Chapter 45: Worthy of the Name "Big Smart"!
After logging off, Wen Yu immediately began reviewing their first attempt at the [Six Color Doors].
Wen Yu took out pen and paper and began to sketch and calculate.
...
1 Purple... (Crystal)... 2 Yellow
3 Green... Wen Yu / Li Jue... 4 Blue
5 White... Red
"The final order of entry was 1, 2, 5, 6, 4, 3."
"Li Jue and I chose to go to Doors 1 and 2 first, which took about 40 seconds. Then we headed to Doors 3 and 4 simultaneously. When we were standing at the entrances of Doors 3 and 4, the crystal turned purple. The game officially started!"
"It took me 20 seconds to walk from Door 3 back to Door 1, and during that Time, Li Jue walked from Door 4 to Door 6."
"The unknown door on the field was Door 5. I came out of Door 1 and found the crystal had turned yellow, while Li Jue was walking from Door 6 toward Door 2."
"It took 40 seconds in between, and during that Time, I happened to reach Door 5."
"10 seconds later, he came out of Door 2, and the crystal turned white, which was exactly the door I was at."
"I entered Door 5 for 10 seconds, and Li Jue happened to run to the position between Doors 2 and 4."
"Discovering the crystal turned red, it took a total of 30 seconds to run to Door 6. Entering the red door took 10 seconds."
"And I was already waiting at the entrance of Door 3. Coming out of the red door and running to the blue door took 20 seconds, and entering took another 10 seconds."
"Finally, I entered the green door for 10 seconds."
"..." What a jinx, he ended up running all over the place.
"There are actually a lot of inefficiencies here."
"What if we opened Doors 3 and 4 first, then walked to Doors 1 and 2 together?"
"If that were the case, I could enter Door 1, and Li Jue could immediately enter Door 2 as soon as I came out!" But then, Wen Yu dismissed the idea himself.
"But Li Jue wouldn't know that the purple door was on my end; he would definitely head down toward Door 6. And then he'd have to turn back halfway to Door 2 for the yellow one."
...
Dismissing his own thoughts, Wen Yu continued to think.
"Doors 1, 2, 5, and 6 are further from the spawn point than Doors 3 and 4. If we chose to spend 30 seconds opening Doors 3 and 4 first, then 20 seconds opening Doors 1 and 2, what if I stood between Doors 1 and 3 when the game started, and Li Jue stood between Doors 2 and 4? That wouldn't work either. We have to give up on Doors 5 and 6..."
"..." Is this really a fun activity? Are you sure it's not a brain-burning activity?
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The next morning at 8:30, they entered the game again, and Li Jue was already online.
The two found a spot and began to discuss their strategy.
"Boss, I have an idea," Li Jue said.
"Oh? Let's hear it."
"Boss, the reason we were slow the first Time was entirely because I ran from Door 6 to Door 2, and then back from Door 2 to Door 6. Of course, that couldn't be helped. So, we need one person to stand at the entrance of Door 4; that way, no matter which side it is, we can start running immediately," Li Jue said.
"I thought about it all night too. I think we need to give up on the preliminary exploration of at least one door; this game still requires gambling!" Wen Yu said. "My idea is that one of us should stand in the middle of two doors when the game starts, while the other runs all the way to the unknown doors! Let's just bet that our luck won't be that bad every single Time."
"...In that case, it's a bit extreme. Either we won't make the rankings, or we'll make a very high ranking."
"Let's try it. We still have 4 attempts left. Let's test it out once according to my idea and see how it goes. If we don't try, it's all just empty talk."
— — — — — —
The two entered the event instance again. They began to follow the plan they had discussed: Li Jue opened doors from 4 to 2, and eventually returned to the space between Door 2 and Door 4.
Meanwhile, Wen Yu started directly from Door 1 and rushed straight down!
Wen Yu opened Door 1 first and found it was red!
He then continued to sprint toward Door 3. The game started the moment he reached Door 3!
Wen Yu immediately pushed the door open! It was purple!
