Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

"It's alright, I just happen to have something to do later and can't leave for the time being."

The man, with a gloomy face, pulled Liu Er away quickly in the direction they had come from.

"Wait!" Bai Li said.

"Young master, what's wrong?"

"You forgot to take your wolf." Bai Li pretended to struggle as she lifted the wolf with both hands and placed it in Liu Er's cage.

Liu Er's body lurched, almost causing him to fall to the ground. He took a deep breath, his face flushed, and with a burst of strength, he managed to regain his footing. The man stared at the blood on the wolf skin, then stole a glance at Bai Li's clean hands, a chill running down his spine.

"Hey, Brother Bai, you're pretty strong."

Oh no, I didn't act it right. I should have used the lifting technique.

Bai Li glanced at Liu Er with annoyance: "It's probably because I like to eat spinach; that stuff gives you strength."

"Really? Where can I buy it?"

"Oh, then you'll have to fight Popeye for them. I don't have any left either!"

"Ah! I would never steal from someone else, what a pity."

"By the way, are you able to take it back?" Bai Li asked.

Liu Er blushed, looked up, and gave him a no-questions-asked look.

"I'll do it." The man lowered his head and gestured for Liu Er to put the rope on the ground. He slowly squatted down, placed the rope properly, and stood up steadily.

"Young master, we'll be leaving now!"

"Alright, I will definitely visit you another day to express my gratitude!"

The man staggered, wanting to throw the hot potato on his back, but thinking of his sister at home, he hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Liu Er and quickly left without looking back.

Bai Li always felt that the movement was more like dragging, as if some evil spirit was chasing after them.

Could it be because of me?

That can't be right. The body has already been buried, and I didn't show any unusual behavior!

Bai Li shook her head, no longer wanting to think about it.

Anyway, I found out that the village is nearby. Once I level up, it would be more sincere to bring some gifts to express my gratitude. It would also give me another reason to get in touch with the villagers there.

It's the late Ming Dynasty, and it's in Shaanxi. I should help if I can.

If I start going to other people's houses every few days without a reason, it might arouse their suspicion.

This is also why Bai Li initially buried the body.

After all, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Bai Li had also considered pretending to be a hermit or something, but after thinking about it, given his personality, if he were to act like that all the time, it would be the death of him. So he might as well just let things take their natural course.

Of course, right now, I'm more concerned about how to get out of this three acres of land.

Bai Li sighed and turned to attend to her own business.

He was able to reach the nearest tree, and he could now follow the normal opening sequence of MC.

……

"Huff...huff, Dad, we're almost at the village. Slow down, I can't go on anymore!"

Liu Er shouted at the man, but the man didn't speak. Instead, he saw the village and started running wildly.

The man stopped walking only when someone appeared in his line of sight, panting with lingering guilt.

"Dad, why are we running so fast? Is it because of Brother Bai?"

"That's not human!"

The man was panting heavily; he had run so fast he couldn't speak, managing only a few words after a long while.

"But I don't think Brother Bai is a bad person!"

"No, that's just a smokescreen to lower our guard. He's probably plotting something to harm us. In short, he's a very dangerous person! We almost got killed there. And can you be sure he's a good guy? We can't gamble."

"What if he comes to the village with us?" Liu Er asked.

"It's alright, there are plenty of strong men in the village, he can't get in. I need to tell the village chief to have everyone avoid that area! You too, don't go in that direction."

"Brother Bai is so amazing, can he cure Mother's illness?"

"...Don't tell your mother about this, so she won't worry unnecessarily. Understand?"

"Oh~"

……

The First Law of Minecraft Development!

To get rich, start by cutting down trees.

"Ha, behold my Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

Bai Li pounded the tree repeatedly, causing white, spiderweb-like cracks to spread until finally, the tree split in two, with one piece turning into fragments of light.

Wow, that's spectacular.

Bai Li stared in disbelief at the large tree suspended in mid-air and a large tree stump with a very smooth cut.

After cutting down the only tree, Bai Li first crafted a workbench, then a wooden pickaxe, and used his hands to remove all the surrounding soil to prevent the ground from being obscured.

Bai Li thought for a moment about the wolf carcasses, then tapped one of them with his hand. Just like the cube, the carcass split open, and wolf meat and leather flew into Bai Li's backpack.

what?

No, such a big wolf, you're only giving me two pieces of meat and two pieces of leather.

You're making a profit off the middleman, aren't you?! I'm not going to take any more; it's too much of a rip-off.

Bai Li stared in disbelief, put away the piece of meat in his hand, and then used the wooden pickaxe to dig at the stone to make a stone pickaxe.

As for the stone axe, Bai Li looked at the four remaining logs with a pained expression, hesitating greatly.

With so little wealth, I can just smash it with my bare hands. It will only take a little time, and I don't need it now, so let it take a little longer.

Bai Li ultimately couldn't bear to synthesize it.

As is well known, wooden pickaxes have more than just three durability bars.

After digging up three cobblestones, Bai Li couldn't bear to throw away the wooden pickaxe. Instead, he used it until its durability was almost gone before switching to a stone pickaxe.

Next, use the stones it digs out to craft a furnace, and place a log in the top slot.

Then comes the final step.

Bai Li took out a wooden pickaxe, placed it in the combustion chamber, and the furnace spontaneously combusted, beginning to produce charcoal.

To truly extract every last bit of value from every part of it.

Another wooden board was placed in to prevent the fire from going out, and Bai Li waited for the charcoal to be produced.

There's no way around it; it's quite different from the game. If you dig too deep, no light can get in, and it's pitch black, so you can't mine.

So even though logs are scarce now, Bai Li has no choice but to squeeze out a piece to make charcoal for torches.

At the same time, he picked up an oak sapling that had fallen from a leaf and planted it at his feet.

Cut down one tree and plant another; we must follow a sustainable development strategy!

"What a pity, I didn't manage to get an Apple product. I guess I'm still just as unlucky as ever."

Waiting for the furnace in front of him to go out, Bai Li took out charcoal and used the crafting table built into his backpack to create a torch.

One of the most powerful black technologies in Minecraft: a coffin lid that even Newton couldn't hold down.

Nuclear-powered torch, obtained!

Now Mom won't have to worry about me getting lost in the mine anymore.

Bai Li held it in her left hand and held her right hand outstretched above the flame.

It was warm, but not hot. He walked onto the grass and held the flame close to it, trying to impose a life sentence on it.

The flames danced on the torch, but the grass on the ground did not catch fire.

It doesn't look like it will burn, at least not inside the wall.