7: Sweep everything
Li Feng's territory was located in the deepest part of the valley, surrounded by mountains on two sides and water on one, so he didn't need to explore other directions, saving him a lot of effort.
He led his insectoid army along the path they had just taken.
After passing the Sun Bear's territory, Li Feng saw the third type of monster.
They were colorful, jelly-like spheres.
Slime!
Like his Beedrill, they were the dregs of the dregs.
[Slime] Race: Nature Tier: Tier 1 Level: 2 HP: 60 Attack: 6 Defense: 6 Skill: Corrosive Slime ...Slimes can spray a kind of Slime that deals corrosive damage and can slow down targets.
There were quite a few of these Slimes, over thirty of them.
Li Feng waved his hand, first sending a portion of the Beedrill to fly above the Slimes to harass them.
After they finished releasing their skills, he ordered all the Ironclad Ants to attack.
Upon receiving the order, the Ironclad Ants immediately charged towards the Slimes.
Soon, the two armies clashed.
It was a one-sided battle.
The Slimes couldn't deal any damage to the Ironclad Ants, while the Ironclad Ants could easily kill the Slimes.
[Your Troops killed a Slime, your Troops gained a small amount of experience, you gained 1 Gold Coin!]
[Your Troops killed a Slime, your Troops gained a small amount of experience, you gained 1 Gold Coin!]
[Your Troops...]
The battle ended as soon as it began.
Li Feng's side had zero casualties.
In fact, the Ironclad Ants, as the main damage dealers, didn't even take a single point of damage and easily killed this group of Slimes.
Only a few unlucky Beedrill were hit by the Slimes' skills, losing a small amount of HP.
Coming before the Slimes' corpses, Li Feng began to collect them one by one.
[Collection successful, you obtained: Slime Mucus * 1]
[Collection successful, you obtained: Slime Mucus * 1]
[...]
Slimes only produced one item, which was Slime Mucus.
As far as Li Feng knew, Slime Mucus had over a dozen uses.
Among them, the most widely used was for making Slime Bombs.
These Slime Bombs weren't very powerful, but they covered a large area and could slow down targets.
Even Tier 6 Troops would be slowed if hit.
One portion of Slime Mucus was worth one Gold Coin, so killing over thirty Slimes was equivalent to earning over sixty Gold Coins.
Like the Sun Bears.
After being collected, the Slimes' corpses also disappeared.
During this time, Li Feng also had the Beedrill scout the surroundings.
After he finished collecting, all the Beedrill flew back, having found nothing else.
Li Feng waved his hand, and the insectoid army set off again.
After advancing a distance, he saw another wave of monsters.
They were Gray Wolves, forty to fifty of them.
Gray Wolves were also Tier 1 Troops, a bit weaker than Sun Bears, but faster and more agile.
Of course, facing the encirclement of a massive number of Troops, no amount of agility would help.
In the air, hundreds of Beedrill surrounded them.
On the ground, the Ironclad Ants, like a sharp blade, fiercely plunged into the wolf pack.
Wherever they passed, the Gray Wolves howled in agony.
A few minutes later, the group of Gray Wolves was completely wiped out.
The Ironclad Ants, as the main attackers, were unharmed, but several Beedrill died.
However, the gains far outweighed the losses.
He earned forty to fifty Gold Coins just from direct drops, and also collected a lot of food and resources.
If these resources were sold, they could also earn dozens of Gold Coins.
And the cost was merely a few dead Beedrill.
This was an absolute profit!
Keep going, keep going!
Li Feng was addicted; this feeling of harvesting was simply too exhilarating.
Subsequent battles followed the same style.
First, the Beedrill would surround the monsters, then the Ironclad Ants would act as a sharp blade, frantically harvesting.
Li Feng didn't know if there were many other resources in this valley, but there were certainly a lot of monsters.
Over a dozen hours passed, and he encountered over a thousand monsters in total, all becoming casualties of his insects.
The Gold Coins directly dropped alone exceeded one thousand.
Not to mention the large amounts of food and resources he collected.
However, his Beedrill also suffered heavy losses.
From the initial 1000, only over 400 remained, a loss of nearly sixty percent!
Li Feng didn't care in the slightest.
He could summon insectoid Troops without cooldown; as long as he wanted, he could instantly spawn 1000 Beedrill after returning to his territory.
In the frenzied slaughter, all of Li Feng's Beedrill also leveled up.
