"Dong—dong—dong—"
As the blocky sun rose, the great bell in the middle of the village rang right on time.
To the ordinary Villagers in Minecraft, this meant another day of getting up to farm. But to Di Tian, the supreme ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, this bell was nothing short of heavenly music!
"Three days... a full three days..."
Di Tian controlled his blocky character, clad in tattered Iron Armor and leaning on an Iron Pickaxe with barely a sliver of durability left. Standing before Wang Qiuer's so-called "Villager Breeding Base," he was so emotional that he did not even know what to say.
Over the past three days, he had spent the daytime helping Wang Qiuer mine coal, iron, and sand underground.
At night, he had to work as a soulless security guard, protecting those big-nosed Villagers amid the relentless pursuit and encirclement of Zombies.
"Qiuer! Our three-day contract is up!"
Di Tian impatiently shouted over the voice channel. There was even a choked note of liberation in his voice. "I don't owe you anything anymore! Tear up my deed of sale already!"
On the balcony of a nearby two-story building, Wang Qiuer wore her Enchanted Diamond Armor and leisurely drank water from a glass bottle in the game. She really did look like a rich lady looking down at them.
"What's the rush? Let me check the accounts first."
Wang Qiuer opened several large chests by her feet.
Inside, arranged in neat stacks, were all the fruits of Di Tian and Scarlet King's labor over the past two days and three nights—more than ten stacks of coal, eight stacks of iron ore, and four large chests filled to the brim with sand.
"Mm, the quantities are correct, and the quality looks pretty good." Wang Qiuer nodded