Ryen had no intention of digging a mine directly beneath his house. At least, not yet.
The reason was simple...
There were no torches.
Digging down into the pitch-black darkness, unable to see a thing, was a recipe for disaster. What if he accidentally dug into a zombie nest? That would be a disaster!
The top priority now was to find a natural cave, gather so coal, and make a few torches.
Finding a cave wasn't difficult. The village was backed by a great mountain, and caves were abundant nearby. Even if there weren't any at the entrance, there were always so at the mountaintop.
This ti, Ryen had taken the opportunity to visit another good friend's house. He had brought back a bed. After all, mining could take who knew how long.
Any seasoned miner knew to carry a bed with them at all tis to set up camp in a cave.
This village was poor beyond belief, and the villagers were all crafty rchants. The things they traded were few and useless, mostly so bland food. What did Ryen need this food for?
He had a crafting table, a furnace, and if he got hungry, he could just sneak into the fields and steal so vegetables. If he wanted at, he'd just head to the pigsty and slaughter so pigs.
It was a pure self-service buffet!
Ryen didn't plan to dig for diamonds or obsidian this ti.
Those were too far out of reach and way too dangerous.
As the King of Survival, Ryen couldn't be heading into the deep mines without full iron armor!
His plan was simple—focus solely on mining iron.
He needed enough iron to make three sets of armor and tools, then craft seven or eight iron buckets and scissors.
After that, he'd gather materials to craft an iron door to prevent the villagers from freely walking into his house.
And, of course, he'd need to gather so iron to make an iron golem. With an iron golem around, Ryen could roam the village safely at night.
Although this village was small, it had great potential. Ryen planned to turn it into a forward base for his operations.
He needed to optimize it well—after all, these materials were essential!
He'd also hunt so monsters in the caves to complete the next stage of his achievent tasks.
If he could find so lapis lazuli and redstone down there, that would be even better.
In addition, Ryen planned to hunt a few more spiders to gather so string for bows and arrows.
Although he preferred a crossbow, they were made from scrap tal and couldn't even be enchanted with Infinity or Fire Arrows.
What a waste!
A complete waste!
With an AK47 available, he'd just wait for mods to unlock bullet crafting in the future!
After carefully considering everything, Ryen roughly estimated he would need at least six sets of iron ingots.
The project was massive.
But, as history has shown, work is never tiring when it's done in pairs.
What's more, Ryen was accompanied by two beautiful won.
Forget mining—just playing house with them would be incredibly fun!
"Ryen, where are we going?"
Keqing, who had been chopping wood ahead, took a break and turned to ask.
Chopping wood was sothing Ryen had taught her.
At the early stages, the best thing to do was to chop down any tree you ca across. It was like taking advantage of a passing opportunity—chop down every tree you saw.
Since Keqing and Ganyu now shared part of Ryen's unique traits, they could each carry nine stacks of materials.
While this was weaker compared to Ryen's ability to carry nine stacks himself and a personal backpack with twenty-seven stacks, it was still more than enough.
Being able to carry nine stacks of materials ant they had synchronized a portion of Ryen's strength.
It was strong!
"It's not far now, just a few more minutes, and we'll be there."
Ryen looked up at the direction, confirming it was right, and replied.
"Then I'll chop a few more trees!"
Keqing nodded eagerly, then continued her work with a determined focus.
She was always mindful of one thing—if you want to get rich, start by chopping trees.
And let's not forget, Ryen needed it, but Liyue Harbor needed these wood resources too.
A single log block can be broken down into four wooden planks.
One wooden plank, when processed by Liyue's craftsn, could be turned into dozens of fine wooden materials.
These were all valuable resources!
Free!
Moreover, even without processing, the value of these magical materials was enormous. It would be a breeze to build a small island in the air using them.
Keqing could only lant that she didn't have enough space to carry them all.
With nine slots available, her plan was to use at most two of them for wood.
The rest of the slots needed to be filled with other materials.
"If I get a chance, I need to ask the immortals for help in making a realm of my own... The limited space is wasting this once-in-a-lifeti opportunity."
Keqing sighed softly, muttering to herself.
When Ryen heard the ntion of a "realm," he also took notice.
