Chapter Four

**Chapter Four** is the current season of Zisteau Plays Minecraft. Its theme is Air It is mainly set in Skyblock, though there is another timeline that still remains set in the Alpha Valley. It contains six episodes currently.

## Enumerator

The first episode of Chapter Four, and the eighty-eighth episode overall. This episode showcases Zisteau repeatedly creating a path in the same spot each day, seemingly forgetting everything, including that there is already a path there. It is likely that the apparent looping in this episode is the same repetition happening in Cyclone and Interloper, given that we see a glimpse of Skyblock's looping every time Enumerator loops, also because of the fact that Zisteau from this timeline labeled a section Episode 95.

## Disjunction

Prominently features the chunks continuing to rise, and Zisteau getting upset that his paths are ruined, after realizing what's happened with his world. During the episode, the area outside the Alpha Valley disappears, and the Alpha Valley ends up being mirrored for a short period of time, likely due to hallucinations.

## Whirlwind

The beginning of the Skyblock story arc. It features Zisteau appearing on the island in Beta 1.8, before realizing what hunger is and beginning a traditional Skyblock survival series. However, the episode is littered with visions of alternate timelines, where the solutions to various problems encountered during the series didn't work. It ends with a cliffhanger of Z becoming aware of the Sky Dimension's existence.

## Thin Air

This episode mainly focuses on Zisteau's adventures in the Sky Dimension, with Zisteau becoming increasingly lost with each "jump". The "jumps" are cuts to other survival games, mainly The Long Dark, that wind up with Z in a completely different location, or across a gap. At the end of the episode, he encounters the snowy hill.

## Cyclone

This is the point where the Skyblock playthrough begins to loop. At this point Zisteau encounters the Skyblock island again, and bridges over to it in his search for lava. This restarts the playthrough. The episode then loops through a shortened version of the Skyblock playthrough loop before going back to the same section as at the beginning, and looping again.

## Interloper

At this point, after many loops, Zisteau decides to build an elevator, around the tree, which this episode points out has been growing larger with each loop, and is now huge. Note that the tree contains the tree type Zisteau gathered in his previous playthrough. He uses this to escape his future self who entered the area. armed. However, his future self jumps off the edge of the island.

## *Episode 94*

*This is an unreleased episode that will likely be the climax of Chapter Four.* *It is unknown what will happen, but Zisteau will likely jump off the edge, or attack a silverfish.*

## *Episode 95*

*This is an unreleased episode that will likely see the introduction of the upside-down chunks seen in the trailer, as this intersects with one of the episodes mentioned in Enumerator. It may also be in Release 1.0.*

## *Episode 100*

*This is an unreleased episode that may be the final episode of the series. It is completely unknown what will happen in this episode*

## Analysis

The Chapter Four timeline is all over the place, and so here is my analysis of what happened:

* 1. Chunks rise all over the Alpha Valley. Go to 2.
* 2. Z1.8 is sent to Skyblock, and begins playing. Go to 3.
* 3. Z1.8's Skyblock playthroughs loop, with resources carrying over each time. Go to 5.
* 4. Z1.8 arrives in the past and arrives in the island of his past self, before jumping off.
* 5. Z1.8 somehow merges with K-9 and is trapped in a box and force-fed bread. Go to 6.
* 6. Z1.8 is upgraded to at least release 1.2, captured by alien villagers, and forced to play Minecraft Beta 1.7. Meanwhile: 7, 8, 9. Go to 10.
	+ 7. Z1.8 experiences the chunk rising again, this time working on correcting his paths.
	+ 8. Z1.8 is trained by the alien villagers through K-9 to follow the "standard episode formula" used for the rest of his time in captivity.
	+ 9. Z1.8 starts playing Minecraft over and over again, building the same path each time. (Note that Z1.8 COULD be doing this for sextillions of years; note his comment in Skyblock about being immortal). Note we see glimpses of Skyblock, which I believe simply reflects the similar looping behavior.
* 10. Zisteau escapes containment and obtains an enchanted sword before traveling back in time. Go to 4.

Thus, here are some theories:

## *Episode 94 - Tempest*

Zisteau's skyblock island continues looping, and he eventually fully realizes that he's done it before as he is starting to get deja vu in Interloper. K-9 gets a bigger influence before eventually merging with Z1.8. The episode ends with Zisteau opening with his "I'm hungry" speech, showing the Z1.8 skin shown in the alien villager room.

## *Episode 95 - Inertia*

Zisteau builds his base and then figures out how to escape the skyblock by falling off the edge. He wakes up in the box, force-fed bread on a timer clock. We see into all the alternate timelines, including Z1.2. He manages to get another wood block, obtaining a wooden pickaxe and some coal and a furnace. Also notably, we see the full account of episode 95 of Zisteau being controlled by the alien villagers.

## *Episode 96 - Capture*

Zisteau is upgraded to release 1.2 (though I still call him Z1.8) and captured by the alien villagers, and we see Disjunction play out, then Enumerator's ending, and then Enumerator proper. Eventually, he does end up escaping as he wakes up from the bed.

## *Episode 97 - It Looks Like We Jumped Again*

This episode follows Z1.8 obtaining an enchanted sword and adventuring through time (the source of all the falling Zisteaus is probably here). We see the "future Zisteau" side of Interloper.

## *Episode 98 - Convergence*

Z1.8 rescues the other Zisteaus. It starts off with Z1.8 attempting to communicate with Z1.2 and dragging him forth to Beta 1.7 (thus how Z1.2 thinks all animals drop food). Then he goes through the other timelines, rescues the other Zisteaus, and returns to Z1.2's universe, properly rescuing him. When he returns to his own island, he sees the world upside down.

## *Episode 99 - Conjunction*

In this episode, Z1.8 and the other Zisteaus, properly geared up, make their way back to the Alpha Valley proper, which has had the air quadrant already completed by the cataclysms from the prologue. Additionally, the path from Enumerator's episode 99 is there, meaning it is sunk several blocks into the ground. Afterwards, the Water Fire Stone Pig is completed.

## *Episode 100 - Montage #2*

The episode 100 montage, showcasing Beta 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and Release 1.2 storyline.