Chapter 106: The Scene Was So Beautiful, I Didn’t Dare Look
Since he had confirmed he could collect items without direct contact, Leon immediately returned to where he had killed the first stinkbug. Using the extended Galaxy Watermelon Knife, he lifted the lump of bug meat that had been lying there for a while and stored it in the System Backpack.
Leon continued wandering through this floor. Thankfully, after making a full loop, he didn’t encounter any more stinkbugs, and the foul stench in the cave had noticeably faded. It seemed that he had cleared out the stinkbugs on this level.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Leon pulled out his pickaxe again. He first smashed the copper-bearing rocks, then moved on to the ordinary stones. To his delight, while breaking ordinary rocks, he not only got stones but also knocked loose a Crystal Orb.
“Crystal Orb: A crystal containing various minerals. Requires special tools to open.”
It was smaller than an Omni Geode but still about the size of a bowl, oval-shaped, with a smooth outer shell—like a shrunken rugby ball.
After stowing it away, Leon continued breaking rocks. When he had smashed every stone in the rocky areas outside the sandy ground, he still hadn’t found the staircase to the fourth floor. That left only the small patch of rocks in the middle of the vast sandy area, along with three lone stones.
There was no way Leon would believe there was nothing hidden in that much sand.
He put away the pickaxe and pulled out the Galaxy Watermelon Knife, staring at the sandy ground before finally stepping onto it.
The sand was soft, like walking on a beach, leaving clear footprints with each step. The sensation underfoot was actually quite pleasant.