Insufficient balance
Leaving the "Shén Yuè" world, Ling Chen's mind was still a bit confused. After all, if he couldn't find another way to get out of the abyss, he would really be trapped there forever. This wasn't a joke... In the "Shén Yuè" world, there was no chance to start over from scratch, and even deleting his current character and starting again was impossible. The setting of Shén Yuè was very fair, but sometimes it was also quite cruel.
Pushing the wheelchair, Shui Ruo went out to enjoy the morning breeze. When feeding her breakfast, Ling Chen was distracted several times. After breakfast, he coaxed Shui Ruo to sleep and then re-entered the Xian Yue world.
Today is the second day of the opening of the Divine Month.
"Ding... Welcome to the world of 'Divine Moon', have a pleasant gaming experience."
Ling Chen reappeared at the bottom of that desperate abyss, his eyes scanning around. The space was tens of meters in diameter, and as far as he could see, all directions were high stone walls with no gaps to be found. He looked up, but it was too high, and he could only see a grayish mist, barely catching any light. Ling Chen stood still for a long time, then walked towards the wall, and slowly moved along the wall, striking the stone wall twice with his new sword every step he took.
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Ling Chen's eyebrows furrowed, his footsteps steady and slow. He naturally couldn't bear to be trapped here, although he didn't hold out much hope, but at least he was unwilling to give up the last attempt.
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Knock knock...
Ling Chen's footsteps suddenly stopped, his body turned sideways to glance at the stone wall, then continued forward.
Dong dong...
Knock knock...
Bang! Bang!
Ling Chen took a step back, steadied himself, and furrowed his brow as he gazed at the stone wall in front of him. The hollow sound was like knocking on fragile wooden boards, telling Ling Chen that this stone wall was extremely thin, almost as thin as paper. He stretched out his hand to probe the wall... just as he had thought, the wall was indeed so thin it couldn't be any thinner; rather than calling it a wall, it would be better to say it was a thick layer of dust accumulated over time. As soon as Ling Chen's hand made contact with it and applied a bit of force, the 2x2 section of the wall in front of him collapsed in a cloud of flying dust...
Ling Chen: "......"
In front of him, a pitch-black unknown space appeared.
"This place is actually another world... What kind of place is this?!" Looking at the space that appeared in front of him, Ling Chen didn't move forward, his face showing deep puzzlement and a hint of surprise. What surprised him wasn't the sudden collapse of the "wall", but rather... after the "wall" collapsed, what appeared was an extremely standard 2x2 square hole! The edges were exceptionally smooth, with perfect right angles, a true square shape.
This is a door, a real door!
This regular door cannot be formed naturally, and can only come from human hands or other intelligent beings. The previous "stone wall" was not a stone wall, and the dust that had just risen was not just dust... The debris under Lingchen's feet told him that it was clearly a wooden door, but because it had existed for too long and rotted, and in the extremely quiet environment for a very long time, it was covered with thick dust, making it look like it blended into the surrounding walls. But since it had completely rotted away, a light push made it fall down.
It seems that there was once life living here... and it looks like it's been a very, very long time since anyone has set foot here. Perhaps the life form that lived here originally has already become extinct.
A faint light came from the front space, Ling Chen walked in slowly and stepped inside.
"Ding... You have discovered a mysterious unknown region, reputation +100, experience +1000. The unknown region is temporarily named 'Forgotten Cave'. The system has recorded the 'Forgotten Cave' and started automatic exploration. As you are the first player to discover the 'Forgotten Cave', the system will inform you of the information obtained from the exploration in a timely manner."
Ling Chen: *silence*
This area, even the system doesn't know it exists!?!
This is unscientific!
No more hesitation, I stepped across the square stone gate and entered the space ahead.
"Ding... You have entered the first layer of the 'Cave of Oblivion', where a large number of cursed white ants are roaming, please prepare for battle."
Cursed termites? Is there a monster in here?
Ling Chen hadn't even had time to be surprised before he saw a large expanse of white shadows writhing in the distance.
That was a giant ant with an all-white body and legs over one meter long!
[Cursed White Ants]: Category: Demon/Beast, Level: 3, HP: 100. Originally a group of ordinary white ants, they were corrupted by the prolonged influence of an unknown dark magic aura, gaining large bodies and weak magical powers. Their temperament also became brutal, and they will launch proactive attacks on all external living beings. Be careful of the "Darkness" effect that comes with their attacks.
These ants are absolutely the largest ants that Ling Chen has ever seen in his life. They are also the first kind of monster with magical properties that Ling Chen has encountered in this world.
