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Up Into the Storm: GopherCraft UHC S7 Episode 4

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The five team cards open the episode again, with no episode number. Episode 3 ended with baby zombies coming at the team in the caves, and this one starts in the middle of that fight.

The daycare

There are a lot of babies. "I think I found a daycare, I don't know. This is excessive." One zombie dies on its own, stuck in a block it was trying to jump up. The mobs keep coming from somewhere, and the team guesses they are in a space above, unable to find a way down. "We're safe from them for now."

Teammate pulse2010 at 18 Health in iron armor in a stone cave, with lava spilling down the rock behind

The gold count sits at 14 with more in sight. About six minutes in, Basket eats the golden apple saved from Episode 3. Two yellow absorption hearts show up, and the red hearts climb to seven and a half.

Lag in the tunnel

The plan is to tunnel up toward the middle of the map, keeping blocks ready to seal any opening. A baby zombie waits above. Then it goes wrong fast. "No, no, no!" Chat posts the line: "pulse2010 was slain by Zombie." The game was lagging hard, and on voice the zombies had "literally stopped" on screen. Steel_Douglas, Virii333, PsychoSFK, rePeteD, Frank_n_Honest and others answer "gg," and pulse2010 writes one word: "LAG." Then, on voice: "To the loser lounge I guess. Good game."

Two of Tang

Team Tang is down to Basket and FriarNurgle. The dropped gear goes into a chest to sort out. Each of them has a golden apple now, and there is "more iron than we know what to do with." The two dig separate routes up through dirt, then hear thunder. "I see surface."

Looking out from under a dirt ceiling at rain falling on a gray stone slope, a stream of water and dark trees

Night and thunder

It is night and storming. "It's not safe anywhere, Basket." They talk about what comes next. The Nether is one idea, but "I feel like the nether's probably trapped by now." Enchanting comes first, and that means books, so leather is kept and sugar cane is still on the list. Chat posts another loss: "rePeteD fell from a high place." BasketMC writes "gg," and FriarNurgle answers with a long "no."

Teammate FriarNurgle at 16 Health in iron armor in tall grass at night, rain falling in front of a gray stone hill

Across the lake

By now the sword in Basket's hand is a diamond one. A skeleton up the hill has "a magical bow," and the team has only one string, so no bow of their own. They head down the hill and across a lake instead, taking on zombies on the way, one with a sword and some babies. In chat, Gopherboy earns the Monster Hunter achievement.

Teammate FriarNurgle at 16 Health in iron armor walking through grass at night beside a lake, with a cow nearby

Near the end the server posts "80 Minutes" and lists twelve current players. pulse2010 is not on it. "Oh, that's the end of the day." The episode ends with Basket alive on the surface with FriarNurgle, cutting through a cave to the other side.