Chapter 228: I am Herobrine

There weren't many people or things that could pique Rookie's interest, and Entity 303 could be considered one of them.

Mainly because last time, Rookie hadn't played enough, and Entity 303 had already slipped away without a trace.

Hearing Rookie's words, Notch shook his head and said, "Better not go interact with them..."

After entering the game, Notch started to understand all kinds of events that had happened since the game opened.

He also gained a preliminary understanding of the entire game world. You could say, this game had become completely different from what he originally imagined.

Notch's most direct feeling was that the whole world had come alive.

The entire game world was no longer just a string of data. It had become a vivid, living world.

The beings in this world were slowly awakening their consciousness too, turning from mere strings of data into living beings.

And players were like travelers with infinite resurrection ability, crossing over into another vibrant world.

Although Notch didn't know why the game world had become like this, he felt happy about the change. Because this world had become real, and players' feelings toward the world would become more real too.

They would no longer think it was just a string of data, but would feel a greater sense of belonging to this world. This was in line with Notch's original intention in making the game.

After witnessing this world, Notch was deeply touched, and his thoughts gradually changed.

The reason he entered the game for field inspection was to do his best to make the game look like the way he imagined.

Even though after entering the game, Notch felt the difference between reality and his imagination was quite big, these differences instead changed Notch's way of thinking.

He gradually shifted from the role of creator to that of an observer.

This game was a real world; it would have its own development and process.

Notch did not want to disrupt its development just because it didn't meet his expectations. However, even though Notch now had the mentality of an observer, he still wouldn't completely ignore the game and let it run wild.

Basically, Notch would step in under two circumstances.

First, to meet the players' needs.

If players were always struggling in a difficult situation, the game experience would be very poor and would cause a mass player loss. The player group was the meaning of the game's existence, so Notch definitely needed to prioritize the interests of the players.

The second circumstance was the current situation the game was facing.

Notch would definitely step in. After all, this was a disaster-level event. But the awkward point was, HIM had also gotten involved. Although HIM himself hadn't appeared, his subordinates had participated.

However, his subordinates were clearly lacking manpower. There was still one Wither Storm left unattended.

Notch hesitated for a long time on whether or not to step in.

Actually, Notch had no hostility towards HIM, on the contrary, he was quite curious about him.

But Notch represented the official side. If Notch let Rookie participate in this matter, that would mean, officially, they were cooperating with HIM.

Such a situation would easily cause players to start following HIM in the future.

This was something Notch did not want to see. But if Notch ignored this matter, letting only HIM's subordinates deal with it, the players would definitely use it as a reason to criticize them later.

That's why Notch found himself in a difficult position.

He had to make his stance clear while making sure players didn't think the official side and HIM had any connection.

After thinking for a long time, Notch finally decided to let Rookie go deal with the unattended Wither Storm. When Rookie asked to meet Entity 303 afterward, Notch firmly rejected it.

The current situation was already chaotic enough. If Rookie and Entity 303 met, even if they didn't fight, players would surely think the official side and HIM were connected.

If they fought, the situation would get even messier, cooperating to kill the Wither Storm, then suddenly fighting each other. The official's stance would definitely be questioned.

So the only solution was for Rookie to act like a cold-blooded killer. Log into the game, kill the Wither Storm, and then log out.

Actually, Notch's stance was very simple: just to protect this world. If HIM shared the same stance, and something happened, they could cooperate. But only a cooperative relationship, nothing more.

As the official representative, Notch would only stand on the players' side.

After hearing Notch's words, Rookie said "oh" with a face full of disappointment and left.

After giving Rookie his orders, Notch also logged into the game again to observe the progress of the event in real time.

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While the outside world was in complete chaos, inside the dark space, it was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.

Xu Yuan and Tyrant HIM both had expressions of utter despair on their faces.

After fighting once, the two realized continuing would lead nowhere. So they both started trying to find a way to leave this dark space.

Looking at their current expressions, it was clear that they had found nothing.

The dark space wasn't very big, only about 200–300 blocks in size.

Xu Yuan and Tyrant HIM had already explored every inch of the dark space during this time.

Forget about an exit, they hadn't even found anything at all.

After trying every possible method, Tyrant HIM couldn't hold back anymore. He told Xu Yuan the method he knew for leaving the dark space.

After learning the method, Xu Yuan tried opening his inventory and activating the transparent block again, attempting to restart the domain.

Obviously, it was useless.

The transparent block simply couldn't be used inside this space. Although Tyrant HIM hadn't opened his domain using the transparent block like Xu Yuan, he still couldn't restart his domain here either.

While they were looking for a way out of the dark space, the few other players who were trapped with them disappeared after being forcibly disconnected.

Now, only Xu Yuan and Tyrant HIM were left in the dark space.

However, the two had nothing to say to each other, and each stayed silent. In fact, both of them had already somewhat given up hope inside.

They had tried for a long time, but still couldn't find a way out. Maybe they would be trapped here forever.

Thinking of this, Tyrant HIM finally couldn't stand it anymore.

He looked at Xu Yuan and said, "Looks like none of us are getting out of here. Since we're stuck anyway, there's no need to keep hiding things."

After saying this, Tyrant HIM continued asking, "Who exactly are you?"

Hearing Tyrant HIM's question, Xu Yuan answered without the slightest hesitation.

"I am Xu Yuan."

This was the first time Xu Yuan had spoken his name in the game.

It wasn't that he was giving up, but rather affirming himself. All the marks left behind along his journey through this world belonged to Xu Yuan, not HIM. Xu Yuan no longer needed the name HIM to crown himself.

Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Tyrant HIM seemed a little surprised. But he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Looks like you're not some fake, just someone who, for some reason, looks like me."

After saying this, Tyrant HIM, seemingly out of politeness, also said his name, "I am Herobrine."

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