Reborn with Steve Stand

Chapter 643: Mod go Brrrr!

When Fang Mo reluctantly dragged Xiao Yao to a research base of Metal Knight, he finally realized just how deeply this seemingly unserious character had concealed his true capabilities.

Initially, Fang Mo thought Dr. Genus' House of Evolution was already quite extensive. However, after circling Metal Knight's base a few times, Fang Mo found that the House of Evolution and even the previous Monster Association were nothing but child's play in comparison to Metal Knight's underground base.

Despite Metal Knight's deeply hidden power, he was surprisingly cautious. Even during the current tour of the base, he was remotely controlling a robot.

As they toured, Fang Mo discovered that Metal Knight's stockpile was vast, not just in terms of weapons but also in a complete set of resources to rebuild civilization, including various factories, infrastructure, and advanced equipment.

According to Metal Knight, he had prepared these resources to take over the world. However, his concept of world domination was not through force like an evil scientist, but rather as a genuine hero. He aimed to step in and restore order and civilization after a world-ending catastrophe, such as a god-level disaster, as predicted by Shibabawa.

Fang Mo found himself unexpectedly agreeing with Metal Knight's perspective, acknowledging that some problems could only be solved by a complete overhaul of the current system.

Due to their shared views, Fang Mo and Metal Knight started conversing. Meanwhile, Fang Mo's reluctant partner, who was initially dragged away from an exciting game, had a change in attitude upon entering the base. The dim lighting of the base made her eyes shine with excitement.

"This base is amazing," Xiao Yao frequently exclaimed. "Clear divisions, simple wiring, nearly perfect functionality—this is the charm of industrial technology."

Fang Mo, overhearing this, facepalmed. Despite just being a dabbler in the Minecraft world and not a real scientist, his partner's interests aligned with Metal Knight's, both enjoying building fully functional underground bases.

"Oh, she's my wife," Fang Mo calmly introduced her.

"..." Metal Knight was momentarily silent, then observed Xiao Yao with his robotic eyes. "I thought she was your daughter. I see this is your standard for choosing a partner. This explains why you..."

Before he could finish, Fang Mo suddenly yelled while pressing his hand against a machine, "Unlock, my module!"

Nothing happened.

"...What are you doing?" Xiao Yao, startled, looked at Fang Mo in confusion, as did Metal Knight.

"Just trying something," Fang Mo calmly explained. "I had a feeling I could unlock a module."

"You're crazy," Xiao Yao retorted, lightly punching Fang Mo. She had been engrossed in the surrounding high-tech items and hadn't heard Metal Knight's earlier comment.

"Oh, I won't do it again," Fang Mo replied, then shot a warning look at Metal Knight to keep quiet.

Metal Knight noticed but did not respond.

The rest of the visit followed a similar pattern. Led by Metal Knight, they explored the base. Fang Mo attempted to unlock technology modules, thinking they would be the best gift for his partner. After all, technological modules would solve many problems, like mining resources.

After some exploration, they unlocked several modules: Architecture, Box Mover, Railway, Immersive Petroleum, Large Veins, Ender Storage, and Industrial Age Reactor Turbine Extension—seven modules in total.

Fang Mo felt it was a substantial and satisfactory outcome.

However, after the two of them studied it a bit more seriously, they found that these modules weren't all technology-oriented. There were some strange things mixed in.

First, there was the building module.

It could be considered a classic module.

Strictly speaking, it also had some technological content. For example, the oil well block that Fang Mo had drawn earlier came from this module. In addition, this module included tools like quarries that could dig out chunks and liquid pumps that could drain the Nether, making it overall quite decent.

The railway module was also pretty good, a classic large-scale tech/decorative module.

Although the essence of this module was railway transport and logistics, to be honest, the most well-known item in the server was a block-like item, the World Anchor.

Of course, according to that little gadget's story.

After Fang Mo was killed, this item seemed to have been renamed to Realm Anchor.

Besides that, the railway module also had grindstones, void chests, coke ovens, blast furnaces, and flint, among other things.

And as for the flint.

This was something Fang Mo had drawn in Asgard. If you had enough of it, it felt like it could absorb the thermal energy of an entire planet.

But apart from these two modules, the remaining ones were somewhat strange.

Immersive Petroleum was an extension of Immersive Engineering. This module was unlocked when the Metal Knight introduced large-scale oil processing equipment, but to be honest, it was useless even for Xiao Yao, let alone Fang Mo. After all, who still plays with oil in MC these days?