He turned his head and glanced at the crystal. The first color the crystal gave was white!
"White, I hope it's on Li Jue's side."
When Wen Yu arrived at Door 5, the crystal had just turned yellow.
"Open for me!" He said, kicking the door open.
"It's yellow!" Wen Yu immediately dove in.
"My luck is good on this side. I happened to open Door 5, and it was yellow. I hope white is Li Jue's Door 2. If so, he should have returned to the space between Doors 2 and 4 by the Time I come out."
When the Time was up, Wen Yu immediately slipped out, looked up, and saw purple!
Wen Yu immediately rushed toward Door 3! "Running two doors in a row! This is bad!"
Another 30 seconds passed. Wen Yu came out of Door 3, and the crystal color changed to green!
"It's not on my side!" Wen Yu started running toward Door 1. Halfway there, the crystal turned red!
"Damn! So fast. That bastard Li Jue is standing right at the entrance of the green door!"
The rest of the game was very simple. Wen Yu entered Door 1, and Li Jue entered the final blue door.
"Ding!~"
"Cleared event instance - [Six Color Doors]"
"Clear Time: 1 minute 48.42 seconds!"
...
"Awesome! Worthy of the name "Big Smart"! How were you able to get out of the green door so quickly!" Wen Yu laughed.
"I gambled! Boss! I gambled at the end too! I bet that the blue door would appear behind the green door!"
"Nice! Great! Awesome!" They said, then opened the rankings to take a look.
[Dynasty - Ming Lan] [Dynasty - Nunchucks] Clear Time: 1 minute 29.34 seconds [Mahjong - No. 1 One-Bird] [Mahjong - Six-Tube] Clear Time: 1 minute 30.25 seconds [You're the One Named Time] [I'm from the Planet of the Apes] Clear Time: 1 minute 31.14 seconds [Solo Player Little Liu] [Mahjong - No. 2 Seven-Ten-Thousand] Clear Time: 1 minute 31.51 seconds [Magic Fantasy- Excellent Effect] [Magic Fantasy- Not Playing With You] Clear Time: 1 minute 39.59 seconds [Sharp Blade- Wang Bin] [Sharp Blade- Zhang Fa] Clear Time: 1 minute 41.45 seconds [Hidden Kill- Asura is Here] [Hidden Kill- Gougu One Blade] Clear Time: 1 minute 43.28 seconds [Can Be Lewd] [I Am a G] Clear Time: 1 minute 48.37 seconds [Time] [I Can Fly] Clear Time: 1 minute 48.42 seconds [Still Not Calling Mom] [What Are You Saying Your Mom Is] Clear Time: 1 minute 50.05 seconds
"..." The two were speechless again.
"Our score is good enough, right... How did these guys get up there?" Wen Yu said.
"Boss, I calculated it. Following the order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, entering these six doors in sequence, it takes 1 minute and 20 seconds," Li Jue continued.
"So the top few must have guessed everything correctly. Adding a bit of Time for opening doors and zoning out."
...
"At this rate, by the Time it wraps up tonight, there's no telling where our ranking will end up," Wen Yu said.
"Looking at it, that seems to be the case."
"After all, it's not a contest of who has higher damage output; it really is all down to luck," Wen Yu sighed.
"Let's continue. We have three more tries. We'll gamble too! Let's bet the door opening order is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6! Success or death!"
In the end, without a doubt. It was death...
However, they did encounter one door opening sequence (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5) that improved their score again to 1 minute 35.02 seconds.
Wen Yu was quite open-minded about it; it was a competition of a full 300 million people. How could he possibly be the one with the best luck?
It didn't matter if they didn't get a ranking; as the saying goes, "Getting it is my fortune, losing it is my fate!"
— — — — — —
"Boss! Let's go make some money! I've reached level 15!" Li Jue said to Wen Yu after finishing the event instance.
"?... You reached level 15?" Wen Yu remembered that when he asked Li Jue last night, he was still at level 13, almost 14.
"I did. I leveled up a bit on my own last night just so we could go to the [Minotaur Castle] today!"
