It was nothing more than just coming out of the wolf's den and falling into the tiger's lair.
So when Tyrant HIM grew impatient listening to Mustard talk about the Ender Eyes, Mustard already knew his plan probably wouldn't work.
Mustard already knew he probably wouldn't be able to use Tyrant HIM, so he tried to retreat completely.
He had also been controlling his own thoughts the whole time, to avoid being detected by Tyrant HIM.
He had originally planned to go along with Tyrant HIM's wishes, and then try to sneak away. But unexpectedly, Tyrant HIM actually, at the last moment, kept those three Ender Eyes.
You have to know, those three Ender Eyes were the hope of the entire village. The entire village's hope was originally in Mustard's hands, but now it had fallen into Tyrant HIM's hands.
Thinking of this, Mustard let out a long sigh. "Looks like I can only obey him first, then think of a way to get the Ender Eyes back…"
Although Mustard passively stood on the same front as Tyrant HIM, there was no trust between them at all. The two only came together for temporary interests, and their relationship was also on the brink of collapse.
Clearly, both Tyrant HIM and Mustard understood this very well.
Clearly, the gears of fate were still turning.
Mustard ultimately could not escape the fate of following HIM. It's just that, at this moment, the one he was following was Tyrant HIM, not Xu Yuan.
If the one Mustard had met was Xu Yuan, then the direction of the story would definitely have been completely different.
But if the one Mustard had met was Xu Yuan, then he probably wouldn't have had the idea of betrayal. Because he and Xu Yuan had the same goals, and Xu Yuan also didn't want to rule the Villager Kingdom.
But if that were the case, then the gears of fate wouldn't be able to turn.
He also wouldn't have betrayed HIM.
So all of this seemed to be destined by fate.
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The players of the game world didn't know about the arrival of Tyrant HIM.
At this moment, they were enthusiastically discussing, in the world chat and on the forums, the HIM they were familiar with.
"Has Big Boss Steve already been bought over by HIM? HIM actually just gave that divine weapon back to him?!"
"Is HIM doing this to win people over…?"
"Is it possible… that HIM just looks down on that weapon?"
"If he looks down on it, then why give it to Steve? HIM has so many underlings, Black Blade is also strong. And Black Blade is so loyal. Wouldn't it be better to give it to him?"
"Rumor has it, there's actually another very powerful faction inside the Void of this world!!"
"What the hell?! I knew I saw Endermen throwing diamond ores into the Void when I went to the End before! So there really is something in the Void?!"
"This news came from some zombie players. They say HIM has been busy lately dealing with forces from the Void. Word is, if those Void forces get released, this world might no longer exist…"
"Huh?? The things in the Void are that powerful?!"
"So what you're saying is, HIM has been silently carrying the burden of maintaining world peace?"
"HIM's vision!! He's really… I'm crying!! His character just got elevated instantly!!"
"Just take these rumors with a grain of salt, alright? After all, they were spread by zombie players. They worship HIM so much, some bragging is expected."
Because more and more players were joining the zombie faction, even though zombie players couldn't communicate with each other in-game, they could still talk after logging off.
Gradually, various rumors about the Void began to circulate among players. After hearing these rumors, many players personally went to the End to try and see this so-called powerful force in the Void.
But they didn't encounter anything at all.
This made many of them think these rumors were probably false and just the result of repeated exaggeration.
However, there were still a few players who did believe the rumors. Because they had personally witnessed some strange phenomena in the End.
Only the core zombie players knew that these so-called rumors were actually true.
Pengpeng had been with the Death Knight for a long time and had learned a lot of information about the Void from him.
HIM assigned Death Knight to work with Pengpeng precisely to train the Death Knight. And the purpose of training the Death Knight was to prepare for the battle with the Void.
Even though Pengpeng didn't know the details, he roughly understood that the Void was a powerful existence.
There might be a world-shaking war in the future.
The reason this world was relatively peaceful now, with no disturbances, was all because HIM had been silently resisting the Void, maintaining peace in this world.
