At six the next morning, Fu Mo opened his eyes right on time.
He promptly got out of bed, washed up, then headed downstairs to the dining hall for breakfast.
As he ate, Fu Mo took out his phone and messaged Tingyun to ask when they could conduct their trade.
However, she still hadn’t replied by the time he finished breakfast.
Fu Mo checked the time.
It was only 6:45.
Tingyun probably wasn’t awake yet, and he estimated that the earliest she could trade with him would be nine in the morning.
That left him with over two hours to spare.
Since he had nothing else to do, Fu Mo decided to find something to occupy himself with.
The remaining unfinished achievements were all troublesome to some degree and couldn’t be completed within two hours, so he turned his attention to the Light Orb left behind by Nous and his upcoming trade with Tingyun.
The former went without saying.
He needed to confirm as soon as possible whether the contents recorded inside the Light Orb were accurate.
If the scenes it contained were certain to happen in the future, they would be immensely helpful to him.
With the Script in hand, he could make many preparations in advance.
As for the latter, Fu Mo felt that a single Furnace probably wouldn’t satisfy his financial needs.
He needed to expand his selection of goods.
Fu Mo recalled the various items in Minecraft and immediately had an idea.
He rose from his seat, left the dining hall, and went to the inn’s front desk.
The attendant there was recording some information about the inn when Fu Mo walked over and gently tapped twice on the counter.
Hearing the sound, the attendant looked up.
Upon seeing Fu Mo, he immediately smiled.
“Mr.
Fu Mo, how may I help you?”
After having Qingque arrange Fu Mo’s accommodations, Fu Xuan had personally visited the inn the following day and instructed everyone that Fu Mo was an honored guest of the Luofu and must not be slighted.
As a result, everyone at the inn, from the owner to the cleaners, now knew who Fu Mo was.
“Have some leather and string delivered to my room later.”
Fu Mo didn’t have a single cent on him and couldn’t buy the materials himself, so he could only obtain some supplies this way.
After all, Fu Xuan had already said that all his expenses during this period would be covered by the Divination Commission.
The attendant picked up the pen and paper on the counter and wrote Fu Mo’s request in a notebook before looking up again.
“Of course, Mr.
Fu Mo.
I’ll have someone deliver them to your room shortly.
Fu Mo thought for a moment, then shook his head.
He already had the remaining materials in his Inventory.
All he lacked at the moment was string and leather.
“No, that’ll be all.”
“Very well.
They’ll be delivered shortly.”
Fu Mo acknowledged him, then turned and left.
After returning to his room, Fu Mo immediately got to work.
He moved most of the furnishings as close to the edges of the room as possible, clearing an open space in the center.
Standing in the middle, Fu Mo looked around and stroked his chin as he muttered to himself.
“This should be enough space to build a String Duplicator, right?”
At present, he didn’t have enough resources to produce many different items to trade with Tingyun, so he intended to make up for variety with quantity.
Before an iron farm, a String Duplicator was undoubtedly the simplest and most efficient way to obtain resources.
String and wool might not be worth much, but he could produce them in enormous quantities.
Moreover, he had prepared another item that many Minecraft players disdained but would undoubtedly be incredibly valuable in reality.
However, he had to wait for the attendant to deliver the materials he needed.
Until then, Fu Mo could only determine which direction the String Duplicator should face.
He wasn’t sure whether its minor quirks in Minecraft would also carry over into reality, so to be safe, he chose to face it south and began constructing its outer frame.
A few minutes later, just as Fu Mo finished building the String Duplicator’s outer frame, someone knocked on the door.
The voice of the attendant from the front desk came from outside.
“Mr.
Fu Mo, I’ve brought the items you requested.
Please open the door.”
Fu Mo brushed some nonexistent dust from his hands, turned around, and opened the door.
The attendant stood outside with a small cart loaded with the leather and string Fu Mo had requested, and the quantity was quite substantial.
“Thank you for your trouble.”
Fu Mo swept his hand over the cart, and all the leather and string on it vanished into his Inventory in the blink of an eye.
Watching this, the attendant couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
No wonder the Master Diviner had personally instructed them not to slight him.
Mr.
Fu Mo was clearly no ordinary person!
“Now that the items have been delivered, I’ll take my leave, Mr.
Fu Mo.
If you need anything else, please contact me at any time.”
The attendant nodded politely and pushed the cart away.
Fu Mo closed the door, took out the string, and prepared to complete the final step of the String Duplicator.
Although it had been a long time since he had built one, a String Duplicator fortunately wasn’t difficult to make.
He succeeded after only two simple attempts.
The instant Fu Mo rapidly interacted with the String Duplicator using Shears, it began producing the familiar rattling sound of machinery.
Countless strands of string spewed out like a fountain.
In just a few minutes, the entire floor of the room was completely buried beneath the string produced by the machine.
Seeing this, Fu Mo immediately placed down a Crafting Table, collected all the string from the floor, and crafted it into wool.
Once he had gathered around ten stacks of wool, he hurriedly stopped the String Duplicator.
If he kept going, his Inventory would fill up first.
“Ten stacks should be enough for now.
I’ll give them to Tingyun as samples so she can compare them with other wool on the market.
Now for the final item.”
Fu Mo placed the leather he had received earlier into the Crafting Table along with a piece of string, crafting an item with a remarkably simple yet highly practical recipe.
[Bundle: 0/64]
“It worked.
So it really is still this recipe.”
Fu Mo was delighted to see that he had crafted a Bundle with just one piece of string and one piece of leather.
In Minecraft, the Bundle was frequently modified by the game’s developers.
Its recipe and texture could change every one or two versions.
Fortunately, he had guessed the recipe correctly.
The Bundle’s function was also very simple.
It could hold up to sixty-four items in total—in other words, one stack.
Whether it was a stack of Cobblestone or sixty-four completely different Blocks and items, the Bundle could store them all.
In the game, Steves tended to disdain it.
After all, it could only hold sixty-four items and was nowhere near as convenient as a Shulker Box.
Its only advantage was its simple recipe.
But in the real world, even here on the technologically advanced Luofu, Fu Mo was fully confident that this little item would be worth a fortune!
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T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
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Shilling time!