Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 15, Section 15: A Journey to Hell

After digging a pit to avoid being disturbed, Wang Ji took out a furnace and put the iron he had dug out in the mine into it to continue burning.

Although they hadn't been digging for long, the mineral deposits in Tieshi Town were indeed abundant.

After burning all the mined ore, Wang Ji obtained exactly thirty iron ingots. He immediately put down his workbench, made a suit of iron armor, an iron sword, and an iron axe.

[Ready to go]

This immediately gave me a sense of security.

Although iron armor only offers average defense among all armor types and is merely a transitional piece of equipment for the early game, it at least allows you to withstand a few more hits and avoids instant death from any major blow.

Even a small improvement is welcome, and no one will complain.

The original stone swords were replaced with iron swords that had a higher attack power, and all the tools were also replaced with new iron tools.

As for the old ones...

The old one was thrown away.

After putting away the furnace and workbench, Wang Ji stepped out of the makeshift pit and looked around.

The space here is quite open, with a large lava lake in front of you. Across the lake is a strange forest, where something seems to be active.

Several long, thin, and eerie black shadows.

Enderman.

It's quite dangerous in the early stages. As soon as you make eye contact with it, it will teleport over instantly and launch an attack.

Wang Ji squinted, trying to keep his gaze low.

He didn't want to suddenly meet a pair of purple eyes, and then have a gaping maw appear in front of him the next second.

To be honest, it's quite scary when an Enderman suddenly opens its mouth wide and jumps up to you—especially now that there's no screen in between, it wouldn't be fun if that big mouth actually came at you.

But that's all...

A moment later, a one-block-wide 'bridge' built of Hellrock appeared over the lava lake, leading straight to the eerie forest.

As I looked up, suddenly, a pair of purple eyes looked at me.

It's an Enderman.

"hiss--!"

It screamed and charged at us.

pat.

Wang Ji was hit.

"You idiot, you're just waiting for me here!"

Despite his complaints, Wang Ji quickly realized what was happening and began to confront the situation head-on.

Normal mobs like Endermen, which are susceptible to knockback, are relatively easy to defeat if handled properly.

Even if you're wearing armor and wielding an iron axe and sword, or even if you're unarmed, as long as you can keep the attacks connected and maintain a good rhythm to keep hitting the Endermen, they're not much of a threat.

An Ender Pearl fell to the ground and was picked up by Wang Ji.

You absolutely can't miss this; in many situations, Ender Pearls are lifesavers.

The method of use is to throw it out, and the user will be teleported to the spot where the pearl lands.

“It’s quite beautiful.”

After putting the pearl away, Wang Ji ate a bite of grilled fish to replenish his hunger level, and his health began to recover rapidly.

A moment later, Wang Ji built a small platform two blocks high, then hid underneath and began to act as a despicable two-block man.

This method still works.

Obviously, Endermen don't bend over, nor do they move blocks during combat.

As for another powerful tool for fighting monsters, it's the ship.

Some of its characteristics remain, such as being able to land on land or travel on dry land.

However, it no longer has the ability to trap and kill at the code level, but is just a vehicle with its own unique rules.

If you can go up, you can go down; at most, there will be a slight lag.

I didn't waste any more time in this terrain. I quickly farmed some ender pearls, did a few experiments, and then left.

After noting down the direction and making some marks, the long and arduous journey through the map began.

The best things in Hell are in ruins and fortresses.

Ruins and fortresses aren't actually that hard to find; just keep running in one direction and you'll eventually come across some.

On that day, or perhaps it was that day, Wang Ji felt that it hadn't even been a day yet. Anyway, after running for a while, he found a dark, ancient fortress.

Looking at the gold nuggets faintly visible through the broken walls of the ruins, Wang Ji felt that he probably wouldn't be short of money for a long time after this trip.

You could become rich overnight by simply digging up a gold nugget and leaving it outside.

There are always many Piglins and Piglin Barbarians in the Ruins Fortress. The former will become neutral as long as they wear a gold item, but the latter are different. They will be hostile no matter what they wear.

So Wang Ji got too lazy to beat around the bush.

He fought his way through, if he could, he fought; if he couldn't, he used blocks to trap the piglins, or he surrounded himself and dug tunnels for a strategic retreat. Because his equipment was really bad, Wang Ji wasted a lot of time in this fortress ruin.

However, the results were also gratifying.

The ruins of Hell's Fortress are very rich.

