Friction Escalates, Bed Destroyed

On the orange team's island.

Chen Ze, who had just snuck into their base, was too excited to calm down. He felt as though he were doing something bad.

In his excitement, he was about to run back to the red team's island and destroy the evidence that he had been there.

But an Ender Pearl flew through the air right in front of him.

A figure appeared, giving Chen Ze a fright.

Likewise, Niuniu Meiyou Niu jumped in fright when Chen Ze appeared right in his face.

After looking around and seeing that this was his orange team's island, Grandpa Niu understood everything.

Oh, so it was you!

He switched to his Iron Sword and chased after Chen Ze, slashing at him.

It was Chen Ze's first time getting caught like this. Embarrassed, he kept fleeing, trying to get back to his own island.

But how could Grandpa Niu let Chen Ze go? He chased Chen Ze along the wool path Chen Ze had built, slashing at him until he took his last point of health.

On the red team's island.

After respawning, Chen Ze was still a little shaken. He had been caught on his first attempt to sneak into a base, and it had really given him a scare.

But thinking back on it, the feeling had really been thrilling.

At that moment, Mai Senpai saw Chen Ze respawn and typed in surprise.

[God Ze, how come you respawned?]

Chen Ze chuckled.

[I just snuck into the orange team's base. Their bed's been destroyed.]

[Awesome, God Ze. That's just like you.]

[God Ze, here are some gold nuggets. They spawned at our base.]

Mai Senpai came up to Chen Ze and dropped two stacks of gold nuggets.

After picking up the gold nuggets, Chen Ze felt ready to go again. He exchanged them for some basic supplies and headed for the central island.

In Chen Ze's livestream, the viewers who had seen what just happened burst out laughing.

[Haha, Brother Ze snuck into the orange team's base and got caught red-handed.]

[That's no different from trying to escape through a third-floor hotel window.]

[What the hell do you mean, escaping through a window? Bro, have you been through that?]

[Ahem, I usually hide behind the curtains.]

[What a show-off.]

On the blue team, Xiao Dingdang looked surprised when he saw that Chen Ze had destroyed the orange team's bed.

Is A-Ze that good? He was the first one to destroy a bed?

He looked around the central island, but sure enough, Chen Ze was nowhere in sight.

He hadn't expected Chen Ze to be so bold as to sneak into another team's base right at the start.

He had considered sneaking into the black and yellow teams' bases too, but both had people guarding them, so he hadn't planned on going straight in.

He checked his inventory. He already had quite a few diamonds and emeralds.

He could upgrade his equipment when he got back, then prepare some items and start attacking.

As the resources on the central island were gathered up, friction between the floating islands gradually increased.

Chen Ze's red team's island had some friction with the yellow island to its right, while the lone wolf Grandpa Niu was watching them like a hawk from the left.

Xiao Dingdang's blue team, meanwhile, had direct friction with the black and yellow teams on either side. He had killed members of both teams on the central island.

[What do we do, God Zuo? Both teams keep coming to sneak attack our bed.]

[Yeah, I'm scared to go to the central island for supplies now. I'm afraid someone from either side will come and sneak in to destroy our bed.]

Xiao Dingdang, Zuo Zixuan, fell silent for a moment as he read what his two teammates had written.

He didn't think the black and yellow teams on either side would be hard to fight. In fact, the yellow team also had friction with Chen Ze's red team.

So the pressure was actually manageable. It was just a nuisance that people from both teams kept coming over to harass them.

He thought for a moment, then typed in the team chat.

[Don't rush. I'll go collect another round of diamonds and emeralds on the central island. Once I've exchanged them for some more items, we'll go after the yellow team.]

Playing on the back foot wasn't his style. As a skill-based gaming streamer, he usually speedran simulators, but that didn't mean he lacked ambition.

On the contrary, he wanted to win at every game he played.

When he reached the central island, he saw members of several other colored teams.

Among them were members of the yellow and black teams. The two attacked him without a word.

Holding wool, he kept jumping and placing blocks beneath his feet to block the pursuit behind him.

When the two saw how smoothly Zuo Zixuan moved, they decisively gave up the chase.

Damn, how is this guy so fast? From the looks of it, he's already exchanged his equipment for a full set of diamond gear.

Seeing the two behind him give up, Zuo Zixuan let out a long breath. Still, being chased like that was really thrilling.

As he continued gathering supplies on the central island, he noticed some movement between the red and yellow teams in the distance.

A wide bridge had been built between the red and yellow islands, and people from both sides seemed to be fighting on it. Even the yellow team member who had just chased him threw an Ender Pearl and hurried back.

What's going on? Have they started a war?

He climbed to a high spot and got a clear view of the two sides fighting.

There were two red team members and three yellow team members. It was clear that the red team was currently at a disadvantage.

It was mainly because the person who had rushed back to the yellow team had tipped the previously even fight in their favor.

But at that moment, Xiao Dingdang's eyes lit up.

They were fighting fiercely. Didn't that mean his chance had come?

With that thought, Xiao Dingdang immediately pulled out an Ender Pearl and threw it toward the yellow team's island.

When the Ender Pearl landed, Xiao Dingdang appeared on the yellow team's island.

At that very moment, the yellow team members in the fight noticed the disturbance on their island, and two of them started rushing back.

But Xiao Dingdang's objective was clear: destroy the yellow team's bed.

He quickly pulled out his sword and cut away the two outer blocks of wool, then took out an axe and smashed the wooden planks underneath.

At the same time, the instant he switched to his wooden axe, he threw an Ender Pearl toward the bridge the yellow team had built to the central island.

Just as his axe cut through the planks, the bed inside was exposed.

Without a word or a moment's hesitation, he destroyed it. A rumble sounded in the sky.

Clearly, the message that the yellow team's bed had been destroyed had appeared in the public chat.

[The yellow team's bed has been destroyed. Players will no longer respawn after death.]

At the same time, another sound rang out, catching everyone by surprise.

[The red team's bed has been destroyed. Players will no longer respawn after death.]

Chen Ze, who had just been celebrating, spun around and saw the orange team's lone wolf, who had snuck into their base.

That's right, he had called Mai Senpai over as well, hoping to wipe out the yellow team in one fell swoop.

But he hadn't expected that sneaky bastard on the orange team to be so crafty. He had been secretly watching their team the whole time and snuck right into their base.

Damn it!

Now he had really tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it. Although the yellow team's bed had been destroyed, his own hadn't been spared either.

If only he hadn't called Mai Senpai over.

Sigh~

He could only say that a mistake in the plan had cost them their base.