Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 9: Snake Cave Leveling
After receiving the task, Su Ming did not rush to the snake cave. He first walked around the village and asked various NPCs if they had any tasks related to the snake cave. In the end, he actually received a task from the restaurant chef.

The new dish "Cold Snake Soup" developed by the chef is extremely popular and the raw materials are urgently needed. This is a recurring task that pays money. Each portion of snake meat can be exchanged for 1 copper coin.

After accepting the snake soup mission, Su Ming went to the prop shop to replenish torches and prepared himself for a long battle in the snake cave.

The back mountain outside the village, coordinates 4103, 2415, 16.

After pushing aside the waist-high weeds, a pitch-black cave entrance appeared in front of Su Ming, and the strange smell of damp water vapor and soil filled the air.

"Master, do we really have to fight monsters here?" Xiao Hei asked.

"Yes, and I'll have to stay there for quite a long time." Su Ming walked into the snake cave and lit a torch. There were some ordinary snakes under his feet that were not monsters and would not actively attack him.

When they were illuminated by the firelight, they twisted their bodies and drilled deeper into the snake cave.

It's so crowded and creepy. Few people would come to such a place to level up.

"Xiao Hei, pay attention to your surroundings and see if there are any plants with silver leaves." Su Ming said.

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

The two walked for a while into the snake cave.

"Master, is this moongrass?" Xiao Hei asked, jumping to a 40-centimeter plant growing in moist soil.

Su Ming walked over and put his hand on the plant. The collection information appeared, and it was indeed moonlight grass.

"Xiao Hei is awesome." Su Ming rubbed Xiao Hei's head and started collecting.

At this time, a level 4 poisonous snake jumped out of the darkness and interrupted Su Ming's collection. It landed on Su Ming's neck, biting off about 10% of Su Ming's blood, and made Su Ming enter a poisoned state. His movement speed slowed down and his blood volume decreased over time.

The poisonous snake slid across Su Ming's neck, feeling wet and extremely disgusting.

Su Ming almost forgot that he was in a game and instinctively reached out to grab the poisonous snake, trying to throw it off.

As soon as he grabbed the poisonous snake, it straightened its body and opened its mouth wide to attack Su Ming's nose.

At the critical moment, Xiao Hei suddenly appeared, wrapped the poisonous snake with its soft body, and took the snake away from Su Ming's hand.

The poisonous snake was pinned down by Xiao Hei. Its fangs and entanglements were restrained by the slime's body, which could change at will. The damage it caused was very limited, and it was soon knocked to death by Xiao Hei.

"These snakes are no match for me. Master, just focus on collecting herbs and leave the poisonous snakes to me." Xiao Hei said quite reliably.

"Too strong." Su Ming gave Xiao Hei a thumbs up.

The poisonous snake exploded into a copper coin and a portion of snake meat.

Su Ming put it into his backpack, collected the moonlight grass, and continued to look for moonlight grass in the snake cave.

The more humid the place is, the denser the moongrass grows.

There are also many poisonous snakes hidden near the moon grass, with levels ranging from 4 to 7.

It's okay at a low level, but at a high level, even if Xiao Hei is very good at restraining snake monsters, he is still a little overwhelmed. After all, this is a game, and attributes are the decisive factor in strength.

The snake cave is very deep, and the deeper you go, the higher the probability of high-level venomous snakes appearing.

So Su Ming did not go too deep into the snake cave, but just searched for moonlight grass about a hundred meters outside.

Su Ming also gradually mastered some techniques for fighting snakes. For example, when killing a snake, it is easier to hit its weak spot by attacking from the tail, which is usually called the seven-inch point.

Hitting a weak spot is almost certain to be a critical hit.

However, the snake had a slender body, and Su Ming's magic ball was not very accurate, so Xiao Hei was still the main force in fighting the monster.

