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

The information on the light blue system panel kept changing until it jumped to the system inventory bar.

And it kept scrolling down until... an item was revealed.

Shi Qian's eyes widened slightly; he seemed to have realized something.

I don't know where the strength came from, but I raised my hand, selected the item, and held it in my hand.

The moment he held it in his hand, Shi Qian's body went limp and fell to the side.

But he managed to hold himself up with the flag he was holding.

After being motionless for so long, he was still a little unaccustomed to suddenly regaining his mobility.

Before they could even catch their breath, the flag in front of them began to slowly emit a white light.

The elder beside Shi Qian seemed to realize something as well, and suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

The halo that appeared on the pale gray flag began to solidify slowly and converge towards the center.

It gradually transformed into a portal-like structure that Shi Qian was very familiar with.

Furthermore, the portal began to emit beams of white light, which, from afar, enveloped the etched figures who had not eaten the sweet berries and whose forms had faded to the point of almost disappearing.

Shi Qian didn't know what this meant. Ever since he accidentally uttered those two words, his mind had been in chaos, and he couldn't sort out his thoughts.

But he had a vague feeling that he seemed to have... truly grasped hope.

[The Banner of Hope for the Deceased]

Isn't the same true for etchers?

Those who have passed away with time, but seek hope in the future...

The etched figures enveloped in light no longer faded.

On the contrary, there are faint signs of it solidifying.

although...

The buildings behind them are still crumbling and slowly dissipating.

However, those who encountered the "light" were no longer affected by time.

He even opened his eyes, slowly stood up, and regained his strength...

but...

There was no contact between their feet and the ground.

Feeling the sudden, mysterious power, they all focused their attention on the person in the middle holding the flag—Shi Qian.

It seems he really did manage to save someone...

The light emanating from the portal on the banner did not only envelop those abandoned by time.

There are also people whose consciousness energy has been stolen by the system and etched away.

From the moment they were enveloped in light, the faint, starlight-like traces that had been emanating from them gradually faded until they disappeared.

But those things that were taken away by the system... probably won't come back.

This meant that they did not recover from their weakened state, but their energy and spirit were somewhat higher.

"What...is going on...?"

Shi Qian swallowed hard and murmured involuntarily.

His system panel jumped back to the consciousness energy section the moment he took out the Calamity Banner.

Seeing that the number had stopped increasing, Shi Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He really, really didn't want to hurt these etched figures.

Things have calmed down now...

All the etched figures were enveloped in the light of the Calamity Banner, and they were no longer affected by time and the system.

Some people even went back to see how their original homes had changed.

They etched people... Now, they have truly come to the future and stayed in the future.

However, they didn't know what the future held...

Because right now, they feel like they can't even control their fate in the next moment.

Will they... also disappear into the river of time?

No one spoke; everyone was waiting.

They didn't know what they were waiting for.

Perhaps it was waiting for itself to dissipate, perhaps it was waiting for the houses behind it to turn to dust, or perhaps it was waiting for Shi Qian's next move.

They left their familiar world, and the underground city of Xiyue was no longer what it used to be.

What does the future hold for those who etch human bodies?

Not to mention the etched figures, even Shi Qian is waiting.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that the flag in front of him would bring him surprises.

As it turned out, his sixth sense was correct.

After the banner in front of them had enveloped all the etched figures, its light dimmed, as if it were "resting".

But they didn't have to wait long.

A beam of light followed the point where Shi Qian touched the flag and spread to his body.

The gray banner of calamity suddenly lit up, startling everyone.

Suddenly everything went white, and my vision was temporarily obscured.

When they regained their sight, they found themselves in a completely different place.

here...

Shi Qian looks very familiar...

Not because of anything else.

Rather, this is a coniferous forest.

The coniferous forest that Shi Qian encountered with the village chief from that calamity...

But when he looked at his minimap, the coordinates were wrong.

0

What do you mean?

Four coordinate scales, could it be that my buddy has been working in four-dimensional space?

I checked, and the system can be opened normally.

You can use the items in your own backpack, and your skills can be upgraded.

It shouldn't be difficult for me to escape to another location, but I don't know what the situation is here...

Just as Shi Qian began to contemplate his current situation, streaks of white light began to appear around him.

They were all etchers, and they came in too.

Captain Calamity's banner...

Could it be some kind of spatial magic artifact...?

Am I going to be transported from a game to a cultivation world?

But it's not impossible...

After all, there are so many dimensions. What if I really encounter a cultivator from a cube dimension?

Seeing that none of the etchers who came in had any major problems, Shi Qian's thoughts began to wander.

He was startled when a hand patted his shoulder.

Awakening to the situation, he instinctively gripped the trident in his hand.

However, Shi Qian did not act rashly, but turned his head slightly to see who it was.

It's fine if you don't turn your head, but if you do, the CPU will burn out completely.

"what?"

The person who patted him on the shoulder was none other than the village chief of Calamity Village, whom Shi Qian had personally killed.

He was also the one who handed the flag to him.

"I never expected you to give me such a big surprise."

The villagers, suffering from the disaster, spoke up.

Shi Qian is so dry he's practically smoking.

When they met before, Captain Calamity hadn't said a word.

All communication relies on actions.

At that time, Shi Qian didn't know that the natives of this world could speak, but he didn't think too much about it.

Now Shi Qian knows that the natives can speak, and he has also heard Captain Calamity speak, but he can't understand why he didn't speak when they met before.

And didn't he kill himself?

It was the village chief of the Calamity Village who personally took Shi Qian's sword and swung it at himself.

as well as...

What did he mean by what he just said?

surprise?

Are you referring to these etched figures?

Why is it a surprise?

Could it be that Captain Calamity had foreseen something, but his actions exceeded Captain Calamity's expectations?

That flag!

It was given to me by the village chief of the Calamity Village!