At the cave entrance at the foot of Mt. Moon.
Looking at the cave, which was only three meters high, Yang Tao took some small bones from his backpack and fed them to Growlithe, turning the majestic Growlithe into a miniature teacup dog.
"Alright, I'll change you back when we come out."
The cave terrain was really not suitable for an overly large Growlithe.
The pitch-black cave had no light source, but Yang Tao, who possessed night vision, naturally didn't have to worry about being ambushed by Pokémon hidden in the darkness.
After walking a short distance into the cave, he saw numerous Zubat and Golbat hanging upside down from the cave ceiling, but Yang Tao didn't use a torch or flashlight as a light source, so these guys didn't show any hostility towards him.
Continuing to walk deeper, artificial mining traces gradually began to appear on the walls, clearly indicating that someone had collected Moon Stones here, though it was unclear whether they succeeded or not.
What Yang Tao needed now was to find a Moon Stone, so he could craft a Detection Staff from the Random Works mod.
The Detection Staff's function was to display the minerals needed for exploration within an 11 × 11 × 11 area.
At this moment, Yang Tao saw a group of Paras huddled in a corner, resting. Paras are mostly orange, with three pairs of legs, the first pair being larger and having sharp tips.
Their foreheads have five granular protrusions, and their mouthparts have six teeth separated on the left and right.
Paras' eyes and black pupils are very large, and two red mushrooms with pale yellow spots are parasitizing their backs.
Yang Tao's eyes lit up at this sight: "Paras, these mushrooms are growing quite well!"
It should be known that the mushrooms parasitizing Paras are valuable mushrooms that can be used as a longevity medicine, to be dried and ground into powder.
In reality, this thing is indeed useful; it can only be said to delay physical aging, thereby achieving a longevity effect, but Yang Tao did not expect the so-called longevity effect; he just wanted to know if these mushrooms were fresh or not.
He walked over.
His footsteps immediately alerted the Paras. Yang Tao showed a friendly smile and took some apples from his backpack, gently rolling them along the ground towards the group of Paras.
This action made these small creatures think Yang Tao had launched an attack, and they all counterattacked.
For a moment, various colored powders emerged from the bodies of these Paras.
Stun Spore, Poison Powder, Spore...
Unfortunately, these small tricks had no effect on Yang Tao. He walked up to the Paras, drew his Cobalt Blade, and quickly harvested the mushrooms from their bodies.
Although some people cultivate this thing.
However, cultivated mushrooms and wild mushrooms are completely different things.
Despite their vigorous resistance, they couldn't escape the fate of being harvested. However, these mushrooms are merely a special fungus that parasitizes Paras, and collecting them does not cause them any harm; instead, it makes them grow faster.
Although Yang Tao also couldn't figure out why Paras didn't clean them off themselves.
Looking at the mushrooms in his backpack and the scattered, fleeing Paras, a smile appeared on Yang Tao's face.
"Not bad, even if I don't dig up a Moon Stone, at least I didn't return empty-handed."
Arriving at the deepest part of the cave, Yang Tao took out a pickaxe from his backpack and gently tapped it against the uneven wall.
Thump thump... bang...
This time, the digging sound was vastly different from before; in addition to the initial tapping, there was a final bang.
A ray of sunlight shone into the mine from outside.
"Dug through? That shallow?"
A thousand cubic meters of rock had been hollowed out by Yang Tao's chain mining.
Yang Tao looked in surprise at the sunlight streaming in from afar. On the ground, besides a few Moon Stones, there was also an Onix looking utterly bewildered. It simply couldn't understand how its home disappeared when it was honestly sleeping underground.
Rumble...
There was a huge void within the mountain, and the unstable main body began to show signs of collapse. Seeing this, Yang Tao took out his Building Staff and lightly tapped above his head.
The rocks he had just collected into his backpack were digitized into cobblestone and re-laid above his head. Due to the block characteristics of Minecraft, the shaking mountain immediately stabilized.
"I might as well have just started digging from the mountaintop... there would be no risk of collapse either."
Digging from the mountaintop indeed carried no risk of collapse, but it carried the risk of Mt. Moon disappearing.
Yang Tao lightly leaped into the deep pit. The bewildered Onix finally came to its senses, straightened its upper body, and used the Intimidate ability.
Then came a Tackle.
Its huge head quickly charged towards Yang Tao, looking as if it intended to crush him.
Yang Tao picked up the Moon Stone on the ground, extended his hand, and easily grabbed the horn on Onix's head, resisting its attack.
"Let me ask you something, do you know any differently colored Onix?"
Onix wanted to use its massive body to coil around the opponent, but then it suddenly heard a crack. Its iron-hard horn was actually cracked by the human in front of it with bare hands.
A wise man submits to circumstances.
Onix immediately entered a flinched state.
"Roar Roar~" (I've seen a few, but I don't know where they are now.)
Yang Tao released his hand and said with a smile: "Alright, since it's not clear, never mind. You can go."
The surviving Onix turned and burrowed into the ground without another word. This human was truly terrifying.
He raised the Moon Stone in his hand.
Growlithe happily picked up the Moon Stone from the ground and placed it in Yang Tao's hand.
Patting Growlithe's head, Yang Tao praised him without hesitation: "Well done."
The following time was relatively monotonous. Yang Tao continuously dug, filled, dug, and filled inside Mt. Moon.
He only stopped when the sky outside had completely darkened.
Mt. Moon, at the foot of the mountain.
"575 pieces... The yield of these Moon Stones is really low."
Yang Tao shook his head, took an empty bucket from his backpack, and said to Growlithe: "Later, I'll put you in the bucket first. I'll fly directly to the Cerulean City Gym; that'll be faster. After you evolve, I'll figure out a way to make you fly..."
An Arcanine with Flying skills sounded cool just thinking about it.
"Woof!"
Growlithe readily agreed. Yang Tao took out the bucket, aimed it at Growlithe, and mentally recited "Use."
The next moment, Growlithe's figure disappeared from its original spot. The previously empty bucket now contained a Growlithe lying in it, peeking out.
"Woof~"
Can he still talk in the bucket?
Attempting to put Growlithe into his backpack, the next moment the bucket containing Growlithe lay in his backpack.
Looking at the motionless Growlithe in his backpack, it was clear that time in the backpack was static.
Just as he was about to leave, a Clefairy holding a Moon Stone ran past him, swaying.
It was very much like a child carrying gold through a busy market.
However, Yang Tao had no interest in Clefairy's Moon Stone or Clefairy themselves.
The unpredictability of Metronome was too great; a full-health Self-Destruct was not impossible.
He instantly flew high into the sky and headed towards Cerulean City.