A zombie shambled past. Its face wasn't a rotting skull. It was a high-school yearbook photo, faded and water-damaged. The name "Evan" was scribbled beneath it in marker. The zombie didn't attack. It just stood there, trembling.

He pulled up a command prompt and killed every non-essential process on his PC. He disabled sleep mode, auto-updates, network time sync. Then he typed in the game chat:

The world loaded. And Leo gasped.

The only reply is from user LeoTheArchivist : "She's fine. She's building. Don't look for the pack. Look for seed 0 on 1.12.2. And if you see a woman in a white dress, tell her I said I'll be back online tonight."