Will saw a pile of dark red stones scattered under a stone pillar, and he probably knew what these things were. When he reconfirmed the dark red gravel, he couldn't help but feel a little happy. These finely crushed stones are iron ore, and they are also iron ores with a very high iron content.

It's just that he is a little puzzled by the fact that these iron ores are not like iron ore that has been weathered and fallen off and then on the ground, but more like iron ore thrown from a dark red stone pillar by some creature. Will wondered if the giant beetle had been thrown from the stone pillar. Looking at the heavy and thick beetle shell in his hand, it feels a little possible, this kind of dark carapace should contain a high level of iron in terms of material. But as far as the beetle's limbs are concerned, the beetle's pincers don't seem to be able to crush these rocks with a high iron content.

At this point, Will seemed to have forgotten which of the beetle's heads he had smashed, and if he looked closely, he would see that the pair of not very large front jaws on the beetle's head were very hard and heavy, almost completely iron-made.

Looking at the scattered iron ore, Will knew that if there were no humanoid or intelligent civilizations in this world. It was a very good camp, as the iron ore here was more than enough to arm him. And some tools and machinery are also inseparable from iron ore.

Will looked around again, and found a small waterhole in a stone forest not far away. Although the waterhole is small, it appears to be a small water formed by the seepage of the bottom water through the cracks in the rocks. , the radius of the waterhole is only five or six meters, and the water is very shallow with a depth of only thirty or forty centimeters. There are also small crustaceans in the waterhole, and some small plants grow near the waterhole.

Will looked at the small waterhole, and he knew it must be the source of some creature's water. So instead of choosing to build his base here, he chose to build his base near the stone forest that contains iron ore.

What he needed now was to find a new place to live, a place for himself to live. He also had to find a source of food, which was difficult to solve because he didn't find any large plants along the way. This may have something to do with the geography of the area, as the area is all stony. But it seems that there should be other reasons besides that. Because the climate here is very suitable for the growth of plants, after all, his body tells him that it is neither dry nor cold.

In fact, in addition to some special places such as mountains, canyons, low ground, and volcanoes, the entire crater continent has a four-year spring climate. This has something to do with the unique planetary appearance of Purple Cloud, but what Will doesn't know is that he has a unique climate in the area. That is the wind, the wind that contains the power of the elements. With the exception of the very low and small plants, most of them cannot withstand the wind that blows like a thin blade at night, and the soil that falls here is carried away by the wind.

That's why there are stone forests that look like giant trees, and these pillars are a treasure trove of stone pillars erected one by one. Some of them are rich in minerals, while others contain elemental powers. Every stone pillar here is as if it has been sifted by the wind for countless years, and it flows down usefully. Useless turned into powder.

And the reason why those beetles have heavy crusts is not that they need these crusts to resist predators. Rather, it is used to block the hole and protect the cubs in its own cave from the ubiquitous wind.

The biggest difficulty Will encountered for a long time after that was not the beetles that liked to burrow and the strange beasts outside the stone forest, but the gentle breeze that crept in here every night.

Just give them a tiny gap, and they'll cut all the not-so-hard equipment and tools in the base into powder.

Although he has not yet found a source of food, Will has decided to establish his own base of residence here, and does not consider whether it will be long-term or temporary.

It is not difficult to find a cave to live in this dense stone forest, as some of the stone pillars here will collapse for some reason. Some of the collapsed stone pillars would form caverns that looked like improvised tents, and these improvised tents made of boulders were large enough for Will to live in. The beetles here will burrow in stone pillars or slightly higher ground, and some beetles will form large or small burrows due to perennial weathering.

Will found a nice place to live near the water source at the edge of the Iron Ore Forest, and there was a not-so-large cave beneath a huge iron-containing stone pillar. The cave wasn't very large, but it was big enough for Will to rest in it.

Will looked at the cave and was satisfied, but another problem lay ahead of him. If iron is the material used to make tools, then fire is the 'magic' that turns iron into tools.

Now he is lucky to find iron, but unfortunately it is difficult for him to get fire. Because the key to making fire is wood, but the hardest thing to get here besides food is wood.

Without fire, iron is still iron, and it cannot be turned into tools and weapons.

Looking at the few small grasses scattered in the cracks of the stone at his feet, Will felt a little depressed, just because the plants in front of him could not do anything at all, what he needed was large, hard wood.

If he couldn't find such wood, then he had no choice but to move on and abandon this place, even if there was a rare iron ore here.

Just when Will was frustrated, the guy who brought him fire came. It's just that this guy seems to be very unfriendly, and what he wants from Will is something that Will is not willing to hand over anyway.

A larger, dark red veined beetle crept up at Will from the side of another stone pillar in the distance, this beetle had a cauldron as thick a shell, and the beetle felt more like a moving cauldron when it moved.

Its large pincers felt like two giant burnt croissants, its four thick compound limbs felt unusually thick, and the guy's whole body was covered in dark red lines, which were unusually strange.

If Will had met this guy when he had just landed, he probably wouldn't have been able to deal with it with his cunning methods.

When Will found it, the guy was already less than ten meters away from Will, and when he turned around to see if there were any other resources he could use, Will was startled when he found this guy.

Will, who had personally dissected a beetle, knew that it was a difficult thing to deal with. If he loses his refuge, it is best for him to run or hide as soon as he finds the beetle.

Will, who had the idea of never confronting these beetles head-on, was cautious both when exploring and looking at resources. He tried to analyze his surroundings and the tracks around him as much as possible, and tried to avoid areas where beetles were active.

But when Will, who was lost by the scarcity of wood, relaxed his vigilance, the beetle, which was even more powerful than before, had quietly come behind him.

Will wondered if his luck was about to start turning into bad luck, as there was no time to escape in this situation.

The huge, imposing beetle stopped ten meters away and looked at Will. Perhaps it had never seen a human, so the beetle didn't know if the creature was dangerous or safe for it. Of course, if it's safe, the creature in front of it will be its lunch.

Of course, Will was also looking at this beetle, which was very different from the one he had encountered before, this beetle was obviously bigger and stronger, and the dark red pattern of its body was also watching him. In Will's opinion, the patterns all over the beetle look very strange, although I don't know what the meaning or function of these patterns is, but I don't think it should be a difference between male and female like some earth creatures, because this is not the earth, and the creatures here cannot be judged by the common sense of the earth.

After all, the beetles of the earth will not grow their brains under the shell on their back~!