CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: I PREFER BEING CALLED ’IRONCLAD

After Fang Ka left, Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching came to the crowd of players and said, "I suppose everyone has seen the announcement about the mineral system, right?"

"If my guess is correct, these minerals definitely require us players to explore on our own."

"And I think, after discovering the minerals, we might trigger some hidden missions, after all, this game is full of details."

"Does anyone want to join me to collect materials and explore the mines? The best would be those with knowledge in geology."

Iron Black Pot came next to Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching, smiled, and said, "Mr. Qian, I happen to have the same idea, why don’t we team up?"

A player stepped out from the crowd, "This game is very realistic and detailed, if geology in reality can be a reference, I think I can be of some help."

"My major in university was geology."

Hearing this, Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching’s eyes slightly lit up, "How should I address you?"

The player extended a skeletal hand, "My platform nickname is ’Hand Rubbing Diamonds’."

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching extended his hand for a shake, "Then I’ll call you Diamond from now on, my platform nickname is ’Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching’."

Hand Rubbing Diamonds withdrew his arm, "Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching? Are you very old in real life?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching shrugged, "Yes, I’m already retired."

Hand Rubbing Diamonds nodded politely at this, "It’s really rare to see seniors playing games, so I’ll call you Mr. Qian from now on."

Iron Black Pot came closer, "My nickname is ’Iron Black Pot’, you can call me Black Pot, but I prefer people calling me ’Iron Black’, can I call you ’Hand Rubbing’?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching pushed Iron Black Pot away, "Diamond, don’t take it to heart, this guy is never serious."

Hand Rubbing Diamonds laughed indifferently, "It’s fine, I like interesting people like him."

Iron Black Pot shrugged, "But no, I only want cute girls to like me."

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching glanced helplessly at Iron Black Pot, "Quit the nonsense, let’s talk about the mineral thing first."

"This game is incredibly realistic and detailed, in this period, I’ve noticed that a lot of real-life knowledge can be applied."

"For example, Xiao Zhou, who helped us build the Divine Hall brick by brick, basically uses the knowledge he mastered in reality."

"Of course, since this game is set in a magical extraordinary background, many places will also be different."

"It should be that the game company made some modifications to fit the magical extraordinary background, making the player experience more immersive, right?"

"But I think for a thing like minerals, real-world knowledge and experience should be applicable, even if there are differences, it shouldn’t be too outrageous."

"Previously, I was planning to have everyone do some online research, then collectively organize and put it into practice, but now we have a professional, which is naturally the best."

"Diamond, do you have any suggestions?"

After listening to Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching, Hand Rubbing Diamonds pondered for a moment.

After a while, he slowly spoke, "How about this, I see you seasoned players seem to have set up a game group? I’ll join, organize my experience in this area in a clear and concise way, and post it in the group."

"Try to make everyone understand in simple terms, roughly how to identify minerals."

"Then we can pair up, head to different parts of the Island, collecting materials while exploring for minerals, how about it?"

"This way, efficiency will improve, and if there are minerals on the Island, we can find them earlier too."

"That weapon system should be built on top of the mineral system, right? In that case, finding minerals early benefits all of us players."

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching didn’t have any objections, "Leave professional matters to professionals, let’s do as you say, Diamond."

Lu Yun came forward, "I’m the group owner, the question for applying to join the group is the content of our team task."

"I just heard from a few new players that your team’s task only includes building the Divine Hall, possibly because before you joined, we had already built the kitchen."

"I’ll log off now to change the answers to the group entry questions to your team task requirements."

Hand Rubbing Diamonds nodded at Lu Yun, "Alright, I’ll leave it to you."

Lu Yun didn’t hesitate, logging off immediately to modify the answers to the group entry questions.

The new players hearing this quickly logged off too, to apply to join the game group established by Lu Yun.

Hand Rubbing Diamonds glanced at Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching, then nodded at him, "I’ll log off now too. Once I’m done organizing, I’ll post it in the group."

With those words, Hand Rubbing Diamonds chose to log off as well.

The game group, initially with only 25 people, quickly expanded to 60 people.

Hand Rubbing Diamonds posted a message in the group, "I’ll get started now, everyone please wait."

It must be said, professionals work very efficiently. Ten minutes later, Hand Rubbing Diamonds posted a document in the group.

The other players in the group immediately clicked to check it out.

It briefly and clearly described the characteristics and geographical environments of many common minerals, along with some small tips for identification.

It was very clear and easy to understand, prompting other players to call it professional.

Hand Rubbing Diamonds, "Alright, once everyone’s done checking the document, let’s get online and assign our action paths and combos."

After seeing this message, the other players quickly reviewed it and then hurriedly got online.

Once Hand Rubbing Diamonds saw the players getting online, he came forward to the crowd, picked up a twig, and started sketching on the ground:

"What we can confirm is, we’re currently at the far east of the Island, and Mage Fang Ka wants us to collect those Magic Potions, which are available in the west, southwest, and northwest."

"As for Beast Blood, there’s basically no restriction, if you can hunt beasts, you can obtain it."

"We can pair up, those willing to collect Magic Potions, head in those three directions, keeping some distance between each group."

"For those unwilling to collect Magic Potions and wanting to hunt beasts, you can cover the other directions, what do you all think?"

Iron Black Pot gave a thumbs up, pointing at himself, "I’ll hunt beasts, my Bow and Arrow is almost ready, I can try it out."

"For teaming up..." Iron Black Pot glanced at Caged Parrot, "Parrot, how about the two of us team up?"

Caged Parrot stepped over to Iron Black Pot’s side, "Sure, you can teach me archery while we’re at it."