MC's career as foreign lord

"However, this can also be considered a unique metal. I wonder if Tinker's Construct can successfully smelt it?" Zhou Ren said. This might be a metal directly comparable to Adamantium, and its rarity is equally impressive.

Equipment and weapons made from this metal possess the same characteristics as Tinker's Construct, meaning they cannot be destroyed by lava. This is the final product of the original version.

If he had enough diamonds and Netherite, he could also create a set of top-tier materials, but Zhou Ren certainly doesn't need them now. The materials he has are already top-tier.

So, at this point, Netherite is just a relatively useful mineral to him, not something indispensable.

He's more concerned about the production of Cobalt and Ardite, as it relates to the creation of his future advanced tools. The advanced tools from Tinker's Construct, and their hardness and reinforcement, should be enough for him until the end of the world.

But the mining journey wasn't always smooth sailing. In fact, it was full of various unexpected events. Although this area didn't have annoying Wither Skeletons or Blazes to disturb them, the Magma Cubes, which he hadn't encountered before, appeared before them now.

Like Slimes, Magma Cubes are also large, bouncy cube-shaped creatures. They have a fiery appearance and inflict fire damage based on their bounce when they hit an enemy.

Of course, the damage isn't very high, but it's enough to raise one's vigilance.

Similar to Slimes, these creatures have high resistance to arrows, so the best approach is still to take out a sword and hack away.

Fortunately, their attack methods are foolish. These little guys jumping out of the lava couldn't resist the metal swords in the skeletons' hands.

The enchantments of Sharpness or Sweeping Edge can turn them into a pile of magma material, which is Magma Cream, more quickly.

As the best material for fire resistance potions, Magma Cream will continue to appear in the future. If he wants to explore the Nether, he estimates he'll need to prepare a lot of fire resistance potions.

"Great, 20 fire resistance potions obtained!" After exterminating a batch of Magma Cubes, Zhou Ren said happily. Then he saw some creatures that he had glimpsed in the lava lake earlier.

In the new version, this is another tamable mount, a harmless creature that walks on the lava lakes of the Nether, called the Strider.

Its unique characteristic is being able to walk on lava without being burned by the flames. However, this creature also has its drawbacks. They can only walk on lava. Once they appear on land, their skin turns gray and they shiver uncontrollably.

He just happened to have obtained a saddle, so he could try to tame one. While the skeletons were mining, Zhou Ren had already put away his iron pickaxe and quietly walked towards the lava.

His courage is quite remarkable. He doesn't have any fire protection equipment yet. If he were to be thrown into the lava by the Strider, he'd be in big trouble.

But he wasn't completely unprepared. He quickly took out a lead. Don't ask where it came from. If you do, it's a free gift from the wandering trader.

"Damn it, five emeralds for one wheat? You're simply a profiteer!" He successfully obtained two unclaimed llamas and two wandering leads.

Next, he just needed to wait patiently. This waiting was a bit like catching birds when he was a kid, waiting for the target to slowly enter his trap, and then suddenly throwing the lead in his hand!

Striders usually look dull and silly. Now it seems they really aren't very smart. When they saw someone by the river, they even ran over to wander around, and then were successfully caught by the lead around their necks.

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Next, he naturally pulled it directly to the shore. After putting the saddle on, he successfully tamed it.

This poor little thing, after repeated tossing, was already shivering and cold, and looked like it was about to die.

He wasn't a demon. Although the Strider's cold state could last a long time, Zhou Ren felt sorry for the little guy, so he directly threw it back into the lava.

This little thing quickly recovered. It was originally in a dying state, but now it had completely changed, regaining its vitality and rosy color, and began to dance around him.

Zhou Ren even suspected whether it was a saddle or some kind of 'Momotaro rice ball' toy?

It was just about to die, but now it's suddenly so docile? The contrast before and after is too great.

But in any case, he still managed to sit on the back of this red little monster and began to cruise in the lava, even knocking down a Ghast that wanted to attack him, and picking up a silver Ghast Tear at the same time.

Only creatures that run in lava can quickly pick up Ghast Tears. Moreover, the Strider's movement speed is very interesting. It doesn't walk straight forward, but sways around as it walks, like Pigsy carrying his wife on his back.

Of course, that's not exactly the right way to put it, but that's roughly the idea. After swaying around with the little guy for a while, Zhou Ren reluctantly said goodbye.

It must be said that riding a Strider is a very interesting and special experience. This little monster can provide unique ferry services in the Nether.

Moreover, because it usually can't go ashore, this little animal rarely gets to eat good things. After Zhou Ren fed it a few mushrooms and then a few warped fungus, the little guy was already happily jumping around him.

He suddenly had the idea of taking it out and raising it at home, but then he thought that this monster has no natural enemies in the Nether, so it's better to let it roam freely in this world.

Maybe in the future, when he comes to this world to build more and better contraptions, and then clears all the monsters, he can use it to make a lava sea paradise?

The lava creatures should still stay in this ocean world. It's better for everyone. He can raise two more in the future for lava sea crossings. Maybe this method can be used to travel to other abyss worlds in the future?

Zhou Ren felt that he was simply a great philanthropist. After taking off the saddle and lead, he patted the little monster's back and went back to find his skeleton team.

After he left, the Strider swayed and stared at him for a long time before reluctantly leaving.

