Curios, the European Emperor and the African Chief

After two full days of grueling battle, Tang Heng returned triumphantly from the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.

A whole backpack of shields had been smashed to pieces; they simply weren't enough.

"I'll have to see if I can get some Mending enchantment books from that profiteer later, otherwise these shields are just pure consumables."

"Or I could just build an iron farm; mass-producing raw materials isn't out of the question either."

Tang Heng muttered to himself, taking the creamy mushroom stew he'd made earlier out of the refrigerator, quickly replenishing his depleted hunger bar.

As an aside, the satiety buff provided by the stew could reduce hunger consumption for its duration—it was truly an essential item for home and travel.

As for the complaints from Miss Spirit Sheath along the way regarding why he wouldn't use her, Tang Heng simply replied:

"How could I bear to let your body..."

Glancing at his panel, Tang Heng nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Not bad, level thirty-one spirit power is enough for now."

"I'll just focus on grinding levels later; once I hit level ninety-nine, I can trigger the reincarnation mode."

Although reincarnation would reset his level back to ten, his base stats as a Limit Douluo and his martial soul would be preserved.

It was essentially a max-level veteran re-gearing and constantly stacking stats.

Thinking of this, Tang Heng couldn't help but sigh: "I was too young back then; I didn't modify the experience points gained from killing spirit beasts, sticking to the most criticized initial acquisition efficiency."

But it wasn't a big deal—it would just be a little slower.

Tang San was currently overwhelmed by the turbulence of time and had to deal with the other eleven God Realms, so he had no time to personally manage this side.

As for the plane consciousness Tang Hao and Ah Yin?

Naturally, he had to take advantage of the time before they reacted to develop fiercely and take them out in one fell swoop.

After finishing his meal and sipping some tea, Tang Heng wore a contented expression.

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"Let's see which mods have been added this time~"

Tang Heng leisurely checked the past logs and soon flipped to the new mod additions.

According to his deductions, the first breakthrough to level ten added one mod, the second breakthrough to level twenty added two, so this time, it should logically add three.

[Sophisticated Backpacks]

[Curios]

The last one was a classic mod, one that left its mark on almost every version.

[Lucky Block]

Tang Heng stared at the last entry, the Lucky Block, his brows furrowed:

"This thing is truly heaven in one thought and hell in another. Those with good luck can take off early on by opening one, while those with bad luck might get killed by the bizarre punishments inside who knows how many times."

Clearly, his past experiences playing Lucky Block adventures had left him with a bad impression.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

No child cries every day, and no gambler loses every day.

If his own luck was truly that terrible, he could just have Tang Wulin and Na'er come over to help him open them.

Perhaps he could even wait for his Golden Lion to evolve into a beast of auspiciousness and have her open them; that should be much better than doing it himself.

As for the other two mods, they were more on the practical side.

Are you still worried about not having enough inventory and backpack slots?

Are you still dissatisfied with not being able to pick up too many materials while out on a survival adventure?

Sophisticated Backpacks could solve this problem perfectly.

"As expected, if you're going to play an adventure modpack, mods like Sophisticated Backpacks are indispensable," Tang Heng couldn't help but remark.

This mod not only solved the issue of insufficient backpack space but also provided different upgrade slots as the backpack level increased.

Every upgrade could enrich the backpack's functionality, greatly optimizing the process of adventure and exploration.

Tang Heng rummaged through his chests and soon gathered the materials needed to craft the backpacks.

The initial backpacks could be continuously upgraded through minerals, reaching up to netherite quality.

It was just that he didn't have any spare netherite on hand at the moment, so he had to settle for making three diamond-quality backpacks, which he would hand over to Na'er and Wulin next time he brought them in.

Tang Heng's gaze shifted to [Curios].

He vaguely remembered that there were several types of accessories in there with very useful functions, at least for him right now.

One: Eternal Steak

[Mr. Cow has dedicated everything to Steve]

As the name implied, this was a steak that would never be consumed no matter how much one ate, representing Mr. Cow's ultimate spirit of dedication.

The taste might not be great, but the practicality for the three big eaters in his family was absolutely maxed out.

Combined with the external attachment function of the precision backpack, the hunger bar simply wouldn't drop at all.

There were two accessories left, which were even more game-breaking than the Eternal Steak.

Vampire Glove:

Restores health equal to 20% of damage dealt upon attacking.

Think about it, really think about it.

Your health is like a candle in the wind, yet my status hasn't even dipped; how do you intend to deal with this, Excellency?

The other one was also an accessory—the Golden Hook.

This accessory didn't have a mechanism as heaven-defying as the Vampire Glove, but it was a fantastic artifact for progression: it increases experience dropped by mobs by 50%.

In a normal modpack, it might not be that useful, but this was the home turf of the Douluo Continent mod; experience points equaled soul power growth.

Dare I ask the Shrek Sea God Pavilion, can you provide a fifty percent increase in soul power growth rate?

Tang Heng spread his hands, feeling a strong urge to say:

"Is there anyone else who can do this?"

Calming his mood slightly, Tang Heng first used the materials he had at home to craft ten Lucky Blocks with 30 luck points each.

"I remember the Vampire Glove can potentially drop from blacksmith chests, or perhaps in underground abandoned mineshafts and the like."

"The Golden Hook has to be looted from shipwreck treasures; these things are all a bit luck-dependent."

Tang Heng carried the Lucky Blocks to another hill, just in case he opened up some monsters or demons and accidentally blew up his house—that would be a tragedy born from joy.

30 luck points, all synthesized using iron blocks.

Surely this couldn't pull any funny business on him, right?

Hesitation leads to defeat!

Tang Heng raised his hand and brought it down, splitting the first Lucky Block open.

Leather *2

Again!

Iron Ingot *3

Again!

100 Instant TNT.

This blast left Tang Heng seeing stars, and his health dropped significantly.

Tang Heng crawled out of the crater and couldn't help but complain: "That hurts... is this shitty Lucky Block intentionally targeting me?"

I refuse to believe it; what kind of gambler loses every single time?

What greeted Tang Heng next were water traps, falling anvils, and a hundred Ghasts.

Kings descending from the sky, furious and hideous!

It took Tang Heng quite a bit of effort to deal with those Ghasts floating all over the sky; fortunately, none of them were at the hundred-thousand or million-year level.

The distant village was also caught in the crossfire; some villagers were hit by the Ghasts' fireballs, letting out "hmmm-hmmm" hit sound effects before ending their short, sin-filled lives.

Good riddance to the greedy merchants.

With three left, Tang Heng didn't have the guts to open them; his spirit had been smoothed out by the sharp edges of reality.

Fact confirmed: he was a super unlucky player.

And this was just the regular Lucky Block; there were other types, he just hadn't crafted them yet.

Those extra-luck Lucky Blocks not only had generous rewards, but the punishments were likely even more terrifying; he had better face reality.

Golden Lion was attracted by the sound of the explosions, crawling out of the exclusive doghouse he had built for her and walking over to Tang Heng's side.

She glanced at her dejected master, then stuck out her tongue to lick his cheek.

Tang Heng ignored her and went to pick up the Ghast Tears dropped by the Ghasts.

Golden Lion spotted one of the Lucky Blocks sitting on the ground and curiously nudged up to it.

Driven by some unknown impulse, Golden Lion took a direct bite out of it.

As the Lucky Block vanished, a dark, blocky object hovered quietly on the grass.

Tang Heng finished picking up the Ghast Tears, turned around, and caught sight of that thing at a glance.

Netherite Block.

Damn it, you lucky dog.