"Nice! When one door closes, another opens! Let's go! Make me look handsome in the recording!"
...
Of course, there wouldn't be any surprises; clearing a [Minotaur Castle] was simply easy and pleasant for Wen Yu.
Li Jue took the recorded video, logged off, and went to post it. Wen Yu took this opportunity to clear all the remaining instances.
3 runs of [Minotaur Castle] and 3 runs of [White Wolf Kings Lair] provided Wen Yu with another 6 pieces of gold equipment, 6 pieces of silver equipment, 5 platinum accessories, and 5 gold accessories. However, the mage necklace Wen Yu was longing for did not appear.
"Good things take Time!"
Then there were 60 skill upgrade cards, and Wen Yu already had a total of 126 skill upgrade cards, but he didn't plan to use them for the Time being. Anyway, his current damage output and shields were very strong, and these few skill upgrade cards wouldn't provide much of an upgrade.
Looking at Wen Yu's level, it had already reached level 24 (1,612,150 / 1,912,000).
"Not bad, I'll definitely be able to reach level 25 today no matter what!"
(End of Chapter)
These two chapters are a small plot I thought of a long Time ago. I've always been thinking about which route could use the shortest Time and be the most comprehensive. Of course, luck doesn't count. If you readers have any thoughts, we can discuss them.
I think there should be a formula.
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Chapter 46: Ye Qian
"Ding! ~"
"You have a new message!"
The sudden message notification interrupted Wen Yu, who was rushing towards the Level 29 monster area.
Opening it, he saw it was from Still Not Calling Mom, with whom he had never been in contact before.
"? What could she possibly want with me? Isn't she busy fighting small guilds in Extreme Ice City lately?" Wen Yu wondered aloud.
Still Not Calling Mom: "Big Boss Time! Hello!"
Wen Yu immediately replied to the message.
"I wouldn't dare call myself a big boss. After seeing your video of suppressing a whole city with a wave of your hand, how could I dare call myself a big boss in front of you?"
The two exchanged a few compliments.
"What is it? Miss." Wen Yu thought for a long Time, not knowing how to address her.
Guild Leader Woman? That sounded terrible.
Call her Mom directly? He couldn't bring himself to say that.
Calling her Beauty seemed too frivolous.
After much thought, he decided to call her Miss, as it was popular recently.
"I heard from Emperor that you helped him complete a hidden quest. He got a Hidden Class transfer scroll. I'm so jealous!"
"Don't laugh at me, but I also got a hidden dungeon, and I can't beat it at all!" She continued, "Seeing that the quest Time limit is only a few hours away, and Emperor just told me about this, I wanted to ask you: have you finished that quest that allows you to travel between cities at will? Can you come and carry me through it?"
Wen Yu roughly calculated the Time.
"Not yet. I plan to complete the quest at the very last moment. There are about two hours left."
"That's great! Could I trouble you to make a trip to Extreme Ice City? Regardless of whether it turns out to be a Hidden Class or not, we will give you a generous reward!"
Wen Yu nodded; that was no problem.
He might as well make the trip. It would be a good chance to see these heroic women in action!
"Doomsday got a hidden quest and hasn't finished it after so long; it's possible he's doing a similar hidden dungeon. I wonder if every main city has one?"
"I definitely don't need it, but I wonder if Lin Sirong can get a hidden dungeon in Glory City."
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Arriving in Extreme Ice City again, Wen Yu felt it was even colder than the last Time he came.
However, Extreme Ice City was also a lucky place for Wen Yu; his villa was obtained thanks to Extreme Ice City. Thinking back to that feeling, he still felt excited.
Arriving at the meeting point with Still Not Calling Mom, he discovered they were actually challenging a Level 28 Silver BOSS.
He cast Insight Technique.
[Ice Crystal Beast] (Silver Elite Monster)
Level: 28
HP: 34000
Physical Attack: 600
Defense: 600
Skills:
Ice Spike (Conjures ice spikes, dealing 150% physical damage to enemies in a straight line in front)
Smash (Jumps in place and falls rapidly to the ground, dealing 100% physical damage to enemy units within range)
It didn't look as powerful as the Silver BOSS, Water Spirit King, in City in the Forest.
