Strategy game? Then I'll have to control you properly.

"As expected, the small fry monsters in the wild are no longer a threat."

Like a professional trader, Lin Miao, who was running multiple games and programs on the screen at the same time, shifted his gaze from Mista and Bruno, who were killing ghost soldiers and improving their skill proficiency in hunting mode, and turned to Attila and Lillie.

Even Lillie, who had defeated multiple bosses in Dark Souls, was no match for Attila and Roche, who had long since graduated from Hunting Mode. These lowest-tier wild monsters were hardly any formidable enemies.

The core resource that can help villagers awaken their magic is monster essence, and there will be a continued large demand for it.

Lin Miao knew in her heart that it was time to take them to hunt powerful monsters with a higher drop rate.

"We must open a path to the underworld."

To do this, you must first unlock a completely new map.

The Underworld, as its name suggests, is another complete world existing beneath the surface of this sandbox game.

That place is many times deeper than the mining sites where the villagers are currently mining. It is impossible for the villagers to break through with their ordinary physical strength. Lin Miao must personally control the character to go in.

The biggest problem right now is that to dig into the underground world, you need tools that are more advanced than pickaxes.

A diamond pickaxe, at least one level higher than an iron pickaxe, is needed, but so far, even though the miners in the mines have been digging day and night, they haven't seen a single diamond.

Although the efficiency of miners who rely on physical labor is far inferior to that of the game character controlled by Lin Miao, at this point, Lin Miao is almost certain that the system has deliberately blocked the acquisition of resources of gold level and above.

Of course, the system may not be intentionally making things difficult for him; there may indeed be some kind of unlocking restriction. But does that really have to be the end?

It's such a shame that this game, with its limitless potential, is stuck here.

[Recommended File Converters]

"...?"

Just as Lin Miao was idly flipping through his computer folders, the system pushed out a new program to him after a long time.

This is a program that can convert file formats. Lin Miao was wondering why the system would recommend this at this time, but he also knew in his heart that the system had never made a wrong recommendation.

Unlocking this program naturally comes at a price.

1000P isn't too expensive since it's a basic program, but it's not an amount you can just spend recklessly either.

Lin Miao still paid the points without hesitation to unlock the file converter. He was really curious about what kind of help this program could bring him.

[The Guardian Armor or Hermit's Cloak can be converted into an Alloy Set]

"what?"

After unlocking, the program's function descriptions were quite intuitive, and the first one made Lin Miao's eyes widen in surprise.

The description indicates that, just like the protective armor Lillie wears, he can transform equipment and items obtained from the Dark Blood Realm into alloy suits within the sandbox game's forging system.

Lin Miao immediately realized that each item only had one conversion opportunity. In other words, he had to plan carefully and convert the equipment he obtained from other game worlds.

Although he was momentarily tempted by the alloy pickaxe, he immediately shook his head.

Lillie's Guardian Armor and Hermit's Cloak are special equipment that can only be obtained by completing high-difficulty side quests. In this action RPG that values ​​skill over equipment stats, it's hard to get better equipment, so she absolutely can't just switch them out.

He thought he might as well look for other items that could be converted. He browsed the conversion list and found that the range of options was very large; it seemed that the vast majority of items could be converted.

[The Dwarven Bracers can be converted into alloy ingots]

"what?"

Just then, Lin Miao discovered a crucial clue in the list. Although he couldn't assemble a complete set of alloy equipment, he could at least obtain the materials needed to forge an alloy pickaxe.

The list shows a strange item called "Dwarf Bracers" that can be directly converted into alloy ingots.

But Lin Miao searched through her memories and couldn't recall when she had ever obtained such a thing.

"Could it have been obtained in the tribe's real world?"

He followed the item information and in the village scene on the desktop, the ornaments worn by an old man were instantly marked with a red border.

The old man's name was Palu, a newcomer to the village who had just joined today. He didn't have any special abilities, but the file converter clearly indicated that it could directly convert the seemingly ordinary metal wristband on his hand into alloy ingots.

This dull gray metal bracelet looked unremarkable, except that it was named "Dwarf Bracelet" by the system. Lin Miao couldn't understand why an ordinary tribal elder would have an item with such a name.

"I'm sorry, old man."

Lin Miao muttered to herself, moving the mouse she had hesitated for a moment before confirming the conversion command.

Although this might be a very important item for the old man, the situation was urgent, and he couldn't care less about that right now.

The bracelet on the old man's wrist suddenly emitted a blinding white light, startling him so much that he jumped up and screamed.

Immediately afterward, the bracelet transformed into a heavy alloy ingot right before his eyes, falling to the ground with a clatter.

Just as he picked up the metal ingot from the ground with a blank expression, Lin Miao had already lifted him up with the mouse and teleported him directly into the sandbox game, next to his game character.

The old man, who was new to the place, saw Lin Miao's huge character made of blocks and immediately let out a scream, collapsing to the ground.

Fortunately, Attila and his entourage, who were nearby, rushed over and hurriedly comforted the frightened old man.

Since things had come to this point, Lin Miao couldn't offer any help in comforting him, so he controlled his character to pick up the alloy ingots on the ground and quickly took out the worktable from his backpack and placed it on the ground.

In the game, as long as you have the materials, you don't even need a second to craft items.

"Finally finished, the alloy pickaxe."

Although it's just a common item used by skilled players in the game, Lin Miao only truly possessed it today.