Minecraft: Is this still the Minecraft I used to play?

Chapter 173 Sandy Soil System

The desert dimension has been almost completely explored by Shi Qian.

He had been to almost every other place except for those sandy soil systems.

They found absolutely no information about an energy core or a special pool.

He now has some doubts about the historical records of Fangxu Life...

However, it is more likely that he is in those sandy areas that he could hardly enter on his own.

Those places are really strange.

Having dealt with the energy core for quite some time, he himself has some subtle feelings, as if he can sense a small part of the energy.

Take a normal grass block as an example.

Shi Qian's feeling about this grass block was simply peace and stability.

But once he got close to the sandy area, he felt that there was a very messy smell in the air.

But it doesn't actually have a flavor; rather, it's a chaotic mix of energy.

This chaos is somewhat indescribable; it drifts about in a very disorderly manner, yet it seems to be constantly being driven outwards as if it were preordained.

It feels like energy is being driven outwards from the inside, but due to the area's limitations, it cannot escape at all, resulting in a violent feeling.

In other words, this chaos does not appear to be spontaneous.

Instead, in the middle of the sandy area, something is forcefully pushing this gray, lifeless energy outwards.

We still need to find a way to get in and check the situation...

Let's see if the players have come up with any solutions...

Shi Qian glanced at his current location and charged towards the players.

A large portion of the players have now gathered at the edge of the sandy area.

Because in this dimension, they can't get anything good in other places, so only this unknown area gives players the desire to explore.

There are fewer players in this desert dimension now than when it first opened.

The ocean dimension is more appealing to casual players.

After all, the level of danger is low, and there are genuinely new things to see.

Furthermore, there are plenty of guides available for them to explore.

On the desert side, there's nothing else besides the known terrain.

There were no benefits to be gained, and the risk of death was high, which made players fear this place...

After Shi Qian reached the edge of the biome where there were relatively more players, he dismounted from Phantom Wing and burrowed underground to eavesdrop.

He had previously considered entering the group from underground.

However, the infection in the sandy soil area seems to be present across the entire dimension.

They couldn't get past either the upper or lower layers; Shi Qian even reached the bedrock layer.

The surrounding area was all sand and soil, with no other blocks for him to squeeze through.

However, this dimension is indeed very deep...

Its thickness is almost as great as the main world.

I wonder if the blocks that were covered in this dimension will also be assimilated.

I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to see those memories again.

Moreover, it's possible that the energy within these sand blocks is unstable, making them impossible to dig out.

It's the kind of rock that cracks and then heals itself in the next second, making it impossible to dig; it's not the same situation as bedrock.

This group is absolutely disgusting...

But the more he does this, the more people will want to know what's inside him, and their curiosity will continue to grow.

Those players tried quite a few methods.

The player who previously said they could enter after the storms passed a few times and the sand spread was now in a really bad situation.

Because the sand biome will force players out of the game.

That player did indeed enter the dimension, but he couldn't get out.

I get disconnected as soon as I log in, and when I log back in, I get instantly logged back in.

Each time I enter the game, I can only move less than half a pixel away from the group during the invincibility frames.

Because he waited a long time, the sand had already spread over several squares.

Now there's even a player who does nothing else but sit by the group chat and stream the situation of the player who keeps logging in and out.

He also gained a considerable number of regular viewers, all eager to see when he would make an appearance.

Ender pearls are such rare items that some players have successfully obtained them and are now trying to acquire them.

As a result, the player disconnected the moment the Ender Pearl entered the biome.

But the Ender Pearls haven't stopped.

That player threw it pretty far...

Therefore, there are now two live streaming rooms that are constantly going online and offline.

Some people feel that the player who went too far might never be able to get out of this situation unless a miracle occurs.

Because it went in so deep, it could only move a little bit at a time.

By the time you've moved one square away, the sandstorm might have already blown one and a half squares away.

The player was also depressed because of this incident, and didn't log in as frequently anymore, essentially going into a standby state.

Some people tried using water flow and pistons to try to get themselves pushed in, but none of them succeeded.

The water and piston successfully entered, and the player disappeared.

After going online, it simply returned to the outside of the group.

However, due to the fact that blocks can enter, some people have tried to trap the sand and prevent it from spreading under their feet.

It actually worked!

The surrounding sand was blown further away, but the player remained in the same spot as when he first arrived.

Other players followed suit after seeing this.

Replace the blocks around the sand with something that doesn't exist in this dimension, and the sand won't be able to expand.

Even now, they are still unable to go any deeper; they can only try their best not to be pushed any further away.

But this is also a big breakthrough for players.

At least from the current situation, they have indeed entered the group, but they have only been able to get in a little bit by hindering its development.

They themselves didn't even move.

Shi Qian sidled up to the players who were discussing the new method, wanting to hear what ideas they had.

"Why don't we just blast it? Maybe then we'll get inside."

"But won't this attract that person's attention?"

"If we were going to come, we would have come long ago. We can't just leave here to make a mess. Anyway, it's all sand. We can go back and work as laborers."

"Hmm, that's fine too. Anyway, we haven't heard any news about the big devil lately. He seems to be at the bottom of the sea and probably can't bother with us."

Shi Qian felt ashamed.

I never expected that randomly picking a group of players would allow me to hear my own story...

but...

An explosion does seem like a good idea.

I haven't used those abilities for too long, and I'm not very familiar with many of them anymore.

I never imagined I'd even forgotten I had a self-destruct ability.

Let's just pick a nearby mine and give it a try.

Shi Qian drilled deeper into the depths.

In places with normal dimensions, there are natural caves and the like.

However, the areas that were in contact with the sand were filled with sand.

So much so that the edges of the sand appear to have no gaps at all.

The sync beneath the sand seems to follow the surface; wherever the surface sand rises, the underground sand follows.

The areas cleared by players stealing chickens did not have the same sand and soil underneath.