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

The objective is to locate a small lake in the woods. The houses there are no longer just simple box-like structures; they have begun to be decorated.

Wheat has even been planted along the lakeshore where it is close to the water.

"They seem to be developing quite well."

Shi Qian observed for a while and roughly estimated the number of people and the nature of the system.

This should be a small team of about ten people.

Most of the players are in their base, so this time we can't take them down one by one like we did last time.

However, with the explosion skill, you can try to gather all the players together.

After some thought, Shi Qian made up his mind.

After browsing through the store, I finally chose an item.

Shi Qian took it in his hand and swaggered past.

"who are you?"

A sharp-eyed player spotted Shi Qian first and immediately questioned him loudly.

The other players also stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to this.

"Who's in charge here? I'm here to make a deal."

Since Shi Qian came alone, holding only a red cube, he didn't seem to pose any threat.

The players exchanged glances, and one of them ran into the largest room to call for help.

Everyone else curiously gathered around, wanting to see what kind of deal was going to be made.

They had no doubt about the stranger in front of them.

When they were exploring this area before, they learned that this region was probably only inhabited by a group of relatively powerful players.

Not long after, the player who went in earlier came out with two other people.

One of them walked up to Shi Qian and asked:

"Hello, what kind of transaction do you want to make?"

"This is the item I have in my hand. Are there any other people here? We can call them out together so we can see what this thing is for."

"Oh? What is it that needs so many people to see?"

Another person also voiced their question. The two looked at each other and saw the same doubt in each other's eyes.

"I'll show you how."

Shi Qian put the block in his hand on the ground and gestured for everyone to come closer.

He had just asked if anyone else was there when he tried to do it to himself; his intentions were too obvious.

Fortunately, none of the players here seem to have realized it.

So we can't worry about that now, we'll just try to solve some problems as best we can.

Players are all waiting for Shi Qian's next move.

But no one expected that the next second there would be a loud "bang."

Players who were close to Shi Qian saw a "You are dead" message in their field of vision.

The few remaining surviving players also had very little health left, and they hadn't even recovered from the pain yet.

The block on the ground also exploded.

All the players present turned into a pile of loot, and the first batch of loot dropped by Shi Qian was even destroyed by the TNT.

Shi Qian had already run to the building on the side after activating his skill.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it looks terrible."

Shi Qian shook his head, didn't stay in that place, and retreated to a corner to recover and observe.

After the two explosions, Shi Qian's mission panel did not display a mission completion notification, indicating that there must still be people here.

Not long after, two or three players ran out carrying stone swords, and one of them even had a shield.

"Their development is much faster than the previous one."

Shi Qian waited a while longer, and there should be no other people in the camp besides them.

Quietly walk to the roof from the side and look down at the three wary people below.

"If there's no one else around, then just go all out against them."

Shi Qian thought this way and acted accordingly.

He dove over the roof and activated his explosion skill before even touching the ground.

These players also went offline to confide in their friends.

Why isn't it over yet?

Shi Qian has already blown up nine people, but there is still no familiar system voice.

So he could only stare blankly as he searched each house one by one, even digging two blocks deep into the corners of each house to rule out the possibility of a basement.

The remaining target player has still not been found.

He was so anxious that he started pulling out his own hair.

"It can't be that there was a tenth player when the quest was accepted, and then he logged off while we were traveling."

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

Shi Qian wished he could dig three feet into the ground to find that non-existent person.

There aren't any mines around here.

"Wait, a mine?"

Among the last to die, some were carrying shields; the crafting of these shields required iron.

There are no mines or tunnels nearby, not even the ones dug by hand in Mission 1.

Where did he get his iron from?

Shi Qian felt there must still be places he hadn't found, so he turned the surrounding area upside down.

"That's strange, it doesn't feel human at all."

Shi Qian lay dejectedly by the lake, counting the ears of wheat on the stalks.

"The system should be pretty intelligent. If it still lets me kill players after they log off, then it's a bit like artificial stupidity..."

After lost in thought for a while, Shi Qian's gaze was drawn to the fish in the lake.

"Why can't I become a salted fish after time-traveling...?"

After watching the fish for a while, Shi Qian suddenly noticed something was wrong.

There's a trapdoor underwater.

"Huh? Damn!"

It's no wonder Shi Qian didn't think of this; who could have imagined it?

Instead of digging a basement, they dug a subterranean room under the lake.

Take a deep breath and let go of the thought of being angry with yourself.

Shi Qian swam toward the trapdoor.

"This place is really deep."

Shi Qian took out his iron sword as he walked down the passage, because both sides of the passage were covered in sand.

He feared that if he detonated himself, the sand might fall and suffocate him.

Suddenly, the lights in front of him came on, and Shi Qian knew that he had arrived at his destination.

Press your ear against the wall and try to listen to what's happening inside.

But there was no sound from anyone inside.

"How come there are still people like me who prefer to mute things?"

Seeing that he couldn't get any specific information from the stakeout, Shi Qian just barged in.

There are two people in the basement.

Shi Qian gave one of the spider webs and planted a cluster of sweet berries at the foot of the other.

Because of the poison and the iron sword in hand, Shi Qian ultimately took both heads.

【Ding--】

Congratulations on completing this order!

[Order Reward: 111 Energy Points]

We look forward to receiving your next order.

"It's great."

Shi Qian earned quite a lot of energy points this time.

Although TNT is expensive, the energy points he gets from killing players have already made his purchase worthwhile.

"As expected, quests are still the most profitable, but we still have to kill monsters."

After emerging from the lakeside chamber, Shi Qian discovered that it was already dusk.

This time, the player's loot was ignored.

He planned to go directly to the place where the spider spawner was located.

Because his current explosions can't destroy rocks, he can farm monsters without breaking the traps.

After returning to the plains, Shi Qian headed in the direction he had previously chosen.

Then I saw my first pedicure clinic.

Now that he knew the location of the abandoned mine tunnel, Shi Qian made a note of all the nearby landmarks.

Shi Qian actually really wanted to build a monster-slaying tower.

However, he had done some calculations during his free time and realized that if he used the cheapest blocks to build everything, the energy required would be something he absolutely could not afford right now.

We'll build a more efficient one when we don't have to be so stingy anymore.

Now, at least he has a monster spawner in the mine tunnel, which is enough.

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