But it wasn't something that a hundred or so Level 16 or 17 players could easily kill. Every Time the BOSS used Ice Spike, players died, and one Smash could take away the lives of at least 10 people.
"Is it really necessary? It's clearly possible that nothing good will drop, is it necessary to fight it so early? The dropped equipment is all money."
Wen Yu didn't intend to intervene; anyone trying to enter at this Time would be defined as trying to steal the monster. Besides, Wen Yu could kill it with one Magic Missile, so how would that be fun?
However, Wen Yu finally got a first-person perspective of what it meant for women to fight.
"...Hmm, it's indeed a good sight!"
Wave after wave of charges, and there were some small guilds and elite players around constantly harassing them, even trying to steal the monster.
Scrapping damage continued to pop up above the BOSS's head.
It took a full 10 minutes to kill the BOSS. Watching this, Wen Yu was secretly amazed.
"Women! Should be a bit ruthless to themselves!"
...
Meeting the guild leader of Women Should Be Strong, Wen Yu asked about his doubts.
Ye Qian was very open-minded.
"Even with heavy losses, we have to fight. We are about to reach Level 30 and head to the Second-Tier Main City. Of course, we need to do publicity in advance so it's easier to recruit people into the guild later."
"And it's just dropping some junk equipment, what's there to be heartbroken about?"
"This kind of guild boss-pushing action can also enhance team cohesion, why not do it!"
Wen Yu wasn't magnanimous enough...
Ye Qian, the guild leader of Women Should Be Strong, was indeed very strong. She was also a very cheerful girl.
Carrying a large hammer on her shoulder, she looked incredibly cool.
She was only 21 this year. Since discovering her gaming Talent at 19, she stopped attending university.
Her parents supported her daughter's ideas, which gave her excellent confidence in herself. After joining the Women Should Be Strong guild, she became unstoppable.
The opening of After Tomorrow allowed the company to see business opportunities and also completely achieved her success.
These were things Wen Yu learned while they were traveling.
The people accompanying them to the dungeon included the vice guild leader, You Say Your Mom, and two girls from the guild, Lightly Soft and Wind Bell Singing.
I have to say, they were all beauties!
They were definitely guild elites, all having leveled up to Level 18.
Taking a look at the leaderboard, Ye Qian had reached Level 20. She had rushed to fourth place on the leaderboard.
She had learned new skills, but it was unknown to what level she had upgraded them.
Third place was still Wang Bin; looking at his experience points, he had just reached Level 21.
And as for Emperor, whether it was the accessory Wen Yu gave him or not, his level had soared to Level 22 with 80% experience. He was chasing after Wen Yu!
Wen Yu also knew his disadvantage. Later, when the guild players' levels were high and everyone could play more difficult dungeons, when they could get more skill upgrade cards and pool them together, Wen Yu's skill levels would definitely be lower than those of these big guild bosses.
As for why they brought so many people on this trip, they were preparing to record a promotional video. Several people would go up and fight, and anyway, whether they could win or not, they had Wen Yu to back them up. You have to say, they knew how to recruit people.
Wen Yu naturally had no objections; it was just a matter of fighting seriously to make the promotional video look as good as possible.
After all, the reward was very high!
30 million gold coins for a Hidden Class, 20 million if not.
After Wen Yu finished this job, his gold coins would reach a very terrifying number.
"In the future, I'll just collect skill upgrade cards as payment for helping others."
...
By the Time the 5 of them reached their destination again, it was 20 minutes later.
The Level 29 monster area of Extreme Ice City was filled with the unique monster of Extreme Ice City, [Big Snowman]!
And an endless ice sheet crack seemed to split the continent in two. Standing on the edge of the crack and looking down, Wen Yu felt a palpitation.
It felt as if he understood a sentence in an instant: "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."
