Lin Fan carved out a 4x4 mining pit and then walked over to the crafting table. Taking sticks and charcoal from his backpack, he used all seven pieces of charcoal to craft torches.
Each stick and charcoal could craft four torches, so seven pieces of charcoal yielded 28 torches.
Combined with the four torches already in his backpack, Lin Fan now had a total of 32 torches.
Although 32 torches weren't a lot, it was sufficient for his mining expedition.
Lin Fan crafted a few extra stone pickaxes to ensure he wouldn't run out of tools due to durability.
Armed with torches, a sufficient supply of rotten flesh, and water, Lin Fan began digging deeper into the mine.
His mining method was a stair-step design, essentially creating a staircase-like passageway.
This mining method kept things neat and organized—something Lin Fan preferred in his Minecraft survival style.
He liked everything to be tidy and orderly when playing Minecraft.
After digging down about five or six layers, Lin Fan stumbled upon coal ore.
Seeing coal ore, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel excited.
Although coal wasn't a rare resource and could be found everywhere, this was the first mineral he had mined since arriving in this world.
Any Minecraft player knows the joy of mining your first ore—it's a feeling that's hard to describe.
This coal vein turned out to be relatively large. After mining it all, Lin Fan collected around 10 pieces of coal.
After finishing the coal mining, Lin Fan, being a perfectionist, patched up all the uneven holes in the surrounding area with cobblestone.
He restored the mining tunnel to a neat and tidy state.
After wrapping up the coal mining, Lin Fan continued digging downward.
It didn't take long before he found another vein of coal. This time, however, he was much calmer and less excited than before.
Lin Fan mined the coal without much fanfare and then patched up the holes with cobblestone as usual.
At this point, Lin Fan had reached layer 41. The ideal depth for mining, particularly for finding diamonds, was at layer 11.
So, Lin Fan planned to dig from layer 41 down to layer 11 and then start horizontal mining.
As he dug deeper, Lin Fan eventually came across redstone.
When he saw the neatly arranged cluster of three redstone blocks, his eyes lit up with excitement.
In Minecraft, most minerals have limited applications, but redstone is an exception—it has limitless potential.
With redstone, one could create all sorts of mechanical marvels, hell, you could even craft computers and play minecraft in it!
Unfortunately, Lin Fan didn't have an iron pickaxe, which was necessary for mining redstone.
To obtain redstone, he first needed to find iron ore, smelt it into iron ingots, and then craft an iron pickaxe.
With this realization, Lin Fan sighed. He was now at layer 24, still a bit of a way from layer 11. He needed to keep going.
Shifting his focus away from the redstone, Lin Fan picked up his pickaxe and continued digging diligently.
While he had already found coal and redstone, he had yet to see any iron ore.
"This bad luck hasn't changed at all," Lin Fan muttered quietly as he broke his third stone pickaxe.
Still, he didn't dwell on it too much. After a brief moment of complaining, he resumed mining.
Finally, after digging another five or six blocks horizontally, Lin Fan discovered a cluster of three iron ore blocks.
"Finally! I can enter the Iron Age!" Lin Fan exclaimed excitedly. He rushed forward, raised his pickaxe, and mined the iron ore.
In no time, the three pieces of iron ore were safely stored in Lin Fan's backpack.
Beneath these three pieces, there were more iron ore blocks hidden. Once he cleared the top layer, the remaining ones became visible.
Naturally, Lin Fan didn't let them go to waste. Mining from top to bottom, he managed to collect seven pieces of iron ore in total.
Having gathered enough iron ore, Lin Fan decided to stop mining.
Mining was an exhausting and monotonous activity, and he didn't want to spend too much time in the mines.
With the seven pieces of iron ore safely tucked into his backpack, Lin Fan began making his way back up the mineshaft.
At this point, his hunger bar had dropped to just five notches. He ate two pieces of rotten flesh and drank all three bottles of water he had with him before cheerfully climbing back up.
As soon as he emerged from the mineshaft, he saw Lilian bustling around inside the house.
"What are you up to?" he asked.
"I'm decorating the room!" Lilian replied with a cheerful smile.
Only then did Lin Fan notice two small red beds behind her, something that surprised him.
"Are these… beds?" Lin Fan walked over, eyeing the familiar red beds from Minecraft. He sat down to test them out.
Sure enough, these were the same beds from the game. What was once just a part of gameplay now felt oddly real.
Sitting on the little wooden bed, Lin Fan realized it was quite soft and comfortable.
"Where did these come from? We only had one block of wool, right?" Lin Fan asked, puzzled. He was certain the only wool they had was still in his inventory.
Lilian patted the bedspread, smoothing out the creases.
"Didn't you say this would be our home from now on?" she asked, tilting her head with a sweet expression.
"And since this is our home, it should look like one," she declared.
"I just went out, dug up a stack of dirt, and traded it with a wandering trader," she explained proudly.
"A wandering trader?" Lin Fan repeated, confused.
"What's a wandering trader?"
Despite playing Minecraft for nine years, Lin Fan had never heard of such a thing.
Seeing his puzzled expression, Lilian became excited.
"Master doesn't know?" she asked, tugging him to sit down as she eagerly began explaining.
"A wandering trader is a profession in this world. They're a type of worker who trades items with us, just like the villagers in a village," Lilian explained.
"But there are some differences. Villager trades are often unreasonable, but the wandering traders carry items that we actually need for daily life.
"Each wandering trader specializes in a specific category of goods. For example, a trader selling food will only have food to offer, while one selling building materials will only have building materials," she continued.
Hearing this, Lin Fan nodded thoughtfully. It sounded like a more organized version of street vendors from his previous life.
Lilian was thrilled to see Lin Fan so attentive.
In the past, Lilian had served as a maid, but her previous masters were always clueless, relying on her for everything.
Lin Fan, however, was different. Since summoning her, he had never asked her any silly questions or made her do any menial tasks.
In fact, he took great care of her in their day-to-day life.
Lin Fan was smart—he seemed to know everything and understand how things worked.
Encountering something he didn't know, like now, was a rare event, and explaining it to him filled Lilian with joy.
Unaware of what was fueling Lilian's enthusiasm, Lin Fan simply assumed she was having fun and didn't think much of it.
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Tn: This world is not 1 : 1 to the original minecraft, so there are some thing that would be different.
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