This MC is so original

Seeing Lu Xiu's figure completely disappear from her sight, Ye Lan sighed helplessly.

"My Lord, what is the situation?"

At this moment, one of Ye Lan's men who was sent to protect the villagers rushed over.

"I saw the fighting at the village entrance had stopped, so I hurried over to check the situation."

The subordinate looked at the corpse-strewn village entrance and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "As expected of you, sir, you defeated these hillbillies so easily!"

Ye Lan waved her hands in a disinterested manner: "No, it wasn't me, it was our target who did it. It seems we still underestimated his magical methods."

"Ah? Is this true?" The subordinate was a little bit unconvinced. He looked around but couldn't find Lu Xiu, so he asked, "Sir, where is he?"

Ye Lan pointed to the soil under her feet and said, "Look, he dug a hole and went down."

"Ah... so sir, should we continue the pursuit? I can get a shovel if you need."

"Forget it, let's stop here for today. When you dig with a shovel, no one knows where to dig. Give these potatoes to the villagers. Then you stay here and ask the villagers if there is any new information. I'm leaving first."

"Yes, my lord."

Under the surface, Lu Xiu was cautious this time and did not directly use the one-grid vertical mining method, but chose the more stable two-grid wide vertical mining method.

Although this method requires more pickaxes, it is safer.

After digging for a while, Lu Xiu stopped what he was doing.

"No, isn't it? Are they so poor here? After digging for a long time, they only give a few pieces of iron and coal, not even a piece of gold?"

If he continued digging like this, he would probably have to dig iron into it, so Lu Xiu decisively switched to a stone pickaxe to save supplies.

After digging for an unknown amount of time, Lu Xiu suddenly felt something go empty under his feet and he fell straight down.

Fortunately, there was no lava under him, and Lu Xiu easily used a bucket to wash him down.

Lu Xiu placed a torch beside him and began to look around.

"An underground mine?"

This time, the underground mine did not disappoint Lu Xiu. There were exposed iron ores all around. A little further away, Lu Xiu even saw a yellow mineral. He didn't know whether it was gold or something else.

After knocking down all the iron ore, Lu Xiu came to the yellow mineral and even cut out an iron pickaxe to collect it for the sake of caution.

The pickaxe easily knocked down the mineral, and the dropped objects were sucked into Lu Xiu's backpack.

【amber】

"It's a familiar name, but what's the use?"

Lu Xiu tried to use it to make a shovel, but no corresponding item appeared.

Seeing that the production failed, Lu Xiu did not waste too much time on it. His top priority now was to go to Hell to get the Wither Skull. If he was lucky, he could also get enchanted diamond equipment from the boxes in Hell Fortress and Piglin Fortress.

This is much more convenient than him digging around here blindly.

However, the mine where Lu Xiu was located was pitch black, with no trace of magma at all.

Lu Xiu had no choice but to go deeper into the ground along the mine.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a flash of orange-red finally appeared in Lu Xiu's field of vision. Lu Xiu happily ran towards the direction where the light came from.

A lava lake appeared before its eyes.

"Finally, there's a lava lake!"

Lu Xiu couldn't wait to build a simple frame next to the lava lake, and poured a bucket of water on top, preparing to directly pour the hell portal.

【Unlock Achievement: Steaming Hot!】

[Achievement Points: 10]

"Wait a minute!"

Lu Xiu had just scooped up a bucket of lava when he discovered a problem he had overlooked.

"Oh no, there's no flint."

P.S. I'm sorry that the previous book recommendations have affected everyone's impression. As compensation, I will update four more books tomorrow.

Chapter 43 Steve Never Decrypts

Lu Xiu searched around the lava lake but didn't see any gravel, so he returned to the hell portal helplessly.

"We have to use other methods."

Fortunately, there are more than just flint to ignite the Hell Gate. There are various unconventional methods. However, due to the conditions on site, Lu Xiu could only use wooden boards to ignite the Hell Gate. After placing the wooden boards, Lu Xiu scooped a bucket of magma and placed it aside, quietly waiting for the wooden boards to burn and thus ignite the Hell Gate.

