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

How did the monster group I released end up here?

Shouldn't sophomores, juniors, and freshmen be developing their character in areas where non-guild players congregate...?

If I remember correctly, these coordinates are in a snowfield.

After circling underground and finding no other creatures besides the monster, Shi Qian went straight up.

They're all our own kids, nothing else, so we might as well see how things go.

Since snow blocks are not considered geological blocks, Shi Qian has to break through several snow blocks after reaching the soil layer before he can get up.

In their own perception, the sophomores and juniors didn't perceive any players; they were still proceeding normally.

Upon hearing the sound of knocking on the blocks, I immediately became alert.

Without players, where does the sound of blocks breaking come from?

They tried to scare away the unknown creature with their roars, but they were all stunned when they saw Shi Qian walking up from below.

Some monsters' roars were only half-finished and got stuck in their throats.

After they realized what was happening, they all surrounded Shi Qian.

The voices of the second-year, third-year, and youngest students calling for their master mingled with the roars of other monsters.

Shi Qian's head was about to explode from all the noise after being quiet for several days. He only calmed down after telling them to turn their voices down.

What's the difference between these monsters and the Big Bus and Little Four?

Sure enough, even after listening to it for so long, I still wasn't used to it.

However, it's a good thing that sophomores, juniors, and freshmen can speak and communicate effectively.

"Okay, okay, stop for a second. I know everyone's excited, but how did you all get here?"

"Master—we were all so worried about you!"

Xiao Yi skipped and hopped to the front and began to tell Shi Qian what they had been through.

Shi Qian put his arm around Xiao Yi's shoulder and made him sit down to talk, while giving instructions to the second and third-year students to have the monster follow him.

He had heard most of the stories about Xiao Yi, but those were from the player's perspective.

Hearing the person involved tell the story again now still feels quite novel.

Moreover, their early stages were actually quite dangerous.

After all, a considerable number of monsters are not equipped and cannot block sunlight.

The monsters mostly hide and steal players' equipment.

Once all the monsters have their own equipment, the difficult early game will be over.

The monsters truly began to reveal their talents, using their intelligence to kill the players.

That's when they really started to be on guard. At this point, the players were also very strong. Apart from being slightly inferior in terms of equipment and numbers, they were still the best players.

At first, they suffered some losses in their sophomores and juniors, but over time, their learning abilities allowed them to successfully learn the tricks of the bad players.

They began to use counter-espionage.

This was also the time when players suffered the most severe defeats.

After discovering they had an inventory, the second-year, third-year, and first-year students began preparing for the gathering place.

First, they used the holes they had dug to hide from player patrols to blow up blocks inside.

Then they robbed the players even more aggressively, taking some blocks from them, and most importantly, the buckets.

They then discussed how to attract players and finally decided to display words.

They could read the words on the inventory, and after several training sessions, they successfully stormed the top.

I stayed on that big sky island for a long time.

Because this place has a stable player base, they frequently come to check on the monsters and try to reclaim the Sky Island.

But each time it was only a small group of people, and they were all killed.

Then one day, suddenly many players emerged from all directions, one by one.

He was still muttering something.

Until one player called out Shi Qian's name, he was killed before he could finish speaking.

But they heard what the player said.

"Shi Qian is in danger," but before he could finish speaking the word "danger," he was shot dead.

Upon hearing this, the monsters immediately stopped killing the players.

Not long after, a player said in full, "Your boss is in danger! Go save him!" and then ran away.

After that, not many players came over; it seems that all the ordinary players in the surrounding area had already shown themselves.

However, no one revealed Shi Qian's exact location, so the second-year, third-year, and first-year students couldn't do anything about it and could only guess.

They knew their master had a strong vitality, and the fact that they had not sensed his death proved that their master was still alive and well.

Then it shouldn't be the main body that's in trouble, but rather the clone that's in danger.

They knew that the main body had gone to the ocean, where there was a portal, and that the master should not have encountered any trouble inside the portal.

Then the only option is to create a clone.

They knew the direction the clone went when it left, and they also knew that the destination was the snowfield.

So they decided to take a gamble and went to the snowfield.

However, there are many players watching from the sidelines. If they all come out in full force, they will definitely be discovered and attacked.

In large-scale battles, monster groups are actually no match for players.

After all, each player has consciousness, while the monsters are mostly controlled by a few leaders.

So they came up with a plan: to escape like a cicada shedding its shell.

Go out hunting with the main force, and after killing players, search for monsters in the vicinity in number similar to the main force.

Dress them in the gear of the newly killed players, and then send these fake monsters back to their lair.

They dressed their three intelligent monsters, whom they had always accompanied, in the same diamond armor as the monsters, and left them on the sky island.

The main force was rotated out and regrouped time and time again during hunting trips.

Once the number was about right, the second-year, third-year, and first-year students quickly led the monsters towards the snowfield.

They successfully evaded the players' detection and hunting.

During this time, they also tried their best to disguise themselves as other monster groups to kill players, so as to prevent players around the Sky Island from discovering that they had run away.

After a while, they found that they could speak again, and by then they were almost at the snowfield.

They were surprised to find their master after walking only a short distance across the snowfield. They were genuinely happy to see that their master was alright.

Moreover, they also realized that the person in front of them was the master's true form, not an avatar.

Shi Qian was genuinely surprised after hearing this.

He knew his children were very smart, but he had no idea about their emotional journey.

Although Da Ba and Xiao Si had already talked about it once, the experiences of different groups were still different.

He never expected to run into his kids who were looking for him so coincidentally; he really missed them.

To reassure his children, Shi Qian told them about his experiences after the part where he fainted was cut.

The more the second-year, third-year, and first-year students listened, the brighter their eyes became.

Does that mean they can go on adventures with their master?

Furthermore, there will be opportunities to encounter other monster groups later on.

I'm a little envious that Big Bus and Little Four got back to their owners so early...