Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

Craft three or four extra stone pickaxes and keep them in your backpack for later use. Destroy the crafting table and carry it with you.

The sky had completely darkened by now; it was time to go to bed.

But this is Minecraft, so wasn't the first day supposed to be used for mining?

Sleep like a pretzel!

"We can go down into the mine now."

We don't need swords for now, and we can use pickaxes, so there's no need to waste extra sticks.

"Everything is ready. Objective: Find coal, gain experience, and level up!"

……

"No way, why is this coal so hard to dig!" The stone pickaxe in his hand cracked with a snap and fell to the ground, disappearing without a trace. Helpless, Bai Li took out a new stone pickaxe and continued digging.

This was the fourth stone pickaxe he had destroyed. He had two or three sets of stones in his backpack, but he hadn't seen a single piece of coal!

To find coal as efficiently as possible, Bai Li used a cross-shaped digging method, which involved digging two squares in each direction, since there were only nine squares of space available.

At the same time, the height difference between each plane is exactly two blocks, ensuring that the blocks above and below Bai Li's field of vision will not overlap.

And so it is, he still hasn't seen a trace of coal.

This inevitably made Bai Li somewhat discouraged.

After repeated digging, Bai Li, though still physically strong, was feeling somewhat mentally exhausted.

How about we leave it at that for today?

No!

Having dug this far, I only have so many sticks left. If I want to get up, the stairs are not enough. I'll have to use dirt and stones to support myself again, and I'll have to dig all over again next time I come.

Even if I only dig up one, no, just one, I'll call it a day!

With that thought in mind, Bai Li began to challenge herself.

A long time passed, the stone pickaxe broke, and Bai Li had only been digging with a new pickaxe for a short while when he finally saw coal.

"Hahaha, there's always a way out! I finally found it!" Bai Li struck with his pickaxe, and another coal mine appeared. He couldn't help but beam with joy: "Great! It's a vein! Even if it's a tiny one, it'll be enough for me to upgrade, and I might even be able to level up one or two more times!"

Ding!

At that moment, the sound of the stone pickaxe striking the ground was so pleasant to Bai Li's ears.

Ah, this is the taste of harvest.

After mining all the coal, Bai Li's experience level reached level four and a half.

It wasn't easy; you had to climb all those levels.

With a look of joy at the harvest on her face, Bai Li wiped away unexplained sweat from her forehead.

"Hoo-ha, that's about it. After being down there for so long, I've finally gained something. My range of movement has increased significantly."

Bai Li stretched: "Time to go upstairs, and also test my current activity area."

There was no need to conserve wood anymore, since he could just keep chopping it up after he got to the top, so he simply combined all the remaining wood into a staircase.

Place stairs at intervals, and then add a few more dirt blocks. Before long, you'll reach the top.

After knocking down the block above his head that was meant to prevent animals from releasing unidentified objects, Bai Li jumped back to the ground.

"Phew~ It's still more comfortable to breathe the air on the ground."

Bai Li took a deep breath and sighed.

Although it can survive without oxygen, it still has its sense of smell.

"Seriously, have I been digging for a whole day and night? I don't even feel it, time just flew by."

Bai Li squinted at the sun high in the sky.

It was dusk when he entered the mine.

"I'm not sleepy at all. I feel like I could fight for another seven days and seven nights without a problem. Yeah, that's so Steve."

"If this were before I transmigrated, even if this was my only ability, I would have taken off immediately and gained twice the time of others. The King of Rolling? I would have rolled them so much that they couldn't take care of themselves."

"My satiety level is almost gone, let's put the meat in the furnace to cook it before eating."

After all, if you don't burn it, you only get one bar of satiety, which is too wasteful in the current food shortage.

"Cooking meat in a furnace... something feels off. We just lit charcoal."

"Sigh, I've fallen on hard times. Back in the day, I could eat KFC without waiting until Thursday, but now I have to live frugally."

Chewing on cooked meat, Bai Li muttered with food in her mouth, "Once I have enough food, I'll eat one and throw one away. Hey, just playing around!"

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, seeing that the fire was still burning, Bai Li thought for a moment and then knocked on the wolf's corpse.

Since we're just keeping it anyway, we might as well put it in the furnace to burn. We can't take out the firewood that's already burned in the furnace, so we can't waste it.

Wow, I didn't know I was also thrifty and good at managing a household.

I wonder who will benefit from this in the future.

After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Bai Li stood up and remeasured her activity range.

Each of the four directions has thirteen squares, making it 27x27.

1x1，3x3，9x9，27x27……

It increases by multiples!

Bai Li was overjoyed. Exponential growth was no joke. It meant that it wouldn't be long before he could extend his reach to the village where Liu Er lived.

"Great news, this deserves a celebration."

To get rich, start by cutting down trees!

He glanced at the surrounding trees with ill intent: "Let's set a small goal: chop down a whole group of them first. This time, I'm going to chop them down to my heart's content!"

Liu Family Village.

"Liu Er, are you really not coming to the city with me? Usually at this time you'd be crying and begging to come with me." Standing at his doorstep, holding his youngest child's hand, Liu Da weighed the wolf skin and wolf meat he was carrying on his back and asked in confusion.

"No," Liu Er shook his head, "We don't have much firewood left at home. I was thinking of taking advantage of this time to go to the woods to collect some wood and pick some wild vegetables while I'm at it. You guys can go."

Upon hearing this, Liu Da stared into his eyes, and Liu Er smiled naturally.

"Okay, but remember, don't go too far. Go in the other direction of the woods, understand?"

"Understood, Father."

Liu Da looked at the room with concern. After a long while, he seemed to come back to his senses, said nothing more, nodded, and walked towards Chengcheng.

Liu Er watched their figures gradually disappear into the distance until they vanished from sight.

"Second brother, has your father already passed away?"

"Mother, you're awake!" A voice came from inside the room. Liu Er turned around and saw that the middle-aged woman who was still lying in bed had woken up at some point. He hurriedly ran to the bedside: "Father just left not long ago. There's still some porridge in the pot. Oh, and there's medicine too. Mother, wait a moment, I'll go heat it up for you. There's also meat!"

Knowing that his mother would ask his younger sister next, Liu Er continued speaking while busy with his work.

"Third sister, she went with them. The city is lively, and Dad thought he'd take the opportunity to take her for a stroll. I was thinking of going to the mountains to gather some firewood or something, so I didn't go. Besides, the city isn't that interesting, haha, there's plenty more fun in the woods."