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March 7th smiled helplessly. Since it was Xing He's request, she would just have to endure the cold snowfield a little longer!

"By the way, Mr. Danheng, do you know how to build an igloo? It might be warmer for us to wait inside."

Dan Heng nodded: "I know a little."

However, before the two could take any action, Xing He smiled and said, "Wait a moment, I'll handle this."

After saying that, Xing He took out his stone axe and ran straight to the nearest tree.

Although San Yueqi and Dan Heng had some doubts, they still followed Xing He's instructions and stayed quietly in place, while keeping their eyes on Xing He and watching his actions.

Under the watchful eyes of the two men, Xing He raised his stone axe and struck a section of the tree trunk for a while, and a log was pocketed by him.

March 7th rubbed his eyes in disbelief, pointing with astonishment at the tree that Xing He had chopped in half, but whose upper half was still suspended in mid-air.

"Danheng, look! Am I hallucinating from being frozen? Why is that tree still floating in mid-air after Xing He cut it down!"

Dan Heng squinted and observed carefully for a while before answering definitively, "It's not a hallucination. I did see it too. But since it was Xing He who did it, it's not so surprising that it's a bit strange."

The two stood quietly watching Xing He chop down tree after tree with a stone axe.

After more than ten minutes, Xing He returned to the two of them and put down a workbench.

"Please wait a moment."

Xing He quickly made two sets of wooden planks from the logs, and in front of San Yueqi and Dan Heng, he helped them make a rectangular matchbox that was seven meters long, five meters wide, and four meters high.

Xing He even thoughtfully placed a wooden door for them.

"Xing He, what you've done..."

March 7th looked at the surrounding wooden walls with a surprised expression. In less than three minutes, Xing He had actually built a wooden house!

Although the square shape isn't very aesthetically pleasing, it's sufficient for the snowy plains!

"Don't rush, it's not finished yet."

Considering that this was on a snowy plain, and that March 7th and Danheng were not as resistant to the cold as he was, Xing He used a round stone to make a furnace and placed it in the matchbox. He also put a set of planks and a set of logs inside to make charcoal.

During the charcoal-making process, the lit furnace provides warmth for March 7th and Danheng, and he can also obtain charcoal to make torches instead of coal, achieving the best of both worlds.

"It's so warm!"

As the furnace was lit, March 7th could clearly feel the surrounding temperature rising rapidly, soon reaching a comfortable level.

Xing He also made two wooden stairs to serve as chairs for San Yueqi and Dan Heng to sit on.

"Xing He, you're so thoughtful!"

March 7th sat happily on the stairs, staring curiously at the furnace not far away.

Dan Heng also thanked him.

"You're welcome. You can stay here for now."

After settling Dan Heng and March 7th in, Xing He took out a pickaxe, bent down and started digging, quickly creating a small tunnel leading directly underground.

On March 7th, when he turned around and saw that Xing He was gone, he quickly ran to the cave entrance and asked Xing He, who was digging inside, "Xing He, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to dig some ore, I'll be right back."

On March 7th, somewhat worried, he turned to Danheng and asked, "Danheng, what should we do?"

Dan Heng frowned and said softly, "Let's go down with him. Judging from Xing He's appearance, he plans to keep digging. If we wait until he digs too deep, it will be difficult for us to go down. If something happens to him down there, we won't be able to rescue him in time."

March 7th nodded, then shouted into the cave entrance, "Xing He, we want to come down too!"

Upon hearing what San Yueqi said, Xing He immediately widened the space to the side by several squares to prevent San Yueqi and Dan Heng from crowding each other after jumping down, thus preventing him from digging.

After expanding the area a few squares to the side, Xing He looked up and shouted upwards.

"Okay, come down now. Do you need me to make you some stairs?"

Despite Xing He's question, he still subconsciously made some wooden stairs and laid them on the wall.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the snowfield.

Looking at the vast, boundless snowfield, Sangbo grinned and muttered to himself.

"We've finally waited for this moment. The Star Train is parked outside Yalilo-VI. I suppose the Nameless Guest will soon arrive on the snowfield to head to Beloborg in search of the Star Core?"

"Hehe, how can this great drama of the hero defeating the demon king and saving the world be without a supporting character to lead the way? I can only ask for a little help to play this important supporting role."

Sambo looked around twice, then his gaze finally settled on a snowdrift, and he plunged into it.

He planned to hide inside and wait for the nameless group to appear, then take the opportunity to make contact with them so that his carefully planned script could proceed smoothly.

'Passengers on the Star Train, please don't keep me waiting too long.'

