I was just fishing, how did I become a Great Old One?

We passed through the End portal that emitted starlight particles.

A strong feeling of weightlessness instantly washed over me.

This is different from the scorching heat of the lower realm, and also different from the freshness of the main world.

This place is a desolate void.

"Buzz—"

When Jiang Li's feet touched solid ground again, the sensation under his feet became somewhat strange.

That wasn't soil, nor was it stone.

Instead, it's a beige cube with strange holes on its surface.

【End of the Earth Stone】.

If you accidentally step on it and crush it, you can even smell a strange odor, like expired cheese.

"Is this... the end of the world?"

Jiang Li raised her head.

There is no sun, no moon, and no clouds here.

There was only a dark purple sky, filled with noise and gibberish.

This is—The End.

They were standing on a huge island that floated in the endless void.

Beyond the edge of the island lies a black abyss where falling in would mean certain death.

"So many...long, straight black hair?"

Er Gou hid behind Jiang Li, peeking out a square dog head.

On the dimly lit island, countless slender, jet-black humanoid creatures roamed.

They have disproportionately long legs and arms.

It was covered in purple particle effects.

The most terrifying thing was those eyes—rectangular eyes that emitted a faint purple light.

Enderman.

This is what is commonly known as "Little Black".

They carried various blocks (some carried soil, some carried cacti) and teleported aimlessly across the island.

"Shh-"

Jiang Li made a shushing gesture.

"Don't look into their eyes."

"These guys are severely socially anxious."

"As long as you don't make eye contact with them, they're just passersby."

"Once we make eye contact..."

Jiang Li pointed to the distance.

Odin, out of curiosity, stared at an Enderman for a couple of seconds.

"roar!!!"

The Enderman instantly opened its blood-red maw (its jaw dislocated) and let out a piercing scream.

then.

"Whoosh!"

It teleported behind Odin, raised the cube in its hand, and smashed it down.

"Ouch! You dare to ambush this old man?"

Odin retaliated with a shot, sending the socially anxious patient flying.

"Alright, ignore the little monsters."

Jiang Li's gaze swept over the densely packed crowd of Endermen.

It was thrown towards the center of the island.

There stand a dozen or so towering obsidian pillars.

And between the stone pillars.

A massive, dark purple shadow was hovering and roaring.

"hold head high----!!!"

A deafening dragon roar echoed throughout the void.

That was a dragon.

A giant dragon made up of countless blocks, with wingspans reaching a hundred meters.

It is entirely black, with purple, glowing thorns on its back.

Its eyes were purple searchlights, and it spewed purple dragon breath from its mouth.

Ender Dragon.

The final guardian of this world.

It was also Jiang Li's last ingredient on this trip... no, his last opponent.

……

"What a huge gecko!"

Odin craned his neck, watching the giant dragon soaring erratically in the sky.

"Boss, this thing flies so high, how are we supposed to hit it?"

"And it can even regenerate health!"

Abel pointed to the tops of the obsidian pillars.

Each pillar has a rotating crystal that emits a pinkish-purple light suspended on it.

Ender Crystal.

Whenever the Ender Dragon flies near the crystal, a white healing beam will connect to the dragon, instantly restoring its health bar to full.

"That's a shameless scoundrel."

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes and quickly devised a strategy.

"This is a typical example of a strange mechanism."

"It won't die unless the crystal is destroyed."

"Abel! It's up to you now!"

"You're the sniper here!"

"Smash all those light bulbs!"

"receive!"

Although Abel doesn't have a bow and arrow (the archer feels bad in the block world), he has inherited throwing skills.

He took a set of round stones out of his backpack.

Take a deep breath.

The arm blurred into afterimages.

"Special Move: Block Throw!"

Whoosh whoosh—

Round stones flew into the sky with precision, like cannonballs.

"Bang!"

The crystal on the first pillar exploded.

"boom!"

The second one exploded.

Abel's aim was outrageous; he could hit anything he aimed at.

Some crystals are protected by iron railings.

Upon seeing this, Odin roared:

"Leave this to me!"

He pulled a bunch of dirt blocks out of his backpack.

