Seeing Notch suddenly disappear in front of them, everyone was a bit confused.
"What happened? Where did he go?"
"Who taught him to just leave mid-sentence? Did he notice something changed?"
"He just vanished all of a sudden. Did he already regain his powers as the Creator God??"
"…"
Hearing everyone's words, Xu Yuan lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, then said, "Notch was once acknowledged by this world. The fact that he can re-enter the inner world means he has found his former self again."
"I don't think his power has fully returned to him. If he had truly regained his former strength, he wouldn't have made so many suggestions just now."
At this point, Xu Yuan lowered his head and thought for a bit, then spoke again, "I think he can resonate with the inner world in some way."
"Maybe he sensed something. We'll know when he comes back."
The fact that Notch could re-enter the inner world and effortlessly find the Blade of the War God was enough to show that he could resonate with this world to some extent.
Aside from that, it seemed he could move freely within the inner world, but that was probably the extent of it.
Just as Xu Yuan said, if Notch had sensed that his power had fully returned, he definitely wouldn't have gone through the trouble of making those suggestions.
Hearing Xu Yuan's explanation, everyone nodded silently and began waiting for Notch to return.
They originally expected that Notch might take quite a while to come back. Entity 303 was just about to start some casual chatter to pass the time when, at the moment he opened his mouth, he suddenly caught sight of Notch already appearing in front of them.
And what shocked everyone even more was that Notch didn't come back alone.
The scene at this moment was a bit hard to describe.
On Notch's shoulder, he was carrying a man. That man's condition made it hard to tell whether he was unconscious or dead.
The reason it was so difficult to tell was because both of that man's hands were hanging down, yet each one tightly grabbed the arms of two other men.
Since there was no gravity in the inner world, the two men whose arms were being grabbed were also floating in midair. Their bodies were in equally strange states, making it impossible to tell whether they were unconscious or dead.
And that wasn't all. The two men whose arms were being held weren't idle either. With their free arms, they were each grabbing yet another man.
In other words, the four of them were like conjoined twins stuck together, tightly linked, forming a bizarre and strange scene.
Notch had just arrived and hadn't even spoken yet when Rookie recognized at a glance who these four "conjoined twins" were.
The one being carried by Notch was Grayfist. In Grayfist's left hand he was dragging Black Blade, and in his right hand he was dragging Steve, while Black Blade and Steve were both pulling Pengpeng.
No one knew how the four of them got into the inner world, nor what they had gone through.
Anyway, at this moment, the four of them looked like they were half-dead.
Seeing this spectacular scene, Rookie was instantly moved to tears by Steve's "family of four." He only regretted not having a camera in hand to record this moment.
"If only this photo could be played on loop at their wedding!!" Rookie sighed inwardly. At least he still had some conscience and didn't say it out loud.
After his internal rant, Rookie looked at Notch and couldn't help but complain, "Well isn't that nice, you brought Steve's whole family of four over on your shoulder?"
Hearing that, a question mark slowly appeared on Notch's face. "? What family of four?"
Seeing this, Rookie waved his hand. "Eh… that's not important." He lifted his chin toward the four of them. "Still alive?"
Notch nodded. "Of course they're alive. They're probably just asleep."
Hearing this, Rookie shrugged. "Being young really is great. You fall asleep the moment you hit the ground."
While Rookie was still talking, he saw Notch about to pass the Grayfist on his shoulder over to him.
Seeing this, Rookie quickly took several steps back. "Hey, hey, hey!! Don't dump him on me! I need to keep my distance from this."
As soon as Rookie finished speaking, he saw a black shadow flash in front of him and snatch Grayfist away. Looking closely, it turned out to be Little Bug.
After taking Grayfist, Little Bug didn't carry him on its shoulder right away. Instead, it instantly tossed him to the very end, then carefully fumbled around and lifted Pengpeng onto its shoulder…
After finishing this series of actions, it looked at Notch with a worried expression and asked, "They're really okay, right?"
Seeing Little Bug's concerned and adorable expression, Notch was instantly charmed. He reached out and cautiously patted its head.
When he saw it didn't resist, he kept stroking its head and comforted it, "They're really fine. They're just not used to the environment here, and since everything here looks the same, it can make people feel a bit dizzy."
"They should wake up soon."
Only after seeing that Little Bug no longer looked so worried did Notch turn to Rookie and ask, "How did they get in? Don't tell me you predicted this too?"
Seeing this, Rookie shrugged smugly. "Of course."
"But I can't take all the credit. I just played a guiding role, just like when I said those things to you before entering the inner world."
At this point, Rookie looked at Steve and the others, a bit of admiration appearing on his face. "Didn't expect them to actually make it into the inner world…"
Hearing this, Notch's eyes lit up. "If the four of them can enter the inner world, then that means others can too!"
Seeing this, Rookie nodded, then stroked his chin. "At the very least, these four prove that players can enter the inner world."
As soon as Rookie finished speaking, Notch said, "They've already helped confirm the possibility for living beings."
"As long as one living being can successfully come to the inner world, then once the server reopens, they'll spread the news. It won't be long before all living beings start appearing here!"
Right after Notch finished speaking, a sudden burst of shouting full of colorful language startled him.
"Holy shit?! Damn it, we really screwed ourselves over!! I just saw our king's ghost!!!"
"Our king got himself an official position down there this fast? Why the hell is his soul golden???"