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The many secrets he possessed meant he could never reveal them to anyone in this world. If a new adventurer were to join the Hestia Familia, Lin Yi himself would be the first to refuse. However, he couldn't refuse the mission from the "gods." Thus, Lin Yi was currently facing this troublesome situation.
Accepting invitations to new adventurers may expose your own anomalies and lead to failure.
Refusal would arouse suspicion from the Hestia clan, potentially expose one's abnormality, and cause all efforts to be in vain.
After much deliberation, Lin Yi had no choice but to accept, as this would at least buy him some time. If he refused, he would be in serious trouble on the spot.
"Phew... The external problems are solved, but there are still internal problems."
Upon closer reflection, it's actually quite reasonable for Hestia to issue such a task. After all, according to Lin Yi's observations, this deity was in a rather dire situation and urgently needed the addition of her followers to improve her condition in Orila.
A single retinue is clearly insufficient to satisfy the faith needs of a deity, so the only way to achieve the goal is to expand the retinue.
"Then, what should we do?"
It is absolutely impossible to bring in new adventurers locally, otherwise Lin Yi would have to eliminate him first in order to cover up his abnormality. After ruling out local introduction, the only option left is "external".
"Luckily, the data copied was from the 'root', otherwise we would have really been stuck on this little 'task'."
Closing my eyes, I manipulated the data hidden within the information fragments to form a blurry magic circle outline. When I opened my eyes again, my pupils and irises were completely replaced by a gray vortex, and the space I was gazing at began to distort and dissipate—
"Declaration"
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The following day, to Ais Wallenstein's astonishment, Lin Yi brought the second Hestia Familia member named "Frankenstein" to the entrance of the dungeon. After a brief introduction, and because Frankenstein was unwilling to speak (mainly because he was unable to speak, which was the main reason Lin Yi chose to summon this Heroic Spirit), they didn't waste much time and quickly began their exploration of the dungeon.
Because the leader was a LV6 "Sword Maiden", the speed at which they passed through the first level this time was incomparable to that of yesterday. Of course, it wasn't that Lin Yi couldn't pass through this level, but rather that he deliberately suppressed his speed to avoid attracting attention. With a "Sword Maiden" in front of him this time, he naturally didn't need to worry about anything. Soon, the two Hestia Familia members arrived at the second level.
"The monsters at this level are quite dangerous. Do they really not need help?"
"Yes, thank you very much for bringing Frankenstein and me to this second level. If we continue to rely on your help, it won't even be called an 'adventure' anymore. As long as we don't encounter the monsters that came up from the depths yesterday, Frankenstein and I are strong enough to stay on the second level."
After glancing hesitantly at the still silent Heroic Spirit, Ais Wallenstein finally nodded and left, and the vast underground space became quiet again.
"trouble."
The smile on his face vanished, and Lin Yi, rubbing his temples, finally looked at the silent Ying Ling.
Unlike what others saw, in Lin Yi's vision, Frankenstein was connected by a dotted line made of magic. It was through this dotted line that magic was continuously transmitted, allowing this heroic spirit, who should not have appeared in this world, to stay here in the form of Reimu's physical body. However, the price for doing so was that Lin Yi had to replenish her magic 24 hours a day...
"The number of controllable information fragments has decreased by 20%, and the overall combat effectiveness has decreased by 18%."
Now that things had come to this, Lin Yi had no better options. He sighed and gave orders to the heroic spirits before him.
"Get rid of it."
Pointing to the monster peering in their direction at the end of the road, the girl gripping the warhammer nodded slightly. The next moment, immense force stomped a huge crater into the ground where she stood. In less than half a second, the heroic spirit, having traversed hundreds of meters, slammed the warhammer down on the screaming monster. Accompanied by a violent, earth-shaking tremor, after the dust settled, a huge crater several meters in diameter appeared, connecting to the surrounding walls.
However, Lin Yi showed no joy at the sight of this scene.
"The more magic power provided, the stronger the combat power... but the combat efficiency is just too low."
She spent seven units of mana to acquire that subsonic speed, which could have been killed with just one unit of mana, and then used eleven units of mana to activate her Noble Phantasm to unleash that attack...
"The damage is severely excessive."
Lin Yi tossed the magic stone obtained after killing the monster into the open backpack pocket in Frankenstein's hand and sighed, "Don't do anything without my orders. From now on, just carry your things and come with me."
nod.
P.S.: Making up for the missed update from who-knows-when...
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Crossing the Line of Faith: Chapter 371 Kita Village on Thunder Cliff
The main monsters in the first tier are goblins and slimes, designed for beginners to get used to combat, while the main monsters in the second tier are minotaurs and other monsters that pose a certain degree of danger.
