Crude Disassembler: Place any item inside to break it down into corresponding materials. (Note: This disassembler is of poor quality; resource conversion rate ≈10%)
This thing could break down items.
Nan Feng looked at the Shattered Iron Shell the Ironclad Beetle had just dropped, and a bold idea formed in his mind.
"Could this disassembler break it down into iron blocks?"
Nan Feng took the disassembler from his backpack and placed the Shattered Iron Shell inside. The machine quickly began to shake violently, emitting creaking noises.
Nan Feng jumped in fright and immediately gripped the Desert Eagle tightly as he hid behind a tree.
Such a loud noise could easily attract nearby ferocious beasts. If another Ironclad Beetle or Bloodtooth Boar showed up, things would get troublesome.
Fortunately, the disassembler quickly finished breaking down the Shattered Iron Shell and fell silent.
"Done already?"
Nan Feng hurried over and found a large pile of thumb-thick iron chunks in the box beneath the disassembler. They were the result of breaking down the Shattered Iron Shell.
Iron Chunk: Given enough quantity, iron chunks can also be used as iron blocks.
"It really works!"
Nan Feng was overjoyed. Now, his Destined Divine Weapon had a chance to be upgraded!
After taking out all the iron chunks, Nan Feng discovered that they only amounted to three portions of iron blocks.
"Hiss, upgrading the Destined Divine Weapon requires 10 iron blocks. I'm still way short."
"Do I have to hunt Ironclad Beetles?"
Ironclad Beetles were elite-level ferocious beasts with extremely high attributes, and they heavily countered Nan Feng's means of attack. He truly did not want to provoke such a beast.
Compared to them, even level 5 Bloodtooth Boars were easier to deal with. At the very least, Nan Feng could break their defense.
"Wait, I remember something else that contains iron elements!"
A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Nan Feng, and he thought of an item.
"That thing might be able to yield iron blocks too!"
Nan Feng happily put away the disassembler and hummed a tune as he ran toward the Wooden Cabin.
At the edge of the forest where Nan Feng was, there stood a mountain.
At the foot of the mountain was a natural cave. Cave Spiders covered the area around its entrance, each one as large as a piglet.
Not far from the cave, a male and female pair of Chosen Ones patiently lured the spiders over one by one before taking the chance to kill them.
These two Chosen Ones were Su Yihan, ranked fourth on the leaderboard, and Su Ziran, ranked fifth.
Su Yihan had a cool expression, and her eyes were like icy mirrors capable of seeing through people. Her figure was curvaceous and alluring.
Any man who had seen Su Yihan would instinctively shout in his heart, Holy shit, they're huge!
At that moment, Su Yihan swung the staff in her hand and directly sent a nearby Cave Spider flying.
Whoosh!
The Cave Spider traced an arc through the air and landed before Su Ziran.
With his expressionless face, Su Ziran calmly stabbed out with his blade and killed the Cave Spider.
"Brother, it's almost noon." Su Yihan panted softly, her ample chest rising and falling slightly in a particularly eye-catching manner. "Neither of us is in great condition. Let's head back, eat something, and restore our strength."
Su Ziran looked at the cave in the distance and spoke coldly. "There must be a large amount of iron ore in that cave, and it's very likely the only iron mine in this region."
This was not a random guess from Su Ziran.
He had already picked up several iron blocks nearby.
"This cave has been occupied by level 4 Cave Spiders. There are at least two hundred inside, by my initial estimate..." Su Yihan shook her head slightly. "It'll take at least several days to clear them all out."
Cave Spiders were very strong. Even with the Su siblings working together, it took them three to five minutes to deal with one.
If they were surrounded by three Cave Spiders at once, they could only run for their lives.
If they were surrounded by five or more Cave Spiders at once, they would undoubtedly die.
Su Ziran pondered for a moment before making a decision. "After we return, contact the Chosen Ones ranked in the top twenty and have them join us in raiding this cave."
"What?" Su Yihan looked at her cold-faced brother in surprise. "Iron blocks are an extremely crucial resource. Aren't you just handing them over to others?"
"We can't possibly monopolize this iron mine." Su Ziran was not blinded by the enormous benefits before him. "Only by giving up part of the profit can we earn more."
"Besides, there's something even more important..."
"On the first day we were transported here, the Genesis System said that the first Beast Tide would arrive in thirty days. There are twenty-seven days left now."
"A Beast Tide—just hearing the name tells you it's definitely not something one or two people can handle."
