Loneliness

In My World's Overworld, Chen Ming mined to pass the time. He also found a moment to upgrade his gear and make a Diamond Sword, though its quality wasn't very good—it was only Good grade.

Its attack bonus was just nine, about the same as that legendary Golden Sword. Both added basic attack power.

Chen Ming also made a quick trip to the Nether, where he got a Brewing Stand and built a Dirt House.

[Building Blocks Mod loaded]

Chen Ming glanced at the information that had appeared in the chat window, then looked at the Dirt House. What was there to say, bro? He abandoned it on the spot.

He picked a huge palace structure block and right-clicked. A palace covering more than a hundred thousand square meters appeared before his eyes.

"Now this is the life!"

Chen Ming used Martial Soul Possession and flew up, surveying the palace that belonged to him. Various decoration mods had been added, too.

"I've never lived in a palace before. Shouldn't I make a short video?"

Chen Ming rubbed his hands together, pulled out his phone, and took a few photos and videos before posting them on a short-video platform.

Caption: I think I got lost in my own house. Anyone coming to get me?

Chen Ming wandered around the palace for ages before finally finding the bedroom—or rather, the private chambers. He flopped onto the enormous bed, which was so soft and comfortable that he could hardly believe it.

"Now this is the good life~ But living alone in such a huge castle is kind of lonely. Could I get some little companions or something? Maybe... tame a wolf? A cat, and a horse!"

Chen Ming sprang to his feet with a kip-up and flew out of the palace. Worried he might get lost, though, he made a map first.

[Minimap Mod loaded!]

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

After marking a teleport point, Chen Ming flew off at once. Before long, he found several horses out on the plains.

He immediately set his sights on a white horse with a coat as pure as snow and swung himself onto its back.

A moment later, Chen Ming was bucked off. He climbed back on, only to be thrown off again. On! Off! On! Off...

"One last chance... Submit, or you're done for!"

Chen Ming drew his Golden Sword and held it against the white horse's neck, threatening it fiercely. The horse calmly continued munching grass.

But when Chen Ming mounted it for the last time, he soon managed to tame it. Another mod finished loading at the same time.

[Pixelmon (Douluo Version) Mod loaded!]

At that, Chen Ming sat on the white horse and looked over the mod's introduction. He quickly understood: he could capture Soul Beast companions and train them.

Take the white horse he was riding now. He could tame it, though it was only a ten-year-old horse. Still, it had submitted to him, hadn't it?

Chen Ming immediately took out the red-and-white Poké Ball he'd received when the mod loaded. He dismounted and captured the horse.

He could take six companions with him when he went out, and they could even help him fight. But he'd have to catch them himself.

His companions' strength was also tied to his own. Since he could currently handle a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, his companions could be raised to a thousand years as well by training at the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Chen Ming decided to give it a try and immediately selected the map to travel to the Spirit Ascension Platform.

It was a very simple device that could increase the age of Soul Rings and Pokémon.

Chen Ming put the little white horse inside, then spent one unit of energy. Energy could be obtained by converting loot.

Iron, copper, gold, and diamonds could all be converted, as could Soul Bones from My World and all sorts of other items. He had plenty.

At Chen Ming's command, the little white horse's stats rose instantly. Its age increased to a hundred years, and it awakened the wind attribute. It seemed he could help bring out his Pokémon's talents, too.

"A hundred years should be enough. If it isn't, I'll raise it more later."

Chen Ming put the Poké Ball away. Even if his Pokémon were killed, he could revive them with a Revival Device. That was just how the My World mod's code worked.

Soon, Chen Ming returned to the palace in the Overworld and outfitted the little white horse with a Saddle and Iron Horse Armor. He simply hadn't found any Diamond Horse Armor.

[Riding +2+2+2+2+4+2+5]

Holding the reins, Chen Ming galloped through the palace as his Riding Skill kept improving. Riding a pixel horse felt strange, but once he took it out of My World, it would turn into a majestic white horse.

It would still be a white horse with a hundred years of Soul Beast cultivation. Its wind-attribute talent let it accelerate and run faster, and it could also use wind to deflect projectiles.

Best of all, since it was a game mount, he didn't have to feed it or clean up after it. Absolutely awesome!

As Chen Ming galloped around, night fell. Some places in the palace weren't lit, such as the garden, and monsters began to spawn there.

Chen Ming immediately got excited. He raised a hand, and a silver-white spear appeared in it. He also changed into a suit of pale blue armor and charged at the Hundred-Year Zombie in front of him.

"Watch my spear strike like a dragon!"

Chen Ming ran his spear through two Zombies like candied fruit skewers. In My World, the Silver Dragon Spear was classified as a lance, so the faster he moved, the more damage it dealt.

His horse was just the right speed, too. Chen Ming flicked his spear and hurled the two Zombies off, then swung it to block an incoming arrow. He charged again and struck a Skeleton, shattering it and sending bones flying everywhere.

Chen Ming played around like this for several hours. Once he'd had enough, he added light sources, then recalled Ye Zhaoyu into the Poké Ball.

Ye Zhaoyu was the name Chen Ming had given his little white horse. After checking the time, he returned to his private chambers and lay down for a while. The room was very bright, so he drew the mosquito net around the bed to block out the light.

Turning off the lights was out of the question. If he did, monsters would spawn. Lying here all alone, Chen Ming felt lonely.

That was why he rarely stayed here. There was nobody to play or chat with.

So he practiced with his spear, trained with his sword, and worked on smithing outside. Here, he had no friends.

Villagers only tried to swindle him and went "hrrm, hrrm." Zombies scratched him, Skeletons shot at him, and Spiders bit him.

The Creeper really was the gentlest of them all. When it saw him, it would resolutely walk over and explode right beside him. So gentle—exploding right beside him.

"Sigh... If only I had someone I could trust to play My World with me."

Chen Ming rolled onto his side on the enormous bed. Everything around him was quiet. The only sound was his own heartbeat.

Just then, a negative status appeared in Chen Ming's status panel:

[Loneliness]

Chen Ming didn't pay any attention to the status. He acted as if it wasn't there and continued lying down.

[Special event triggered! Please head to the inner region of Star Dou Forest, where the legendary Ancient Auspicious Beast has appeared!]

A special message popped up. Chen Ming froze, then instinctively sat up and murmured,

"Ancient Auspicious Beast... You mean the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?"

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