CHAPTER 244: CHAPTER 236: ICE MUSHROOM

Following the claw prints, Han Qiwu walked about a hundred meters deep into the mine, and then he found that there were indeed more and more claw prints here.

"Could this be a gathering place for snow monsters?" Han Qiwu was a bit puzzled and continued to walk towards the claw prints.

After circling around a large ice block, he found a small basin made of ice and snow, surrounded by many claw prints, but inside, it was completely empty.

There were neither snow monsters nor mining sites, just emptiness.

"Strange, what’s going on?" Han Qiwu cautiously continued to walk into the basin.

Upon entering the basin, he looked up and saw a nearby depression that seemed to have two transparent things.

Grabbing onto the edge of the depression, Han Qiwu struggled to climb up the ice wall and cautiously reached inside.

After a few minutes of feeling around, he actually found two crystal-clear ice-blue transparent mushrooms.

The caps of the transparent mushrooms seemed to have life, occasionally bobbing up and down as if breathing. The folds were deep, and they felt cold and slippery to the touch.

[Ice Mushroom]

[Cultivable]

[Price: 300 Gold]

[Stamina +20]

[Health -100]

[Note: Ice mushrooms are the most important food source for the snow monster tribe, and their vitality is very strong]

After reading the system prompt, Han Qiwu became more puzzled.

The ice mushrooms are here, so where are the snow monsters?

Could it be that they all ran away when they saw me coming?

That can’t be right.

After picking up these two ice mushrooms, Han Qiwu continued to search around and found that the snow monsters seemed to be actively cultivating the ice mushrooms.

There were many neatly arranged depressions on the basin, each showing traces of ice mushroom growth, looking like plots of ice mushroom fields.

"If only I could get the cultivation method for these, that’s three hundred for one, three thousand for ten, thirty thousand for a hundred." Han Qiwu shook his head helplessly, but he had a good attitude. Counting the two ice mushrooms he just got, the cultivation cave at home could be filled up.

"If I find special mushrooms later, I’ll swap some for flat mushrooms and chicken-leg mushrooms," Han Qiwu thought, though it wasn’t certain. According to the cultivation cave, if it’s filled up, it might even upgrade.

Satisfied, Han Qiwu returned to the alley he landed in and continued mining the nearby mining sites.

Twenty minutes later, he saw the stairs again and went straight in.

[You have reached the fifty-ninth level of the mine]

Before he could open his eyes, he heard the noise around him.

"Wai bi ba bu"

"Gulu gulu"

"Jibubujib"

Han Qiwu: "????"

What is this?

Have the snowmen gone mad??

As soon as Han Qiwu regained his sight, he rolled several times to the side.

It turned out that his reaction was correct.

No sooner had he finished rolling when four or five stray icicles and three snowballs crashed into the spot where he had appeared.

Han Qiwu quickly took out paralyzing thorns, held them in front of him, and checked the surroundings.

What he saw was shocking.

Long-haired snow monster vs. big-bellied snowmen.

This was a war between two tribes.

The snow monster’s appearance was more elegant than the ones he’d seen before, with long white hair covering their bodies, giving them a graceful fighting style.

The snowmen’s appearance was somewhat lousy, each with a fat head, big ears, and a big belly, needing to pull snow from their stomachs to hurl snowballs with every attack.

[You have encountered the Monthly Battle between snow monsters and snowmen]

[Monthly Battle: Each side sends 100 warriors into a bloody battle, ending with the annihilation of one side]

[Choose a tribe and help them win. Successful victory grants you rich rewards from the chosen tribe]

[Current survivors: Snowmen 83, Snow monsters 77]

[Please make a choice within one minute]

Noticing the ice-blue prompt floating before him, Han Qiwu finally understood why he hadn’t seen any snow monsters in the basin earlier, as he quickly mulled over which tribe to choose.

Based on previous loot, the snowman tribe had nothing of value.

Other than the Snowman Captain, all loot was just various materials. His only interest in the snowman tribe was the Snowman’s Heart, as it could enhance the ice and snow battle armor’s attributes.

As for the snow monster tribe, Han Qiwu was most curious about their ice mushroom cultivation method, and besides that, their rewards may also include something related to snowballs.

Then I’ll choose the snow monsters.

[You have chosen the snow monster tribe, please assist the snow monsters in winning the Monthly Battle]

[In the current battle, you and the snow monsters will not harm each other]

Once the system prompt appeared, Han Qiwu’s vision automatically distinguished between friend and foe.

Snow monsters were green, snowmen were red.

Meanwhile, a progress bar tracking the elimination of the snowmen appeared at the top of his vision.

"Friendly fire immunity?

Han Qiwu immediately pulled out a Flame Bird leg, sprinting to the back of the snow monster lines to quickly grill it.

In the tense battle scene, Han Qiwu meticulously rotated the Flame Bird leg, adding sprinkles of sesame, cumin, chili powder, and salt to enhance the flavor.

Snow Monster: "????"

Five minutes later, the Flame Bird leg was ready, and the numbers had shifted to [Snowmen 76: Snow monsters 63]

The snow monsters remained at a disadvantage.

"Don’t worry, I’m here." Han Qiwu picked up the cooked Flame Bird leg, blew on it a few times, then devoured it.

Simultaneously, a new status appeared in his status bar:

[Fuming with Anger: 40% increase in fire damage for one hour]

"It’d be great if it became ’Raging Inferno’." Han Qiwu thought as he dashed to the heart of the clash between snow monsters and snowmen, raising his Firework Ring to start charging.

"Fire Burst!"

Soon, a restless black and red fireball emerged from his hand.

Here you go!

Han Qiwu vigorously swung his arm, turned around, and fled.

Two seconds later.

"Boom boom boom"

The violent noise resonated throughout the mining layer, the air thick with steam from the high temperatures.

The number of snowmen at the top of Han Qiwu’s vision began plummeting, dropping instantly from over 70 to just over 40.

This single large fireball took out over thirty big-bellied snowmen.

Han Qiwu gasped in shock!

This Flame Bird leg is terrifying!

Better stock up on them.

Speaking of which, the meat chicken’s been unusually quiet these past few days, neither causing trouble nor shedding any weight.

Hmm, Han Qiwu decided to deal with it when he got back!

The meat chicken being so quiet must be up to something.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Lai also followed up with a gout of venom, bestowing a confusion effect.

Soon, the number of snowmen had dropped to 26.

Seeing this, the other snow monsters began to regard Han Qiwu with a hint of fear.

But Han Qiwu didn’t care how the snow monsters viewed him; he was eagerly running towards the explosion site to scavenge something good.

After all, that was fifty-plus snowmen!

Yet, after a thorough search, there was nothing on the ground but shattered ice.

Han Qiwu’s heart felt just as cold.