Barrier and new functions

Dylan and Alison finished breakfast and picked up their things. There was still some time before they were teleported again, so they continued walking in case they could find something in this place. They were walking for 20 minutes when suddenly the ground beneath them Dylan's feet split open and he fell into a fissure.

Alison was surprised by Dylan's sudden fall, she leaned on the edge of the crack and shouted: DYLAAN, ARE YOU OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME, PLEASE ANSWER

The place where Dylan fell was not very deep, but it was quite dark, he stood up and shook off the dust when suddenly a screen appeared in front of him, he was about to read what it said but he heard Alison's voice shouting at him and he could hearing the panic in his voice so he hurried to answer: I'M FINE, NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME

Alison was relieved to hear him answer her, she let out a sigh and said: I WILL FIND A WAY TO TIE A ROPE SO YOU CAN CLIMB

Once he heard Alison's voice calmer he looked at the screen in front of him.

[you have discovered *Black Iron Mine* the location will be registered and you will be able to enter freely after the update]

Dylan took out a flashlight from his inventory and illuminated his surroundings. It looked like a common cave, but if he looked more closely he could notice minerals embedded in the walls. He approached one of them and when he examined it, a box appeared that said *Iron Ore black*.

Alison was tying some ropes to a log when she heard Dylan's excited voice: ALISON, COME DOWN QUICK, WE FOUND SOMETHING GOOD

Alison placed the log over the fissure and used the rope to go down, she descended 2 meters in a straight line and then the path was inclined like a slide, she could notice it since Dylan illuminated the path with his lamp, once she reached Dylan's side He showed him what he had found and they both took out their pickaxes and began to extract the mineral, once they processed the mineral they could make better weapons and armor among other things, since things that were made with black iron had greater durability and They provided more power or defense depending on what they made.

They were both mining the mineral until they were enveloped in a blinding light and teleported back to the top of the hill where their bunker was, when the light disappeared they heard the robotic voice say

*Congratulations my dear survivors, you have successfully passed the tutorial, you have also met several of those who will be your neighbors in the future, starting today and for 15 days you will be able to have enough time to rest, strengthen your bases and strengthen yourselves, during these 15 days the areas where you are will be surrounded by a barrier that will protect you as the world in which you find yourself finishes its assimilation, once the 15 days are over you will be able to interact with your neighbors, starting from Today you will no longer be teleported to the different maps and instead you will be able to choose between a random place or one you have been to before, you will be able to take a trip every 24 hours where you will choose what time to go and how long you will stay in that place , you will also find new functions in your interaction screens, for my part it has been everything and I wish you good luck in your next challenges my dear survivors*

While listening to what the robotic voice was saying, they both entered the bunker and walked home, they sat on the couch and when the voice finished speaking they opened their system and reviewed the new functions where they found several new sections.

Travel - which had 2 options, the first was random travel, where they would be teleported to a random place and the second was places visited, where there was a list with the names of the areas they had been to before, at this time they did not They couldn't make any trips since there was a countdown indicating that it will be available until tomorrow after midnight.

Exchange- where people could buy, sell or exchange items with each other regardless of whether they were from the same area or were on another continent.

There was also a section that said -Territory- but it was blocked and they couldn't see its information it only said *Coming Soon*

While checking the screen of her system, Alison felt Dylan leaning on her shoulder so she turned to look at him and noticed that he had fallen asleep, so she carefully guided his head to her lap so that he could rest better, in which Dylan He was sleeping, she caressed his hair and had a small smile on her face, even though everything happened very quickly she had really fallen in love with him, she felt safe by his side and at first she thought it was just physical attraction that was she felt for him, but something inside her told her that it was not like that, and with the small details that he had with her they made what she felt for him grow more and more, in the labyrinth she was many times on the verge of falling into traps but Dylan always rescued her in time and he never got upset with her or found her annoying and always tried to protect her, seeing how she was protected by him she felt moved and promised herself that she would become stronger so as not to be a burden for him.

When the clock struck 1 pm, she got up carefully so as not to wake him, took a quick shower and began to prepare some food for Dylan to eat when he woke up. At the moment she was weak and the only thing she could do for him was prepare food, so she put in her best effort to prepare something delicious for him.

Dylan woke up because he started to feel hungry and the house was full of a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen, so he stood up and walked to the kitchen, when he entered he looked at Alison busy near the stove, he approached behind her, hugged his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder and said with a slightly hoarse voice since she had just woken up: what are you cooking? It smells very good.

Alison was surprised when Dylan hugged her since she didn't hear him approach and smiled when she heard his words: I'm making pizza, I was going to wake you up when it was ready, there are still about 20 minutes left, you can go take a shower and when you come out you can eat, is there a flavor or ingredient you prefer? I can still add or make one that you like.

Dylan looked at the pizza ingredients, they were pepperoni, ham, bacon, mushrooms and olives, he liked those ingredients so he said: I like spicy food.

Alison: I have green peppers in my inventory, do you want me to add some? I also have some bottled sauces

Dylan: I'm fine with both.

Afterwards Dylan ran to the bathroom and took a quick shower, when he returned to the dining room, Alison already had the pizza on the table and was cutting it, he sat near Alison and they enjoyed a delicious pizza together, when they finished eating Alison was ready to pick up the plates from the table

Dylan: You have a little sauce on the corner of your lip.

Alison blushed a little and ran her tongue around her lips and asked: Is there still left?

Dylan couldn't look away from her lips and said: there's a little bit left, let me help you.

Without giving Alison time to react, he leaned towards her and kissed her, going from a superficial kiss where only their lips touched to one intense and full of passion where Dylan inserted his tongue and began to travel every centimeter inside her mouth, leaving her without breath, when she wrapped her arms around his neck, Dylan put one arm under her legs and with the other arm behind her back he picked her up and ran with her to the room.