The Elf Soldiers returned through the Nether Portal, and the second operation of the Raid Tower began.
At this efficiency, they could produce a few hundred Totems of Undying a day, which was still a bit low. For now, they could only compensate by building a few more towers.
After watching for a while and confirming there were no operational issues, Su Lin also planned to take his people back.
"Send troops to garrison here in shifts. After collecting the Totems of Undying daily, transport them directly to the fourth-floor Adventure Town for unified distribution.
From now on, anyone who approaches the Raid Tower without permission is authorized to be attacked."
Beixi nodded and then said:
"Should I move a few more Redstone Cannons and TNT duplicators over?"
Recently, the Redstone Weapons Research Institute's achievements have been outstanding, thanks to the Redstone Cannon providing characteristic references as a starting weapon.
Various Redstone bombing weapons had already been developed.
Su Lin had previously seen Beixi's report, and they were already researching mobile Redstone bombing weapons.
In response, Su Lin named them tanks and bombers.
After coming to the MC Dungeon and unleashing their imagination, the Elf researchers' progress accelerated day by day.
The collision of Elves full of extraordinary imagination and Redstone with infinite possibilities was truly like a comet hitting Earth.
In the Redstone Research Institute, the researchers affectionately referred to Redstone as the "I Think Power."
Su Lin fully approved Beixi's arrangements.
For a long time to come, top-tier technology like the Raid Tower had to be kept secret.
After a brief chat, they harvested another batch of Totems of Undying.
Adding to the previous harvest, Su Lin gave one to each of Tashiniya and her companions, considering it a new-member benefit.
After all, Tashiniya and her abstract group were indeed the type to easily court death.
Su Lin and his companions weren't in such urgent need; the Elves had already unlocked many "Village Hero" achievements before.
Returning to the continent by wooden boat, Su Lin had another flash of inspiration and told Beixi to inform the Redstone Research Institute to build a battleship using Redstone. How could he, the dignified boss behind the MC Dungeon, be paddling around in a small wooden boat himself? That was unacceptable.
Tashiniya and her companions were still occasionally pulling out their Totems of Undying and wiping them, treasuring them immensely.
They wished they could make them into necklaces and hang them around their necks.
After all, this was a life. Whether on the Aetheram Continent or in the MC Dungeon, a single Totem of Undying represented the ultimate in fault tolerance.
Tashiniya, who had seen much of the world, had never imagined such a thing could actually exist.
With this item, didn't it mean she could blow up the Angel Academy without dying?
"The Totem of Undying only provides you with a chance for fault tolerance and self-preservation as much as possible. If you truly court death, no number of Totems of Undying will help."
Su Lin looked helplessly at the fantasizing Tashiniya and instructed:
"The Totem of Undying is not invincible, nor can it prevent you from dying in all situations."
The MC mods were becoming more and more abstract.
The Totem of Undying was no longer so absolute; against a Blade of Concepts or a Void Star God, wouldn't it just explode directly?
Moreover, even now, the Totem of Undying could not absolutely guarantee survival.
Seeing Tashiniya's nonchalant expression, Su Lin felt he still needed to remind her.
"Leaving aside the later floors, even now, if you fall into the void, no matter how many Totems of Undying you have, they won't save you."
"The Void?"
"It's a special existential area in the MC Dungeon."
Aelita sighed with a hint of melancholy.
She had a lot to say about the Void.
After all, many Elves who sacrificed themselves exploring the MC Dungeon died after falling into the Void.
In Aelita's view, it was an absolutely irreversible death process, even more painful than any other death.
"Simply put, you can understand it as falling out of the world."
Tashiniya understood this. The Heavenly Realm also had such a concept, but they called it the World Sea.
The most important reason the Heavenly Realm was supreme was that they mastered the technology of traversing the World Sea. "Although the Void is not common, it will definitely be encountered during exploration, so you must be careful."
Su Lin gazed at Tashiniya. If anyone among this group was likely to fall into the Void, it was Tashiniya—undoubtedly!
Her unique way of thinking might lead her to charge fearlessly into the Void.
