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

Shi Qian, naturally, didn't care whether it was mysterious or not, and just went ahead recklessly.

The space inside the ice cave was quite large, and after descending about twenty blocks, the terrain became flat.

Looking out from inside the cave, the entire upward passage is very straight, sloping upwards.

The cave contained even more dark blue algae, which prevented the ice cave from appearing too dark.

There is a huge skeleton in the center of the ice cave.

It is much larger than the skeleton in the Soul Sand Canyon of the Nether.

"What's this..."

Shi Qian was somewhat shocked by the skeleton.

The spine of the skeleton is made up of three or four stacked bones, which start to extend from the opening inwards.

It only stops at the deepest part of the cave, becoming narrower the further in you go.

The front half of the spine has ribs that extend downwards to create space in the abdominal cavity, while the back half of the spine hangs down to the ground.

The ribs contracted inward and downward, bracing themselves against the floor of the ice cave.

This leaves a considerable distance between the top of the spine and the top of the ice cave.

Without a doubt, this must be a gigantic creature.

Moreover, it must be a marine creature. With such a long spine, I can't think of anything other than a marine animal like Shi Qian.

Furthermore, based on the size of this skeleton, it can be seen that the ice cave was formed because it contained this creature.

After that creature died, its skeleton was left behind and remained there forever.

Shi Qian couldn't help but move closer to take a closer look.

I counted them carefully; there were ten sets of ribs.

The spine tilts downwards after the last set of ribs.

When you reach the deepest part of the cave and look out, you can hardly see any light coming through the entrance.

At the deepest point, from the cave entrance, there are about fifty or sixty sections.

Shi Qian dared not imagine how big this creature would have been if it hadn't died.

He rested his hands on the bone at the base of his tail and couldn't help but sigh.

Just as he was about to express his feelings, he suddenly felt something moving under his hand.

In an instant, Shi Qian felt a chill run down his spine, and he felt goosebumps rise on his skin.

After raising his hand, he found that there was nothing in it.

He went closer to the bone and found that it had many holes.

It's a strange feeling, like SpongeBob SquarePants zooming in to let you see details.

The once smooth and flat area suddenly became riddled with holes.

This bone fragment is the same; normally, it looks like a very ordinary bone fragment.

But upon closer inspection, it looks completely different.

Shi Qian couldn't help but place his hand next to the holes in the bone.

[Insect-eaten bone fragments]

"New items?"

Originally, the bone fragments weren't highlighted when he touched them, but now they are.

It looks like an item exclusive to this dimension, and certain conditions must be met to transform it into this thing.

However, the bone fragments were eaten away by insects...

Are there worms inside the bone fragment?

Could what I just touched have been a bug...?

Shi Qian felt a chill run down his spine at the thought, and then turned on the radar.

You won't believe it until you open it; once you do, you'll be shocked to find that the entire skeleton is filled with countless biological entities.

"I'll choke you!"

The moment he sensed it, Shi Qian turned off the radar.

It triggered his trypophobia.

In order not to damage the large skeleton, Shi Qian fired two arrows to track the one he had just touched.

Although insects are rather disgusting, this seems to be the first new creature I've encountered in this dimension.

We still need to test the waters.

[Slay the monster: Zombie Worm]

[Unlock Ability: Corrosion]

[Click to view skill details]

"Oh my, what a surprise!"

However, this seems to be a neutral monster; when I placed my hand on the bone, it didn't cause me to lose any health.

emmmmm...

Of course, it's also possible that it's because they only eat bones.

Shi Qian remembered that he seemed to have seen something like this in videos in his original world, and he thought that was what it was called.

It is a creature that decomposes bones when only bones remain after a whale has fallen to its hindquarters.

If this dimension has a reference to reality...

Then the origin of this insect becomes clear, and the identity of this skeleton is obvious.

It must be a whale. According to the dolphin, there are narwhals in this dimension.

Shi Qian thought of the very straight passage when he came down into the cave.

It's probably at the corner...

But can narwhals really be that big?

Shi Qian was a little confused. If he were to face such a behemoth, what were his chances of winning?

As he walked out, he thought to himself, since there was nothing else in the cave.

In reality, a narwhal is only four or five meters long, and the Ender Dragon is only slightly larger, at most a dozen blocks...

While games may enlarge some creatures and monsters, it's unnecessary to make a narwhal this big.

It can't be that it mutated, or that it ate something it shouldn't have.

Wait, mutation?

Shi Qian remembered what the dolphin had said about the boiling spring.

It can't be because of that thing...

However, it's also possible that the cave was specially designed and built to enrich the exploration experience.

In reality, narwhals are not that big at all.

However, he felt it necessary to visit the boiling spring.

On the way here, he asked Brother Turtle about the locations of the Boiling Spring, the Ice Crack Abyss, and the other overflowing canyons.

Brother Turtle is a pretty good turtle; I even gave him some general directions.

Brother Turtle often travels back and forth between different canyons, so he must be very familiar with the surrounding terrain.

Shi Qian marked his current coordinates and planned to head in the direction of the boiling spring that Brother Turtle had pointed out.

We definitely need to find the core information, but it's not in a rush.

After all, the dolphins have been here for who knows how many years, so they should be fine staying here a little longer.

He felt there might be something strange about the boiling spring; otherwise, there was no reason why those normally normal marine creatures would turn into hostile creatures next to it.

As Shi Qian traveled, he glanced at the abilities the zombie worm had just granted him.

[Corrosion Level 1: Secretes a special corrosive liquid to decompose a single block at a designated location. Cooldown: 60 seconds (cannot corrode blocks outside of bone blocks)]

[Note: Releasing corrosive liquid in water is useless except by touching the blocks.]

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"This thing costs me 600 energy points?"

Shi Qian looked at this useless ability and gave up the idea of ​​unlocking it.

He hasn't even unlocked the zombie villager infection yet.

Speaking of infection, it seems he hasn't even looked at the skill details yet?

After killing the zombie villagers, the system completed the mission and leveled up immediately.

The skill panel cannot be opened.

The clone was then recalled and re-released.

He simply forgot about it and completely abandoned the skill.

Later, I got distracted while rushing to get somewhere and blocking other players at the gate, and then I encountered a whole host of other problems.

This matter was completely forgotten until I learned new skills and remembered it again.

Thinking about this, Shi Qian couldn't help but feel that he was really stupid for forgetting such a thing.

Although the energy level isn't particularly high, it's more than enough to unlock a skill.

Shi Qian brought up the system panel and clicked on Infection.