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Whether extracting or releasing.

This air barrier could always effectively offset airflow disturbances, allowing Su Ming to travel through the storm!

However...

"Zhixin is right, having a bit more computing power is always good... By the way, when will that Star God Project Pipi Xi is working on finally succeed?"

"Ge Men is seriously lacking computing power right now!"

If he had sufficient computing power, let alone Tornado Charge, he could even achieve Tornado Ascension!

Chapter 23: Mudslide and Stele Lake

After figuring out the applications for Tornado Charge and Countercurrent Grasp, Su Ming's monster-grinding efficiency increased significantly.

In just over two hours, the small monsters around the Jade Mine were completely wiped out.

Even the patrolling Kobolds of the Jade Mine were killed by the dozen in one of Su Ming's waves.

With the outer perimeter cleared, it was now time for the fun part: camping the entrance.

Unlike his initial unfamiliarity when first entering the Fargode Mine, having completely adapted to the rhythm of the Comprehensive Network, Su Ming's mind was now overflowing with flashy tricks.

To avoid having Kobold fireballs thrown directly in his face, Su Ming quickly built a wall one meter away from the mine entrance!

Blocked by this wall, which was one meter thick and three meters wide, the Kobolds had to split to both sides of the wall if they wanted to charge out.

Here was the kicker: Su Ming had also set up a deadly pit trap on both sides of the wall!

The dense distribution of bamboo spears at the bottom of the pits would allow those Kobolds speeding out of line to die quite peacefully.

Under the command of the Kobold Overseer, the first two waves of Kobolds perfectly demonstrated the professional ethics of cannon fodder with their lives.

In the pits on both sides, one could faintly hear a few weak wails.

The smell of blood permeated the air, and the keen-nosed Kobold Overseer finally realized something was wrong. It hurriedly yelped to adjust tactics; they no longer charged mindlessly but instead switched to a slow, step-by-step advance.

Unfortunately for them, Su Ming was well-versed in the essence of terrain kills.

The pits on both sides were a full four meters deep, and the dense bamboo spears at the bottom chilled the Kobolds to the bone.

Want to jump over the pit and flank the enemy... It seemed the distance didn't allow for it; for the short-legged Kobolds, a three-meter-wide pit was simply despair-inducing.

Helpless, the Kobolds had no choice but to step onto the only half-meter-wide path Su Ming had left!

They had to be extremely careful! On one side was the one-meter-thick wall, and on the other was a deadly trap!

When they carefully bypassed all obstacles, they were greeted by a sudden Countercurrent Grasp!

The turbulent airflow forced them to flail and fly toward Su Ming, only to suddenly plummet in mid-air and fall into a third deadly pit!

Puchi! — The first Kobold was impaled by four or five bamboo spears.

Crimson blood gurgled along the bamboo spears, staining a large patch of land red.

Boom! — Another Countercurrent Grasp!

The second Kobold fell into the pit, screeching, and with the increasingly thick scent of blood, it soon ceased to breathe.

Above the pit, Su Ming looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.

With a casual wave, a rocking chair caught Su Ming perfectly.

Lazily resting his chin on his hand and crossing his legs, Su Ming waited with composed ease for the Kobolds to come up and die one by one.

Facts proved that Su Ming's automated harvesting process was just right for the Kobolds!

Given the Kobolds' intelligence, let alone understanding complex instructions, even basic communication was a huge problem!

As Kobold grunts kept becoming cannon fodder, the Kobold Overseer could no longer tolerate it and immediately chose to lead the charge.

But the Kobold Overseer's sturdy body could not avoid the fate of being handled by the Countercurrent Grasp.

It was nothing more than adding one more corpse to the deadly pit in front of it.

Eventually, more and more Kobolds died, which finally alerted the Kobold Warlock and the Kobold Diviner.

It was just a pity that the path ahead was blocked. Even targeting was an issue, making it almost impossible to cast spells directly in his face.

After another thirty-something Kobold grunts died, the noble magic-wielding Kobolds finally came up with a good idea!

Several Kobolds voluntarily stepped forward and prostrated themselves on the ground.

