Want to be human, but cube-like

Emerald green grass, pitch-black night sky,

White cubes hung in the sky, their patterns resembling abstract crescent moons. This pixelated landscape made the girl feel as if she had stepped into a virtual world of data.

Before Xiangzi could react, a tall, thin, dark figure suddenly appeared before her, flashing past her with purple light particles.

Those deep purple pupils glanced at her, and then a piercing shriek shattered her eardrums.

"ah--!"

A terrified scream instantly echoed throughout the entire building.

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PS has optimized the issue of the main character being too tall.

Book 1: Chapter 9 Slender Man

Communicating with people is so difficult...

In the master bedroom, Alex closed the door, leaned against the wall, used her back to turn on the ceiling light switch, and slowly exhaled.

To be honest, this was indeed the first time in her life that she had communicated with someone else.

After all, in the past, we only dealt with villagers who couldn't speak or NPCs who could only reply with fixed words, so there was no need for communication or conversation.

Furthermore, even when engaging in dialogue with NPCs using fixed phrases, it's not Alex who speaks, but her controller, her mother, who chooses the fixed responses.

But Toyokawa Shoko is unlike any of the creatures Alex has ever seen before.

It's not just her appearance; her external reactions are also more complex in terms of behavioral logic. With Alex's limited communication experience, she simply cannot understand Xiangzi's thought process.

It is neither a villager nor an NPC.

If Alex had to find a point of comparison, the only one she could think of was her manipulator.

Just like Mom...

It doesn't refer to personality or anything else, but rather to what Alex understands.

Toyokawa Shoko and her mother were like beings of the same kind.

Equally unrestrained, equally unpredictable.

Same, but more realistic.

"I'm so envious. I want to be like that too."

She slammed her body heavily onto the bed, her flowing hair spreading out on the sheets like a sheet of silver silk.

"But it seems she can't learn well... Her mother's way of communicating scares her."

Recalling the conversation just now, and Xiangzi's resistance to her, Alex bit her moist lower lip in distress.

Alex herself certainly didn't know how to communicate normally with others, but she had been subconsciously learning from her mother's words and deeds, and if she thought about it a little, she could manage to communicate with others.

However, they might not be very good at controlling the sense of distance.

Moreover, Alex understood that the attitude her mother displayed when talking to her was different from when she wasn't controlling her.

For example, sometimes Alex can hear her mother talking to her mother.

Incidentally, that's how I learned the term 'Mom'.

Communication is so complicated... If only we could keep Toyokawa Shoko here.

In that case, I can learn a little from her how to communicate with people later.

Moreover, I won't be so lonely anymore.

Alex stared at the slightly glaring ceiling light, her thoughts slowly settling down.

"ah--!"

Then, a sudden scream startled me so much that I jumped out of bed.

"Toyokawa? Hasn't she left yet?"

Alex, who subconsciously drew her knife, pushed open the door in confusion and walked out of the room.

The scream just now seemed to have come from downstairs?

It has to be said that the sound was incredibly penetrating, able to travel through several layers of floor and still startle Alex.

Alex hurried downstairs, following the sound all the way down, but when she arrived at the hamburger shop, she couldn't find Xiangzi anywhere.

"Ok?"

She tilted her head in confusion.

"Gone?"

Turning back, I walked back to the stairwell.

Then, she saw several shallow footprints on the ground. Following the footprints, Alex was surprised to find that they were stairs leading down to the bottom.

So there's another floor below my burger shop?

Because there were no lights and it was pitch black, Alex hadn't noticed it for the past two days.

Did she go down?

Thinking this, Alex followed the footsteps down.

After dodging several spider webs, Alex stared at the increasingly familiar building blocks around her, her eyes widening.

Until she saw an open oak door, and in front of the door, Xiangzi, sitting on the ground, looking somewhat panicked.

Seemingly because he had just been frightened, Xiangzi was somewhat paranoid. Upon noticing Alex's footsteps, he immediately turned his head to look.

"There's a monster inside!"

Upon noticing it was her, Xiangzi seemed slightly relieved and immediately called out to her again.

"It's so dark... it's normal for monsters to spawn."

Alex, who seemed to have realized what had happened, walked past Xiangzi and stood in front of her.

She held the knife and walked straight through the oak door.

Before me lies a world composed entirely of various blocks.

Looking up, everything was completely familiar to Alex.

Moreover, the world before her was a rather special one among the many worlds Alex had experienced; in fact, it could be said to be a world that could be classified into its own category.

This is an empty island.

"So this is a dimensional portal?"

She looked around but didn't see the monster Xiangzi had mentioned, so she turned back to look at the oak door she had just crossed.

