Minecraft players are invading the worlds.

The lining felt cool and soft to the touch, perfectly conforming to the shape of his head, and he didn't even feel any weight.

He reached out and pressed the slightly protruding start switch next to his ear.

"Buzz".

A very faint buzzing sound rang out, followed by a soft, synthesized electronic voice that resonated deep within his mind, so clear it seemed to whisper right in his ear.

Helmet on now

[Initiating retinal and iris dual authentication...]

[Verification Successful]

Welcome home, Player 10.

The journey is about to begin, may you enjoy it to the fullest.

[Game start countdown: 23 seconds...]

As the sound faded, Chen Xu felt the scene before him distort, and the room, computer, and curtains in reality quickly faded.

He instinctively closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself floating in a pure white space.

Is this the legendary login lobby?

He looked down, wanting to see his body, but was surprised to find that his hands were no longer fleshy palms, but had turned into two...flesh-colored cubes.

"Holy crap...is this really a virtual game?"

Chen Xu tried waving the square hand, and the smoothness of the nerve signal transmission made him feel no delay.

He looked around again and found several other strangely shaped figures floating in the white void not far away.

Everyone had a square head on their head, and their bodies were pieced together like Lego bricks.

"Old Black? Niu Zi? Is that you?"

Chen Xu shouted at the figures, his mouth opening and closing, but he found that the voice module did not seem to be loaded, and the sound could not be transmitted.

Those people were waving to each other, as if they were performing a pantomime.

[Countdown Ended]

[Start Game]

[Current World: Sandbox Dimension (Starter Village)]

The pure white space was instantly swallowed up by white light.

That feeling of weightlessness lasted only a moment, followed by the sensation of solid ground beneath my feet.

When his vision cleared again, Chen Xu was so shocked by the scene before him that he was speechless.

Above us was a clear blue sky, with a few square-shaped white clouds floating by.

Beneath my feet is a green lawn, each blade of grass like a pixelated texture, yet possessing the tactile feel of real grass.

The trees in the distance are brown pillars topped with a large clump of green, square leaves.

"Is this the starting village everyone's talking about, Blocky Continent (MC)?"

Chen Xu muttered to himself.

Although the art style is as simple and abstract as seen on the official website, the impact of virtual reality technology is unparalleled when you are actually in it and feel the breeze on your cheek.

At this moment, a semi-transparent prompt box appeared in the center of the field of vision.

Please set your nickname.

Without hesitation, Chen Xu typed out two familiar words.

kitten.

After confirmation, a chat box immediately popped up in the lower left corner of the view.

[Little Blackie: Is that you guys? Holy crap, this feels amazing! I can actually feel the grass under my feet is a little prickly.]

[Kitten: Hmm, it's me. This game seems interesting. The physics engine combined with this art style gives it a magical realism feel.]

[Niu Niu: Hey, where's Tianxia? Isn't he on the development team? Shouldn't he join us and explain things to us? Otherwise, we're totally clueless at the start.]

[Six Gods Without a Master: Something might have happened, but this game is so hardcore, and then Tianxia posted a guide and disappeared. Are they planning to abandon us?]

[Life is like a first encounter: Since we're here, let's make the best of it. Let's start by chopping down trees. The first tip in the guide I saw was that if you want to get rich, chop down trees first, then craft a workbench.]

[Little Blackie: By the way, where is that 100% realistic world? I still want to see that flower field. All I see here are blocks, blocks everywhere. It's novel, but I want to see scenery.]

[Kitten: Maybe it's not unlocked yet. After all, isn't this supposed to be the beginner's village? Let's follow the guide first.]

After exchanging a few words in the chat channel, the group turned their attention to the oak tree closest to their spawn point.

Chapter 5 Building the Base

Chen Xu controlled the cube-shaped body and walked over.

Standing in front of the tree, he raised his flesh-colored, square right hand and tentatively moved his joints.

"Using your hands directly? That's so unscientific."

Despite his complaints, he still followed the guide and threw a punch at the rough tree trunk.

"Bang! Bang!"

Accompanied by a dull thud, a realistic vibration feedback came from the hand.

To Chen Xu's surprise, the hard tree trunk actually developed a network of cracks under his continuous tapping.

"This works?"

He increased the force and continued striking.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, the log that was originally attached to the tree trunk instantly shrank, turning into a miniature floating cube that slowly rotated in the air.

Chen Xu subconsciously took a step forward.

With a whoosh, the small cube flew directly towards his body as if attracted by a magnet and disappeared instantly.

Immediately afterwards, an icon appeared in the first slot of the inventory below the field of view.

【Oak 1】

"This is so convenient..."

Looking at the icon, Chen Xu felt a surge of accomplishment from personally acquiring the resources.

Just as Chen Xu was about to examine it, he suddenly felt a tremendous force pushing from behind.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Accompanied by three dull impact sounds, Chen Xu staggered forward a few steps uncontrollably.

He turned around abruptly.

A Steve with the ID "Six Gods and No Master" was standing not far from him, his square right hand still in a fist-pumping position, looking at him innocently.

Chen Xu was furious and immediately opened the chat box and typed rapidly.

[Kitten: Sixth Brother, why the hell did you hit me? Are you crazy?]

[Confused: It's okay, it's okay. I just saw a health bar and wanted to try attacking it to see if it would cause friendly fire. How did it go? Did it lose health?]

Chen Xu then noticed that, as his gaze focused, there was indeed a row of red heart-shaped icons at the bottom of his field of vision.

Upon closer inspection, the original ten bright red hearts had turned grayish-black, with the rightmost one now being grayish-black.

[Little Cat: I got one, it's damaging, don't mess with it! In this game, you might lose your equipment if you die.]

[Completely bewildered: Hehe, I understand, I won't do it again next time]

Chen Xu rolled his eyes at him, but his gaze involuntarily fell on the row of chicken leg-shaped icons next to the health bar.

That's the satiety level mentioned in the guide.

At this moment, as the blacked-out heart began to slowly turn red and recover, the row of chicken leg icons seemed to tremble very slightly.

[Kitten: The mechanism is that you will automatically regenerate health when your hunger level is full. Everyone, hurry up and develop your resources. First, make some tools according to the guide, and stop running around.]

In the real world, inside the bedroom.

Xu Tian remained languidly leaning back in his chair, listening to the system notification sound in his mind.

[New player quest 1 completed]

[Reward: 100 Energy Points]

[Skin modules are now unlocked (built-in character customization system)]

[System prompt: The currently unlocked module is a public module. Do you want to make it available to all players?]

Xu Tian paused for a moment, then asked.

"Open modules? Does that mean there are still modules that aren't open?"

[Host's answer: Yes]

[The so-called open module refers to the basic functions that all players can enjoy for free after the host unlocks them.]

For the other functional modules (such as industrial, magical, and firearms modules), the host only obtains server authorization after unlocking them.

Players who wish to use this feature must purchase their own access using in-game currency. Furthermore, mod access is not shared between players and must be purchased separately.

After hearing this explanation, Xu Tian couldn't help but nod, a smile playing on his lips.

"So that's how it is. This system doesn't just target me; it targets everyone."

This logic is a perfect closed loop.

He unlocked the module, which is equivalent to obtaining the agency rights.

Players who want to access more advanced content have to pay him to buy a license.

Moreover, this license is tied to an individual, so it's impossible for one person to buy it and enjoy the entire service.