Chapter 65: Skill Upgrade! The Terrifying Space Wormhole!
After bidding farewell to Emperor and the others, Wen Yu returned to Moonlight City and began upgrading his skills.
Looking at the 4,072 skill upgrade cards in his backpack, Wen Yu took a deep breath!
"Add points!"
Wen Yu first used 512 skill upgrade cards to raise all four epic-quality skills from his First Class Transfer to legendary rank.
Subsequently, the Second Class Transfer skills, except for [Space Wormhole], were unsealed, and Wen Yu bought them all in one go!
[Void Orb] (common)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 4
Effect: Deals 200% Magic Damage.
Mana Cost: 10
Cooldown: 5 seconds
[Flashback] (common)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 4
Effect: After using a teleportation skill, a mark is left at the original location. Within 2 seconds, you can choose to return to those coordinates.
Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 24 seconds
[Space Blessing] (common)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 4
Effect: Space shelters the entire party, increasing the attack distance/skill range of all players in the party by 10%.
Mana Cost: 100
Duration: 10 minutes
Cooldown: 24 minutes
[Endless Black Hole] (common)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 4
Effect: Releases a black and white Endless Black Hole at a designated location, dealing 150% Magic Damage per second to all enemy units within a 50-meter radius for 10 seconds. All enemy units within the black hole's coverage will be affected by its suction.
Cooldown: 48 seconds
"At first glance, they look like advanced versions of First Class Transfer skills..." Wen Yu muttered to himself.
"Why does this Flashback skill look so familiar? Teleport, land a combo, and then return to the previous position?" It immediately reminded Wen Yu of a certain character from a game on Blue Star.
"This Space Blessing is also a god-tier skill. If upgraded to the maximum, would every skill's range double? It's just that the cooldown is a bit too long." Wen Yu slowly analyzed each skill.
"Endless Black Hole and Void Orb are both like advanced versions of First Class Transfer skills. The only difference is that Ice Shard's slow has been replaced by the suction of the Endless Black Hole." However, Wen Yu felt it was hard to test the strength of this suction, as common mobs were instantly killed the moment they encountered the black hole. He didn't know if powerful BOSSes had means to resist such suction.
"If the priority of this suction is very high, then this should count as a hard control skill that lasts for 10 seconds!"
They were indeed very powerful, including [Void Lock Target] and [Explosive Stance] which he had learned earlier. Wen Yu was very satisfied with all six skills.
Void Lock Target had the widest range among all of Wen Yu's skills and came with a 5-second hard control. Five seconds was even enough to cast Void Orb twice!
After reviewing all the skills, Wen Yu stopped hesitating. He directly used 1,020 skill upgrade cards to raise [Void Orb] to legendary quality in one go.
His goal was naturally to unlock the only Second Class Transfer skill he couldn't learn yet—[Space Wormhole].
"A Second Class Transfer skill using another Second Class Transfer skill as a prerequisite... I wonder just how powerful it can be!"
[Void Orb] (legendary)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 1024
Effect: Deals 280% Magic Damage.
Mana Cost: 10
Cooldown: 5 seconds
"The First Class Transfer's Magic Missile, as a prerequisite for Void Orb, actually only deals 100% less Magic Damage." Wen Yu understood; Void Orb was just an advanced version of Magic Missile. Aside from 100% higher damage and a slightly shorter cooldown, there was no difference at all.
These two remained Wen Yu's active skills with the shortest cooldowns, and he would use them in coordination from now on.
He continued looking at the new skill, [Space Wormhole].
[Space Wormhole] (Can be learned)
Prerequisite: [Void Orb] must reach legendary quality.
Price: 1,000,000 Gold Coins.
"..." You are exactly ten times more expensive than the other skills! If you aren't good, I won't stand for it!
Spending 1,000,000 Gold Coins to learn Space Wormhole made Wen Yu's heart ache.
Yet he completely forgot how arrogant he was when manifesting his attributes.
