After seeing that Grayfist had quickly adapted to the environment and was no longer restrained, Pengpeng, Black Blade, and Steve also joined in, and everyone began exchanging information from the recent period.
After chatting for a while, they turned their heads and realized that Notch was gone.
"Where's Notch?"
"He was just here, how did he disappear in the blink of an eye?"
"Did someone else arrive again?"
Hearing the discussion, Rookie nodded and said, "Same as just now, probably went to carry someone again."
After saying that, Rookie looked at Xu Yuan and teased, "You've really got some influence. What kind of spell did you cast?"
"Even the Creator God has become your porter, specially helping you carry those lost believers…"
Hearing Rookie's teasing, Xu Yuan shrugged and said innocently, "I cleaned up the mess in the surface world for him."
"With such a huge favor on the table, if he doesn't show a little appreciation in the inner world, I'm afraid he'd feel so guilty he'd wake up at night and slap himself."
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Rookie finally understood why Notch always said Xu Yuan only reserved that poison-coated mouth for him.
While the two were chatting, they saw Notch had already returned. This time he wasn't carrying anyone on his shoulder. The people he brought back were all following behind him.
At a glance, they were all familiar faces.
Mustard, the Pillager King, Barbecue Sauce, Stephen… and even that Iron Golem Captain.
When they saw Xu Yuan floating in the air, the confusion on their faces instantly turned into joy and shock.
For a moment, they seemed unable to believe their eyes. After freezing briefly, when they saw the smile on Xu Yuan's face, they all rushed over at once, surrounding him.
"My King!! It really is you!! Am I not dreaming?!"
"My King… you… are you alright?? Your condition…"
"I knew nothing would happen to you! It's impossible anything would happen! How could our all-powerful King be defeated by that kind of clown?"
"Geh heh heh heh heh!!! Geh heh heh heh heh!!!!"
Hearing the concerned words of the beings, Xu Yuan briefly explained everything he had just experienced. Only then did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After understanding Xu Yuan's situation, Mustard thought for a moment and said, "At that time, watching you gradually dissipate in front of me… I froze. I didn't know what to do, what kind of reaction I should have…"
"Watching you completely vanish before my eyes, before I could react at all, I lost consciousness."
At this point, Mustard paused for a moment before continuing, "What you just mentioned, 'server shutdown,' that's the term, right?" As he spoke, he confirmed it with Xu Yuan.
Seeing Xu Yuan nod in affirmation, Mustard continued, "When you said the server shut down, that was when I lost consciousness. I don't know how much time passed, but I gradually began to regain awareness."
"After I started regaining awareness, I didn't think about anything else. I only had one thought, no matter what, I had to see you again."
"Even though I saw you disappear right in front of me, I don't know why, but I just felt you were still there. I felt I would definitely be able to see you again."
"With that thought, my consciousness became clearer and clearer, and then I appeared here…"
Hearing Mustard's experience, the Pillager King beside him continued, "My experience was similar. After gradually regaining consciousness, the first person that appeared in my mind was you."
"At that time, my awareness was so faint that I could barely sense myself, but everything that appeared in my mind was you."
"Not long after my consciousness recovered, I arrived here…"
After the Pillager King finished speaking, Barbecue Sauce and Stephen also chimed in, talking over each other.
Although their logic was a bit messy, it was still clear that their experiences were similar to Mustard's and the Pillager King's.
Hearing the beings' words, Rookie couldn't help feeling puzzled.
Although Mustard and the Pillager King had explained in detail, they still didn't seem to clarify what the actual condition for entering the inner world was.
The condition they mentioned, thinking only of Xu Yuan when their consciousness was weak, looked more like a passive condition.
After all, at that time, their awareness was so faint they couldn't even perceive themselves. So how did they even think of Xu Yuan?
It wasn't that Rookie was nitpicking. The main point was that this concerned the safety of the beings.
Although Xu Yuan had already gained recognition from the inner world and only needed enough faith to rule it, that was only within what the inner world could control.
From what could be seen now, although the surface world and the inner world were connected, their rules seemed vastly different.
So no one knew what the situation in the surface world was like. After all, at the moment of the shutdown, D had already obtained all of Notch's power. That was an unchangeable fact.
Did D know about the existence of the inner world? Could he use Notch's power to control it? All of that was unknown.
If D realized that Xu Yuan still existed in the inner world and tried to gather faith to gain enough power, D would never just let it go.
Even if he couldn't stop players from entering the inner world, he could still restrain those beings.
He had already threatened Xu Yuan once using those beings' lives. There was no guarantee he wouldn't do it again.
As for credibility, would someone like D, who had already abandoned all shame, still care about keeping his word?
That was why Rookie wanted to figure out the exact method for the beings to enter the inner world. Only under Xu Yuan's protection would they truly be safe.
Or rather, only an inner world with an entry threshold could truly be a paradise for them.
Seeing this, Rookie thought for a moment, then looked at the beings and voiced his doubt, "When your consciousness was weak, you couldn't control your thoughts… maybe because you were all present at the scene, so even in that state, your thoughts still revolved around Xu Yuan. But that might not be the case for other beings…"
"Think again. Are there any other clues?"
Hearing Rookie's words, the beings all closed their eyes and thought hard for a while. When they opened them, they looked at each other, but it seemed none of them had come up with any additional clues.
Just as everyone was at a loss, the Iron Golem Captain, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
"I… probably know what's going on…"
[🎉 Shoutout to Vey, Felix and Erik for joining p@treon. Thank you very much.🤗]