Chapter 34: Redstone and Golden Apple
Lin Fan walked inside, finding the dungeon space to be quite cramped. The mossy stone beneath his feet was somewhat slippery.
He initially wanted to steady himself against the wall, but the walls were also built with mossy stone, damp and slick to the touch.
"This is way too realistic," Lin Fan muttered, continuing forward. The entrance was surrounded by iron bars, and the air carried a musty, moldy stench.
Lin Fan pulled an iron pickaxe from his backpack and mined away the iron bars, allowing himself to step inside.
The deeper he went, the heavier the moisture in the air became. Lin Fan placed a torch on the wall.
As soon as the light illuminated his surroundings, a zombie rushed toward him. Lin Fan swiftly dodged aside.
Zombies were slow-moving and posed little threat to him.
He drew a stone sword from his backpack and swung it at the zombie's head.
Killing a lone zombie was an easy task for Lin Fan.
However, he knew that there would certainly be more zombies further inside the dungeon.
So, he remained cautious.
Holding his stone sword, Lin Fan continued forward. After just a few steps, he spotted a loot chest.
Opening it, he found a cocoa bean, a music disc, and a piece of wheat inside.
He collected everything into his backpack and moved ahead.
Dungeons typically didn't contain redstone, but there was a chance of finding diamonds, so Lin Fan planned to search carefully.
As he ventured further, the dampness in the air increased. Suddenly, two skeletons appeared from the shadows, drawing their bows and firing arrows at him.
Lin Fan reacted swiftly, easily dodging both arrows.
"You dare attack me?" He raised an eyebrow and charged at the skeletons with his stone sword.
Evading their arrows with agile footwork, he closed the distance in just a couple of breaths.
With a quick strike, his stone sword clashed against the skeleton's bones, producing a sharp sound that echoed through the dungeon.
Lin Fan's movements were too fast for the skeleton to react. In no time, it collapsed under his blade.
The fallen skeleton dropped a bone and a bow, which Lin Fan collected into his backpack.
The second skeleton continued to fire at him, but Lin Fan had no intention of letting it go. In just a few swift strikes, he cut it down as well.
After dealing with the skeletons, Lin Fan placed torches on the walls. Not far from him stood a spawner, containing a small, spinning skeleton.
It was a skeleton spawner. Lin Fan placed five torches around and on top of it, sealing it off.
Bones could be used to accelerate crop growth, so he decided to leave the spawner intact, planning to return later to farm bones.
With the spawner secured, Lin Fan found two more loot chests in this section of the dungeon.
Opening them, he discovered a sausage, an iron horse armor, and a saddle in one chest.
The other chest contained a name tag, three pieces of coal, a loaf of wheat bread, a green music disc, and a golden apple.
Lin Fan took everything, even the seemingly useless miscellaneous items—he figured they might come in handy later.
And a golden apple was definitely a valuable find. Keeping it could prove useful in the future.
He then took out the sausage from his backpack and took a big bite.
The surface of the sausage was like a crispy-skinned snack, with a thin outer layer that cracked upon biting, releasing a burst of juices inside.
A mouthful of rich, meaty flavor filled his senses, making Lin Fan feel utterly satisfied.
"The food in this world is amazing," he remarked with a sense of appreciation.
Even after finishing one sausage, he still craved more. He grabbed a glass bottle from his backpack and drank some water.
Only after fully restoring his hunger and thirst levels did he feel content.
Having taken care of his food and water needs, Lin Fan left this floor. Dungeons usually had over ten floors, so by continuing upward, he was sure to find more treasures ahead.
Lin Fan exited the area and found a spiraling staircase leading upward. Following it, he reached the second floor.
This level's monster spawner seemed to be for spiders. As soon as Lin Fan stepped onto the floor, two spiders skittered toward him.
Unlike zombies and skeletons, spiders were significantly faster. They swiftly crawled up to him, and one of them bit his leg.
The sharp pain made Lin Fan grit his teeth, and on top of that, he had been poisoned.
Without hesitation, he swung his stone sword furiously at the spiders. Within a few strikes, one of them collapsed, defeated.
The fallen spider dropped a string and a spider eye.
The other spider continued its relentless attack. Lin Fan dodged its movements while counterattacking, and within moments, it too was slain.
After picking up the loot, he placed a torch on the wall and proceeded toward the loot chest.
Inside, he found an iron ingot, a golden apple, and a pile of redstone dust. The second chest contained some beetroot seeds, pumpkin seeds, and even a chili pepper.
Lin Fan already had plenty of seeds at home. While breaking grass in the past, he had collected a large number of them.
In the original version of Minecraft, breaking grass usually only yielded wheat seeds. However, this world seemed to have a "Food Craft" mod, introducing a variety of seeds.
He stored everything in his backpack and sealed off the spider spawner.
Ascending another flight of stairs, he found that the dungeon contained only zombies, skeletons, and spiders.
Because of this, his exploration was relatively easy—aside from getting bitten by the spider earlier.
However, he was slightly disappointed that he hadn't found any diamonds in the dungeon.
Lin Fan retraced his steps and descended the staircase, returning to the mineshaft. He encountered a small monster spawner in this area, which might be useful later, so he covered it with oak planks as a marker.
He continued mining along the tunnel.
Midway through, he stumbled upon a naturally generated cave, where he discovered a large amount of redstone.
He had no idea how long he spent mining, but after finally gathering an entire stack of redstone, he decided to leave.
By the time he emerged from the tunnel, it was already the next day.
As soon as Lin Fan returned, Lilian saw him and looked as if she was about to burst into tears.
Lin Fan found the situation amusing yet endearing. He gently patted her head and comforted her, coaxing her back to work at the glass bottle shop.
He hadn't realized he had spent an entire day and night inside the mine.
Chris and Lilian handed over all the gold coins they had collected in his absence.
Over the past day and night, the two shops had generated a total income of 59,880 gold coins—nearly 60,000 in total.
Lin Fan was stunned by this number.
He was certain that the first shop had only contributed a small fraction of this revenue. The majority of the earnings must have come from the glass bottle shop.
He stored the gold coins in his backpack, but before he could relax, Lilian approached him again.
"Master, Hu Tiancheng still hasn't left."
"Hm?"
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