Fortunately, the magma was very reliable and Lu Xiu didn't have to wait too long before the wooden board was ignited, and then the Hell Gate was successfully ignited.

A dark purple energy layer suddenly appeared in the center of the originally empty Hell Gate, and Lu Xiu stepped on it decisively.

The familiar distortion of vision came, and Lu Xiu felt dizzy.

"After installing the texture pack, the teleportation effects are really amazing."

As Lu Xiu finished complaining, his figure also disappeared into the Hell Gate. Suddenly, the only sound in the empty mine was the faint ringing of the Hell Gate.

Lu Xiu squinted his eyes, quietly waiting for his vision to return to normal, and immediately walked out of the portal, but the surrounding environment made him stunned.

The moss-covered bricks and half-destroyed stone street lamps, this series of scenes told Lu Xiu that this was not the hell he had imagined.

"Has this hell been renovated? Or did I go to the wrong door?"

【Unlock Achievement: The Boundary between Life and Death】

[Achievement Points: 10]

"The border between life and death? There's no achievement in MC. Does that mean this isn't hell?"

This sudden achievement made Lu Xiu a little confused. After thinking for a moment, he went back into the gate of hell. In less than a moment, his figure disappeared. After a few seconds, Lu Xiu appeared here again.

Walking out of the Hell Gate, Lu Xiu took a look at the familiar scene and couldn't help but mutter, "Is this damn Hell Gate broken?"

Lu Xiu walked around and found himself in a ruin. The only exit was a tightly closed stone door. On the other side of it were two huge bluestones, each with a light golden pattern.

Lu Xiu walked over and examined them carefully, stroking his chin as he thought, "The symbols on these two stones seem to be incomplete. Do you want me to piece them together?"

After carefully comparing the two symbols, Lu Xiu discovered that they were composed of two parts, one above the other. It was clear that his guess was correct, but...

"Why decrypt it when you can just chisel it open? I'm stupid."

Lu Xiu took out his pickaxe from his bag and walked to the stone gate. He swung the pickaxe and chiseled two gaps in the stone gate, just enough for him to enter.

Entering the next area, Lu Xiu's way forward was once again blocked by a tightly closed stone door. However, this time, he didn't even look for the mechanism to open the stone door. He went straight to the mechanism and knocked it open.

After Lu Xiu passed through this stone gate, the next area was still a tightly closed stone gate.

"What kind of ingenious design is this? Who would be so bored as to add so many doors here? If I can't just chisel it out, wouldn't someone else have to decipher it step by step? How long would that take?"

Lu Xiu complained in annoyance, then walked over and casually chiseled open the tightly closed stone door. However, as soon as he passed through the stone door, the exact same area appeared in front of him again.

"Something's wrong..."

Lu Xiu felt a little strange. No matter how crazy a person was, he would not design such repetitive levels to block others. After all, as long as he could solve the previous levels, he would have experience for the next levels, and the next levels would be almost defenseless.

Lu Xiu walked to the stone gate and looked at it carefully. He found that this stone gate looked exactly the same as the stone gates that were destroyed before, and there was no difference at all.

"It's weird."

Lu Xiu tried to use a pickaxe to chisel it open, and the stone door was successfully destroyed. There was also a new area behind the door, but Lu Xiu found that nothing fell when he chiseled the stone door open this time.

After he chiseled open the previous stone door, two moss stones fell out, but after this door was destroyed, nothing fell out.

This made Lu Xiu think of a situation.

"Illusion? Ghost wall?"

Lu Xiu rubbed his chin and did not rush through the damaged stone gate. Instead, he returned to the center of the area and looked around.

The two bluestones engraved with golden symbols in the first level disappeared, replaced by a complete stone lamp in each of the four corners.

"Do you want me to light these four stone lamps?"

Lu Xiu walked to a stone lamp, looked at it carefully, and confirmed that it was indeed made of stone.

"I want to decipher it, but Steve, except in Adventure Mode, there's only one way to decipher it. Once you destroy the puzzle, there's no deciphering it."