Of course, the meaning of this sentence is not for you to look at the crack~
Entering Ye Qian's party, the system notification sound immediately rang out.
"Ding! ~"
"Discovered hidden dungeon — Ice Hell!"
It was the same triggering method as with Emperor; you had to accept the quest to see the system prompt.
Wen Yu felt that Ye Qian's Hidden Class should be secure.
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Chapter 47: Ice Hell
"This dungeon is very difficult. Our guild's five sisters couldn't beat it even when we went together; we could only hold out for three waves of monsters. Any further than that and we simply couldn't hold on."
"Are the monsters here in waves?" Wen Yu asked.
"Yes. After entering, it's like an ancient coliseum, a large circular hall. Monsters will rush out from the shadows around us."
"And all we have to do is survive," Ye Qian said.
That was fine by him; having a bunch of monsters face Wen Yu head-on was for the best.
The most annoying thing was like the Merman Dungeon, where you had to fight monsters one by one. While that made it easier, it was also truly slow.
"We don't know how many waves there are in total. We only held out until the third wave before we were wiped out."
"Just find a way to stay alive on your own. If you want to fight, hit them a couple of Times; if you don't want to fight, just hide. Just don't die," Wen Yu instructed.
"Wow! Big Brother is so reassuring," said the team's little Archer, [Wind Bell Singing].
The few young ladies showered Wen Yu with praise, which actually made him shy.
Ye Qian seemed to notice Wen Yu's embarrassment. "Alright, stop messing around, sisters. We need to get ready to enter!"
...
After entering the dungeon with Ye Qian and the others, the little assassin sister, [Softly], quickly got into character. She started recording and then found a safe corner to stay in.
"..." Are assassins just turning into screen-recording tools as they play?
Why not design a Second Class Transfer job called Recording Assassin? It would make the recorded videos clearer, with fast-forward and cut functions.
Wen Yu, who was lost in thought, was interrupted by Ye Qian's voice.
"The monsters in the Ice Hell are only Ice Giants. I don't know if it will be the same later! But each wave is stronger than the last!"
Before Ye Qian finished speaking, tall figures walked out of the shadows.
They were ice-blue all over and rushed toward Wen Yu and the others.
"It's the first wave of Ice Giants!"
Wen Yu took a rough look; there were about 20 of them.
That was fine.
And the monsters in the hidden dungeon were clearly not as smart as the Cannibal Tribe Wen Yu had experienced.
Ice Shards were laid directly at their feet, yet the monsters were still desperately charging in.
Once they entered the range, they would instantly melt.
"No wonder Emperor said you could easily clear it alone... What kind of damage is that?" Ye Qian said.
Clearly, she was also shocked by Wen Yu's damage.
Wen Yu shrugged casually and said, "When is the next wave of monsters?"
"In 30 seconds. You can watch from the side for the second wave. We were able to beat it before, so this Time we'll just record a video!"
Wen Yu nodded; that was no problem. Wen Yu liked taking money and not working the most. Soon, the second wave of monsters appeared before Wen Yu's eyes.
The assassin was, as always, using stealth to record the video; clearly, she had no intention of helping.
Wen Yu also took the opportunity to see how capable these three sisters really were.
But it actually surprised Wen Yu.
Ye Qian stood in place and directly activated Taunt, and the Vice President's Ice Shard had also been released. These three were actually going to engage in group clearing.
After watching for a while, Wen Yu understood. Ye Qian had clearly obtained the Dawn Five-Piece Set. Every hit had a decent amount of health regeneration.
"I wonder if the Warrior set also has 2% health and mana regeneration."
In the end, relying on Ye Qian's ability to tank and deal damage, they successfully took down the monsters.
"Ye Qian's output isn't as fierce as Emperor's; it's still quite far off. It's just that she's definitely tougher than Emperor," Wen Yu thought to himself.
"How is it? Not bad, right?" Ye Qian asked Wen Yu proudly.
"Impressive, impressive! Heroines among women! Mulan reborn! And there are three of you! With you guarding China, I can rest easy!" Wen Yu said. Flattery! Wen Yu was best at flattering people.
