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

The two players who came up first searched around the camp, and only relaxed after confirming that there was no one and no strange cave entrance.

"Feng Ning, I think you're just being paranoid. That person is definitely gone."

"What a pity, I haven't even used my new sword yet..."

Feng Ning sighed, walked to his own matchbox, and put all the various blocks he had dug up from the ground into the box.

"Ah Yuan, do you have any coal left? I'm running low on torches."

"A Yuan?"

When Feng Ning turned around and didn't get a response, he found that A Yuan, who had been following him, had disappeared.

Feng Ning thought he had gone back to his own house, but when she went over, there was still no one inside.

This aroused his suspicion, and he subconsciously switched out his weapon.

He just checked his box, and everything inside was still there, which meant that the guy who killed the four of them wasn't after the supplies at all.

This means that he might still be here.

Are you looking for your companion?

The sudden sound startled Feng Ning, who immediately turned around and pressed her back against the wall.

The newcomer had a rope tied to his hand, with A-Yuan tied to the other end.

Aning's mouth was completely stuffed with an apple.

"Can an apple still be used like this?"

"wrong."

Feng Ning was momentarily dazed, but quickly came to her senses and looked at Shi Qian with a serious expression.

"We can give you supplies, as long as you let him go."

As Feng Ning spoke, she slowly walked out of the house.

They even put away the stone sword as a gesture of goodwill.

"Really?"

Shi Qian watched his movements with great interest, then took a step back.

"What if I say no?"

When Feng Ning saw Shi Qian make a move, he knew that the negotiations were doomed.

He gripped the stone sword again and confronted Shi Qian.

Shi Qian kicked backward, knocking A Yuan to the ground, and used the force to rush forward.

Feng Ning also got into a blocking stance, but what happened next really stunned him.

Suddenly, a clump of plants appeared at his feet. The man touched the plants with a white object, which not only slowed him down but also caused him to lose health continuously.

That player—no, he shouldn't be called a player—he had never seen his abilities before. What exactly was he?

After Feng Ning was lightly hit, a poison effect appeared in the upper right corner of his vision.

Furthermore, his upper body was stuck in a clump of white woven material, much like a spider web.

"What are all these things?!"

Feng Ning really wanted to smash the spider web in front of him, but the pain from the double continuous damage made it difficult for him to hold his sword steady, let alone destroy the blocks or counterattack.

He's starting to regret setting the pain level so high.

During this time, the player kept hitting him with his hand, and his health dropped even faster.

When Feng Ning's health was down to one-third, Shi Qian seized the opportunity, picked up the stone sword, and with a leaping strike, ended Feng Ning's life.

Then he pulled Ayuan, who had been dragging him along, to the sweet berry bushes.

Since the poisoning CD hadn't healed yet, Shi Qian could only slowly wear him down by hand-petting him with sweet berries.

Only when the familiar voice came did Shi Qian completely relax and collapse to the ground.

【Ding--】

Congratulations on completing this order!

[Order Reward: 66 Energy Points]

We look forward to receiving your next order.

"Oh my gosh~ They actually gave me a reward. I thought I was going to lose money this time."

The rope, apples, sweet berries, and bone meal all consumed time-travel energy.

There weren't many flowers that served as food for sweet berries and apples; what really pained Shi Qian was the rope that tied the flowers.

He didn't want to switch, but the cooldown time for using skills was too long, and Feng Ning would be a threat to him.

Although digging a hole to hide A-Yuan is one way, I don't feel at ease if I don't keep him by my side.

If they manage to escape and then ambush me from behind while I'm fighting Feng Ning, it would be a huge loss.

However, even though the system gave me a reward, I didn't actually earn much on this trip.

There were a total of 6 players, and not much energy left.

He spent 100 energy points to buy these things.

"Another day of being broke."

After resting for a while, Shi Qian buried all the fresh debris.

While we were at it, we did the same to the boxes that hadn't been touched before.

Shi Qian didn't see a bed in this camp, probably because the recipe hadn't been unlocked yet.

Moreover, he stayed here for so long, and he still hasn't found any of the four players he killed before.

I don't know if it's because the respawn point is too far away or for some other reason.

After confirming one last time that no boxes had been missed, Shi Qian once again embarked on his journey to find the Creeper.

But what he didn't know was that the news of him killing the last two people had already spread among the players.

After being tied up and unable to move by Shi Qian, and with an apple stuffed into his mouth, A Yuan started recording.

Since he had never seen the rope binding him in the game before, he planned to record it and ask on the forum what it was.

Moreover, the person who tied him up clearly came with malicious intent, and it's very likely that he was the player the leader had mentioned before who had previously raided the base.

As a result, once the recording started, something incredible was captured.

He saw his friend trapped by a blade of grass and something that looked like a spider web.

I'm still losing health.

He knew that Feng Ning had turned his pain sensitivity up to 50%, and seeing how his hands were trembling, he couldn't even imagine how much pain he was in.

Although A-Yuan did experience the feeling of continuous blood loss in the end, it wasn't that painful.

A Yuan posted the unedited screen recording directly to the forum, sparking considerable discussion.

How much information is the authorities secretly hiding? Why haven't I seen any of it?

He knows how to come up with headlines.

After posting, he even commented on it himself:

[Aside from the apple stuffed in my mouth and the stone sword in his hand, I haven't seen anything else in this game.]

Someone replied to him shortly afterward.

[The author is in a plain, right? The grass on the ground is called sweet berry bush, a specialty of coniferous forests. I haven't seen any others like it.]

[The rope that tied you up is a tether; you can get it by killing the wandering merchant. I have two on me, and I've already tethered two pigs to build a ranch.]

[Is the rope upstairs leading to the exit? Give me the coordinates. That is definitely a spider web; I've seen it in the mine. But this player seems really strange. You're in a plain; how did he run so far to kill you? And he didn't even show his nickname.]

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After reading through the comments section, A Yuan realized that those items were all from the game.

But I'm still confused.

After Feng Ning died and logged off, he told him that after that player attacked him, he got a negative effect of "poisoning". After asking in their game group, they found that two other people also got this effect when they encountered Shi Qian.

After learning that A Yuan had posted a video on the forum, Feng Ning rushed to comment.

[I'm the one who got killed in the video. I've read all your comments, and everything else seems fine, but why do I get a negative effect called "Poisoned" after being attacked? We've attacked each other before when we played together, and this never happened. Please help me understand.]

[What is this? I've never heard of it before. Could you please explain it in detail?]

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