Some only gained 1 level, while others gained 2 levels.
Li Feng casually opened the information panel of a Beedrill.
[Beedrill] Race: Insectoid Tier: Tier 1 Level: 2 HP: 55 Attack: 9 Defense: 2 For every 1 level gained, all attributes increase by 10% based on Level 1!
If it reaches max level, which is Level 10, all attributes will double.
"Let's go a little further, then head back."
Li Feng felt a bit tired.
Although he didn't have to do anything but watch his Troops fight from behind.
But walking for over a dozen hours continuously on such rugged roads would make even an athlete feel tired, let alone Li Feng, who was just an ordinary person.
"Hmm? What's that...?"
After advancing another kilometer, Li Feng stopped.
He shared the vision of a Beedrill and saw a gold mine shimmering with a faint golden light.
[Gold Mine] Tier: Tier 1 Output: 100 Gold Coins / day ...In the Endless Continent, mineral resources are infinite resources that can be continuously mined.
Of course, their tier also determines their daily mining limit.
A Tier 1 Gold Mine can only extract 100 Gold Coins per day.
Li Feng observed carefully, and near the gold mine, there was a group of Slimes guarding it, numbering around a hundred.
Among them were over twenty Large Slimes and one Giant Slime.
The former were Tier 2 monsters, and the latter was a Tier 3 monster.
Even if they were just weak Slimes, such a large scale would be terrifying for any Novice Lord at this stage.
Even Chosen Ones who had awakened Tier 6 Troops would rarely dare to challenge this group of monsters at this stage.
Li Feng turned to look behind him.
Over 400 Beedrill were arrayed behind him, along with 33 Ironclad Ants shimmering with a cold light; his confidence was more than abundant!
"Attack them, wipe them out!"
Li Feng waved his hand, and the entire army advanced.
The Slimes also discovered Li Feng's army of Troops immediately.
The next moment, the monster army and the Troops army clashed, engaging in a fierce battle.
Beedrill and Slimes were both weaklings among Tier 1, and for a time, neither could do much to the other.
But the Ironclad Ants were Tier 3 Troops, charging straight through.
Even the Tier 2 Large Slimes couldn't withstand a few of their attacks.
Conversely, the Large Slimes couldn't break through the Ironclad Ants' defense at all.
Only the Giant Slime posed a threat to them.
But the numerical difference was too great.
Facing the encirclement of over a dozen Ironclad Ants, the Giant Slime struggled only for a moment before collapsing.
[Your Troops killed a Slime, your Troops gained a small amount of experience, you gained 1 Gold Coin!]
[Your Troops killed a Large Slime, your Troops gained a small amount of experience. You gained 5 Gold Coins!]
[Your Troops killed a Giant Slime, your Troops gained a small amount of experience. You gained 10 Gold Coins!]
[...]
[Collection successful, you obtained: Slime Mucus * 1]
[Collection successful, you obtained: Large Slime Mucus * 1]
[Collection successful, you obtained: Giant Slime Mucus * 1]
[...]
After losing over 30 Beedrill, Li Feng successfully wiped out this group of Slimes and occupied the gold mine.
Compared to the casualties, his gains this time were enormous.
The Gold Coins dropped, plus the collected Slime Mucus, and this Tier 1 gold mine, yielded over five hundred Gold Coins!
Li Feng sent 100 Beedrill to mine.
In the Endless Continent, the speed at which Troops mine veins is closely related to their own tier.
The higher the tier, the faster the resource collection speed.
Tier 1 Troops can collect one unit of resources per minute.
100 Beedrill collecting simultaneously would completely mine this gold mine in one minute.
This area was very large, and Li Feng explored around the gold mine, quickly discovering several other veins.
wood Mine!
Calling it a wood mine, it was actually a regenerating large tree.
Although ordinary trees could also yield wood when chopped down.
But neither in quantity nor in regenerative properties could they compare to a wood mine.
All the wood mines Li Feng found were Tier 1, capable of collecting 100 units of wood per day.
Directly collect!
Ten minutes later, he discovered several stone mines and extracted several hundred units of stone.
Iron mines, wood mines, stone mines... this area was clearly a rich mining zone, and Li Feng mined over 300 veins.
After thoroughly searching and finding no more veins, he then headed back.
He just marked this area on the map, so he could send Troops to permanently mine the veins in the future...