After mocking Zhou Yue, Zhou Qiaoling took out several bamboo slips from her backpack and tossed them onto the ground.
Her recent treasure-hunting adventures had yielded quite a haul.
Aside from various materials and equipment, she had also collected bamboo slips recording all sorts of information.
The world of "Spiritual Energy Revival" created by Lu Ze contained far more content than the original "Minecraft."
For instance, there was cultivation, monsters, alchemy, artifact forging, and array construction...
To encourage players to explore, Lu Ze had hidden countless pieces of information throughout the world.
Certain special villagers sold books containing knowledge—such as how to use redstone or how to obtain cultivation techniques.
Players could also acquire similar knowledge from treasure chests in ruins or boss loot.
Zhou Qiaoling couldn’t be bothered to study these things, so she simply brought them over for Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi.
"‘Fundamentals of Redstone Analysis’? ‘Principles of Array Path Construction’?"
Zhong Yi’s eyes lit up with excitement as he examined the two bamboo slips.
He had dabbled in redstone research before but had never made much progress.
The only conclusion he’d reached was that redstone could conduct energy.
As for how to actually use it, he’d been completely clueless.
Now, seeing these two documents, a burning thirst for knowledge surged within him.
"Ahem, little sis, did you bring anything good for me too?"
Zhou Yue reminded her.
"Uh..."
Zhou Qiaoling blinked.
She hadn’t actually intended to give Zhong Yi treasures—she just had no use for bamboo slips.
Zhou Yue, on the other hand, loved combat and survival, so anything useful to him was practically priceless.
Given Zhou Qiaoling’s hoarder mentality, she couldn’t bear to part with such things.
"Oh, right! Do you want a Secret Realm Pass?"
Suddenly remembering something, she rummaged through her storage ring—filled with what others might call junk—and pulled out a blue card.
"Really? That generous? The monsters inside aren’t too tough, are they?"
Zhou Yue sounded slightly suspicious.
Secret Realms were great.
But without a treasure map as a guide, stumbling upon one naturally was incredibly rare.
On top of that, entering a Secret Realm required a pass.
And the most annoying part? The challenges inside varied wildly.
So far, Zhou Yue had encountered two Secret Realms.
One was combat-oriented, featuring an immensely powerful demon king.
Luckily, Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen hadn’t gone off the rails back then, and the three of them managed to whittle the boss down through sheer persistence.
The other was a puzzle-type realm.
Upon entering, the party chat disconnected, leaving Zhou Yue without Zhong Yi’s guidance. He failed to solve the puzzle within the time limit, and the Secret Realm vanished immediately after.
"Pfft, there aren’t any monsters at all."
Zhou Qiaoling scoffed.
"This Secret Realm is weird. Once you enter, all your equipment, items, and stats reset to zero. And the objective changes every time..."
"The first time I went in, I spawned in a snowy wasteland. The temperature was so low my health kept dropping. The challenge was to survive for seven days without dying... Impossible!"
"The second time, the condition was the same—survive seven days. But every night was a blood moon, and the monsters grew stronger each day... Bare-handed, there was no way to last!"
"I’ve got one last attempt left, but I’m not bothering... It’s way too hard."
After listening to her complaints, Zhou Yue’s eyes gleamed with excitement.
A survival-type Secret Realm?
That was his specialty!
With clear coordinates as a guide, Zhou Yue quickly arrived at the Secret Realm Zhou Qiaoling had mentioned.
"Old Zhong, little sis, wait for my good news!"
Confidently, he pulled out the Secret Realm Pass, which had only one use remaining.
"Brother Zhou, be careful! Let us know if you need any help!"
Zhong Yi called out between reading the bamboo slips.
"Hah! You kidding me? With my survival skills, what kind of survival challenge could possibly stump me?"
Zhou Yue boasted without a care.
After his time surviving alone in the wild, he had honed his survival abilities to perfection.
Just hearing Zhou Qiaoling’s description, he already knew exactly how to tackle the challenge.
Seriously.
Give him a single tree at the start, and no survival puzzle would be a puzzle!
Even if the Heavenly Dao itself stood in his way, he’d smash right through it!
With that thought, he plunged into the Secret Realm’s teleportation array.
...
In the silent darkness, lines of glowing white text appeared, displaying the Secret Realm’s rules.
[Clear Condition:]
[Before the timer runs out, find a way to reach the endpoint.]
[Unlimited revives allowed.]
"That’s it? Hahaha! Who said I had bad luck?"
Zhou Yue burst out laughing.
"What’s up, Old Zhou? What kind of Secret Realm is it?"
Zhong Yi’s voice came through.
"Ha! They didn’t even disable party chat... This must be a freebie reward realm!"
Zhou Yue grew even more delighted.
After hearing the rules Zhou Yue described, Zhou Qiaoling gasped in disbelief.
Back when she tried it, dying even once meant instant failure!
With unlimited revives, how could there possibly be any difficulty?
"Don’t celebrate too soon. Have you actually entered the Secret Realm yet?"
The ever-cautious Zhong Yi asked.
"Not yet, I’m probably still teleporting... Whoa! I’m in!"
Before he could finish, light flooded his surroundings, and Zhou Yue steeled himself for action.
"First, let me find a tree... Huh?"
When he finally saw his surroundings, Zhou Yue froze.
High in the sky, snowflakes drifted lazily.
A single block of dirt floated in midair, utterly isolated.
And the endpoint mentioned in the rules? Dozens of meters away.
Zhou Yue stood dumbfounded on the lone block, unable to move forward or back.
"Where’s my tree!??"
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