"Xiao, quickly open your personal panel and see how much health you lost."
Jiang Xuan snapped back to reality and hurriedly urged Xiao.
In the MC world, there was no need to worry about what kind of injuries one sustained.
Even if a leg was broken or an arm was missing.
It wouldn't affect movement at all.
As long as the hunger level was sufficient, and it wasn't an instant death, everything could be recovered.
And quickly.
Currently, Xiao's hunger level was undoubtedly full; if he spaced out a little longer, he might even be fully healed.
Hearing Jiang Xuan's urging, Xiao temporarily suppressed the shock in his heart regarding the Iron Armor.
He quickly summoned his personal panel.
Immediately, he saw his health recover by one heart right before his eyes.
Now, he was only half a heart away from a full recovery.
Xiao pursed his lips and said with mixed feelings:
"Apologies, Mr. Jiang Xuan, it has already recovered... now I'm only half a heart away from full health."
"..."
Listening to Xiao's answer, everyone was unsure whether to be happy or annoyed.
After all, this was a broken rib. Even with Xiao's special constitution as the Conqueror of Demons, it would take more than ten days to recover.
But here?
In the blink of an eye, it recovered?
"Wait a moment!"
Xiao suddenly exclaimed, frowning slightly, as if looking at something.
After about two or three seconds, Xiao looked at Jiang Xuan with a bewildered expression.
"It's fully recovered."
"..."
Everyone was speechless, especially Cloud Retainer, who felt even more uncomfortable.
She had exerted herself fully, almost draining herself, for that attack.
And Xiao, who had a broken rib, recovered in the blink of an eye?
While she felt somewhat relieved that Xiao was fine, it still felt a bit humiliating...
"So, the damage from that attack was roughly one and a half hearts?"
Jiang Xuan looked at Cloud Retainer with a hint of regret.
He had just been thinking how strong Cloud Retainer was, and how magnificent her attack was.
But now...
"It's even worse than a Creeper..."
Jiang Xuan mumbled to himself, of course, making sure Cloud Retainer couldn't hear him.
Cloud Retainer's attack was truly useless, to put it harshly, it was like a silver spear with a wax tip.
Of course, Jiang Xuan didn't rule out that the MC world had severely nerfed Cloud Retainer, and the weapon she was holding was also the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear with its divine power sealed.
But no matter what...
Low damage was just low damage.
Jiang Xuan could confidently say that even if he used an iron sword and struck Xiao, it would probably take two or three hearts off him.
If he used the Yamato, it would probably be a one-shot.
After all, so far, Jiang Xuan hadn't tested the damage limit of his Yamato.
Everything ended in one slash.
...
Xiao was good at reading expressions. Seeing Cloud Retainer looking like she was questioning her life,
Xiao felt a little bad and said in a deep voice:
"Whether it was precisely one and a half hearts of damage is uncertain. How about... Cloud Retainer, try again?"
Cloud Retainer had eaten a few apples and had fully recovered her hunger.
This was also a characteristic of this world: all damage was represented by hearts.
And all physical conditions were represented by hunger.
Just like Cloud Retainer's spear strike, it directly consumed four hearts of her hunger.
Now, hearing Xiao's suggestion, Cloud Retainer shook her head.
Her mindset had already adjusted.
"There's no need. Not much time passed between your injury and your check, so it must have been only one and a half hearts."
"This iron armor's defense is indeed beyond imagination; it is a true divine artifact."
No one denied Cloud Retainer's words, after all, this item could withstand an Adeptus's attack.
Even if the Adeptus was weakened, it was still the same.
However, as for Ningguang's intention to equip the Millelith with iron armor on a large scale, that was completely unnecessary.
It wasn't that they feared a lack of resources, but...
Everyone wearing twenty tons of iron armor—would they be warriors or a demolition crew?
At the very least, Ningguang's current plan was to find a way to melt down the iron ingots and then reforge them.
"There's something very important that you haven't noticed..."
Suddenly, Zhongli, who had remained silent throughout, spoke up.
He looked calmly at Xiao and said softly:
"Conqueror of Demons, speaking from a Teyvat perspective, how long would it take you to recover from your recent injury if you used adeptal energy?"
Xiao frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied respectfully:
"At least three days, and that's with ample adeptal energy."
Zhongli didn't reply, just nodded slightly, then looked at Ningguang and the others.
His calm eyes, like still water, revealed a hint of a reminder.
And he wasn't disappointed; at this moment, Ningguang suddenly trembled, then her spirits lifted significantly.
Even with her usual composure, she couldn't help but feel a distinct excitement.
"Any injury in this world will be quantified as a loss of health points."
"And the loss of health points is related to hunger. As long as the hunger level is full, it means..."
Keqing interrupted her, excitedly saying:
"As long as there's still a breath left! Entering this world and keeping the hunger level full means they will quickly recover to full health!"
"If so, wouldn't the severely injured Millelith in Liyue Harbor..."
Keqing didn't finish her sentence because Ningguang pulled her, signaling her to stop.
After all, no matter how miraculous this world was, it belonged to Jiang Xuan.
She couldn't just expect him to open it up for them to try out whatever ideas they had.
Keqing naturally understood this, feeling a bit self-reproachful, and quickly whispered:
"Sorry, Jiang Xuan, I won't..."
"It's fine."
Jiang Xuan nodded with a smile, no other emotions visible in his eyes.
"If it can help you, it's a good thing. But please don't treat my world as a respawn point."
"I don't mind, but if the news of our cooperation on this world gets out, it might cause some trouble."
Hearing this, Ningguang and the others exchanged glances, subconsciously thinking of the Fatui.
Without saying more, they nodded slightly to indicate understanding.
That topic was then dropped.
