Outside the Twilight Forest.
Every surviving player was actively preparing for a zombie invasion.
No one was foolish enough not to realize that if there was a first crisis, there would likely be a second, a third...
To face the potential danger, they had to prepare early!
Mushroom Island had been quite lively lately.
Having cultivated cows, chickens, potatoes, wheat, and logs, the island's area had doubled in size.
Compared to others who used fences, torches, and other messy things for protection.
Soren Park's setup was much simpler.
Mobs didn't spawn on Mushroom Island, so wouldn't it be fine if he just made everything out of mushroom blocks?
Returning from the resource zone after a dozen days of exploration.
He was no longer as destitute as he was at the start; his number of block acquisitions had increased to seven.
He could build his home even better.
"Not bad, I still have a stack of Eyes of Ender, and I'll pick up some more from chests later."
"It's enough to survive for another month!"
Once he had enough blocks and saplings after a month.
He would no longer risk going out to face those mutated zombies!
"What terrifying fellows. I accidentally got hit once, and he actually took off eight points of my health with his bare hands?"
Most zombies burned to death during the day, but a few survived in the shadows, and Soren Park had been caught in a sneak attack.
And that was with him wearing iron leggings, providing some armor value.
If he had to face them without armor, wouldn't the current zombies be able to punch off over ten health points?
Horrifying!
With a thought, the rankings appeared.
[CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE CHUNK SCORE: 10 (MICRO-CHUNK)]
[PLAYER RANKING: 7]
His score successfully broke into the double digits, ranking him seventh.
After patrolling his chunk once, Soren Park returned to a block and sat down, satisfied.
"Without zombies, life is just so leisurely!"
This was the advantage of the chunk he chose at the start!
While others were fighting and killing, struggling for their lives against various monsters and bosses, he didn't need to.
By developing slowly, he could still live a comfortable life!
"Digging blocks every day, Soren Park is living such a pleasant life!"
"While others come for adventure, we come for vacation!"
"Hahaha, so what if Galen Yu is strong? He still has to fight for his life. How can he compare to Soren Park?"
"Baka! Why is Oakmoor fighting while you guys are enjoying yourselves?"
"If you don't prepare weapons and equipment, you'll regret it sooner or later!"
"Regret? How is that possible!"
"This is Mushroom Island; it just doesn't spawn mobs. It's relaxed and easy!"
Counting his plants and basking in the sun, he waited until sunset.
"Today is another rare Blood Moon."
Looking at the moon rising with a red glow, Soren Park felt the evening breeze, still completely unbothered.
He stood in stark contrast to the other players who were frantically fortifying their chunks or fleeing.
The bullet comments voiced his inner thoughts.
Relying on Mushroom Island and watching the winds of change with a smile, survival was just that simple!
"Now that I think about it, Galen Yu used lava and water to make a cobblestone generator, right? Coincidentally, I have a bucket of lava!"
He began rummaging through his chests. In the next moment.
Tap, tap.
Clear footsteps reached his ears.
The sound of footsteps was very familiar. Soren Park's body stiffened, unable to believe it.
'No way, where would zombies come from on Mushroom Island? It must be a hallucination!'
He wanted to continue looking for things, but the footsteps drew closer and closer. Unable to bear the pressure.
Soren Park suddenly snapped his head up toward the sound.
[SECOND BLOOD MOON ACTIVATED!]
[TO ALLOW PLAYERS TO BETTER DEFEND AGAINST THE HORDES, STARTING TONIGHT, NEW ISLANDS AND BUILDINGS WILL GENERATE RANDOMLY OUTSIDE CHUNKS.]
[PROVIDING MORE WAYS TO ACQUIRE RESOURCES!]
It sounded nice.
In reality, Soren Park's body began to tremble out of fear.
A small platform made of stone, nine blocks wide, with a monster spawner sitting right in the middle.
It was outside Mushroom Island, connecting perfectly with his chunk!
It was true that Mushroom Island didn't spawn mobs, so.
An island had spawned outside the chunk and was spawning mobs!
Recalling Soren Park's arrogant look from moments ago, the chat burst out laughing.
"Oh~ Mobs don't spawn on our Mushroom Island!"
"Watching others fight fiercely because of the Blood Moon while only my life is pleasant!"
"Don't act cool. Acting cool gets you struck by lightning. Isn't this karma coming for you?"
"We told you to prepare weapons and equipment, but you just wouldn't listen. You said you wouldn't regret it, so what about now?"
"What happened to it being easy? Is it still easy now?"
The Stick Nation viewers who had sent those comments earlier now looked worse than if they had eaten feces.
Well, they had finally managed to pick Mushroom Island and thought they could peacefully survive the crisis.
In the end, zombies still appeared!
Players who hadn't entered the Twilight Forest encountered the same situation.
They had originally organized their chunks in an orderly fashion, either filling them with torches or fixing the zombies into a specific direction.
The sudden addition of resources directly disrupted everyone's rhythm!
"Crap, where did this monster spawner come from?"
"I finally finished mining half an island to control the zombies, and you're telling me more just spawned?"
"What do you mean 'spawned TNT and then a Blaze came and blew up half my island'?"
"Are you sure 'providing more ways to acquire resources' isn't just 'increasing the challenge'?"
From the current perspective, it was unknown if resources had increased.
But the players were being tortured quite miserably.
It felt more like an added difficulty for them!
The only place that hadn't been disrupted was likely the Sky Island hidden behind stone walls that no one could see.
Compared to when Galen Yu left, the Architect had performed regional construction after receiving rewards.
The environment of Sky Island was completely transformed.
The remains of the mob grinder had been cleared away a few days ago, replaced by several planted rainbow trees of various beautiful colors.
Small rooms built of bricks were roofed with torches and slabs; they were both aesthetic and prevented mob spawns.
It looked less like a sky island and more like an aerial manor!
Opening the rankings would show.
[CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE CHUNK SCORE: 35 (MICRO-CHUNK)]
[PLAYER RANKING: 1]
With an increase of ten points, the score had reached over thirty.
With the addition of resources like copper blocks and bricks, the construction of the Great Wall looked even more majestic.
Besides providing a basic regional buff, it had added five more Guard Villagers and a training mechanism for Copper Golems.
After special training, these little guys who only knew how to organize blocks could also gain combat capabilities.
"When the Lord returns, I must give him a big surprise!"
Architecture was a responsibility as well as a passion; the Architect was very satisfied with the current Sky Island.
Except for one thing.
As the blood-red moon appeared, a small section of ruin bricks refreshed.
The crisis mechanism instantly spawned a dozen zombies on top of it, which then began moving toward Sky Island.
"An imperfect missing corner."
The Architect was a perfectionist and felt a strong aversion toward this suddenly appearing area that didn't fit architectural aesthetics.
The Guard Villagers raised their weapons, and several crossbow bolts were fired.
Before the zombies could even get close, they were knocked back into the void. The Architect immediately approached, switched to a pickaxe, and mined the blocks away.
Everything returned to peace.
There was no frantic rushing like the others, and no zombies swarming the chunk.
It was no different from daytime.
Compared to Soren Park, who cowered in a mud hut relying only on chunk traits and didn't dare to step out.
This was a true vacation-style survival!
Without Galen Yu having to lift a finger, his servants handled everything for him!
"The construction is still unfinished. I have already seen new blueprints; I cannot let the Lord down!"
Calling over the villagers, the Architect continued to devote himself to construction.
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