(9) Ice Hunt's Suspicion and Beacon Tower
I'm afraid many people have had this delusion, 'If I win 10 million, I will ......'.
"I will go to the tax first, and then take the tax money to Beijing to move my hukou there, buy a few houses and a prosperous storefront, and after getting used to life there, I will find a wife, and then take my parents over."
This is an honest and pragmatic path that older young people will choose.
"I'm going to invest this money and make more money, or use this money to start my own company, and I'm the chairman!" I will slowly make this company bigger and stronger! Finally on the Forbes list! โ
This is the path that a careerist who dares to fight would choose.
"I'll put this money in Citibank! Use this account to get a premium card! And then live like an ordinary person, too much money will make people degenerate, of course, if there is a rich and handsome sense in front of me, I will use 10 million bank passbooks to directly smash this grandson! โ
This is a path that people with very different thinking circuits and very careful eyes will choose.
"I took the money and went to set up a research institute specializing in very advanced weapons! Then recruit a group of juniors to train strictly, and then arm them with my advanced weapons, and use them as the main force to dominate the entire earth! After dominating the earth, I began to study large spaceships and build them all over the world! Build a lot! Then all mankind went on an expedition to fight aliens ยฅ@#(**......"
โฆโฆ It's a strange novel that I read too much, and it turns out to be a heavily brain-dead middle two.
All right! Although the path chosen by these people may be very worthy of criticism, it is undeniable that the guys who can win the 10 million jackpot are definitely very lucky people, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are outrageously lucky.
Kamijo Dangma is now facing such a blissful distress, this kind of windfall from heaven that he had never thought of before.
That's a full 165 one-cubic-meter diamonds, and under the world rules of 'MineCraft', you can exchange 40 players with the top-of-the-line armor 'Diamond Suit' in 'MineCraft' and the matching diamond series weapons. And 40 players who incarnate as Diamond People are enough to kill the ender land where the final boss sits without leaving a chicken dog.
"Great! If I scatter these diamonds and use them to arm the people who are trapped, like that...... You can kill the boss! And everybody's going to leave this world! โ
Should it be said that it is worthy of being a hemp? With so many diamonds, he had no idea of keeping them for himself, and his first instinct was to share these extremely valuable strategic resources with other trapped players.
So, he first thought of Ice Hunt, the player who ran around in order to maintain the faint-hearted, which made Dangma have a very good impression of the red-haired boy and was a person who could be trusted, so he sent a friend message to Ice Hunt.
"I've found an amazing piece of information now, if it's Ice Hunt, he's trustworthy, right?"
"Huh? What amazing things did you find? Could it be a very rich vein? โ
The friend list also has a distance to use, and if you get together too far from each other, then the other party will not be able to receive friend information, which shows that Ice Hunt does not seem to have left this grassland.
"Not a vein...... It's something more valuable than a vein. You'd better come and visit it yourself when you have time, in the abandoned gravel house you told me about. โ
"Wouldn't it? You really moved there. It's desolate and whatever, there's no applicable plants around, not even fauna, where did you go to mine? โ
"Hurry up and come here! If you see it, I'm afraid even your jaw will drop in surprise! โ
"Really? All right...... I'm buying supplies for the last time in the NPC village not far from here, and if you don't contact me, I'll probably be out of here the next day. โ
After hesitating for a while, Ice Hunt chose to believe in Uejo Dangma's words, and he also had a very good impression of this honest man.
"If it's where you say, I'll be there tonight, and if it's not something precious, you can wait to compensate me for my losses! For businessmen...... Time is money! โ
As he spoke, Ice Hunter stopped communicating, and when Ma looked at the pile of diamonds in front of him, the expression on his face was a little gloating.
"I hope you can keep this arrogance after seeing this bunch of things...... Ice Hunting. โ
The main world of 'MineCraftOL' is more than 40,000 square kilometers, which is larger than New York, and the grassland where they are now located is the size of a district, and it is very fast to come on foot.
"That's it! Be Brother Ma! Let me see what you're talking about. โ
When it was getting dark, when Ma finally ushered in the hurried ice hunt, he looked very busy.
"Alright! Follow me...... This discovery is beyond your imagination. โ
Saying that, when Ma came to the entrance of the basement with Ice Hunt, because he had already dug up the sand and stone at the entrance, he didn't need to roll around the wall anymore when he entered it this time.
As soon as he entered, Ice Hunter was immediately attracted by the strange ores embedded in the sides of the passage for lighting.
"This is...... This is glowstone?! Be Brother Ma! Did you find a nether portal? โ
"Nether gates? What's that? I'm not an advanced player like you. I don't know much about this kind of information. โ
"This one...... The Nether Gate is a gateway to a different world called the Nether, where you can get a very important material, which is necessary to kill the boss. โ
Bing Hunt was very patient to popularize this knowledge to Dangma, and his expression at this time was very serious.
