Minecraft: Global Infinite Survival

The heated discussion online took a humorous turn when everyone saw Lin Fan's comment.

"Hahaha, 'Are you recruiting your dad?' Lin Fan is so irritable!"

"It seems what you all consider an honor, Lin Fan doesn't care about at all."

"From Lin Fan's attitude, it's clear he doesn't take this recruitment seriously at all."

"Hahaha, what should we do? Lin Fan is so cranky, but I love it!"

"Didn't you all say Lin Fan would definitely accept the invitation? Well, what about now?"

"You treat it as an honor, but Lin Fan doesn't even consider it."

"I don't know Lin Fan personally, but I love his personality. This is genuine, unlike those keyboard warriors who say one thing and do another in private."

In no time, Lin Fan's comment received countless likes and was pushed to the top of the forum.

After all, Lin Fan was the first to openly push back against the recruitment, and most people were just here to watch the drama unfold.

On the other hand, Li Cheng from the research division stared at Lin Fan's comment with a face as dark as an old, scorched pot bottom.

"What does he mean by this? Being recruited by our research division is an honor he could only dream of, and yet he's so ungrateful?!"

"Don't be mad, Director Li. If Lin Fan doesn't appreciate it, just let it go. Our research division doesn't lack one person," the man in glasses tried to console him.

Li Cheng shot him a glare.

"We don't lack one person?"

"Have you figured out how to research the mechanics of this virtual world?"

"Well… uh…"

"'Well' what? What good are you, then? Get out of here! You're all useless!" Li Cheng roared and kicked the man in glasses out of the oakwood house.

Standing in the room, Li Cheng continued scrolling through the comments under the post, his face growing darker by the second.

Meanwhile, Lin Fan closed the forum and returned home with Lilian after a trip to a wandering trader.

He had just met a trader who traded emeralds for various building resources. After chatting briefly, Lin Fan learned that the trader appeared at sunrise and left at sunset, with a very consistent schedule.

Moreover, the prices were fair. If Lin Fan needed resources, buying them from the wandering trader might save him a lot of time.

As the sun set, darkness began to fall. The wind in the oak forest grew stronger, and the cicadas grew louder.

Lin Fan took a lucky block out of his backpack, planning to open it.

To avoid the possibility of something bad coming out, Lin Fan decided not to open it near his house.

Currently, he was far enough from home, so this spot was perfect for opening the lucky block.

He placed the lucky block on the ground, took a deep breath, and lightly tapped it with his hand.

With a loud "bang," the lucky block exploded, leaving a piece of paper on the ground.

"Paper?" Lin Fan's expression turned odd. He walked over, picked up the paper, and realized it wasn't the type of paper found in Minecraft.

This piece of paper could be unfolded, and it had writing on it.

After reading it, Lin Fan realized it was a deed for a 20x20 plot of land.

"A land deed? What is this?"

"Master, did you just open a land deed?" Lilian asked in surprise as she walked over. She took the deed from Lin Fan and examined it repeatedly.

"It really is a land deed! Master, your luck is incredible," Lilian said with a smile, her eyes sparkling.

"Luck? What's so special about this land deed?" Lin Fan took it back and studied it but couldn't figure out what was unique about it.

Lilian grabbed Lin Fan's hand and started heading toward their home.

"It's very special, of course," she explained.

"Didn't you worry before that building a house outside would lead to others stealing your things? Well, now you don't need to worry anymore.

"With this land deed, no one can destroy anything within the 20x20 block radius it covers. Only you have the authority to do so."

"Is there really such a benefit?" Lin Fan looked at the land deed in his hand, surprised.

From Lilian's explanation, this land deed sounded similar to private server mechanics.

Although people could enter the server to survive, only the server owner could modify blocks within a certain area, and no one else could destroy anything.

With the land deed in hand, Lin Fan could finally consider building a house above ground in the future.

"This is definitely a good thing," Lin Fan nodded, just about to put the deed away when another thought crossed his mind.

"It's nice, but 20x20 is too small—it's barely enough space for a house."

"That's nothing to worry about, Master," Lilian said reassuringly. "You have gold coins, don't you? When you have enough coins, you can expand the size of the house."

Hearing this, Lin Fan felt relieved.

As long as he could expand it, it wasn't a big deal. A 20x20 area was indeed too cramped otherwise.

But... how much would it cost to expand?

Lilian thought for a moment before turning to Lin Fan.

"If I remember correctly, expanding by 1x1 block costs 10,000 gold coins."

Lin Fan: "…"

What?! 10,000 gold coins for a single square block?!

This was outrageous!

Killing a single zombie only earned him 5 gold coins, and he currently had just 30 gold coins on him. How long would it take to save up 10,000?

Lin Fan suddenly realized that even in this world, real estate prices weren't cheap.

As they chatted, the two made their way home, and by the time they arrived, night had fallen.

The wheat and potatoes they planted that morning had just started to sprout but were still far from being ready to harvest.

"It looks like solving the food problem is still going to be tricky," Lin Fan said with a wry smile as he returned home and took seven smelted iron ingots from the furnace.

He set aside three and crafted an iron bucket on the workbench.

With the bucket ready, Lin Fan went to the river to fill it with water. He also filled six empty glass bottles with water and handed three of them to Lilian.

Going outside at night was too dangerous, so they needed to prepare their water supply in advance.

After collecting the water, Lin Fan and Lilian returned to the house and closed the trapdoor.

Although living above ground and underground didn't make much difference, climbing up and down stairs was still inconvenient.

Previously, they had no choice, but now that Lin Fan had a land deed, he didn't need to live underground anymore.

He planned to build a house above ground in the coming days, right on top of the current basement.

The underground area they lived in now would simply serve as a cellar.

As for the mine, Lin Fan didn't plan to move it. He had spent the entire day digging to the 11th layer, and moving it would be too much trouble.

Lin Fan crafted a small chest to place beside his bed and sorted out some of the clutter in his inventory.

After making the bucket, he still had four iron ingots left. It wasn't nearly enough to fully transition to the iron age just yet.

Iron ingots were still in short supply, so he had to use them sparingly.

He took three of the iron ingots and crafted an iron pickaxe to store in his backpack.

Lin Fan decided to continue mining through the night. Without an iron pickaxe, he wouldn't be able to mine redstone, diamonds, emeralds, or lapis lazuli.

With the pickaxe ready, Lin Fan also packed a workbench in his inventory and handed all the baked potatoes to Lilian.

Since she had spent the day digging dirt, her hunger had depleted quickly, and she'd already eaten all the carrots. For tonight, baked potatoes would have to suffice.

After finishing all the preparations, Lin Fan and Lilian made their way down the mine to continue their work.

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