That’s when he saw the Modrinth notification.

With a sigh, Kael closed the game, deleted the xray-ultimate.jar , and started a new world.

Kael laughed. It was a hollow sound.

He opened the server chat. Still empty.

His inventory held exactly fourteen diamonds. Fourteen. After three days.

He dropped the .jar into his mods folder. Restarted.

He pressed X again. The stone flickered back. The illusion of reality returned. But he knew what was underneath now. The mystery was gone.