Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

"After receiving all the people who came to see me today, it's finally time for me to perform freely." Lin Xia thought to himself, and immediately set off for the back mountain.

The back mountain was a paradise for the poor in the early days. After passing through the chicken coop and going out the back door of the ranch, she entered a forest. This was no longer a simple small map in the GBA game. There were many tall and lush trees in the mountains. There was a thin path on the left hand side of the way out. She knew that at the end of the path in winter, there should be a white herb there, but there was nothing in spring, summer and autumn.

Then go forward, in the woods on the left, there should be herbs to pick, branches and stumps to cut. The real forest is not like the mosaic in the game. There are branches everywhere, and a thick layer of fallen leaves underfoot, all accumulated in the winter.

Finally, I found some branches that could be cut down beside the trail. I brought up the game interface, switched to the axe, and started playing as Baldy Wang, hey yo hey yo.

After cutting a few branches, I finally saw a flower next to a tree stump. I walked over to pick it and got the information about the flower - Moon Tear Grass, which blooms in spring and cannot be shipped. However, inserting it into a vase can increase your physical strength by 10.

Alas, it's a pity that I'm penniless now and don't have a vase. But I can put the flowers in my backpack and give them to others. After picking the Moon Tear Grass, I found a bunch of green herbs hiding behind. After picking them, I got information feedback - Green grass can be picked in the back mountain. After eating, it can restore a little physical strength.

I put the things in my backpack and continued to move forward. Now there was only one empty space left in the backpack. I had to save money to upgrade the backpack, otherwise it would be too hard.

After cutting a few more branches, I saw a wooden house with a sign in front of the door, which read: Woodcutter's House: 11am to 4pm, closed on Saturdays. It seems that this is the business hours of the carpenter uncle.

Follow the path in front of the woodcutter's house and run westward until you come to a three-way intersection. To the north is the road back to the ranch, and to the west is the road to the back mountain. To the northwest should be the small map leading to the mine and hot springs. There is a mine with various ores that can be used to transform tools, as well as a hot spring hut that can relieve fatigue and increase physical strength, and the target of this trip - Goddess Lake, where a goddess lives.

After climbing up the mountain, I came to the lake first, took out the Moon Tear Grass from my backpack, and threw it into the lake. A golden light flashed, and a blue-haired girl appeared in the sky, bathed in holy light. Is this the goddess? Very different from the flat characters in the game, the goddess's appearance is perfect, with white skin and eyes full of compassion.

"You are Lin Xia, right?" At this time, the goddess's gentle voice woke Lin Xia up and she answered, "Yes."

"Do you want to connect with PRC?" asked the goddess.

Lin Xia is very familiar with this question! When my mother was playing stand-alone games, every time the goddess asked this question, my mother would immediately click X, because stand-alone games cannot be connected online at all!

But now... Lin Xia wanted to know what would happen if they were connected online. Would people from different worlds be able to communicate with each other?

So, Lin Xia nodded seriously and replied: "Connect!"

In the extremely tense waiting, the goddess's smiling expression turned into a cold face in a second, and said: "The online conditions have not been met, and I can't connect!"

Lin Xia:...MMP, you old man are such a bad guy!

"Thank you for your gift, I like it very much!" The goddess changed her expression to gentleness in a second, then smiled and disappeared.

I knew it wasn't going to be a good thing, but I finally achieved my goal.

Yes, giving gifts to the goddess is Lin Xia's purpose this time. If you give gifts to the goddess a certain number of times, you will get a return gift and blessing from the goddess. And the goddess's preference is also very economical, fresh flowers from the mountain will do.

After delivering the gifts, Lin Xia looked at the mine in front of him and the hot spring hut on the left, then continued walking towards the bushes on the right side of the exit. There were several chopped down wood stakes here, which were provided for players to accumulate wood and would be refreshed every day.

Next to the tree stump, there was a bunch of green herbs. After picking them, she put them into her backpack. At this time, Lin Xia found that the green herbs she had just put into her backpack did not occupy the second grid, but the same grid as the previous green herbs, and a small red number "2" was displayed in the upper right corner of the grid. What was going on? It was different from the game settings she had played before?

In the past games, the backpack could only hold one item and could not be stacked! Now, the game has been upgraded? Will there be other differences in the game?

With anticipation, Lin Xia descended the Holy Mother Mountain and continued to run westward. While running, she thought happily: This way the backpack can carry three types of items instead of three items, which greatly improves the usability. It is no longer necessary to spend most of the early time running back and forth to transport items as before.

Glancing at the time on the game interface, it was already 9am. It was my first time and I was not familiar with the route, so it took me a lot of time. After running for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the lake. I crossed the small bridge by the lake and went to the top of the Holy Mother Mountain. That was a holy place for watching the stars, the moon, and chatting about poetry and songs! Haha~ But this time, Lin Xia did not go to the top of the mountain, but turned left into a forest near the lake!

Here in the game, there are only 3 bamboo shoots, a tree stump, and a branch displayed simply and roughly outside the forest, but in reality, it is not so easy. You have to go to a bamboo forest in the forest to pull them. Of course, there will not be only 3 bamboo shoots, because you can see several bamboo shoots as far as you can see!

As long as you have the energy and time, you can definitely pick more. Of course, bamboo shoots are not very valuable as primary agricultural products! In the game, the carpenter uncle who mindlessly walks back and forth around the tree stump by the lake every morning is now checking the wood in the depths of the forest!

There are still two slots in the backpack, and bamboo shoots only take up one slot. I can pick more, but I can't waste too much time. After all, there are important things to do today!

Lin Xia carefully searched for bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. After all, with the game bonus, pulling bamboo shoots is not as difficult as in reality! Maybe the residents of the town don't come to the back mountain very often, there are many bamboo shoots here, very thick, don't mention how fulfilling it is to pull them up!

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound. Lin Xia looked up and found a fat bamboo rat! Bamboo rat! Lin Xia's mouth was watering! It's been many years since I've eaten meat. Although I heard the mayor talk about raising cattle, sheep and chickens before, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I don't have a deep impression! But now, a piece of moving meat is swaying in front of me, and Lin Xia's eyes are green!

Perhaps sensing the murderous intent, the bamboo rat immediately slithered into the bamboo forest and was never seen again! "Hey, isn't this too sensitive? I haven't done anything yet!" Lin Xia thought indignantly!

I checked my backpack and saw that there were 45 bamboo shoots. It was almost 10:, so it was time to go back! So I packed up my mood and walked back. I happened to have been in the bamboo forest before, so I wanted to take a look at what else was in this forest besides the bamboo forest. Maybe I could meet the carpenter uncle!

Lin Xia walked carefully along the unclear but somewhat footpath-less path, observing the surroundings as she walked to see if there was anything else she could pick. At this moment, a sound louder than the sound of a bamboo rat came from the left front, like the sound of wings flapping! Could it be...