Lu Xiu used his pickaxe to chisel down the stone lamps everywhere, and four new items appeared in his backpack.

【Vision Stone Lamp】

"Sure enough, it's you who is up to something."

After the four stone lamps were removed by Lu Xiu, the stone gate that was originally opened by Lu Xiu gradually became illusory and transparent, and finally revealed its true appearance.

The new area behind the stone gate that Lu Xiu had originally seen has now turned into a bottomless abyss, and the stone gate has also become a cliff. In the distance, there is a gray haze and no scenery can be seen. It is obvious that the road is cut off here, and the only possible road is this endless abyss.

Lu Xiu walked forward and looked down, unable to help but marvel at the sight.

"I didn't expect that in addition to that magical elemental power, this world also has this kind of illusion. I've learned a lot."

The illusion was broken, and Lu Xiu did not stay here for too long. After moving the bucket and the small wooden boat to the item quick bar, he jumped directly down the cliff.

After jumping down, considering that although this place does not look like hell, it may also have the characteristics of being unable to drain water, Lu Xiu deliberately switched the item in his hand to a small wooden boat, ready to land on the boat at any time.

However, the pool of water that appeared below saved the trouble of repairing the road and landing the boat.

Lu Xiu dived into the lake, emerged from the water, saw a piece of land not far away, and swam towards it.

After getting ashore, he discovered that there was a long and secluded passage not far from the shore. Lu Xiu walked in carefully with a torch in one hand and an iron axe in the other.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a light appeared at the front of the passage. After walking out of the passage, a world surrounded by gray fog appeared in front of Lu Xiu.

Not far in front of him, there were more than a dozen translucent figures wandering around.

Chapter 44: Why are you, a ghost, afraid of a pig man?

Lu Xiu walked forward curiously, came to the semi-transparent figure, and looked at her carefully.

"Although it's a little blurry due to its translucency, it looks exactly like a human. Could it be a ghost?"

Lu Xiu muttered as he stared at the female figure in front of him.

The man seemed startled by Lu Xiu and took two steps back: "How did you get in?"

"Wow, so you can talk."

Before Lu Xiu could ask something about hell, the translucent female figure anxiously tried to grab Lu Xiu's arm, but unfortunately her hand went straight through Lu Xiu's arm.

Lu Xiu raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Ghost?"

When the female ghost saw that she failed to grab Lu Xiu's arm, she belatedly slapped her forehead.

"I forgot I was dead a long time ago. Oh, and since you were able to get in here, I guess you must have learned the method to enter this world from Master Hu, right?"

"Master Hu? I don't know him. Who is that?"

The female ghost looked stunned. "Don't you know Walnut from the Rebirth Hall? Then how did you get into this area? Shouldn't there be a formation ahead that automatically traps the living and prevents them from entering here at will?"

"You mean those stone doors that are in the way? I'll just chisel them away. If it's important, I'll block it up when I get back."

“Chisel…chisel?!”

The female ghost was so surprised she couldn't close her mouth. "That stone door is really thick! And there's a formation outside. You should be affected by the illusion. Even if you chisel through the stone door, you'll be trapped and spinning in place. Since you can come here, could it be that you... destroyed those formations too?!"

Lu Xiu hesitated for a while, then took out the stone lamp he had chiseled from his backpack and casually put it aside.

"Is this what you're talking about?"

The female ghost glanced at the stone lantern in Lu Xiu's hand. This man was so strong that he could actually carry the stone lantern with him.

However, facing Lu Xiu's question, the female ghost shook her head: "This stone lantern is just a medium to trigger the formation. It doesn't matter if it is dismantled, as long as the formation is still there, it's fine. You won't destroy the formation as well, right?"

"No, we just took down the stone lanterns. But don't worry, they are still intact."

Lu Xiu put the remaining three stone lanterns aside. Since the female ghost said that the stone lanterns were just media and could not produce illusions without the cooperation of the magic circle, there was no point in keeping them on him. They could not provide light and they took up space in his backpack.

"So, what did you want to do by arresting me just now?"