Give Star Iron a little MC shock

"Miss? Would our benefactor accept diamonds?"

"Ah? Oh, yes, this is your furnace."

March 7th quickly put the diamonds away and then handed the furnace to the miner.

"Wuhu!"

The miners who received the furnace couldn't help but cheer. With this furnace, they would be able to earn more money in the future!

And all it takes is a gem that they can't exchange for any resources!

Although emeralds and diamonds were once valuable, their value has plummeted as the cold wave has intensified, with their ornamental value exceeding their practical value.

Even now, people in the lower districts only use these as decorations.

There weren't many miners on site carrying diamonds and emeralds. On March 7th, he only helped Xing He exchange five emeralds and two diamonds using the furnace before ending the on-site transaction.

The other miners who did not carry either of these two gems were somewhat unwilling to give up and asked March 7 whether they would be able to exchange them again.

After receiving an affirmative answer, they hurriedly ran out of the passage to go home and look for the gems they had dug up before.

When the on-site transactions were almost over, Xing He walked back from the other end of the passage, his backpack stuffed with three sets of thick iron.

"This is so much fun! I haven't had this much fun mining in ages."

Xing Hesuo let out a sigh of relief. In the past, when he was mining, he would always see rocks such as andesite, stone and diorite, making it very difficult to find a mine.

Digging in the veins is different; these veins are almost all connected.

Xing He went to the extinguished furnace and took a look. The furnaces together produced exactly one set of iron ingots.

That's enough for him to create an iron golem to complete the achievement.

"Let's go out in March. Danheng and the others should be done by now."

After fulfilling his own needs, Xing He put away the furnace and called out to March 7, who was taking a selfie with a diamond in her hand.

March 7th agreed, but then quickly called out to Xing He.

"Xing He, let's take a picture! We've never taken a picture together before!"

"Taking a picture? Here?"

Xing He glanced at the narrow passage. The background was unpleasant, and the two-block-high passage made him, Steve, feel uncomfortable. He only made himself suffer like this when mining.

No matter how you look at it, this isn't a good place to take photos.

March 7th, however, smiled sheepishly, holding up the diamond in her hand: "Hmph, although this place isn't really suitable as a backdrop, it has plenty of commemorative value! Come on, come on!"

"Ok."

Xing He had no choice but to obediently stand next to March 7, get closer to her, and take the first photo together with their faces almost touching.

"eggplant!"

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At the same time, in the upper district, a blue-haired man wearing a mask and sunglasses was distributing flyers on the street.

"Friends passing by, please help me! My three family members have gone missing. If you have any clues, please let me know!"

Sambo handed out the abstractly printed flyers to passersby.

Some kind-hearted pedestrians couldn't help but twitch their lips after taking a look at the flyer.

"What the heck is this stick figure with black, gray, and pink hair on it? Did your family members have genetic mutations?"

Sambo's eyes were filled with tears.

“My family has been missing for a long time. They’re probably starving and freezing right now, and they’ve probably lost a lot of weight!”

Well, in reality, all he knew was that of the three people in the train crew, Dan Heng had black hair, Xing He had gray hair, and San Yueqi had pink hair; he knew nothing about the rest.

As he handed out flyers, Sangbo couldn't help but complain in his mind.

Why did a perfectly good script turn out like this?

Where are the main characters?! We haven't even fought the boss yet, and the main characters have already disappeared!

We can't let a supporting character impersonate the protagonist and fight the BOSS in the end, can we?

Don’t do that kind of thing!

He just wanted to have fun.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Stealing Vegetables from Schwarzkopf's House!

"Danheng, Xier, have you resolved things on your end?"

After taking a group photo with March 7th and waiting for all the iron in the furnace to burn out, Xing He and his companion walked out of the passage and called out to Dan Heng and Xi'er, who were not far away.

Dan Heng raised his hand to them as a greeting, and then replied, "The information is almost recorded. We can ask Xing He to fill in the rest later and then we can enter it into the think tank."

Xing He nodded, then turned to look at Xi'er: "Xi'er, what about you?"

Seele pointed to the Earthfire members who were tidying up the scene not far away: "The reinforcements have arrived, and things here are almost over."

"Okay, that's good. By the way, remember to have your companions light up all the dark places around here with torches or other light sources so that the monsters won't appear."

"Okay, I'll remember to tell them."

After Seele relayed these words to the Earthfire members who had come to provide support, the four of them headed back towards the mechanical settlement.

