Day 342:
I went to the deepest part of the chambers I’ve mapped, then headed down until I found a door I’d put in to remind myself to mine, and crossed through.
From there, I dug until I found a pool of lava next to a pool of water. I glassed over the pool of lava (I’m still confused on why that works) and glassed up the pool of water. There’s a lot of obsidian I might be able to dig out later if I make another diamond pickaxe, but those seem to be the only things strong enough to break obsidian.
I ought to make an obsidian pickaxe.
Anyway, on the other side of of the lava pool was some ore, and I dug through that and hit some dirt and then some gravel and in that gravel I found some diamond.
Not a lot, not even enough to make another helmet, but more than I find topside.
So I’m counting this day as a success.
Reader, whoever you are and wherever you are, and however you found this bamboo book of my log, I hope that today you have found success as well, in whatever way you measure it.
(I also hope you are my rescuer and we’re currently eating a delicious lobster dinner on board your ship and laughing about how good life is not on that rock.)