The Legend of Dave the Villager 18

***Spoiler warning:** Plot summary will follow.*

## Overview

**The Legend of Dave the Villager 18** is the 18th book in the Legend of Dave the Villager Series and the 8th in Series 2. In this book, Dave and his friends explore the Mysterious Laboratory 303. It's the first spooky themed book in the series.

## Prologue

Spidroth orders Captain Nitwit to fix the HMS Nitwit, however, he says that it can't be fixed as its hull is broken. Dave says that they should build a shelter there and sleep through the night. He says that in the morning, they can explore the Lab. They agree and build a shelter and go to sleep.

As Dave sleeps, he feels the presence of someone else on his bed. It screams 'Make a Wish' but only he hears it and the others say he has gone mad. He goes back to sleep. Later, he hears something on the ceiling. He wakes up and sees a figure with red eyes. It also yells 'Make a Wish' and Dave screams and wakes everyone up. They do not believe him and they say it is a nightmare, however he is sure that it was real.

## Plot

After waking up the next morning, they decide on what to do. Carl says that the people who lived in the Lab must have had a harbour from where they could leave if needed. They agree and head towards the ruined Lab to look for it. At the entrance, Spidroth sees a sign on which it says that the harbour is in a cave below the island, and to reach it, they would need to go through the Lab.

They walk in to the Lab's reception, where a blue hologram named Eve appears. She says that she is the assistant of Laboratory 303 and asks how she might help them. Dave asks her how to get to the harbour and she says they would have to use the piston elevator, which was broken. He asks if there was another way and she says they would have to go through the Lab.

Dave asks her how the Laboratory had become a ruin and she says that it was because of the failure of the Entity Project. He then asks her what the Entity Project is and she says it's classified. He then has an idea and asks if there are any creatures with red eyes. She turns red, yells 'Make a Wish' repeatedly and vanishes. They then decide to go find the harbour.

They go down a hallway towards the harbour. They reach a dark room and Dave prepares to place a torch but Carl says there is something in the room. Dave asks him if he can see it and he says that he can't because the darkness is somehow thicker around the creature. Dave has an idea that maybe the creature would not be able to handle light and places down a torch.

Instantly, they see a creature with a creeper's head and a cow's body. It shrieks in pain because of the light then lunges towards them. Carl says he sees a door and all of them run towards it. They make it through just as the monster catches up to them. Dave says that since they cannot go back the way they came, they should proceed forward.

After walking for some time, they reach a room with redstone lamps. Eve appears again and tells them about the history of Laboratory 303- it was founded by Diamond City's first mayor to look for a cure for death. Though they did not find it, they continued researching on various topics. The lecture ends an a creature appears.

Dave recognises it as a mutant zombie-skeleton-spider and hundreds of them appear around them. They start battling and kill them all after a long time. Dave says Captain Nitwit did very well but then notices zombie bite marks on his hand. Dave says he has to cut off his hand but he refuses and runs away. He turns part spider as six more eyes appear on him. Dave says he has no choice and then swings his sword, cutting his arm.

Dave later asks Captain Nitwit how he feels and he says he is fine. He says he is glad to have more eyes as he can see much better. After this, they proceed onwards. They encounter another room and Eve says to go further, they need to show their ID. Carl ignores her, saying she is made of light and walks through her.

Eve says that the Entity Project has been breached and initiates self-destruct mode. Large explosions ring all throughout the room and Dave says that if they get separated, they should meet at the harbour. Then the floor crumbles and he falls down.

Carl falls down into a room made of iron blocks. He is unsure how to get out and decides to break the floor below him. He breaks it and falls into another identical room. He breaks its floor and falls into yet another time. After doing so about thirty times, he tries an experiment. He scratches 'Carl' on the wall of his room and then breaks the floor to go to the next one. The word is 'Carl' is also in there and he realises he is stuck in a loop.

Dave and Captain Nitwit find themselves in a room full of glass tanks, containing 'Entities', white figures with red eyes. Eve appears there too and asks if they want any information on the Entity Project. Dave says he thought that was classified but Eve says that since they were there, she assumed they had the appropriate ID. She asks them once more if they want information on the Entity Project, and Captain Nitwit says yes.

She says that the Entity Project was an attempt led by Overseer Harris to create a life form that would never die. The scientists thought that if villagers transferred their brains into the Entities, they would be immortal. She says that Overseer Harris transferred his brain into an Entity bur went mad and took over the lab. Just then, all the Entities wake up. They start punching their glass tanks and Dave and Captain Nitwit start to run.

