Minecraft: Is this still the Minecraft I used to play?

Chapter 211 A New Teleportation Portal! The Ancient City!?

Shi Qian stayed on the mountaintop for almost half a day. If it weren't for the fact that it was almost noon and the sunlight was becoming a bit too bright, he felt he could have stayed there any longer.

"But it's about time..."

The main objective is the portal; that's quite important.

We can't just sit here doing nothing and do nothing...

However, Shi Qian felt that even if it was time to rest and enjoy the scenery, it was best to let the main body do the work.

If the sensory stimulation of the main body is stronger, and if it is synchronized with other bodily memories, he will sometimes have the illusion of "I am not myself".

Although it's all your own body, the sensations are somewhat different...

After all, the amount of consciousness distributed to each clone is different, and no matter how much there is, it is still not as complete as the original body.

Because the portal's Y-axis is deep underground, and he is currently at the highest point of the entire biome.

Therefore, when time travel is drilling downwards, it always uses the furthest distance attachment.

Before long, it reached a point where it could no longer attach itself and could only drill little by little. Below was an empty layer, and the surrounding area was not a mine.

At this depth, with its vast empty spaces, it can only be the realm of deep darkness.

Shi Qian is currently at a height of Y=-40, surrounded by deep slate, so there's unlikely to be any large lava caves or similar formations.

Upon reaching the bottom of this empty space, he peered out and discovered that it was a sizable ancient city.

"Why wasn't this structure deleted...?"

It seems that Shi Qian hadn't heard from Ran Xiao before that any player had discovered the ancient city.

He had always thought that the ancient cities and other structures, like the temples and shrines, had all disappeared, leaving only a vast expanse of the Dark Realm.

This was the first time Shi Qian had ever actually seen an ancient city. Back in the original world, he had only ever seen other streamers explore the ancient city while playing Minecraft.

I myself have never seen a high-version game in person because I haven't played it in so long.

Seeing it now, besides feeling shocked, I also sense some doubts.

Because when I watched streamers before, the ancient cities they visited were quite different from the ancient city in front of me.

First of all, there are just too many candles here...

Moreover, everything was lit up, so even if night vision was turned off, you could still see a lot of things in the ancient city. It wasn't completely dark. Even the soul lanterns seemed less noticeable.

Secondly, none of the hidden blocks, hidden veins, and all other blocks related to hiding are actually covering the structure.

They all grew in the gaps in the ground, without any mistakes.

Even if they are at the same height, they are all on the same layer of deep slate, and there is no indication that any hidden veins cover the polished basalt.

Moreover, the building structure here is very intact, with not many gaps or damage.

This is unreasonable...

Because for this type of ruin, the authorities usually deliberately age it and intentionally damage some parts of it.

But such a complete...

He had never seen it before.

Even the lanterns on the pillars in front of the main hall were arranged in pairs on each pillar.

After scanning the area, Shi Qian did not immediately see the familiar teleportation portal structure.

A 2x3 teleportation portal should, in theory, be very conspicuous in a place like an ancient city.

After all, everything in the ancient city is very well-organized and has its own architectural style.

Although the portal might look similar to the things here.

However, he didn't see even the slightest trace of a similar structure or building.

The coordinates of Zero Nine Sequence were not directly below him, so Shi Qian did not choose to descend directly, but instead slowly moved over from the top.

After all, the ancient city is still within the Dark Realm. Bringing out the Guardians would be troublesome, especially since he hasn't yet gained control of them...

But after the time-shift reached the top of that coordinate, his CPU burned out.

He is currently standing directly below the center of the entire ancient city, where the enormous statue stands.

"Don't tell me this thing is a portal..."

However, after circling around twice, he still couldn't find any "gate" structures in the entire ancient city.

In Minecraft, traditional portals are typically in the form of a 2x3 portal in the Nether or a 3x3 portal in the End.

Previously, the portal structure had always been 2x3, leading Shi Qian to believe that all portals except the End would be like that.

The sudden appearance of the new portal shape was still a bit disorienting to him.

After confirming that there was indeed no basic teleportation portal, Shi Qian slowly floated down from the sky.

They constantly adjusted their position in the air to ensure they landed in the exact center of the statue.

I measured it in ten steps.

The empty space in the middle of this statue is 19*7 cm in size, which is actually quite reasonable.

Because the Gates of Hell can be built this big, he had previously fallen into a misconception, thinking that all gates would only be a fixed 2x3 form.

Furthermore, the largest Nether portal can be built to 23x23, so who knows, there might actually be portals that big in the future...

However, he was a little afraid to imagine where such a large door would appear.

Shi Qian turned off the night vision and looked in the direction of the main hall pillars.

If you want to exit through the portal, you'll most likely be facing this way.

In the dim underground, blue soul lanterns are hung throughout the ancient city.

Numerous candles are scattered throughout the ancient city, constantly expanding the visual field.

Above their heads, there were shadowy blocks that flickered like breathing, creating a strong sense of oppression.

But standing in this position, there's always a sense of...

The feeling of having everything under control.

To be honest, Shi Qian had a bad feeling.

The very existence of this massive underground structure of the ancient city is itself a problem.

Other biomes haven't encountered this problem...

However, there is another possibility.

This ancient city was preserved because of the portal.

Since this portal is a section of the ancient city, the ancient city itself must be created first...

Although it's also possible that the opposite happened—that the portal existed first and was then detected and generated, but since it couldn't be deleted, it was simply created as part of the entire ancient city.

After all, he had never heard of anyone discovering the ancient city.

The terrain here consists of steep peaks, and players generally don't come to the mountains, let alone find the ancient city underground.

but...

This is a portal after all, and he has to go in.

But if it's an ancient city, how do you open this gate?

I was already clueless, and now, because of the chaos in the ancient city, I'm even more confused.

However, it seems that reinforced deep slate is not obtainable in survival mode.

Although it's from the original Minecraft, it fits his consistent understanding of portal frames.

And now, it's time to test the door-opening method again.