The next day.
There was already no need to set an alarm.
Yet Yi Qingfeng still woke up right on time at 7:30.
Today’s daily dungeon had already been cleared.
He had to wait until midnight tomorrow…
This was undoubtedly rather maddening.
Only one daily dungeon a day—what was this, a health regimen!
Waking from a good sleep feeling refreshed, only to find he had nothing to do, Yi Qingfeng was suddenly a little at a loss.
For now, all he could do was browse the Integrated Network player forum.
And so, with nothing better to do, Yi Qingfeng set a lump of dough to rise.
He planned to steam some mantou later.
Freshly steamed mantou came with an extra deliciousness bonus of its own.
Even if left outside for just a little while, exposed to the cool breeze,
the texture would be completely different.
Thus, even without the enhancement of years of culinary skill, it was still quite flavorful.
At least Yi Qingfeng liked it very much.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Yi Qingfeng was too lazy to go through the trouble.
But now, he did not need to grind the game.
And on the Integrated Network side, he had been hit with anti-addiction restrictions.
So he had suddenly found himself with free time.
By now, Yi Qingfeng had also gradually figured out many of the functions of the Integrated Network player forum.
Aside from the usual various topic posts,
this apprentice forum also had a dedicated trading section.
The apprentice trading section had a relatively high tax reduction—though for now, Yi Qingfeng still did not know what exactly this so-called tax rate affected.
In its basic introduction, its usage restrictions were clearly stated:
Limited only to drops obtained by individual players in apprentice dungeons.
At this moment, it was stuffed full of all sorts of messy apprentice equipment…
This was also currently one of only two places Yi Qingfeng had found where he could spend Integrated Network Calamity Coins.
Last night, there had been relatively few items here.
But now, after a day of accumulation, the stock inside had undoubtedly become quite substantial.
Of course, in the current trading section, apart from Integrated Network Calamity Coins, there were also quite a few barter requests:
“#Apprentice Epic—Pumpkin Streetlamp Mace# Trade for an apprentice epic bow or crossbow!”
“#Low-Level Soul Bloodline# Trading for anything summoning-related!”
“#Fierce Fang’s Invitation Letter# Rare elite, fire sale for 100 Integrated Network Calamity Coins!”
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Yi Qingfeng’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
The next moment, he directly bought that invitation letter:
“
Fierce Fang’s Invitation Letter:
Item Type: Dungeon Invitation Letter
Corresponding Dungeon Type: Solo high-difficulty challenge dungeon
Dungeon Monsters: Level 1 Rare Elite—Fierce Fang, one pack of Degraded Boars
Dungeon Exclusive Drop: Fierce Fang’s Reins (rare mount, extremely low drop rate)
”
Yi Qingfeng knew about dungeon invitation letters.
They were additional dungeon opportunities that could be obtained apart from daily dungeons.
They could drop from daily dungeons.
Of course, today’s daily dungeon, the Midnight Crypt, had not produced one for him.
And at this moment, in the forum’s trading section, such resources were an extremely scarce commodity.
After all, even in certain grind-heavy games in Earth OL, the ultimate gold farmers who sold otherworld gate tickets they themselves did not have enough of on the very first day of a server’s launch were still a tiny minority…
Not to mention that this was the Integrated Network, which corresponded to genuine individual supernatural power.
Trading high-value equipment one could not use was only natural.
Selling dungeon tickets, however, only happened under rare circumstances.
Perhaps there existed an Integrated Network version that could produce dungeon tickets in large quantities?
At that moment, Yi Qingfeng also thought:
He wondered whether his Treasure-Hunting Star Chart had any constellations that increased the drop rate of dungeon invitation letters.
As for spending 100 Integrated Network Calamity Coins to buy a dungeon ticket?
In Yi Qingfeng’s view, even if it were not a rare elite, it would still be an absolute steal.
After all, judging from the current situation, one dungeon could steadily yield 100 Integrated Network Calamity Coins.
Rounding it off, wasn’t that basically getting it for free?
Then again, what was going on with these apprentice epic equipment pieces listed for several hundred or even over a thousand Integrated Network Calamity Coins?
Could there be some special Integrated Network version that allowed one to earn that many Integrated Network Calamity Coins within the cooldown of a single daily dungeon?
Or had a group of people pooled their resources together to buy one apprentice epic item?
Yi Qingfeng did not understand.
But none of that had much to do with him.
He had a dungeon to run!
Of course, before that, he first had to spend the Treasure-Hunting talent points he had just obtained.
Considering the strength of elite enemies and the fact that his newly obtained class skill was clearly better suited for reaping mobs,
Yi Qingfeng decided to invest both of these 2 Treasure-Hunting talent points into Grand Slaughter first.
The next moment, following his operation in the void, a new notification refreshed on his retina:
“Integrated Network Notification: Your Treasure-Hunting Constellation—Monster Hunter has activated constellation sub-chart—Grand Slaughter (2/5). The number of non-elite units in your dungeons has received an additional 200% increase!”
Adding in the bonus from the 1-point cornerstone talent in Monster Hunter,
his current number of non-elite monsters was at least 2.5 times the base amount.
If the two were added directly together…
Afterward, without further hesitation, Yi Qingfeng directly chose to use the dungeon invitation letter he had just bought…
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“Integrated Network Notification: Teleportation successful. Character has been successfully teleported to the dungeon world…”
When Yi Qingfeng regained his senses again,
he found himself standing in an abandoned field.
The reason he judged it to be a field, and not wilderness,
was because Yi Qingfeng saw the ridges that still stood stubbornly among the bushes and weeds.
Some tall plants with irregular serrated cracks at their tops looked rather conspicuous among the shrubs.
Holding his warhammer, Yi Qingfeng searched vigilantly for traces of the boars.
In Yi Qingfeng’s view, these were probably enemies more troublesome than goblins and rotting corpses.
If they were normal wild boars,
even native Earth varieties
would probably make it difficult for him to escape unscathed.
Although Yi Qingfeng had never seen a wild boar, he had seen domestic pigs charge headlong before…
Fortunately, the influence of the supernatural dimension was not entirely positive…
Perhaps because this prefix had appeared for the first time,
the Integrated Network panel had a special annotation for it.
Degraded lifeforms would have a much lower challenge difficulty than under normal circumstances.
He just did not know whether it would affect the taste…
Yi Qingfeng suddenly could not help having such a thought.
But Yi Qingfeng was not made to waste any more time here.
As if sensing Yi Qingfeng’s intrusion,
a certain massive sound faintly came from the distance!
Shrubs were violently smashed aside, and a tall, sturdy wild boar appeared in Yi Qingfeng’s field of vision!
And beside it was a large pack of miniature wild boars that looked almost like a pack of dogs!
In a trance, Yi Qingfeng seemed to feel the oppression and intimidation ancient cavalry held over infantry.
And at this moment, he was clearly not the one mounted atop a tall, fine horse…
Gripping the warhammer in his hand tightly, Yi Qingfeng’s body began to heat up.
Within his gradually scorching breath, the neigh of battle surged and rolled!
That spirit which had been so difficult to focus in his former life was now gathered with unprecedented concentration!
There were no other complicated preparations.
Upon this abandoned field, beneath the crimson radiance:
the knight wrapped in a cotton-padded coat launched his charge at the enemy…