Tashiniya understood that she had probably overestimated her Pope's moral bottom line.
Filled with excitement at seeing the unique monsters of the MC Dungeon for the first time, Tashiniya and her companions were led by Su Lin to a wilderness far from the village.
To be honest, this blocky world, when viewed for a long time, was still quite cute.
Standing in the endless wilderness, the clear blue sky seemed much lower, and the white clouds were within reach.
Coupled with the animals wandering aimlessly around, although there was no scenery of 'wind blowing grass low revealing cattle and sheep,' it did feel more vibrant and alive.
Tashiniya thought that galloping wildly across such an endless wilderness would also be a wonderful experience—provided one ignored the sweatshop that ruined the natural beauty.
Accompanied by heavy "click-clack" sounds.
White Zombies, dedicated to protecting villagers, were constantly born, and constantly pushed to the brink of death.
After struggling for a long time, they could only watch the villagers trapped in the small dark room, then fall to the ground tragically, leaving behind their last Iron Ingots and flowers for the world.
Tashiniya silently looked up at Su Lin, and after much deliberation, carefully spoke.
"Pope—have you ever considered that you are actually the Demon King of the first layer of the MC Dungeon?"
"Even a Demon King isn't this ruthless—"
Li Qiaoqiao, who was usually shy and dared not speak, weakly interjected.
Su Lin waved his hand indifferently.
"This is the essence of the world, where the fittest survive, Tashiniya—"
"These white Zombies clearly can't adapt to an ever-evolving world. I'm doing this for their own good. We'll handle the protection of the villagers."
Protect the villagers?
Did that mean keeping them in houses to constantly reproduce, only to be sent to a small dark room for exploitation once they grew up?
Veronika's mouth twitched, and after a long pause, she softly said:
"Isn't this—the Iron Golem that shone brightly in the war against Doragon?"
"No, it's a white Zombie."
Hilulele said with a serious expression.
"Only those born by our hands are worthy of being called Iron Golems. Those that spawn naturally are all white Zombies; killing them is always the right thing to do!"
"But—"
Veronika still felt it was a waste of resources.
So many Iron Golems, if brought to the Aetheram Continent, would be how many powerful Alchemical Guardians.
Hilulele said nothing, pulling Veronika's hand to the collection chest.
The moment it opened, a dazzling silver light nearly blinded Veronika.
"One Iron Ingot can be smelted into nearly nine hundred kilograms of iron. This entire chest is what we've collected in less than half a morning."
Veronika did a rough calculation.
The more she calculated, the more she felt her moral bottom line was continually lowering.
After a long while, Veronika, who had barely finished her calculations, said with a hint of embarrassment:
"Hilulele, can I learn this?"
Another Crusader Knight, on the verge of evolving into a slave owner, was born.
Su Lin withdrew his gaze from Veronika.
Actually, the efficiency of this simple iron farm was already quite low.
As far as he knew, some experts had researched multi-core iron farms, and their efficiency—
Was much faster than directly paying for a new life.
However, the simple iron farm was temporarily sufficient. The Elf Researchers were currently researching various more precious Redstone Technologies, so they couldn't spare personnel to research multi-core iron farms.
They would make do for now...
Anyway, there was so much space, and the villagers were so prolific, it was no big deal to build more iron farms; they could still achieve the output of a multi-core one.
"Big Brother Su Lin—"
Suddenly, Lulu gently tugged at Su Lin's sleeve, pointing curiously at a nearby lake.
Around the azure lake, dozens of Elf Soldiers were gathered. They were not like the soldiers in the Adventure Town, who were busy building with great enthusiasm.
Instead, each of them was leisurely acting as a fishing enthusiast.
"What are they doing—"
"Fishing."
"But isn't this the most crucial time for initial exploration? They shouldn't be pure adventurers like us, right?"
If it were Tashiniya and her group, sitting there fishing would be quite reasonable.
After all, they were legitimate adventurers, and exploring a wondrous, world-centric place like the MC Dungeon, anything they did wouldn't be strange.
But Elf Soldiers—
Not doing their work, what was the point of fishing here?
They were even more leisurely than Hilulele!
Lulu couldn't accept such laziness towards work!
Su Lin smiled and poked Lulu's demon horn.
"They are also working—in the MC Dungeon, you can also fish up many good things, such as enchanted books and enchanted equipment; it's all possible to fish up."
"Really?!"
