Ahhhhh, high-altitude survival!

Hmm, so this is the level of a level 2 prey. Lin Yue didn't want to pick up the rat with her hands, so she chose to gather it—[Gathering successful, obtained bamboo rat meat*2, bamboo rat skin*1, experience points +1.]

Lin Yue took a new empty wooden box from her backpack and filled it with the collected items. After thinking for a moment, she took out the spotted venomous snake she had collected earlier and clicked "Collect"—[Collecting successful. Obtained snake meat*3, snake skin*1, venom*1, experience points +1.]

Venom? Lin Yue looked at the small black bag filled with liquid, feeling satisfied. The venom of this flower snake was quite potent; she could study it later and see if it could be applied to weapons to increase their lethality.

Lin Yue sorted and packed her things, picked up the bamboo and sparrow feather darts she had just collected, and continued deeper into the bamboo forest.

There were quite a few bamboo rats in the bamboo forest. Soon, Lin Yue spotted several gray figures moving among the bamboo.

The bamboo rat has 50 health points. Lin Yue and the "Peashooter" work together seamlessly; two peas and a single slash are enough to easily take down a bamboo rat. An hour later, Lin Yue's score has risen to 28 points.

She hadn't seen any new bamboo rats for a long time, so Lin Yue didn't delay any longer. She put away the "Peashooter," pulled out a herb from beside her feet, and prepared to continue walking.

After taking less than two steps, Lin Yue suddenly heard an even louder "gurgling" sound coming from ahead. Hmm? Are there still some fish that have escaped the net?

Lin Yue stopped and looked ahead, where she saw a golden rat's head peeking out of a hole, seemingly sizing her up.

It was a size larger than a regular bamboo rat, and its fur was golden all over, so it was clearly not an ordinary rat!

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the legendary Bamboo Rat King, right? Just like the Skylark King back then!

This is a great item that can permanently increase attribute values! Lin Yue immediately became excited. She quickly took out the "Frost Archer" and "Pea Shooter" from her backpack, intending to use the same trick again.

However, this golden bamboo rat was clearly much smarter than ordinary bamboo rats. Upon seeing Lin Yue's excited expression, it suddenly darted back into its burrow and escaped!

Lin Yue certainly didn't want to give up this advantage that was so close at hand. She quickly picked up the two archers and ran towards where the Bamboo Rat King had appeared.

The cave was located beneath a thick bamboo tree and was about the size of a wooden bucket opening. Lin Yue didn't dare to jump down rashly. After thinking for a moment, she put away the archers, then took out a shovel and began digging.

After digging for a while, she realized that this hole was not simple at all. Or rather, it couldn't be called a simple hole at all; it should be called a tunnel.

It is not only deep, but also crisscrossed inside. If you try to dig through it by just digging on the ground, you really don't know how long it would take to find the bamboo rat king.

For a moment, Lin Yue considered using potato mines to clear a path, but she worried that she might blow the bamboo rat king, which could permanently increase attribute points, to pieces. After weighing the options, she decided to jump down herself to check it out.

After all, as the old saying goes, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," and by the same token, how could one obtain the king of rats without venturing into the bamboo rat's burrow?

Lin Yue wasn't completely unprepared. Before jumping down, she ate a few cumin-flavored potatoes to raise her defense to 20 points, making her personal stats look quite good.

Name: Lin Yue

Age: 26 years old

Rating: 2

Health: 80/80

Mental Power: 260/260

Stamina: 100/100

Experience value: 913/1000

Strength: 28 (Dual Daggers +20)

防御：20（云翎甲+8）（孜然小土豆+4，剩余时间00:19:53）

Speed: 27 (Boots +2) (Cloud Feather Armor +3) (Sky Wings +8)

Intelligence: 26

Equipment: Dagger (Excellent) *2, Cloud Feather Armor (Excellent), Boots (Common), Sky Wings (Excellent).

技能：采集（中级753/1000）、烹饪（中级92/1000）、制药术（初级17/100）。

Lin Yue gripped the two daggers tightly in her hands and cautiously probed forward. The bamboo rat king had run quite fast and had vanished without a trace, leaving no sound. The entire tunnel was filled with the faint, unique smell of bamboo rats, as if it were a fermented mixture of bamboo, soil, roots, and fruits.

The tunnel had many forks, and Lin Yue wasn't sure which direction the bamboo rat king had run off to. Each time she encountered a fork, she could only rely on her instincts to go left or right. After walking for quite a while, she didn't see the bamboo rat king, but unexpectedly discovered a cave that was much wider than the tunnel.

Besides the soil and roots, there were two wooden boxes placed side by side in the center of the cave.

Huh? There are wooden crates in the points battle! Could they have been collected by that bamboo rat king?

Lin Yue was somewhat surprised. She walked closer to the wooden box and examined it carefully for a while. Then, she took out a thin bamboo stick and used it to slowly push open the lid of the box.

[The wooden crate has been opened, yielding 3 pieces of Sichuan lovage root, 10 pieces of cogon grass root, and 4 pieces of angelica root.]

[The wooden crate has been opened; you have obtained a painkiller blueprint.]

It wasn't a trap after all, but medicinal herbs and blueprints! Lin Yue was overjoyed and quickly grabbed the blueprints. The system automatically popped up a message: [Player detected to possess basic medicine-making skills. Directly learn the painkiller blueprint?]

"Yes!" Lin Yue quickly replied.

[Learning successful; basic pharmaceutical techniques content increased.]

Lin Yue checked her skill bar; she could now craft four different potions. The Sichuan lovage root, cogon grass root, and angelica root she had just found in the wooden crate were exactly the ingredients needed for painkillers.

This bamboo rat king is quite polite!

Lin Yue happily packed away the two boxes, preparing to explore another route. Suddenly, the team chat icon on her bracelet started flashing incessantly, emitting a blinding red light.

This was a pre-arranged setting that would only be used when someone sends an urgent message.

Lin Yue immediately realized something was wrong and quickly opened the group chat. She heard Han Weiyi's tearful voice coming from the bracelet: "Requesting backup! Requesting backup! There are so many mosquitoes here, mosquitoes everywhere! I can't escape!"

Although their attacks weren't very strong, they specifically targeted my face and hands where they weren't covered by clothing, and their bites were both itchy and painful. Even though they couldn't break through my defenses, my health was already starting to drop. I was afraid that if this continued, I wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.

Mosquito?