Chapter 40: The Nine-Story Monster Tower
Before heading to the Nine-Story Monster Tower, Lin Fan decided to craft a travel backpack first.
He recalled that in his previous life, when playing the "Bear Grylls Survival" modpack, he had made one before.
The travel backpack was highly functional, offering four types of storage slots: blue, green, brown, and the original backpack slots.
The blue slots were the basic storage compartment, capable of holding any item, with a total of 39 slots available.
The green slots were tool slots, designed to store only axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes, and shears. These two slots allowed for quick switching between tools.
The brown slots were a portable crafting table—a nine-slot grid that allowed crafting directly within the backpack. The crafted items would appear in the brown slot at the bottom right.
Even more impressively, the crafting slots could double as extra storage, bringing the total storage capacity to 48 item slots + 2 tool slots.
Adding in the 36 slots from the standard inventory, Lin Fan would have a total of 86 slots to work with—more than enough for his needs.
Aside from inventory space, the travel backpack also featured two independent 4000mB storage tanks, totaling 8000mB, equivalent to eight buckets of liquid storage.
With this backpack, Lin Fan could drink water directly from the tanks via a built-in pipe system.
Not only water—potions could also be stored in these tanks, though Lin Fan didn't need that functionality for now.
For now, just having a portable water supply was enough.
Additionally, the travel backpack came with a built-in sleeping bag. Whenever he needed to spend the night outdoors, he could simply unroll the sleeping bag and rest.
All in all, the travel backpack was an incredibly useful tool and a core item in the Bear Grylls Survival modpack.
However, crafting it required a lot of materials, so Lin Fan would need to gather resources first.
Lin Fan smelted all the iron ore he had at home, converting them into iron ingots.
After counting, he found he had 49 iron ingots—more than enough for crafting a travel backpack.
Once the iron ingots were ready, Lin Fan used four iron ingots and two sticks to craft two iron swords.
One for himself, the other for Lilian.
Since he had never been to the Nine-Story Monster Tower, he wasn't sure how dangerous it was.
Although he was strong, he wasn't invincible. He couldn't fight off an entire army alone.
To be safe, he decided to bring Lilian along.
Lilian was stronger than him, so if things went south, she could be his backup.
After all, this was a real world—if he died, there would be no respawning.
Lin Fan called Lilian over and handed her the iron sword before explaining his plan to explore the Nine-Story Monster Tower.
"You're going to the Nine-Story Monster Tower?" Lilian asked, surprised.
"You've heard of it?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow. "Isn't the place full of loot? I figured I'd go treasure hunting."
"The rewards are indeed plentiful," Lilian nodded. "The loot inside is far better than what you'd find in dungeons."
Hearing this, Lin Fan's eyes lit up with excitement.
"Really? That's great! I was worried the rewards wouldn't be worth it."
For most Minecraft players, exploration was the best part of the game. Every trip was a new adventure, full of surprises and valuable loot.
Lilian chuckled, seeing Lin Fan's eagerness.
"Do you even know what's inside the Nine-Story Monster Tower?" she asked.
"What?" Lin Fan turned to her.
Lilian grabbed his hand and sat him down beside her on the bed.
"The Nine-Story Monster Tower is an ancient ruin," she explained. "It only opens once a year, on the first day of summer. Inside, there are over ten thousand monsters—and a final boss: the Nine-Serpent King."
"Every year, countless warriors venture inside… but none have ever returned."
Lin Fan's eyes widened in shock.
"It's that terrifying?" he asked, glancing at Lilian.
Seeing his reaction, Lilian pouted in frustration, clearly displeased with how lightly he had been taking the situation.
"Why do you only listen to half of what I say? The Nine-Story Monster Tower is a death trap!"
"No one told me that," Lin Fan muttered, feeling a bit annoyed. "All I heard was that the tower is about to open."
He lowered his head, deep in thought for a moment, then looked at Lilian.
"Maybe… you shouldn't go. I'll go alone."
Lilian was stunned.
She had assumed that Lin Fan knew how dangerous the Nine-Story Monster Tower was, which was why he had asked her to come along.
But now that he did understand the danger, he was telling her not to go?
Her expression softened as Lin Fan continued thinking carefully.
"It's better if you stay out of this," he said firmly. "I'll go mine some more iron later. Once I have a full set of iron armor, I'll go in alone."
Hearing this, Lilian felt a warmth spread through her chest.
She had been a maid for over a thousand years, but Lin Fan was probably the first person who ever considered her feelings.
Meeting someone like this… was truly rare.
But how could she possibly let Lin Fan go on this dangerous journey alone?
Lilian pouted, placing her hands on her hips.
"And why can't I go?" she huffed. "I'll have you know, the Nine-Story Monster Tower has a lot of delicious food! I can't let you eat everything by yourself—I'm going with you!"
Lin Fan couldn't help but chuckle at her reasoning.
He patted her small golden head.
"Lilian, now's not the time to be stubborn. The tower is too dangerous. Just stay here and wait for me—I'll bring back some good stuff for you."
Lilian suddenly shivered at his words, feeling an unfamiliar warmth in her heart.
She quickly turned her back to him, trying to hide the moisture welling up in her eyes.
"You can forget about going alone," she said, her voice firm. "I'm coming with you, no matter what."
"But it's dangerous." Lin Fan frowned.
Lilian puffed out her cheeks, looking fearless.
"Maybe for an average person. But for me? Those monsters are nothing!"
"Really?" Lin Fan was skeptical, but seeing how confident she looked, he started to waver.
Lilian noticed his gaze and suddenly felt embarrassed. She pushed him aside.
"Enough, stop overthinking! I'm not managing the shop right now, and staying at home alone is way too boring. If I don't go to the Nine-Story Monster Tower, what else am I supposed to do?"
"But—" Lin Fan tried to argue.
Lilian didn't give him the chance.
She shoved him toward the crafting table and smiled mischievously.
"Hurry up and get ready!"
Then, she pulled out her stone pickaxe and dashed toward the mine entrance. Before disappearing, she turned back and flashed a grin.
"I'm going to mine more iron! Be back soon!"
"Hey! Lilian—!" Lin Fan called out, but she had already vanished into the mine.
He sighed, watching her disappear.
He knew she was insisting on coming because she was worried about him.
And because of that, he was now worried about her.
Looks like… I need to prepare even more before heading to the Nine-Story Monster Tower.
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