"Do you all have a certain feeling?"
"That the zombies have become exceptionally strong today?"
On the Sky Island, Galen Yu frowned.
Previously, a one-hit kill was possible from a twenty-three-block fall, even in the same location.
Now, it sometimes takes two hits to finish them off.
Have the zombies gotten stronger?
Besides having more health, the mob spawn rate seems to be faster as well.
He had placed hoppers and chests under the mob grinder; before, it took two or three days to fill them with drops, but now it takes just over a day.
'Maybe I'm overthinking it?'
Not knowing what was happening, he could only attribute it to the zombies wearing armor.
He turned his gaze to the Sky Island.
Over the past two days, the good news was that zombie villagers had actually appeared in the mob grinder.
Although they seemed a bit more violent than regular zombies, they were controlled using the boat method.
They were all dutifully locked in houses, undergoing the baptism of the Witch's weakness potions.
"Calculating the time, that strange zombie villager should be about finished converting."
He had just arrived at the resource area.
A notification rang in his ears.
[CONGRATULATIONS PLAYER GALEN YU, YOU HAVE SAVED A MUTATED ZOMBIE!]
[YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE SKY ISLAND'S REWARD!]
[RECEIVED GOLDEN APPLE 3, REGENERATION POTION 3, SWIFTNESS POTION 3, FIRE RESISTANCE POTION 3, WEAKNESS POTION 3, LUCK POTION 3.]
[SINCE THE TARGET CHARACTER SURVIVED, THE RESCUE IS SUCCESSFUL.]
[TRIGGERED EXTRA REWARD: DIAMOND PICKAXE 1, EPIC WEAPON: MACE 1!]
[THE "ARCHITECT OF SKY ISLAND" HAS BECOME YOUR VASSAL SERVANT.]
It's done!
The Witch had long been dealt with, and he entered the extra space.
Galen Yu saw a delicate-looking block person wearing a white robe.
"Was it you who saved me?"
The voice was crisp; the Architect still seemed to be in the daze of having just transformed.
Galen Yu was even more pleasantly surprised.
He can talk; this zombie villager is definitely different!
Besides gaining a servant, he also received a diamond pickaxe and various potion rewards!
The Mace—a weapon that was supposed to be obtained by finding Trial Chambers and killing Breezes—had been successfully delivered into his hands!
"I was wondering why God Galen was keeping zombies—they turned into an NPC?"
"Huh? How did he do that? Holy crap!"
"So many potions, such a generous reward!"
"Hidden characters are just different; a golden apple plus a diamond pickaxe!"
"The Mace! An epic weapon personally acknowledged by the Block World!"
"Damn, that sounds extraordinary. God Galen is truly invincible!"
"The weapon feels alright, but I think that NPC is the most important part!"
"The side rewards are already this rich; as the main prize, how strong must the NPC be?"
"I can't even imagine!"
A zombie is a zombie and a villager is a villager—how could one turn from a zombie into a villager?
They guessed it might be related to the Witch, but even after witnessing the process, it was hard to tell the specifics.
And NPCs, in the Block Civilization, are different from monsters and villagers.
Zane Wu and the Architect can both communicate and carry out trades to gain benefits.
But if they were ordinary villagers, they wouldn't be able to speak or communicate.
Or rather, they have a unique villager language—those huffing and grunting sounds like little pigs, making it hard for normal people to engage in effective communication with them.
Bartering is their primary function.
NPCs are different.
In other civilizations, they are warriors, hunters, or parkour experts.
Being able to speak normally is the baseline; they always carry some other things with them.
He didn't know what this Architect was capable of, but with the Mace appearing, it certainly wouldn't be bad!
It definitely wouldn't be anywhere near poor!
In fact, that was exactly the case.
Having cleared his mind about what happened, the Architect knelt before Galen Yu.
"O Sacred Monarch, it was you who rescued me from peril and suffering. Please accept my submission!"
[NEW SERVANT ADDED: "ARCHITECT OF SKY ISLAND"]
[CHUNK SCORE +1.]