"I can spend several thousand on eating, drinking, and singing! But you want to charge me five bucks for parking? Not a chance!"
[Space Wormhole] (common)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 8
Effect: Summons a wormhole at a designated location, instantly dealing 6 instances of Shatter Damage to all enemy units within a 20x20 meter area. Each instance deals 300% Magic Damage. Targets below 20% of their total health when the attack ends will be sucked away by the wormhole.
Mana Cost: 1000
Cooldown: 48 minutes
"..."
"Good brother~ You're too strong. Instantly dealing 1,800% Magic Damage and insta-killing targets below 20% health at the end of the skill?"
It was indeed an ultimate move, and its power far exceeded Wen Yu's expectations.
"It's just too expensive. The requirement for skill upgrade cards has doubled again compared to other skills."
Next, it was time to consider how to upgrade his skills.
"I'll stick to the old routine. First, upgrade all skills to Diamond! Then I'll decide based on how many skill upgrade cards are left!"
In one breath, he spent 1,764 skill upgrade cards to bring all his skills to Diamond quality.
Looking at the skills again, [Space Blessing] was different from what Wen Yu had imagined. The initial common rank gave a 10% range bonus, but every subsequent quality upgrade only added a 5% range increase. At Diamond quality, it currently only had a 40% skill range increase.
"It makes sense. If it upgraded the way I thought, it would be too terrifying. An Archer under my buff would shoot twice as far as a normal Archer."
With all the upgrades completed, he looked at his skill upgrade cards and saw only 776 left.
"...Still not enough. To upgrade all skills to a satisfactory level, I'll need to sell at least two more pieces of spatial equipment."
But Wen Yu didn't plan on keeping the final 776 cards!
"Might as well make the strongest skill even stronger!" Wen Yu had always followed the path of instant kills. Since that was the case, he naturally had to strengthen his most powerful instant-kill skill!
He directly upgraded Space Wormhole again. In one go, he pushed it all the way to epic quality!
[Space Wormhole] (epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 1024
Effect: Summons a wormhole at a designated location, instantly dealing 6 instances of Shatter Damage to targets within a 20x20 meter area. Each instance deals 370% Magic Damage. Targets below 20% of their total health when the attack ends will be sucked away by the wormhole.
Mana Cost: 1000
Cooldown: 48 minutes
With the final 264 skill upgrade cards, Wen Yu ultimately chose to take [Magic Shield] up another level, reaching the Immortal rank.
"Instantly dealing 2,220% Magic Damage and insta-killing targets below 20% health. Who wouldn't be insta-killed by this?" With Wen Yu's current Magic Damage of 88,084 (having lost one bracelet), he could instantly deal 1.95 million damage even without a critical hit. Not to mention that once he got his bracelet back, his critical rate would be as high as 80%! Critical damage would increase by 10%! And he'd have a bit of room for error every now and then!
However, Wen Yu also suddenly realized that he hadn't gone to the Novice Village to whack rabbits in a long time. His Magic Damage had stayed at this number for quite a while.
"Once I finish my equipment quest, I'll go and farm rabbits properly!"
After organizing his thoughts, Wen Yu continued looking at [Magic Shield].
[Magic Shield] (Immortal)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 512
Effect: Provides oneself with a shield equal to 190% of Magic Damage.
Duration: 10 minutes
Cooldown: 48 seconds
Mana Cost: 100
"Magic Shield should reach max level after one more upgrade. A shield for at most 200% of Magic Damage—I wonder if that will be enough in the future."
Looking at his skills, Wen Yu silently did a tally in his head.
[Magic Missile] (legendary), [Magic Shield] (Immortal), [Teleport] (legendary), [Ice Shard] (legendary), [Elfs Blessing] (legendary), [Chain Lightning] (legendary), [Void Orb] (legendary), [Flashback] (Diamond), [Explosive Stance] (Diamond), [Void Lock Target] (Diamond), [Endless Black Hole] (Diamond), [Space Wormhole] (epic), and his once-every-three-days [Space Creation]!
