Farming With The In-game World - Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Safety First, Discovering Five Monsters
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The following day!
An Wen opened his eyes and looked hazily at the sunlight seeping through the curtains.
His head felt heavy, as if it was filled with a thick paste.
When he moved his body, he felt as if all of the muscles in his limbs were screaming in pain.
It was clearly a result of excessive secretion of lactic acid.
“It’s 10 o’clock?”
An Wen fumbled around for his mobile phone in a bid to look at the time. He then shook his head as he got ready to climb out of bed to wash up.
After he returned home the previous night, he could not fall asleep.
He had multiple urges to travel to the other world to check out the situation abroad.
In the end, however, he was able to stop himself from doing so.
Judging from the mechanisms of most games, it was certain that the early stages of games were usually not very challenging.
Even if danger was encountered, it usually wasn’t life-endangering at the early stages.
However, over the years, An Wen had cultivated the habit of ‘playing it safe’. His subconscious mind and reflexes all stopped him from heading on a risky adventure.
As a result, he could not fall asleep as he laid on his bed the night before. It was not until after hours of tossing and turning on his bed when he finally fell asleep.
After he washed up, An Wen ordered takeout.
In the past, he always went outside for breakfast, but all of his limbs were aching, so he did not feel like leaving the house.
“I shall read a novel while waiting.”
An Wen did not want to think about the other world before his takeout arrived.
However, he was not in the mood for playing games, so he decided to read a novel instead.
He then selected a novel about traveling between worlds and farming, which he began to take interest in.
“If I were the protagonist, I would probably be the weakest of his kind.”
All of the protagonists in the novel were fearless.
Even though they arrived in an unfamiliar world, they did not care about any of the consequences and simply charged their way forward.
With the help of the system, they made their way to the pinnacle of their lives.
“I seem to be slightly too cowardly?”
After he thought about it, An Wen immediately shook his head.
No, I am not a coward!
I am simply taking action only after coming up with a plan. That’s right, that’s what it is.
Dismissing such a thought, An Wen continued reading the novel.
However, the more he read about the protagonist’s courage and boldness, about how the protagonist fought against thousands alone, and about his impressive, awe-inspiring actions, the more An Wen became envious of the protagonist.
Even though such books had a simple plot, An Wen was still engrossed.
Perhaps, it was because people took an interest in whatever others had, that they themselves were lacking.
In the same light, An Wen never read novels about the wealthiest and most affluent.
This was due to the fact that the protagonist in such novels could not compare to him in all other aspects, apart from the fact that they were wealthier than him.
Half an hour later, his takeout was delivered.
An Wen finished his breakfast, then put on his down coat, as he stood fully equipped in the living room.
“I do not know if a day in the other world is also 24 hours long, but it certainly would not be a mistake to wear thicker clothing. At the very least, it would be a damage shield.”
An Wen took a deep breath.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
After disappearing momentarily from the living room, An Wen reappeared.
“Hmm, it does not seem like there is any danger. Although it was not very clear, there is certainly no danger inside the wooden house.”
Indeed, An Wen only traveled to the other world for less than a second before he traveled back again.
During the instant when he was in the other world, he took a quick glance at the situation inside the wooden house.
It was only after he had confirmed there were no monsters, zombies, or the like inside the wooden house that he was relieved.
Simply put, he was playing it safe!
Whoosh!
An Wen disappeared once again from the living room.
Inside the wooden house, An Wen took a look around his surroundings and found that there was nothing abnormal.
The four walls were not broken, the wooden door was intact, and none of the various tools in the house were missing. Nothing had changed since before he left the previous time.
The only difference was possibly the dark sky outside.
“The fire in the fire pit outside is still burning and the wooden house is undamaged, so where is the danger?”
An Wen was slightly bewildered.
Logically speaking, danger would certainly arise; otherwise, there would be a problem with the game’s difficulty.
Could it be due to the fire pit?
An Wen pondered in silence as he looked at the fire pit that was still burning outside the house.
After some time, An Wen took out the memory card in the camera and returned home.
Once he made it home, he opened the video footage stored in the memory card.
From when he left at 9 p.m. the previous night, until 2 a.m. the next morning, it was daytime in the other world. There were no dangers either.
The scene captured by the camera did not change at all.
However, when night fell and there was heavy snowfall, something happened.
Five cylindrical-shaped creatures with no eyes, each approximately one-meter tall and 40-centimeters in diameter, appeared under the dark sky. Their skin was a mix of white and yellow, and they each had sharp teeth which were round like the shape of a toilet bowl. They emerged from the forest and wriggled their way towards the wooden house.