"By the way, Seele, do you have any pumpkins here?"

Xing He then remembered that although he had collected the four iron blocks needed for the iron golem, he had not yet carved a pumpkin to use as its head.

"Pumpkins? Of course we have them, after all, they are one of the few crops that are relatively cold-resistant."

On Yalilo, most plants cannot survive, leaving only those that are more cold-resistant. Pumpkins, which are relatively cold-resistant, can still be grown in the lower areas as long as the temperature is kept a little in mind.

However, Seele quickly changed the subject, saying, "As you know, our town is a settlement built on former mine shafts, so it doesn't get any sunlight. The few places in the lower area that get sunlight are the machine settlements. Because of the special geology there, there are some hollows in the ground, and sunlight can shine through them, and..."

"and?"

The three looked at Seele, whose expression had suddenly become somewhat strange, with curiosity on their faces.

Seele glanced around, then leaned close to the three of them and whispered, "I'm not really into gossip, but I've heard that Swallow specially set up a farm in his villa area to take care of a little girl named Clara he adopted. There, he grows some of the few crops available in the lower district."

"Ouch."

Xing He crossed his arms and clicked his tongue, saying, "So the pumpkin and star core clues we need are related to Schwarz. If this were a game or a novel, it would be an elite monster."

March 7th couldn't help but look at Xing He and asked curiously, "Xing He, why do you suddenly want pumpkin? Aren't the foods I brought you before enough?"

“No, didn’t Seele say that Swaro wasn’t very friendly? I was thinking that we might have to fight on each other’s turf, so I was thinking of recruiting some reinforcements to help us.”

"Reinforcements? What does that have to do with pumpkins?" March 7th said, puzzled.

Xing He just smiled mysteriously at her and said, "You'll find out when the time comes."

The four of them moved quickly and soon arrived at an underground mine that was even larger than the town. Looking up, they couldn't even see the top of the rock wall; they could only vaguely see a few rays of sunlight shining down in some places.

Seele stood on high ground and pointed to a simple settlement in the distance below. Near the outermost edge of the settlement was a detached villa area connected only by a bridge.

"Look, that's the machine settlement, and that villa area is where Schwarzlo is located."

Xing He immediately opened the minimap's built-in large map function, and a square map screen immediately appeared in front of him. The map was full of creature markers, including hundreds of different names and a bunch of 'monsters' in the format of [Automatic Soldier XXX].

Are those all robots?

After closing the large map, Xing He asked Xi'er a question.

Seele nodded: "Those metal lumps are all Schwarz's minions, controlled by him to protect the mechanical settlement."

"There are so many... but why are there humans mixed in with them?"

March 7th also noticed that human figures occasionally walked through the mechanical settlement.

When March 7th asked about this, Seele's expression was somewhat complicated: "These people are all wanderers who have sought refuge with Schwarz and are considered half of Schwarz's subordinates."

"This quantity..."

Dan Heng frowned and reminded them, "We are outnumbered, everyone. Try to avoid conflict with them this time. We are only here to inquire about the [Star Core], not to fight."

When Danheng said this, he gave March 7th a special look.

"What are you doing!" March 7th retorted, hands on hips. "Do I look like the kind of person who likes to fight?! If you want to look, look at Xing He!"

Xing He immediately stood next to Dan Heng, shaking his head and saying, "March, passing the buck is not a good habit."

On March 7th, upon seeing Xing He 'defect' to Dan Heng's side, he immediately puffed out his cheeks in anger.

"You two are really infuriating!"

"Alright, you three, let's go. This is my first time visiting Swallow, so be careful."

After giving the three a reminder, Seele took the lead and walked into the mechanical settlement.

As soon as the four entered the mechanical settlement, they immediately attracted the curious gazes of the wanderers.

"Isn't that Seele of the Earthfire? What's she doing here?"

"Who knows? Maybe they're here to see Boss Schwarz?"

"Is it possible that Earthfire is going to start a war with Boss Schwarz?"

Ignoring the surrounding chatter, the four made their way to the bridge leading to the Schwarzschild mansion, but were soon blocked by a sturdy iron gate at the end of the bridge.

"It's like a password door."

Dan Heng stepped forward, took a look, and came to a conclusion.

"I know this!"

March 7th walked confidently forward, hands on hips, and shouted, "Sesame, open the door!"

however.

The gate remained unresponsive.

Everyone:......

Xing He chuckled, while San Yueqi blushed and whistled a completely silent tune.