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nMcgee first took out some meat pieces back in the wooden house and gave them to the little Spirit Fox and the Spider Queen.

nUnlike the little Spirit Fox and the others, the Steel Fairy preferred to eat cooked food rather than raw meat.

nThis made Mcgee a little happy because, in the future, someone would share the barbecue with him.

nAfter eating and drinking to his heart's content.

nMcgee thought of the rich iron ore in the Rift Valley again.

nSuch an extremely precious resource, he would only feel at ease after gathering them.

nHowever, his home area's current level could not expand to the forest where the Rift Valley was located.

nMcgee looked at the resources in his inventory and then shook his head.

nThere was not enough iron ore, so his home could not be upgraded to a level two home for the time being.

nSo the problem came back to the iron mine in the Rift Valley.

nThere was a pile of treasures in front of him, but he could not eat them. Mcgee was distraught.

nLooking at the surplus stone and wood in his inventory, Mcgee patted his head and thought of an excellent idea!

nA blast furnace could be built with stones to smelt the iron ore.

nBut in this way, a new problem appeared.

nWithout coal, the high temperature produced by wood burning was not enough to smelt iron ore.

nAt this time, the little Spirit Fox, who had eaten and drunk enough, burped contentedly and laid on the side leisurely to bask in the sun.

nMcgee saw it and immediately had a countermeasure in mind, so he hurried over.

nHe picked up the little Spirit Fox and then said to the other beasts behind him,

"Let's go and mine iron ore.

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nThe Spider Queen, who had just finished eating and drinking, could be said to be full of energy. After hearing Mcgee's order, she hurriedly took her little cubs and chased after him.

nWhen they arrived at the Rift Valley, Mcgee turned his head and said to the Spider Queen.

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"You can't help much with the iron mining. You guys stay near the Rift Valley and make some traps to surround the rift place and guard against others entering the Rift Valley!

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nThe Spider Queen nodded happily and led the little spiders to set up traps nearby.

nThe Steel Fairy said to Mcgee when she saw him preparing to mine the iron ore,

"If you can't use the ore in the depths of the iron ore mine, don't touch it for the time being. With me around, as long as you don't damage the roots of the ore, the iron ore will continue to produce new ores.

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nHearing this, Mcgee immediately smiled.

nThere was a lot of good news today. But, then, he turned his head and said to the Steel Fairy,

"With such a large iron mine, the exposed iron ore in the surroundings is enough for me to use for a long time. I won't hurt its foundation at all.

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nHearing this, the Steel Fairy nodded with satisfaction. It was still worried that Mcgee would do something like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

nWhen they arrived at the front of the Rift Valley, Mcgee began to choose a flat land nearby to build a blast furnace.

nIf they continued to walk in, the thin oxygen in the Rift Valley would affect the fire.

nMcgee began to take out the stones and build them one by one.

nThen he said to the little Spirit Fox,

"Dig a hole next to it and put a water bomb in it.

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nAround the Rift Valley, there was ready-made red clay that could be used as cement.

nAfter wetting the red clay with water, a blast furnace made of stone was made of red clay. A small hole was left on the top of the furnace. Thus a towering furnace was made!

nBesides being used to make iron, a blast furnace was also the best choice for burning charcoal.

nThe blast furnace had just been built, and the red soil still contained a certain amount of moisture. Therefore, it could not withstand the burning of the fire directly, as that would cause the stone to crack.

nTherefore, they had to wait for the blast furnace to dry naturally.

nFortunately, today's weather was perfect, and it was estimated that the blast furnace would soon be used.

nMcgee also took the opportunity to collect raw iron ore.

nSystem Notification: You have found iron ore, do you want to collect it?

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"Collect! As soon as Mcgee finished his sentence, a long progress bar appeared.

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"The speed of collecting iron ore is frighteningly slow!

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nSystem Notification: Since you don't have any mining tools, the speed of collecting iron ore is very slow. I suggest you try again after you have prepared the tools.

nAfter seeing the notification, Mcgee gave up on the idea of directly mining iron ore.

nThen, he took the little Spirit Fox and started to dig up the exposed iron ore nearby.

nWith the little Spirit Fox's super mining ability, Mcgee soon got a pile of scattered iron ore.

nSystem Notification: You have collected iron ore X 100.

nAfter collecting the iron ore, Mcgee turned his head and said to the little Spirit Fox.

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"Little Spirit Fox, let's go.

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nBack in front of the blast furnace, the red soil outside the blast furnace had been completely dried.

nCompared to dry in the shade, the downside of drying in the air was that there were some fine cracks on the surface, but the effect was not big.

nMcgee first took out a few pieces of wood and threw them at the bottom of the blast furnace. Then he put the raw iron ore on top of the wood.

nAfter throwing in ten pieces of raw stone and seeing that the wood was already covered with a layer, Mcgee stopped.

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"Little Spirit Fox, light up the blast furnace!

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nThe little Spirit Fox heard it immediately. A head-sized red fireball was sent into the bottom of the blast furnace!

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"Don't blow it up!

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nMcgee quickly reminded her.

nThe little Spirit Fox looked at Mcgee's nervous look and could not help but complain to Mcgee,

"I'm not stupid. If I blow up the blast furnace, you'll beat me up!

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nMcgee did not retort because if Spirit Fox really blew up the blast furnace, he would really lose his temper.

nAs the fireball was sent into the blast furnace, the wood in the blast furnace instantly burned up.

nThe dry wood burned fiercely in the blast furnace, and a long flame shot up into the sky from the exit of the top of the blast furnace!

nMcgee hurriedly said to the little Spirit Fox,

"Put that lump of iron ore on the exit on the top!

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nThe exit was reserved for adding iron ore and increasing the intensity of the fire. However, the intensity of the fire was enough now. If the fire were not blocked, the heat would escape from the exit.

nAs the top was blocked, the temperature inside the furnace began to soar rapidly.

nAs the little Spirit Fox sent fireballs one after another into the furnace, the iron ore inside was burning with a bright red glow.

nIt had even begun to melt.

nThe little Spirit Fox was an expert at playing with fire, so it was naturally very resistant to heat.

nMcgee retreated a long-distance away. There was nothing he could do. It was really too hot near the blast furnace.

nThe little Spirit Fox complained to Mcgee while taking care of the blast furnace.

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"Exploitation! You are mercilessly exploiting me!

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nMcgee also felt that it was not good to look at it like this, so he turned around and continued to collect iron ores.

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