"That's the last one."
As Fu Zhu swung out a final sweeping sword strike, the last Fragmentum creature fell onto the rushing water flow, eventually being washed outside the tunnel.
Fu Zhu exhaled, took out his phone, and checked the time. It was already 6 AM. He had been chopping Fragmentum creatures all night without closing his eyes.
It was fortunate he was Steve. Before installing specific mods, Steve didn't have a concept like a fatigue value; he would only feel hunger. But because he had the Saturation effect provided by the Trailblaze Power, he didn't even experience hunger.
This resulted in him becoming a tireless killing machine.
Although he wouldn't tire physically, he still felt somewhat mentally exhausted.
Fu Zhu used Vein Miner to dismantle the entire tunnel, then hurried over to check how many drops had been collected in the wooden chests.
This night of slaughter had yielded a bountiful harvest for Fu Zhu.
He had gathered just over four stacks of Extinguished Cores alone – one stack being 64 – and that didn't even count the hearts still inside the corpses.
Besides the drops, Fu Zhu's experience level had risen to 53. The Godfall Sword in his hand had also been successfully repaired from its initial state of less than twenty centimeters of blade tip to over forty centimeters long. Although its attack power hadn't changed much, its attack range had increased considerably.
More importantly, the Godfall Sword had gained a Fire Aspect I enchantment. This made Fu Zhu even more curious about how strong the complete Godfall Sword truly was!
Indeed, items placed within Herta's collection room were never simple.
"Mr. Fu Zhu, thank you for your hard work."
Gepard, who also hadn't rested all night, walked over carrying a cup of hot tea and handed it to Fu Zhu.
Fu Zhu nodded gratefully at him and downed the tea in one gulp.
Gepard glanced at the mountain of Fragmentum creature corpses piled outside the city wall, then turned to ask Fu Zhu, "Mr. Fu Zhu, I noticed you were collecting the cores of these Fragmentum creatures earlier. Do you need me to have the Silvermane Guards help you collect them?"
"Alright, then I'll trouble you."
"Not at all. It's thanks to Mr. Fu Zhu that last night was the most relaxed night the Silvermane Guards have had."
Last night, the main activity for the Silvermane Guards was standing aside and watching the show. In the end, Gepard had to force them to take shifts resting; otherwise, these men would have stood there all night.
While Gepard arranged for the Silvermane Guards to collect the cores from the Fragmentum creatures' bodies, Fu Zhu took the opportunity to sit down and rest, simultaneously using the iron ingots to craft himself a set of iron armor. He also didn't forget to open the Mod Store and select some mods.
After last night's arduous battle, he had completed the achievement for killing five hundred Fragmentum creatures. He now had enough Achievement Points to buy some small mods to enhance his abilities in various aspects.
Fu Zhu first spent 1 Achievement Point to purchase a Cosmetic Armor mod.
The effect of this mod was very simple: it allowed him to apply the appearance of another set of armor while wearing his iron armor, or simply hide the armor he was wearing altogether.
Although iron armor enhanced his capabilities, truth be told, the vanilla armor in MC wasn't exactly good-looking. So, Fu Zhu decided to just hide it directly.
Doing so maintained his looks while also potentially lowering the enemy's guard, allowing for a surprise attack.
[Cosmetic Armor Mod installed]
After the system notification popped up, Fu Zhu immediately equipped the iron armor. His outward appearance remained his original clothes. He felt himself over but couldn't feel the hard armor.
"Not invisibility? That's quite nice."
After purchasing the Cosmetic Armor mod, Fu Zhu pondered for a moment and ultimately chose to buy the [JEI Item Management Mod] and the [Xaero's Minimap] mod.
The effect of the former needs no explanation, appearing in various modpacks. It intuitively displays the crafting recipes for various items for the player and also supports manual searching for specific item recipes.
In a way, without it, Fu Zhu really wouldn't be able to handle those large modpacks.
The latter's effect was even simpler and more direct: it would display a minimap in Fu Zhu's field of vision showing surrounding terrain, creature entities, and dropped items.
Although Fu Zhu now had a set of iron armor, its protective capabilities were limited. If someone attacked him from behind, he might be in danger if he couldn't react in time.
But with Xaero's Minimap, he essentially gained 360° vision with no blind spots, even knowing the situation underground. Extremely useful!
After purchasing these two small mods, Fu Zhu still had some Achievement Points left, but he didn't intend to spend them all at once. He planned to save them for purchasing mods that could enhance his combat strength later.
For example, mods like More Enchantments, SlashBlade, or Botania, which could directly boost his power.
"Mr. Fu Zhu, all the Fragmentum creature cores have been collected for you. We'll load them onto the vehicle shortly and send you into the city to reunite with your companions, shall we?"
Just then, Gepard walked over, interrupting Fu Zhu's thoughts.
Fu Zhu looked up at the large crate packed full of Extinguished Cores by Gepard and nodded.
"Alright, then I'll trouble you."
His inventory was currently stuffed with various things; there was no space left for so many Extinguished Cores. Besides, the Ender Pearls he possessed now were enough for many battles. He could even use them to play around like the Flying Thunder God technique when bored.
After loading the Extinguished Cores onto the vehicle, Gepard beckoned Fu Zhu to join him on the transport heading to Belobog. He intended to honor his promise and take Fu Zhu to his older sister's shop to get some diamonds as a thank-you gift.
...
"So this is Belobog? Quite a nice city."
Fu Zhu stepped down from the vehicle, observing the city before him.
Gepard smiled beside him, recounting Belobog's history as they walked into the city together.
Passing through a street, they saw several Silvermane Guards pasting wanted posters onto a wall.
Gepard couldn't help but frown: "Has something happened in the city again?"
"Let's go take a look?"
Fu Zhu and Gepard walked over to the wall and looked at the three wanted posters pasted there. They inexplicably felt the people in the portraits looked somewhat familiar.
Pink hair, grey hair, black hair... It couldn't possibly be what he was thinking, right?
Gepard also found them familiar and directly pulled aside a Silvermane Guard to ask.
"What's going on with these wanted posters?"
"Reporting, Commander Gepard! These are wanted posters of the three off-worlders drawn by Adjutant Pela."
"Off-worlders?"
Gepard paused for a moment, then met the equally bewildered gaze of Fu Zhu.
Hiss... Could it be that Xing and the others are wanted?