Looking at the book that was automatically flipping its pages, Lin Tian leaned forward curiously to take a look.
[■■■■■■■■■■■]
'What is this? Why is it all just gibberish?'
Lin Tian was puzzled by this scene. After thinking for a moment, he took out his diamond sword and brought it toward the enchanting table.
As if drawn by an invisible force, the diamond sword floated directly above the enchanting table. Three legible words floated out and automatically arranged themselves on the surface of the sword.
[Sharpness I: Increases melee attack damage by 1 point.]
[Bane of Arthropods II: Deals an additional 2 points of damage to arthropod mobs such as spiders, cave spiders, and silverfish.]
[Knockback I: Knocks back enemies when attacking.]
Although three lines of text appeared, they were all gray. Lin Tian tried to touch the text, but his hand passed right through it.
'Looks like I need Lapis Lazuli.'
Although Lin Tian didn't know if he needed experience, he was certain that Lapis Lazuli was required.
With this in mind, Lin Tian went to the second floor, grabbed 15 pieces of Lapis Lazuli, and returned.
This time, he placed an iron sword on the table.
The options displayed were Sharpness I, Smite II, and Looting I.
Lin Tian brought the Lapis Lazuli towards the iron sword, and it automatically floated around the blade.
Seeing that the text still hadn't lit up, Lin Tian added another piece.
Instantly, the first line of text lit up.
Lin Tian was thoughtful. 'It seems experience has been replaced with Lapis Lazuli.'
This meant the amount of Lapis Lazuli needed would be quite large: two for level one, four for level two, nine for level three.
'Looks like I'll have to search for Lapis Lazuli later. Otherwise, I can only try fishing for enchanted books or trading with villagers.'
However, he would need to do those things later anyway, since an enchanting table could only apply one attribute, which was a real headache.
Shaking his head, Lin Tian put these thoughts aside for now. He removed the iron sword and replaced it with his diamond sword.
Lin Tian directly enchanted it with Sharpness, as the other two were useless to him.
Next, he took his diamond chestplate and leggings, as well as his iron helmet and boots, and enchanted them.
(Total diamonds obtained so far: 24. Used one pickaxe, one enchanting table, one sword, one chestplate, and one pair of pants, with two left over.)
.....
After putting on his full set of shimmering armor, it was time to prepare some golden apples and arrows.
'Lin Tian: Fight the dragon without a bow and arrows, just go up and slash it? Am I crazy?'
Besides, the End Crystals also needed to be destroyed with a bow and arrow. Building up to them would be too risky.
But getting apples really depended on luck.
Just as Lin Tian was about to set off, he suddenly thought of a possibility.
[Lord of the World: @All Members, does anyone have apples? Lend me some.]
Hearing Lin Tian ping everyone, those who were watching shows and those who weren't were all confused.
[Shinobu Who Loves Her Sister: What's wrong? Why do you need apples?]
[Hellish Blizzard: The Group Shop has apples. You can buy them directly.]
[Silly Girl: Are the apples from our worlds of any use?]
Seeing someone say the Group Shop had them, Lin Tian said thanks and checked the shop.
Sure enough, the Group Shop really did have apples, and they were so cheap!
[Apple: 1000 pieces / 1 point]
Seeing how cheap they were, Lin Tian immediately bought... one point's worth.
[Lord of the World: Okay, I don't need them anymore. Everyone, you can go back to what you were doing.]
After saying this, Lin Tian exited the chat group.
Looking at the bright red apple in his hand, Lin Tian eagerly went to the second floor and took out his gold ingots.
.....
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!!!"
Looking at the glistening golden apple before him, Lin Tian was ecstatic.
He never thought the chat group would have such a function! Wasn't this a straight-up cheat?
But... cheating felt fantastic!
Lin Tian ate the golden apple directly. He was surprised that something that looked inedible would be as soft and tender as tofu when he bit into it.
His mouth was filled with the fresh fragrance of apple and an abundance of life energy.
Lin Tian felt a warmth spread through his body, just like when he applied medicated oil during military training—it was incredibly refreshing.
At this moment, Lin Tian heard everyone in the chat group asking him why he needed apples.
Lin Tian made another golden apple, recorded a video of the process, and sent it to the chat group.
[Lord of the World: [Crafting a Golden Apple.video].]
[Lord of the World: I was just worrying about how hard it was to get apples to make golden apples, so I wondered if I could get apples from other worlds to use in my world.]
[Lord of the World: After buying some apples from the Group Shop, I tested it out, and it actually worked! This counts as a minor exploit, right?]
[Silly Girl: ? ? !!!]
[Silly Girl: Bro, what are you talking about? That's not a minor exploit, that's a game-breaker!]
[Shinobu Who Loves Her Sister: So, in other words, it's now easier to make that golden apple, right?]
[Hellish Blizzard: The effect of the golden apple is indeed powerful, but why is the Group Owner so shocked?]
[Emperor Through the Ages: The golden apple can be called a panacea. As long as it's not instant death, eating one can restore you to peak condition. It can indeed be called a wondrous item.]
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Can this golden apple treat things like erosion or karma?]
[Lord of the World: Strictly speaking, probably not. The main effects of a golden apple are restoring health and providing damage absorption. It doesn't have the effect of removing negative statuses.]
[Lord of the World: And erosion, to be honest, is basically a binding curse that you have from birth, so even milk might not work.]
[Lord of the world: However, it might work on karma. That's something acquired later in life, so drinking milk might possibly remove it.]
[Lord of the World: Of course, nothing is absolute. I'm not certain if it would really work.]
[Silly Girl: And a golden apple combined with a Potion of Weakness can also turn a zombie villager back into a normal villager, which is another benefit.]
[Shinobu Who Loves Her Sister: Turn back into normal...]
Seeing what Liu Yueyan said, Shinobu thought of the protagonist Tanjiro's sister, Nezuko. She was also a demon; perhaps she could really be restored.
But she didn't say anything. There was no reason for him to help her for free. Besides, she wasn't familiar with Tanjiro; that was all just from the anime, and the plot had only just begun.
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Is that so?]
At this point, after watching the future of her own world, someone couldn't hold it in anymore.
[Fallen Angel: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I am an angel! I won't be blinded by some human game!]
[Fallen Angel: This is all fake! You demons, you must be trying to deceive me!]
[Silly Girl: Why would we lie to you?]
[Mad Love for Hashirama: I didn't want to believe it at first either, but the more I thought about it, the closer it came to the facts in the file.]
[Nether Spirit Cat: But it can all be changed, can't it?]
[Fallen Angel: I don't believe it! I'm going down to the mortal world myself to see if that so-called game is really that fun!]
After saying this, Gabriel's profile picture turned gray, indicating she had gone offline.
[Emperor Through the Ages: Sigh~, history is about to repeat itself.]
Seeing the conversation in the group start to go off-topic, Lin Tian decided to go to the Nether to get some gold first.
Having apples without gold was useless, and the demand for gold was even greater.
"Sigh~, how should I farm for gold?"
.......