A Kobold Warlock and a Kobold Diviner stepped on the bodies of the grunts, finally climbed onto the wall, and successfully saw the culprit, Su Ming.

However, just as they were preparing to cast their spells, accompanied by bursts of air explosions, they immediately flew sideways uncontrollably and fell into the pit!

Countercurrent Grasp was not a skill. It was just a derivative application of the Collection Skill.

Unfortunately, the Collection Skill didn't have a cooldown! As long as one's operation could keep up, releasing a dozen or twenty at the same time was normal.

Just like that, after three more magic-wielding Kobolds died in succession, these blockheads finally learned their lesson, and no Kobold dared to show its head afterward.

"What a pity..."

Gently dusting off his Divination Robe, Su Ming bypassed the pit and took a running start, leaping onto the meter-high wall.

As soon as he landed, Su Ming immediately opened his backpack.

Boom! — Thousands of units of muddy water were immediately released!

That was lake water Su Ming had specifically collected from Crystal Lake, mixed with soil, and to which he had added large amounts of gravel and broken glass.

Falling along with it were rocks that blocked the passages on both sides.

This caused a massive mudslide to backflow into the Jade Mine.

Under the impact of nearly ten thousand tons of mudslide, the Kobolds preparing to ambush didn't even have time to scream before they were swept up by the mudslide and forced deep into the mine!

The rumbling sound gradually faded into the distance; one could imagine what kind of human tragedy was unfolding deep in the mine.

He tutted twice. Su Ming was somewhat worried. What if the Jade Mine collapsed because of what he did?

But looking at the harvest notifications constantly scrolling across his screen, Su Ming couldn't help but cackle.

If it collapsed, it collapsed; to him, as a Gatherer, opening another mine wasn't difficult at all.

With this thought in mind, Su Ming couldn't hold back. He immediately turned around, kicking up dust and withered leaves, and transformed into a violent tornado, sprinting toward Stele Lake.

Undeniably, Stele Lake was further away than Crystal Lake. But the problem was that Crystal Lake was no longer very welcoming to Su Ming.

If he continued to mess with Crystal Lake, Su Ming worried he would be targeted by Druids.

The small animals blocking his path along the way were out of luck; not only would they be poked by Su Ming as he passed, but they would also be lifted up by the chaotic airflow and frantically elbowed.

Even after dying, their shattered bones would be packed up and taken away by Su Ming.

Occasionally, a hunter living off the land would see this strange sight from afar and nearly pee their pants on the spot.

The violent tornado stretching for hundreds of meters was unstoppable; the scene of it crossing the entire forest like a natural disaster would make even a high-level mage exclaim that it was absurd.

However, it was precisely because of this wild, intimidating momentum that when Su Ming arrived at the Stele Lake waters, not a single local Murloc dared to bare its fangs at him!

He took out a bottle of Primary Energy Recovery Potion and gulped it all down.

"Stele Lake is a good place..."

Su Ming was pleasantly surprised to find that the ecosystem of the Stele Lake waters was extremely prosperous!

In the lake, there were Murloc settlements, Water Elementals playing in the water, and giant lake crabs with delicious meat breeding in the shallow areas.

On the shore, there were extraordinary beasts and Dark-toothed Gnolls living by the water!

Don't forget, Stele Lake also had a vast island in the center of the lake!

Chapter 24: Bloodline Module · Dark Erosion Spider Demon

Relying on the constant recharging from the Primary Energy Recovery Potion, half an hour later, Su Ming, having poured over twenty thousand units of lake water into his backpack, finally stood up, satisfied.

He left the Stele Lake waters with a Blink.

Hastily constructing a temporary shelter, Su Ming stopped and settled down with composure.

Previous practice had proven that the mudslide tactic was extremely practical.

Set requirements. Fill with materials. Use the backpack as a workshop.

In less than ten seconds, the twenty thousand-plus units of lake water were upgraded into a lethal thirty-thousand-unit mudslide water mass!

After finishing this, he recycled the shelter, and Su Ming returned the way he came.

Half an hour later, still at the Jade Mine, deep inside the mine, which had just been hit by the mudslide, it was quiet to the point of deathly silence.