Xiao Hei completely ignored any weaknesses and rushed forward, letting the snakes entangle him. When there were enough snakes on his body, he would burst out his mucus to scatter them. By repeating this several times, he could gain a lot of experience.

The refresh location of Moonlight Grass is basically fixed. Su Ming memorized the refresh times and planned the route. After a few hours, he was able to arrive at the point where Moonlight Grass refreshed.

Memory is Su Ming's strong point, which can be described as having a photographic memory. When he was in school, he performed particularly well in subjects that required memorization, such as history and politics.

When the Moonlight Grass refreshes, Su Ming will let Xiao Hei resist a snake and practice the accuracy of magic ball attacks.

Poor poisonous snake, it can't even die happily.

The player's initial backpack only has ten slots, and the upper limit of item stacking in each slot is 100.

Su Ming stayed in the snake cave for a day and a night, and his level was raised to level six. His backpack was full of snake meat and moonlight grass, and he could no longer fit anything else.

"There are no more torches, Xiao Hei, let's retreat."

"Okay, master." Xiao Hei KOed a level 6 poisonous snake, jumped to Su Ming, and left the snake cave with him.

The sunlight shone down, and Su Ming squinted.

The snake cave was full of damp soil, so he and Xiao Hei were particularly dirty now. Fortunately, he was a player, and as long as he stayed out of battle for more than an hour, the stains on his body would be automatically cleaned off.

Xiao Hei is even more convenient. Su Ming puts it into the pet space and then releases it, and it becomes clean.

When players meet NPCs, their appearance will also affect their favorability, so Su Ming deliberately stayed in the wild for an hour before returning to the village.

First I went to the restaurant and disposed of the 7 full boxes of snake meat in my backpack.

One round of tasks requires 20 portions of snake meat. Su Ming completed 20 rounds and reached the limit.

"That's enough. Where did you get so much snake meat? The remaining snake meat is one copper coin per two portions. How much do you have? Give it all to me," said the chef.

Su Ming handed over the remaining 300 portions of snake meat and received 150 copper coins. Together with the income from the mission, Su Ming earned 550 copper coins, or 5.5 gold coins, through this mission.

When Su Ming left the restaurant, he already had 20 gold in his backpack. As long as he left the Novice Village, he could go to the exchange to exchange it for RMB, which was 200 yuan.

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Su Ming came to the pharmacy again and gave the moonlight grass to Paisen, but he was interrupted after only one round.

This task has follow-up, which needs to be completed before the next cycle can proceed.

"Very well done. Wait a moment." Parson walked out of the store and shouted, "Nadi, come back to the store! I'm taking the spores to make a primary magic potion."

After Nadi reluctantly returned to the pharmacy, Paison took Su Ming to the room where the potion was made.

This place looks like a chemistry lab - beakers, rubber-tipped droppers, distillation flasks, crucibles, alcohol lamps, measuring cylinders...

In addition to these instruments, there are also various materials, both plant-based and mineral-based, which are very rich.

"You can use these equipment as you like. I will provide you with the 'Potion Neutralizing Reagent' and 'Magic Crystal' for free. You can first make all the moon grass you collected into primary magic potions here. Since the auxiliary materials are all provided by me, I will buy the potions you make at the cost price of 1 silver per bottle.

Pai Sen patted Su Ming on the shoulder and said:

"I'm worried about Nadi looking after the store, so I'm leaving now. You should work hard. When your success rate in making magic potions is over 80%, you can take off the title of apprentice."

After Paisen left, Su Ming took out the moonlight grass. He was a player, so it was impossible for him to use instruments and mix materials like an NPC.

He only needs to turn on the skill, put the materials into the system bar, and wait for the progress bar to be full, and these materials will automatically turn into potions.

However, these instruments are not completely useless. The laboratories they create can improve the success rate of pharmacists.

For example, the laboratory where Su Ming is now.

Paison's Alchemy Workshop: When refining primary potions in this workshop, the success rate increases by 20%.

(End of this chapter)