"Weapons stronger than gold equipment!"
"Oh my god, Mountwell even found a diamond pickaxe!"
"Is that deep blue mineral really that precious?"
"It can even mine obsidian!"
"We're taking off! This time, our Samurai Nation will truly be invincible!"
For high-level players like Fries, the best they had ever encountered was gold boots.
Diamonds, hidden only in the deepest layers of the mining area, are rare and high-value, hardly ever seen normally.
This was the first time viewers had seen a player use one.
He had already cracked the secret of obsidian and used flint and steel to ignite the mysterious portal.
Now he possessed the strongest pickaxe!
How could he not be confident!
Clicking on the rankings, small text appeared.
[CURRENT CHUNK COMPOSITE SCORE: 6 (MICRO-CHUNK)]
[PLAYER RANKING: 2]
Originally, his development score was at four points, similar to the Freedom Nation, but the appearance of the obsidian portal directly added two points.
Six points, directly surpassing the Freedom Nation, second only to Galen Yu's first place!
"If Nine Provinces didn't have the extra chunk bonus, first place would be ours right now!"
Looking at the deep blue pickaxe in his hand and the obsidian-colored portal before him, which faintly shimmered with particles.
Ronan Mountwell took a deep breath and opened his inventory.
"Food, pickaxe, iron sword..."
Standing before the portal, he felt a great sense of pressure. After making sure he had enough items, he stepped into the portal.
Nether light gradually filled his vision.
The world spun, eventually fading into blackness, and the familiar feeling of weightlessness came.
Opening his eyes again, the arena's voice rang out.
[ENTERED THE NETHER]
[CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SAMURAI NATION PLAYER, RONAN MOUNTWELL, ON UNLOCKING A NEW DIMENSION!]
[CHUNK SCORE INCREASED BY AN ADDITIONAL 1!]
[FIRST TO ENTER THE NETHER, TRIGGERING AN EXTRA REWARD: WITHER BODY.]
[WITHER EFFECT HALVED AND NOT FATAL, SATURATION DEPLETION RATE REDUCED.]
[NATIONAL FORTUNE REWARD: SAMURAI NATION'S NUTRITIONAL INTAKE INCREASED BY 10%!]
When the voice rang out.
Takeshi Sable had just finished lunch; his stomach, which was originally eighty percent full, felt even fuller.
It became ninety percent full!
Rubbing his belly, Takeshi Sable was a bit stunned.
The national fortune reward couldn't be said to be useless—it was just completely useless.
The appetites of people in Samurai Nation were already small; an extra 10% nutritional intake was equivalent to eating a few fewer mouthfuls of rice.
There was no obvious improvement.
But even so, Takeshi Sable was still very happy.
"Mountwell did a great job! A new dimension that no one has ever discovered before!"
The Nether—you could tell it wasn't simple just from the name.
Anything that could trigger a national fortune reward was always of great value, let alone an entire new dimension. It was no different from discovering a new continent!
New areas meant new resources and new equipment.
As the first person to arrive here, Ronan Mountwell would surely reap all the benefits!
"It's a national fortune reward! We triggered it too!"
"Is a cobblestone generator so great? We discovered the Nether!"
"Wither effect? I've never heard of that status."
"Whatever, the reward is definitely a good thing. Nine Provinces can just wait to die!"
"When Mountwell comes out, he'll reach first place and take care of Galen Yu!"
Triggering the reward further confirmed the value of the mysterious portal.
The Samurai Nation viewers cheered and celebrated collectively!
Walking out of the Nether portal, Ronan Mountwell surveyed his surroundings.
Scorching heat radiated from all directions. Lava and monsters were everywhere he looked.
Even the blocks were rendered red by the intense heat!
"What is that red slime-like monster in the distance? And these blocks, I've never seen them before!"
Having just arrived in the Nether, Ronan Mountwell was curious about everything.
He thought the same as the viewers; once he finished reaping the benefits of the new dimension, he would return and surpass Galen Yu!
However, as a sound like a crying baby rang out.
A creature flying in the sky with many tentacles spotted Ronan Mountwell, its blood-red eyes opening.
"It's going to attack!"
Seeing a fireball flying toward him, Ronan Mountwell hurriedly dodged to the side.
There was plenty of space to the side for dodging, but the Nether portal behind him wasn't so lucky.
The Nether portal—those swirling streams of light that had transported Ronan Mountwell—was essentially a type of block.
It cannot be mined, but unlike most unmineable blocks.
The blast resistance of a Nether portal block is 0.
Therefore, any explosion capable of destroying blocks will destroy the Nether portal block when it hits, thus closing the entire Nether portal.
Boom!
The fireball exploded, and the Nether portal closed.
Without the Nether portal block, it meant there was no way back to the Overworld.
"Fortunately, I brought flint and steel!"
Touching his backpack, Ronan Mountwell breathed a sigh of relief.
Luckily, he had prepared in advance and brought flint and steel. He could just reignite it later and return!
"The new dimension certainly has more resources, but it's also more dangerous. Maybe I can find Kira Oakmoor... wait, what do those black monsters want to do!"
Several Endermen teleported next to the obsidian.
Having always stayed in the Nether, they had never seen this kind of stone before.
They curiously reached out their hands, and in the blink of an eye, the complete portal was dismantled into a mess, no longer capable of forming a complete shape.
Making happy sounds, the Endermen triggered their teleportation again and disappeared.
Looking at the few remaining pieces of obsidian, then looking at the food and equipment in his backpack.
He didn't bring a bucket, and he didn't bring obsidian.
He had indeed unlocked a new dimension, reached a new continent, and there were indeed resources higher than diamond.
But the problem was.
How was he supposed to get out of this world filled with lava?
"Kira Oakmoor, save me!"
In fact, even if he sent a rescue message to his companion, it would be of no use in the short term.
The distance between their chunks was quite far, and Kira Oakmoor didn't have that many bridging blocks.
As for mining obsidian to build another portal, his diamond pickaxe had been taken away, and he had no other mining tools.
From a certain perspective, Ronan Mountwell now truly 'monopolized' the entire Nether dimension.
"Pfft, this is hilarious!"
"He triggered a national fortune reward, and they really thought Samurai Nation was going to take off!"
"It's not bad, though; the reward reduces the rate of saturation loss, so he can hold out a bit longer."
"With so much lava and so many monsters, it looks hot. It's just more torture, isn't it?"
"The good news is he found a new continent; the bad news is he can't come back."
"Hahaha, those Shadowlings are doing great!"
Reminded by the announcement, the viewers who switched to the Samurai Nation's screen couldn't hold it back anymore.
"According to observations, Shadowlings won't actively attack players in most cases, so they can be considered neutral creatures."
"Their skills include teleporting and carrying blocks. Samurai Nation really is too lucky!"
In the research institute, Headmaster Quill analyzed while suppressing his laughter.
He was also startled by the sudden announcement and hurriedly clicked in, only to see this situation.
He had just lost the portal to a fireball, and then the passing Endermen happened to carry away the obsidian.
With this kind of luck, anyone watching wouldn't be able to stop themselves!
"Clown!"
After the laughter, Fries' focus shifted to another aspect.
"Above gold equipment, there's also diamonds. Once this news gets out."
"I'm afraid there will be another round of competition for the resource zones."
Galen Yu has the chunk advantage.
Ideally, he should try his best to seize this wave of opportunity!
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