Civilization challenge, the world has become more dangerous.
In other words, Galen Yu's perception today was correct; the zombies really have grown stronger!
He recalled the scene at that time, a guess forming in his mind.
'Sixty days... regarding the zombies, could it be...?'
There was once a mod that took the internet by storm, extremely popular, called Crisis One Hundred Days.
In it, zombies would grow stronger over time, starting from increased health and attack power, to not fearing sunlight, and even beginning to mine blocks.
By the late stage, they were practically god-like in strength!
Even with full gear, it was difficult to withstand the siege of a massive zombie tide.
Now that it was reduced to sixty days, he didn't know if it would be harder or easier.
Regardless, the thought of those dense, ocean-like swarms of zombies made Galen Yu's scalp crawl.
'I must prepare early!'
Even if the time was reduced, it was still a Crisis; he couldn't afford to be careless!
He had just changed classes to Architect, and he heard that Mythical buildings had special effects; he should be able to use that power to defend.
"Thank you very much."
Trading a dozen or so gold ingots for a diamond set was a huge profit.
Moreover, the most important part of a Crisis was the early stage; when the zombies weren't very strong yet, it was the best time for development.
Without this information, he would have wasted a lot of time.
Although the resource zone was large, as the zombies became increasingly powerful, this place would become more and more dangerous.
It would be better for him to come here less often.
"You noticed the zombies getting stronger?"
After a word of praise, Zane Wu gave one last instruction before leaving.
"Not bad, but that fool pressed more than one challenge."
"Besides zombies, other forces exist, related to the new chunks."
New chunks... could it be a new world?
Then the number of possible mods would be huge.
"Time is tight, only two months. I have to hurry!"
More mods meant more weapons, equipment, and resources available!
It was both a challenge and a new opportunity.
The Crisis was the most difficult and lethal event, and he knew nothing about the new mods.
'If only I knew what the new chunk was.'
Mod content was often far richer than the vanilla game, containing many powerful items.
Zane Wu didn't reveal too much. With a sigh, Galen Yu continued thinking about his next arrangements.
Mushroom Island.
It wasn't a global announcement, so originally only Galen Yu should have received the notification.
Because Soren Park was the first to trigger the hidden task, the quest sound played additionally.
"Galen Yu, damn it!"
His hidden boss had been snatched away just like that!
A diamond pickaxe, an epic-tier weapon.
These should have all been his!
The Stick Nation audience protested collectively.
"We found the boss first, the rewards should be ours!"
"Exactly, it's so unfair!"
"Give us back our epic-tier weapon and diamond set!"
"There's also a problem with the building. We've already applied for cultural heritage status. Why is it being called Nine Provinces style?"
"Stick Nation is the place of origin! It should be called Great Stick style architecture!"
"Your logic is absolute garbage! We protest!"
Without them, the boss wouldn't have appeared; no matter what, they should have a share of the rewards!
To this, the Nine Provinces audience sneered.
"Give them to you? Why should we give them to you?"
"In terms of fighting the boss, did you contribute even a single bit of effort?"
"Oh, you mean being chased like dogs and then trying to use someone else to do your dirty work by harming God Galen counts as effort?"
"Even if we really gave it to you, would you even know how to turn a zombie into a villager?"
"To be honest, even after watching the process, I still don't understand it!"
"I've never seen such idiots!"
"Still applying for cultural heritage? Go apply for your mom!"
"If you're so amazing at claiming heritage for this and that, why don't you go claim the sun?"
"We Nine Provinces are your daddy!"
When it came to keyboard warfare, Nine Provinces had never lost.
For a moment, the bullet chat was flooded with insults, and the Stick Nation viewers had no way to intervene.
What they said was correct; they really hadn't contributed anything.
They couldn't win in a fight, they couldn't win in an argument, and now they couldn't even keep up with the insults.
Outside the screen, the Stick Nation audience could only clench their fists, helplessly seething with anger.
Feeling depressed, Soren Park sighed and stopped thinking about it.
"Forget it, it's just one boss. Why compete with a newcomer? I'll just consider it as letting Galen Yu have it!"
"Look at our little farm!"
After all this time of tending to it, Soren Park had made Mushroom Island look quite decent.
The two Mooshrooms had bred into five, and he also had the dirt he brought from the resource zone.
Four blocks of dirt, with water filling the middle, planted full of potatoes.
There were buckets, milk, mushrooms, and potatoes.
It had the look of a small country cottage.
"Although there's a daily limit, as long as you give me another hundred days..."
"I can definitely upgrade the chunk to fifty points and surpass Galen Yu!"
Fifty points... maybe he could directly advance to a Small Civilization!
And he would only need to eat and drink every day; it was more relaxing than a vacation!
He hadn't made the slightest preparation for the arrival of the Crisis.
Soren Park lay on a mushroom block, basking in the sunlight, lazy and comfortable.
The communication with Zane Wu was part of an encrypted transaction; in fact, the audience outside the screen didn't know what they said, let alone that the Crisis had appeared.
Most players' progress remained unhurried and extremely slow.
However, among so many players, there were always a few lucky ones.
Kira Oakmoor was preparing to rescue Ronan Mountwell.
Ever since he stopped receiving messages from the other party a few days ago, he realized something was wrong.
Ronan Mountwell was very likely trapped in the Nether!
Unfortunately, after searching for so many days, he hadn't found a single diamond.
"Where on earth can diamonds be obtained?"
Only now did he realize how lucky Ronan Mountwell had been at the time, finding the only few diamonds as soon as he entered the resource zone.
And now...
Those diamonds were wasted in the Nether!
"Drink this, maybe it will help."
Having picked up a Luck Potion during his exploration, Kira Oakmoor drank it directly.
The potion effect lasted for ten minutes, so he used that time to explore various caves.
If something isn't there, you won't find it no matter how lucky you are; just as the potion effect had only one minute left...
He looked toward a grass block.
There was something mysterious attracting him.
Leaving the cave, his body involuntarily walked toward the grass block.
The structure here was very peculiar: it was a 2x2 pool surrounded by grass blocks.
The surrounding area was filled with flowers and mushrooms.
"Strange, what is this?"
Having never seen a place like this before, he gradually approached it.
"The Katana is calling me!"
Following his instincts, he activated the Katana; the mod's power replaced the diamond.
The next moment, a sudden crack of thunder.
BOOM!
Even though it was broad daylight, lightning fell from the sky, hitting the pool precisely.
The moment it touched the lightning, the pool turned an ethereal color, like a Nether portal!
"Can this lead to the Nether?"
After a moment's hesitation, Kira Oakmoor chose to step inside.
There might be danger, but thinking of Ronan Mountwell, as well as the diamond pickaxe and various resources on him...
For the sake of resources, he still gritted his teeth and entered.
His vision gradually blurred, a sense of weightlessness washed over him, and when he opened his eyes again...
He hadn't arrived in the Nether.
Another prompt appeared before his eyes.
[THE TWILIGHT FOREST]
"Where am I?"
Towering trees, creatures he had never seen before.
It wasn't the Nether, but another entirely new dimension?!
"Another new dimension?"
"God bless us, we've found a new world!"
"That's great! Go for it, Oakmoor, surpass Galen Yu and become number one in the chunks!"
"Let's use this place to advance directly to a small chunk!"
"But, how did we get here? Will the portal disappear?"
"Will he end up like Mountwell, trapped in another world?!"
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