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The Blue Knight looked at the notebook Yang Tao had placed on the stone table, his heart stirring with a wave of emotion, and at the same time, the sound of a thunderstorm rumbled outside again.
"Can you use this thing?"
The Blue Knight nodded gently and said, "I can."
"If this thing were given to you, what would you do?"
The Blue Knight seemed to have an answer in his heart already, and upon hearing his question, he immediately said, "I hope to make the storm outside disappear, or at least lessen its power if it can't disappear."
Yang Tao trusted the Blue Knight's words more than the Frowner in the Overworld, after all, that guy had a record, and who knows when he might chuckle and turn into a Smiler again.
"Actually, you can try to see if you can convert the storm's power from passive to active…"
Yang Tao tapped the notebook on the table with his finger, his gaze lightly sweeping over the cover as he continued, "A level 5 beast made a deal with me; it gave me Lightning in a Bottle and a bottle of darkness, and I would help him retrieve the notebook."
"Now I feel this deal is a bit of a loss… no, it should be a big loss, a very big loss."
"But I will still operate with integrity and take the notebook to him, after all, I can't ruin my reputation."
Once he had the Equivalent Exchange mod and put on the Red Matter suit, he would talk to the beast about this deal.
Or…
Upon hearing Yang Tao's words, the Blue Knight immediately advised, "Never, ever trust the beast's words."
"He is too greedy. He is restricted by an unknown existence and can only operate at level 5. He seems to want to use his authority to connect to other levels, thereby gaining stronger power."
The Blue Knight's explanation also gave Yang Tao some insight into the beast's thoughts and his reputation among Entities.
"Hmm, don't worry, unless I have absolute certainty, I won't go to level 5 again."
Yang Tao and the Blue Knight chatted for several hours. The Blue Knight probably hadn't interacted with other humans for a long time, and he was completely taken aback by Yang Tao's various experiences and stories.
"Keep this key safe; you can use it to reach my world when you're bored. Of course, you can also find a Villager and tell him you're looking for me."
Yang Tao conjured a Door Key and handed it to the Blue Knight.
The Blue Knight solemnly tucked the key into a crevice in his armor and said earnestly, "Alright, if I have time, I will come find you."
Yang Tao took out some food from Minecraft from his backpack and placed it on the table: Cake, Steak, Cooked Porkchop, Bread, and an apple.
"I imagine you haven't eaten anything. Come, let's eat something…"
The Blue Knight looked at the table full of food, gently shook his head, refusing Yang Tao's offer, and explained, "Thank you for your kindness, but I simply cannot enjoy human food. There's nothing inside my armor…"
Yang Tao chuckled and reached out to pick up the apple from the table, placing it into the Blue Knight's hand, saying, "Don't overthink it, you just need to 'think' about eating it."
Blue Knight: "???"
Just then, a crunching sound rang out, and the apple in the Blue Knight's hand abruptly disappeared.
The Blue Knight was like he had been struck by a petrification spell, sitting motionless on the stone chair.
"This… is this the taste of food? I feel… I feel like I've found the feeling of existence."
In Yang Tao's line of sight, the health bar above the Blue Knight's head suddenly jumped from 100,000 to 130,000…
'Holy crap, admin, someone's cheating!'
"Friend, can I try other foods?"
Although the Blue Knight now desperately wanted to taste food again, he still behaved like a true nobleman, restraining his desires as he asked Yang Tao.
"Of course, I have plenty of food…"
"Wait a moment!"
With that, the Blue Knight stood up and walked to a somewhat decayed cabinet nearby, pulling out two sets of brand new cutlery. It was clear that the Blue Knight often polished some items in the castle when he was idle.
He solemnly placed the plates on the table, then set a set in front of Yang Tao as well.
"Friend, thank you for your hospitality."
He extended his fork, placed the Steak onto the exquisite plate, and then used the same method as when he ate the apple earlier.
The strange crunching sound appeared in his mind again, and then the wonderful unique taste of Steak entered his heart, as if he had truly eaten an incredibly delicious steak. He could clearly 'perceive' everything from the smell, the texture, and the feeling of satisfaction from eating it.
He sat on the stone chair, quietly savoring this strange and wonderful feeling.
"Why… why?"
"Because they are food, and you want to eat food, it's that simple. This is the power of rules; you should understand what kind of power rules are."
The Blue Knight digested Yang Tao's words and nodded gently.
"Thank you…"
"You're welcome. Alright, you enjoy your food here, I'm going out for a walk…"
If he remembered correctly, there would be storm stones around Stormstone Keep. He wanted to see if this stuff could be mined.
Everything outside the safe zone of Stormstone Keep is composed entirely of a substance called storm stone.
It is highly flammable, corrosive, and explosive. It is a pitch-black mineral, extremely dangerous and volatile.
The mountains outside Stormstone Keep are composed solely of storm stone. Walking on the surface of storm stone without proper equipment will cause a violent explosion and a gigantic chain reaction with the surrounding ground.
The rumbling outside was not just thunder, but also the sound of storm stone exploding.
Upon hearing that Yang Tao was going out for a walk, the Blue Knight immediately put down his knife and fork and said, "Where do you want to go? I can accompany you…"
"No need, I can go by myself…"
He summoned a magic broom from his backpack and said, "I can fly, no need to worry…"
The Blue Knight saw Yang Tao fly up and then gave up the idea of going with him, but he still cautioned, "Please don't fly too high; those blue mists in the sky are extremely corrosive and toxic…"
"Okay, I definitely won't fly too high."
Listen to advice and eat your fill.
The Blue Knight wouldn't deceive him over such a small matter. After saying goodbye to the Blue Knight and riding his magic broom, Yang Tao left Stormstone Keep and flew towards the boundary several kilometers away.
Soon, he arrived at the area where the storm stone was located.
The green grass below and the black storm stone were clearly separated, a scene of well water not interfering with river water.
"Why does this storm stone look like a block of coal…"
Yang Tao landed on the grass and glanced at the pitch-black storm stone. He took out his pickaxe from his backpack, but for safety, he still laid a layer of obsidian in front of him and took out his Battlesign.
He gently tapped on the storm stone.
Cracks appeared on the storm stone, but there was no explosion. Yang Tao's eyes lit up at this; the hardness of this thing was also very low, and it was easily dug out.
Soon, a piece of storm stone flew into his backpack.
"Doesn't this mean I have another type of explosive?"
Yang Tao happily took the storm stone out of his backpack, and just as he was about to examine it, the storm stone exploded with a bang in his hand.
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Yang Tao: "…"
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