"Why do you sound like you're an Emperor..."
"Hahaha..."
"Third wave, how do you want to fight? Are you going to continue fighting it yourselves?"
"Let's fight together. If you can one-shot them, then one-shot them all. If we can't kill them, we'll go up and beat them up together." Ye Qian knew the strength of the third wave of monsters and felt that Wen Yu might not be able to one-shot them instantly.
Wen Yu didn't mind and nodded.
Then let it come. Let's see what strength the third wave of monsters has that could make these heroines fail.
[Ice Giant]
Level: 30
HP: 8000
Physical Attack: 600
Defense: 400
He had an idea. With twenty-something monsters this strong, it was normal that Ye Qian and the others couldn't beat them.
"If there is a fourth wave, I guess the attributes will be similar to the monsters in the Merman Dungeon," Wen Yu speculated.
In that case, even if Emperor came, he would be at a loss.
No more nonsense; he used Ice Shard to one-shot them instantly.
This made everyone, who had intended to provide supplementary damage, witness Wen Yu's terror once again.
"Be careful for the next wave. The attributes might be the same as the mobs encountered in that hidden dungeon Emperor mentioned. However, in that dungeon, they come one by one, but here, twenty-something come at once," Wen Yu continued. "Ice Shard is on cooldown. Protect yourselves; I'll need to kill for over a minute to wipe them out."
Everyone nodded.
Sure enough, the fourth wave of Ice Giants even exceeded the Merman Warriors in HP, reaching a terrifying 10,000 points.
Start clearing!
Ice Shard with a 24-second cooldown, plus Magic Missile with only an 8-second cooldown.
It took Wen Yu one minute to kill all the monsters surrounding them.
Looking back, the few little girls were quite smart; they had pulled two monsters to the corner to fight.
When Wen Yu looked back, they had just killed them.
However, it was clear that Ye Qian couldn't really withstand the monsters' damage anymore. With two monsters taking turns hitting her, her health bar had dropped below half.
The rest of the story was simple. They didn't intend to fight anymore. Wen Yu single-handedly cleared one wave with Ice Shard and one wave with Chain Lightning.
Finally, after the eighth wave of monsters fell.
"Ding! ~"
"Successfully cleared the hidden dungeon — [Ice Hell]! Reward: Experience +200,000"
"?..." It's already cleared? This hidden dungeon actually doesn't have a boss?
Looking back at Ye Qian and the others, Ye Qian also nodded, indicating that the hidden mission was completed.
"It's the first Time I've encountered a hidden dungeon that only has soldiers and no boss."
But thinking about it carefully, it was really hard to say which was more difficult: [Ice Hell] or [Merman Dungeon].
One side didn't give you any rest Time, with monsters rushing out round after round, each wave stronger than the last.
The other side just threw a Fish King in there to block the way.
Anyway, neither was something players at the current stage could consider.
I don't know how to get through Magic Fantasy - Doomsday if they are all of this difficulty...
Don't end up getting written out of the historical stage while doing hidden missions...
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Returning to Extreme Ice City, Ye Qian went to the Class Transfer Hall to find her Warrior class transfer instructor.
"It seems that hidden dungeon tasks like this aren't all issued by the City Lord. There should be strong ones and weak ones."
While waiting for Ye Qian, Wen Yu was chatting with her little sisters.
In the end, he was asked to say a closing statement for the dungeon for promotional use.
Finally, Wen Yu said straightforwardly: "The women's guild is not just a name; the heroines are to be respected!"
It made the sisters laugh out loud on the side. Wen Yu's old face turned red.
...
"It really is a hidden class change scroll. Thank you, Time!" Ye Qian said to Wen Yu.
"You're welcome. I get paid to do the job. And for a group of girls like you to make the guild so big, it's really amazing. It's true that you are to be respected," Wen Yu continued. "Let's trade. I still have some equipment I don't need; I'll give it all to you. Develop the guild well!"