"If the Chosen Ones in our region aren't strong enough overall, we may very well be wiped out."
"We need to let those powerful people obtain iron blocks as soon as possible and upgrade their Destined Divine Weapons. Only then can they kill stronger ferocious beasts and increase their strength faster."
"Only when our region's overall strength rises will we have a chance of surviving the Beast Tide."
Su Ziran said a great deal in one breath. Su Yihan nodded, half understanding. "All right, I'll listen to you."
Su Yihan knew that her brother had a strong sense of the bigger picture, so she said nothing more. Listening to him was enough.
Su Ziran nodded. "Let's go. I'll take you back first, then return myself."
Su Yihan said, "Okay."
The two turned and left.
In the Chat Channel:
Shen Pan: "What? You found a cave that might contain iron ore?"
Tian Zhiping: "If there's iron ore, why aren't you mining it yourselves? Would you really be kind enough to tell us? There must be a catch."
Huang Yuanming: "Charge! Charge! Charge! I'm going mining tomorrow!"
What? Someone had actually found an iron mine... Nan Feng had only just returned to the Wooden Cabin and had not even warmed his seat before seeing this shocking news in the Chat Channel.
The Crude Disassembler in his hand suddenly did not seem so appealing anymore.
In the Chat Channel:
Su Ziran: "That cave is occupied by hundreds of Cave Spiders. It won't be easy to kill them all."
Bao Jian: "Cave Spiders? What level ferocious beasts are they?"
Qiu Feihong: "This cave is great. We can kill monsters to level up and mine ore too. Isn't that perfect?"
Su Yihan: "Cave Spiders are level 4 ferocious beasts with 150 attack power, and their attacks inflict poison. They're difficult to deal with."
Su Ziran: "Brothers ranked in the top twenty, interested in working together?"
Su Ziran: "Once we clear out these Cave Spiders, everyone can upgrade their Destined Divine Weapons, and our efficiency in hunting ferocious beasts will rise dramatically."
Wu Yuansheng: "That does sound tempting."
Nan Feng: "People who trust others too easily die quickly."
Nan Feng: "I suspect he wants to lure us over there and harvest our kidneys."
You Ran: "@Su Ziran, what do you mean by 'brothers' ranked in the top twenty? Are you looking down on us girls?"
You Ran: "When will women finally rise up? I'm so angry I'm shaking!"
Nan Feng: "The little sister upstairs is throwing feminist punches. Noted."
You Ran: "(??v?v??) Get lost!"
Ning Wu: "Don't us handsome men and beautiful women below rank twenty deserve to be acknowledged too? I'm so angry I'm shaking!"
Nan Feng: "Exactly, I'm so angry I'm shaking!"
It was nearly noon, and most Chosen Ones had returned to their Wooden Cabins to rest. Coupled with the bombshell news Su Ziran had released, the Chat Channel became lively all at once.
Nan Feng was chatting enthusiastically in the Chat Channel when Su Ziran suddenly sent him a friend request.
Accepted.
Su Ziran immediately sent a private message: "Brother, are you coming? I'll send you the cave's coordinates."
Nan Feng raised an eyebrow. "Did you really find an iron mine?"
Su Ziran: "I can't be one hundred percent certain yet, but I've already picked up several iron blocks around the cave."
As he spoke, Su Ziran sent over the iron block's attributes for Nan Feng to see.
Well damn, there really were iron blocks... Nan Feng thought for a while before replying, "Where is that cave? If it's too far from me, forget it."
Su Ziran: "At the border between the plains and the forest, there's a large mountain range. The iron mine is at the foot of one of the mountains. The coordinates are 275:713."
The border between the plains and the forest...
Nan Feng opened the map and found that his Wooden Cabin was located at 388:511.
That iron mine was northwest of Nan Feng.
The distance did not seem too far... Nan Feng nodded and replied, "I'll take a look. If there's nothing dangerous along the way, I'll go."
Su Ziran: "I'll wait for you."
After ending his conversation with Su Ziran, Nan Feng closed the panel, took the disassembler from his backpack, and placed it in a corner of the Wooden Cabin.
Now, Nan Feng was going to test the idea he had just thought of.
He took out a pile of items from his backpack—
Ironclaw Rat Claw: An extremely hard claw containing trace amounts of iron elements.
Nan Feng had forty Ironclaw Rat Claws. He had never known what they were for before, but now their use had arrived.
"Forty of them. I wonder how many iron chunks they'll yield?"
Nan Feng licked his lips and activated the disassembler.
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