A dazzling array of skills appeared before Wen Yu. He even felt that he might get flustered when fighting monsters in the future!
"I hope I don't end up with decision paralysis!"
***
Chapter 66: Cao Yifan
Having learned all his Second Class Transfer skills, Wen Yu decided to find a place to test them immediately.
He had come too hurriedly last time, so Wen Yu didn't know the locations of many NPCs.
After teleporting repeatedly, it took him a full 20 minutes to find the location of the Dungeon Teleporter.
He directly chose to enter the hell difficulty Graveyard of the Dead.
It was the same zombies and the same tombstones, but this time, they met their ends in a different way.
He activated his support skill, Space Blessing, and an hourglass icon appeared above Wen Yu's head.
Furthermore, after the quality upgrade, Wen Yu's Space Blessing now had a full 40% range bonus.
The first skill he cast was the new area-of-effect skill he had obtained, Endless Black Hole. Unlike Ice Shard, which could only be cast at Wen Yu's own position, Endless Black Hole allowed Wen Yu to cast it from a distance. He tried it out, and it could be cast up to 100 meters away from him.
After the skill was cast, all zombies within a 140-meter diameter centered on the Endless Black Hole died instantly.
Although some tombstones weren't destroyed by Wen Yu immediately, they didn't move toward the center of the black hole due to the suction, likely because they weren't monsters in the traditional sense.
"As expected, I can't test it out at all."
Over the next while, Wen Yu tested his new skills one by one: Void Lock Target, Flashback, Void Orb, and Explosive Stance.
What surprised Wen Yu the most was the Flashback skill. His diamond-quality Flashback allowed him to return to any position he had been at 8 seconds prior.
And now, 8 seconds of teleportation time was more than enough for Wen Yu to run several kilometers away.
"If I had this skill for delivering takeout, I'd make a fortune. Plan the route, pick up the takeout, start running immediately, deliver it to the house in an instant, and then instantly teleport back to the shop~"
As for his main finishing move, Wen Yu naturally had the Corpse Emperor experience it first. He opened a Space Wormhole directly at the Corpse Emperor's location!
A massive rift descended upon the spot, as if shattering space itself!
A -200000 damage figure instantly floated above the Corpse Emperor's head.
Wen Yu's 75% critical hit rate couldn't even trigger.
The Corpse Emperor was instantly killed. The subsequent situation went exactly as Wen Yu had expected; before its massive body could even hit the ground, it was sucked into the rift along with its coffin lid.
The clear notification sounded immediately afterward.
"So strong, it doesn't even leave the corpse behind for you."
...
Over the next while, Wen Yu took his time, clearing dungeons while continuing to test his new skills.
It took a full hour to finish clearing all three dungeons.
In the Minotaur Castle, Wen Yu also managed to get the remaining bracelet he had been hoping for.
Wen Yu's critical hit rate returned to 80%.
After clearing the three dungeons, he obtained the standard equipment from the hell difficulty dungeons as well as a total of 108 skill upgrade cards. As for the 6 attribute materialization cards, Wen Yu chose to use them immediately.
"If I keep grinding like this, it won't be many days before I can materialize 100% of my attributes."
Wen Yu wanted to try and max out his attributes before the truth about the game became known to the general public.
"I wonder how long it will take for the country to officially announce it, and what new policies they will release for it," Wen Yu thought.
"I hope things don't descend into chaos."
After finishing the dungeons, Wen Yu's level increased to 31, and he finally understood what the post-update "leveling experience adjustment" meant.
The experience required to level up had increased from 2,512,000 at level 30 to 2,712,000 at level 31.
"Compared to the 100,000 experience per level during the First Class Transfer, an increase of 200,000 experience per level after the Second Class Transfer is actually quite reasonable."
Next, he needed to prepare for his equipment quest.
However, Wen Yu was still completely clueless about the dungeon content; he had no idea where the Crouching Dragon Cave and the Time Corridor were.