"Fireball."
The words triggered the activity in the air, and the energy chain triggered the appearance of a crimson fireball in the palm of the hand, which then spun rapidly. The minotaur, who noticed the anomaly in the distance, let out a low growl and led several companions toward this place.
Calculating the distance between them, Lin Yi forcefully threw the fireball from his palm at the first minotaur that appeared around the corner.
"boom--!!!"
The fire wave swept past, carrying debris and impact. The heroic spirits behind him quickly stood in front of Lin Yi to block the aftershocks. A few seconds later, Lin Yi, standing on the scorched black earth, squatted down among a pile of minotaur remains and searched for Olira's universal currency.
"Thirty-seven coins, that's definitely more than the first tier's rewards."
After tossing it into Frankenstein's backpack, the two continued on their way.
Afterwards, relying on his "Fireball" skill, Lin Yi led the Heroic Spirits from the east side to the west side of the second level. After recording all the map information along the way, it was almost evening. Considering the existence of Hestia, Lin Yi could only give up on "grinding through the night" in the dungeon.
"Take down the tauren's lair here and then leave."
The second tier, Thunder Bluff, Kita Village, the village of the Minotaur tribe.
With equal combat power, the side that launches a sneak attack always has the advantage, even if it's just to save a little magic power. With this in mind, Lin Yi brought Frankenstein to this area marked "Thundercliff Kita Village Minotaur Tribe". Although he was a little curious about the name, he didn't pay much attention to it.
"Fireball."
The words triggered a surge of activity, but this time it didn't stop there. Instead, a fireball the size of a soccer ball condensed in his palm, and he stretched it forward—towards the Minotaur tribe.
Fireball
The slight, stabilizing activity became disordered again, and the previously stable fireball began to expand and grow once more.
Fireball
Fireball
Fireball
Fireball
……
As a minotaur chieftain of Kita Village, Kane is different from the minotaurs of other dungeons. He possesses a certain level of intelligence—what humans call wisdom. Relying on this wisdom, Kane led his tribe to conquer Thunder Bluff, a notoriously dangerous place in the entire second tier, and established the Kita Village tribe there.
Since the establishment of this tribe, Kita Village has suffered countless attacks, both from other second-tier monsters and from adventurers. However, no matter which side the attacks came from, they were all ultimately blocked by the minotaurs of Kita Village. Over time, Thunder Bluff became a forbidden area for adventurers. Adventurers would often feel a chill run down their spines at the mere mention of "Kita Village on Thunder Bluff." As time went on, fewer and fewer adventurers came to attack the Thunder Bluff minotaur tribe, and the minotaur chieftain Kane of the Kita Village tribe ushered in a rare period of peaceful development.
As the saying goes, when people are well-fed and warm, they think of lustful desires. With the arrival of peace, a dream gradually emerged in the heart of this Tauren chieftain of Thunder Bluff: to one day lead the Tauren of Thunder Bluff to counterattack the First Tier, the Third Tier, the Fourth Tier... and even to conquer the entire dungeon, to resist the tyranny of humans and gods, and to create a peaceful world for the Tauren!
To realize this dream, Chieftain Kane trained his minotaur warriors day and night. To this day, most of the minotaurs in the Xiduo Village tribe have evolved from ordinary minotaurs into elite minotaurs—monsters that only appear in the fourth tier. Chieftain Kane has decided to completely conquer the entire second tier on this day, taking a solid step towards his great dream!
"Moo——"
A deep growl interrupted Chieftain Kane's thoughts. Impatiently hoisting his battle axe, Chieftain Kane cursed the madmen who dared to interrupt his reverie in the Tauren language as he walked toward the warning direction...
After three steps, Kane sensed something was wrong.
The usually dark underground space was illuminated by a bright light. The intense firelight made Chief Kane feel uncomfortable, but what was even more unbearable was the rising temperature around him. He could vaguely see the hair on his body beginning to curl up. Subconsciously, Chief Kane looked up.
"..."
On Thunder Cliff, a "sun" rises slowly—and then sets again.
"boom------------!!!"
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"Cough...cough..."
Pushing Frankenstein off him, he cast two healing spells on himself to withstand the intense heat in the air. Looking through the distorted air ahead, he saw that the area where Thunder Bluff had been located had been replaced by a bottomless, dark lava cavern. The scalding magma was slowly spreading downwards, making him wonder if it would seep into the third level.
After glancing at his adventure level on the "attribute template," Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction—at least the magic power hadn't been wasted.
"Let's leave these magic stones behind."
