Discovery of the First Mod

Fang Bie continued walking forward along the prairie, overturning every patch of grass he encountered. His fists possessed the strange rules of this world, allowing him to easily shatter all the grass on the lawn.

Every few patches of grass he broke had a chance to generate a wheat seed; this was Fang Bie's main objective for coming down here.

He did not yet know if the creatures in this world would respawn, nor did he know how long he would stay here. Relying on scavenging for food was not a long-term solution; he needed to settle down in this area, which required a stable food source.

According to the rules of MC, there is a chance for wheat seeds to drop when you break grass. This action, which even casual players are often unwilling to perform, was exactly what could save his stomach in the future.

Fang Bie cherished every single seed in his hand. If it were like a normal game where wheat could grow in two or three days, it would be fine, but if it were like real-world wheat, he would need a vast amount of seeds.

Fang Bie struck the tall and short grass in front of him rhythmically. Unlike in the game, he wasn't tall enough to see what was ahead through the grass, so he had to clear it all away, at least enough to carve out a path for himself to pass through normally.

In the absence of other players, this grass would not naturally regenerate. Fang Bie even considered bringing an iron pickaxe at some point to shovel out a proper path through the turf.

However, he was suddenly troubled by thoughts of the game version, feeling a bit annoyed. This game had multiple versions, and each version had different monsters, survival levels, and conditions.

He missed the coziness of the lower versions and the variety of characters and monsters in the higher versions, but right now, he hoped it was a more primitive version so that the monsters he faced wouldn't be too complex.

"I seem to remember that the version where you could shovel out a path was 1.12, I just don't know if I remembered that correctly..." Fang Bie muttered, slowly walking up to a pond.

Ponds like this in the prairie were very common in the game. He didn't make a fuss upon seeing it; instead, he took out a wooden shovel from his backpack with great interest and began digging up the sand nearby.

The wooden house he built yesterday had several holes left in the high walls specifically for when he could dig up some sand to make glass, so he wouldn't need to light torches for illumination during the day.

As he dug, Fang Bie suddenly found himself covered by a sparse shadow. Looking up, he discovered two stalks of sugar cane standing before him.

He didn't stand on ceremony, pulling a wooden axe from his backpack and swinging twice. Compared to the child's play of chopping trees yesterday, this sugar cane actually gave him the feeling of chopping wood.

It didn't take long before the two stalks of sugar cane turned into a pile of sugar cane blocks scattered on the ground in front of him.

Fang Bie tried taking out a piece of sugar cane, peeled off the skin, and took a tentative bite.

"Mmm!" Fang Bie's brows relaxed. Although sugar cane couldn't be eaten in the game and was only used to make paper or sugar, this place, while very much like a game, could also be considered a real world. Since this sugar cane could be used to make sugar, it naturally contained enough sweetness and tasted quite good.

He glanced at the sugar cane in his backpack. This stuff could only grow on dirt, and specifically on dirt near water. These two stalks had a total of six blocks, and each block contained four or five small pieces like the one in his hand.

"I should put two rows of water at my doorstep and plant a row of sugar cane; that way, at least I won't be short on fruit!" Fang Bie pondered this, setting aside the idea of continuing to dig for sand. He didn't need much sand right now; being able to make two pieces of glass was enough.

He prepared to head back, hoping to encounter some stone or surface coal along the way so he wouldn't have to go out of his way to find a mine.

As for water, Fang Bie hadn't tried carrying it in anything other than an iron bucket, and he didn't know if this world had any fixed rules for water.

He walked back listlessly, clearing another path for travel and incidentally gathering many seeds.

The sugar cane had provided him with enough energy. Once he got back, he only needed to mine a little stone to roast the mutton he had gathered earlier.

Another difference from the game manifested: while the mutton in the game was only the size of a palm, the mutton he obtained from these sheep was half the size of his own body. Although each sheep only yielded two pieces of meat and they weren't particularly thick, it was definitely enough for him to eat for a long time.

As Fang Bie thought about these things, he struck the lawn beside him. Due to the rules, the flowers, grass, and seeds he dropped were directly absorbed into his inventory.

"Click!" Fang Bie heard the pleasant sound of striking vegetation, but the corner of his eye caught a flash of red. It was the same shape as a wheat seed, but it made him whip his head around.

"This is..." He hurriedly opened his inventory. The red seed appeared in his inventory as expected, and as his mind focused on that slot, a line of text floated out.

"Tomato Seed"

"Oh yeah!" Fang Bie was overjoyed. This meant that his world was at least not just a standalone MC. This single seed meant that his world had at least loaded a food mod. He would no longer be limited to those few monotonous foods; there would be a complex and vast variety of foods and even some common household appliances he could use. This was the most important thing for him!

He carefully held the seed in his hand, stroking the patterns on it. Even though it was just a very ordinary food mod, it was of great significance to him.

Fang Bie was immediately energized. His mind was no longer in the state of deep thought he had been in before, and he excitedly began to strike the lawn rapidly. Because of this, the little blades of grass that had been swaying in the wind met their doom.

He had originally just wanted to clear a path to travel back and forth and incidentally get some wheat seeds, but now he was like a man possessed, overturning every flower and blade of grass he saw, wanting to see if there were any other plants.

Sure enough, as he expected, Fang Bie soon found another green seed in another patch of grass. This seed was deep green and labeled "Corn Seed."

Fang Bie immediately confirmed his judgment, but he never expected that a sudden pain would strike his back!

"Clang!" He hurriedly threw himself down, immediately placing two wooden planks behind him as cover. The few red hearts on his status bar indicating his health instantly flickered and extinguished by three.

He had been attacked!