Immediately, Wen Yu traded over the 6 pieces of Gold equipment, 6 pieces of Silver equipment, 5 Platinum accessories, and 5 Gold accessories he had on him.
And Ye Qian also kept her promise and transferred 30 million gold coins to Wen Yu.
Wen Yu hadn't supplied goods to Lin Sirong for several days.
Helping people work for two consecutive days and getting tens of millions of gold coins, he might as well give away these Platinum and Gold equipment.
"Time's professional power-leveling service, charging 30 million, with a rebate of several pieces of equipment." After saying goodbye to Ye Qian and the others, Wen Yu smiled and walked towards the teleportation array.
Yet he didn't see Ye Qian and the others still watching him from behind.
Looking at Ye Qian's lingering gaze.
The little sisters also teased: "What's wrong? Sister Qian. Do you like a boy like him?"
She thought Ye Qian would shake her head. But unexpectedly, she nodded directly: "Women are always attracted to the strong!"
However, when asked to pursue him bravely, she shook her head.
Looking in the direction Wen Yu left, she thought silently to herself:
"If we are fated, we will naturally meet again..."
"Let's go, sisters! Develop the guild well! Get a few more Hidden Classes! Let us reach the top!" Having adjusted her mindset, Ye Qian took her sisters and disappeared into the distance with laughter.
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Chapter 48: Graveyard of the Dead
Back to Wen Yu.
At this moment, our protagonist was fretting about where exactly the level 30 monsters in Glory City were located.
He knew the location of the level 29 Wriggling Magic Worms, but since he was about to hit level 25, he needed to tackle level 30 dungeons.
Unable to find anything, Wen Yu decided to post in the regional chat channel.
[Time]: "Help! Does anyone know where the level 30 monsters are? Offering a bounty! 1000 gold coins!"
Wen Yu's request was a desperate move. Regular players couldn't even see the stats of monsters above level 28, and even if they saw level 30 monsters, they wouldn't recognize them.
To his surprise, after a short while, he actually got an unexpected result!
"You have a new message! ~"
Wen Yu opened it and saw it was from Big Smart!
"Boss, have you checked the bottom of the cliff where the level 26 monsters are? There's a type of monster there, I think it's called a Storm Snake? But I can't see its stats, so I don't know if it's level 30!" Li Jue continued.
"You can jump directly off that cliff. Just before you hit the bottom, a force will catch you and land you safely!"
"..." Wen Yu wanted to ask how he knew that. Did he jump off the cliff himself?
"Storm Snake? Never heard of it. It must be a level 30 monster. Who the hell found this at the bottom of a cliff?"
However, Wen Yu realized that this Big Smart, despite his thick eyebrows and big eyes, was also someone who liked to use Stealth to explore everywhere.
In the future, it would be better to just ask Li Jue such questions.
"I was wondering why you were leveling up so slowly!" Wen Yu replied.
Seeing Li Jue's speechless reaction, Wen Yu burst into laughter.
Running back from the level 29 monster territory, within a few minutes, Wen Yu stood at the edge of the cliff where the level 26 [Giant Horned Deer] were.
He didn't know if it was because of his [Friend of the Forest] achievement, but the monsters behind in the Gale Forest didn't actively attack Wen Yu. Being among them even gave him a sense of peace!
Jumping straight off the cliff was quite a thrill for Wen Yu.
There were only two vines attached to the edge of the cliff, which he could use to climb down slowly. The bottom was covered in thick fog, and he couldn't see the floor.
This was Wen Yu's first Time experiencing cliff jumping.
Just as Big Smart said, at the moment of landing, a gust of wind naturally caught Wen Yu.
After landing on his feet, Wen Yu looked around.
As far as the eye could see, it was covered in forest again, but the forest at the bottom of the cliff felt more ancient and primitive.
Sure enough, Wen Yu discovered the Storm Snake there.
[Storm Snake]
Level: 30
HP: 2000
Magic Attack: 500
Defense: 260
The stats were average, and Wen Yu couldn't even be bothered to look at the skills. But they were exactly what a normal level 30 wild monster should look like.