"The system doesn't provide location hints either, so where am I supposed to look?"
Wen Yu ultimately decided to ask the Lord of Moonlight City. After all, he had enforcement authority in Second-Tier Main Cities, so he wanted to see if the Lord would give him some face.
Arriving at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, after being announced by the guards, Wen Yu finally met the Lord of Moonlight City.
[Cao Yifan]
Level:???
Description: Lord of the Second-Tier Main City, Moonlight City.
"This guy is a powerhouse!" With Wen Yu's current Insight Technique, he was capable of seeing the details of all NPCs up to level 61. But Cao Yifan was clearly not among them.
"That makes sense. After all, he is a City Lord. If he could be seen through by me so easily, that would be..." Wen Yu thought to himself.
"Greetings, Lord City Lord!"
"An Enforcer? You have already reached a Second-Tier Main City?"
Cao Yifan was surprised by Wen Yu's leveling speed, but what surprised Wen Yu was that Cao Yifan actually knew who he was.
"The City Lord knows me?"
"Naturally. It was I who approved your enforcer mask. That was truly the right decision," Cao Yifan continued.
"I am also aware of how you and Chen Ping came all the way to Moonlight City to provide support during the previous demon invasion. Rest assured, you have the same enforcement authority here in Moonlight City, and even in Sunshine City and Human King City."
"Thank you, Lord City Lord." Wen Yu bowed respectfully to Cao Yifan.
"What is the purpose of your visit?" Cao Yifan continued to ask.
"Lord City Lord, I would like to know the specific information regarding the Crouching Dragon Cave and the Time Corridor. Would you be able to inform me?" Wen Yu, of course, asked directly.
"Crouching Dragon Cave? I've never heard of it. However, speaking of dragons, you could go to the Shining Star Canyon in Human King City to take a look. People often report seeing traces of dragons there."
"The coordinates for Shining Star Canyon should be around (582, 195), but I'm not sure if it's the Crouching Dragon Cave you are looking for. The main cities are all too large, and the magical beasts living in the wild are strange and varied; we cannot fully know their specific locations."
"Thank you, Lord City Lord!" Magical beasts? They must be wild elite monsters, right? A level 35 BOSS in Human King City.
"As for the Time Corridor, it is in Starlight City. With your current strength, you are likely not yet capable of killing the monsters inside. Keep working hard! That is something you can only consider after level 35."
Wen Yu finally understood! The Time Corridor was a damn level 40 dungeon in Starlight City!
"Does that mean I have to wear the dawn set until at least level 35?" Wen Yu felt a bit of a headache.
"Lord City Lord, is there any way for me to go to the Time Corridor now? Even just once would be fine," Wen Yu said anxiously.
"Are you really in such a hurry?" Cao Yifan clearly noticed that Wen Yu's current state was off.
Wen Yu nodded.
"If that is the case, then go. However, you can only enter in your capacity as an Enforcer, not as an adventurer."
"Ding!~"
"Triggered hidden quest — [Time Corridor]!"
Description: As an Enforcer, you must clear all obstacles for the main city! Please immediately head to the Land of Eternal Night outside Starlight City (853, 485) to enter the Time Corridor and kill every existence within it!
Quest Reward: None
Quest Failure Penalty: None
"Do you accept the quest?"
"Accept!" Wen Yu didn't know what it meant to be able to enter only as an Enforcer, but as long as he could get in and kill the BOSS, he should be able to get the [Heart of Time], right?
***
Chapter 67 [ Time Corridor ]
After bidding farewell to Cao Yifan, Wen Yu froze the moment he stepped out of the City Lord's Mansion.
"The Level 40 dungeon for Starlight City is the Time Corridor?"
"Doesn't that mean every main city has its own Level 40 dungeon? Including future Level 50 and 60 ones?"
Wen Yu pondered as he walked toward the teleportation array.
"The system update clearly stated that dungeon attempts were adjusted, but there were no changes when I cleared the three dungeons just now. I reckon the adjustments start from the Level 40 dungeons."