Even though the Death Knight didn't say much, Pengpeng could guess.
Peace probably wouldn't last much longer.
The fact that HIM sent the Death Knight here for battle training was the best proof.
After learning all this, Pengpeng's belief in HIM rose to a whole new level.
HIM had always given off a villain-like image. After all, he belonged to the monster faction. Even though Pengpeng believed in HIM, he had never thought HIM would protect players.
But what Pengpeng never expected was that HIM was not only protecting players, he was silently protecting the entire world.
After learning all this, Pengpeng had been fully cooperating with the Death Knight's training recently, while also doing everything he could to strengthen his own players.
Those so-called rumors were actually leaked by Pengpeng himself.
Pengpeng was the first zombie player to be granted power by HIM. At first, he thought being granted power was entirely based on HIM's personal will.
But after Black Blade was also granted power, Pengpeng rejected that theory. After discussing it many times with Black Blade, the two finally reached the same conclusion.
Being granted power was actually determined by the player themselves.
Both of them had unconditional faith in HIM, with no distracting thoughts in their hearts, which was why they received HIM's power.
This was also the reason why Black Blade was able to give up his zombie status without hesitation. Because he knew that once he became a zombie player again, he would immediately regain the power HIM had given him.
Because his belief was strong enough, and he had no distractions at all.
Even though the two of them already knew how to gain HIM's power, it was still hard for them to help other zombie players.
Faith is something that depends entirely on personal will. If Pengpeng and Black Blade directly told their players: "As long as you have enough faith in HIM, you can gain his power,"
Then their underlings still probably wouldn't get HIM's power. Because their hearts already had distractions, they were seeking HIM's power. Not genuinely believing in HIM.
So Pengpeng had no choice but to resort to this method. Spreading the Void information. To subtly influence the players, so that they would come to genuinely believe in HIM.
Only then could they achieve real growth.
But what Pengpeng didn't expect was that the news would leak out.
But it didn't really matter. It was good for players to know this. Whether they believe it or not is entirely up to them. The more who believe, the more will be willing to join the zombie faction in the future. And that benefits HIM.
While Pengpeng and the others were silently working hard, the Void was also holding back a wave of energy, preparing to strike big.
———
[In the Nether, inside a certain Nether Fortress.]
Several Wither Skeletons were gathered together, seemingly discussing something.
"Clack clack… clack clack clack…?! (Still no news from the ones we sent out earlier?!)"
"Clack… clack clack clack… (No, even if they reached the Overworld safely, the soldiers can't sense the Wither King and Dread Lord's location. It's too hard to find them…)"
"Clack clack clack? Clack clack?!… (Where the heck did those Withers come from? Why are they attacking us?!)"
"Clack… clack clack clack clack… CLACK!! (Fortresses everywhere are under Wither attacks! We've lost a lot of people! We need to spread the message immediately!!)"
These Wither Skeletons discussing in the Nether Fortress were the same group that once followed the Dread Lord to fight in the Overworld.
After the Dread Lord and Wither King were taken in by Xu Yuan, they were ordered to return to the Nether.
These Wither Skeletons had already developed some basic awareness while following the Wither King and Dread Lord.
After returning to the Nether, they resumed the peaceful life they once had. But the good days didn't last long.
Before they could enjoy much peace, turmoil began to break out in the Nether.
Originally peaceful, the Nether suddenly had some Withers appear out of nowhere.
At first, there were only a few. But as time passed, the number of Withers increased, like they could reproduce.
As members of the Wither race, Withers have very destructive power and attack players and mobs indiscriminately.
But they don't attack undead creatures. After all, they come from the same origin.
But the newly appeared Withers in the Nether seemed to be out of control. They attacked every living thing in the Nether, including undead creatures, with no exceptions.
The Nether became a mess, blasted apart by these Withers. And these Withers seemed to have consciousness.
They didn't crowd together in one place. They spread out across different regions, each Wither ruling one area. Within that area, as soon as any mobs spawned, the Wither would sweep through the entire region, killing every single mob, leaving none behind.
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