This made Wen Yu, who had been killing monsters at a high intensity recently, feel a bit unaccustomed.
It was just too weak...
The Storm Snake was over 2 meters long and very conspicuous. However, the monsters were relatively scattered.
"Feels like it might not be as fast to farm as the level 29 ones..."
"Whatever, let's reach level 25 first!"
Wen Yu started farming immediately!
- 2000
"Ding! ~"
"Killed Storm Snake, EXP + 660 (Experience bonus for killing monsters 6 levels higher + 120%)"
"Congratulations, you received 24 gold coins"
Each Storm Snake provided 660 EXP. Wen Yu only had to kill 152 of them to successfully level up.
He continued to farm while walking deeper.
By the Time Wen Yu reached the huge door representing the dungeon, Wen Yu's experience had reached level 25 (690,470 / 2,012,000).
After listing all the equipment he had obtained along the way, Wen Yu looked up.
"Ding! ~"
"Current dungeon [Graveyard of the Dead]! Please select difficulty!"
"Looks like this should be a zombie-killing dungeon."
Wen Yu checked his equipment and stats again, and after confirming everything was fine.
hell difficulty!! Activate!!
With a flash of white light, Wen Yu was no longer visible in the forest.
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"Damn, it really is a graveyard! Did it have to be so gloomy?!" Wen Yu opened his eyes and was immediately startled by the surroundings.
Tombstones stood everywhere. Looking around, there were hundreds of them. And Wen Yu was currently standing right in the middle of these tombstones!
Before Wen Yu could react, roars erupted one after another, so loud that Wen Yu felt his eardrums ache.
He saw a hand stretch out from the ground beneath every tombstone.
There was no flesh left on the hand, only white bones and hanging rotted meat.
"How is this any different from the zombies in the City in the Forest??" Wen Yu was puzzled; Wen Yu was confused.
Slowly, heads emerged from the ground.
- 5000!
A Magic Missile blasted out, and the zombie was instantly shattered.
"Is it this weak? Did I enter the wrong difficulty? Or is it just all bark and no bite?"
Just as Wen Yu was about to turn around to hit other zombies, he noticed another hand reaching out from where the zombie had just fallen!
"? Is it a double grave?" Wen Yu fired another Magic Missile.
- 10000!
"Stronger than the first one, but this still isn't cutting it. Are there more? Like a triple grave..."
"..." The zombie was puzzled; the zombie was speechless.
Before Wen Yu finished speaking, a third zombie climbed out of the grave.
"There really is!"
- 15000!
"So it gets stronger the more you fight? Then how do you pass the level?"
There was no Time to think, as most of the zombies had crawled out of the graveyard and were walking toward Wen Yu.
Ice Shard!
- 5000
- 5000
- 5000
- 20000
- 82180
- 164360 (Critical Hit)!
- 82180
- 164360 (Critical Hit)!
- 164360 (Critical Hit)!
Ice Shard raged, and after a few seconds, Wen Yu finally understood.
The tombstone was the main body.
If the tombstone wasn't destroyed, the monsters would keep reviving and getting stronger.
He decisively used Inspect on the nearest tombstone!
[Grave of the Dead]
HP: 200000
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Skills:
Revenge (The dead king will revive from the Grave of the Dead for revenge! They will become stronger and stronger!)
That made it simple. A tombstone with no defense and no attack was just relying on having a lot of HP. Could it compare to the 1000% magic damage of Ice Shard over 10 seconds? Plus critical hits!
He activated Magic Shield and started clearing the map. There were 240 tombstones, large and small. It still took Wen Yu quite some Time to clear.
20 minutes later.
"Phew, finally cleared them all. The tombstones aren't hard, but those annoying zombies surrounding me are truly irritating."
"What's next? What's the next stage?" Wen Yu looked left and right, but didn't see any more zombies popping up.
"Ding! ~"
"Corpse Emperor seal failed, it will break out of the ground in 1 minute!"
"Please prepare yourself!"
...
Good grief, keeping up with the Times. The system even learned how to do plotlines.