The cursed white ants inherited the habits of ordinary white ants, and when they moved, they must be in groups, never alone. Their moving speed was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, the front was already densely packed with a layer of them.
Once a large piece, even a level 10 player would feel numb. But Ling Chen, who could single-handedly take on a pack of 5 level 5 evil wolves at level 2, wouldn't have any trouble with this group of ants that were lower leveled than him. He took a step forward to meet the ant horde and swung out a "Small Arc Slash", striking the three white ants in front.
One white ant was directly killed in an instant, and the other two white ants that were hit also had their lives cleared by more than half. Ling Chen made another small arc slash, and again two white ants fell to the ground. At the same time as he attacked, he constantly changed his position, not giving the white ant group any opportunity to surround him. Every time he moved, there would be two white ants falling under his new sword, and soon this not-too-large space was filled with the bodies of white ants. Before long, new white ants appeared from who-knows-where, densely packed and attacking him.
"Ding... System notification, ahead is a passage leading to the second area of 'Cursed Cave', kill 1,000 'Cursed White Ants' and the passage will open automatically."
The system's prompt tone made Ling Chen's eyes move, and his movements suddenly became even more swift and fierce. The frequency of his attacks also increased rapidly. Although the white ants were numerous and attacked together every time, they encountered Ling Chen, who had reached the pinnacle of movement and judgment skills. They fell one by one, but from start to finish, they never had a chance to surround Ling Chen. On the contrary, their excessive density allowed the small arc slash to exert its maximum effect, and Ling Chen's efficiency in killing them also reached its highest point.
One hundred...
Two hundred...
Three hundred catties...
……
Six hundred catties...
…………
Eight hundred...
900...
Ling Chen repeated the actions of displacement and killing, silently calculating the number. Less than an hour later, with Ling Chen's ordinary attack falling, the first thousand white ants fell at his feet. And after this ant, no new ants appeared, everything returned to quiet, leaving only the corpses of white ants all over the ground.
Rumble...
A dull rumbling sound came from the side of my ear, and a wall in front of me that was emitting a faint phosphorescent glow suddenly opened, then slowly shifted to form a door shape, which then stopped with difficulty. The door was very narrow, only barely allowing one person to pass through.
"Ding... You have successfully killed 1,000 'Cursed White Ants', the gate to the second area of the Forgotten Cave has been opened."
Another door...
What is hidden in here? And what will be at the end?
The white ants just now were demonized under the long-term influence of evil magic. Could it be that a demon used to live here?
As he pondered, Ling Chen walked forward, stepping through the gate. At the same time, a prompt sounded in his ear: "Ding... The second area of the Forgotten Cave has an even stronger guardian roaming around, please prepare for battle."
As soon as he stepped through the entrance, a dull sound came from behind him, and the stone gate he had just passed through suddenly closed without warning, cutting off his retreat. Ling Chen furrowed his brow, turned around and tried to push it with force, but the stone gate didn't budge.
Why did the stone gate suddenly close... Must I only move forward and not retreat!?
He didn't have much time to be surprised, as from his front, at least a dozen dangerous auras approached. Suddenly, he saw a scorpion the size of an adult crocodile!
【Cursed Emperor Scorpion】: Category: Demon/Beast, Level: 5, Rarity: One-Star Elite, HP: 410. Originally a group of ordinary emperor scorpions, they were corrupted by the long-term influence of unknown dark magic energy and became giant in size with weak magical powers. Their temperament also turned brutal, and they will launch proactive attacks on all external living beings. The sharp pincers can poison the target and have a certain probability to trigger a terrifying instant death effect.
Ling Chen: *silence*
One, two, three...... ten...... twenty!
Twenty cursed emperor scorpions.
Ling Chen's grip on the new sword tightened bit by bit, and his eyes began to jump with excitement, because this was not just a 20-level monster... but twenty whole one-star elites!!
A one-star elite is more than twice as strong as a normal monster of the same level, but that's all. However, it is an elite monster after all, and its appearance frequency is very low in daily life. Generally, players don't know how many old ladies they need to help before stepping on an elite monster that suddenly pops up when killing monsters. But here, in front of him, twenty of them appeared at once.
Ling Xun's excitement was not due to fear of the twenty one-star elites... but rather, those twenty one-star elites represented a total of 100 skill potential points!!
His mouth began to water at the thought of it.
Ordinary players encountering a one-star elite of the same level can take it on alone, two can try with gritted teeth, and three can only flee. Those who can swagger in the face of twenty one-star elites that are even higher than their own level, directly treating them as skills points already obtained, are hard to find even among all Chinese players.
