After the surprise, the Samurai Nation's audience grew worried.
Yamamoto Rokuko had discovered a new dimension and was now struggling to survive, having nearly died.
If Gangcun got trapped there too, the Samurai Nation would truly be finished.
Resources were one thing, but if nobody built up their blocks, they would stop developing and soon be overtaken by those behind them.
If they couldn't even hold on to a top-three spot, how could they talk about suppressing Gu Yu?
Looking cautiously around, Gangcun Kuzi had been fairly lucky.
He had spawned in a relatively peaceful forest.
There were no Ghasts or other monsters to break the portal.
Only a notification sounded.
[Congratulations to Samurai Nation's player, Gangcun Kuzi, for discovering a new block: Twilight Forest!]
[Block score +1.]
The reward wasn't as generous as the Nether's, but Gangcun Kuzi was quite satisfied to get a point for free.
"Seven points. Firmly in second place!"
Gu Yu's score seemed high largely because of rewards like the Iron Mine and Stone Generator.
Those were just clever tricks. All seven of Gangcun Kuzi's points had come from his own efforts, earned step by step.
When it came to their actual resources and strength, it was anyone's guess who would come out on top!
Holding onto that conviction, Gangcun Kuzi carefully observed this world.
It was completely different from the Overworld.
Squirrels, elk, wild boars, fireflies—they were all creatures that had never appeared before!
Curious, he raised his head.
This place was called the Twilight Forest, and its most striking feature was the trees.
They towered skyward, enormous beyond measure, their tops out of sight.
Inside, he dug out vines that stretched all the way to the crowns, then climbed up and stood on them.
The entire Twilight Forest came into view!
"There's something over there!"
From up high, he was bound to spot something. Gangcun Kuzi soon noticed a structure in the distance that looked like a maze.
It stood out from its surroundings, built from bricks. He dug straight into it.
Gangcun Kuzi received a notification.
[You have entered a hostile Micro Block: Naga Courtyard!]
[Be careful when dealing with the enemies that appear!]
A health bar appeared above his head, and a gigantic serpentine creature emerged.
This wasn't an Elite Monster like a Lightning Creeper or an Armored Zombie. It was a genuine Boss-level Creature.
[Naga!]
Back on the Sky Island.
Gu Yu saw that the architect had already begun creating.
"Wonderful, my liege!"
"Just look at your bold and innovative construction: a clever, ingenious Stone Generator that can produce stone endlessly!"
"I think I know what great building I should construct for you first."
[Your servant requests permission to use the Stone Generator.]
[Your servant shares a building with you: Great Wall · Myth.]
Seeing those two words, Gu Yu could hardly believe his eyes.
They could even build the Great Wall?
The First Emperor had poured the nation's resources into building it to repel foreign enemies.
It was hailed as a wonder of the ages, without equal in the world!
Just imagining how awe-inspiring it would be to build one in the Block World was enough to stir him!
And this was happening right when the Civilization Challenge had begun and Sudden Change was underway. They could use the Myth version of the Great Wall to hold it back.
Wouldn't that be like the First Emperor returning to life and personally leading the expedition?
Every viewer in Jiuzhou watching beyond the screen felt their blood start to boil.
"I'm dying. Park Sam-chang can't even figure out a farm, and Great God Gu Yu is building the Great Wall?"
"Four blocks of dirt and a few cows, and they call that a farm?"
"The Samurai Nation, in second place, built something even worse. It doesn't even qualify as a box!"
"The Free Nation's is a bit better. You can just about tell it's a house, but compared with ours..."
"Building the Great Wall on a block? Great God Gu Yu is truly one of a kind!"
"Everyone else is trying to survive. What are we doing?"
"Going straight to the throne! I am the emperor!"
While everyone else had box houses—or even Ye Feng's Mansion—Gu Yu was building the Great Wall.
It was every bit as shocking as someone bringing out an atomic bomb while everyone in the Stone Age was still making weapons out of stone.
A whole other level of power!
"We can build the Great Wall in the Block World?"
Dean Qi exclaimed.
He was still studying the process of converting zombies.
Since they could turn one into an architect, could they use the same method to create other NPCs?
He hadn't expected another surprise to come along just as he started his research.
The Great Wall—something inextricably bound up with the growth of the Huaxia people.
To a great extent, it represented the soul of a nation.
Its significance was extraordinary!
"Good thing those Koreans didn't kill him!"
Fries laughed.
If Park Sam-chang had gotten the architect, then even if he knew how to convert a Zombie Villager, the architect would most likely have offered a building related to the country behind him.
Fries honestly couldn't think of what Park Sam-chang could build.
Compared with a history spanning thousands of years, that would have been such a waste!
After accepting the permission request, Gu Yu came back to his senses.
Even if it could be built, it still had to be constructed brick by brick.
The good thing was that he had an architect as free labor, so Gu Yu didn't need to do the work himself.
He marked out a construction area and watched stones appear one after another, then get laid in place.
Gu Yu felt a little excited.
Buildings were essential to development. To develop a block, you needed all kinds of buildings, especially ones like this that held special meaning and had been enhanced.
How many block points could it earn?
Hundreds, or even more?
Would that be enough to meet the requirements for a Small Block?
After giving the architect plenty of food and blocks, Gu Yu heard a notification.
[Samurai Nation's player has discovered a new block: Twilight Forest!]
[Exploration permission has been enabled for all players!]
The Twilight Forest seemed to be the other world Zhu Wu had mentioned.
It was another classic Minecraft mod, one that nearly every player had tried at some point.
As classic as Sky Island Survival!
"So it was you."
Compared with other large modpacks, the Twilight Forest had a wide variety of content without being as difficult.
They were in a Micro Civilization, at the very bottom of the block hierarchy, so it suited their situation too.
Gu Yu thought the new block was worth exploring.
The Twilight Forest was famous for its many tools and pieces of equipment that were stronger than the vanilla versions but not too difficult to obtain.
They could help him get through the Sudden Change challenge more easily.
With an architect there, the Sky Island shouldn't run into any major trouble for now, since it was far from land.
He built two Iron Golems to prevent any accidents, then looked at the Diamond Pickaxe in his hand.
"First, I'll take a trip to the Nether!"
With a Diamond Pickaxe, there was no need to rush to find more diamonds. He could go to the Nether first and see if he could find an Alloy Set.
Once he had the Alloy Set, he could head to the Twilight Forest and speedrun the bosses!
He mined obsidian and prepared a few buckets of water, milk, and snowballs...
[Going Straight Down!]
Yamamoto Rokuko had been in the Nether for a long time.
Perseverance had finally paid off. After enduring countless trials and torments, he had successfully found an abandoned obsidian portal.
"Great! I'll mine the obsidian and go home!"
After searching for so long, he had finally found a way back!
Carefully avoiding the monsters, he mined all the obsidian.
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to retrace his steps—
Clap!
A portal appeared out of nowhere, not far from him.
Yamamoto Rokuko: ???
He had worked so hard and searched for half the day. He had only just found one.
And now a complete portal had appeared?
"No, someone's entered the Nether. Who?"
He quickly realized what had happened. A figure appeared in front of the obsidian portal.
"Gu Yu from Jiuzhou!"
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