The Nether used to be a dangerous place, full of various monsters everywhere. But now, the entire Nether, most of the time, is eerily quiet. Looking out across the whole region, you basically can't see any monsters.
But as soon as a monster respawns, you'll hear deafening explosions.
These Withers are like robot vacuum cleaners that have turned on automatic cleaning mode.
They don't let go of any monster hiding in any corner.
Since the Nether doesn't have a ruler sitting in command, and those soldiers are all in a scattered state, it's very hard for information from different places to get spread around.
Those Wither Skeletons that had already developed consciousness at first didn't take this matter too seriously. After all, Withers appearing in the Nether is a pretty normal thing.
But when they started noticing that something was wrong, the entire situation had already developed into a stage beyond control.
Now, in the Nether, many areas are already ruled by the Withers.
And they're still not satisfied, still constantly expanding their territory of control, and new Withers keep showing up in the Nether.
At this moment, gathered inside this Nether Fortress located in a sea of lava, the few Wither Skeletons discussing things are all survivors of Wither attacks.
Because they developed consciousness, they knew how to hide their positions, and that's how they survived.
The location of this Nether Fortress is very remote. So far, those Withers have not yet stepped foot here.
But they know very clearly, it's only a matter of time before the Withers find this place. So they must get the news out of the Nether before they are completely wiped out.
But getting the news out, is that really so easy?
These Wither Skeletons racked their brains and finally managed to build a Nether Portal, sending out multiple groups of soldiers to deliver the message. But they have still received no news or rescue from the Dread Lord or the Wither King.
They also know very well, the chance of the message actually getting out is extremely slim.
These soldiers are not like the Dread Lord or the Wither King, monsters who can sense auras. After reaching the Overworld, all they can do is rely on instinct to search for the Wither King and the Dread Lord. Or rely on luck, hoping that the Dread Lord and Wither King will discover them.
This chance of success, without exaggeration, is probably even lower than finding a needle in the ocean.
If all the soldiers who developed consciousness end up dying, then the Nether will truly become hell.
"Clack clack clack clack... clack clack clack... (There aren't many usable soldiers left. The ones we sent out before haven't brought back any news. Is the Nether going to fall…?)"
"Clack clack... clack clack clack, clack clack... (What should we do now…? If the message still can't be sent out, then all that's left is to wait for death…)"
"Clack clack clack!! Clack clack?! Clack clack clack?! (Damn it!! What's wrong with these Withers?! Why are they even attacking us?!)"
Just as the leading few Wither Skeletons were discussing, they suddenly heard strange noises coming from outside the Nether Fortress.
"Clack clack clack?! (Have they found us?!)"
"Clack clack?!! (We were found this quickly?!!)"
A few Wither Skeletons quickly rushed to the top of the fortress wall. But what they saw wasn't Withers.
It was a grand army of Piglin Brutes.
This group of Piglin Brutes had excellent gear. The few leading Piglins were actually fully equipped in netherite gear.
Who knows how many players died by their hands for them to get equipment this good.
The Wither Skeletons were shocked when they saw this massive group of Piglin Brutes.
"Clack clack clack?! (Why did they come here?!)"
Though Piglin Brutes are also Nether mobs, they are enemies of Wither Skeletons and Withers. Piglin Brutes will actively attack Wither Skeletons and Withers.
Seeing the Piglin Brutes approaching with such hostility, the Wither Skeletons were all startled.
Just as they thought the Piglins were going to go on a killing spree, the lead Piglin Brute suddenly spoke up, "Snort snort…?! (Where is the Wither King?!)"
Even though the languages of Wither Skeletons and Piglin Brutes aren't the same, as fellow Nether mobs, they can roughly understand each other.
"Clack clack clack… (He and the Dread Lord are both in the Overworld…)"
After hearing what the Wither Skeleton said, the Piglin Brute didn't seem too surprised.
"Snort snort snort… snort snort! (How do we find them…? Those Withers are about to tear the whole Nether apart!)"
The Piglin Brutes had clearly come because of the Wither problem.
It must be said, when it comes to the greater good of their race, personal grudges can indeed be set aside.
The Nether is clearly on the verge of destruction. The Piglin Brutes naturally understand what matters most right now.
They also looked into it and learned that those suddenly appearing Withers are not part of the Nether's Wither faction, which is why they temporarily set aside their hatred and came to try finding a way to save the Nether.
Probably not even those beings in the Void expected that their appearance would actually cause two originally opposing races to put aside their grudges.
