Being an otaku in the world of American comics

With this in mind, Liang Yue couldn't wait to step forward, squatting by the bank and stirring the water in the pool with his hand, a cool sensation instantly washing over his entire body.

Having hurried for more than two hours, he was now genuinely exhausted, his body steaming with sweat, and his body fluids severely depleted. Looking at the clear pool of water before him, Liang Yue subconsciously swallowed.

However, he ultimately restrained himself.

Although he really wanted to plunge into the water and drink his fill without restraint, Liang Yue, who was always afraid of death, finally convinced himself otherwise.

Although the pool in front of him seemed harmless, it was not his best option.

At that moment, on the other side of the pool's bank, a dense cluster of green plants resembling bamboo was growing on a patch of sandy soil close to the water's edge!

"Sugarcane! That's why I say we're lucky~ Hah!"

Exhaling a deep breath of stale air, Liang Yue took three steps as two, leaping and bounding towards the unusually tender, verdant green plants. He grabbed the straight stalks with both hands and kicked with force!

With a light "snap", the sugarcane broke off.

Then he sat directly on the ground, peeled it skillfully, and began to chew it in large bites.

"Mmm~ Delicious!"

The taste was sweet, delicious and refreshing. Although it was just ordinary sugarcane, Liang Yue ate with exceptional enjoyment, completely forgetting himself~

The sweet juice flowed down his throat, nourishing his body, and currents of warmth rapidly circulated from his stomach, soon spreading throughout his body.

Liang Yue, who had been somewhat exhausted and fatigued, also began to recover quickly.

About a quarter of an hour later, a sugarcane stalk about four meters long had been completely consumed by him, and his somewhat shriveled stomach was finally filled with a sense of fullness.

Satisfied, Liang Yue stood up, then snapped off three more stalks from the sugarcane patch in front of him, chopped them into sections against a sharp-edged rock by the pool, and put them in his leather bag for storage.

"Now I don't have to worry about food for the time being. These few sugarcane stalks should last me at least a day. The most important thing now is to quickly find a place to stay, and then hunt monsters and hand in the task!"

Thinking of this, Liang Yue subconsciously looked up at the sun in the sky, which had already begun to gradually descend from the center, and felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

So, after slightly identifying the direction, he plunged into the forest in front of him and resumed his journey.

In fact, during the previous two-plus hours of travel, Liang Yue had not been without gains. Whenever he encountered any unusual noises while traveling, he would stop and carefully investigate.

And then~

… …

Zombies: 8 / 10

Spiders: 2 / 10

… …

Without deliberately courting death and actively running into caves along the way to explore, he had already brushed a wave of data for the goal of hunting ten of each of the five types of monsters required in side quest one.

"But~ how come I haven't even encountered a single Little White? Speaking of which, the skeleton archer doesn't seem to be a rare monster, right?"

In the open space between the dense forests on both banks, a rocky hill suddenly rose up.

This rocky hill was not high, the gentle slope was even less than five or six meters, and in the center of this rocky hill, a deep rift valley was blocking the way.

According to Liang Yue's visual estimate, the width of the valley on both sides had to be at least thirty or forty meters, the direction on the left and right sides was almost endless, and the bottom was nearly a hundred meters deep!

It made people feel dizzy just looking at it!

Gusts of upward air currents were constantly sweeping in, making a whirring sound.

A clear stream, only two or three meters wide, was pouring down from a place not far from Liang Yue, the clear water forming a small waterfall, ceaselessly pouring into the depths of the canyon.

And what was even more breathtaking was that on the other bank of the canyon, not far from the waterfall, another stream of crimson lava was flowing down!

The bubbling, slightly viscous appearance constantly released heat and illuminated everything around it.

In the real world, the scene of water and fire being difficult to coexist seemed to be a rare spectacle in this strange Minecraft world~

As the sun set, one side of the deep canyon was now shrouded in a layer of shadow.

With the help of the light from the lava, Liang Yue could clearly identify several figures wandering around at the bottom of the canyon.

Zombies, creepers, skeleton archers, there seemed to be quite a few~

"Although~ the effective attack range of my crossbow is only about ten meters, that's just the data for horizontal movement, right? Now at such a high distance, if I use the acceleration of gravity to launch a few shots…"

Thinking of this, Liang Yue, who was currently lying on the edge of the cliff looking down, couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. He subconsciously moved his arms, about to put it into action.

However, he then temporarily suppressed this idea.

At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the sun on the horizon had already been dyed with a fiery red glow. Being in the dense forest, this trend was even more obvious.

In view of this, Liang Yue felt that his most pressing goal now was to quickly find a place to stay.

"There seems to be a shallow cave over there, only about three or four meters deep."

Lying on the edge of the cliff, Liang Yue's eyes kept observing, and he quickly discovered a stone cave on the side of the valley cliff not far from the ground.

With the help of the slanting sunlight, Liang Yue could almost see everything in the cave clearly.

More importantly, the cave was not far from the lava flow.

"Unfortunately, this cave is on the opposite bank, so I can't use it for the time being, and there's almost no place on this cliff to climb and use as leverage."

Seeing that his goal had failed, Liang Yue subconsciously scratched his head. Unwilling, he scanned the cliff wall below again, but still returned disappointed.

After a brief moment of regret and lament, this guy quickly got up from the ground, glanced left and right, and then quickly walked along one end of the canyon in a chosen direction.

Soon, dusk fell, and night descended.

When a crescent moon slowly rose from the horizon, Liang Yue still hadn't found a reliable place.

Unable to do anything else, this guy had to temporarily find a relatively tall and independently formed tree, and quickly climbed to the top of the tree.

Fortunately, in this real Minecraft world, the trees in the forest are not the same as in the game, with the trunks as smooth and straight as a pillar.

Although the forest in front of him only had one species of oak tree, there were still considerable differences between the plants, and it would be most appropriate to describe them as varied and diverse.

Liang Yue, who had always considered himself a climbing expert, had also found a bug here, big or small.

"What a pity, the canopies of the trees in the game are all airtight, and you can even walk and stand on them without restraint. Although the branches and leaves of this oak forest can also be described as dense, they are far from being so exaggerated."

While his mind was wandering, Liang Yue, deep in the darkness, unconsciously widened his eyes, and his curled body subconsciously shrank back into the tree hollow, trying to hide himself completely in the fork of the branches beneath him.

"It seems~ I won't be sleeping tonight. Who knows how many monsters will come running over later!"