After a long time, the sky had already darkened, and only then did Pufferfish Jio's emotions finally calm down.
After calming down, Pufferfish Jio finally began to carefully think about what the Blue Devil had just said. After thinking for a long time, Pufferfish Jio finally understood.
"He might be right…"
The Blue Devil wasn't wrong, he just wanted to find another path for their goal.
After figuring this out, Pufferfish Jio also gradually understood what he needed to do. "I will continue forward on this road, and I also hope everything goes smoothly for you all…"
There's not only one road to reach a goal. Two paths have more chances of success than just one. As long as everyone's hearts are together, then what harm is there in being apart?
Thinking of this, there was a bit more determination in Pufferfish Jio's eyes.
"For the sake of meeting again in the future, I will work hard! You all must work hard too!"
(T/N: I will)
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At this moment, a plain in the game world.
Pengpeng and the zombie players were gathered together, chatting idly.
"Lately, more and more players want to join us, our faction is getting stronger and stronger!"
"Do you think, will all the players in the game become zombies one day?"
"If it's like that, what fun is there in the game? There'd be no enemy side anymore!"
"If all the players become zombies, this game would feel like a retirement home game."
"Eh? Is that Blade Bro? Isn't it not time yet for the next meetup? Why is he here?"
"That really is Blade Bro, huh? Eh? Why did he only bring a few people this time?"
Ever since Black Blade became a player, all kinds of players came to find him, wanting to be infected and become zombie players.
After all, zombie players couldn't receive messages in the game, and Pengpeng was pretty busy.
So, players who wanted to become zombies had no choice but to go through Black Blade.
Coincidentally, Black Blade was also preparing for the next Divine Realm Competition. So he used those players who wanted to join HIM as practice partners.
Those who met the standard after sparring with Black Blade, he would then take to meet Pengpeng.
This way, not only could the quality of zombie players improve, but it also helped Black Blade gain more real combat experience.
Black Blade had already agreed with Pengpeng that meetings would usually happen once a week.
But this time, he came three days early. And he only brought a few people with him.
Seeing this, Pengpeng guessed that something must have happened, and immediately went to greet them.
He glanced at the players behind Black Blade.
They were actually all zombie players, Pengpeng was a little surprised when he saw this.
"What happened?"
Usually when Black Blade appeared, it was to bring players over to be infected. Coming early and bringing zombie players could only mean something was up.
Black Blade stepped aside, letting a player named White Tower step forward.
"Go ahead."
Seeing this, White Tower took a deep breath and then began telling the story of his previous encounter with HIM.
After hearing White Tower's story, Pengpeng didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Seeing Pengpeng staying silent, White Tower tried to ask,
"The one I met…"
Before White Tower could finish, Pengpeng immediately and firmly denied it.
"I can be sure the one you met was absolutely not Our King!"
"He wouldn't do such a thing!"
After saying this, Pengpeng paused for a moment and then said, "This is a big matter. I must report it to Our King…"
"Get ready. Come with me right now!"
Just as Pengpeng was about to leave with White Tower, Black Blade stopped him.
"Oh right, there's one more thing. Recently, a bunch of zombie piglin brutes and wither skeletons suddenly appeared in the Overworld…"
Hearing Black Blade's words, Pengpeng asked in confusion, "Aren't those monsters from the Nether? How come they suddenly appeared in the Overworld?"
Black Blade shook his head and said, "No idea, I just got the news too. But the numbers aren't many."
As he spoke, he pointed at White Tower and the others, then continued, "I was originally planning to take some time to go to the Nether and check it out, but then they showed up."
"So the trip to the Nether is postponed for now."
There are priorities in everything, and obviously White Tower's news was more important.
Black Blade didn't dare delay and brought White Tower and the others over right away.
After hearing this, Pengpeng nodded and said, "If the numbers aren't many, it shouldn't be a problem. Maybe they came through some Nether portals players built…"
"The Nether is under the control of the Dread Lord and the Wither King now, and both of them have submitted to Our King, so there shouldn't be any trouble."
"If you have time, go check the Nether. Just let me know if any news comes up."
Black Blade nodded and then left.
As for White Tower's friends, Pengpeng handed them over to the zombie players under him to settle down for now.
Then Pengpeng went to find the Death Knight and explained the situation.
After hearing the story, the Death Knight immediately told Little Bug to summon the Execution Dragon.
About ten minutes later, a dragon's roar echoed in the sky. A black giant dragon flapped its wings and appeared over the grassland.
White Tower was stunned by the sight.
"Hiss… Th-this… is that HIM's Ender Dragon…"
Although White Tower had seen this dragon in the battle between HIM and the Eternal Guild before, seeing it in person was far more spectacular than in any video.
After the Execution Dragon arrived, Pengpeng nodded and saluted her, then called White Tower to get on the dragon's back.
Hearing that he was going to ride a dragon, and this magnificent one right in front of him, White Tower could hardly believe his ears.
Not until the Execution Dragon lowered her body did he finally realize, he was really going to ride a dragon.
'Damn! Worth it!!'
Ever since he got infected by Tyrant HIM, White Tower had been complaining nonstop.
But if he had known that getting infected meant he'd get to ride HIM's pet dragon even once, he'd gladly be infected a hundred times.
After Pengpeng and White Tower climbed on, the Execution Dragon flapped her wings and shot into the sky.
About ten minutes later, the two of them saw the beach where Xu Yuan was.
As soon as White Tower got off the dragon, he was stunned by the scene on the beach.
At that moment on the beach, Xu Yuan's subordinates were all sparring with each other.
Never mind how skilled they were, just judging by appearance, none of them looked easy to deal with…
If it were only about looks, maybe the Ender Queen looked a bit more harmless.
But when White Tower saw her kick off one of the Dread Lord's leg bones in a single strike, he immediately gave up that idea.
"Too… too scary…"
Watching HIM's subordinates fill the screen with special effects as they fought, White Tower instinctively took several steps back.
Seeing this, Pengpeng smiled and reassured him, "It's okay, don't be scared."
"Let's go."
The two walked to the center of the beach and finally saw HIM.
This was also White Tower's first time meeting the HIM who had always accompanied the players.
With just one look, White Tower could already tell, this HIM in front of him and the HIM he met before were definitely not the same person.
The HIM in front of him also gave off a strong sense of pressure, but it didn't feel unpleasant or oppressive.
If he had to describe it, it felt like the presence of a god. Mysterious and sacred, not to be profaned.
But the Tyrant HIM he had met before gave off intense suffocation and discomfort.
While White Tower was thinking this, he heard HIM speak, "Go ahead."
White Tower looked at Pengpeng, who nodded, signaling him to speak for himself.
White Tower took a deep breath and then calmly told his story.
"That's what happened…"
"My friends and I… we're builders… We didn't want to join any faction… We just wanted to play our way… survive in this world…"
After saying this, White Tower looked up at HIM and continued, "Do you… have a way to turn us back into players?…"
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