Chapter 559: Chapter 559

"Interesting." Han Qiwu became intrigued and raised his hand to cast a mid-tier lightning spell.

After the mid-tier lightning spell hit, it didn’t cause the slightest impact.

[Immune to Lightning]

"Immune? What about this?" Han Qiwu unleashed the dark skill that came with the Shadow Rod.

A gust of dark wind swept through, instantly filling the fishing frame with shadows.

Fortunately, the fire elemental stonefish couldn’t resist this one. Its movements slowed significantly, and it even started moving toward Han Qiwu’s float on its own.

One second, two seconds.

By the time the confusion effect ended, the fishing progress bar was already halfway filled!

Of course, credit also went to the refined spinning float for reducing hooking time by 6 seconds.

Just as Han Qiwu was about to reel in the fire elemental stonefish, it realized the situation was critical and quickly activated its skill: Phasing.

As Phasing was used, the fire elemental stonefish’s body gradually elongated and flattened, slowly spreading out to become a strip-shaped fire elemental that covered the entire fishing frame.

"Seriously?" Han Qiwu watched the progress bar sliding downward and quickly tried using Stagger.

Unfortunately, Stagger failed to activate.

Han Qiwu didn’t have time to investigate why Stagger was ineffective. He immediately unleashed the Shadow skill that matched the rod’s seven-star name!

Quickly, a shadow as long as the float itself occupied the remaining space in the fishing frame.

Little one, do you think elongating your body makes everything fine?

And Shadow lasts for a full ten seconds!

In reality, after Shadow persisted for five seconds, the fire elemental stonefish’s Phasing skill was already dispelled, leaving it obediently captured.

[Congratulations on catching a rare fish from Layer 99 of the mine: Fire Elemental Stonefish]

[The staircase to Layer 100: Infinite Mine has appeared]

[Keep challenging, warrior!]

[Fire Elemental Stone]

[Use: Adjust the temperature of the Thermostone]

[Note: Fire elemental stonefish will automatically transform into a Fire Elemental Stone once removed from lava]

After a series of notifications flashed, a fish-shaped Fire Elemental Stone appeared in Han Qiwu’s inventory.

"What does this mean? Layer 100 is an infinite mine? The fire elemental stonefish stops being a fish once it leaves the water?" Han Qiwu curiously took out the Fire Elemental Stone for a closer look.

The fish-shaped Fire Elemental Stone still felt slightly warm to the touch and had an excellent texture. Its lifelike scales were intricately detailed.

"Would it really turn back into a fish if put in lava?" Han Qiwu was intrigued.

Of course, he wouldn’t actually toss it back into the lava.

Without the Shadow skill, there was no way he’d have managed to catch this thing!

Plus, looking at its function, Han Qiwu began forming a bold idea in his mind.

If he used the Fire Elemental Stone to adjust the Thermostone’s temperature to the right level, then added a layer of plastic film...

Wouldn’t that make a proper greenhouse?

As for turning it into a system structure...

Wasn’t there a customizable building prototype in the Poisoned Lands that required 10,000 points to redeem? ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel-fire.net

If everything came together, maybe it could actually work!

With his thoughts clarified, Han Qiwu decided to focus on this plan in the coming days—to grind out a greenhouse and test the results.

Maybe he’d be able to grow vegetables in winter!

He glanced back at the Sea of Lava and saw that nothing was stirring there anymore, so he tucked away the Fire Elemental Stone and stepped into the nearby staircase.

[You’ve reached Layer 100 of the mine]

[Cable car layer recorded!]

"Is it really this nice?" Han Qiwu exclaimed as he surveyed the mine layer around him.

Vine-like mine plants were scattered throughout the layer, and the surrounding temperature was a comfortable twenty-something degrees—perfectly livable. The humidity was a bit high, but overall it felt quite pleasant.

In the center of the mine, there stood a massive staircase, with a signboard next to it.

Han Qiwu curiously approached the signboard and read the lines written on it.

[Congratulations on reaching Layer 100 of the mine]

[By entering this staircase, you’ll enter the Infinite Mine]

[In the Infinite Mine, you can leave from any layer via cable car, but cable car layers in the Infinite Mine won’t record progress, and each entry will require you to start from scratch]

[In the Infinite Mine, you’ll collect Iridium Ore! The deeper the layer, the greater the yield of Iridium Ore]

[Manage your supplies wisely! Greed leads to downfall! Running out of health in the Infinite Mine will result in the loss of some items and equipment]

[Current deepest layer: 0]

"Infinite Mine? Does it really need to be this grindy, an endless pit?" Han Qiwu sighed and stepped onto the staircase.

Since he was already here, he’d better investigate what was going on.

At the very least, he could try getting some Iridium Ore to see what it was like.

[You’ve reached Layer 1 of the Infinite Mine]

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"

Just as his vision returned, Han Qiwu heard a buzzing sound near his ears.

Looking up, he saw seven or eight beetles with golden bodies flying toward him—and they were headed straight for the cable car’s location. Glancing sharply to his right, he spotted some shimmering rainbow-colored mining spots near the entrance to a corridor.

Could those be Iridium Ores?

Han Qiwu felt a surge of excitement and quickly pulled out his Frost Slingshot, launching an explosive snowball while sprinting toward the Iridium Ore spots himself.

Who cares about fighting? Mining is so much better!

The explosive snowball detonated upon contact with the beetles.

"Are you kidding me? Immune to damage? It’s only the first layer." Han Qiwu began studying them more closely.

Although the golden beetles were immune to damage, it seemed they weren’t immune to control effects—the slow effect of the explosive snowball still worked on them.

"Xiao Dian, Xiao Lai, hold them off."

Activating Poison Liquid Radio, Han Qiwu seized the opportunity to rush to the rainbow-colored ore spots and began using his Crazy Digging skill.

The pickaxe struck the mining spot, sparking clusters of fire lights.

After five consecutive blows, the rainbow-colored mining spot only began showing a few cracks.

"It’s this tough?" Han Qiwu glanced back at Xiao Lai and Xiao Dian’s condition.

Luckily, Xiao Lai’s control skills were numerous—slows and stuns kept the golden beetles barely under control.

After another five strikes, the ore finally broke open.

[Use: Crafting Material]

[Note: Precious Iridium Ore, only found in the Infinite Mine]

Noticing Xiao Dian and Xiao Lai could still hold their ground a bit longer, Han Qiwu mined the remaining four spots.

Just as the golden beetles were about to swarm him, Han Qiwu activated his cloak skill, recalled his two pets, and sprinted toward the cable car.

Though he moved swiftly, two golden beetles still managed to swipe at him.

His health dropped by 20.

Jumping onto the cable car, Han Qiwu finally let out a breath of relief. "These things hit way too hard. Next time I come to the Infinite Mine, I need to stock up on explosive snowballs—mining takes way too long solo."

Bombs are the way to go.