“So that’s how it is.”

After several attempts, Zhong Yi quickly discovered the basic mechanics of my world:

Break blocks, obtain items.

Break trees to get wood.

Break soil to get dirt.

Break flowers to get flowers.

“After getting these, what then?”

Zhong Yi, good at thinking, pinched his chin again and fell into contemplation.

Just then, a prompt appeared in the sky:

【After dark, this continent is full of dangers.】

【Collect Materials, craft what you need, and strive to survive!】

At the same time, the crafting interface on the panel lit up.

Zhong Yi curiously opened the crafting interface and found that wood could be crafted into planks.

Planks, in turn, could be crafted into sticks and workbenches.

In the crafting instructions on the left, there were also a whole bunch of items like wooden swords, wooden pickaxes, wooden axes, and so on, that could be crafted.

In Lu Ze’s previous life, my world actually had no tutorials or prompts.

Even crafting recipes were only added later.

The main focus was on self-exploration, starting from the System itself.

However, this place and the world with a developed gaming industry in his previous life were clearly not comparable.

If he didn't give some key hints, these Cultivators probably wouldn't know how to play this game.

So, Lu Ze gave some basic hints at key points, such as crafting tools, mining, and building houses.

“Strange, why can’t I make a wooden sword...?”

“I see, a wooden sword requires more space, and the crafting interface only has 4 slots.”

“How can I expand the crafting space...?”

“Wait!”

“Workbench!”

Zhong Yi placed the workbench on the ground, and suddenly it dawned on him.

The workbench provides a 3x3 grid of 9 slots, increasing the types of items that can be crafted by dozens of times!

All the items mentioned in the crafting recipes on the right could be crafted in the workbench.

Currently, he had only obtained planks, yet so many items had been unlocked.

Zhong Yi was certain there were other Materials here!

In an instant, he began to look forward to this Illusion Realm world.

At this time, Zhong Yi was live streaming, and Cultivators were continuously entering to watch.

【What kind of Illusion Realm is this? Is Junior Brother Lu tormenting people again?】

【What Junior Brother Lu, call him Old Devil Lu!】

【This Illusion Realm looks quite hard on the eyes.】

【The style is very unique, probably no one else but Junior Brother Lu could create it.】

【How do you play this? Senior Brother Zhong, can you explain it?】

...

“This, ah, this is a new Illusion Realm created by Junior Brother Lu, and it has many interesting rules...”

Just as Zhong Yi was about to share his discovery with others, he suddenly saw Mu Yawen staring blankly at an empty space.

Thinking that he was the first to discover block destruction, Zhong Yi couldn't help but ask curiously:

“Junior Brother Mu, what are you thinking about? Could it be... you’ve also discovered the wonders of this world?”

“Strange, strange...”

Mu Yawen frowned, looking glumly at his fist:

“Why have I practiced for so long, yet made no progress? It still takes ten punches to break a piece of wood...”

“...Junior Brother Mu, why don’t you try an axe?”

Zhong Yi sighed and pulled out the wooden axe he had just made.

Mu Yawen took the axe, and sure enough, the speed was much faster.

“Damn, that fast? Could it be that in this world, brains are better than brawn?”

“In any world... sigh, never mind.”

Zhong Yi’s mouth twitched slightly.

He opened the team voice chat and shared his discovery with the other two.

“Old Zhou, if you’re surrounded by sea, you can first build a workbench, then a wooden boat, and you should be able to get out quickly.”

Zhong Yi looked at the crafting recipes and saw that boats could also be crafted, so he quickly said.

Hearing this, Zhou Yue smiled bitterly: 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

“I understand the principle...”

“But where do I find trees??”

He sighed.

He had also discovered that blocks could be destroyed and collected.

At this moment, the land around him had been dug up until only a few blocks remained.

This damn place only had dirt!

Oh, and a few gray things that looked like stones.

He spent a lot of effort to smash that thing, but nothing dropped.

Looking at a backpack full of dirt, Zhou Yue fell into contemplation.

“It seems... I can only swim out?”

“Then you should swim out quickly...”

Hearing this, Zhou Yue plunged into the seawater.

...

...

Unlike the miserable Zhou Yue.

Zhong Yi and his two companions, who were born in the hills, were having a blast exploring.

Zhong Yi had made a very important discovery.

At first, Zhou Qiaoling accidentally fell into a very deep cave and couldn't climb out.

Zhong Yi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and told Zhou Qiaoling to place dirt blocks under her feet.

Stacking dirt blocks one by one actually sent her up.

This seemingly insignificant discovery, at this point in time, gave Zhong Yi great inspiration.

He suddenly felt the infinite creativity of this world!

The three of them began to chop trees, dig stones, catch small animals, explore the map...

Just as everyone was having a great time, Zhou Yue’s wail suddenly came from the team voice chat.

“Oh my god! Why am I losing health...? What’s going on?!”

Zhong Yi quickly asked, “What’s happening, Old Zhou? Are there monsters in the sea?”

“No... Oh my god! I understand!! The chicken legs on the right are gone, I’m hungry!”

Zhou Yue quickly analyzed the reason.

Hearing this, the three of them quickly checked their own status.

They hadn't been idle outside either; their hunger bar was still half full.

Knowing that they would lose health after it ran out, the three immediately had a new goal.

Zhong Yi made a furnace, Mu Yawen killed a pig, and Zhou Qiaoling moved wood.

Soon, several fragrant pieces of roasted meat were ready.

“Not bad, not bad, Brother Zhou finally provided useful information!”

“This meat smells so good!”

“Hiss~ Hiss~ Delicious!”

Tens of thousands of miles away, Zhou Yue felt like he could smell the aroma of the roasted meat.

Especially Zhou Qiaoling’s final “hiss,” which was clearly meant for him.

“You guys are such dogs...”

Zhou Yue was so angry his teeth itched.

He suddenly remembered seeing fish on the seabed when he first dived into the water.

“Heh, there are fish in the sea, I’ll also have meat to eat!”

“Brother, have some roasted food, it’s good for your health.”

“...”

Zhou Yue, clutching his pierced heart, plunged into the seabed.

He remembered that when he first went into the water, there were fish everywhere.

But /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ now, the surroundings were all dark, inky squids.

“Squid... should be edible, right?”

He threw three punches.

And got sprayed with ink by the squid.

Looking at the inedible ink sacs that dropped into the seawater, Zhou Yue couldn't help but let out a long howl to the sky:

“Are you kidding me?!!!”