"Since every main city now has its own exclusive dungeon, I suspect that future dungeons will likely be limited to one attempt per day."
Having figured this out, Wen Yu was even more eager to go see what the Time Corridor was all about.
Ten minutes later, Wen Yu was already speeding through the wilderness of Starlight City.
Since his Teleport cooldown had been reduced to 0.1 seconds, his travel speed was incredibly fast.
While teleporting, he also kept his Insight Technique active, scanning the wild monsters on both sides.
Suddenly, Wen Yu's footsteps faltered. Mixed in among the wild monsters was something that definitely shouldn't have appeared here!
[Starlight Sprite] Level: 37, HP: 8000, Magic Attack: 1600, Defense: 800.
[Starlight Sprite] Level: 37, HP: 8000, Magic Attack: 1600, Defense: 800.
[Starlight Sprite King] (Platinum Elite Monster) Level: 37, HP: 60000, Magic Attack: 3000, Defense: 1200.
[Starlight Sprite] Level: 37, HP: 8000, Magic Attack: 1600, Defense: 800.
[Starlight Sprite] Level: 37, HP: 8000, Magic Attack: 1600, Defense: 800.
"What are you? How could a Platinum Boss be mixed in here? Shouldn't it normally be a Level 35 Gold Boss?"
Wen Yu didn't understand, so he simply blasted it with a Void Orb, and the Boss fell instantly.
The system didn't even congratulate Wen Yu; he simply received two pieces of Platinum equipment.
He continued on his journey, and throughout the rest of the path, he spotted Elite monsters from time to time, ranging from Diamond Elite monsters down to black iron Elite monsters.
Wen Yu couldn't help but marvel at this.
"It seems that after reaching a Second-Tier Main City, it's no longer the same old repetitive Elite monster every 10 levels. If you're lucky, you might even get cornered by two Diamond Elite monsters at once."
Wen Yu was pleased with this change; players would have more Bosses to fight, and he believed their levels and equipment would improve rapidly.
Ignoring these Bosses, he continued running toward the Land of Eternal Night.
Sure enough, the Land of Eternal Night was located in a Level 40 monster area, surrounded by a large number of Level 40 monsters, the Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu.
Their stats were what one would expect from ordinary Level 40 monsters—the kind that would owe Wen Yu tens of thousands of HP after a single Void Orb hit.
Continuing deeper, Wen Yu indeed found the portal to the dungeon.
He decisively approached it.
"Ding!"
"Unable to enter the dungeon Time Corridor!"
"?... Not allowed to enter?"
Then, as if remembering something, Wen Yu took the enforcer mask out of his bag and put it on.
He then touched the dungeon again.
"Ding!"
"Current dungeon: Time Corridor! Please select the difficulty."
"Hell!"
"You have selected the dungeon Time Corridor, difficulty: Hell. Do you wish to enter?"
Wen Yu took a deep breath. Finally!
"Confirm!"
...
"Ding!"
"You have entered the dungeon Time Corridor!"
Hearing the prompt, Wen Yu opened his eyes again and found himself in a place of distorted time and space. While the environment wasn't exactly eerie, it gave the impression that time had permanently frozen at this very moment.
He seemed to be in a corridor; the spot he stood on was only about 10 meters wide, with bottomless abysses on both sides, and the path ahead seemed to stretch on forever.
In the sky above, huge alarm clocks flickered in and out of existence. Time ticked away, and the sound of hundreds of alarm clocks simultaneously going "tick-tock, tick-tock" filled Wen Yu's ears. It felt as though listening to it for too long would cause one to lose themselves.
Wen Yu tentatively cast a Void Orb at the flickering alarm clocks in the sky, only to find that the skill passed straight through them, dealing no damage.
"The environment design is amazing, but I wonder how strong the monsters are."
"Ding!"
"Dungeon countdown: 10 minutes! Starting!"
"The first wave of monsters will arrive in 30 seconds. Please be prepared!"