Having prevented Frankenstein from approaching the lava cave to retrieve the magic stones, Lin Yi led her away from the completely collapsed terrain. It wasn't until half a day later that the adventurers discovered the once-famous "Kita Village on Thunder Bluff" had vanished...
night.
"How can it be!"
"Is there a problem, Your Majesty?"
"How come your adventure level is already LV3?!"
Seeing Hestia's bewildered expression, Lin Yi threw out the prepared explanation: "We have to thank Frankenstein for her help. I didn't expect her to be so strong. She's only LV1, yet she was able to crush those minotaurs. Don't believe me? Just look at her!"
As expected, Hestia's attention quickly shifted to Frankenstein, who, under Lin Yi's orders, could only stand obediently in place and let Hestia do as she pleased.
Name: Frankenstein
Power: 100
Constitution: 100
Agility: 50
Spirit: 10
Trait: Berserk (Increases combat power by 50%)
Ability: Warhammer Wielder
Adventure Level: LV2
"It's an adventurer with the rare berserk trait... and what's with this attribute?!"
After using Frankenstein to appease Hestia, Lin Yi then looked at his attribute template with a subtle gaze.
Name: Thor (Lin Yi, Information Body)
Power: 20
Constitution: 20
Agility: 20
Spirit: 50
Characteristic: Advanced Fire Affinity (Increases the power of fire magic by 50%)
Ability: Large Fireball (Stack cap: 300)
Adventure Level: LV3
Crossing the Line of Faith: Chapter 372 Creating Gods
For the next two weeks, Lin Yi and Frankenstein lived a life of going back and forth between the labyrinth city and the underground labyrinth. Their exploration level jumped from the second level to the ninth level. Because there was a "Sword Maiden" with an adventure level of LV6 leading them every time they entered the dungeon, not many people noticed their extremely exaggerated speed of advancement.
After sweeping through the entire ninth level with his "Fireball" spell, Lin Yi officially decided to advance to the tenth level. It was at this time that he received his second mission from Hestia, which was half a month later.
"The King of Hierarchy?"
"That's right. It's usually divided into ten levels. If the difficulty of the first to the ninth level is 1, then the difficulty of the eleventh to the nineteenth level is 3. The difficulty of the tenth level could be either 2 or 4. The main reason for this phenomenon is the existence of the 'Level King'."
Thinking about this piece of information that felt very familiar, Lin Yi asked in return, "Like a tiered lord or something?"
"Hmm...that's one way to understand it."
"That's easy, wait for my good news."
The next day.
The maze below, the tenth level.
A crimson fireball, five meters in diameter, descended from the sky, exploding with a deafening roar, and a mushroom cloud rose slowly from the forest at its center...
After a while, everything returned to calm.
"Sure enough."
Using the newly learned "levitation technique," Lin Yi hovered half a meter above the lava surface, holding a "stone" that emitted a faint seven-colored glow in his hand. Combining this with what he had seen and heard in the underground labyrinth over the past two weeks, Lin Yi finally had a glimpse into the operating mechanism of this "Olira."
"A dungeon like this alone cannot possibly support a food chain consisting of so many creatures, not to mention that a large number of monsters are killed by adventurers every day, yet the total number of monsters in this labyrinth has never decreased... It seems that the monsters here are not naturally derived, but deliberately created."
Lin Yi was puzzled when he first came into contact with the "magic stone" inside the monster. Why was it that even the dragons, one of the most powerful creatures in this highly active world, were unable to condense such an active crystal within their bodies, while a mere dungeon monster was able to do so?
Furthermore, as the dungeon levels were explored, the number of active crystals inside the monsters also increased. It wasn't until he reached the tenth level, killed the level king, and found the "crystal" inside it that Lin Yi was able to put these clues together.
"Crystallization of divine power".
Although it was only a very faint trace of divine power, Lin Yi, who had been spending half a month with Hestia, the real "god," still managed to detect its presence and found this half-melted divine power crystal among a pile of magic stones.
This crystal cannot last. As long as it exists in this dungeon, it is destined to re-enter the "cycle," which will simply create a second "Level King" based on this trace of divine power, allowing adventurers entering this level to challenge and kill it again...
Based on this, the entire underground labyrinth is essentially just a place created by the gods. This explains the saying that "the underground labyrinth has no end." After all, what truly determines whether the labyrinth has a limit is the gods, not the world itself. Naturally, there is no phenomenon that one can explore to the end.
The only thing a character in the "game" can determine is their strength; they have absolutely no impact on the game itself. Even if you explore this underground labyrinth to an unprecedented 100th or 200th floor, raising your adventure level to an unprecedented LV10 or LV20, it's all meaningless, because...