The Advent of the Crafting Guide

Compared to the journey there, his return trip was much faster.

Fang Bie had chosen the river as his starting point precisely because he had considered this; even if he were delayed by something along the way, he could quickly travel back and forth by boat.

He had originally done it just in case, but he hadn't expected to make use of it so soon.

The long distance that had taken him half a day to traverse on foot was covered in less than half an hour, and he had already returned to his starting point.

It was a river beneath the mountain where his house was located. His house was built on the summit, and this river ran from east to west at the foot of the mountain. He had traveled east this time; although he hadn't gained much, he had managed to find a village.

When Fang Bie usually played games, he liked to obtain essential starting resources from villages, such as small amounts of iron and rare resources, the large quantities of food planted in the fields, and several vacant houses that could be used for temporary shelter.

His discovery of the village had actually sparked this same idea. Those Villagers possessed only simple mechanical behaviors and lacked true intelligent reactions, which meant he could easily take over the village.

Fang Bie had already planned his strategy along the way: he would gather all the Villagers into one large house and cover the floor with dirt. These Villagers, who possessed only mechanical memory and never grew tired, would be his best farmers.

Although this seemed somewhat cruel, these Villagers were merely creatures designed for village activities, and there was no essential difference between them and livestock.

Fang Bie quickly climbed the mountain and saw the fence surrounding the area on the peak.

Yinsen's work efficiency was quite good. As Fang Bie opened the gate and walked into the massive plaza they had laid out together, he could already vaguely see the outlines of the two houses.

This mountain peak was not small to begin with, and his previous house had only occupied one spot. After they expanded it, the area here became even more vast.

Now, a stone portal stood beside this location, and a patch of extremely level farmland had appeared in front. Yinsen had placed the foundations for these two houses behind this area, at a higher point on the mountain.

Just as Fang Bie walked up, Yinsen noticed him and slowly lowered the Stone Sword he was holding.

"Fang Bie, you're back just in time. Help me finish laying the last section of this fence. A few Zombies got in earlier, but I killed them. We'd better finish this task before nightfall!"

Fang Bie nodded, sorted the items he had found along the way into the chests inside the house, and then walked out with some wooden planks.

Yinsen wasn't truly inflexible; he had placed several chests outdoors, along with a few Furnaces and a Crafting Table, which actually looked quite fitting.

"Right, you'd better place Torches all over this fenced-in area before it gets completely dark. One every four meters should be enough. This will effectively expand our range of activity in the dark," Fang Bie instructed at this moment.

His boat was docked in the river below, tied loosely to the bank with a rope. It should be fine; he had never heard of any monsters messing with inanimate objects.

Moreover, there were no real strong winds in this world, so even though the setup looked unstable, it could actually remain secure for a long time.

He had picked up some pumpkins along the way. By cooking them simply in an iron pot he had swiped from Tony, he could make some rather tasty and not-so-monotonous food.

In the fields by the entrance, some simple vegetables were nearing maturity, and seasonings like garlic were growing quite vigorously.

Fang Bie could clearly see that the seeds he had found were not just the dozen or so simple types from the game; instead, they were all-encompassing. Basically, any seed he could imagine could be found among them.

He had sown some when he was farming a few days ago, but more seeds remained in the chests, waiting to be planted.

Fang Bie felt that creating tools for Food Craft needed to be put on the agenda, especially for things like rice. Without such tools, they could only steam it using a Furnace, which was indeed quite inconvenient.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and a meal couldn't be eaten in one bite. Fang Bie felt relatively calm as he sorted the plant seeds and various rare items he had searched for along the way into their respective chests.

Although he hadn't found anything particularly amazing, that was only from the perspective of a veteran player. In reality, after experiencing the previous lack of supplies, Fang Bie would take everything he saw on the road that he deemed useful.

For example, all kinds of flowers along the way, or the Cloud Mountain and Dark Project trees that were rarely seen near their settlement, as well as the pumpkins that could be eaten.

Fang Bie carefully recalled everything to ensure there were no omissions, then slowly nodded.

Without the loading of extra mods, the MC world was actually quite monotonous. No matter where one went, there were the same familiar trees and plants, and no matter where one ran, the number of monsters didn't change. The only thing that varied was the uneven terrain.

Fang Bie secretly made up his mind that he must find a way to increase the diversity of this world. Bringing things from other worlds definitely wouldn't count, as they would certainly not be accepted by this world; the scrapped technological items from before were proof of that.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to stay in such a dull world for long, even with company; that was a common human trait.

Thinking of this, Fang Bie suddenly felt that opening portals to visit other worlds was also a good choice. Not only could he meet all kinds of interesting people, but he could also eliminate the boredom of such a monotonous world—wouldn't that be wonderful?

This thought only flashed through his mind for a moment. He quickly took wooden planks and sugarcane from his inventory and crafted four new Crafting Tables and nine sheets of white paper.

"I need to make a Crafting Guide, otherwise, if my memory really gets fuzzy later and I can't recall the crafting recipes for these things, that would be quite embarrassing!" Fang Bie firmly remembered what he had thought about on the road.

He took a piece of leather from a chest, gently wrapped it around the sheets of paper, and tapped the Crafting Table.

The Crafting Table immediately synthesized the tools in his hands into a light blue book. On the cover of the book, the four characters for "Crafting Guide" appeared in perfect detail.

This was a new way of using the Crafting Table he had discovered: there was no need to open the crafting interface; by placing all the necessary components together, one could perform a quick craft directly.