The moon gradually sank into the earth, and the sun slowly rose.
Mo Shao had finally passed the first night of the apocalypse in safety, and she had come away with a bountiful harvest.
“Whew—” She couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief as she looked down at the various monsters that were now burning up in the sunlight.
While the monsters from Minecraft weren't much of a problem to handle, she had remained vigilant for any monsters from other Phantom Realms that might pass through the area.
If an over-sized monster showed up, she would have bolted immediately. As the saying goes, while the green hills last, there’ll be wood to burn—there was no point in risking her life needlessly.
Fortunately, nothing happened, and she had spent the night in total safety.
She had spent the entire night perched up high, sniping Skeletons and Creepers with her bow and arrows, then flying down to retrieve the arrows once the area was clear.
And just like that, a night of farming was completed with ease.
As for exhaustion?
Naturally, there was none! Bullying these creatures while they were still mindless in the early stages felt incredible!
Who would waste time sleeping during such a precious Golden Development Period!
Besides, she had just finished changing accounts; her body was now that of a Lich. Combined with the fact that she was a regressor, her soul was already significantly stronger than average.
If she were to rest now, it would be a pure waste of time!
...
Now, it was time for one last sweep before she left—collecting loot and trading with the villagers.
Before nightfall, she had stuffed all these villagers into houses and blocked the doors with blocks.
Naturally, they had all survived to this point.
However, while trading with them, Mo Shao could clearly sense a flicker of intelligence in their eyes every now and then.
A few villagers even gave her discounts, seemingly in gratitude for her help in clearing out the monsters the previous night.
Clearly, these villagers were being influenced by the rules of the Real Realm and were gradually emerging from their “idling” state.
It was time for her to make herself scarce. Once night fell again, the intelligence of the spawned monsters would surely increase.
By then, she wouldn't be able to enjoy such easy target practice from the high ground. The blast of a Creeper alone would be enough for her to handle.
Moreover, while Minecraft items were good, many other Phantom Realms held even better treasures.
...
After tidying her things, Mo Shao placed her Live-bound large chest onto the donkey’s back and tied it securely.
As long as an item was Live-bound, it gained a certain level of compatibility with the rules of reality, making it possible to move a chest like this.
Furthermore, a Minecraft donkey could carry a large chest since the weight of the items inside wasn't factored in.
Of course, to do this, she first needed two Live-binding slots—after all, the Saddle also required Live-binding to be usable.
Mo Shao began her return journey, riding the donkey with her staff in hand and the large chest behind her.
To be honest, she looked incredibly strange...
But there was no choice. Without a spatial storage tool like a ring, this was the only way.
Most survivors in the apocalypse chose to Live-bind a storage item; Dead-binding was simply too costly and permanent.
—Unless the item was something truly exceptional.
Things would improve significantly in the mid stage. Some organizations would manage to research spatial tools that didn't require binding because their internal laws were made compatible with reality.
However, as a wilderness survivalist in her previous life, she had never managed to get her hands on one of those.
Back then, she had eventually obtained a spatial ring, the kind common in cultivation novels, to serve as her storage device.
...
This time, Mo Shao planned to head to the right—the direction where the monsters had been surging during the night.
In her previous life, she had taken advantage of the daylight to head away from the monster tide. As a result, she had ended up completely separated from the Real Realm.
She had clearly been walking behind the school’s main gate, and logically should have reached the school grounds quickly, yet she had only drifted further and further away.
Then, she hadn't seen another human being for a very long time, leading her to believe she had transmigrated to some strange alternate world.
It wasn't until later that she realized she had been lost within a Phantom Realm.
Everything she owned in her previous life had been left in her dormitory, including some personal collectibles—it was a small regret of hers.
Looking back now with the perspective of a regressor, she estimated that the entire school had been sliced open by a Phantom Realm and then shifted, creating a spatial misalignment.
This caused the missing point in front of her—the school’s main gate and security post—to actually end up behind or to the side of their original positions.
Since she could now use Pathfinding, she could test her theory—and sure enough, the destination was to the right.
She had never traveled in this direction before; it was entirely unknown territory... She hoped she wouldn't run into any over-tuned monsters from the early game.
With those thoughts in mind, Mo Shao set off.
...
In the end, it turned out that she had been wishing for too much.
In an apocalypse where monsters were everywhere, it was all too easy to encounter something over-tuned.
Like the thing currently in front of her.
【Witchcraft Colossus】
【An Originium Arts creation infused with ancient Sarkaz witchcraft, possessing superior vitality and destructive power.】
A massive stone golem adorned with numerous red accents stood several meters high. Its community nickname was the “Strawberry Sundae.”
It didn't have any special abilities, but its base stats alone were lethal. It was a monster she couldn't fight at all right now.
“Fine, I’ll just go around it...” It didn't drop anything good even if she killed it anyway. Fortunately, its movement speed was slow; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to bypass it so easily.
However, things didn't go as planned. Once she bypassed one, another appeared.
In a desert biome patch, a “Husk and Scorched riding a Zombie Camel” appeared... Yes, that was its actual, incredibly long name.
It was a monstrous creature from a newer version of Minecraft.
It was a three-in-one unit that could kite, use ranged attacks, move fast, carried a spear, inflicted weakness on hit, had massive health, and was even immune to burning in sunlight.
It was a truly absurd creature. In the original Minecraft, even a player in a full set of iron armor would struggle against it.
Pompeii, the Witchcraft Colossus, and now this thing... Were all the monsters in her area elite individuals?
That was certainly a recipe for torment.
...
This was one she had to fight. She couldn't outrun it, it had ranged attacks, and taking a detour was an immense hassle.
Most importantly, she had her little donkey and the large chest with her! Detouring was out of the question!
Fortunately, she could handle this one. Given its current low intelligence, it was easy to deal with using a simple trap.
She would dig a large pit, find a way to trick it into falling in, and then finish it off with lava.
As for whether the loot would be burned?
She could only say that this thing had no good drops anyway. The monster existed purely to annoy players in the game.
If it hadn't been blocking her path, Mo Shao wouldn't have even bothered with it.
Finding a tall rock formation, she quickly dismounted the donkey. She unsummoned the Saddle’s Live-binding, Live-bound a Lead to tie the donkey down, and built a wall to protect it.
Luckily, Live-binding was flexible; it could be unequipped and swapped as needed.
However, unbinding and rebinding an item took time.
Therefore, it was best to always keep one Live-binding slot free to respond to sudden needs.
She only dared to use both slots now because she was familiar with the area and had a degree of self-defense capability.
Of course, most people didn't have this worry—after all, they only had one Live-binding slot in the early stages.
Next, Mo Shao used a shovel to dig a large pit before grabbing her shield to pull the monster’s aggro.
Parrying such a monster was still quite simple in the early stages due to its low intelligence and the fact that it was a one-on-one fight.
Though she did nearly miss one block.
“Ugh...” As expected, she still wasn't fully used to this body. The difference between a beautiful girl and a motorcycle robot was just too vast.
Fortunately, she could still tank the damage.
As for how to get the monster into the pit—she simply jumped in herself, and the monster naturally followed.
Then—
“Suckers! This girl can fly!”
Rate on N.U.
