Lin Mo returned home and did not wait for the eight o'clock time he had agreed on with Ling Xiao and the others. He immediately went back to his room, put on his helmet, and logged into Oracle.
"What a perfect case of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight."
A casual idea from Ning Xi had reminded Lin Mo, and in an instant, a perfect plan to deal with Wang Junjie surfaced in his mind.
At the same time, Lin Mo truly experienced the wisdom of this Great Xia server's number one female emperor from his previous life.
"This female emperor really has something special about her. No wonder she was able to sit at the top of Great Xia's server in her previous life!"
With a sigh of admiration, Lin Mo began laying out a grand scheme in his mind.
Without realizing it, the corners of Lin Mo's mouth lifted as he let out a crafty smile, "Wang Junjie."
"Just wait. The big gift I've prepared for you next, you're definitely going to love it."
As he spoke, Lin Mo opened the map of Blazing Ember City.
After scanning it for a while, he finally locked onto a location in the northern part of Blazing Ember City.
"If I remember correctly, it should be right here."
So Lin Mo immediately followed the map's guidance, exited the city through the north gate, and headed straight toward the location he had chosen.
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After a full half hour of travel, he finally arrived at the target spot.
Looking ahead, what entered his field of vision was a town completely swallowed by endless darkness, as if it had been abandoned for a very long time.
Inside the town, everything was in ruins.
Severely damaged houses were wrapped all over with creeping vines.
Just standing outside this town, one could already feel an extremely oppressive, suffocating aura of utter darkness.
On the map of Blazing Ember City, there was no record whatsoever of this desolate town.
But the moment Lin Mo saw it, he firmly confirmed his suspicion in his heart, "As expected, this is the place."
Saying that, Lin Mo excitedly stepped into the abandoned town.
He headed straight toward the central area of the town.
Along the way, within the surrounding darkness, it felt as if countless pairs of eyes were staring straight at Lin Mo.
This bone chilling sensation would have long scared an ordinary person out of their wits, fleeing in panic.
But Lin Mo was fearless, because he knew that before the "mechanism" within this town was activated, all the dark entities here were sealed and posed no threat to him.
Lin Mo walked directly to the very center of the abandoned town.
There, endless vines were coiled around a stone door three meters tall, one that looked extremely eerie.
On the stone door, a deep blood handprint was clearly visible.
Lin Mo seemed to foresee something.
He walked up to the stone door, raised his right hand, and aligned it with the blood handprint on the door.
The next second.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Accompanied by violent tremors shaking the ground, a system notification suddenly rang out in Lin Mo's ears.
[Ding~ Congratulations on discovering the hidden dungeon Shadow Holy Hall. The system is about to trigger a regional announcement. Please choose: reveal or hide your ID?]
Joy surged through Lin Mo's heart, "Just as I thought."
So this place was the only entrance to the hidden dungeon Shadow Holy Hall.
According to an official announcement clearly released earlier, within the territory of every level three main city, there was an elite tier hidden dungeon called Shadow Holy Hall buried somewhere. The exact location, however, required players to explore on their own.
In his previous life, before Wang Junjie spent thirty million to buy three Hearts of Shadow, he had spared no expense to find this dungeon, even issuing a massive bounty in Blazing Ember City. Whoever could find the location of the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon would receive a five million reward.
"I remember when that bounty was announced, it shook the entire city."
"For a full three days and nights, with an average online population of three million players in Blazing Ember City, it never dropped below 2.8 million."
"Nearly three million people carried out a carpet search across the entire territory of Blazing Ember City."
"In the end, it was a middle school kid who accidentally wandered into this abandoned town and activated the Shadow Holy Hall."
That kid ended up receiving the five million reward, making countless people green with envy. Lin Mo included.
And because of that, Lin Mo came to know the location of the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon, as well as how to activate it.
The reason he had not acted earlier was because Lin Mo had been thinking that: First, he had not yet obtained the Venom set, nor had he collected all three Hearts of Shadow, so even if he activated Shadow Holy Hall early, he would not be able to clear the dungeon.
Second, he wanted to follow the course of history from his previous life, wait until Wang Junjie released the five million bounty, then activate the dungeon himself and freeload the five million.
But now, for the sake of greater ultimate benefits for himself, Lin Mo had no choice but to give up this five million bounty and move his plan forward.
"I can't let Wang Junjie know that I was the one who activated the dungeon. Otherwise, my objective would be exposed far too obviously," With that thought, Lin Mo chose to hide his ID and trigger the announcement.
The next second, a loud regional announcement echoed throughout the entire territory of Blazing Ember City.
[Citywide Announcement(Blazing Ember City) "Ding~ Congratulations to player **** for successfully discovering the elite hidden dungeon Shadow Holy Hall, and receiving rewards: Gold Coins +10, Reputation +100, Title: Explorer! The location of Shadow Holy Hall has been revealed. All players may view it via the main city map!"]
The moment the announcement went out, the entire city erupted.
[Ah! So Tight!(Level 11 Archer): "Holy shit! Isn't this the hidden dungeon mentioned in the official announcement?"]
[One Night Seven Times(Level 10 Assassin): "Who the hell is this insane? They already dug out the hidden dungeon this fast? Damn, just the exploration reward alone is worth a hundred thousand bucks? Has the dev team lost their minds?"]
[Big Bro(Level 12 Mage): "An elite hidden dungeon! Just looking at it feels expensive. Anyone want to party up and run the dungeon to make some money?"]
[Beyond Stupid(Level 11 Priest): "Hidden dungeon? You think you can just enter whenever you want? Dream on! Based on my years of gaming experience, entering a hidden dungeon definitely requires whaling for a key."]
[Get Rich Overnight(Level 10 Knight): "The recharge system isn't even open yet, what are you whaling with? Screw it, let's go take a look first! What if we get into the dungeon and snag a limited edition divine weapon? Getting rich overnight won't be a dream anymore."]
———
At the same time, outside the Insect Nest Underground Palace—
Wang Junjie, who had been guarding Lin Mo here for so long that he was getting increasingly irritable, suddenly lit up when he heard the system announcement falling from the sky.
"A hidden dungeon?"
"Holy shit! There really are a lot of talents in Blazing Ember City. They dug out the hidden dungeon this fast?"
"Awesome, hahaha! Let's go, brothers, time to run a dungeon!"
At this moment, a lackey asked, "Boss, we're not sticking to guarding Rulebound anymore?"
"Guard my ass! That bastard isn't as important as a hidden dungeon! Of course we go for the dungeon first," Wang Junjie said excitedly, "Once I take down this hidden dungeon, even ten Rulebounds, I can blow them up with one punch!"
As he spoke, he left several hundred people behind to continue guarding the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
Wang Junjie then led the remaining players of the Chaotic World Guild, immediately following the map's guidance and rushing toward the location of Shadow Holy Hall.
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On the other side—
[Blazing Ember City]
Su Muqiu, who was hurrying back to the city to turn in a quest, stiffened the moment he heard the system announcement.
"Shadow Holy Hall has appeared this quickly?"
"This hidden dungeon is the most valuable exploration target in the early stage of a level three main city. We can't let other guilds get there first."
Thinking this, Su Muqiu immediately gave orders to the people around him, "Immediately gather all online brothers and advance on Shadow Holy Hall. Clear dungeon obstacles in advance for the boss."
"Yes!"
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