We Report, Kyushu Players Cheat!

Each Block's location differs, as does its distance from the resource zone.

For the farther Floating Islands, Zhu Wu activated the lever to teleport Gu Yu, while the Free Nation was closer.

A long bridge connected from afar, spiraling upwards, and soon led to the resource zone.

Once they arrived, the long bridge automatically disappeared, and a button on the ground could be used to reactivate it and return to the Block.

[Sky Island, Outskirts]

"Sky Island, is that the name of this place?"

Seeing the small text before him, Jet muttered to himself.

"It seems someone has already arrived before us, could it be the Kyushu Nation contestants?"

Raising his head, Gu Yu's figure was clearly visible in the distance.

Beside him was a Piglin, and from their conversation, he learned that Gu Yu's reward was an entire plot of land.

"Heavens, an entire plot of land! We can only get fifteen Blocks a day!"

"He must have used some abnormal method. The first place and the entire plot of land should have been ours!"

Jet was filled with intense jealousy.

One person killing a thousand Zombies in one night was impossible for food security!

"We'll report it, the Kyushu contestant cheated!"

Jet took this opportunity to report to another Piglin who had followed him.

"It's impossible for him to have killed a thousand Zombies, there must be something wrong. The first place reward should be ours!"

Hearing this, the Piglin's expression instantly darkened.

The Piglin race loved two things: warriors and gold.

Conversely, they detested cowards.

This little trick, to the Piglin, sounded like a coward deliberately slandering a strong individual, and their impression of Mark and the other immediately plummeted to the bottom.

"Are you questioning Sky Island?"

Sensing the Piglin's tone was off, Mark quickly explained.

"No, respected sir, we have no intention of slandering Sky Island!"

"But the information must be flawed, it's impossible for him to..."

Slap!

Before he could finish speaking, the Piglin slapped him.

Intense pain and a sense of weightlessness washed over him, and Mark, unable to stand steady, was knocked to the ground, his vision blurred.

It took a few seconds for him to recover.

At this moment, the Piglin's gaze towards them grew colder.

"Cease your baseless speculations!"

"The second place was not required to hand anything over, but now I've changed my mind."

"Starting today, you, like those cowards, will hand over one type of Block material to me every day!"

Mark stood frozen, his mind reeling.

He had only made one report, and now he had to hand over materials?

Coming to the resource zone, they could only mine fifteen Blocks in total each day, and now they had to give them away?

"Are you going to defy the rules of Sky Island?"

As Mark's eyes turned red, in his vision, Small blood-red text appeared.

[Sky Island Piglin Guard]

First one, then two, three, four...

The surroundings were completely covered in small blood-red text, numbering roughly over a hundred.

And behind those names, they didn't have the pig-headed appearance of the Piglin before them; their cheeks were mostly rotted and decayed, revealing ghastly white bones.

The golden longswords in their hands were even more terrifying than Zombies!

"No, how could we? We will hand over the materials!"

Sweating profusely from fear, Mark quickly apologized.

Only then did the Piglin calm down, and the blood-red text disappeared entirely.

"Very good, remember to throw the items into that funnel over there."

Giving them a warning look, the Piglin left and vanished into the distance.

"Bad luck, that damned pig..."

Jet was about to curse a few times, but Mark immediately shut him up.

There were so many red words just now, and they didn't know how many Piglins were nearby.

It wouldn't be good if they were heard and their punishment was increased.

Realizing Mark's meaning, Jet snorted coldly and then looked into the distance.

The Piglins led Gu Yu to the Block, the Iron Mine was occupied, and there was still a vast area waiting to be excavated.

"All iron ore? We were actually defeated by these idiots?"

"Kyushu's number one ranking is really all luck!"

Unable to curse the Piglins, Jet could only take out his anger elsewhere.

There was a mountain of gold not far away, and they chose iron instead of such precious resources?

Was an Iron Sword even better than a golden sword?

Now it was benefiting them!

"He'll know sooner or later how hard rare gold ore is to find. Hurry, let's dig up the gold ore."

"Make Gu Yu regret it!"

After adjusting their mindset, Mark and the other two hurried to the gold mine area.

Standing at a high place, Gu Yu took in the entire scene.

"It seems the Piglins aren't as friendly as they appear on the surface."

Affinity was also a hidden benefit of being number one.

Compared to Zhu Wu, who was kind-looking and smiling beside him, the Piglins around Mark were too terrifying.

It made sense; in the original game, Piglins were not easy to deal with.

As hostile mobs, they used bows and arrows and weapons, making them much harder to deal with than Zombies.

He had been killed by these things many times when he first started exploring the Nether.

Seeing the two heading towards the mountain of gold, Gu Yu found it amusing.

"Besides Piglins, does anyone really like gold?"

This thing looked rare, luxurious, and powerful, but it was actually flashy and impractical.

The equipment made from it had low durability, and its defensive properties were only slightly better than the lowest-tier leather set.

Its only use was to make Golden Apples.

Only when he was a few months into the game, a beginner who didn't understand the game mechanics, did he treat gold ore as a treasure.

Later, if he encountered it again, he wouldn't even want it if it was given to him for free, as it took up inventory space.

Ignoring the two of them.

"From now on, this is your Block!"

Led by the Piglins, they officially arrived at the Iron Mine, and a prompt sounded.

[Resource Area Discovered, Iron Mine!]

[Iron Mine is now your Block!]

[Current Block Comprehensive Score: 20 (Micro Block)]

[Player Ranking: 1]

From eight points to twenty points, a full twelve-point increase!

Floating Islands with Stone Generators and Monster Spawning Platforms only had five points. This jump of twelve points showed that there were indeed a lot of resources here!

Most importantly, there was a lot of iron ore here!

Unlike the ornamental gold ore, iron ore could provide him with many practical items.

Buckets, Shears, Anvils, Rails, Flint and Steel...

Especially if he wanted to develop Redstone technology, minecart tracks, and so on, he would need even more iron.

Relying solely on killing Zombies at night to get iron, he didn't know how long it would take, and the progress was too slow.

This would make things much easier!

"Your special reward has already been placed in the chest. I look forward to our next meeting."

After finishing these tasks, Zhu Wu left to prepare for his next job.

Opening the only small house on the Iron Mine, there was a large treasure chest inside, locked at the switch.

The lock didn't require a password; only Gu Yu had the permission to open it.

If it was forcibly destroyed, the contents of the chest would also be destroyed.

The audience in Kyushu were all curious.

"I've never seen such a strange chest."

"It's even locked? What good stuff is hidden inside?"

"Wait, everyone else got to choose their resources as a reward, but Gu Yu didn't!"

"Does that mean the stuff in the box is even better than choosing resources?"

"No way, what could be better than choosing?"

"I'm curious!"

Opening the box, instantly.

Light pierced through, and a mysterious power surged out.

"An Enchantment Book!"