First, Wang Ji searched and dug inside the boxes and buildings, collecting dozens of gold nuggets.

And all of this is secondary and incidental.

The main rewards are Netherite Shards, upgrade templates, diamond weapons, tools, and equipment found in the treasure chests.

And some foods, such as golden apples and golden carrots.

Secondly, there are miscellaneous minerals, materials, and small items.

Wang Ji only picked out some things he might need to take with him, such as iron, magma paste, silk thread, and arrows...

Sometimes you can find gold equipment, such as gold swords, gold axes, and gold armor. These kinds of things would probably be quite valuable in the Empire, but they are a bit redundant for Wang Ji, and keeping them is just a waste of backpack space.

So he threw all this useless equipment into the anti-smelting furnace and melted it down, turning it into portable raw materials.

As for the slight loss, it doesn't matter at all.

Hell, in some people's eyes, may be a veritable 'hell' filled with flames and lava, bones and resurrected dead.

But in Wang Ji's view, this place was a huge treasure trove. Although it didn't have the copper, iron, diamonds, or other minerals found in the main world, it had plenty of gold mines that could be found anywhere.

It's no joke that there's gold everywhere.

After looting the first fortress ruins, Wang Ji found two diamond pickaxes in his backpack, one with efficiency V and the other with durability III, which fit perfectly together.

In addition, he also had two more pieces of diamond armor on his body: a helmet and leg guards.

This trip was very fruitful; my backpack is more than half full, but this is just the beginning.

Ice Bucket Challenge

After walking for a while, Wang Ji discovered a portal ruin. He certainly didn't intend to go out, but the obsidian in this ruin was quite useful, and he dug it all up in no time.

Next up is Hell Fortress.

Wang Ji killed a lot of Blazes here, obtained some Nether Wart, mined some Soul Sand, and casually killed some Wither Skeletons.

With the Ender Pearl and Obsidian from before, Wang Ji quickly crafted an Ender Chest, carrying a lot of items.

After the fortress, it's time to explore more ruins and open more chests.

The rest of the journey was rather dull.

There is no distinction between day and night in hell, nor is there any obvious difference in brightness. Crimson light fills the entire world, leaving no blind spots.

This light allows one to see clearly even underground where there are no other light sources.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

When Wang Ji emerged from the ruins fortress once again, his backpack and Ender Chest were overflowing, with no room left to hold anything else.

He was no longer wearing a mismatched rags, but a complete set of jet-black, ancient and deep alloy armor, with faint purple light flowing across it.

[Covered in wreckage]

After searching and scavenging for a while, the Nether Alloy Armor is finally complete.

This is the strongest equipment in the original version.

Wang Ji tapped the armor on his body and felt that it was ridiculously hard, harder than a diamond, and extremely tough, with an even higher level of pressure resistance.

In addition, it also has a knockback resistance bonus.

This attribute cannot be ignored. Even if an iron golem could send someone flying several meters with a single slap, it would at most make Wang Ji take half a step back.

It emphasizes an unwavering, steadfast stance.

Since the enchantment attributes of the equipment in the box are quite random, getting the desired enchantment is basically a matter of luck.

However, because he explored enough ruins, Wang Ji managed to collect enough for a set of four protective enchantments.

This is another major improvement in armor performance.

Now, the pigman's sword is like a tickle to him, and even when a white skeleton archer occasionally spawns and shoots an arrow, it hardly breaks through his defenses.

The attacks are weakened layer by layer by the protective enchantments, and then blocked by the tough armor.

In addition to the armor, the sword, axe, and pickaxe were also upgraded by Wang Ji to be made of Nether Alloy.

Whether it's armor or weapons and tools, the enchantments are very powerful. Although they're not comprehensive, we can't pursue that much with the current conditions. We can only find an opportunity to improve them later.

At this point, it can be said that, apart from lacking items like elytra and hammers that require special ruins in the Overworld and the End to obtain, King has essentially completed his survival gear set.

During this period, countless fortresses were brutally attacked, and countless piglins were trapped.

In any case, at this moment, Wang Ji already had the power to resist and fight, and his combat power at this moment was on a completely different level from before he entered Hell.

"It's time to go back."

Thinking of what had happened in the empire, Wang Ji returned the way he came, arriving back at the place he had come from without wasting a moment.

That is, next to the hell portal that was blown up by the ghasts.

(End of this chapter)