At that point, Su Lin wouldn't be able to save her.
Tashiniya also understood Su Lin's meaning and waved her hand with a grin.
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid, okay!"
"..."
That statement was not very convincing.
It was well-known that Tashiniya wasn't very bright.
Fortunately, the reliable Lulu swore to keep an eye on Tashiniya.
Veronika and Meluti, however, remained silent after seeing the Raid Tower.
The mystery of the MC Dungeon far exceeded their expectations, and this was also true for the Elven Kingdom's exploration of the MC Dungeon.
Veronika still found it hard to believe that the current exploration progress and gains were the result of the Elven Kingdom joining the MC Dungeon for over a month.
But the facts were laid out before her.
Veronika could only say that she was more eager to quell the civil unrest in the Lucania Kingdom.
After much circling, everyone returned to the Adventure Town.
The matters to discuss with Tashiniya and her companions were mostly finished for the day, and Su Lin also planned to return to the fourth floor to continue development.
With the three Elemental Dragons in place, once a complete set of Dragon Steel equipment was forged, Su Lin intended to conquer the Crypt and light up all the Monster Bestiary entries.
After dragging on for so long, it was time for an end.
At that time, the fourth floor's ice and fire legend could also be extensively developed like the first floor.
The accumulation of development value would be faster.
According to Su Lin's estimation, maintaining this upward trend, a new mod could be developed in about a month.
Collecting his thoughts, Su Lin looked at Tashiniya and her companions and said:
"The introductions are mostly done. That's all for today."
"Pope, can we go see the other floors now?"
"Dream on."
Su Lin rolled his eyes exasperatedly.
"You haven't even figured out the various characteristics of the MC Dungeon, including the crafting recipes. Stay in the Adventure Town for a while and study with the soldiers.
Only when you've understood and passed the assessment can you leave the Adventure Town to explore."
Upon hearing this, Tashiniya's face immediately filled with disappointment.
After a moment of silence, she mumbled softly:
"Actually, I think what you and Hilulele introduced was already very detailed. Besides, aren't adventurers supposed to learn everything through adventure?"
"So that's why you caused so much trouble after coming to the Aetheram Continent!"
Su Lin shook his head helplessly.
Ultimately, the MC Dungeon was an infinite Dungeon that developed on a world-unit basis.
In Su Lin's opinion, exploring the MC Dungeon was no different from exploring the Aetheram Continent.
Personal exploration was necessary, but before that, one definitely needed to master the unique peculiarities of the MC Dungeon.
Otherwise, it would still be very easy to encounter life-threatening dangers, especially for Tashiniya and her group of reckless, abstract girls.
Veronika and Meluti, however, were as reassuring as ever. Without Su Lin needing to say much, they themselves stated they would stay in the Adventure Town to study for a while.
Of course, Su Lin did not rule out that Veronika wanted to seize the opportunity to learn advanced technology.
After a few more instructions, Su Lin looked at Aelita.
"That's enough. We should go back; there's still a lot of work to do."
Only by lighting up all the Monster Bestiary entries and accumulating enough kill experience could the Elves completely free up their labor and fully develop the fourth floor.
Also, the Dragon breeding farm needed to be expanded.
Although there was a Dragon Roar Horn, they couldn't keep the Dragons inside the horn every day.
That was not the Dragon's way.
But Tashiniya and her companions were a bit anxious.
"Pope! Aren't you staying with us?!"
"The work on the first floor isn't the only important thing in the MC Dungeon. The fourth floor is where we are most needed for development."
Su Lin looked helplessly at the somewhat disappointed Tashiniya and the others.
Their expressions, one by one, looked like abandoned stray cats, pitifully.
After thinking for a moment, Su Lin added:
"If I have time, I can take you to see the fourth floor, but to formally enter the fourth floor for development, you must pass the assessment and slay a Dragon yourselves."
Dragon slaying?
An Duo shivered, looked up at Su Lin with wide, pleading eyes.
Her small mouth pouted, and she said with a wronged expression:
"Big Brother Su Lin, An Duo is very well-behaved, please don't hit An Duo, okay—…"