In fact, everyone had already figured out many questions based on Xiao and Cloud Retainer's situation.
The connection between health and hunger in this world was absolutely the most important.
However...
For now, this matter didn't need to be brought up.
Ningguang and the others had no intention of relinquishing their status as the pioneers of cooperation in this world.
They understood that Liyue couldn't monopolize this opportunity, but the longer they kept it to themselves, the more Mora they would earn, and the stronger the nation would develop.
Currently, the priority was still concealment.
Everyone rested and continued deeper into the mine.
Compared to their previous cautiousness, they were now chatting and laughing.
Except for Xiao at the front, who still held his shield and scanned his surroundings, everyone else was holding torches and talking about the peculiar aspects of the MC world.
There was no other way...
Everyone now had ample confidence!
Each was clad in iron armor, with iron swords in hand.
Their offense and defense were both strengthened.
Putting everything else aside, even if all the monsters they had encountered in the mine today came out at once, they would simply be offering themselves up.
The difference between having iron armor and not having it was like night and day.
Chatting and laughing, they walked for about half an hour.
Xiao suddenly stopped at the front. Seeing this, everyone also sobered up, taking out their weapons and preparing for battle.
"Mr. Jiang Xuan, there's ore!"
Xiao said, looking back, his expression unchanged. It seemed there were no monsters.
"Ore?"
Jiang Xuan nodded slightly, took out his torch, and walked into the darkness, teasing:
"Hope it's not unlucky coal again..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Xuan fell silent.
Under the dim torchlight, everyone couldn't quite make out what had happened to Jiang Xuan.
Ganyu immediately grew anxious.
"Jiang Xuan!"
She cried out, instantly rushing towards Jiang Xuan.
Xiao and the others also quickly rushed over with their weapons.
Upon reaching Jiang Xuan's side, they found Ganyu frantically examining him.
He seemed to be entranced by something, staring silently at the dim wall.
"Jiang Xuan, what's wrong with you?!"
Ganyu's voice was tinged with a slight sob, and she worriedly touched Jiang Xuan.
Zhongli also had a headache, thinking that there might be some soul-stealing creature in this world.
He was considering whether to reveal his identity and use his divine power to inspect.
But after a brief silence, Jiang Xuan slowly raised his hand and pointed straight ahead.
His eyes held a hint of fervent excitement, and he stuck the torch into the ground.
Instantly, the bright light illuminated the entire mine.
Jiang Xuan faced the wall in front of him, his voice filled with excitement.
"This is... a treasure trove!"
Everyone looked, and even Ningguang and the others, who were accustomed to great upheavals, were stunned.
Especially Xiao, who, having even eaten Bone Meal crops, thought there was nothing in this world worthy of shock.
Everyone was wide-eyed.
This entire wall, roughly 17x26 in size.
Was completely and utterly a pure wall of ore!
At the very edge were iron ores, one after another. At a rough glance, Ningguang felt they could collect about two stacks this time.
Moving closer to the center, there were unfamiliar dark blue speckled ores.
The top was a whole section of blocks glowing red.
And the ore in the very center, when Ningguang saw it, her eyes glowed with golden light.
Nine Gold Ores!
It could be said that, apart from lacking Diamonds, this wall had almost all the most important ores piled together.
Although... these ores clearly grew at completely different depths.
But Jiang Xuan, overwhelmed by this surprise, completely forgot to think about those details.
"So many... so many ores... 543..."
Keqing pursed her lips, saying in shock:
"And all this Gold, this... how much Mora is this worth?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ningguang on the side answered decisively. Keqing even felt that Ningguang had never answered her question so quickly.
"According to previous deductions, one cubic meter of gold weighs nineteen tons, and one gold block unit consists of nine gold ingots."
"In other words, one gold ingot weighs over two tons. Of course, this calculation is meaningless."
"If each gold ore block in front of us can yield one gold ingot, then, at minimum, that's nineteen tons of gold."
"Nineteen tons of gold..."
Ningguang's eyes suddenly burned with a fiery passion. Even she, accustomed to large sums of Mora, couldn't help but feel excited.
"This... is worth at least tens of billions of Mora!"
Hearing this, even Cloud Retainer, who usually disdained Mora, couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Tens of billions of Mora lay openly before everyone.
With just a few swings of a pickaxe, these tens of billions of Mora could be theirs...
Ningguang had to admit, her heart was racing.
This was almost the cost of building one Jade Chamber...
Seeing everyone's eyes fixed solely on the gold ore, Jiang Xuan found it somewhat amusing.
Gold was indeed good, but...
It wasn't particularly popular in the MC world.
Moreover, if that gold ore were to be mined with an ordinary iron pickaxe, and only yielded gold nuggets, that would be a huge loss.
Fortunately, Jiang Xuan still carried the enchanted iron pickaxe rewarded from a mission, with Silk Touch. This was where it would come in handy.
However, compared to the gold, the truly valuable items should be the surrounding Lapis Lazuli and Redstone ores!
Those were Jiang Xuan's main, eagerly awaited targets for this mining trip.
"Jiang Xuan, let's get to work!"
Ningguang looked at Jiang Xuan expectantly. She didn't dare to act rashly; this was gold worth tens of billions.
If anything went wrong, Ningguang would probably be heartbroken for days.
Jiang Xuan nodded slightly, just about to take out his Silk Touch pickaxe, when he suddenly heard movement from Xiao's direction.
"Stand back! If you move forward again, I will attack!"
Xiao's voice was low, echoing throughout the mine.
Jiang Xuan frowned slightly, turned his head to look, and merely glimpsed the long, slender black body, his expression changing abruptly.
"Everyone! Heads down! Don't look!"
But the words were too late. The slender black shadow, with its glowing white eyes, had already met Xiao's gaze.
The Enderman moved....
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