Minecraft: I Am The Demon King

Chapter 635 - 635: An Unavoidable Dead End?

[Inside the Entertainment Area of the Inner World]Xu Yuan and Notch sat across from each other, both staring down at the chessboard in front of them.

Notch was just about to reach for his cannon piece and launch a fierce attack when, just as his hand was about to touch the piece, another hand suddenly reached over and stopped him.

Startled, Notch looked up at the real HIM, who was holding his hand, his face full of confusion.

The real HIM was frowning tightly, as if thinking about something important.

After a while, he began muttering to himself, "The horse moves in an L, the elephant moves across a field, a pawn never returns once it advances; the chariot..."

Just as Notch was starting to get impatient, the real HIM suddenly raised his voice, "The chariot is a spear, and the cannon is... the cannon is an arrow over a mountain!"

After saying that, he suddenly lifted his head and looked straight at Notch.

"You can't move the cannon like that. Once it goes out there, it won't have any way back!"

Hearing the real HIM's words, all the frustration that Notch had been holding in finally burst out.

He really couldn't take it anymore. Rolling his eyes dramatically, he sprang to his feet and made a welcoming gesture toward the real HIM.

"Come on, come on, you play then!!"

Faced with Notch's reaction, the real HIM looked a little embarrassed. He quickly waved his hands and smiled.

"I'm still not very familiar with it. I need to watch a few more games..."

Hearing that, the expression on Notch's face became even more complicated. He looked at the real HIM in confusion and gave a helpless bitter smile.

"You weren't this humble when you were giving me advice, were you??"

Seeing the look on Notch's face that was somewhere between laughing and crying, the real HIM chuckled awkwardly and patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on, I'm helping you."

As soon as the real HIM finished speaking, Notch pointed at Xu Yuan across from him and looked directly at the real HIM.

"Then why aren't you helping Xu Yuan?"

The real HIM shrugged helplessly and said with a wronged look, "I want to help him too... but he hasn't lost a single game..."

Only after hearing those words did Notch finally understand where the irritation in his chest was coming from.

Although he had indeed been dissatisfied with the real HIM's constant advice, he wasn't actually angry at the real HIM, nor was he angry at Xu Yuan.

He was angry at himself.

Chess was one of Notch's strong points, but after playing several games against Xu Yuan, his confidence had been steadily disappearing.

That was exactly why he had become more and more irritated.

Now, after hearing what the real HIM said, Notch thought for a moment and suddenly seemed to realize something. He stared straight at Xu Yuan and demanded, "Tell me! Did you use the authority of the Inner World?!"

Seeing Notch looking at him like he was interrogating a criminal, Xu Yuan was full of question marks.

He looked at Notch in disbelief, "It's just a chess game. Would I really go that far??"

After saying that, Xu Yuan leaned closer and raised an eyebrow.

"Besides, we're not even betting on anything. It's just for fun. And you're the one who said you wanted to teach HIM how to play chess."

At that point, Xu Yuan's expression became playful, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"Our Creator God wouldn't happen to be a sore loser, would he?"

As soon as Xu Yuan finished speaking, hearty laughter came from the side, "Hahaha! I think he is a sore loser."

"Before we started, he was all smug and telling me to learn properly. After a few games, he's already sweating..."

At that point, the real HIM spread his hands with a wronged expression and continued, "I kindly reminded him, and he didn't appreciate it. He even got mad at me."

As he spoke, the real HIM smiled and waved at Notch, "Forget it, forget it. Step aside and let me play!"

"Go away!" Notch rolled his eyes. "I refuse to believe I can't beat him!"

As he spoke, he focused all his attention on the chessboard and entered deep-thinking mode.

Seeing that Notch seemed determined to carefully study the position and probably wouldn't make a move anytime soon, the real HIM moved closer to Xu Yuan and quietly asked, "Can the flow of time here be changed?"

Hearing that, Xu Yuan looked at the real HIM and helplessly shook his head.

"You really can't stop worrying about them, can you?"

Although Tyrant HIM hadn't said anything directly and had only asked whether the flow of time could be changed, Xu Yuan still immediately understood the meaning behind his words.

Earlier, Xu Yuan had mentioned that time flowed differently between the Inner World and the worlds where Tyrant HIM and Village of Misfortune HIM were located.

One day in their world was equal to one year in the Inner World.

That was why the real HIM had asked this question.

Everyone had now reached a happy reunion, except for Tyrant HIM and Village of Misfortune HIM.

Although the real HIM firmly believed that with Xu Yuan protecting them, the two of them would definitely be safe and would eventually return here to reunite with everyone, he still felt an emptiness in his heart.

Xu Yuan naturally understood the real HIM.

After all, Tyrant HIM and Village of Misfortune HIM were versions of himself from another plane. The real HIM was bound to have ties to them.

After thinking about it, Xu Yuan said, "Right now we're connected to Notch's world, so the flow of time here matches the flow of time in his world."

"If we changed it to match the world of Tyrant HIM and Village of Misfortune HIM... then ten seconds from now, the Notch sitting in front of you would probably turn into Dreadlord."

"Want me to try it?"

As soon as Xu Yuan finished speaking, the real HIM was amused by his words.

Although Notch was focused on the chessboard, he wasn't deaf. Naturally, he had heard the conversation.

He rolled his eyes.

"What kind of thing is that to say?? Can't you wish me something good for once? Ten seconds is still a hundred years. What if I can live past a hundred?!"

After saying that, he seemed to think of something and looked at the real HIM in disbelief.

"What, for the sake of reuniting with those two, you're planning to sacrifice me?!!"

Then he looked at Xu Yuan with a wronged expression.

"You two really are soulmates. You've saved all your sharp words just for me."

At that point, Notch pointed at the real HIM.

"He's even worse. He saved the sharp heart for me!"

Hearing that, the real HIM couldn't help laughing out loud.

Just as he was about to comfort Notch, Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Have you figured out your next move yet?"

As soon as Xu Yuan finished speaking, Notch immediately put on a face that looked ready to cry.

"Fine, fine. So the two of you are teaming up to bully me now?"

"Just wait! I'll break this game today!"

After saying that, he turned his gaze back to the board and began studying it carefully again.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan looked at the real HIM and was about to say something when the real HIM spoke first.

"To be honest, I am worried about them."

"After all, their world comes from an animation, and neither of those animations has ended. Their endings are entirely up to the creators of those animations."

"Even though you can protect them, you probably can't change their endings, right?"

"What if... what if they're facing the same situation as Notch right now?"

"What if they're trapped in a dead end that can't be reversed?"

Just as the real HIM finished speaking, a black figure suddenly flashed into view before them.

Looking closely, it turned out to be an Enderman.

Xu Yuan didn't seem surprised by the Enderman's arrival at all.

He asked, "Eddie, is everything ready?"

Eddie nodded excitedly, "Everything's ready!"

Seeing that, Xu Yuan nodded and looked at the real HIM.

"I don't need to change their ending."

After saying that, he waved at the real HIM.

"Come with me."