Leo didn't hesitate. He leaped from the boat, phone clutched to his chest, and dove through the shimmering screen.
The screen was a lie.
Then it flickered off. For now.
That was Leo’s first coherent thought as the cold, damp air of the cavern hit his face. One second, he’d been lounging on his bed, thumb hovering over the bright, blocky icon of Minecraft on his iPhone 15. The next, a pulse of pearlescent light had erupted from the phone’s camera lens, yanked him through a vortex of swirling code, and dumped him unceremoniously onto a patch of coarse dirt. ios haven minecraft
Leo took a breath. The walls around him began to crumble as the shadow’s mining grew closer. He pressed his thumb to the phone’s screen and swiped left . Leo didn't hesitate
But as Leo stared at his reflection in the black mirror of his phone’s screen, he noticed something strange. A small, blocky scar on his knuckle from where he’d punched that first tree. And in the corner of his eye, just for a moment, he saw the ghost of his HUD. Then it flickered off