"And this kind of glowing ore, fluorite, like that kind of material, can only be obtained in the nether realm, as Brother Ma! If you've found a built Nether Gate, you've done a great job! โ
โโฆโฆ Then you may be disappointed. What I found wasn't a door at all. โ
When Ma heard Bing Hunt's words, he suddenly felt that he knew too little.
The two of them quickly reached the basement, and when Ma pointed to the five-story diamond pyramid and said to the stunned Ice Hunter.
"Look. That's what I discovered. This product doesn't look like a door...... So it's not the nether gate you said. โ
Bing Hunt looked in the direction of Dangma, and was suddenly caught by the oncoming aura of the true local tyrant, which was exactly the same as the state of the pyramid that Dangma saw for the first time, for no other reason, just because the scene in front of him was too amazing.
Shocked for a while, Bing Hunt held back six words from his mouth.
"Who the hell did this?"
Ice Hunter shook his head to sober himself up, and then rushed to the top of the pyramid in three steps and two steps, but soon he walked down the pyramid with a disappointed face, while muttering disappointedly.
"It's undoubtedly a beacon tower, but the most important beacon module is a normal diamond block...... Who the hell would build such a thing? Who would have such an abundance of outrageous material? It's a diamond beacon tower. โ
"What do you say? Beacon Towers? Is that it? โ
When Ma heard Himari's muttering, he asked strangely.
"It's a very special kind of building, and it's not an exaggeration to say it's a superweapon in MineCraft."
When the Beacon Block is placed on top, the Beacon Block emits a vertical beam of light, which, once activated, gives the player a temporary positive effect. The more layers a pyramid has, the more optional effects it can provide (up to 4 stacks if the beacon block itself is not included).
Since the beacon beam that points straight into the sky can be seen from a long distance, such a device is installed on the top of MineCraft's large player fortresses to guide lost players and newcomers to the server.
"Oh! So, the player who built this beacon tower must be a very amazing person, right? Because this beacon tower is of little value to the builders themselves, its use is collective. โ
After listening to Ice Hunt's explanation, Dangma suddenly became in awe of the player who built this diamond pyramid.
'No...... I'm afraid this beacon tower is not the player's work. โ
Just when Ma was moved by the spirit of the builder, the red-haired boy had an even more amazing conjecture.
This number of diamond squares is simply not something that a player who has just played the game for a short time can collect, and it is impossible to obtain such a number of diamonds even if an entire group of players work together. โ
Because diamonds are inherently consumable minerals, they are hoarded very slowly. โ
And the most important material for building beacon towers, the Nether Star, can only be obtained by killing the Nether boss wither. โ
'That's the only guy who has all of that, right?' Now the question is...... Who is that person? โ
"Ice Hunt, can you do me a favor? If you do, you can do it, right? โ
At this time, when Ma remembered his original intention, he asked Ice Hunt with some embarrassment.
"What's the matter...... If I can do it, I'll definitely help you. โ
Ice Hunt, who had something in his heart, had an expression on his face that was somewhat unnatural, but this expression was ignored by Dangma's surprise at seeing the Diamond Tower.
"How about making these diamonds into equipment and weapons and distributing them to players who are actively preparing for the strategy game? You know someone like that, right? โ
"Okay. But when you are Brother Ma, you have to answer me a question first...... Who discovered this basement? โ
Ice Hunter asked casually as he put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"This basement? It was discovered by Knock Knock. That little girl is really lucky. โ
When Ma's face was full of smiles, he was genuinely happy for the luck of this little girl.
"Yes! This kind of good luck is really envious to me! Then I will accept Brother Ma's trust. I'll get these things into the hands of those who need them. โ
Ice Hunt, who already had a decision in his heart, loosened the hilt of his sword and replied with a smile on his face.
"But I'm a very honest businessman, and since I got the diamonds from Brother Dangma, I have to pay a certain price."
"This ...... No need! Anyway, I picked it up for nothing. And this diamond should actually be considered a knock. โ
"I'll also give Miss Dongdong some compensation, this is a businessman's ethics!"
Ice Hunter looked quite stubborn at this time, and he had to make Dangma accept his compensation.
"That's right. Where is Miss Dongdong? I haven't seen her since I just saw her. โ
She ...... She was on the edge of the pond behind the big house, figuring out how to grow sugar cane. โ
"Huh...... Is it? That's right! Mr. Ma, you're a miner, right? I know of a very nice mining area, which is very rich in minerals, but it is a bit dangerous. โ
"It's a businessman, it's really well-informed...... Is that place far away? โ
Dangma, a professional miner, is now confident in his luck and has a sense of eagerness.
