Looking at the Nether Portal before him, Lin Tian lifted his foot and walked straight in.
Lin Tian only felt a flash before his eyes, and then he appeared in a dim place surrounded by dark red stone.
In the distance was a sea of lava.
"[Ding! Detected that Host has completed the task: [A Trip to the Nether!]. Do you wish to submit the task? [Yes/No]]"
"Yes!"
"[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the task: [A Trip to the Nether!]]"
"[Ding! Unlocked Chain Mining.]"
"[Ding! Unlocked Realistic Shaders.]"
As soon as these two mods were unlocked, Lin Tian's vision blurred, and the scene before him changed.
What was once a pixelated style had now become a grotesque one, and the air was even filled with the smell of sulfur.
Suddenly, Lin Tian heard what sounded like a baby's cry and looked toward the source of the sound.
A round, snow-white creature with a cluster of tentacles for a lower body and two hollow eyes floated in the near distance.
Lin Tian was instantly terrified. Was this what a Ghast looked like when made realistic? It was horrifying!
Forcing down the terror in his heart, Lin Tian turned and entered the Nether Portal, returning to the Overworld.
Back in the Overworld, Lin Tian gasped for breath. The feeling of facing that horror head-on had left him deeply unsettled.
After all, until yesterday, he was just an ordinary person. He had only ever seen such horrific images on his phone; he had never seen a real monster with his own eyes.
Lin Tian dry-heaved a few times and began to question the System.
"System, what's going on? Why did you give me this mod?"
"Replying to Host, the selection of mods is random and is not related to this System."
Hearing the System's explanation, there was nothing Lin Tian could do. However, he wondered if mods could be disabled.
"System, can mods I don't want be disabled?"
"Replying to Host, yes, but a disabled mod can only be re-enabled after one month."
"Do you wish to disable Realistic Shaders?"
'A month?'
Lin Tian pondered. To be honest, although the monsters became terrifyingly realistic, the scenery also became much more beautiful.
Besides, he had already joined the chat group. In the future, he might visit the worlds of other group members. What would he do if he encountered monsters then and got scared again?
Courage was something that had to be built through practice; it wouldn't grow just because his strength did.
Therefore, after some thought, Lin Tian decided against it. He would try to adapt for a few days, and if he really couldn't handle it, he would disable it then.
"Never mind, don't disable it for now."
"Understood."
"Sigh~ Looks like I'll have to put off going to the Nether for a while. I'll train my courage on the monsters in the Overworld first."
It seemed he wouldn't be sleeping at night anymore!
The thought of this world's Zombies, Skeletons, Creepers, Spiders, and Endermen sent a chill down Lin Tian's spine.
There were so many hostile creatures in this world!
Besides the ones mentioned above, there were also the Drowned, Pillagers, Evokers, Ravagers, Guardians, Slimes, Silverfish, Vindicators, Phantoms...
The more Lin Tian thought, the more he felt that the Overworld was even more dangerous than the Nether!
He sighed. It was best to just get through today first.
"[Ding! Replying to Host, the third task has been activated: [The End!]]"
'Go to the End?'
It seemed this task would take some time to complete.
After all, to craft Eyes of Ender, he had to go to a Nether Fortress to find Blazes, and he also had to find Endermen.
However, he could also trade with Piglins. With some luck, he might get Ender Pearls that way, which would save him the time of hunting Endermen.
But in the end, he still had to go to the Nether...
"Sigh~"
Lin Tian sighed again. The tasks were really getting harder and harder!
'Speaking of which, why weren't any of the senior transmigrators scared when they first encountered monsters?'
Seeing them with your own eyes was completely different from seeing them on a phone. You could tangibly feel the pressure and tension.
For today, he would just look for diamonds first and make a full set of diamond armor as soon as possible.
With this in mind, Lin Tian began his grand search once again.
Logically, mineshafts shouldn't be rare in this world. It was probably just that the two directions he had walked in happened to have none.
Lin Tian headed in a direction completely different from the previous two, and at the same time, he entered the chat group with his consciousness.
[Silly Girl: By the way, everyone, where are you all in your respective plots?]
[Shinobu Who Loves Her Sister: My plot should have just begun. I asked Mr. Tomioka yesterday, and he did indeed meet a boy protecting a demon. That boy had a scar on his forehead.]
[Shinobu Who Loves Her Sister: So I guess that person must be the protagonist, Tanjiro.]
[Mad Love for Hashirama: I'm still in the Pure Land, so I don't know the situation in the ninja world.]
[Mad Love for Hashirama: If I get revived, that will be the Fourth Great Ninja War.]
[Hellish Blizzard: I went to see that Saitama yesterday. He's already bald now, but I haven't heard anything about a Vaccine Man.]
[Hellish Blizzard: My plot probably hasn't started yet.]
[Nether Spirit Cat: I'm preparing to join Shrek Academy today.]
[Emperor Through the Ages: It seems I don't really have a so-called plot here.]
[Silly Girl: The First Emperor's place really doesn't, since he's a real historical figure, not from The Legend of Qin.]
[Lord of the World: I don't have a plot either. My current goal is just to go to the End.]
[Silly Girl: It seems only two people have entered their plots. Lord Madara and Hellish Blizzard are still uncertain.]
[Silly Girl: I'm so jealous of you all. You all have extraordinary powers.]
[Lord of the World: Not necessarily. For anyone who can join the chat group, their world probably isn't too peaceful. Group Owner, in your world, it's possible the state has suppressed certain events.]
On an aqua-blue planet.
A delicate-looking girl with short, silky white legs, sitting on a luxurious bed, suddenly froze.
........
'My name is Liu Yueyan.'
'I was born into a wealthy family. My father is the head of a large corporation, and my mother comes from a family of distinguished doctors.'
'I also have a younger sister who has a natural interest in research and is currently studying at the top high school in the country.'
'And I'm just a useless little waste who started lying flat at home after graduating from university.'
'But my life is very happy. Mom and Dad don't look down on me; they are very good to me.'
'Then one day, something calling itself the All-Worlds Chat Group found me.'
'As an avid reader of novels, I immediately understood that I had obtained the so-called "cheat" from the stories.'
'I never thought I could actually communicate with characters from anime. This is truly a rare thing!'
'I originally thought my world was just an ordinary, common one, but I never expected my fellow countryman to say that this world might not be so ordinary.'
'Although I long for the extraordinary, if things really are not ordinary, I can't help but feel a little worried and scared. After all, my life is perfect as it is.'
........
Liu Yueyan, lying on the large bed, abruptly sat up.
The two maids guarding the doorway saw their young lady suddenly sit up and quickly walked to the bedside.
"Miss! Is something wrong?"
Seeing the two maids by her side, Liu Yueyan began to ask about her parents.
The two maids looked at each other and both shook their heads, indicating they didn't know.
Seeing that neither maid knew, Liu Yueyan felt a little disappointed.
Still, she got out of bed and walked to her computer, wanting to search for information there.
The two maids, not understanding their young lady's actions, followed behind her.
"I wonder if I can find any related information online. The chances seem slim..." a sweet voice came from Liu Yueyan's mouth.
Although she wasn't the brightest, she knew that it was unlikely she could find anything about this kind of matter.
Just then, the door to Liu Yueyan's room was pushed open.
Liu Yueyan looked up towards the door.
When she saw the person who had come in, her pupils shrank abruptly.
.......