"The Cube Civilization has begun!"
"What? It's a large-scale civilization this time?"
"You mean all those things we saw before were just a small-scale civilization!"
"If a small-scale civilization had things like the God of Parkour and super-large giants, what will a large-scale one be like!"
"The stats are marked for a significant increase; the difficulty is easy to imagine!"
"Isn't that a certain-death scenario?"
Hearing the mention of a large-scale civilization, the citizens of the Nine Provinces instantly erupted.
Zombies, Creepers, and Skeletons alone were troublesome enough. Will other monsters appear in a large-scale civilization?
Fries frowned deeply, his expression looking grim.
"How can it be a large-scale civilization? Is heaven itself trying to destroy us?"
They had barely cleared the Giant Civilization and Parkour Civilization; doubling the difficulty now was unthinkable.
Fries originally had a sixty percent confidence in passing, but now he only had thirty!
And that was assuming he had excellent luck.
Like the others said, this was a certain-death scenario!
Regardless of what Fries thought, the voice from the arena continued.
[SELECTION COMPLETE. ANNOUNCING THE LIST NOW!]
[FREEDOM NATION: MARK, JETT.]
[GREAT BRITAIN: LORD.]
[...]
[SAMURAI NATION: KIRA OAKMOOR, RONAN MOUNTWELL.]
[STICK NATION: SOREN PARK.]
[...]
Players and the number of participants were randomly selected. Names appeared one after another.
Fries let out a long sigh, looking as if he had accepted his fate.
"Headmaster Quill, I'm off!"
The item card had already been used. In the Nine Provinces, only he could bear such a heavy responsibility.
He closed his eyes and waited quietly. A minute later.
Opening his eyes again, Fries found himself still in the same spot, nothing having changed at all.
"Fries, it seems you weren't selected this time."
Headmaster Quill spoke, his expression somewhat confused.
Looking up, Fries indeed saw the announced list.
[NINE PROVINCES: GALEN YU.]
It wasn't him, but someone else!
"Galen Yu? How is that possible?"
He had clearly used the item card, so why was someone else chosen?
Even if he wasn't chosen, shouldn't it have been someone else who had participated in the game before?
Galen Yu—he had never even heard that name!
After a brief moment of shock, Fries's face changed drastically.
"Could it be that someone else used an item as well, and the effects canceled out?"
If a random person was chosen without special training, they certainly wouldn't understand the game's mechanics.
He turned to look outside, but it was already too late.
A white light flashed; the selected person had already been teleported into the Cube Civilization.
"This is bad!"
...
"Great!"
Arriving in a blank void, Galen Yu began to smile.
He had been a bit anxious before the list was finalized, but fortunately, Fries's item had indeed worked.
He had successfully been chosen for the game.
[WELCOME TO THE CHUNK CIVILIZATION!]
[EVERY PLAYER ENTERING THE CIVILIZATION WILL RANDOMLY OWN THEIR OWN CHUNK.]
[ACCORDING TO SIZE, CHUNK LEVELS ARE DIVIDED INTO MICRO CHUNKS, SMALL CHUNKS, MEDIUM CHUNKS, AND LARGE CHUNKS.]
[EACH CHUNK IS ATTACHED TO A HIGHER-LEVEL CHUNK.]
[PLEASE STRENGTHEN YOUR CHUNK WHILE STRIVING TO SURVIVE!]
The Chunk Civilization was where Galen Yu was headed.
Like other civilizations, one needed at least a medium chunk to have a chance of leaving.
The difference was that because it was a large-scale civilization, one couldn't just idle away the days to get through.
After the rules were explained, several different locations appeared before Galen Yu's eyes.
[YOU ARE NUMBER SIXTEEN. PLEASE WAIT FOR THE PLAYERS AHEAD OF YOU TO CHOOSE THEIR CHUNKS!]
[CHUNK NO. 1: DIRT HOUSE GROUP.]
[CHUNK NO. 2: COBBLESTONE QUARRY.]
[CHUNK NO. 3: MUSHROOM ISLAND.]
[...]
Small islands appeared one by one; contestants needed to choose from dozens of regions.
With a quick glance, the differences weren't huge; each island only had one or two, maybe three types of resources.
When these islands were shown on screen, the audience outside was shocked.
"Such a difficult start?!"
"Holy crap, that island is all stone. Wouldn't you just die instantly if you went there?"
"There's no food at all; I can't even imagine how to survive!"
"What's even scarier is that you can't get a chance to evacuate just by idling this time!"
"Heavens, is this the difficulty level of a large-scale civilization!"
"Can Great God Fries come back alive... Wait, Galen Yu?"
"Great God Fries clearly used an item card; who is this guy?"
Compared to the standard village starts of previous civilizations, this was already incredibly difficult.
When the audience looked up, they were surprised to find the participant was not Fries.
Could there really be someone who understands the game better than Fries?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
"The rules of the Cube Civilization are so weird; how could anyone figure them out so easily?"
"Not necessarily. If he picks a good start, there might still be hope!"
"Right, he must choose Gourmet Mountain! It's full of food; it's definitely the best starting point for development!"
"Damn, it's been taken! Horse Island isn't bad either; fewer blocks, but there are armor and warhorses!"
"That was taken too? Then Mushroom Island..."
"Forget it, number sixteen is so far back. By the time it's Galen Yu's turn, all the good places will be gone!"
"So unlucky. In this situation, even if Great God Fries went, it would be hard to clear, right?"
"You should say it's lucky Great God Fries didn't go. I suspect this civilization left no way out at all; it's certain death!"
"It's just a pity for this Galen Yu. He looks so young. *Sigh*."
"I don't even want to imagine what kind of torture he'll face!"
With a collective sigh, the bullet chat fell silent.
With such a huge gap between them and other countries and such a difficult start, it made no difference whether it was Fries or Galen Yu.
They could already imagine the scenes of torture that would unfold in the coming days!
"An island start, huh."
Galen Yu carefully examined the chunks one by one.
It was indeed harder than normal survival, but a qualified MC player could never have played only the vanilla version.
The so-called increased difficulty was merely the addition of mods.
Having cleared most of the modules on the market, this slight difference had no impact on him at all.
After a few rounds of refreshes, by the time it was Galen Yu's turn, over a dozen spots had already been taken.
Though no match for a village start, there were differences between the islands; players would certainly choose places with more resources.
"Mushroom Island? No, while there's plenty of food, it lacks even a single key resource."
"The quarry has iron ore, which looks good, but the quantity is too small. It's not suitable for early-game development."
"Gourmet Mountain? All food? Isn't that just a joke start? Someone actually chose that?"
Looking closer, Galen Yu chuckled.
Most starting locations were a bit difficult but not impossible to survive in, but places like Gourmet Mountain or Horse Island...
They didn't even have wood or stone. A total dead end!
And yet people actually thought those were good places and rushed to pick them?
On the contrary, the wonderful starting spot he had spotted earlier and set his heart on remained completely ignored.
"I choose Chunk No. 66!"
Following his choice, white light enveloped him, and the blocky world gradually appeared before Galen Yu's eyes.
Beneath his feet were lush green grass blocks; stepping on them felt soft and comfortable, no different from his memories.
Looking around, Galen Yu saw a single tree next to him, and nothing else.
The entire space consisted of only a few narrow blocks; looking down revealed an endless void.
[SELECTION COMPLETE!]
[YOUR CHUNK IS NO. 66.]
[SKYBLOCK SURVIVAL!]