"So it's like Ye Qian's Ice Hell, with waves of monsters? But they actually added a dungeon countdown? Interesting."
Before long, Wen Yu saw a dense swarm of small alarm clocks rushing out from the depths of the endless corridor.
[Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu] Level: 40. Description: Time, tick-tock, it just fades away. HP: 1, Physical Attack: 1, Defense: 1. Skill: Send Clock (When killing an Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu, you will take 1% Magic Damage + 1% Physical Damage.)
"??? Do you really have to do it this way? Can't you send some normal monsters to fight me head-on?"
"You're both called Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu! The Level 40 monsters outside are normal! Why do you become like this once you're in the dungeon!"
Despite saying that, Wen Yu tentatively threw his first Magic Missile.
One alarm clock rang out and then vanished. However, a -886 floated above Wen Yu's head.
"Damn it! Are you messing with me? What is this? If I'm not allowed to kill them, how am I supposed to play?"
Wen Yu took a quick look; there were about 500 alarm clocks surrounding him.
If he cast Ice Shard, he could definitely kill them all in an instant, but he would likely suffer over 500% of his own Magic Damage in return, which was something Wen Yu couldn't withstand.
"There are bottomless abysses on both sides. What if I throw the alarm clocks down?"
Thinking of this, Wen Yu tried it. He grabbed an alarm clock and threw it directly into the abyss.
After a full 10 seconds, -886 damage popped up above Wen Yu's head!
"That doesn't work either! Does that count as me killing them? How did it count? Murder?!"
"Large-area skills are restricted and can't be used; only Chain Lightning, Magic Missile, Void Orb, and Void Lock Target can be used."
Seeing that there were only 9 minutes left in the dungeon, Wen Yu decisively started farming.
The cooldowns for Chain Lightning and Void Lock Target were both 24 seconds, plus 5 seconds for a Void Orb, and 8 seconds for a Magic Missile.
During skill cooldowns, Wen Yu just hit them with his staff; fortunately, the Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu's defense and HP were both 1, so Wen Yu could kill monsters with basic attacks too.
He could kill about 40 monsters every 24 seconds, and since the Magic Shield's cooldown was exactly 48 seconds, Wen Yu could refresh a new shield every time his Magic Shield lost 80% of its HP, so farming was still relatively easy.
By the time Wen Yu finished killing all the Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu and looked back up at the countdown, only 3 minutes and 34 seconds remained.
"God help me, please don't send another wave of monsters with this kind of difficulty. Just give me the Boss already."
Fortunately, Wen Yu's physical damage was extremely low; otherwise, taking 1% Physical Damage plus 1% Magic Damage, he might not have been able to safely pass the Alarm Clock Qiu Qiu stage!
"Ding!"
"The second wave of monsters will arrive in 30 seconds. Please be prepared!"
Hearing the system prompt, Wen Yu decisively ran toward the end of the corridor!
Once the 30 seconds were up, 10 small ships appeared in front of Wen Yu!
[Ghost Ship] Level: 40. Description: Ghost Ships wandering in the river of time, yet they can never find the direction to home. Although the hulls are aging, the firepower of their cannons is as strong as in their prime. HP: 50000, Magic Attack: 3000, Defense: 1000. Skill: Fire Cannon! (Fire at the target, dealing 200% Magic Damage to targets within a 10*10 meter range.)
"Good, good, good! I like monsters like you that fight me head-on!"
"Quick! Fire at me!"
However, firing was impossible; they would never have the chance to fire again, because Wen Yu had already unleashed his Endless Black Hole.
A terrifying suction force arrived, and the 10 Ghost Ships were instantly killed, leaving not even a scrap behind.
***
Chapter 68: Shining Star Canyon
"Ding! ~"
"In 30 seconds, the alarm clock king will arrive! Please prepare yourself!"
Taking a look at the countdown, there were only 2 minutes and 28 seconds left.
"That's definitely enough Time. Once I see the BOSS, I'll just take it out with a single Space Wormhole."