Chapter Twenty-Four: Underground Cities

Beneath the snowfield, Xing He walked at the forefront, constantly swinging his stone pickaxe, dismantling all the obstructing blocks in his path.

Every few meters he went forward, Xing He would stick a torch in the ground. Fortunately, he had already burned a set of charcoal, and with the coal he had dug up along the way, the torches in his backpack were enough for him to use as he pleased.

"Xing He, what are you digging for? It's been half an hour already."

March 7th and Dan Heng followed behind Xing He. The former yawned, feeling a little sleepy, while the latter held a torch and observed the surrounding rock walls.

"I'd like to find some diamonds, but it's a bit difficult."

Xing He was also feeling a bit irritable. Logically speaking, even with the worst luck, he shouldn't have been able to dig for diamonds in half an hour without finding a single one.

He dug up quite a bit of crude iron and coal along the way, as well as some crude gold. As for crude copper, he only collected a little and didn't dig any more.

"Diamonds? You really like these sparkly things?"

March 7th was somewhat surprised. She had thought that only women would like diamonds, but she didn't expect Xing He to like them too.

If he wanted to dig up diamonds to sell for money, then that would be understandable.

As a cracking sound echoed through the long tunnel, Xing He, who was walking in front, stopped and switched to a pickaxe from his backpack.

"The stone pickaxe is still too slow."

He had been using a stone pickaxe to dig in order to save the durability of his iron pickaxe, but the stone pickaxe was painfully slow.

Xing He simply widened the tunnel two blocks to the side, placed the furnace down, and began smelting iron ingots.

What are you burning now?

On March 7th, she curiously reached out and gently touched the furnace, and in a daze, she seemed to see the inside of the furnace.

The top compartment contains what appears to be minerals, while the bottom compartment contains coal.

On March 7th, it was noticed that there was an arrow pointing to the right on the right side of these two squares. After some of the gray arrows were filled with white, a bright white iron ingot appeared in the empty space on the right.

"so amazing!"

Although San Yueqi didn't know how to refine minerals, she was certain that refining iron ingots normally would not be as easy and simple as Xing He's method.

"Is that amazing? It's just a simple process of heating iron."

"That's a very Versailles-like statement."

While the two were chatting, Dan Heng took out his phone to let Ji Zi and the others know that he was safe, but found that the phone signal was being interfered with. He quickly told the two of them about it.

March 7th frowned and muttered, "Could it be because we're underground?"

Dan Heng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "It's unlikely. We've taken risks underground before, and the signal has never been interfered with like this. It's probably due to the star core, but we still need to go back to the surface to confirm."

After Dan Heng finished speaking, he turned to Xing He and asked, "Xing He, have you collected enough things?"

Xing He took the fired iron ingots out of the furnace and quickly made a set of iron armor on the workbench.

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[Achievement Acquired: Ready for Battle!]

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In an instant, Xing He was covered in a set of bright white iron armor.

Startled by Xing He's sudden change of clothes, March 7th stepped forward and tapped on Xing He's armor, making a clanging sound.

"How did you manage to make this suit of armor all at once? Just how many other strange and wonderful skills do you possess?"

Xing He thought about what players in Minecraft could do, then stretched out two fingers and pinched them together with a little distance between them: "I can do a little bit of everything."

He then turned to Dan Heng and asked, "Can you give me ten more minutes? Just ten more minutes! I don't believe we can't find diamonds! If we still can't find them, then let's go upstairs."

Xing He didn't dare to stay down there for long. He found that his satiety level had dropped a lot, and if he stayed any longer, it would be completely depleted.

He miscalculated; he didn't bring any food with him, otherwise he could have stayed underground indefinitely.

"Row."

Dan Heng nodded to indicate that he understood, so Xing He put away the furnace and workbench and once again walked in front, swinging his pickaxe to clear the way.

Three minutes later, Xing He, who was walking at the front, suddenly exclaimed "Huh?"

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March 7th and Dan Heng, who were following behind, immediately stopped. Dan Heng even took out his spear from behind him and asked warily, "What happened?"

"No, come and take a look."

Xing He used a pickaxe to widen the space on the side by a few blocks, making it easier for San Yueqi and Dan Heng to come over.

When March 7th and Dan Heng walked up to Xing He and looked ahead, they saw the silhouette of a small city or town appearing and disappearing in the hazy darkness in the distance. The lights that were lit up in the town indicated that there were signs of some kind of intelligent life activity in the town.

March 7th covered her little mouth and exclaimed in surprise.

"An underground city?"

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