“What are these creatures? Maggots? Worms?”
When An Wen saw the five strange creatures, he was no longer afraid.
Humans are always extremely fearful of the unknown.
However, towards living organisms which they already know, and which are not gigantic life forms, humans always become much less fearful.
With regard to the few monsters he was looking at, they were nowhere close to posing any danger.
The video continued playing.
The five monsters wriggled their way towards the wooden house, and very quickly reached the outer circumference of the fire pit.
However, when they were 10 meters away from the fire pit, they stopped. They opened their large, hideous mouths and started roaring continuously.
“Indeed, the fire pit has a restraining effect on them.”
The five monsters paced around in circles but did not move forward.
Very soon, large amounts of snow started falling from the sky, and the entire area became covered with a blanket of snow.
“Mmm… There is no snow or ice on the ground within a 10-meter radius of the fire pit. This must be the effective area of the fire pit.”
The location where the five monsters stopped advancing was exactly on the edge of the effective area of the fire pit.
On the other hand, the wooden house was approximately seven to eight meters away from the fire pit, which was within the effective area of the fire pit.
That also meant that the wooden house remained undamaged because of the protection of the fire pit.
An Wen fast-forwarded the video.
The five monsters continued to move in circles at the edge of the effective range of the fire pit.
An Wen could not see beyond the camera’s field of view.
However, through the tracks of their movement, he could tell that they were indeed moving continuously in circles.
He could pair the fast-forwarded video up well with BGM, such as the song ‘The Revolving Enchantment of Love’.
Then, if he uploaded the video onto Bilibili, he could easily swindle people out of their money.
“It seems that the setting of the other world is based on a base-building survival premise, and there might even be base infiltration and defense elements in it.”
After An Wen finished watching the video, he had a general idea of the setting of the game world.
Nonetheless, it was still too early to predict the circumstances of the late-game.
Based solely on the information he had gathered thus far, An Wen figured that he should construct houses and buildings in order to defend against infiltration by monsters. Subsequently, he needed to continue constructing stronger houses and defend against stronger monsters.
With regard to the purpose of Survival Points, it was still a mystery.
“In that case, I should head over to kill those five monsters.”
It was easier to make a decision after knowing the source of danger.
An Wen went to his workshop and began rummaging through the shelves.
“Close combat is surely not an option, and I can’t get any firearms within the country either. I’ll have to use a bow or a crossbow then.”
Very quickly, An Wen found a recurve bow that was covered in dust on one of the shelves.
He then installed the T-sight and began to test it out.
Creak…
As An Wen drew the bowstring back, he could feel his arms slightly trembling.
He then slowly released the bowstring back to its original position, feeling extremely disheartened and exasperated.
In his second year of university, An Wen registered to be a member of an archery club, and was engrossed in archery.
At the time, he had a good physique and trained every day. Pulling a bow with a 60-pound draw weight was almost effortless.
Shooting 300 arrows a day was simply child’s play to him.
Now, however, he already felt a slight strain in his muscles when he drew the bow. Shooting 300 arrows was certainly out of the question; it would already be a decent achievement if he could shoot 30 arrows.
“I shall make do with this for now. If it doesn’t work, I’ll make a crossbow tomorrow.”
An Wen didn’t have any other options either.
He did not have many weapons in his house, so it was already fortunate that he had found a bow.
Moments later, An Wen found another 20 carbon arrows with ordinary arrow tips used for practice purposes, not those used for hunting.
Never mind, I shall make do with them.
Carrying the quiver of arrows and holding the bow in his hand, An Wen vanished from the workshop.
The door of the wooden house opened.
In the light of the bonfire, An Wen stepped out of the wooden house.
The expression on his face was especially solemn.
He did not look as if he was on his way to battle monsters, but instead on his way to fight a war.
It was as if he was a hero who was leaving home on a cold, windy night and would never be able to return.
Tssst, tssst…
Feeling An Wen’s presence, the five monsters gathered together and roared at the edge of the effective area of the fire pit.
They opened their hideous mouths, and their recognizable tongues palpitated continuously.
An Wen was approximately six meters away from the monsters.
Inhale!
An Wen then took a deep breath of the cold air that was 45 degrees below freezing, and took an arrow out of his quiver.
Click!
The nock of the arrow was fitted onto the bowstring.
An Wen slowly drew his bow back in the proper stance of an archer as he took aim at one of the monsters.
Swoosh!
Releasing his two fingers from the bowstring, the carbon arrow shot through the air.