30 seconds passed, but the alarm clock king did not appear as imagined. Instead, giant alarm clocks in the sky all around simultaneously emitted rapid alarm sounds!
The ringing was so loud! So chaotic! It made Wen Yu feel as if his mind was about to collapse instantly.
"What is this? Are we following a plot? A plot that's meant to stun people?"
Another 30 seconds passed, the ringing disappeared, and the alarm clock king appeared before Wen Yu!
The entire BOSS looked just like a household alarm clock, with a giant hour hand, minute hand, and second hand in the center.
The Time pointed to 11:57, and the second hand was ticking along bit by bit.
"Once the fusion between the game and reality deepens in the future! An alarm clock modeled after this alarm clock king will definitely sell very well!"
[alarm clock king] (Diamond BOSS)
Level: 40
Description: What kind of bad intentions could an alarm clock possibly have?
HP: 400,000
Physical Attack: 1
Magic Attack: 1
Defense: 4,000
Skills:
Time Reversal (The alarm clock king recovers 20% of its own HP every minute)
Sending to the End (When the alarm clock Time reaches 12:00 sharp, all units except the alarm clock king will die!)
...
"You are so shameless! 4,000 Defense is one thing! Recovering 80,000 HP per minute! And if I can't kill you in 3 minutes, you just insta-kill everyone!" Wen Yu felt that the alarm clock king was being a bit unreasonable.
"As fellow Diamond BOSSes, the Corpse Emperor had 200,000 HP, but you, on the other hand, went straight up to 400,000!"
Of course, Wen Yu was just feeling sorry for the players who would challenge the alarm clock king in the future; for Wen Yu himself, the alarm clock king was just a one-shot deal.
It was just that this kind of functional BOSS made Wen Yu feel a bit intrigued. It had zero attack power, basically begging you to come and kill it, but if you couldn't kill it in 3 minutes, you were the one who would die.
Without further ado, he immediately cast Space Wormhole.
A giant rift was born, and damage instantly floated above the alarm clock king's head!
-400,000 (Critical Hit)!
Immediately, the rift swallowed the alarm clock king whole!
...
Dull, boring.
"alarm clock king killed!"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Heart of Time]!"
"?"
After waiting for a while longer, and with no further system messages sounding, Wen Yu confirmed that it really seemed there were no more rewards.
This must be the price of entering as an Enforcer.
But thinking about it, Wen Yu felt relieved; as long as he got the item, it was fine.
He took out the Heart of Time to inspect it and found that it was simply labeled as a quest item, with no introduction or description at all.
——————
Upon exiting the dungeon, Wen Yu immediately received a notification that the hidden quest was completed.
Perhaps it was because they were afraid he would exploit a bug and keep farming the alarm clock king.
However, even if he could keep farming it, Wen Yu wouldn't do it. With no rewards given, who would want to endure this torture? His ears were almost deafened by the noise.
Thinking about how he might have to go in and get deafened once, or even more, every day, Wen Yu felt uncomfortable all over...
"The Heart of Time is in hand, next up should be the heart of void."
"Speaking of which, what's the use of the Heart of Time for a Space Mage?" Wen Yu was a bit curious.
"Could it be that I'll be able to have skills like Time Reversal in the future?" Thinking about it, he felt a little expectant.
He had been in too much of a rush when arriving at Moonlight City and forgot to buy a return scroll, so Wen Yu decisively tore up a Glory City return scroll.
It was just a transfer, no big deal.
Upon arriving at Glory City, Wen Yu wasn't in a hurry to leave anymore; he contacted Lin Sirong and sold all the equipment to him.
He also let Li Jue come and take the equipment he could use.
Now, Li Jue already had the five-piece Assassin Dawn set plus a four-piece Level 20 accessory set, which was undeniably powerful. His level had even surged straight to 25.
Looking at Li Jue, Wen Yu always felt like he was raising an alt account.
