my cube kingdom

Chapter 82 Open-air Lava Pool

"Village Chief! The crops here are growing too slowly! We really can't survive without hunting!"

Rong Huang, the only combat professional in the village, knocked on the table impatiently.

It's a good thing that lava gushes out of the cave in the center of the valley, but the area affected by this lava cave is really too big!

The land in the entire valley has turned into dry clods that cannot grow crops at all!
The food in the village was almost consumed during this period.

If nothing is done, the village will face famine...

In Cubeworld, famine is basically zero and an infinite number of times.

Famine-stricken villages will fall into an endless negative cycle and finally become the dust of history!

"I... hey!"

The old village head is helpless, he can't conjure food, right?
The more he experiences, the more he understands that hope never falls from the sky!

"Your Majesty, look down there!"

Lao Li pointed at the bottom of the valley and shouted in disbelief.

Scattered small stone bungalows under the valley are scattered everywhere, and you can vaguely see active black spots under the valley.

Those black dots should be the cube people living here.

But in the center of the bottom of the valley, that touch of blood red is particularly dazzling.

The blood-red mass was an unknown viscous liquid like water, stirring restlessly between the cracks in the stones.

Pustules burst continuously in the blood-red liquid, releasing terrifying heat, which kept the temperature at the bottom of the valley above normal temperature in this severe cold...

"What kind of horrible liquid is this? Are the creatures living here Cube Man?"

Seeing the scene under the valley, everyone was terrified.

In their worldview and values, the blood-red liquid is very similar to the legendary evil thing.

Creatures that can live near that blood-red liquid must be monsters!

"This……"

Mo Fangyuan was taken aback by everyone's appearance, and he was also shocked when he looked down carefully.

"Isn't this an open-air molten pool?"

In "Minecraft", the open-air magma pool is a terrain with a relatively low refresh rate.

In the version update, the water hole was canceled in the desert, so this terrain is usually refreshed in the desert.

Although the chance of refreshing is very small, this open-air lava pool is not very useful, so it has not received much attention.

Mo Fangyuan didn't know much.

Compared with the open-air lava pool in the game, this one in reality is obviously more emotional.

But except that there are more stones and obsidian on the side, and the surrounding grass blocks have become dirt blocks, this molten pool is no different from the one in the game.

"This...is a good thing!"

Mo Fangyuan's eyes lit up.

Magma is not very useful in the game, but the game is definitely not comparable to reality.

Games are games, and reality is reality.

In the cube world, the magma is "perpetually moving", that is to say...

Magma = heat source = increased temperature = no need for fuel = the factory can work overtime!
The biggest problem facing Cube Kingdom in winter is that people cannot go to work in the morning.

People are flesh and blood, low temperature will affect mood and work, too cold will freeze to death.

Every time you go to work, the factory in Cube Kingdom needs a lot of fuel to keep warm and maintain a suitable temperature.

A large amount of fuel resources are provided for the factory every day, and the development of the cube kingdom is under intense pressure.

But with magma it's different!
It can release heat indefinitely, without any restrictions...it can create value vigorously!
After taking safety measures, putting magma cubes into factories or other places with many people can replace a lot of fuel, which greatly reduces the production pressure of the cube kingdom.

The hope of overtime is below!
Staring at the tumbling magma at the bottom of the valley, Mo Fangyuan's heart was extremely excited, and his hands kept shaking.

"The red liquid underneath is magma!"

In order to prevent the field army soldiers on his side from hacking to death those compatriots below as monsters later, Mo Fangyuan specially told them.

"You should have read "Under the Earth"!"

"The magma is the red liquid below. It's nothing but hot...dangerous!"

As long as you don't kill yourself and jump in, there is really no danger...

"It can release heat, resist severe cold, and raise the temperature... That's why compatriots gather here..."

After repeated urgings, Mo Fangyuan also prepared to go down.

"A master is in the folk, but a miss is in the underworld!"

Originally, he planned to jump directly and use the method of "falling into the water" to achieve a domineering opening and calm down the square people below.

But thinking of his impressive hand speed, Mo Fangyuan fell silent.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what.

In case he doesn't pour out the slippery water...

That would be hell.

"no Zuo no Die!"

Mo Fangyuan secretly reminded himself not to commit suicide.

Aiming at a protruding rock wall below, Mo Fangyuan prepared to use the fishing rod to move.

The safety factor of moving with a fishing rod is high, and it is not easy to die in waves.

The cliff inside the valley is steeper than the outside of the valley, and there are many protruding rock walls that can be landed on, so it is more convenient to go down.

"Goo-dong--"

The magma is still constantly bursting and releasing vigorous heat.

Under Mo Fangyuan's arrangement, the field army soldiers moved down between the stone walls in an orderly manner.

"But if there is no food outside, our village will be over!"

The old village chief was very opposed to digging the exit buried by snow.

Cleaning up the exit requires a lot of energy, which is equivalent to speeding up the consumption of food.

There is not much food in the village to take this risk.

"We can wait for that wheat to ripen and then..."

"But what can this do?!"

Rong Huang roared angrily.

"The village can't survive at all! If we stay like this, the village won't even have the ability to clean up the snow!"

"Go out, maybe there is hope to save the village! If you don't go out, you will perish!"

Thinking of those old people in the village who took the initiative to go on hunger strike in order not to starve their younger generations, Rong Huang felt extremely desolate.

His father was among them.

There used to be 37 people in the village before winter, but now there are only 18 people!

Old people and children are all dead!
"18 people! Now the village is really dying!"

Thinking of those square people starving to death in front of him, Rong Huang, a seven-foot man, actually shed a lot of tears.

As the guardian of the village, he could only watch helplessly as the people he guarded died painfully in front of him.

What kind of pain is this?
"We still have nothing to lose!"

His wife is dead, his father is dead, and his children are gone!
He knew that now was the time for the life and death of the village, and if he didn't make a choice, the village would perish!
Rong Huang with red eyes exuded a dangerous aura like a monster in hell.

"This... hey!"

When Rong Huang said this, the old village chief was speechless.

Yes, but so what?

Staying in the village is the safest option, making people die later...

"Even if it's darkness, as long as they can protect the village, I'm willing to give them everything...including my soul!"

Rong Huang swore in despair.

On the stone wall, Mo Fangyuan felt something was wrong.

"It's enough to live in a stone house, why is the population so small?"

Mo Fangyuan found less than ten people after going back and forth.

It stands to reason that a village that can live in stone houses should not have low productivity. Why are there so few people?
"The farmland here is also pitiful..."

Even the zombie village Mo Fangyuan encountered before had more arable land than this village.

If he hadn't seen square people farming in the field, Mo Fangyuan would have wondered if this village was the stronghold of other monsters.

"Your Majesty, shall we still go down..."

Xiao Li hesitated to speak.

They have been hanging from the cliff for more than ten minutes.

"Then let's go down first!"

After observing the number of people in this village again, Mo Fangyuan decided to go down to find out.

(End of this chapter)