Production and Exploration

"Want to go outside and chop trees?"

In Lord Demon Lord's Magic Workshop, Leon paused what he was doing and cast a surprised glance at the skeleton before him.

Facing Lord Demon Lord's questioning gaze, Whale Fall North and South respectfully nodded slightly, speaking politely.

"Yes, esteemed Lord Demon Lord, your servants lack equipment, not just weapons, they also need backpacks and bandages... and many, many other things. These additional equipment will help them improve the efficiency of exploring the Maze."

After a pause, Whale Fall continued.

"As your most, most, most loyal servant, I want to share your worries in this matter."

Leon nodded, his gaze unconsciously falling on Little Wan, who was bound into a rice dumpling by spider silk.

I see.

Did he get inspiration from this guy?

Since skeletons don't need to consume and their maintenance fees rely entirely on faith expenditure, the Great Cemetery has always had the problem of weak market demand, making it difficult to start production activities.

Developing the textile industry is a good idea.

But the prerequisite is that someone has to know how.

"Your idea is good, but can you weave cloth? That's not easier than fighting monsters."

Whale Fall North and South smiled and said.

"There are always more solutions than problems. I have consulted some blueprints and materials, such as the early Spinning Jenny. The difficulty of restoring it is not very high. As long as you give us a little support, we will definitely not let you down."

That's true.

These players can go online. Even if they don't know how, they can find a few craftsmen on DouX and Bilibili to imitate, and even if they don't succeed, it doesn't seem like he will lose anything.

"Approved."

Although out of caution he didn't want to expose the existence of the Great Cemetery too early, he couldn't just stay in the mine all the time.

Let's start chipping away at it from today onwards! "There is a forest north of the North Wind Mine. The monsters there are not interested in skeletons. You can go there to obtain wood, but remember not to go south, and especially try to avoid encountering humans. If combat is unavoidable, capture them if you can."

"Understood!" Before Whale Fall could speak, Sha Diao, who was traveling with him, excitedly clenched his fist.

After a pause, Leon continued.

"In addition, the mine happens to need some wood to reinforce the load-bearing structure of the newly excavated area. Since you brought up this matter, let's solve it together."

"In a moment, I will issue an order to recruit carpenters. If there are skeletons in the Great Cemetery who are good at carpentry, they might be able to provide you with some help."

Just as he finished speaking, You You also issued the tasks of "collecting wood" and "recruiting carpenters" at the same time.

Not many players have axes.

As long as you accept the task of collecting wood, you can receive an axe and obtain permission to go outside.

Of course.

The task also specifically reminded players to operate within the designated area.

If you die outside the designated area, there will be an additional Contribution Points penalty.

And after resurrecting, you have to go and retrieve the borrowed axe yourself.

"Ah! That's really too kind of you!" This time, not only Sha Diao, but even Whale Fall North and South was so excited that their eyes lit up.

So, NPC quests can be triggered proactively by helping Lord Demon Lord with their problems!? This is an incredible discovery!

After the three Skeletons thanked him, they excitedly went outside to get logging axes and wood-cutting saws from the Cat Girl.

And soon after You You posted the task of recruiting carpenters, a player signed up.

Looks like this is a done deal.

"...Using Cave Spider silk to make backpacks and bandages, I didn't expect these players to have such big imaginations." Watching the three Skeletons in the mirror disappear into the depths of the mine, Leon's face showed a happy smile.

The leeks not only started moving on their own, but also grew into shapes he had never imagined.

Wonderful.

"Lord Demon Lord, You You is curious, has no one in Hell ever thought of using Cave Spider silk to weave cloth?"

Hearing You You's curious question, Leon casually explained.

"That's Hell, do you know the temperature there?"

You You: "But... the place you stay seems to be okay?"

"Demon City is Demon City." Leon said casually, "Outside of Demon City, you have to be careful at all times."

Actually, it's more than that.

Although Cave Spider silk is excellent in terms of toughness and material strength, even far surpassing ordinary fibers, and also has excellent water repellency... what's troublesome is that its stickiness and elasticity are indeed a bit too much.

As a result, this material is neither conducive to weaving nor easy to collect.

Therefore, although the ideas that the players came up with are good, to be honest, they are still a bit wishful thinking.

However—

This is not a big problem.

Especially for the academic masters of Demon Lord Academy, solving it is just a matter of minutes.

