“Humanity trapped in Minecraft: Chapter 4 – Aftermath” by Alex

After seeing the mysterious attacker run off, Jackson and everyone that was around him turned to head back to the small group of homes. “Max, where did you get that enchanted gold sword?” Jackson asked. “After we mined iron, we came up from the mine and started walking  away from the village.” Max replied. “We were about 20 blocks away when I noticed nether material.” “So we approached it and saw a chest by a group of obsidian blocks.” “I opened the chest, and there was an enchanted golden sword, enchanted golden leggings, and an enchanted golden pickaxe.” “Max said.” “Cool,” Jackson replied. Jackson went inside his now-modern home and put all the iron in his furnace, along with some coal to smelt the iron. Walking away from the chest, Jackson looked out the window and saw the small community of people working on upgrading their homes. He smiled. Then suddenly, a thought popped in his mind. “Where are you, Mom?” He thought. Walking out of his house, Jackson started walking away from the homes and sat down on a block of grass. “How long are we going to be trapped in this game?” Jackson thought. Standing, He returned to the group of houses and went into his. Checking the furnace, he saw that the first stack of iron was done. Withdrawing the iron, Jackson put in the second stack and walked up to the crafting table that was sitting by his chests to organize his inventory. Checking his inventory, Jackson saw that he had no wood or sticks in his inventory. Going outside, Jackson ran up to the nearest tree and withdrew his stone axe. Jackson quickly chopped the tree down and trimmed the leaves before his axe broke. Turning, Jackson ran back to his house and shut the door behind him. Turning the oak logs into oak wood planks, Jackson used all of the wood to turn it into sticks. Walking up to the crafting table, Jackson quickly crafted a set of iron tools and another iron sword as a precaution. Jackson then proceeded to craft a set of iron armor; a helmet, chestplate, leggings, and boots. Walking back outside, Jackson yelled to get everyone’s attention. Jackson then pulled out the remaining iron ingots he had from crafting his tools and armor. He gave his iron ingots to one of the experienced adult players and went inside his house to check on the smelting iron. Withdrawing the iron helmet from his inventory, Jackson put it on, then his chestplate, then leggings, then finally, the iron boots. Feeling more confident, Jackson drew his iron sword and raised it in the air. Lowering his sword, Jackson put it in his inventory and walked towards the small building where he put the furnace he first crafted. Jackson pulled out torches and placed them on each wall on both sides of the room. Walking out, Jackson went back to his house to check on the smelting iron. Seeing that it was done, Jackson withdrew the iron and put it in a chest. Jackson then took the last stack of iron and put it in the furnace. “Almost out of coal,” Jackson said to himself. Pulling out his pickaxe, Jackson went to the mine and walked down toward where coal is usually found. Seeing a vein of coal, Jackson started mining it, collecting about 30 pieces of coal. Jackson then looked up to see if there was coal above him. There was none. Turning around, Jackson then descended deeper into the mine until he saw a flick of black. “There’s more,” Jackson said. Jackson collected the coal that was in the area and went back up to the community. Entering his house, Jackson put the coal in his chest and walked toward the furnace. Seeing that the iron was almost done, Jackson walked to his bed and sat down when suddenly words appeared in his mind. “Help,” The words said. Jackson then saw the message in what looked like the chat, except everyone in the world was spamming the word help. Some languages Jackson couldn’t read, but he understood the intent. Getting up from his bed, Jackson approached the furnace and withdrew all the smelted iron. “Too bad it’s not all done,” Jackson thought, but looking in the furnace, Jackson saw there were ten more pieces of iron that needed to finish smelting, but there was no more coal. Walking up to the chest, Jackson withdrew the coal and placed it in the furnace. Jackson ran outside and slammed the door behind him.