Since the system became my girlfriend

"Let's start mining!" Su Rui said, taking out a pickaxe from his backpack. This thing was provided free of charge by the blacksmith, with twenty uses. It was clearly meant for players to use for quests. If you wanted to mine extra, you would have to buy it.

"Okay!" Feng Lixi nodded, and then followed Su Rui to start mining. However, while mining, she kept looking around, as if she was looking for something.

"Xiao Xi, what are you looking for?" Su Rui asked curiously.

"N-nothing..." Feng Lixi smiled, but it was obvious that this girl was not good at lying, so it was easy for people to see through her. However, as a veteran at picking up girls, Su Rui certainly wouldn't expose the girl at this time.

But while mining, Su Rui also began to pay attention to Feng Lixi, wanting to see what this girl was looking for.

Because the minerals spawned very frequently and at a very fast rate, the players in the valley were able to mine very smoothly and quickly completed the part of the task required by the game.

After completing the quest, some players went back to turn it in, while others began searching for the rock golem. However, the valley was only so big, and after searching for a long time, they couldn't find any trace of the rock golem.

"Ding!" With the last piece of crude iron ore in hand, Su Rui's mission objective was completed.

"Xiao Xi, how's your mission going?" Su Rui asked. Because the pickaxe needed for mining is bound and has a limited number of uses, Su Rui couldn't help Feng Lixi mine this time.

“I’m almost done here too!” Feng Lixi said.

“Then I’ll go find the rock golem first…” Su Rui said.

"No need to rush, wait for me a moment," Feng Lixi said calmly with a smile.

"Alright then." Su Rui smiled, then stood next to Feng Lixi. The girl was mining, and he was fanning her. Although he couldn't do the work for her, he could still flatter her a little.

Feng Lixi was slowly mining, silently counting in her mind. This rock golem would only start to spawn when the players mined a certain amount in the valley.

Time passed by, and another group of players gradually arrived in the valley. These guys had already completed the tasks given by the blacksmith and were now back to mine with their tools.

They are also gold farmers, but unlike the previous players who collected hemostatic herbs and flax, they choose to hoard ores. Although it is more tiring, ores often sell for much more than herbs and cloth.

With the arrival of these gold miners, the number of players mining increased dramatically, quickly reaching the critical threshold for the spawning of rock golems.

"Alright! My ore is all ready!" Feng Lixi suddenly stood up and said to Su Rui.

"Let's go back and turn in the quest first, and then come back to find the rock golem!" Su Rui said.

"No need, look over there!" Feng Lixi pointed, and Su Rui looked in the direction Feng Lixi was pointing. He saw several blurry shadows gradually solidifying in the distance.

"Boom boom boom..." Heavy footsteps rang out, followed by a series of tall figures appearing in the valley.

Rock Golem (Puppet Creature)

Rating: 8

Health: 100%

Players who don't yet have any reconnaissance skills can only gather this much information at this point, but the nearly three-meter-tall rock golems indicate that these stone giants are not to be trifled with!

"This is mine!"

"this is mine!"

"Don't you dare steal my monster, go find your own!"

……

Almost immediately, a large number of players rushed up, and many of them even started arguing over who got to kill the monster. However, they quickly calmed down!

"Oh!"

"Boom bang..."

……

One player after another was sent flying, and then one after another was smashed into streaks of white light by the stone giants. These unlucky guys were eager to steal monsters, but they overlooked one thing: their own level. These players had almost all leveled up by doing quests step by step, which meant that they had only done three quests with a reward of 200 experience points each, plus the experience gained from killing monsters. Their level was between three and four, while these monsters were all level eight!

The level difference of at least four levels made the already low attack power of these players even weaker, while the monsters, with their increased level, dealt multiplied damage, causing the players to scream in agony.

A moment later, those players who rushed up to steal the monsters were either sent back to the starting village for free or ran away from the battle. Even if they didn't die, they didn't dare to provoke these rock golems again.

"Holy crap! These monsters are too strong..."

"How about we team up?"

"What's the point of forming a team? Everyone's at this level, and there aren't any tanking or healing classes. Whoever tanks will die. How can we form a team like this?"

……

Teaming up to hunt high-level monsters is indeed a good idea, but that depends on the complementarity of professions. Right now, everyone is a beginner, and their equipment is just a plain robe and a broken wooden sword. At most, some people have completed the blacksmith's quest in advance and exchanged it for a plain iron sword, but this does not provide any benefit in tanking monsters.

Therefore, teaming up is meaningless, since no one is willing to sacrifice themselves to benefit others. You should know that you will lose experience when you die. Although the player level is relatively low now and the experience loss is relatively small, the 20% experience required to level up is still enough to make everyone feel the pain.

After several rounds of attempts by players, the area around these rock golems became quiet, and no more players dared to disturb them. But even though the players ignored the rock golems, they themselves became restless!

"Intruder! Drop the stolen goods!" A gold digger was mining when he triggered a rock golem that had wandered nearby. The gold digger didn't realize the rock golem was talking to him, so he continued mining.

"Thief spotted! Initiate removal process!"

"Boom boom boom..."

"what……"

With a scream, the unlucky gold digger was smashed into a ball of white light and sent back to the starting village for free. He also dropped a lot of ore, which was picked up by other players nearby.

"The thief has been eliminated!" The rock golem has returned to its previous patrol route...

"No wonder the blacksmith warned us to be careful when mining..." Su Rui muttered to himself. These rock guardians were actually the protectors of the minerals. Mining within their field of vision would result in an attack, so mining had to be done quickly when they were patrolling elsewhere.

As a result, gold miners lost interest in this place. After all, if you're doing quests, you can wait for an opportunity to mine one ore, wait for another opportunity to mine another, and it's easy to collect twenty ores. But gold miners rely on this to make money, and if they have to constantly dodge rock golems, it's too inefficient.