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

Mo Niao has officially joined forces with Shi Qian.

When he saw the rings of monsters surrounding Shi Qian from the sky, even though he had seen them many times before, he still couldn't help but feel scared when he saw them again.

Shi Qian had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Mo Niao, he beckoned Huan Yi to come down.

They were still a short distance from the coordinates, but they hadn't expected Mo Niao to arrive so quickly.

"Have you hardly ever gone back?"

Shi Qian stared at Mo Niao, his tone firm despite his question.

Because at this speed, if the Phantom Wing keeps flying, the speed will be about the same.

But the bird is a player, and players need to log off and rest.

The fact that they were able to get here so quickly proves that Mo Niao hadn't moved at all while on Huan Yi's back, meaning they hadn't logged off to rest at all.

Mo Niao scratched his head somewhat awkwardly; he really had been staying up all night...

"Go back and rest first. We'll wait for you here. No need to rush."

"Boss! I need some healing potions—can't we go to the portal first?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Niao rushed forward and grabbed Shi Qian's leg.

The second-year, third-year, and junior students exchanged a glance, their unspoken understanding unspoken.

Shi Qian couldn't bear to watch this either.

"Get up first, go, go, okay?"

"Let's make it clear first, I'll go in first, you stay outside. Once the door opens, go downstairs and rest. If anything happens, I'll have Ranxiao contact you."

"Yes, boss! Got it, boss! I'll log off and go to sleep the moment I see the portal open!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Niao immediately stood at attention and saluted.

Shi Qian's face immediately fell into a black line; it felt like Ran Xiao multiplied by two...

Have I been led astray by abstract concepts?

Weren't you a shrewish, crazed sasaeng fan before...? Now you've become a sunny, cheerful young man, right...?

"These three are sophomores, juniors, and freshmen. You should have heard about their attacks on non-guild player gathering areas before."

"This person is Mo Niao, just treat him like Ran Xiao."

Shi Qian gave a brief introduction and then continued on his way.

The three monsters roared, indicating that they understood.

Mo Niao caught up and greeted the three of them.

"Hey boss, if those three are here right now, then who's in the non-guild player gathering area...?"

"They said they were going to attack back last time, but they only made a show of it and then fell silent."

"It's a long story..."

They didn't walk for long before they reached the ground location at those coordinates.

Shi Qian looked around and saw that there was no passage down to the mine, nor did it look like a mine.

He decided to go down and take a look first. If it was difficult to dig, he would just blast a path.

After saying this, Shi Qian dug through the snow and went straight inside.

The snow layer in the Ice Spikes Land is generally not thick, only one layer.

Mo Niao's eyes lit up when he saw Shi Qian's attachment; he wanted to learn that!

However, this option doesn't seem to be among the choices Shi Qian gave him...

Ran Xiao didn't have any of those skills back then; they were all basic abilities.

He didn't know about Ke Cheng's ability options; it seemed they hadn't been mentioned.

If only he could just take it from the boss... he would definitely get that ability.

It can burrow underground, walk underground, and see its surroundings. Do you know how tempting that is for a sasaeng fan?

Shi Qian went down into the cave for a short while and came to a crystal cave.

A near-perfect amethyst geode...

The outer layer of smooth basalt completely encloses this place, and the same is true inside the geode; there is no shortage of amethyst blocks.

In the very center of the geode, there is a portal frame.

It was a new, unfamiliar cube, but it resembled the surrounding amethyst in style, only in color.

This frame looks a lot like aquamarine, and its color changes every second.

Purple, purplish-gray, black, yellowish-brown, yellow, gold with fine lines, shimmering bright white, and pink.

The frame is somewhat like a translucent glass material, but it's not completely transparent.

It has a translucent, light-transmitting appearance...

Are these all crystals?

Shi Qian crawled up, blasting as he went, until he reached the ground.

He was able to clear it intermittently because he had CDs, but now if he clears it again, it will be completely clear.

"You can't stream it live. The screen recording can only be viewed by a few of you. You can't share it with others."

"Good boss!"

Shi Qian continued blasting downwards while pondering the situation.

It seems that this new dimension is related to crystals.

Moreover, the semi-transparent material of this portal has a somewhat realistic feel.

The crystals in Minecraft are completely opaque, just like the ones in this amethyst geode.