Little Billy and Spidroth wake up in a room. She sees some ender chests and a jukebox. She finds a music disc and puts it into the jukebox. A scientist talks about his discoveries and she soon removes it. She then sees a hatch above the ground and tells Little Billy to stand on her. She asks him to open the hatch, however he is too short.

She then has an idea as she sees some dirt blocks in the room. She tells Little Billy to lift them up and place them below the hatch. He lifts it and carries it with a lot of effort. Just as he gets ready to place it, he drops it on his foot and screams in pain. Spidroth yells at him to properly place it and he painfully does so. She then tells him he has to repeat that twice more.

Carl tries many times to escape but finds it all in vain. He sees a jukebox and finds 3 music discs next to it. He takes it out and puts one of them in the jukebox. A scientist talks about the 'Make a Wish' project, also known as 'Creative Mode', where anyone can access any block by simply pulling it out of thin air. He finds it boring, takes it out, and puts in the next one.

He hears a woman's voice, which he recognises as Professor Quigley. She says that she thinks Laboratory 303 has gone astray in the past few years, especially because of Overseer Harris's addiction with the Entity and Make A Wish project. She says he was to test out both of them the next day but says that she does not think that much power should be given to one person.

He then puts in the next disc, which is about the 'Infinity Room', an inescapable prison. Carl thinks that sounds like the room he is in and listens carefully. The voice says there are certain flaws but just then, the jukebox breaks. Carl screams in frustration but notices the block he kept breaking was flickering. He keeps breaking through it and the flickering increases. Eventually, there was an explosion of blue light and he landed in a library.

Dave and Captain Nitwit go down a narrow dark corridor, chased by Entities. The room gets darker and eventually, they reach a stairway going down. They climb down it and after some time, Dave suggests that they should fight the Entities, as the passage was extremely narrow and only one or two Entities would be able to face them at a time. Just then, he trips and the Entities catch up to him.

After opening the hatch, Spidroth and Little Billy walk through the vent behind it. They reach a room with many peculiar sights, like a iron sword twice the normal size named the Inferno Blade, a bow made of obsidian and a glass chamber with an iron door. The two of them look around the room.

They see a door leading out and go towards it. To their shock, they see many Entities rushing towards them. They go another way but see Entities there too. They realise they will be crushed and go towards the glass chamber. They enter it and a voice says that it is the matter reconfiguration chamber, where mobs can change their look and asks them if they want to change. Spidroth says that they do and starts giving it instructions.

Carl gets up and sees Entites rushing towards him from all sides. He gets ready to fight and beats up many of them, however ,there were too many of them and he gets overwhelmed. He thinks that if he hides in the suit, they would leave him alone and does so. Suddenly, he feels a jolt and realises they are carrying the suit somewhere.

The Entities carry Dave and Captain Nitwit to a huge cave. They see that Carl is there too, and talk to him for some time. Just then, all the Entities start saying 'Make a Wish'. A creature similar to the Entities, with white skin and glowing red eyes, but a black face, floats down from the ceiling. Dave guesses that he was Overseer Harris, who had gone mad and appeared in their little shelter at nighttime.

Overseer Harris, or Entity 303 giggles and says he has experiments to try on them. Dave says he also has an experiment to try and shoots an arrow at him but he teleports. He shoots yet another arrow but he places bedrock to block it. Dave asks him to just let them go but Entity 303 says that they are his for all eternity and will never escape.

Just then, a giant zombie falls on Harris's head through a hole in the ceiling. Shocked, they realise it is Little Billy. He starts to beat Entity 303 up and soon faints. An attractive female human, with red skin and white eyes, jumps through the hole. Dave asks her who she is and she says that she is Spidroth.

Suddenly, the Entities start to run at them. Spidroth pulls out an iron sword, twice as long as normal and wields it into battle. Dave and his friends rush at the Entities and start to destroy them when Entity 303 creeps up behind Dave. However, Spidroth thrusts her sword into him and he dies. The other Entities look confused since their master is dead and they flee. Captain Nitwit sees a sign leading to the harbour and they follow it.

They go through a passageway and reach a cave with a lake in it, which had two submarines. Eve appears and explains what a submarine is. Dave asks if she can teach them how to control it but she says it would take a few months. Spidroth asks if she can come on the submarine and control it for them and she says she can.

They get aboard the submarine, which is very luxurious with chairs, carpets and more. They see a fireplace and light it. The submarine takes off and they relax for some time but suddenly, it stops moving. Eve appears and says that due to extreme cold, all the systems of the submarine have frozen. The submarine then starts to sink and the book ends.