Peace is an illusion, danger is always creeping closer.
Alas, the fisherman didn’t know. Even if Yu Zhiye did, he won’t care.
All he cared about was making his little utopia better.
And he wasn’t far from doing so! Just one point away!
“Oh! Something got hooked! Will it be my final point?”
That’s what Yu Zhiye was hoping for, but he was destined to be disappointed.
Because what got fished out was… a stick.
“Wait—a stick?! Isn’t that just what I needed?!”
Adding this new stick, his total hit three. Just enough for crafting a new fishing rod!
Once that was done, he’ll have three fishing rods! That’s triple the points, triple the happiness!
Better yet? Happy things came in pairs.
The other fishing rod alerted him of another catch!
When Yu Zhiye reeled that in, it was a fish! That earned him the last point needed for his core upgrade!
“Yesss! It’s finally time! Noon hasn’t hit yet so passive income doubling is in the bag!”
Yu Zhiye couldn’t sit still any longer! He bolted through the door and into his base...
When the shack door opened, the sexy model lounging in the hammock greeted her owner with her most charming smile. “Oya? Oppa is back?”
One hand lazily propped up here head while the other used a finger to slowly highlight her own curve. “Oppa, ready to use your favorite toilet?”
Damn succubus! Yu Zhiye resisted the urge to throw himself on her and grunted, “Later.”
Ignoring the sexy model asking him to “draw me like one of your french girls”, Yu Zhiye hurried over to access the main core.
[Main Core (Lv.3)]
The core of this pocket dimension that stores all energy collected.
[Core Energy Units]
x50
[Upgrade]
x50 core energy
Requirements met! What is he waiting for? Upgrade!!!
Ooom! The pocket dimension came alive…
Rumble… Rumble… Rumble…
Under his consciousness, the land started expanding once more and the gaps between structures widened even more…
A certain model sat up in panic. “What’s happening?! Earthquake?!”
Not long after, the expansion stopped, leaving behind another resource-generating barrel by the shed and a new construction foundation to the northeast.
[Integration Heart (Lv. 0)]
A control center for fusing extracted essence with existing structures.
[Build]
x16 wood, x64 cobblestone, x32 sand, 10 core energy
“...Huh? Looks like… this is some sort of building upgrade lab?”
Yu Zhiye wasn’t sure, but considering what’s usually in base building games, this conjecture was highly likely.
Of course, he must build this baby to find out what it truly does.
Too bad there’s nada core energy to do so. That upgrade reset his points back to zero. In exchange...
[Main Core (Lv.4)]
The core of this pocket dimension that stores all energy collected.
[Core Energy Units]
x0
[Upgrade]
x100 core energy
“Finally hit level four! But damn. The upgrade cost spiked to 100… well, with those extra fishing rods, it shouldn’t be too difficult to grind that much. More importantly…”
[Mysterious Altar (Purple)]
An altar that has gained mysterious properties by bounding to a mysterious core and taking root in this dimension.
[Effect]
Soul-Recognition Barrier
Indestructible
+8 CE/day
“Passive income doubled from 4 to 8! Even if I do nothing everyday, I’ll have enough to run all three of my resource generators twice and still have energy leftover!”
At this rate… these few resource generators really can’t keep up with his core energy accumulation rate. How sad.
Even more sad? There’s so many buildings requiring resources and a high demand for emeralds as well…
Even running these generators full-time can’t satisfy all his needs. In other words, he still has to manage his priorities.
Now, the question is: what should his new generator be focused on? Being a money printer or…
[Mysterious Barrel]
A barrel that has gained mysterious properties by bounding to a mysterious core and taking root in this dimension.
[Effect]
Indestructible
Basic Resource Production
[Resource Type Selection]
[Wood (x8)] [Cobblestone (x8)] [Sand (x8)] [Emerald (x1)] [Gold Ingot (x8)]
“Sand and cobblestone can be ignored. It’s between wood, emerald, and… the new gold ingot entry.”
Technically, that gold ingot entry wasn’t new. That appeared ever since he used gold ingots to upgrade his Soul Hall.
Apparently… once a certain resource gets consumed for construction for the first time, it becomes possible to duplicate that specific resource through his barrel.
Basically, acquire a rare resource once and there’s no fear of lacking it ever again.
Alas… the cost-effectiveness might not be that great compared to spending an emerald to acquire the same resource through outsourcing.
During this early game, emerald honestly had a very strong buying power, and that’s a businessman with a conscience doing the speaking.
If Yu Zhiye really wanted to be a corporate devil, the profit margins will be even greater!
Too bad his personal strength wasn’t up to par.
That’s why it was best to keep things friendly just to buy himself an insurance called “friends with benefits.”
Ahem. Like real friends. Not that kind of friend!
Speaking of that type of friend… she was pestering his frozen self like a fly and getting quite anxious.
Since there’s no points for doing anything else, Yu Zhiye sunk his consciousness back into his body…
“Oppa! Don’t scare me! Please say something—!”
“Boo!”
The sudden jump scare mad her face go stiff, but the actress quickly recovered and shoved him angrily. “You—! Do you really think that’s funny? And here I was worrying about you!”
“Haha, sorry, sorry~” Yu Zhiye hugged her waist and pulled her closer. “I just wanted to see how you’ll react.”
Chae Yoona cursed this devil inside, but she didn’t complain and simply smiled. “My, my, then was oppa satisfied with your concubine’s reaction?”
“Satisfied.” Yu Zhiye grinned. “Very satisfied.”
Feeling a naughty hand taking liberties inside her dress, Chae Yoona moaned lightly and her own hand reached down to provoke the dragon.
“Since oppa is satisfied, then does oppa mind telling Yoona what that earthquake was all about?”
“Haha! Sure thing. Let’s go! It’s better to see it for yourself! I’ll take you for a tour!”
Not giving her any chance to refuse, Yu Zhiye picked her up and princess-carried her out to the sand bed outside.
“Ah Oppa is so bad… so big… Ahn so full— Ahn! Uhn Ahn”
Gotta say: whoever came up with the idea to fill this fish pond with sand had great foresight!
And that same person’s great foresight in investment might pay off big today because…
In a cave that the author is too lazy to name, a part of the stone wall finally crumbled away under the attack of a pickaxe and a little missy’s head poked out to look around like a curious baby.
“Eih? Uncle, there’s a strange tunnel here!”
“Yeah? Hold up. Let me see.”
One head switched for another and Jack waved his torch around to get a general lay of the land.
A long, man-dug tunnel with wooden support beams keeping the place from collapsing…
And broken minecart railway running into the darkness...
“This is… a mineshaft?”
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