This Honkai: Star Rail is way too Minecraft!

The sudden appearance of the cobblestone block startled the girls. Xing, curious, reached out and touched it.

Hmm, ice-cold.

"Bro, did you add compressed towels in there? How did such a large stone suddenly appear?"

"Can your compressed towels turn into stone?"

Fu Zhu retorted irritably, flicking her forehead before pushing her aside. He then pulled out his Iron Pickaxe and aimed it at the cobblestone, ready to mine.

The Iron Pickaxe was highly efficient. Just a couple of strikes, and the cubic meter of cobblestone was broken apart, turning into dropped items that were sucked into Fu Zhu's inventory.

Herta narrowed her eyes, watching the entire process—from the cobblestone's emergence to its collection by Fu Zhu. She then shook her head in slight disappointment.

"Is that all there is to it? If it's just phase-shifting or some kind of compression technology, I can easily do that too."

"What are you talking about?" Fu Zhu was a bit lost, not quite understanding what Herta meant. "I don't know anything about phase-shifting technology. What I'm showing you is infinite replication technology."

"Infinite… replication?"

Herta tilted her head, puzzled. But the next moment, she understood exactly what Fu Zhu meant by 'infinite replication.'

Right where Fu Zhu had mined the cobblestone block, the water and lava met again. Another cubic meter of cobblestone materialized, exactly the same as before.

Herta's eyes widened instantly, her jaw dropping in astonishment. It took her a while to react, then she exclaimed anxiously to Fu Zhu, "Quick! Fu Zhu, take out the cobblestone you just mined and let me see it!"

"Here."

Fu Zhu casually placed the cobblestone from his inventory beside him. The moment it touched the ground, Herta practically pounced on it, the force of her movement causing her skirt to flutter.

Asta watched from the side, feeling anxious.

"Ms. Herta, please be careful, you'll expose yourself!"

"Don't worry about such trivial things, puppets wear safety pants anyway!"

Fu Zhu and Xing, brother and sister, leaned sideways, craning their necks to check out the view behind Herta, then shook their heads in disappointment.

It really were safety pants. Disappointing!

Herta, after scrutinizing the cobblestone block she'd pounced on, then threw herself onto the other cobblestone block. After a long while, she murmured in an incredulous tone, "Not just the mass, the composition, even the texture is exactly the same—as if they were mass-produced using highly precise technology… This defies all current theorems! How exactly did you do it?!"

Fu Zhu crossed his arms, tilted his head, and smacked his lips, speaking slowly, "Well… it's like 1+1 equals 2. It's hard to explain to you. The more I say, the less you'll understand. If you can grasp it, it means you're very talented. If you can't understand…"

Fu Zhu shrugged, saying nothing, yet seemingly saying everything.

He could guarantee that his words were completely sincere. After all, the infinite generation of cobblestone using lava and water was a feature resulting from the interaction of Minecraft's code.

But Fu Zhu couldn't exactly explain it to Herta like that, could he?

However, saying such things in front of a genius felt strangely satisfying. Was this the feeling protagonists in wish-fulfillment novels experienced when showing off their abilities?

He was suddenly getting into character!

Herta mechanically turned her head, staring at Fu Zhu in disbelief.

"Are you implying that if I can't understand it, it means I'm stupid?!"

Fu Zhu smiled and spread his hands. "I didn't say anything like that. You said it."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Herta bit her lip, feeling frustrated. This was the first time she'd been so openly scorned for her intelligence!

In the name of Pure… (scratch that), in the name of Herta, Emissary of [The Erudition]! I will decipher this technology!

Fu Zhu walked over and mined the cobblestone block in front of Herta, then placed it aside. He reached out and patted Herta's head.

"Go study over there. I still need to mine some cobblestone."

Having said that, he imperiously pushed Herta aside, and wielding his Iron Pickaxe, began diligently mining stone.

Of course, he hadn't forgotten that he was currently using an Iron Pickaxe. After mining three stones, he crafted a Stone Pickaxe to replace the Iron Pickaxe's work. He currently had too little iron, and it was best used on more precious blocks, not these common cobblestones.

[Unlock Progress: Stone Age!]

[Achievement Points Gained: 1]

[Unlock Progress: Obtained Upgrade]

[Achievement Points Gained: 1]

[Unlock Progress: Nous (The Erudition)'s Gaze]

[Achievement Points Gained: 5]

Three achievement notifications popped up in quick succession. Fu Zhu glanced at them casually, then looked away, before suddenly whipping his head back around.

It seemed a rather strange achievement had snuck into those three!

Nous? [The Erudition]? This sounded like the Path that Himeko-jie had described to him earlier, a unique concept in this universe. And the Aeon who governed the Path of [The Erudition] was named Nous.

Fu Zhu's eyes immediately began scanning his surroundings, not even overlooking the ceiling or the ground beneath his feet. But he couldn't find any suspicious figures, except for the automatically rotating cameras in the corner of the natatorium.

"Fu Zhu? What's suddenly wrong?"

March noticed Fu Zhu's odd behavior and asked with concern.

Fu Zhu shook his head. "It's nothing. I just suddenly felt like someone was spying on us."

"Spying?"

The others also frowned and looked around, but found no suspicious individuals.

Herta scoffed, crossing her arms. "With me here, how could anyone dare to spy? Hmm? Why do you have the power of [The Erudition] on you?"

"Me?"

Fu Zhu raised an eyebrow and opened his character interface, discovering that there were indeed a few extra buffs in his buff bar.

[Power of Erudition: Grants Night Vision, Slowed Vision Level 1, Duration: Infinite]

[Slowed Vision: Each level provides 20% Frame Capture Ability]

Seeing the effects of the Power of [The Erudition], Fu Zhu couldn't help but beam with joy. The former effect, night vision, was naturally incredibly useful.

The latter was even more beneficial to his combat capabilities. In the current unknown game mode, ensuring he didn't get hurt was paramount.

However, the buff level indicator showed Level 1. Did that mean there were even higher levels of buffs? Especially that Slowed Vision—if he could get it to Level 5, wouldn't that mean enemies would appear to move in slow motion in front of him?

Fu Zhu suddenly felt that he needed to introduce more Minecraft features later on, just to open the eyes of this Aeon named Nous!