A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 188 Loki and Jotunheim

Clang, clang, clang, I am a hardworking little miner.

After arriving in Asgard, Levi looked at the yellow dots on the minimap and completely forgot his original purpose for coming to Asgard, and began to mine frantically.

There's no way around it; cobalt ore, or rather, Urumqi steel, isn't exactly a common commodity.

According to what he had learned from Sif, Uru steel was a controlled resource in Asgard. Although it was not as rare as in the comics, it was only used to make weapons for the regular Asgardian army.

So even though he didn't know why there were so many mines in this place, he figured he should just mine them.

Fortunately, he had already upgraded his mining level to the point where he could mine cobalt ore, otherwise he would have just been staring blankly at the mines.

He didn't know how long he had been digging, but the cobalt ore he had mined had filled about two of his initial backpack slots. These initial backpack slots were capable of holding 999 stacked items, and most of the time they were empty. He would put a small number of frequently used items in the other four slots of his additional backpack and the space backpack he carried with him, just to deal with this situation.

After all, most items don't have that much consumption.

However, such a sudden acquisition of a large amount of materials is still a rare occurrence.

However, just as Li Wei was happily digging, his expression suddenly changed. He immediately put away his pickaxe, entered stealth mode, and hid in a corner.

Previously, to prevent Heimdall from discovering the situation here, Levi had also set up a large-scale concealment barrier in the area where he was mining.

Just now, he sensed someone entering the barrier area.

Li Weijing waited quietly for a while, and then saw a figure appear in the distance.

Upon seeing this figure, Li Wei's eyes lit up instantly.

Because what appeared here was none other than the largest crater in Asgard, Loki, the second prince.

Based on Li Wei's previous observations, it was confirmed that this area was on the edge of Asgard, and under normal circumstances, no one would come here.

Given Loki's personality, his coming to this place is definitely not for anything good.

Sure enough, the next moment Li Wei saw Loki look around, and after confirming that no one was there, he crawled into a cliff face.

At the same time, Li Wei also felt a spatial fluctuation.

The fluctuations in the space passage were exactly the same as when he came from Earth.

But he had clearly checked that location just now; there shouldn't be any spatial passage there.

But he quickly realized that Loki must have used magic to hide the spatial passage, which was why he hadn't discovered it when he checked earlier.

He underestimated Loki.

Don't be fooled by the magic Loki uses in the movies; it's not just about invisibility, creating clones, or illusions.

More often than not, he would stab people with a small dagger, which made people think he was really bad.

Think of all the different forms of Loki in the Loki series, and the old Loki who was so powerful that he could materialize the entirety of Asgard with magic.

I knew Loki wasn't as bad as he seemed.

However, Loki went astray in his youth.

After Loki had passed through the spatial passage and it was quite some time later, once he was certain that Loki had no other tricks up his sleeve, Levi finally emerged from his hiding place.

This time, after carefully using magic to examine the location where Loki had disappeared, Li Wei finally discovered traces of the magic concealment.

Once discovered, things became simple, because it was purely a concealment spell with no protective power. So Li Wei easily broke the spell and entered the spatial passage.

The moment he passed through the spatial passage, Li Wei felt a chill run down his spine.

Although Li Wei now possesses superhuman physical abilities, just like Captain America who can be frozen, he is not immune to heat or cold.

It's not that easy to freeze to death.

So he immediately cast a Frost Shield on himself—this spell, although it was also an ice spell, actually formed a layer of ice magic protection around the caster, so that the person inside would not feel too cold.

The principle is similar to that of the Inuit igloos.

After he felt less cold, Li Wei put on his Iron Man suit.

Feeling the warmth from the air conditioning system in his suit, Li Wei finally had the mind to pay attention to his surroundings.

This is a dark world covered in ice and snow.

Li Wei immediately realized what kind of place this was.

Jotunheim, the world of the Frost Giants. Tsk, Loki's already hooked up with the Frost Giants so early?

This was Li Wei's first thought.

But upon closer reflection, it seems quite normal.

Although the Thor storyline takes place in 2011, it is still the end of 2006.

But for the long lifespan of the Asgardians, a few years is really nothing.

Loki's early planning against Thor seems to be going smoothly.

To avoid forgetting his location, Li Wei set up a hidden magical beacon near this spatial passage.

He then did not pursue Loki's whereabouts.

He has no interest in getting involved in Odin's family drama at this stage.

Moreover, although they were unable to find the spatial passage to Watt Alheim, discovering the spatial passage to Jotunheim was an unexpected bonus.

Of course, I should take a look around.

Furthermore, since Asgard has cobalt, Watt Alheim may have Saffron iron.

So Jotunheim might also be a product of the "80 version".

Moreover, the environment of Jotunheim is quite similar to that of Northrend.

So Li Wei activated his battle suit and began to wander around this planet completely covered in ice.

Sure enough, the yellow dot he wanted actually appeared on Li Wei's minimap.

Lich Flower.

Icethorn grass.

Snow lotus.

In the "80 version", it occupies an important position and is a herb that grows in the extremely cold Northrend.

However, what's really awkward is that, unlike cobalt ore, which is a basic mineral in the "80 version", Li Wei's maxed-out mining skill in the "70 version" allows him to mine it directly.

These three herbs belong to the "80 version" later stage herbs.

Although Li Wei's herb gathering skill does not have a version cap like in the game, by gathering high-level herbs in the "version 70" version, he has already exceeded the version 70 cap of 375 points, reaching 390 points.

However, it's still a long way from the 425 points needed to harvest Lich Blossom and the 435 points needed to harvest Icethorn.

As for the basic herbs of the "80 version", such as golden alfalfa (350) and tiger lily (375), as well as the intermediate snake tongue grass (400), there was no trace of them.

Clearly, these herbs, which grow in the non-cold regions of Northrend, do not exist on the extremely cold planet Jotunheim.

So Li Wei could only sigh as he looked at these herbs—anyone who has played the game can probably relate to this feeling of regret when they see high-level materials but their skill level isn't high enough.

Of course, in the real world, Li Wei could also forcibly harvest these herbs directly.

Li Wei also tried to forcibly collect resources when he was on Earth and in the wilderness, and it was successful.

However, this method of collection results in very low efficiency in herb gathering.

For example, if you collect herbs while meeting the skill requirements, you can get two or three portions from a single herb, and sometimes even four or five portions.

However, if you force a data collection, you may only get one copy.

Moreover, forced collection will not produce any special "associated" products.

Overall, it would be somewhat counterproductive.

Since there were no basic herbs like golden alfalfa or tiger lily, collecting these advanced herbs would have been pointless, so Li Wei didn't bother with such a low-cost-performance task.

Now that he's been to Jotunheim, Li Wei has already set up a spatial beacon here, and with the spatial passage already in place, coming back in the future won't be so troublesome.

There's no need to do something so short-sighted and destructive.

However, Li Wei's regret at not being able to collect these high-grade herbs was soon soothed by the discovery of a tribe of frost giants.

Looking at the tattered cloths on these frost giants' bodies, which couldn't completely cover them, Li Wei's eyes flickered.

(End of this chapter)