But when the frame turned purple, it clearly resembled the surrounding amethyst.

It's possible that the amethyst in the main world will be different in this dimension.

Just like the bone fragments in the frozen dimension, they became "worm-eaten bone fragments," although that was because there were worms inside...

But how do we open this door?

There are only three things in the amethyst cave: amethyst block, amethyst cluster, and amethyst bud. Even if you include the host rock, calcite, and smooth basalt, there are only 6 items.

There is no terrain or ecosystem to provide any clues.

Few of these items can be crafted, or are related to other items.

They are all listed separately...

Shi Qian threw away all four items that could be synthesized from the amethyst fragments, but nothing changed.

Calcite and basalt cannot be synthesized; simply throwing them in won't help.

This stumped Shi Qian.

There were absolutely no hints; it was all down to luck and guesswork.

The current biome is Ice Spikes. What items here are relatively special?

But nothing here is particularly special, even the ice cubes have been tried...

We can't expect another achievement, can we?

Throwing away the food won't help.

And it seems that no achievements have been related to this place.

What else is there?

Or perhaps it's a more practical issue?

Are you going to test me on the conditions for crystal formation...?

High temperature, water, what else?

The lava and water have all spilled.

Is it going to explode?

Neither self-destruction nor TNT will work.

Mo Niao was recording the screen on the side, and at this moment he was also thinking about how to open the door, but Shi Qian had thought of and tried all the methods he could think of.

I urgently asked for help in the group chat.

"Hey guys, is the door open or not? Give me some advice."

Shi Qian was still racking his brains.

Ran Xiao had nothing to do at the moment, so she saw Mo Niao's message and asked him about it.

"What kind of door is this that even the boss can't open?"

"We're in an amethyst cave right now. The color of this portal frame changes; it's a semi-transparent crystal. The boss has tried everything, including explosions, but it still won't open."

Ran Xiao couldn't figure it out either.

But at this moment, Ke Cheng popped his head out.

Are you on the surface or underground?

"Underground, the boss led us down the tunnel by blasting our way down."

"Then try minerals or geological blocks that are unique to underground."

Ke Cheng disappeared after he finished speaking.

"Good idea, and we can also try the drops from monsters in the Ice Spikes Land."

Ran Xiao echoed.

Shi Qian naturally saw the message in the group.

Minerals and underground blocks?

They were indeed not at a high level; they were almost at the basement level.

Deep slate blocks, such as deep slate, have begun to appear at the entrance of the cave.

It seems like it's worth a try...

Let's start with various minerals.

They've searched everything from coal to emeralds, diamonds, and even ancient debris, but nothing happened.

After those items were thrown away and no reaction occurred, Shi Qian had Mo Niao put them away. He himself no longer needed them, but that didn't mean they wouldn't need them.

"The boss tried it, but the minerals didn't work. Now we'll have to look at the blocks on the ground."

The stone went to the deep slate, but to no avail.

A dripping stone? No way...

A dripping stone cone? No way...

until...

The tuff was thrown out.

In an instant, the weather changed dramatically, and the sky darkened.

The area around the amethyst cave began to tremble continuously, and bolts of lightning fell from the clouds, melting the snow on the ground.

Even deep underground, Shi Qian and his companions could hear deafening thunderclaps coming from the outside world through the passage.

"Is there really that much noise?"

The thunder continued unabated, and the door remained closed.

The passage that Shi Qian and his group came down from was sloping, not straight up and down.

Thinking back to the situation when the first two doors opened, Shi Qian suspected that lightning had to strike the portal before it could be opened.

With a sigh, he crawled up and blew up the ground.

Meanwhile, Mo Niao stared at Ke Cheng's words in the chat window, seemingly lost in thought.

The tremors only gradually subsided after an extremely powerful bolt of lightning struck the portal.

The portal's color is the same as the frame; it's a swirling vortex that changes color.

After Shi Qian came down, he gave Mo Niao and the second-year, third-year, and first-year students a few more instructions. Only after seeing Mo Niao successfully log off did he prepare to go inside.

But at this moment, Xiao Yi suddenly called out to Shi Qian.

"Master, wait a minute! There's something I absolutely need to tell you!"

A phantom wing landed in front of them.

Not long after Mo Niao arrived, the Phantom Wing sent by Da Ba Xiao Si also arrived.

