The long, suffocating night had finally passed in Minecraft.
As the square sun slowly rose over the horizon and golden sunlight spilled across the pixelated land, the undead monsters that had run rampant through the night met their doom.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."
Several zombies and skeletons that had not made it beneath the shade of the trees in time burst into bright flames. Scorched by the sunlight, they let out agonized howls before finally turning into wisps of smoke, leaving behind only a few pieces of rotten flesh and bones.
"It's daytime! Yuhao, it's daytime!"
From inside the dirt pit, Wang Dong, who had been stifled there all night, shouted excitedly at the commotion outside.
Huo Yuhao cautiously broke the dirt block above his head.
Blinding sunlight poured down. He poked out half his head and, after confirming there were no disgusting "green cucumbers" around—Creepers—he finally let out a long breath and pushed himself out of the hole.
Wang Dong jumped out right after him. Looking at the still-burning zombie remains on the ground, she put her hands on her hips and declared smugly, "Haha! See that? This is the power of light! Even the monsters in this game can't withstand the might of my Light Goddess Butterfly!"
"...Those are undead creatures that fear sunlight because of the game settings. It has absolutely nothing to do with your martial soul, okay?"
Huo Yuhao ruthlessly shattered her fantasy, then pointed beneath the Screen. "Besides, shouldn't you take a look at your hunger bar?"
Wang Dong looked down. Her ten full "drumstick" icons had dwindled to just three after a night of constant terror.
The edges of the Screen had even begun flashing, while her character's walking speed had slowed to a turtle's pace.
"I'm so hungry... Yuhao, I don't have any