Chapter 6: Thousandfold Acceleration, Terrifying Indeed

Lin Yu's memory was pretty good.

He remembered quite a bit about the opportunities inside and outside Star Luo City from his previous life.

While searching for the Treant boss just now, Lin Yu specifically recalled information about the dungeons outside Star Luo City.

Dungeons can be understood as individual small worlds and stages.

They usually contain a large number of monsters and bosses.

Upon completion, the rewards can be extremely generous, including troops, resources, equipment, and even rare items.

So, in the last life, dungeons were almost a must for all Lords to strive for.

Many inspirational stories have also emerged from completing a dungeon and becoming famous overnight.

But, as it turns out, clearing dungeons isn't as easy as one might think.

The monsters in the dungeons are generally more numerous and stronger than those outside, and they're densely packed.

Without strength, it's best not to touch them.

If Lin Yu remembered correctly, there were seven or eight dungeons outside Star Luo City.

The lowest level is the white dungeon, and the highest level is the purple dungeon.

(PS: The difficulty of dungeons ranges from white, green, blue, purple, orange, red...)

This time, Lin Yu was planning to visit a white dungeon on the outskirts of Star Luo City, called the Orc Tribe.

The first dungeon he cleared in the last life was this one, leaving a deep impression on him.

This time, he was just going to take a shot at the first blood reward.

You might ask why Lin Yu, who started out strong, didn't go for a higher-level dungeon?

The answer is simple.

Dungeons are clearly divided into levels, and each level of dungeon has a first-clear reward.

First-clear rewards are available for white dungeons, green dungeons, blue dungeons...

Isn't it great to clear all levels of dungeons?

Furthermore, the difficulty of green dungeons is at least tens of times higher than that of white dungeons, and with Lin Yu's current strength, he might not be able to handle it.

So...

With everything ready, troops in tow, direction confirmed, he set off directly.

However, he had only just set off when he stopped in his tracks.

He found something precious.

A small gold mine.

[Gold Mine]

Level: Level 1

Reserve: 0/1000

Recovery: 12 hours

With only a level 1 rating, it could yield up to 1000 gold coins in total.

After being completely mined out, it would take twelve hours to recover.

Seemingly small, but this is just a level 1 gold mine.

If it were a level 5 gold mine, or even a level 10 gold mine, the reserves would be in the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

Since he stumbled upon this one, Lin Yu didn't want to miss the opportunity and went straight to collect it.

According to the Lord Era's settings, any troop could participate in gathering resources.

One troop gathering one unit of resources would take 5 minutes.

For a gold mine with a reserve of 1000 gold coins like the one before him, sending one troop to gather would take 5000 minutes to complete.

Not to mention higher-level resource points, where gathering times are calculated in tens of hours or even days.

Of course, this had little to do with Lin Yu.

You think he's joking about the "ten-thousandfold acceleration"?

Ten-thousandfold acceleration means speeding up a thousand times per minute. What does that mean?

It only takes 0.5 minutes, or 30 seconds.

And that's just for one troop gathering resources.

If Lin Yu sent 100 troops to gather...

It would only take minutes, which is 0.3 seconds.

0.3 seconds is roughly equivalent to an instant.

Upon closer examination, the ten-thousandfold acceleration was terrifying!

"Gather!" Lin Yu ordered.

Hundreds of troops swarmed up and finished instantly.

"You have collected a level 1 gold mine, gaining +1000 gold coins," the message read.

Looking at the newly acquired 1000 gold coins, Lin Yu rubbed his chin in contemplation.

"The most suitable troops for gathering should be goblins and dwarves. I have the ten-thousandfold acceleration, so I don't need them, but..."

"Other players will definitely need them. If I occupy a few more goblin and dwarf shrines, act as a middleman, and profit from the price difference, wouldn't that be a huge profit?"

In the Lord Era setting, except for some special troops, most troops can be sold.

That is, they can be sold to other Lords.

So, in the last life, many troop merchants emerged.

Some troops with special attributes are in high demand.

For example, the goblin and dwarf troops mentioned earlier, both of these troops have speed and yield bonuses for gathering.

These are attributes that other troops don't have.

Luckily, Lin Yu knew the coordinates of quite a few goblin and dwarf shrines.

Wouldn't he skyrocket if he acted as a middleman and profited from the price difference?

He temporarily noted this idea.

Lin Yu waved his hand and continued forward with his troops.

With the addition of over two hundred undead knights, Lin Yu's strength had greatly increased.

He pushed forward vigorously towards the front.

Around Starfall City, the highest-level monsters were only at the fourth tier.

It was only in more distant places, like the Elf Forest, that higher-level monsters would appear.

So, this trip for Lin Yu went quite smoothly.

After killing all the way through, it took less than two hours to successfully reach the outskirts of the Elf Forest.

After killing another batch of rampaging wild boars.

Lin Yu's body flashed with light, finally reaching level 10.

"You have successfully reached level 10 and gained the skill [Rapid Fire]."

Lin Yu's face lit up with joy and he quickly opened his attribute panel to check.

[Despot]

Profession: D-rank Archer

Level: 10

Territory: None

Health: +500 (the number before "+" is the base attribute, and the number after "+" is the bonus from equipment)

Attack: 150+500

Defense: 120+100

Speed: 110+15

Command Power: Unlimited

Troops: Frost Archers *50, Undead Knights *250

Skill: [Rapid Fire]: Charge for 0.5 seconds, continuously shoot 10 arrows at a designated target, causing multiple instances of damage.

Resources: Wood *10,000, Stone *10,000, Iron Ore *10,000, Gold Coins *10,000, Food *10,000

A moderate skill, without any extra damage or effects.

This further strengthened Lin Yu's desire to change to a hidden profession.

D-rank professions are just too weak.

With his rebirth, Lin Yu must start with an SSS-rank profession.

Exhaling deeply, Lin Yu began to search for a dungeon.

Soon, following the memories in his mind, he found the entrance to the dungeon.

It was a white, oval-shaped halo suspended twenty centimeters above the ground.

This was the entrance to the dungeon.

If he remembered correctly, there were over 1000 first-tier goblins inside, 500 second-tier black wolves, 100 third-tier dog-headed people, and a level 50 boss.

The difficulty was not low!

In his previous life, Lin Yu went there with dozens of Lords in a team.

And ended up with pitifully few rewards.

This time, Lin Yu would challenge it alone.

50 fourth-tier Frost Archers.

250 fifth-tier Undead Knights.

Not many troops in number, but the quality was explosive.

It shouldn't be difficult to clear the dungeon.

After all, facing first-tier troops, no matter how many there were, they were all easy targets for fourth-tier and fifth-tier troops.

Unless there were enough of them to exhaust the fourth-tier and fifth-tier troops, there was still a chance of winning.

But could mere 1000 first-tier goblins exhaust his troops?

Obviously not.

With everything ready, Lin Yu waved his hand and said, "Follow me, into the dungeon."

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