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"It's so wet down here, and it's too narrow…"
Yang Tao's slightly displeased voice echoed with the sound of flowing water from inside the tunnel.
The dark cave was very narrow, and the temperature inside was getting higher and higher.
"It will get wetter if we go deeper." Catherine heard Yang Tao's somewhat dissatisfied voice and quickly explained, "After all, this is Level 27, the Bunker Springs level. There are hot springs and two waterfalls deep inside the cave…"
Yang Tao quickly stopped Catherine and said, "You should get up. I can't bear to watch. I'll widen this tunnel."
"The rock here isn't very stable…"
Not stable? Is it less stable than the storm stone outside? I can even dig the storm stone, let alone this ordinary rock.
Yang Tao reached out and patted Catherine's shoulder, saying, "Move aside a bit. My modification technique is among the best in the entire Backrooms."
Catherine, relying on the faint blue light from the cave entrance above, looked at Yang Tao's expression, gently pursed her lips, and nodded slightly, obediently moving aside.
Then, a strange-colored pickaxe appeared out of thin air in Yang Tao's hand, and he struck it against the cave entrance.
Thump, thump, thump…
The pickaxe made a peculiar sound as it struck the stone. Catherine's eyes widened as numerous cracks appeared on the wall. In the blink of an eye, the cracked areas on the wall automatically shrank and flew into Yang Tao's body.
Yang Tao, in one go, expanded the original 1x1 entrance directly into a 2x3 tunnel, and thoughtfully paved it with a layer of Stone Bricks and Glowstone for illumination.
The bright light dispelled the darkness in the cave, and as he continued to dig, the sound of flowing water deeper in the tunnel became clearer.
After about ten minutes.
The tunnel reached its end, but before the exit was a not-so-large waterfall.
"Looks like we've arrived!"
Yang Tao reached out and touched the warm spring water, nodding in satisfaction.
Catherine didn't care about the waterfall ahead, nor did she look at the excavated passage. Her gaze remained entirely on Yang Tao.
"Yang Tao, is this also your ability?"
Catherine already knew Yang Tao's Entity identity, but she hadn't expected Yang Tao's abilities to be even more mysterious than what was in the archives.
"Hmm, just a small trick, no need to dwell on it. Let's go down and take a look…"
Yang Tao used his pickaxe to dig a path into the Bunker Springs cave from the wall, but as soon as he poked his head out from behind the waterfall, he saw a dense crowd of people below…
"Catherine, is the Bunker Springs usually this crowded?"
Catherine, who was following behind Yang Tao, heard his words and said with a smile, "That's right, the Bunker Springs can be said to be one of the few places where people in Level 11 can relax."
She then took out her terminal, tapped on it a few times, brought up the information about Level 27, and handed it to Yang Tao.
[Level 27, also known as "Bunker Springs," is a relatively calm and small level with no Entities present.]
[The level appears to be boundless, but the only accessible part is a cave hot spring approximately 18.58 square meters in size.]
[It contains all entrances and exits to this level.]
[The water in this hot spring is potable and rich in minerals. Wanderers who have tasted the spring water of Level 27 claim to feel clear-headed and energetic. The average temperature of the spring water is approximately 32.2°C, similar to the temperature of hot water used for bathing.]
[Two miniature waterfalls continuously inject new spring water into it from openings in the cave wall. The spring pool is drained through a small channel in the corner of the cave hot spring. This drainage channel is very small and difficult for a human to crawl through.]
[It is widely known that these waters help alleviate minor skin conditions and muscle pain, such as muscle soreness, bruises, rashes, and small wounds. However, it is not recommended to bathe for more than two hours, as prolonged exposure to hot water may cause dizziness and nausea. Considering that this level is very popular and well-loved by the residents of Level 11, it is also recommended to leave as soon as possible after bathing to make space for other Wanderers.]
Seeing the description of Level 27 on the terminal, Yang Tao glanced again at the dense crowd of people below.
"Catherine, it looks like I need to open up a separate hot spring room here…"
Going down to soak in a hot spring with over 30 people, it wasn't that Yang Tao had social anxiety, but he always felt that someone would pee in such a pool.
Just like swimming pools in a natatorium.
"Of course, if you wish."
Yang Tao retreated, swung his pickaxe, and dug a separate compartment by the waterfall, also digging a tunnel leading to the drainage channel below.
He laid some platforms directly behind the waterfall, diverting some hot spring water into the private room.
After finishing all this, Yang Tao looked at the clear hot spring illuminated by the Glowstone and nodded in great satisfaction: "Not bad. It's quite nice to bring people here for a bath in leisure time. Ms. Catherine, how about we soak in the hot spring together to relax?"
… …
"I never expected it to be so refreshing! The Bunker Springs can even grant a 0.01 level HP regeneration buff…"
Hmm…
It probably restores one health point every 500 seconds. The reason it could be displayed in the status bar might be that Yang Tao had been soaking in the hot spring water for too long.
For him, this was nothing, but for ordinary people with only 10-15 health points, this was simply a godsend. Just soaking for an hour could heal some minor injuries.
Returning to the Overworld from Level 27, Yang Tao felt refreshed. He took out a sign from his backpack and posted it above the wooden door.
[Bunker Springs]
"I'll go soak whenever I have time in the future, and it would be best to bring someone for a massage…"
Feeling utterly refreshed, Yang Tao saw a Villager returning from Level 0 with a backpack, throwing the backpack into a chest, then taking out a new Sophisticated Backpack from another chest, putting it on, and returning to Level 0.
"I wonder how many blocks I've accumulated. It should be enough to upgrade…"
Yang Tao walked to the chest, opened it, and couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the backpacks inside: "Holy crap, so many?!"
He took out the backpacks one by one and converted all the walls and miscellaneous items inside into energy.
[Energy: 2,135,874]
"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, two million?!"
"Upgrade!!"
640,000 instantly vanished into thin air.
"Continue!"
A total of 1.92 million energy vanished, replaced by a drastic change in the Overworld's space.
The consumption doubled, and the space also doubled.
"Finally, it's starting to look like a world!"
After sighing, Yang Tao took out a green Eye of Ender from his backpack and silently willed it to be used.
The Eye of Ender flew out of Yang Tao's hand and floated towards the newly unlocked area.
"As expected… The Stronghold has spawned…
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