--- a/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/EmptyLevelChunk.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/EmptyLevelChunk.java
@@ -26,6 +_,13 @@
         return Blocks.VOID_AIR.defaultBlockState();
     }
 
+    // Paper start
+    @Override
+    public BlockState getBlockState(final int x, final int y, final int z) {
+        return Blocks.VOID_AIR.defaultBlockState();
+    }
+    // Paper end
+
     @Nullable
     @Override
     public BlockState setBlockState(BlockPos pos, BlockState state, int flags) {
