Seeing the zombie steadily closing in, Xu Yuan wasn't sure if his brain short-circuited or what.
There was something oddly familiar about this zombie.
"Blue shirt… purple pants… why does this look so familiar?"
It wasn't until the zombie got closer that Xu Yuan realized the outfit's color scheme was exactly like the zombies from Minecraft.
Though these zombies didn't have the blocky appearance from the game—they were very much real.
The thought struck him, and he couldn't help but feel how absurd it all seemed.
Recalling his recent encounter with HIM in the game, Xu Yuan felt a wave of shock.
"Wait... did I just transmigrate into a game?!"
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As a novel enthusiast, Xu Yuan was no stranger to the concept of transmigration.
He just never thought it would actually happen to him.
After thinking for a moment, he took a few steps back and started digging at the ground with his hands.
Before long, he loosened a block of dirt that fell apart.
The moment it disintegrated, it was instantly absorbed.
Right after, a virtual screen popped up in front of Xu Yuan, with a long hotbar displayed at the bottom.
The dirt block appeared in the first slot.
"This is Minecraft for real?!"
After a few quick tests, Xu Yuan finally confirmed his suspicions.
He had really transmigrated into the world of Minecraft.
But this version of the Minecraft world was a lot different from what he'd played before.
This was a real-life version of Minecraft!
As much as he didn't want to believe it, he had to accept the facts now that he was here.
Fortunately, he had eight years of gaming experience under his belt.
With those skills, surviving in this world shouldn't be too hard.
Having calmed down, Xu Yuan took a few more steps back and continued digging at the ground.
As he scooped out another block of dirt, several zombies were already closing in.
Xu Yuan, unfazed, pulled the dirt block from the hotbar and started stacking it beneath his feet.
"Good thing there aren't any skeletons around, or I'd be in serious trouble..."
Even though the game had turned into reality, many of the core mechanics were still the same.
Zombies were two blocks tall.
Standing on stacked dirt blocks meant they couldn't reach him.
Now perched safely above, Xu Yuan casually swatted at the nearest zombie.
Without enough time to craft tools, his only option was to fight them barehanded.
But man, it wasn't the same as in the game.
In Minecraft, slapping a zombie with your hand was just another day's work if you didn't have a weapon or tools.
But here, in reality, Xu Yuan found himself hesitating.
The slimy, squishy sensation beneath his hands, coupled with the occasional crack of bone beneath the surface…
All the sickeningly real textures churned his stomach.
After about five or six hits, the first zombie finally collapsed.
The moment it hit the ground, a cold, mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
[Ding! Demon King System activated!]
[Species slain: Zombie]
[Acquired Skill: Numb to Pain]
[Acquired Armor: +2]
[Acquired Intimidation: 10]
[Acquired Kill Points: 1]
[Intimidation Store Unlocked!]
[Kill Point Store Unlocked!]
The system prompts startled Xu Yuan.
It took him a full minute to process.
"Demon King System?!"
Seeing this prompt, Xu Yuan couldn't help but think back to what happened before he transmigrated.
He had dismissed the Herobrine sighting in the game as a trick of the eye.
But everything happening now was like a slap in the face, proving he hadn't imagined any of it.
I mean, how could it all be a coincidence?
First, he encountered Herobrine in the game. Then he gets transmigrated into Minecraft. Now, a Demon King System activates.
And conveniently enough, Herobrine was the Demon King in the Minecraft world.
This realization left Xu Yuan reeling.
"What the hell is going on?"
He tried to piece it together, but it just didn't make sense.
"Forget it, I'll figure this out later. Let's see what this system can do..."
As a veteran of countless system-themed novels, Xu Yuan quickly found the way to open the system interface.
The first thing that appeared in front of him was his personal stats.
[Monster Info: None]
[Monster Type: Unknown]
[HP: 40]
[Skills: None]
[Passives: Numb to Pain, Armor +2]
[…]
"Monster Info? Monster Type??"
Xu Yuan froze.
If there was one thing he could be certain of, it was that he had transmigrated into the Minecraft world and become a part of it.
But he assumed he'd be in the game as a player, not… a monster?!
What was this world anyway? Was it real or just part of the game?
Before he could delve too deep into his thoughts, the system's voice chimed in again, answering his question.
[Host is currently in a game world.]
[Game Title: Minecraft]
[Game Info: Developed by Zero Point Corporation over ten years, officially launched last week as a full-dive virtual reality game.]
[Game available on all gaming headsets and immersion pods.]
[Current global player count: 1.5 billion.]
[Note: Players can respawn. Host cannot.]
Reading through the information, Xu Yuan finally understood.
So, he had transmigrated into the full-dive version of Minecraft!
And not only that, but he had become a monster…
This gave him a headache.
If he was really a monster, then that meant he was now an enemy of the entire player base.
Even with the help of a system and eight years of gaming experience, fighting against 1.5 billion players? Xu Yuan wasn't so sure about that.
And worse, players could respawn, while his death would be permanent!
"What kind of Demon King can handle 1.5 billion people?"
Xu Yuan was still fretting when a character creation screen suddenly appeared before him.
Seeing it, Xu Yuan froze again.
It displayed a male character model.
The character looked exactly like him.
The buzz cut, sun-kissed skin, and a few days' worth of unshaven stubble.
It was him, down to the last detail.
Except for one thing—the eyes.
There were no eyeballs. Just two glowing, radiant orbs of white light.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan's heart skipped a beat.
"This… this is Herobrine?!"
That familiar appearance completely stunned Xu Yuan.
The character model shared his looks and clothes, but with those glowing eyes, it suddenly became a spitting image of Herobrine.
No exaggeration, if Herobrine existed in real life, he would look exactly like this.
This was all too coincidental—maybe even predestined. Xu Yuan was at a loss for words.
"Could it be…?"
"I'm Herobrine?!"
Everyone who had played Minecraft knew Herobrine.
His appearance was identical to the default Minecraft character, Steve, except for those glowing eyes.
The story behind Herobrine became famous when a player claimed that, while playing in single-player mode, they had encountered another player in their world.
This other player used the default Steve skin but with glowing eyes.
When the single-player player approached to investigate, the figure vanished.
Later, that player discovered artificial tunnels, structures, and other creations all over their world.
They posted about it online, but each time the post was mysteriously deleted.
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