Wither Storm 2025-09-12T07:25:08Z
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My pickaxe felt heavier than usual that night. After seven years of strip-mining identical caves and rebuilding villages pillagers kindly pre-demolished, Minecraft's comforting rhythms had become a sedative. Even the Ender Dragon yawned in my last playthrough. I remember staring at the moon through pixelated oak leaves, wondering why I kept loading this digital security blanket when my pulse hadn't spiked since 2016.
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That familiar numbness had seeped into my bones after seven years of conquering Minecraft's vanilla realms. I'd built sprawling cities in survival mode, defeated the Ender Dragon blindfolded, and cataloged every biome until the blocky landscapes felt as predictable as my morning coffee. The thrill was gone, extinguished like a torch in rainwater. Then came the whisper among modding forums – a disturbance in the force called the Wither Storm Mod. I scoffed, downloaded it with the cynicism of a ve