Similarly, for power generation, isn't it better to stack high-pressure wind turbines or solar panels?

Perhaps only the GT enthusiasts liked this thing.

As for the Industrial Age reactor turbine expansion module... to be honest, it was also quite niche. Fang Mo had never seen it and had only heard his partner explain it as a steam turbine for power generation.

Other than that.

There were the Ender Storage and Moving Box modules.

To be honest, these modules had nothing to do with technology modules.

If anything, these two modules were more utilitarian. The Moving Box, as its name suggests, simply added a small stick to the game that could move chests with a right-click, and similarly, spawner cages could be moved.

As for the Ender Storage.

This module modified the concept of the Ender Chest in the original version.

If explained in detail, it added a bunch of chests and storage tanks to the game, with shared storage space across channels.

It was somewhat similar to the hypercube in Thermal Expansion.

The correct usage was probably to pump lava in the Nether with a liquid pump, then store the lava in an Ender Storage tank.

At the same time, the storage tank in the Overworld would also be filled with lava.

This way, as long as you extracted the lava from the Overworld storage tank, you would create an interdimensional logistics system, using storage tanks for fluids and chests for items. Essentially, it was a low-cost alternative to the hypercube.

If you only looked at these, the harvest this time would be rather mediocre.

But it's worth noting that Fang Mo had unlocked not just these modules but also one called Large Veins that hadn't been detailed.

And this module.

Was truly a heavyweight.

As the name implies, Large Veins was an ordinary module in MC. Its author borrowed some ore deposit settings from GregTech, allowing veins to generate freely with a certain probability, occasionally resulting in large ore veins with substantial reserves underground.

Simply put, it made mining for Steve easier.

But as mentioned earlier, this was only in MC... The module was heavyweight because it didn't add any blocks to the game.

In other words.

It was a functional module.

Which was quite outrageous, as functional modules are generally rules-based or concept-based, and concept gods are notoriously difficult to deal with.

And the same applied to Large Veins.

After unlocking this module, Fang Mo's brain naturally received some related information.

According to this information, Fang Mo discovered that the module's corresponding function in reality was... void mining.

Yes, literally, creating mines.

Fang Mo found that as long as he wanted to, by touching the ground, he could somewhat control, influence, modify, or even generate a vein from nothing.

This was utterly absurd.

Frankly, when Fang Mo realized this ability, he almost got carried away.

This was infinite mining. If resources could be transported back to the MC world, wouldn't endless ingots be crafted in no time?

However, he quickly calmed down, recalling his alter ego Steve's characteristics. Resources couldn't be transported back; even if blocks were forcibly put into Steve's backpack, the workbench there couldn't recognize them, rendering them useless.

Thinking of this.

Fang Mo couldn't help but sigh.

He shook his head, not bothering to explain this to Xiao Yao.

Normally, Xiao Yao, being a player too, should have the same abilities as him, but after unlocking these functional modules.

It seemed only Fang Mo could instantly understand how to use these functions.

Honestly, even he didn't understand why this was the case... Perhaps it was a server owner privilege?

Overall, the exploration of the Metal Knight's base this time.

The harvest was quite good.

However, the base was too large, and after touring it, it was already late, so Fang Mo decided not to stay longer and started trading directly.

Towards the Metal Knight, Fang Mo generously gave him some gadgets. These things might not mean much to him, but they could violate the laws of physics or give scientists a headache.

The Metal Knight would likely lose a few brain cells trying to figure them out.

After the trade, Fang Mo couldn't be bothered to talk further. Apparently, the Metal Knight felt the same, eagerly wanting him to leave, likely a common trait among scientists who get engrossed in interesting research items.

So Fang Mo straightforwardly initiated the return.

But this time, he didn't use that creepy portal.

Fang Mo couldn't understand why his deviations were so significant; he feared that next time he might teleport inside someone, especially dragging Xiao Yao along, which was even less acceptable.

So decisively.

Fang Mo took the little thing and returned to the Pure White Space, planning to traverse back to KING's apartment through the dimensional gate.

However, to Fang Mo's surprise.

When he returned to the villa in the Pure White Space to traverse the dimensional gate.

He found a large group already partying there, with someone even hanging a banner on a tree saying, "Warmly celebrate the priest's resignation."

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