However, Wen Yu didn't tell his alt about the inside scoop of the game for now; he wouldn't be able to enjoy it for many more days, so he should just let him play in peace.
After agreeing with Li Jue to film the Level 30 [Graveyard of the Dead] video tomorrow, Wen Yu teleported from Glory City to Moonlight City. Wen Yu knew where the general goods merchant in Moonlight City was; if he went directly to Human King City, he would have to find a general goods merchant again, and Wen Yu couldn't be bothered with that effort.
At the general goods merchant, Wen Yu spent 5,000 gold coins and bought 100 [Moonlight City return scrolls] in one go.
"Anyway, I'll need them in the future, so buying more to keep in stock is definitely the right move."
Stepping onto the land of Human King City, he discovered that the overall structure of Human King City wasn't much different from Starlight City and Moonlight City, except that while it was still daytime in Moonlight City, it was already dark in Human King City, as if the sky over Human King City would never brighten.
"You might as well be called Moonlight City..."
Besides that, the city gates were still in the repair stage.
Perhaps they had been damaged too severely during the Demon invasion, and they couldn't be repaired for a while.
"It looks like Human King City is slightly weaker in strength than Starlight City and Moonlight City."
He took a general tour around Human King City, and it was indeed much the same as Moonlight City, with restaurants, inns, and even brothels...
Unlike when he supported Moonlight City last Time, which was during wartime when all the major shops were closed, these shops had now reopened...
After watching for a while downstairs, Wen Yu quickly ran away. As a lifelong single dog, this kind of scene was really not something Wen Yu could watch.
He teleported a long way in one breath before stopping to catch his breath.
"Phew! That was scary."
Looking at the scenery around him, he had reached the territory of monsters outside the city, and upon seeing the wild monsters of Human King City, Wen Yu felt as if he had returned to the Novice Village.
The Level 30+ wild monsters of Human King City were actually poultry and livestock like chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows, and sheep.
Wen Yu walked along, looking as he went.
"I don't know if these are edible or not. It feels like they've mutated."
"I've never seen a chicken that big in my life. That chicken leg is at least 10 pounds!"
He continued to rush towards the location given by Cao Yifan. Even with teleporting to travel, it took a full 20 minutes to reach the so-called Shining Star Canyon.
And as far as his eyes could see, there wasn't a single wild monster left.
"I don't know what kind of area this is."
However, the surrounding environment was truly worthy of the name Shining Star Canyon.
There were no large trees blocking the view; looking up, one could see stars filling the sky, and there was even a Milky Way passing through.
The ground was full of small purple flowers, and among the clusters of flowers, one or two would occasionally flash with radiance; the phrase "a hundred flowers competing in beauty" was most appropriate here.
Even Wen Yu, a straight guy with no particular love for landscapes and scenery, couldn't help but turn on his screen recorder, wanting to record this wonderful scene on his phone.
"But... where's the dragon?" This Person Wen might be enjoying the scenery, but he still remembered exactly what he was here for.
"In such a beautiful place, shouldn't there be a dragon living here?"
He continued to look further ahead. A large mountain, however, blocked Wen Yu's view.
"That must be the destination, right?"
After all, since the name was called Crouching Dragon Cave, and it was called a cave, shouldn't there be a mountain to have a cave?
Wen Yu used teleportation to run towards the mountain. Looking up from the bottom of the mountain, he couldn't see the peak at all. It had already reached deep into the clouds.
"When I'm free, I'll come back here, climb this mountain, and stand on the peak to see what kind of scene it is!"
For the rest of the Time, Wen Yu kept running around the mountain, and believe it or not, he actually discovered a cave.
As for whether it was the Crouching Dragon Cave, the system gave no notification, so Wen Yu naturally had no way of knowing.
Walking into the cave, it was pitch black all around. Wen Yu felt that if a player with claustrophobia accidentally stumbled in, they would probably be scared to death.
He continued to go deeper into the cave, and after many twists and turns.
A yellow light finally lit up ahead!
"Here!"