Chapter 4--Lava-Walking Immortal!
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As Kai Orion continued carving his tunnel, a glimmer of gold flashed into view.
A gilded block.
“How did he know there was gold there?”“Did anyone track the path he just took? I’m already dizzy.”“He moves like someone who knows every inch of this place—like he could navigate it blindfolded!”
Listening closely to the steps and gravelly snorts above him, Kai waited until every sound clustered in a single square directly overhead—
Then, swift as lightning, he mined the block beside him.
A piglin’s fleshy hoof dropped into view—
Followed by a whole cascade of furious piglins tumbling through the ceiling into the two-block-high space.
With the blackstone beneath them removed, they fell neatly into a perfect trading pit.
Kai tossed every gold ingot he carried into the chamber.
At once, the piglins fell silent, scooping up the treasure with greedy fascination.
While they inspected and bartered, Kai disassembled the gold blocks into more ingots and fed them to the pit, one handful after another.
Some piglins eagerly spat out their own spoils—scattering loot at Kai’s feet like tribute.
All the while, he kept mining through nearby blackstone, unearthing more hidden gold as he worked.
Mine. Smelt. Toss. Collect.Over and over—a seamless, high-speed exchange.
Soon his inventory was stocked with:
• 18 Obsidian• 1 Potion of Fire Resistance• 17 Ender Pearls• Iron nuggets• Mountains of string and other junk• A pair of iron boots enchanted with Soul Speed
Perfect. This Instance really does boost pearl drop rates… My luck couldn’t be better.
Kai organized his packs.
Along the way he’d looted multiple chests—netting golden carrots, a crossbow, heaps of arrows, and a gold breastplate.
Not glamorous—but enough to improve his survival odds.
With pearls secured, it was time to locate the Nether Fortress.
On his way out of the bastion, he toggled open the F3 screen again—
And discovered the render distance control.
A slow grin curved his lips.
Adjusting render distance and reading the debug pie chart—he pinpointed a fortress not far from the bastion.
Only a vast ocean of lava separated them—depth unknown, shore invisible.
No clear block path.No land bridges in sight.
“His leaves and dirt must be nearly gone—not enough to bridge that lava sea!”“He’d have to mine netherrack as he goes!”
Foreign viewers hoped—prayed—Kai would stall long enough for their nations to catch up.
They did not expect what came next.
Kai calmly uncorked the fire resistance potion and drank—
Then hurled an Ender Pearl straight toward the blazing horizon.
Crack.
He blinked—directly into lava.
The entire screen went molten red.
Yet he remained untouched—health bar as steady as iron.
Without hesitation, he threw a second pearl.
Perfect angle. Perfect strength.
Another flash—
He stood safely on the fortress edge.
“??? What!?”“How is he teleporting like an Enderman?!”“He’s SWIMMING in LAVA and not dying?!”“Nine-nation alliance—EXPLAIN THIS. RIGHT NOW.”“His understanding of this game exceeds the rest of humanity combined!”
Panlong’s audience numbers spiked as viewers poured in from every region.
Compared to Kai’s daring chaos, others were pathetic:
Some cowering in the village, too scared to move.Others in caves screaming as they walled themselves in.
No spectacle. No thrill.Nothing worth watching.
But Kai Orion—He turned survival into an art form.
A high-octane, heart-pounding performance.Three minutes in—and already a legend.
Adrenaline soared through every Panlong citizen watching—chests swelling, eyes burning.
While they celebrated—
Kai had already scaled the fortress and located the blaze spawner.
He still had two TNT blocks from the first chest.
The moment a blaze materialized—
He dropped one TNT.Flicked his flint.Jumped clear.
BOOM
The shockwave shredded the enemy instantly.Strays caught in the blast burned low on health—easy prey for his axe.
Drops fell fast. RNG favored him.
Blaze rods rained like blessings.
Fireballs sputtered toward him, but he didn’t flinch.
He still had fire resistance—and a movement technique so sharp the blazes barely clipped him.
Block, strike, reposition.Portal frame built.Rods secured.
“Wait—WHAT? Sakura’s elite fighters got slaughtered here!”“He’s practically n***d—how is he still alive?!”“He barely flashes red—he’s hardly taking damage!”“What kind of insane combat reflexes does this man have? Was he a martial arts master IRL?”
Before stepping into the portal, Kai crushed blaze rods into powder—Fusing them with pearls:
Eyes of Ender.
Halfway done.
Now came the hardest part—finding the Stronghold.
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Chapter 6 — A Human CalculatorPinpoints the End Portal by Sheer Mathematics
Kai flung his first Ender Eye skyward.
He studied its path—recorded the coordinates where it fell—then began running in its direction.
A second throw.Snap.It broke on landing.
No panic—he had plenty.
Two points form a line.Two lines intersect at one point.
The Stronghold.
A quick mental approximation—
Between 1000 and 2000 blocks, give or take.
He could keep throwing eyes…
But speedrunning demanded better.
Closing his eyes, Kai visualized a coordinate plane—plotted all four points he’d just logged—calculated two linear equations—and solved for their intersection.
There.
He checked the math twice—
Then stepped straight back through the Nether portal.
“What is he doing now?”“Back to the Nether? Too hot for him out there?”“When will he fight the dragon already?”
Nether rule:1 block traveled here = 8 blocks in the overworld.Fastest transport method known.
He checked his buff—fire resistance still active.Confidence renewed.
He threw an Ender Pearl.
Heat. Liquid fire.A burning sea.
Every viewer gasped as his avatar lit aflame—
But again—
No damage. No panic.Another pearl.Another teleport.
The audience screamed in confusion—
“Twice now! Immune to lava?!”“Is this a cheat—burn immunity?!”“WHAT IS HIS ENDGAME?!”“Nine-nation ‘MC experts,’ cat got your tongue?!”
Teleport after teleport—Kai finally reached his destination.
Double-checking coordinates—
Perfect match.
Still submerged beneath lava.No solid blocks in sight.Fire resistance timer nearly expired.
But he had blackstone.Lots of it.
He placed obsidian directly on the seabed—built a Nether portal—sealed the sides—and drained the lava inside with expert bucket work.
One spark—
Crack.
Fuchsia light filled his vision.Transition began.
Stone.
Cold. Ancient.Stronghold Brick.
He grinned.Luck—still shining upon him.
He lit a fire on the floor for visibility—instantly recognizing the layout.
This way.
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Across the globe, leaders stared hollow-eyed at the live feed.
“How did he leave the Nether without a diamond pick?”“Did he… build a portal inside lava? Like before?”“Record EVERYTHING. We’re analyzing every frame from this moment forward.”“Wait—is that… the Stronghold?”
No one had a reliable Stronghold-locating method—until now.
And Kai—just casually solved it.
“This structure is random… isn’t it?!”“Teleporting directly into it violates everything we know!”“No soldier of ours found a Stronghold that fast, not even in simulations!”“How… HOW is this possible?!”
Even the most arrogant nations fell silent.
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Kai would later reflect on this moment as a stroke of genius—misleading his enemies into chasing a false strategy.
But that was for another day.
Right now—he stood before the portal room.
Silverfish hissed in the walls.Lava glinted beneath cracked stone.
Found it.
Three steps up—one smooth spin—
Clink. Clink. Clink.Ender Eyes snapped perfectly into place.
Voom—
The End Portal flared to life—a shimmering cosmic abyss contained in a 3×3 ring.
With arms wide open—Kai Orion fell backward into the void.
Just before he vanished—zombies growled—creepers stalked—silverfish writhed—
Then froze—their prey already gone.
Now… the real shock begins.
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