The relationship between ordinary players and MC world pets is probably similar to this, but in any case, he should get back to business.

But the little monster still waiting beside the lava waved its hand, turned and left the area, returning to the skeletons. At this moment, this group of energetic skeletons had already hollowed out the area.

Jim's leadership was indeed effective. As a quasi-legendary skeleton, his digging speed was many times that of ordinary skeletons. He not only had iron pickaxes in both hands, but also made a lot of noise, striking the stone again and again, as if striking someone's heart.

"We've dug enough, enough for a long time to come, right?" Zhou Ren said. After receiving an affirmative answer, his face was naturally filled with joy.

Then most of their tasks in this world would be completed. After exploring the bastion ruins, they could return to conduct potion research and create new Tinker's Construct materials.

Of course, there was also research on Netherite, the strongest material from the original version. He wondered if Netherite, when combined with the strongest metal, Manyullyn, and then melted with Adamantine, could create a relatively perfect metal ingot?

He didn't know. It was all unknown, but he was willing to try.

So, leading the skeletons, they continued forward. After clearing out some Ghasts and Magma Cubes, they soon arrived at a black castle.

Bastion remnants generate in 4 different types: bridges, hoglin stables, housing units, and treasure rooms.

Not all bastion remnants generate all 4 structures, but he seemed to be lucky this time. From the bridge, he could already see 4 buildings of various sizes.

Looking across from the bridge, you could see a ruined large wall, but it seemed to resemble a Piglin's face.

If he wasn't mistaken, the so-called bastion remnant was actually a living space built by the Piglins who once lived in the Nether, but it was destroyed for some reason, leaving only these scattered ruins.

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If villagers are creatures of the Overworld, then the bamboo forests are creatures of the summer. They are the surviving forests of this world, just like the relationship between zombie pigmen and zombies, a small number of villagers with consciousness who can trade.

But Piglins live in this relatively volatile space and have very special attributes. They will attack some ordinary humans because they always feel that the players have caused the negative impact on their family.

However, if you have gold on you, or are holding gold products, or wearing gold armor, the Piglins will not harm you.

They prefer to see creatures holding gold as their own kind, but if you open a chest, mine gold ore, or attack with gold items in front of them, they will still choose to attack you.

Because your behavior is no different from the enemies who destroyed their homes in the first place, you will be regarded as an invader and attacked by all the Piglins around you who see you, until you kill them all or they kill you.

And bastion remnants can contain many diamond tools and diamond armor. Of course, there may also be loot chests, which contain more special creations.

Including, but not limited to, various diamond and gold tools and armor, as well as various metal ingots, different Nether materials, and the most scarce Netherite!

But these generally only appear in the loot chests at the innermost or topmost part of the bastion. The most you'll encounter when you first enter are Piglins, Zombie Piglins, Piglin Brutes, and Hoglins.

The combat power of the first two is similar, but Piglin Brutes need special attention. They are terrifying combat forces that only spawn in bastion remnants, the true combat experts of the Piglin race, possessing great strength and stamina.

If you really want to compare, it's roughly equivalent to the Iron Golem's combat power among villagers. Of course, the gap may not be that big, but the general idea is similar.

In bastion remnants, there are not only loot chests, but also chunks of gold and various gold ores. Naturally, there are also Nether Warts.

So, as soon as Zhou Ren led the skeletons to the bastion remnant, he received a fierce welcome from the Hoglins. They came in droves to welcome him, and apart from the slightly unfriendly movements, the momentum of running was simply awe-inspiring.

Zhou Ren subconsciously took out his shield and blocked, stopping the opponent's attack. Then, with a swing of his sword, the sweeping edge was triggered, knocking down all the huge Hoglins that rushed out, barely revealing the full picture of these things.

In a sense, the Hoglins running out of the Piglin's big mouth aren't that shocking. The feeling they give is just a bit too strange.

After all, the place they are going to is inside the mouth of a giant Piglin statue. Only by following this mouth can they come to the bastion remnant to find the treasures and products inside.

But only he, a standard human, had this feeling. The remaining 11 skeletons were all expressionless. Skeletons are, after all, different from humans. Their undead bodies don't even change due to certain environments, so they naturally don't understand Zhou Ren's feelings.

They can complete such instructions at the speed of light, and even offer some small insights from the soul, but if you ask them to chat with Zhou Ren, that would be a bit of a stretch.

But the moment Zhou Ren blocked the Hoglins, they all raised the crossbows in their hands and shot the Hoglins through on the spot.

Skeletons who didn't even have this reaction shouldn't be messing around in this world. These sudden attacks by the Hoglins didn't cause them much trouble, except for slightly reducing the durability of the shield in his hand.

Then they turned into pieces of meat, becoming one of the stored foods in his backpack, which seemed to have a good effect.

And at this time, the bastion ruins officially came into his view. He could see black stones piled up here, some Piglins shuttling among them, and some gold-decorated objects shining brightly in his eyes.

If he didn't estimate wrong, just these ordinary gold would be worth all the gold he earned from mining at once, and there were as many as twenty or thirty gold blocks.

This will be his last battle in the Nether, and then they will return with a large amount of supplies, find an area, and dig out all the minerals in that place.

And some of the dwarves will stay behind, using this as their long-term base.