An NPC alone adds one point!
Stepping forward to help him up, the Architect took the initiative to introduce himself.
"It seems you have another chunk outside of this area."
"If possible, I am willing to create new buildings for you!"
Named the Architect, his abilities were indeed related to construction.
This happened to align perfectly with the direction of the chunk's development.
A single Sky Island was definitely not all Galen Yu wanted; if he wished to develop it into a continent, he needed more than just resources.
He needed resources, but even more so, he needed various buildings.
"What kind of buildings can you construct?"
He was curious about what surprises the Architect's abilities would bring him.
After a brief thought, the Architect presented a blueprint.
"Based on your style, this should be the most suitable for now."
[SERVANT DETECTED: THE ARCHITECT OF SKY ISLAND HAS SHARED A MOD WITH YOU: NINE PROVINCES ARCHITECTURE - MYTHOLOGY.]
[DO YOU WISH TO RECEIVE?]
Nine Provinces Architecture!
As a veteran MC player and a partial builder,
Galen Yu had also built things like the Forbidden City and Ancient Palaces.
As a man of the Nine Provinces, the word Huaxia flowed in his very bones!
Now, he could actually recreate these buildings here, in front of the whole world!
Letting the whole world experience Oriental art!
This suited his taste perfectly!
Outside the screen, although the audience couldn't see the prompts, they could see the blueprint in the Architect's hand.
"Why does the stuff on that paper look so familiar?"
"Am I seeing this right? Is that a Siheyuan?"
"Holy crap, red lanterns, curtains—it has such a strong national style!"
"He's called the Architect, so his abilities are related to building. He can help us construct these!"
"Building our Nine Provinces architecture in the Block World?"
"That would be beautiful! Let the whole world—no, let the Block World itself bear our mark!"
Classic images appeared one by one, making the Nine Provinces audience cry out in surprise.
Who could understand the joy of seeing Chinese-style architecture in the Block World?
Pavilions, terraces, carved beams, and painted rafters—this was the pride inherent in every citizen of the Nine Provinces!
He received it immediately; Galen Yu was very satisfied.
Unlike ordinary building mods, the one provided by the Architect carried the word Mythology.
This meant that each building had its own function and was enchanted, rather than being just a pretty decoration.
However, it wasn't a one-click generation mod; he only gained the means to obtain the blocks, and the construction still had to be done manually.
Just like Galen Yu, the servant possessed the ability to traverse chunks.
"I will build the Sky Island into the image you desire!"
After sending the Architect back to the Sky Island, Galen Yu looked outside the chunk.
Since the Iron Golem had died for unknown reasons last time, he had built another one.
Now, the Iron Golem was staring face-to-face with a Piglin outside.
Taking six gold ingots, Galen Yu walked over.
"Long time no see!"
He tossed all the gold ingots out, and Zane Wu's eyes lit up, his face breaking into a wide smile.
"O heroic and handsome Lord, it is an honor to meet you again!"
"According to our clan rules, since you gave so many gold ingots last time, I feel I haven't fulfilled my trading duties."
"Therefore, I've come specifically to tell you that the Civilization Challenge has begun."
Civilization Challenge?
Having never heard of this, Galen Yu asked in confusion.
"What is that?"
"It is the mandatory path from a micro-civilization to a small-scale civilization. It was supposed to appear automatically once someone reached a chunk score of two hundred."
"Now, someone has activated it prematurely, making the difficulty extremely high."
"Perhaps it's a creature, or perhaps another chunk has appeared. In any case, the world will become much more dangerous!"
One gold ingot per trade; now that Zane Wu had taken over a dozen ingots but only provided a few sentences of information...
It didn't seem to fit the Piglin clan's rules.
After thinking about it, he threw out a diamond pickaxe, a set of diamond gear, and a few diamonds as compensation.
Zane Wu continued.
"With the challenge started, we will also be restricted and cannot contact you."
"In sixty days, those who reach a chunk score of one hundred and successfully survive will advance to a small-scale chunk."
"I hope to see you again then!"
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