"We finally made it through!"
"Killing a Lightning Creeper feels like a dream!"
"Can someone tell me how Gu Yu did it?"
"Could it be that we really did get cheats?"
Perhaps because this was a Large Civilization, the death penalty this time was extremely severe.
Many small nations couldn't withstand it and were wiped out on the spot, swallowed forever by the wheels of history.
Luckily, Jiuzhou survived!
In the Samurai Nation, Sato Taishi flew into a rage.
"How did he block the attack? Aren't you supposed to be world-renowned scientists?"
"Why can't you give me a reasonable explanation even now?"
The experts below lowered their heads in shame and bowed deeply.
"Sumimasen!"
"Lord Sato, the Block World is simply too strange. You should know that scientists around the world have no way of studying it..."
"I don't care about any of that. I just want to know why Gu Yu survived!"
Sato Taishi angrily cut the expert off.
Jiuzhou had been in danger. He could have taken the opportunity to expand his territory and seize its land.
Even if some Creepers caused a little damage, it wouldn't affect the overall variety of resources.
Living on a tiny island, he had been coveting that prize for a long time!
With Jiuzhou's territory, the Samurai Nation would surpass the Free Nation in every way and become number one in the world!
Unfortunately, Gu Yu had survived.
Wiping the sweat of nervousness from his forehead, the expert brought up the replay.
To study the Block World, every civilization had dedicated recording equipment to observe Gu Yu's every move. The expert spoke cautiously.
"Well, according to our observations, he survived because he blocked the Lightning Creeper's attack."
"He seemed to use something like a shield!"
Shields had appeared in the Warrior Civilization before.
Some warriors liked using shields to block monsters' arrows.
At the time, many experts believed shields were an important piece of combat equipment, and had documented their performance in detail.
They could defend against zombie attacks and skeleton arrows. What no one had expected was—
Now they could even block Creeper explosions!
"Do you think I'm blind? Of course I saw him take out a shield to defend himself!"
"If a shield can block Creeper attacks, where's the recipe? Hurry up and send it to our contestants!"
Watching the replay, Sato Taishi also found it surprising. As far as he knew, shields could only defend against melee weapons.
He hadn't expected the properties granted by the Block World to let them block explosions, too.
The expert bowed deeply again.
"Sumimasen!"
"According to the previous replay from the Warrior Civilization, the Free Nation once obtained a shield with extremely low durability. It broke after blocking a dozen or so attacks."
"The India Nation also obtained one, but they picked it up next to a corpse. Its durability was extremely low, and it only blocked skeleton..."
"Do you think I'm an idiot? I asked how to make one!"
Sato Taishi kicked him and snapped.
Now that they knew how powerful shields were, if Gangcun Kuzi and Yamamoto Rokuko could make them too,
they could also defeat Lightning Creepers without taking damage!
They would have the advantage in battle!
But after stammering for a long while, the expert finally lowered his head.
"N-no, we haven't figured out how to make a shield yet."
"You can't even figure out something this simple? What use are you?"
Sato Taishi kicked him again, his face red with rage.
Ever since Gu Yu entered the Block World, he hadn't taken him seriously.
How could a novice on a Skyblock island possibly survive?
But now, he felt like a useless husband.
He knew both contestants had more resources than Gu Yu. They had everything the Skyblock island had, and even things it didn't.
The materials for a shield had to be simple, yet they kept failing to find the right crafting recipe in the Crafting Table's nine slots.
They could only stare at a divine item through glass, unable to get their hands on it!
It was utterly infuriating!
Sato Taishi kicked out hard and barked,
"Watch the replay frame by frame. You have three days to figure it out!"
"Yes, sir!"
The same thing happened in several other countries as well.
They all knew shields were made from simple materials, but none of them knew how to craft one. They could only rage helplessly.
At the Research Institute, Dean Qi burst out laughing.
"Shields can block Creepers? Hahaha!"
"Let me guess, the Free Nation and the Samurai Nation are absolutely furious after seeing that, aren't they?"
"Gu Yu really was lucky this time!"
He could already imagine the other countries losing their minds.
The materials were simple, but with the Crafting Table's nine-slot layout, figuring out the recipe from scratch would take tens of thousands of experiments.
Even if someone told them exactly what materials to use, it would still take ten days or half a month of repeated experiments.
There was no need to worry about them copying it anytime soon!
And with a shield, Gu Yu could keep the upper hand in battle!
"Luck, huh?"
Fries murmured to himself.
Once could be luck, but what about twice or three times?
Could it really still be called luck?
At any rate, Gu Yu had survived. Fries didn't dwell on that question and looked back at the screen.
When he took part in Parkour Civilization, he had placed first in the challenge and immediately received a Parkour Exam Scroll.
By getting ahead of everyone else and advancing beyond Parkour Novice, he had left the others behind and departed with the highest score.
The rewards for an ordinary civilization were already so generous. What about Block Civilization?
This was a Large Civilization, with difficulty that had shot up dramatically. The rewards should be even better!
"First place in a Large Civilization!"
"What will the reward be? I can't wait!"
"The rewards are always related to the civilization. Could it be a set of blocks?"
"That'd be too much. I think a house would be great!"
"A little villa? That'd be nice. It'd be comfortable to live in, and we wouldn't have to worry about monsters constantly respawning and bothering us!"
"Resources are scarce on Skyblock islands. Maybe it'll be several stacks of food."
As the people of Jiuzhou speculated excitedly,
the zombie burned to death, and Gangcun Kuzi likewise saw a Piglin wearing an Elytra arrive on his island.
Based on what he knew, this was an NPC native to Block Civilization.
"I'm the Samurai Nation's contestant, Gangcun Kuzi. Please give me my reward!"
He stepped forward to speak. The Piglin glanced at him and seemed quite indifferent.
"I placed third in the Block Challenge. Where's my reward?"
Only when it heard "third place" did the Piglin's expression soften a little.
"Third place gets to spend two hours a day in the resource area and obtain blocks ten times."
"This is a lever. Pull it to teleport there. You can also choose one type of block resource. Go ahead."
"Such generous rewards!"
Gangcun Kuzi's eyes widened with excitement.
He'd thought third place would only get something trivial. He hadn't expected to unlock the resource area!
By obtaining resources from the resource area, he could develop his own blocks and raise their level much faster!
More importantly, he could also get any one type of block resource.
It could make up for a lack of weapons, food, or building materials!
It was practically good for everything!
Seeing the Samurai Nation's footage made the audience even more excited.
If third place got such generous rewards, what could Jiuzhou, in first place, possibly receive?!
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