"It's close...... You can go now, but it's better to put on these armors before you go. โ
As he spoke, Ice Hunter enthusiastically handed over a set of armor, and his current behavior was not at all like a businessman, but like a salesman.
"Ha~ Really? How to get there? Is it troublesome? โ
Fascinated by all kinds of strange things in 'MineCraft', Dangma has been led away by Ice Hunt unconsciously.
He put on the metal armor and waited for Ice Hunt's next move.
"Hmm~ you need water and dirt to go to that place...... Let's go to Miss Dongdong. โ
"Okay, I was just trying to see what that kid was doing now. She's been clamoring for help......"
There is no doubt that his Dangma led Bing Hunt to the pond behind the Shashi mansion, and found Xiao Maoyu, who was planting sugarcane roots around the small pond.
"Huh? Kitten! Here comes the kitten! ~\(โงโฝโฆ)/~โ
Xiao Maoyu also found out about the arrival of Dangma and Ice Hunt, but the first thing she saw was that it was not Mr. Uejo or Ice Hunt...... It's the cat on the head of the merchant boy.
"Kitten~Kitten~Kitten~"
Little Mao Yu dropped the sugar cane and trotted all the way to Ice Hunt, staring at the merchant boy with a pair of bright eyes without blinking, and for some reason, Ice Hunt was a little nervous when he saw her.
He ignored the little maoyu, but walked straight to the edge of the pond, and he made a box in the pond out of twelve squares of earth, and then placed a circle of flowers on it.
"Hey! Ice Hunt, what are you doing here? โ
Sensing that Bing Hunt's behavior was a little strange, Dangma walked over and asked.
"Ah~ nothing...... I'm building a teleportation shaft. โ
"Teleportation well?"
"That's right...... Then comes the time to witness the miracle! โ
Saying this, Bing Hunt took out a piece of diamond and threw it into the pool of four standard cubes surrounded by dirt, the moment the diamond entered the water, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and accurately split into this pool, the color of the pool suddenly turned mysterious purple, and the huge thunder made the little Mao Yu behind the two of them shiver, she looked at the sky blankly, and had no idea where this terrifying sound came from.
"That's it! This is the teleportation shaft. When Brother Ma, go down first. Then I went to ......"
"Oh...... All right. You hurry up. โ
Although he thought it was a little weird, he thought that Ice Hunt would not pit him, and jumped into the purple pool without doubt.
"Whew...... The one who got in the way was finally gone. โ
Seeing Dangma's figure disappear into the pond, Bing Hunt suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then he slowly turned around and said to Xiao Maoyu behind him in an oppressive tone.
"You built that beacon tower, right? You're the only one who has that kind of money. How long are you going to pretend to be crazy and stupid? Miss DM? โ
"Huh?"
Xiao Maoyu's eyes widened stupidly, she didn't understand what this person was talking about at all, and ...... He seemed very nervous and scared?
"Don't pretend! I saw you during the closed beta! Although I didn't know each other, and I didn't exchange friends' business cards...... But at that time, you were a normal person, not like you are now! โ
"Huh? Ah~ That...... What is a beacon tower? โ
Knock Knock cringed a little in reply, she was startled by Ice Hunt's stern tone.
And what makes Xiao Maoyu feel most strange is why this person is yelling at himself at the same time, but he is becoming more and more scared in his heart?
Nonsense! Of course he was scared! After fooling Dangma into the teleportation well, Ice Hunt was ready to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and he planned to directly try out the true identity of this abnormal witch girl.
Now he is mentally prepared to fight to the death with the other party.
If you win by luck, then everyone can be saved, even if you fail...... His companions will also be able to obtain the very important information of the 'DM Body'.
Actually, the boy hoped that his inference was false, but that seemed a little impossible, because he had already inspected the sand and stone building very carefully, and he had not found the secret room at all, so Ice Hunter guessed that this secret room was probably made by DM in the past.
That unlucky looking brother doesn't look like a DM no matter how you look at it, so this girl who behaves like a young child for some reason is very suspicious.
"Still pretending? I don't believe it...... You can still hold my sword on your neck! โ
Seeing the girl's dazed look, Bing Hunt couldn't help but be even more flustered, he shouted and pulled out his sword from the sheath and rushed directly towards Xiao Maoyu.
And in Dong Dong's perception, the fear and uneasiness in this person's heart also reached its peak in an instant.
Although he didn't feel that the other party wanted to bully him, Dongdong, who was frightened by the sudden rush of ice hunting, still followed his instinct and squatted on the spot and hugged his head and shrunk into a ball.