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

Chapter Three: Deeper into the Mine

After acquiring Xiaobai's abilities, Shi Qian returned to his usual spot and fought off some zombies.

This also brings the energy value to a positive three-digit number.

"Sigh, if torches didn't cost a full 50 points, who would want to waste time grinding monsters?"

Keep in mind, he'd been here for a while now, and there was still no sign of dawn; the moon was barely halfway across.

When Shi Qian saw that the mall offered cubes, he went to look at torches.

When he used to play Minecraft, he would make a set of torches, use half and throw the other half away.

Now they've fallen so low that they're even stingy with using a torch.

Items purchased from the system store can be stored in the system's inventory. You can hold them in your hand when you need them, but once you take them out and put them away, you can't put them back.

"So it really is a disposable item..."

Shi Qian pursed his lips, picked up a torch, and went to a large mine he had discovered when he was looking for Xiao Bai.

He felt that the mine was actually safer than the surface, since there were fewer monsters there.

They went down into the mine to retrieve the heads of the coolies.

The plains are full of strange creatures; it's impossible to escape the Creeper without being discovered, let alone trap him.

Moreover, Creepers are more prone to moving around than Skeletons. By the time you've scouted a spot in advance and dug there, the Creeper might have already moved dozens of blocks away.

Although the mine was full of rocks, it was slower for him to pry them up by hand, but the Creeper had a smaller range of movement and was less likely to run away.

But before Shi Qian could find Creeper, the mine gave him a huge surprise.

In front of him was an abandoned mine tunnel covered with railway tracks.

As is well known, abandoned mine tunnels often contain cave spider spawners, and cave spiders are often accompanied by ordinary spiders.

If Shi Qian finds the area covered by the spider web, he can immediately gain the abilities of both monsters.

Furthermore, cave spiders' attacks have a poisoning effect, so killing cave spiders might grant you this ability.

Although it will most likely require energy points to unlock, just like the previous two abilities, it is still an attack method.

Shi Qian, who only loses 1 HP with each attack, has had enough of this kind of life.

After exploring the abandoned mine tunnels for a while, he found a minecart box.

Upon opening it, Shi Qian burst into tears.

Because there was a golden apple and a diamond in the box, he could still see them but couldn't reach them.

"Does anyone in my family understand this?!"

Shi Qian originally intended to leave the box there, but then he remembered his system mission, which required him to kill players.

This means that, at least for now, he is at odds with the players. If he just leaves the supplies there, he is threatening Shi Qian himself.

After careful consideration, Shi Qian destroyed the minecart box and dug down two blocks, allowing all the scattered items to reach the bottom.

With a heavy heart, they replaced the stone with another one, blocked the entrance, and restored the mine tunnel.

"This isn't the original Minecraft. What if the loot here doesn't disappear in 5 minutes?"

After all, when Shi Qian first came to this world, he dug up a bunch of dirt, and after killing that player, the loot was still lingering in the same spot.

Although Shi Qian didn't believe in the idea that dropped items wouldn't disappear, he decided to be on the safe side.

"If Xiao Sha were here, I should have asked him about the game's mechanics and specific release date."

Shi Qian continued exploring while pondering.

He's going to kill players. If the players in this world have already developed, then his path to growth is destined to be difficult.

Although the first target is obviously a newbie, we can't let everyone be as unlucky as him and get a kill.

Hopefully, this world hasn't reached its very late stage.

After navigating several dead ends, Shi Qian finally located the cave spider spawner.

After determining the coordinates, Shi Qian did not approach the large clump of spider web again.

They dug a passage about one person high from the side, and then reluctantly replaced it with a half-brick door and a trapdoor.

Shi Qian had just finished digging the tunnel and hadn't even made the traps yet when he heard spiders starting to spawn outside.

"The spider's sound is really creepy."

He was still quite afraid of these things. Although the monsters in Minecraft are pixelated, this spider was still huge.

With those red eyes staring at you, who wouldn't be afraid?

Since the torch in his hand would affect the spider's monster-killing efficiency, Shi Qian placed the torch at the corner after setting up the trap.

"Success or failure depends on this!"

After digging through the ring of rocks that blocked the monster spawner, Shi Qian and the spider got face-to-face.

"I'll choke you!"

As soon as the spider saw Shi Qian, it crawled towards him.

Fortunately, there were half-bricks and a trapdoor as partitions, so Shi Qian didn't come into contact with it.

"Success."

What follows is the tedious and monotonous process of punching monsters one by one.

Monster defeated: Spider

[Gained Ability: Vertical Walking]

[Click to view skill details]

Monster defeated: Cave Spider

[Gained Abilities: Poisoning, Web Binding]

[Click to view skill details]

"They actually gave me two abilities? I thought a monster would only give you one."

Only after killing all the spiders that could crawl in did Shi Qian open the skill details.

[Vertical walking: When moving in a vertical plane, you will not fall. This ability cannot be upgraded.]

[Poison Level 1: Inflicts a 5-second poison effect on the target, with a 30-second cooldown (not fatal)]

[Can consume 1500 energy points to upgrade to level 2]

[Spiderweb Binding Level 1: Generates a single-cell spiderweb with a hardness of 4 at the specified coordinates, reducing the movement speed of mobs by 5 times. Cooldown: 10 seconds]

[Can consume 3000 energy points to upgrade to level 2]

"Wow~ They actually gave me two attack methods, but unlocking these two will cost more."

Previously, the abilities given by the zombie and the spider could be unlocked by spending 500 points. The poison and web binding abilities of the cave spider cost 600 and 700 points respectively.

"Is it because it can be upgraded? That would take forever to grind!"

All of their abilities are useful, but Shi Qian can't afford any of them right now.

Although cave spiders provide more energy than other monsters, it's still not enough to build more.

"The road to upgrading is long and arduous—"

The mob spawner was much more efficient than Shi Qian luring mobs on the plains. He also spent energy to exchange for blocks, so he decided to spawn mobs here for a while longer and put the Creeper thing aside for now.

When Shi Qian came out of the mine, it was already broad daylight.

【Ding--】

You have a new "Kill Me?" order pending processing.

[Target location has been located, navigation is enabled, please eliminate the target as soon as possible]

"This time the target is quite far away."

Shi Qian looked at the distance on the mini-map; it was a full 800 squares.

"Is this going to make me run myself to death?"

He shook his head, but still hurried toward the punctuation marks.

Meanwhile, inside the abandoned mine tunnels.

A player stared into thought at the torch that shouldn't be at his feet.

Has anyone been here before?

As the player rounded the bend, he witnessed a scene he never wanted to see again.

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