Minecraft: Is this still the Minecraft I used to play?

Chapter 151 Tricked by the monster again

However, after the group of players finished preparing and launched their attack, they found that their original gathering place was deserted.

No, that description is not quite appropriate.

It's not that there are no monsters left in the settlement, but rather that the monsters inside have changed.

It's still the same diamond set, and the same setup of two large zombies and one small zombie.

But it wasn't the monster group that killed them, which was the group of sophomores, juniors, and first-year students in Shi Qian's group.

The monsters remaining here are, in fact, only a small fraction of those that go out to find players every day.

Although monsters are constantly being spawned here, they are all ordinary monsters without any mind or equipment.

The elite troops personally led by those monster groups have long since disappeared.

In other words, if these players wanted to, they could have taken this place back a long time ago.

There's absolutely no need to worry about the thousands upon thousands of monsters here, because there simply aren't that many...

These three zombies were brought out by the second-year, third-year, and first-year students themselves.

Someone had seen them before.

Because that little zombie was the substitute little zombie used to switch places in that previous battle.

"So, have we been tricked again?"

"...How can someone be tricked by the same group of monsters twice...?"

"I shouldn't have started this live stream... I thought it would be some kind of epic revenge battle, but it turned out to be a massive face-slapping moment."

These players nowadays have nowhere to vent their anger.

These three substitute monsters and the remaining monsters here are too few.

From the players' perspective, it's not even worth mentioning; instead, they might see it as a provocation.

However, they have no idea about the whereabouts of the second-year, third-year, and first-year students. They have always thought that the diamond-encased monsters that have appeared around them recently are their real bodies, and they never thought that they might be decoys.

They were so focused on observing the stand-ins that they didn't even notice the originals had all run away. How ridiculous is that...?

Those clever monsters even dismantled all the supply crates in the base.

It was probably demolished a long time ago, because there's no trace of the debris left behind.

As more and more information about other monster groups appeared on the forums, players gradually became aware of it.

It seems these monsters can break and place blocks now...

This means that Ranxiao's appearance in the live stream was entirely a coincidence.

The monsters are players who rely on their own brains, and there's no one behind them offering them any strategies.

Players who learned the truth: You mean, my IQ is lower than the monster's, right?

A bunch of people went to Ranxiao's account to criticize her.

However, some netizens who carefully researched the past discovered a blind spot.

It seems that players have always believed that Ranxiao or Shiqian were behind it, but Ranxiao has never said a word that he was inspecting the work or helping the monsters.

The source of the inspection information was a live stream chat comment.

That statement was originally a joke.

In other words, this means that all these players are searching for enemies in the void, completely unaware of who they are targeting, but they are still targeting people, and they don't feel innocent even if they target the wrong person, until the truth is discovered.

Players misled by their own assumptions: Pfft—

The reason he vomited blood was because the boomerang he threw ended up piercing his own body...

Desert oasis...

Shi Qian sat in the air, holding an invisibility potion in his hand.

Yes, I drank another bottle of mint water to clear my head.

This dimension is somewhat explosive...

The mask that Araya gave him in Westmoon City was taken out and put on his head by the clone.

But this still did not alleviate the anxiety in my mind.

This dimension seems to have a mysterious magnetic field that influences the generation of emotions.

It's only slightly better around the portal.

However, Shi Qian couldn't just sit around the portal all day doing nothing.

Let's set aside whether giving up is in line with his style.

Just lying around doing nothing is enough to make Shi Qian extremely anxious.

But if I go outside, my brain will explode...

He has almost figured it out, but he hasn't officially met any intelligent life form in this dimension yet.

Shi Qian always flew in the sky, only touching the ground at night or when the wind picked up.

It wasn't that he didn't want Huanyi to rest, but rather that he had observed her for the past few days.

The magnetic field strength on the ground is higher than that in the air...

The longer you stay on the ground, the more depressed you become.

Those sandy soil systems seem to be the source of this special "magnetic field".

Shi Qian had a premonition that when the sandy soil system expanded to more than 90% of this dimension, it would be the time when this dimension would be covered.

By then, there probably won't be any life left in this dimension...

Recently, he stopped watching the battles and started observing the terrain of the dimension.

There are some exposed sandstone formations on the ground within the wind-eroded sand dunes.

And those sandstones, because of their realistic dimensions, seem to have become even more realistic.

You can feel the texture when you touch it.

Furthermore, viewed from the side, the side exposed to the wind is uneven.

He did it through observation and measurement.

The conclusion reached is that sandstorms are becoming more and more frequent.

The sandstorms at this latitude are extremely violent; they can basically blow away traces of sandstone in a single blow.

Shi Qian observed that the depth of wind erosion in sandstone was decreasing...

This means that the wind is picking up faster and faster, leaving insufficient time for the sandstone.

No time was given for the dimension...

Each gust of wind signifies the expansion of the sandy soil, the decline and death of plant life, and the continuous shrinking of their living territory.

And this oasis beneath his feet—when Shi Qian last visited, there was still a living oak tree at its very edge...

Based on observations over this period of time, the creatures here currently show no intention of destroying the oasis.

So, where did that oak tree go?

Where the oasis meets the hills, there is a horizontal log that can also be seen in the Overworld.

Shi Qian could clearly see the traces of constant destruction in this dimension of the environment.

But almost none of these traces were man-made...

He specifically set aside some time to explore the underground dimension.

Apart from the residential areas of each ethnic group, Shi Qian found virtually no traces of human activity in any of the mines.

The ore remains intact, lying or standing on the ground and walls of each mine.

Their food sources were mostly scavenging fruit or hunting a large number of small animals such as rabbits.

The three parties will occasionally encounter each other during hunting.

But at this time, they will not show any aggression.

They all waited quietly for their prey to make a mistake, and sometimes even helped to point the way.

Shi Qian always felt that this was what this dimension should look like.