They started showcasing a technique known as "road-building pro player".

He jumped while placing blocks under his feet.

humming-

Like riding an elevator, he was instantly lifted dozens of meters high, rushing straight to the top of the pillar.

"break!"

He pierced the iron bars with a single shot, shattering the crystal inside.

"hold head high!!!"

As the last crystal shattered.

The Ender Dragon let out an angry roar.

Its supply lines have been cut!

It stopped circling and instead turned its head, plunging down at its fastest speed toward the "culprit" on the ground—Jiang Li.

"It's coming down!"

Er Gou was so frightened that he scurried into the ground.

"Boss! It's going to crash into us!"

Facing the giant dragon that was swooping down.

Jiang Li, however, appeared unusually calm.

He even leisurely took things out of his backpack...

He pulled out a colorful, shimmering cube.

【Command Block】

This is the "cheat code" given to him by the creator god Noki.

It was also his last trump card in this world.

"Did you hit me?"

Jiang Li watched the dragon head getting closer and closer, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"I originally wanted to have a fair fight with you."

"but……"

"I'm a chef, I'm very busy."

"Besides, I don't want to mash the ingredients."

Jiang Li placed the command block on the ground.

Fingers flew across the virtual keyboard.

Enter the command.

This moment.

He wasn't playing a game.

He is rewriting reality.

"/give @p diamond_sword 1 {Enchantments:[{id:sharpness,lvl:9999}, {id:looting,lvl:10}]}"

(Gives the player: Diamond Sword, Quantity 1, Enchantment: Sharpness 9999, Looting 10.)

"confirm!"

Buzz————

A blinding blue light burst forth from the command block.

A crystal-clear diamond sword, surrounded by purple enchanted runes, appeared out of thin air in Jiang Li's hand.

This sword looks no different from an ordinary diamond sword.

but.

The aura it emitted caused the surrounding space to tremble.

Sharpness rating: 9999.

What does this mean?

This means that the damage from this sword strike will be off the charts.

Let alone the Ender Dragon.

It's just splitting the entire End Island in two, which is just a matter of one strike.

This is the power of a game editor.

……

at this time.

The Ender Dragon had already rushed in front of Jiang Li.

Its enormous mouth opened, and its purple dragon breath was poised to be unleashed.

"roar--"

"Shut up."

Jiang Li did not draw his sword.

Instead, he flashed away.

【Path of Gluttony - Teleport】.

next second.

He vanished into thin air.

When it reappears.

He was already standing on the Ender Dragon's broad back.

"What a huge cutting board."

Jiang Li stepped on the black dragon scales (squares) under his feet.

"Such good ingredients would definitely be mashed to a pulp if we used the usual cooking method."

"Then we can't make sashimi."

"so……"

Jiang Li raised the divine sword in his hand, which had an enchantment level of 9999.

His gaze became focused and fervent.

That's the look in the eyes of a top chef when faced with top-quality ingredients.

"Today, I'm going to show you—[The Butcher's Skill in Dissecting a Dragon]!"

brush--

A flash of sword light.

No sound.

There were no obstacles.

Even the animation of the health bar being deducted didn't have time to appear.

The sword sliced ​​through the Ender Dragon's body as if cutting through the air.

The Ender Dragon was still flying forward due to inertia.

but.

Its body structure has been completely deconstructed in that instant.

Jiang Li's wrist left only afterimages.

swish swish swish swish —

Countless blue sword lights bloomed on the dragon's back.

Each sword strike precisely sliced ​​off a perfect piece of meat.

Each sword strike avoided bones and internal organs.

This is surgical precision.

This is a mod-level sharpness.

"hold head high……?"

The Ender Dragon let out a low, puzzled growl.

It felt lighter.

It seems... something has left me?

It looked down.

All that could be seen flying around were purplish-black, neatly sliced ​​pieces of [dragon meat sashimi], exuding a faint, ethereal fragrance.

Its body was reduced to a white skeleton.

Health bar?

The health bar was instantly depleted by the first strike.

It can still fly now only because the system's delay hasn't caught up yet.

"receive!"

Jiang Li waved his hand.

The gluttony space is now open.

