To create a Wooden Pickaxe, three wooden planks and two sticks are required. Yun Xiao Yi only managed to craft one.
As everyone knows, the durability of a Wooden Pickaxe is only three points, and once it is used up, it should be placed into the Furnace to contribute its remaining heat. With the Wooden Pickaxe in hand, he felt unstoppable.
He employed a rugged mining technique, digging straight down. However, unlike the virtual gaming world, the depth of soil in reality can far exceed that of the game; in some high-altitude areas, the soil layer can reach hundreds of meters thick.
After a strenuous effort digging through a dozen blocks of soil, he finally reached the rocky layer. He immediately switched to the Wooden Pickaxe and began mining in all directions, aiming to fully utilize the last bit of its lifespan.
Before long, his Wooden Pickaxe was nearly depleted, but he had also collected eighteen stones in his bag.
A little tidbit: whether it’s a fully functional or nearly broken Wooden Pickaxe, the burning duration in the Furnace remains the same, lasting for one unit of time. With this in mind, Yun Xiao Yi decided not to dig any deeper.
He jumped up while laying down blocks of soil beneath him. Soon enough, he was back on the surface.
To craft a Furnace, eight stones are needed. At the Crafting Table, he placed eight Stones and successfully created a Furnace, setting it down near the Crafting Table. He opened the Furnace interface and...
He tossed the nearly depleted Wooden Pickaxe into the fuel slot and placed the wood into the material slot. The Furnace immediately sprang to life.
As the flames of the Furnace began to flicker, he took some Wood Sticks from his crafting area and combined them with the charcoal he had previously refined to create four torches. These were not ordinary torches. They were a top-tier technological achievement from "Minecraft," akin to an infinite energy device that countless players dreamt of. Their light would never extinguish, far surpassing even the wishes of long-deceased scientists.
He inserted these everlasting torches into the ground, and their radiance instantly illuminated an area of over ten meters. Yun Xiao Yi placed his hand near one of the torches, feeling the warmth that brought him both comfort and reassurance.
He picked up a few withered weeds to add to the torch, only to find that they showed no signs of catching fire after resting on it for a while. Clearly, this torch could not ignite other objects. Yun Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief; this was indeed safer.
It was important to note that they were deep within a dense forest, surrounded by towering trees that reached the clouds. If a fire were to break out accidentally, escaping would be nearly impossible.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiao Yi couldn't help but recall the world in "Minecraft," where one could respawn. However, in the real world, once someone died, whether they could come back was an extremely unpredictable matter. Therefore, he cherished his life all the more.
He reopened his crafting interface and made a Shovel. Crafting this required three Round Stones and two Wooden Sticks. This time, he crafted five Shovels at once—one in hand and four in his backpack as spares. Then, he used Tree Trunks to make wooden planks, which he subsequently crafted into Wooden Steps.
In "Minecraft," there are many flaws, or rather, characteristics. For instance, the burn value of wood, wooden planks, and wooden stairs is surprisingly the same. Although wood can only withstand half a unit of heat from burning, each piece of wood can be crafted into four wooden planks, and three wooden planks can further be made into six stairs. In other words, a single piece of wood can ultimately be transformed into eight wooden stairs, effectively utilizing every bit of its potential for eight times its original burn duration.
If given the choice, Yun Xiao Yi would prefer to dig for coal underground, as it not only provides experience points but also has a higher burn efficiency. However, this is not a game; in the real world, if one does not find a suitable location, even digging through the entire crust may yield nothing. Thus, in the current environment, the value of charcoal becomes particularly critical.
Checking his inventory, Yun Xiao Yi realized that his stock of wood was running low. This situation seemed to mirror the settings in "Minecraft": there always seems to be a shortage of wood. To address this, he used the available wooden planks to craft some sticks and then combined three round stones with two sticks to assemble a stone axe.
In the game, each tool possesses unique abilities; for example, axes have a distinct advantage in quickly cutting down wooden products. Gripping his newly crafted stone axe, Yun Xiao Yi approached an ancient towering tree nearby and looked up through its thick branches to admire the dappled sunlight filtering down.
"Watch me unleash my wild chopping technique!" he muttered to himself.
A slight change in reality made him feel incredibly free; in the game, chopping down trees often comes with fixed animations and sound effects. In real life, however, he could change his movements at will—whether chopping horizontally or vertically, or even at an angle—completely following his mood.
Soon enough, he realized that the key was not strength or angle but rather the rapid repetition of movement. As long as he ensured frequent actions and met a minimum strength threshold, even lightly tapping the surface of the tree trunk could cause it to splinter apart.
With each resounding crash, one massive ancient tree after another came crashing down. Thanks to the effects of gravity and other rules in reality, whenever he severed the lower section of a tree, it would topple randomly in any direction as if it had lost its support.
Having learned from previous experiences how to protect himself from falling debris, Yun Xiao Yi had built a thin wall of soil in front of him. This way, even if the trees collapsed and broke through the earthen barrier, it would not pose a threat. Although the shattered soil wall looked quite messy afterward, a simple cleanup would allow him to reconstruct an ideal barrier measuring one meter by one meter once again.
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