The Legend of Fangren

The same thing happened when I was picking up beast corpses some time ago. The corpses of second and third-tier mystical beasts were reduced to ordinary and first-tier levels due to decay and burning, so they could be decomposed by ordinary tools. Even so, I still went through several tools a day.

If this continues, once I run out of those few sets of gray iron ingots, and then try to use stone tools to fight the mystical beasts again, I'm afraid my axe will run out of durability after just one throw, turning it into a disposable item.

Having calmed his mind, Fang Shi drifted into a dream.

What, sleep? Yeah, right. Of course I'm going to work in the spiritual space! I'm a working man, destined to work. If I don't work overtime at night, where will I get all those materials to squander the next day?

the next day……

Fang Shi, who had just emerged from the Lingtai Space early in the morning, once again deeply felt the scarcity of gray iron ingots; there were less than three sets left.

In the game, the three most essential resources for the blocky characters to do anything are wood, stone, and metal.

Leaving aside the question of which minerals in the mystic world these rubies, diamonds, and lapis lazuli correspond to, basic resources are key.

"Fangzi, why do you look so nervous?" Luohe, who had gotten up early and was watching Fang Shi closely, asked with concern.

Fang Shi waved his hand and said it was nothing, just a case of the unique resource deficiency stress syndrome of the cube people.

These symptoms accompany the vast majority of block people, driving them to go out and work every day—which makes Fang Shi somewhat nostalgic for the various mechanisms in the game. The mechanisms, which are much simpler than the rules in reality, allow players to easily design machines to obtain resources, but such mechanisms that create something out of nothing can obviously only exist in games.

"After all, the materials that the tools disintegrate are based on reality... If they could also preserve the game mechanics, I can't even imagine how outrageous it would be."

To give a simple example, the famous Minecraft mechanic of lava turning into stone when it comes into contact with water is one of the most well-known mechanics. If this mechanic were applied to reality, it would be equivalent to lava turning into stone when it comes into contact with water. However, given his abilities, he could collect lava from a certain material in reality into a [lava bucket]. It's conceivable that he could use this mechanic to continuously farm stones of the corresponding grade to the lava material.

Holy crap! There's a cheat code here!

Even he himself wanted to shout that.

Furthermore, don't forget that water and lava are actually classified as blocks in the game's setting. Currently, it seems that most of the blocks that can possess powers are [items] and [functional blocks]. Therefore, it's understandable that the mechanics of water and lava are gone. Just like other blocks can no longer ignore gravity, once they are separated from the block's history for a period of time, the blocks will become real, objective matter.

Of course, we should always have hope.

Don't forget that his cube-like abilities are unlocked step by step according to his cultivation level. All the things he has now are just "mysterious artifacts" that he created after awakening the Yin Xuan Xiang - Book of Knowledge. Theoretically, they correspond to the third realm, Qi Gathering Realm. What about the fourth and fifth realms?

Stop thinking about it for a moment, or it will become too much. Let's save it for our future selves as a surprise. Right now, it's more important to focus on gathering materials.

"Breakfast has been delivered, everyone come and eat. After you finish eating, it's time to get back to work." Yun Yue clapped her hands, urging everyone to get out of bed.

If a cultivator stays in bed, the villagers will gossip about him; at this hour, even the old farmers should be up and working.

The group of girls had no choice but to get up quickly, even their usual laziness disappeared, and they all became concerned about their image, how pathetic.

After everyone sat down at the table to eat, Elder Qian suddenly said to Fang Shi, "You should stay in the village for a while."

"Why?" Fang Shi, who was adding thick soup to Luohe, turned around and asked.

Elder Qian explained, "The villagers asked me for a lot of things last night, and defeating the Xuan Beast was just one of them. You have a special physique and amazing physical strength. Your fellow disciples don't get much training, so it would be better to leave you in the village and let you do other things for the villagers."

The meaning of this statement is very clear. Everyone's current level has not yet officially entered the "spellcasting" stage. Having a stat monster like Fang Shi in the team is just too overpowered. After a raid, the experience is distributed according to the damage, and it all goes to the big boss. Everyone else becomes a mere accessory, so how can they develop?

Left with no other choice, they had to kick out the tank first.

"Ah, this..." Fang Shi remained silent.

Is it wrong to be a monster with high stats? It's not like he intended to whittle down a second-tier monster to near death with a single axe strike.

...Okay, kicking him was the right thing to do.

That's fine, anyway, Fang Shizheng needs some private time to supplement the materials.

Luohe, standing to the side, was terrified. If Fangzi didn't go, who would give him extra food?

What if we eat out later and there's no thick soup to make her have a withdrawal reaction?

She hurriedly grabbed Fang Shi, quickly finished her drink, and said, "Fang Shi, Fang Shi, give me some more!"

"Sigh...look how silly you are." Fang Shi tapped her forehead with his fingertip and said, "Why don't I just get a bowl of soup for the elders? They're very disciplined, they definitely won't try to take it from you, right?"

"Of course." The two elders straightened their backs unconsciously as they felt the gazes around them.

Really? — That's not very credible.

Do the girls still remember that day when the thick soup had just been made, the two elders immediately filled two bowls for themselves?

"Alright, alright."

If this continues, the two elders will feel that their authority is in jeopardy... These girls have become increasingly disrespectful over time, it's really Yun Yue's fault for being too gentle and spoiling them.

"Hurry up and grab your magical artifacts, let's go!"

"Yes~" The girls laughed and dispersed.

Fang Shi then took out a square jar, poured out a thick soup, and handed it to Elder Qian.

Unexpectedly, Elder Yun Yue quietly approached him and whispered in his ear, "Junior Brother Fang, you asked us to bring things, is there any benefit for us?"

"Elder, this is extortion..."

Women, don't think you can get away with something just because you call me affectionately in private!

How could I, Fang Shi, be a person who is easily swayed?

"Junior Brother Fang, don't forget that you took advantage of someone before. You don't want your childhood friend to know about this, do you?"

"..." Fang Shi was stunned. He never thought that he would be threatened by such a classic sentence structure one day.

Alright, alright, take a can of the thick soup too. Let's call it even for that earlier incident.

"No problem." Yun Yue winked her right eye at him, as if she understood what he meant.

Okay, it's pretty good to be able to resolve this issue so easily.

After everyone left, Fang Shi was left alone, still holding a piece of paper in his hand. It was a list of villagers' requests that the elder had written down yesterday. Now he had to go door to door to provide services according to what was written on the paper.

He felt like a community volunteer from a past life. He estimated that the problem could be solved in less than half a day, and he could go to the nearby mountains to find rare treasures in the afternoon.

The old village chief must be very familiar with the surrounding area; we can ask him then.