All the top-quality dragon meat flying everywhere was sucked into the backpack.

next second.

The system finally reacted.

"boom----!!!"

The Ender Dragon's skeleton exploded in mid-air.

It transformed into countless purple specks of light.

Those are experience points.

A massive amount of experience points, like a waterfall, poured down from the sky, engulfing Jiang Li and the others in a sea of ​​green light.

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up...MAX!]

……

And where the Ender Dragon disappeared.

A black, obsidian-like base slowly rose up.

The top of the base.

A black egg with purple spots stood quietly.

Dragon Egg.

This is a unique piece in the world.

It is also proof of customs clearance.

"This is a dragon egg?"

Tangyuan hopped over, drooling as if it wanted to lick it.

"Don't move!"

Jiang Li reacted quickly and snatched the dragon egg away.

"This thing is a rare find."

"It cannot be eaten raw."

"When I get back, I'm going to use it to make... [Void Dragon Egg Custard]."

"That tastes a million times better than eggs."

……

With the death of the Ender Dragon.

The blocks below the base have turned the color of the starry sky.

That is—the Pool of the End.

That is, the way home.

"it's over."

Jiang Li stood by the pool and glanced back at this desolate yet magical pixelated world.

Although the art style is simple, and although it is all blocks.

But the experience over the past few days has been truly wonderful.

He learned redstone technology, mastered alchemy, experienced creative mode, and even enjoyed a full dragon feast.

"It's time to go."

"The next volume... should be a true higher-dimensional world, right?"

Jiang Li took a deep breath.

He waved to Odin, Abel, Er Gou, and Tangyuan.

"Jump!"

Everyone jumped.

They jumped into that starry sky.

……

"Buzz—"

My vision became blurry.

A piece of green text began to slowly scroll through everyone's consciousness.

Those weren't ordinary subtitles.

That is the End Poem.

Two unknown entities are in conversation:

I saw that player.

Yes, I saw it too.

He not only defeated the dragon, he also...ate it?

This... doesn't fit the script.

But he's funny, isn't he?

He reminds us of...those people from long ago...who sought the truth.

Wake up.

You are that player.

You are that chef.

The universe... is right there on your plate.

……

The words gradually faded away.

The sharp edges of the cube began to wear away, becoming rounded.

The colors began to become richer and more delicate.

That familiar, real-world texture returned to my body.

Jiang Li opened his eyes.

He found himself standing on the deck of the Deep Blue.

The spaceship is hovering in a magnificent nebula.

His hands returned to their slender fingers, and he wore a pristine white chef's robe.

No longer a blocky figure, nor a paper cutout.

"I'm back."

Odin stroked his smooth beard and let out a long sigh.

"It's still more comfortable like this."

"The blocks are fun, but the joints are too stiff; they're giving my old leg pain a flare-up."

Jiang Li smiled.

He glanced at the system panel.

[Volume 8: Pixel World Arc (Completed)]

[Reward Settlement:]

[Gained Trait: Spatial Backpack (Permanently Fixed)]

[Gain skill: One-click synthesis (can create items anytime, anywhere).]

[Ingredients obtained: 999 Void Dragon Meat, 1 Dragon Egg, 64 Flame Rods...]

"A bumper harvest."

Jiang Li stretched.

Just then.

The spacecraft's radar suddenly emitted a rapid alarm.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

"Warning! High-energy reaction ahead!"

"Detected... [Data flood]!"

"Cyberspace detected!"

Jiang Li looked up at the porthole.

Suddenly, the starry sky ahead transformed into a waterfall composed of countless streams of green data.

A series of steel jungles, flashing neon lights and full of futuristic technology, appear and disappear in the data stream.

A giant holographic GG sign floats in space.

That is……

The world of cyberpunk.

"That's interesting."

Jiang Li gripped the Crimson Lotus Ship-Slaying Blade in his hand (which had now been restored to its original state and was even brighter).

"Just finished playing retro pixel art."

"Is it time to venture into future technologies?"

"Ergou! Take the helm!"

"Target—Night City!"

"Let's go take a look..."

"Could the androids there...make electronic lamb skewers?!"