Those Phantom Wings were probably also relayed to the second and third-year students by the bus driver and the fourth-year student.

After arriving, they circled around Shi Qian, and several Phantom Wings ran up to the second and third-year students, looking quite eager.

The only way Xiao Yi can say this news now is that it came from Huan Yi.

Because before Mo Niao arrived, they had already discussed almost everything they could, and they wouldn't have kept any news to themselves until now.

Now that Mo Niao has just gone offline, Xiao Yi is already saying this, which must be something very urgent that players can't know.

"You said it, I'm listening."

Shi Qian found a block of amethyst and sat down, listening to what Xiao Yi had to say.

He himself couldn't understand what the monsters were saying, so he could only rely on monsters who could speak human language to relay messages.

...

"Is that so?"

"Yes, Master, please be careful!"

"okay, I get it."

After listening to everything, Shi Qian nodded to indicate that he understood, but did not make any statement. However, before entering the door, he turned back and added a sentence.

"The rest of you... just wait here for a while. If there are no problems inside the dimension, Mo Niao will notify you. You can then go directly to Da Ba Xiao Si."

"Good host!"

Upon entering, the familiar dizziness returned.

Sure enough, no matter how many different portals I went through, I was still just as dizzy.

But because I've been through this quite a few times, once I entered, I leaned to the side and pressed myself against the portal frame to support myself.

Shi Qian originally wanted to wait a little longer, but... a living being appeared on the radar.

He was so dizzy that he closed his eyes and couldn't see what kind of creature was coming from in front of him.

But according to the radar, it's a solid-sized object... and humanoid.

Has anyone already arrived this early?

It goes without saying that it was the first portal opened by the ancient humans.

Shi Qian slowly opened his eyes, the dizziness making everything in front of him seem somewhat distorted and unreal.

The dizziness caused by the portal is not like the negative effect of poisoning, which is directly displayed in the status bar. Instead, it acts directly on the user, so it cannot be resisted or prevented.

You can only prepare yourself mentally before you enter.

Looking up, I saw...a human?

Shi Qian staggered forward a step, the dizziness gradually subsiding, and only then could he see the other person's appearance clearly.

If we follow the normal classification, then the person in front of me is clearly a woman.

However, it might be due to the dimension.

Her entire body appeared somewhat translucent, a semi-transparent pale pink, much like a crystal appearing within a portal frame...

Taking a deep breath, Shi Qian steadied himself and faced the native creature head-on.

She seemed to see that Shi Qian had calmed down, and walked a little towards the door, but still maintained a safe distance between herself and Shi Qian.

"Welcome to the Crystal Empire."

"Dear visitor."

Are you also one of those who have come to pay homage to our monarch?

She bowed slightly, a small gesture of respect, to Shi Qian.

Turn around and extend your arms as if leading.

"plz follow me."

Very standard reception staff.

This was Shi Qian's first impression of her after she spoke.

She withdrew her hand only after Shi Qian stepped forward.

He led Shi Qian inside, half a step ahead of him.

"Dear visitor, let me introduce myself. I am Hibiscus Stone, you can call me Hibiscus."

"This title refers to me alone when I am with the monarch."

After Furong introduced herself, she added a sentence, but Shi Qian didn't quite understand what it meant. He just nodded in agreement and started to inquire about the information.

"Hello, Ms. Furong, I am Shi Qian. What is your Wei... world like?"

To avoid using the word "world" in a different way, Shi Qian changed his pronunciation to "world".

After hearing the question, Furong smiled at Shi Qian and then began to explain.

"No need to be nervous, Mr. Shi. Our dimension, led by the monarch, has already achieved unification and is called the Crystal Empire."

When Shi Qian heard her use the word "dimension," her heart skipped a beat.

Knowing this word means they must have had contact with the outside world.

So far, he hasn't seen even a sliver of natural light...

This is... underground.

I couldn't see the sun; the surrounding light sources all seemed to come from the original cubes in this dimension.

But those blocks gave Shi Qian a strange feeling.

They don't seem to emit their own light, but rather reflect it?

The place where Furong led Shiqian was on a road...

This means that this portal has been here for a long time, unlike the sudden appearance of the desert dimension.

The road stretched all the way into the city.

Yes, a city...