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Chapter 77 - Chapter 77: The Nether and Mutated Iron Golems

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Yang Tao swore he had underestimated these somewhat brainless Villagers before.

He sized up the Iron Golem's body, and at the same time, reached out and felt it up and down like a pervert, asking, "Can it get stronger? Like a Titan Iron Golem…"

Hearing his words, all the Villagers' faces collectively showed disdain. Another Villager, who was an Armorsmith, stepped forward and said, "The Iron Golem can't be improved much at the moment, mainly because there are no corresponding materials."

"However, we can forge a set of armor for the Iron Golem to make its defense even higher."

Yang Tao touched the Iron Golem's metallic body and always felt something was off. A pure metal body, and you tell me to wear armor? If I stacked ten layers of armor on it, wouldn't it be invincible?

Or simply make a suit of armor directly from shields; any attack would be shattered before it.

"Then you guys go ahead and do it. Let me know when it's done."

An Iron Golem with 150 health can only be described as decent, but it can't help much…

Just as he was thinking this, the Tinkers' Construct Blacksmith who was guarding the Seared Furnace in the distance walked over, dragging a 'door-panel' cleaver at least twenty centimeters wide.

'Ah?!'

Iron Bro stepped forward and extended his large metal hand with four fingers, took the wide cleaver, and directly slung it onto his back.

Yang Tao looked at Iron Bro, and for some reason, he felt this Iron Golem seemed a bit ferocious.

'It can even use weapons…'

He wondered how far this Iron Bro could go in the future.

However, this 150 health, to him, was only three or four shotgun blasts.

Yang Tao shook his head, turned, and left, finding a suitable spot. He first used an iron shovel to dig up two grass blocks from the ground.

Currently, he didn't have a diamond pickaxe or a Tinkers' Construct obsidian-level pickaxe, so he had no way to break obsidian. He could only choose the most economical way to pour the Nether Portal.

When lava source blocks come into contact with water, they turn into obsidian. Using this feature, a Nether Portal can easily be made without a diamond pickaxe.

Without any mistakes, a purple-black portal frame appeared on the grass.

"I wonder what the Nether is like."

He took out a flint and steel from his backpack, aimed it at the obsidian, and silently willed it to be used. With a click, a wisp of flame flashed and disappeared, and a purple portal appeared within the frame.

Yang Tao looked at the continuously rotating portal, took a deep breath, and took out his shield and the 'Cloud' he had obtained from the Backrooms from his backpack.

This way, even if the Nether was empty, he wouldn't fall into the void.

'Nether, I'm coming!!'

Muttering to himself, he strode into the portal. Instantly, a purple light invaded his vision, and it showed signs of gradually deepening.

Three seconds later, the purple gradually receded, and Yang Tao could already vaguely see the fiery red landscape outside.

He took a step forward and walked out of the obsidian portal. An extremely magnificent scene appeared before him.

This was a world composed of countless dark red Netherrack. Some bright glowing Glowstone hung upside down from the Nether ceiling. If one looked closely, they could also see some Nether Gold Ore and Nether Quartz dotted on the Netherrack.

Some lava flowed down from the ceiling, forming pillars of lava that eventually merged into the lava sea below.

Yang Tao's jaw dropped in astonishment.

The scene before him was even more breathtaking than in the game. Such an environment made one feel incredibly small.

Of course, there was also the most important thing…

In the distance, a pure white monster was floating in mid-air.

"Ghast!! The Nether can spawn mobs?!"

Yang Tao was as excited to see the Ghast as if he had picked up a wad of money on the street.

A Ghast is a huge, floating, hostile creature that shoots fireballs at players. It looks very much like a white jellyfish, inhabits the Nether, and is one of the main creatures of the Nether.

It has some gray markings on its face, which look like it's crying. In fact… it is crying. The Ghast Tear it drops upon death proves this point.

Minecraft being able to spawn mobs and not being able to spawn mobs are two completely different worlds. The general outline of his efficient mob farm had already appeared in his mind.

If it could truly succeed, then some basic resources could be completely self-sufficient.

"Ah~"

A piercing scream erupted from the Ghast's mouth. If this sound suddenly rang out in the middle of the night, Yang Tao guaranteed he would jump out of bed.

"A mere Ghast dares to show off before an expert, truly not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth!"

The Ghast's cry was a sign of its attack. A fireball the size of a human head was spat from the Ghast's mouth and rapidly flew towards his position.

However, Yang Tao had already taken out his Battlesign and adopted a baseball batting stance.

"Go to hell!"

Bang…

The Battlesign accurately hit the fireball, and the fireball flew back towards the Ghast at an even faster speed, following its original trajectory.

The slow-flying Ghast was directly hit. The enormous Ghast was instantly blown to bits, and some materials and experience orbs dropped into the lava lake below.

"Sure enough, these Ghasts are hard to fight and have low returns…"

Yang Tao curled his lips in disdain and looked around. Just as he turned his head, a pillar made of dark red bricks appeared in his line of sight.

"Is this a Nether Fortress? Such good luck?"

A Nether Fortress is a structure that naturally generates in the Nether.

Their structures include bridges made of Nether Bricks, Nether Brick Fences, and Nether Brick Stairs. Inside, Blaze spawners often appear.

Moreover, this is also one of only two places where hell wart can be found.

"Is the path of alchemy about to begin?"

hell wart is the basis for most potions. Without it, there is basically no hope of brewing potions. And it grows very quickly, and can also be used to trade for emeralds with Villagers.

Walking to the pillar built of Nether Bricks, Yang Tao only felt that this Nether Fortress was simply too tall. Dozens of meters in the game were nothing, but imagining climbing a 12-story residential building without any protection, this was simply a deadly task.

He took out his pickaxe from his backpack and directly dug upwards inside the pillar. This way, it was at least not so scary.

He placed torches, dispelling the darkness of only 8 light levels inside the 'spiral staircase'.

As he was about to reach the top, a rattling sound suddenly came. Yang Tao immediately stopped his movements and glanced at the minimap.

A black Wither Skeleton head icon appeared on the map.

"Wither Skeleton?"

These are special creatures of the Nether. Wither Skeletons will give you a 10-second "Wither" effect when they attack you, which is a poisoning effect that can kill players.

It will turn the heart icon representing health black and cause continuous damage over time.

Defeating it can yield bones, coal, and the rare Wither Skull, as well as Wither Bone from Tinkers' Construct. It is truly full of treasures.

Most importantly, it is two and a half meters tall.

Yang Tao only needed to build a two-meter space, and this Wither Skeleton would have no choice but to surrender…

(Despicable two-block man!)

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