A long time ago, people in Hell had studied using Cave Spider silk to weave yarn, and even figured out a magic potion formula that "allows Cave Spider silk to retain its strength while losing its excess elasticity and stickiness"!

It's just a pity that this water-repellent but not heat-resistant material is really useless in Hell, where "it doesn't rain, it only rains sparks."

And because Hell and the surface world have always been at war, with only smuggling of precious metals between them at most, there is no large-scale trade. Therefore, this unpopular formula is even more useless.

Leon happened to learn about this unpopular formula in the library of Demon Lord Academy before.

Although he couldn't remember the specific proportions, he still remembered the materials needed to configure the magic potion, and most of them could be directly collected from the Cave Spider.

It wouldn't be difficult for him to restore the magic potion formula, just add a little when reeling the silk.

Thinking like this, Leon had already taken out the crucible and beaker for configuring the magic potion, and stretched his shoulders with full energy.

"Very well—"

"This Lord will just do a good deed this time."

On the other side, deep within the Sewer Corridor, two Skeleton Soldiers continued to delve deeper into the Maze.

Along the way, they had slain countless Slimes, and the Magic Crystals they collected were almost overflowing.

Fortunately, before long, they discovered the corpse of an adventurer enveloped by Slimes.

The clothes on the corpse were almost completely digested, leaving only the boots, belt, and waist pouch that were not easily digested.

Several clumps of mochi-like Slimes wriggled elastically on it, as if chewing.

After dealing with the Slimes, One Leaf Knows Autumn recovered the belt and leather waist pouch from the adventurer's remains.

The waist pouch contained some personal items, as well as some copper metal coins.

After returning the personal items to their original owner, the two put the collected Magic Crystals into the waist pouch, finally freeing Hu Wan's brothers' hands.

Out of curiosity, One Leaf Knows Autumn squatted next to the corpse, carefully observing his condition.

Although the tissues on this person's body were almost completely decomposed by the green Slimes, and he could no longer see his original shape, he still saw a clue from the bones that had not yet been digested.

"The bones were cut off," One Leaf Knows Autumn said, suppressing his excitement as he groped for the fracture marks on the ribs, "This injury... doesn't look like it was caused by Slimes!"

Sure enough—

His guess was correct!

There were other monsters hidden in the Sewer Corridor!

"It looks a bit like a beast's claws..." Hu Wan also observed, looking at One Leaf Knows Autumn with a solemn expression, "What do you think it could be?"

"The only creatures with claws in the sewer are geckos... or other fictional fantasy species."

This thing should be stronger than the Cave Spider!

Realizing this, One Leaf Knows Autumn felt no fear in his heart, but instead became excited.

I wonder how much experience these guys provide! Thinking so, his right hand followed the adventurer's corpse all the way up, eventually stopping at the back of the neck.

"This is... a Magic Crystal?!"

Looking at the crystal that One Leaf Knows Autumn pulled out of the corpse, Hu Wan widened his eyes in astonishment.

Do people also drop Magic Crystals?!

"Well... it seems so for now."

Examining the dark green crystal in his hand, the expression on One Leaf Knows Autumn's face fell into contemplation.

For some reason, he remembered a passage he had seen on the Calamity Online Official Website forum, which roughly said that since the God of the Underworld died, the death and reincarnation of all things were no longer equal.

So where do people go after they die in this game world?

Or do they not go anywhere, but become beings like themselves...

Considering the special nature of Extraordinary Power.

He always felt a sense of unease when he thought about it deeply.

Perhaps behind that mythological story, there were still pieces of information and clues he hadn't deciphered...

In the shadows.

A pair of amber eyes were staring intently at the two Skeleton Soldiers, a forked tongue flicking in and out of its mouth, swaying nimbly.

A Necromancer's servant? Here? After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, the crawling creature lurking in the shadows ultimately didn't make a move, but instead twisted its body and slowly retreated into the depths of the darkness.

Its mission was to hunt adventurers, and these bone frames weren't on its menu.

The Maze was currently in a precarious situation, and any slight disturbance required heightened vigilance... even though the Earth Dragon Clan had already become the overlords of the Maze's first floor with absolute dominance.

In addition, the previous Rat Tide seemed to have an inseparable connection with the appearance of these undead.

To be able to scare the Ratfolk Clan, who had summoned a Chosen One, into fleeing in all directions...

Perhaps they should be more cautious, when dealing with the guy standing behind these undead.