a black spotted stone out.

This was a beetle that could mine!

Luo Yu was overjoyed. Not only was it a meat shield, but it was also a small miner!

Wonderful, it was really wonderful.

After observing for a while, Luo Yu realized that the efficiency of the Golden-shelled Beetle was too low. It was at least ten times slower than him digging. If the number of beetles could increase one day, maybe he would not have to go down the mine.

Now, he still had to do it himself.

After a short rest, Luo Yu dug out more ores.

After that, Luo Yu spent most of the day in the mine and dug out piles of black spotted stones. He let the Golden-shelled Beetle pull the mining cart back, while Dumby continued to patrol.

During this period, Luo Yu’s mining skill had increased to LV2. He relied on his own ability to dig out an ore other than the stone: iron ore.

Although it was only a fist-sized iron ore, it was still a huge improvement!

With iron, one could make arrowheads. With bows and arrows, one would have long-range capabilities. It was a huge improvement!

After taking a sip of water and looking at the time, it was already 3 PM. Luo Yu ended his mining work for the day.

Next, he began to cut stones. In two days, he dug up 3,000 units of stones and piled them up near the wooden house. With this amount, he could basically cut out 15,000 units of stone bricks.

The earlier the wall was completed, the safer it would be.

As he was cutting, he suddenly received a notification: “Your strength +1, current strength 21.”

If he did some work, he might obtain additional attribute points. Cutting stones and mining were all hard work. After working for two days, he had obtained 1 Strength. It was wonderful.

He cut the stones until the sun set. At night, he took a hot shower and chatted in the area as usual.

Perhaps this little chat at night was the only way for everyone to comfort themselves after a busy day.

Behind what seemed to be a peaceful life was a huge pressure to survive.

In the morning, Luo Yu was woken up by hunger. The satiety effect of the Vermillion Dragon Fruit had disappeared, so he had to solve the breakfast problem first.

He went out to take a look at the planting area. As soon as Dumby woke up, it lay on the ridge to bask in the sun. With it around, small animals like birds and rats did not dare to approach the field.