"Has someone entered the Nether?"
Gu Yu was slightly surprised to hear the announcement.
But that was all.
The reward for unlocking the Nether wasn't very generous. It was even a little stingy, and wouldn't have any real impact.
As for Yamamoto Rokuko, Gu Yu didn't know how he'd learned how to use obsidian.
But Gu Yu figured that even if he knew how, surviving in the Nether would still be difficult.
It was indeed a new dimension, and it was indeed more dangerous. One small mistake, and you could be chased by Ghasts or fall into lava.
There were also Blazes, Wither Skeletons, Zombified Piglins, and other creatures.
Even a Veteran Player could die suddenly from one careless mistake, let alone a newbie.
Even if he was lucky enough to find a Nether Fortress, it would be difficult to get anything out of it.
What was happening outside didn't affect Gu Yu's movements. He'd mined nearly all the iron ore, so he wanted to take advantage of the time and modify his simple Monster Spawning Platform.
There were no diamonds in the resource zone, so the only way to get them was from Villagers.
There weren't any Villagers outside, so Gu Yu planned to make some himself.
"First, I'll stack stone to a height of twenty-three blocks, then expand it into a square..."
With the Stone Generator, the one thing the sky island never lacked was stone.
As he started building, the audience from the Nine Provinces grew terribly anxious.
"What's going on? Don't go back to the sky island, Great One!"
"If you can't find gold, hurry up and look for diamonds!"
"A Diamond Pickaxe can even mine obsidian. A Diamond Sword must be just as good!"
"Other people have time limits, but we don't have to worry about that. We're the best suited to explore!"
"Yamamoto Rokuko found them deep in the mining area. I bet the diamonds generate deeper down!"
"We didn't find any before because nobody explored the deeper layers!"
"If we go too late, everyone else will have taken them all. This is so stressful!"
Their worry wasn't unfounded.
The moment Yamamoto Rokuko pulled out a Diamond Pickaxe, many countries immediately found ways to send their contestants a reminder.
India Nation. A sudden notice board interrupted Kapil while he was busy.
He pulled up his pants and walked out, looking displeased.
A snow-white sheep could just barely be seen in the room.
"Couldn't this wait until later?"
Kapil muttered as he came out, fully dressed.
Though he said that, he knew they wouldn't waste an item to send him a message for no reason, so he read the notice carefully.
It gave him two main pieces of information: obsidian and Flint and Steel could open a new dimension, and there was also information about diamonds.
"There's an ore even more precious than gold!"
He couldn't mine obsidian just yet, but the mention of diamonds immediately perked Kapil up.
His irritation at being interrupted vanished. He climbed onto his warhorse, brimming with energy.
"It's a shame the diamonds I found before were mined out, but it doesn't matter."
"Since they exist, I'll find them again sooner or later!"
His warhorse gave him a unique advantage, allowing him to explore many places other people couldn't reach.
Kapil hurried into the resource zone and searched the depths of its various caves.
Free Nation.
After killing enough spiders, Mark and Jett each crafted a bow and arrows.
"Twenty arrows should be enough to kill an Iron Golem, right?"
Although he'd seen a Piglin carry away a chest, Gu Yu's region was still a huge piece of cake.
Put yourself in his shoes.
With so many resources around, Mark would definitely build a home here. Why would he be willing to go back?
Compared with the starting area, the resource zone was more like a normal world. The shabby starting area couldn't compare at all!
So he was sure that even if Gu Yu had moved most of the supplies, there would definitely still be other valuable resources in the wooden hut!
Otherwise, why would he have an Iron Golem guarding it?
Just as Mark was eager to attack the Iron Golem, Jett received a reminder.
"Samurai Nation found new information: diamonds and obsidian!"
Compared to Gu Yu, new equipment was definitely more appealing.
"Then let him live for another two nights. I'll find diamonds first, then come back!"
Mark quickly made up his mind and set off to search for diamonds.
Gangcun Kuzi didn't need a reminder. He'd already learned about the diamonds from Yamamoto Rokuko.
Aside from those who genuinely had no items, almost everyone had given up on gold and started looking for a new resource: diamonds!
Sky island.
After half a day of work, the Monster Spawning Platform had evolved into a Mob Spawner Tower.
It was just high enough that monsters wouldn't die from the fall, leaving them at a height where one sword strike could finish them off.
Six wooden planks and one stick could make a sign. Signs couldn't transmit information.
But they could be placed at the top, and with vines, they could control how far monsters fell.
There were two floors, divided into four sections. The design took advantage of the way monsters spawned in the dark and the random pathfinding mechanism.
Then he placed water flows along the sides to wash every monster that fell down to the bottom, where Gu Yu could kill them.
The advantage was that he didn't need to wait for nightfall. Monsters would keep falling at any time of day.
The downside was that it was too inefficient.
After watching for an entire afternoon, he'd seen plenty of Zombies and Skeletons appear.
But for some reason, the Villager Zombies he wanted never showed up.
"That's strange. Why is the chance so low?"
He considered how to improve it, or whether some other factor was interfering.
Far away on the sky island.
Park Sam-chang drank Mushroom Soup, looking relaxed.
Thanks to that heavy rain, he'd spent two days searching for Ender Pearls, apart from picking up a bowl and a Crafting Table.
He'd found more than thirty of them, enough to last a whole month of travel.
"What's Gu Yu doing on the sky island instead of going to the resource zone?"
Park Sam-chang couldn't make sense of the Mob Spawner Tower, but he could tell it had something to do with monsters.
He just couldn't understand why Gu Yu was bothering with monsters instead of looking for resources.
The viewers from Smida were just as confused.
"What good stuff could monsters have?"
"Other than food like Rotten Flesh, the most valuable thing must be iron ingots, right?"
"We've got an Iron Mine. Why look for iron here instead of outside?"
"Forget it, don't worry about him. Smida, hurry up and go to the resource zone!"
"Find diamonds in the deeper layers and get rich overnight!"
"Our Smida doesn't have a notice board, right? There's no way to warn him."
"And there's a mining limit too. Sigh."
After sighing, the Smida audience felt intensely jealous of Gu Yu.
He had a limit on the number of times he could mine and his own region, yet he refused to go outside and just hid on the sky island!
What a waste. If only they had that opportunity!
After filling his stomach, Park Sam-chang stood up and threw an Ender Pearl.
"I haven't used up today's mining allowance yet. I'll go look for resources first!"
After the feeling of weightlessness passed, he arrived in the familiar resource zone.
"Where did all this snow on the ground come from? What a useless thing. How did it get into my inventory? I'd better throw it out!"
"That must be Gu Yu's region. What a huge guard. It looks really strong. I'd better not try to take those pumpkins."
"Huh? Free Nation and Samurai Nation—what are they doing?"
As he walked through the scenery along the way, he was once again intensely envious of the treatment Gu Yu received.
Although he hadn't gotten a reminder, Park Sam-chang keenly sensed that something was wrong.
Why weren't the other contestants looking for gold mines? Why were they all searching for caves and heading down to the deeper layers?
He knew these people well. There was only one thing that could get them all to do the same thing.
Profit!
"There's treasure in the deeper layers!"
Park Sam-chang immediately reached a conclusion, his eyes lighting up.
"Into the mines!"
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