Tashiniya squeezed over in a flash, excitedly pulling out her fishing rod.
"So, I can get rich by fishing too?"
"It's the MC Dungeon; anything magical is normal."
Su Lin pointed at Deconis; she was engrossed in reading the book "MC Dungeon Exploration Handbook."
"Would you please learn from Deconis? These basic facts can be learned by reading a book!"
"Pope—"
Tashiniya looked at Su Lin with a bitter expression.
"You know, reading is something I only do when I can't sleep."
"Don't put being uneducated so euphemistically, you idiot! How did someone like you become a quasi-excellent graduate of Angel Academy?!"
"Because I have big fists! You wouldn't understand; cultural classes in the Celestial Realm account for very little, and sports teachers are always taking over classes!"
Tashiniya recalled with a sigh.
"I studied at Angel Academy for three hundred years, and I had less than a hundred cultural classes in total. The cultural class teachers were always getting sick."
"They're all angels, yet why are they so delicate and frail!"
Su Lin felt a bit complicated.
This guy—
She was definitely humble-bragging, right?
Ignoring Tashiniya, Su Lin led them towards the Raid Tower.
For Tashiniya and her group now, the importance of the Raid Tower was far greater than Redstone Technology.
As adventurers, they were destined not to be stationed in one place like the Elven Kingdom, exploring the MC Dungeon on a large scale.
Understanding the monsters of the MC Dungeon was paramount for them.
As Su Lin expected, Tashiniya and her group were indeed very curious about the monsters of the MC Dungeon.
They even took turns helping the Elf Soldiers farm monsters for a while.
After completing the tour, it was just noon. Although the MC Dungeon didn't have a fixed mealtime—
They basically ate when they were hungry.
But Su Lin still maintained this eating habit; it allowed him to constantly remember the difference between himself and the Block People.
Just as he was about to take them to see some simple Redstone Technologies while there was still time, another dragon arrived at the Adventure Town, flapping its wings.
However, after a morning, and with Su Lin's Nidhogg as a precedent, Tashiniya and her group had become somewhat desensitized.
Of course, nothing is absolute—
"Another giant dragon even more powerful than our grandfathers."
Looking up at the Ice Dragon with eager eyes, An Duo was utterly bewildered.
She had heard from Hilulele that besides Nidhogg, Su Lin had two other giant dragons as powerful as Nidhogg.
Even Hilulele and Aelita had them.
It was said that a 'Dragon Breeding Farm' had been built on the fourth layer of the Dungeon, where many giant dragons were being nurtured. Once fully mature, the weakest among them would be existences like Nidhogg.
An Duo racked her brain but couldn't understand—the dragons of the MC Dungeon seemed to have no dignity, willingly being ridden by people, not to mention being caged for breeding.
Also, what did it mean that once the dragons of the MC Dungeon matured, the weakest would be like Nidhogg?
Was Nidhogg very weak?
How should her grandfathers on Dragon Island be described then?
Squishy?
An Duo's innocent heart was swept by a raging storm, countless questions swirling in her mind.
Until finally, An Duo made a judgment that went somewhat against her ancestors—
Perhaps the MC Dungeon was the true happy home of the Dragon Race!
As An Duo pondered, the giant dragon finally landed, as always, casting a shadow that covered the sky.
Its wings folded, cold air splashed in all directions, and combined with its icy eyes and dragon scales, it sent chills down one's spine.
Fortunately, a certain flat-chested blonde, very adept at ruining the atmosphere, appeared.
"Su Lin, I'm back!"
Aelita had returned to the first layer with Su Lin, but she wasn't interested in entertaining newcomers.
As soon as she returned, she grumbled about needing to quickly inspect the development work, riding her dragon and zipping all over the world.
Su Lin had every reason to suspect she was showing off.
The development of the Elven Kingdom was not limited to the vicinity of the Adventure Town; even other continents far across the sea bore the footprints of the elves.
It was just that there was only one town at the moment.
"Aelita."
Su Lin smiled and waved, then looked at Tashiniya and her group.
"Perfect, let me introduce you to another major developer of our MC Dungeon—"
Although her thought process was quite aggressive, Aelita was indeed one of the few who could consistently keep up with Su Lin's development speed in exploring the MC Dungeon.
But before he could speak, Aelita excitedly said:
"Introductions can wait! I have good news for you!"
"It seems the Raid Tower is successfully operating!"