This also seems to prove one thing. No matter how many factions there are in this world, no matter how many hostile relationships exist, once they encounter people or things trying to destroy this world, they will not hesitate to unite and defend this world, a world that isn't perfect, nor peaceful.
Seeing this, the Wither Skeletons also temporarily let go of their hatred and told the Piglin Brutes about their current method of delivering the message.
After hearing what the Wither Skeletons said, the Piglin Brutes thought for a moment and said, "Snort snort… snort snort snort!! (Just sending a few guys to the Overworld each time — what's the use?!)"
"Snort snort snort! Snort snort! (Send everyone who can still move to the Overworld! Staying here is just waiting to die!)"
The suggestion from the Piglin Brutes really was the best solution right now. Previously, most of the conscious monsters in the Nether had already died or were badly wounded, very few remained.
So each time the Wither Skeletons sent monsters to the Overworld, there were only 3 to 5 at most.
Hope of getting the message through was already slim. With so few going, the chance dropped even lower.
So might as well go all out, send every usable and mobile monster to the Overworld. The more that go to the Overworld, the more likely the message gets out. Because judging by how things are going, staying here likely just means waiting to die.
Better to risk it in the Overworld. Maybe there's still hope of saving the Nether.
After agreeing with the Piglin Brutes, the Wither Skeletons quickly gathered all the usable forces. All the monsters lined up in front of the Nether Portal, entering it one by one.
A while later, all the monsters had disappeared inside the Nether Portal.
Not long after these Nether monsters left, a gigantic creature appeared outside the fortress.
It looked like a monster shaped like a vortex.
It had three heads, and on each head was a huge eyeball. Among the three eyeballs, the one in the middle was blue, and the two on the sides were purple.
Below each eyeball was a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, constantly dripping clear, sticky liquid. It looked like it was always in a hungry state.
From its massive body, five thick and long tentacles extended from its back. The monster's body was covered with all sorts of blocks, mostly Nether blocks.
Floating around it were also lots of blocks, looking like a black particle effect. The whole appearance of this monster was Cthulhu-style, completely out of place with the original world's mobs.
And what's even scarier is that it acted like the center of a vortex. The five huge tentacles on its back spun like fan blades in a single direction. Each rotation would generate a powerful suction force, like the center of a tornado.
This suction could instantly suck in the surrounding blocks with storm-like force. Once the blocks got sucked in, they would stick to its body, as if it was wearing armor made of various blocks.
This terrifying creature arrived at the Nether Fortress, and immediately, the fortress bricks lost weight and floated toward the vortex caused by its tentacles.
The monster was like a vacuum cleaner, absorbing these blocks. In under a minute, the entire fortress vanished.
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At that moment, on a high ground not far from the fortress, an Iron Golem was watching the monster's every move.
This Iron Golem was the purple Number 27 that once controlled the Villager Kingdom.
After the Villager King went to the Void and got the blue Ender Eye, he had gone there to ask about its placement. Since then, the Void had let Purple 27 manage the Nether's affairs.
The Void had previously ordered Purple 27 to fuse the blue Ender Eye and many purple Ender Eyes into Withers. That's why the Nether suddenly had so many indiscriminately attacking Withers.
It must be said, the Void's strategy worked this time. The Void finally got smarter. Before, its failures were mostly due to a lack of information.
It didn't know Xu Yuan's movements, or what powers he had. So all the previous plans ended in failure.
But this time, the Void took advantage of that lack of information. It knew that the Dread Lord and the Wither King had pledged loyalty to Xu Yuan.
Then, during the mission with the Ender Queen, it learned that both kings were still following Xu Yuan and hadn't returned to the Nether.
So the Void played an information gap, turning the Nether into a breeding ground for conscious entities. Once it chose Withers as the fusion host, everything became much easier.
With no Dread Lord or Wither King-level beings in the Nether, even normal Withers (without fusion) were already top-tier in power. Let alone Withers fused with purple consciousness entities?
These fused Withers entered self-serve buffet mode every day.
At first, the Withers would fight each other now and then. But with all the Nether monsters feeding them, they quickly developed independent consciousness.
After that, they each began sweeping different zones.
These Withers with purple consciousness became like monster-farming towers, providing a massive amount of energy to the Void.
Using the energy from the purple consciousness entities, the Void fused even more blue Ender Eyes.
But this time, it didn't rush to release them. Instead, it handed them to Purple 27.
The massive three-eyed monster in front of Purple 27 was a Wither fused with a blue Ender Eye.
Right now, it hasn't fully awakened consciousness. You can tell just by looking at its eyes.
Among the three eyes, only one had turned blue. Even though it hasn't fully awakened, it had already evolved into a terrifying existence.
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