Earlier, he had asked Keqing and the others to try using the Vision space to store materials.
However...
Even after storing the materials, they still beca too heavy. Once the slots were filled, the materials in the Vision space would cause a weight overload.
But a "realm" didn't have such problems.
Hadn't Ying been carrying the Dusty Songpot around with her all this ti?
Naturally, Ryen was eager to carry more things as well.
This was essentially a bag within a bag—an infinite nesting of items.
"Ganyu, could you help get one of those portable realms?"
Ryen turned to her with a question.
Ganyu, still on guard against any dangers around, replied distractedly:
"If you want one, I'll speak to Granny Ping for you."
Keqing might not know Granny Ping's identity, but Ganyu certainly did.
Granny Ping was the true expert in creating realms, also known as the Sage of the Song of Dust.
Thanks to Ganyu's relationship with Granny Ping, it would be easy to get one of these realms.
Although these things were difficult to make, who could resist when Ganyu was a favored younger mber of the immortals?
"That's great! Thank you, Ganyu."
Ryen smiled and nodded.
Ganyu's voice was gentle as she responded:
"It's no trouble at all. Ryen has helped us so much, and a realm is nothing. Granny Ping will gladly help if she knows."
As Ryen looked at Ganyu's delicate face, he felt a wave of tenderness in his heart.
He thought for a mont and then said softly:
"Ganyu, you don't need to worry about . If you want to chop more trees, go ahead. Before we return to Liyue, you can gather more resources."
"No!"
Ganyu's face grew serious as she replied firmly:
"I must protect Ryen! Ryen is the most important!"
"Resources? This ti, it's just exploration. Keqing can take so, but Ryen needs them too for the developnt, right?"
"We can mine more next ti when we co back."
Although Ganyu spoke without any ulterior motives, Ryen couldn't help but appreciate her words.
He smiled and said softly:
"Then... next ti, I'll bring you, Ganyu, to mine gold, and we'll make so golden apples for you."
"Golden... golden apples!"
Ganyu was taken aback.
"Is that even a thing? But... are you sure it's safe to eat?"
Ryen shrugged.
"Of course! Not only are they edible, but they taste amazing. Plus, they have many magical effects!"
"The best part is..."
Ryen lowered his voice and said mysteriously:
"No matter how many you eat, you won't gain weight!"
Won't gain weight!
Ganyu's eyes lit up imdiately.
She instinctively pressed her lips together.
"Then... then I..."
Ganyu struggled to find the right words.
Ryen smiled and waved his hand.
"It's fine, it's not hard to make. Consider it a gift for you, Ganyu. And if you really feel like you need to thank ... how about letting touch your horns?"
Ganyu's face imdiately turned a bright shade of red.
She lowered her head shyly, mumbling:
"Touch my horns... Well, since Ryen is my friend, I guess I'll..."
Before Ganyu could awkwardly agree, Keqing suddenly turned around and shouted from ahead:
"Ryen! We've reached the end! There's a big mountain in front, and below it is a deep cave. Co take a look—this might be the mine you were talking about!"
Upon hearing this, Ryen imdiately looked up and responded:
"Wait, I'm coming! Don't go inside, it's dangerous!"
With that, Ryen eagerly turned to Ganyu.
"Let's go, Ganyu! Ti to get to work!"
Before Ganyu could respond, Ryen grabbed her hand and rushed toward Keqing.
Ryen didn't have any other intentions—he was simply a miner excited about the cave.
But for Ganyu, this was a bit embarrassing.
She had never held a man's hand before in her life.
And the fact that Ryen had been so eager to suggest touching her horns only added to her swirling thoughts.
Her mind wandered:
"Does Ryen really like ? Although he's kind and gentle, always guiding , he's been the best human friend I've had in all my thousands of years..."
"But... but..."
"Isn't this a bit too soon?"
Ryen didn't notice Ganyu's anxious thoughts.
He excitedly joined Keqing, took a quick look around, and confidently declared:
"That's it! This is the place! Get your pickaxe—let's go mine!"
Ryen released Ganyu's hand and pulled out a wooden pickaxe.
His gaze burned with excitent as he stared at the cave in front of him.
"Finally... after a year, we're finally heading back ho!"
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