Lin could only hope he was overthinking things; otherwise, his current situation wouldn't be very optimistic.
The old village chief suspected him, and he originally thought that letting Old Wine Addict go would earn him the trust of Jack the Blacksmith.
Including his subsequent interactions with Jack the Blacksmith, Lin felt that Jack the Blacksmith should have some trust in him.
But if his encounter with the old village chief here today was truly Jack the Blacksmith's scheme, that would be truly terrifying.
Before even reaching the mine entrance, Old Wine Addict suddenly appeared.
"Snow Emperor."
Old Wine Addict looked at Lin, "I was originally waiting for you at the cliff."
"But the old village chief suddenly arrived, and I had to hide."
Lin breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Then what do we do next?"
"Find the Ice Flame Magic Ore."
Old Wine Addict said seriously, "There are three Ice Flame Magic Ores in total in the novice village, and the first one disappeared before."
"There are still two left, and they should be nearby."
Lin nodded. This Ice Flame Magic Ore would reward a platinum-grade necklace.
It was impossible for Lin not to be tempted.
But giving up his plans for so long for a platinum-grade necklace was not what Lin wanted to see.
In the following time,
Lin and Old Wine Addict searched here.
Judging from the current situation, there was a high probability that there was a hidden dungeon in the mine.
It's just that Lin didn't know how to open this hidden dungeon in his memory.
However, there must be a way.
For example, he could try to find clues from the Stone Beetle King.
Lin began to farm Stone Beetles.
He could still only increase his health points and couldn't gain experience points.
Lin was already used to this.
Leveling up was the easiest thing for him.
What he wanted was to squeeze out the value of the novice village as much as possible, while also increasing his health points.
"Ding, due to you killing a large number of Stone Beetles, you have alarmed the Stone Beetle King hidden deep in the mine, and it will arrive on the battlefield in five minutes."
Lin felt a bit of anticipation.
This Ice Flame Magic Ore was probably related to the Stone Beetle King.
Five minutes later...
A huge Stone Beetle King with a dark red carapace walked towards him.
Stone Beetle King (Black Iron): Level 8.
Health Points: 81520 / 81520.
Attack: 215.
Skills: Rockfall, Stone Shield, Terrifying Howl, Stone Ball Barrage, Petrified Skin.
Lin just glanced at the Stone Beetle's attributes, and then began a storm of attacks.
Critical Hit...
4918!!
Lin's first feather arrow dealt critical damage.
This damage value was also ridiculously high.
Moreover, with the blessing of the Ninefold Longbow, Lin's attack speed reached 4.63, dealing 20,000 damage per second.
The Stone Beetle King only had 80,000 health points and couldn't even withstand five seconds before being killed.
"Ding, you have killed the Stone Beetle King, experience points + 859. Since you have not left the novice village, you cannot gain experience points."
Lin didn't care and directly looted the corpse.
"Ding, you have obtained three pieces of equipment."
"Ding, you have obtained a skill book."
"Ding, you have obtained the Stone Beetle King's eyeball + 1."
"Ding, you have obtained gold coins + 1."
Lin raised his eyebrows. He looked at the Stone Beetle King's eyeball and suddenly thought of a place that seemed to match the eyeball perfectly.
Deep in the mine!
Lin came to a stone wall. In the corner of this stone wall, there was an inconspicuous groove.
If you looked closely, you would find that this groove matched the Stone Beetle King's eyeball perfectly.
Lin put the Stone Beetle King's eyeball in.
The stone wall immediately began to rotate, eventually forming a dungeon portal.
"Ding, you have opened the hidden dungeon: Lost Princess."
"Ding, you have opened a hidden dungeon and will be making a server-wide announcement. Do you want to hide your name?"
"Hide."
Since things in the novice village hadn't stabilized yet, Lin had to consider the thoughts of the old village chief and the others.
"Server-wide announcement, congratulations to player Hidden Nickname for opening the hidden dungeon Lost Princess, free attribute points + 5. We hope all players will continue to work hard."
"Server-wide announcement, congratulations to player Hidden Nickname for opening the hidden dungeon Lost Princess, free attribute points + 5. We hope all players will continue to work hard."
.....
Lin raised his eyebrows and entered the portal.
The dungeon options appeared in front of Lin.
"Hell Mode."
Without the slightest hesitation.
Lin still chose Hell Mode.
This difficulty was almost impossible for most ordinary players to complete.
Entering the dungeon.
Lin was still in the mine.
The mine was dark, and Lin saw little zombies appearing one after another in front of him!
Damn!
The novice village actually has undead monsters!
Undead monsters generally appear more in the mid-game. Early undead monsters are relatively high-level dungeons.
Little Zombie (Elite): Level 8.
Health Points: 10800 / 10800.
Attack: 95.
Skills: Charge, Iron Skin, Bite.
The attributes were not weak.
Lin shot without hesitation.
The little zombie's iron skin was just a decoration to Lin.
After all, his damage was true damage.
-2250!
A huge damage number appeared.
This was still damage without a critical hit.
It could be described as terrifying.
With Lin's high output, the little zombie was killed before it could even get close.
More and more little zombies appeared, and Lin was still the same, kiting them.
As long as the damage was enough, these little zombies were just decorations.
Lin passed the first level without any pressure.
The second level that followed.
In addition to little zombies, some green-haired zombies also appeared, and their attributes were greatly improved.
But they still couldn't stop Lin from advancing.
The third level.
Lin had just arrived here, just like the Twisted Jungle.
There were four Black Iron-level bosses here.
Purple-haired Zombie (Black Iron): Level 8.
Health Points: 158200 / 158200.
Attack: 512.
Skills: Charge, Iron Skin, Bite, Spinning Kill, Corpse Gas Diffusion.
Lin frowned slightly. The purple-haired zombie's health points were okay, but the other attributes and skills seemed very ordinary.
Just as Lin was thinking this, the four purple-haired zombies simultaneously launched Corpse Gas Diffusion.
A large amount of corpse gas converged towards Lin.
"Ding, you are affected by corpse gas, your body begins to stiffen, movement speed is reduced by 50%, and attack speed is reduced by 50%."
At the same time, damage numbers were constantly popping up above Lin's head.
This damage number appeared very frequently, popping up four times per second.
Causing Lin's health points to drop by 1,200 per second.
Even with health regeneration, Lin's health points were still dropping by several hundred per second.
"Whoosh!"
Lin attacked, he wasn't one to sit and wait for death.
"Bang!"
An arrow hit the head.
Critical Hit!!