Day 171: Once more into the abyss

Day 171:

That cavern I’ve been working on is finally finished. I made enough glass block to carry light all the way down the fifteen levels that I’ve dug.  So with that finished, I said I was going to start digging up, but now I’m not so sure.

I’m only about one “level” deep from the bedrock, which my digging tools can’t penetrate. If I go down that one last level, then anything I dig from there up will be a baseline for anywhere that I’m going.

It’s also well-known that the most valuable stones and ores tend to be closest to the magma layer, and as I can hear lava bubbling below my feet, well, I have to admit I’m a bit greedy.

And probably stupid. I’ll likely get killed doing this.

Watercolor of a stick figure on one side of a river of lava, and a large rock with multicolored gemstones sticking out on the other side.
It feels like this sometimes.