It has to be said that this is the most rudimentary dimensional portal Alex has ever seen. It doesn't require any special blocks to build, nor does it need any rituals or energy to activate. It's just a simple oak door that anyone can open with a wave of their hand.

You don't even have to endure the sudden darkness when passing through the portal; it's just like entering or leaving your home. You open the door, walk through, and you're in another world.

If she knew which module this came from, she would definitely give that module a good review.

"where is this place?"

Seeing that nothing seemed amiss after Alex went in, Xiangzi calmed down. She stood up somewhat awkwardly, leaned over, seemingly wanting to come in but hesitant.

"This is the Sky Island world... As for which version it is, it's still unclear."

Alex looked at her hesitant expression and reached out her hand.

"Come in. I haven't seen any monsters yet, so the area should be safe for now."

It was clear that Xiangzi was extremely curious. She hesitated for a moment, then raised her small hand and gently placed it on Alex's four slender fingers that were reaching out. With careful movements, she stepped over the oak door.

"What did that monster you just mentioned look like? Do you remember?"

As she spoke, Alex glanced around.

The time on this floating island seems to be the same as the outside world, it is currently the dead of night. Apart from the campfire in the middle of the island and the small pavilion made of red and white wool with a lantern hanging not far in front, the rest of the island is pitch black.

Behind them was a two-story wooden building.

The small building, the oak door that brought them into this world, is the main entrance of this building. There is a sign next to it that says "Tavern".

To the left is a large open space enclosed by a wooden fence, with a waterway in the middle, which seems to be a planting area.

To the right, there are two small wooden cabins, and a little further ahead is the small pavilion and an oak tree next to it.

Turning my head, I saw five tombstones standing on the back side of the two-story building, next to a spruce tree.

If we consider the standard starting point of surviving on a floating island, the resources are already abundant enough, making it a very easy start.

Moreover, there's no need to rush to lay the floor. A rough count shows that the radius of this floating island is more than twenty squares, which means it's a floating island with a diameter of nearly fifty meters.

"I only saw a black monster run past in a flash. It was long and thin, very tall, and surrounded by purple light. Also, I just heard a strange cry, like it was angry."

Xiangzi recalled the scene he had just witnessed and the terrifying screech in his ears, and his face turned pale.

"You saw it?... I mean, did you make eye contact with it?"

These words startled Alex, who quickly asked again.

"Hmm...the eyes are purple, but I don't see any other facial features."

Nodding, Xiangzi pursed her lips, clearly terrified, yet she refrained from making any further moves.

"Then it might not be safe now..."

But Alex muttered something to herself.

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Volume 1: Chapter 10 Sword Drawing

Alex casually closed the oak portal behind her, gripped Xiangzi's soft little hand tightly, and with a knife in her other hand, hurriedly approached the small wooden house next door.

Although it has been confirmed that the monster Xiangzi just saw was an Enderman, and Xiangzi even made eye contact with it, the Enderman was indeed enraged.

The strange cry from Xiangzi's mouth was a harbinger of the Endermen launching an attack.

But why wasn't it attacked?

Moreover, she didn't even see the Enderman's figure or the purple particle effect it emitted when it blinked.

In short, let's find a safe place first.

After scanning the area, Alex couldn't find any other two-block-high buildings nearby, apart from the three door frames, to block the three-block-high Endermen.

The door frame was too narrow to avoid the Endermen's attacks, so she had to take Xiangzi into the wooden house next door and quickly dig out a few blocks to build a two-block-high roof for him.

As for why not just go out through the oak portal...

Alex was a little worried that if the Enderman ran away following the aggro, she wouldn't be able to deal with it in the burger shop. After all, the Sky Island wasn't that big, and it wouldn't be difficult to take down the Enderman there.

Moreover, it would be a lot of trouble if it moved blocks around outside or went to other places.

Not understanding what was happening, Xiangzi didn't dare to disobey Alex and had no choice but to follow her into the cabin.

Then, he stared blankly at Alex, then banged hard on the wooden wall next to him a few times, creating a square hole one meter long and wide. A small cube the size of a palm fell out and was immediately sucked into her body.

"W-what is this?"

Feeling that his worldview had been challenged, Xiangzi reached out and touched the wall beside him.

Soft fingertips glide over the rough grain of the wood; it's very sturdy and doesn't seem like it could be easily moved.

"These are wooden plank blocks."

Alex, who had just knocked down four wooden planks, slammed them onto Xiangzi's head and casually offered an explanation.

"Stay here, don't leave this area, keep a one-block distance from the outside, that way the Endermen won't be able to attack you."

She told Xiangzi to stay in the corner and not to move, and then she walked out of the cabin.

"Enderman?"

With his mind still a mess, Xiangzi asked instinctively.