Night had fallen.
Wild monsters were harder to hunt in the dark, so it would be better to run dungeons for experience and resources.
More than that, Song Gua had another motive for running dungeons.
Breaking records!
Breaking a dungeon record guaranteed a Class Change Gold Medal!
The classes contained within the Class Change Gold Medals were all unique, and only came in two grades: A-Rank and S-Rank!
Song Gua was very satisfied with his class, Bonder. Paired with his cloning ability, it was a match made in heaven.
He wanted the Class Change Gold Medal to make his clones stronger.
This was the destiny-altering plan he had come up with on the spot right after his first class change into a Bonder!
A thousand years had passed since the game Divine Cleric merged with reality.
The records for low-level dungeons had long been polished to perfection, making them extremely difficult to rewrite.
It had been over a century since the record for the level 5 dungeon was last broken.
Various strategies, precise timing tricks, map bugs, or fully decked-out teams with top-tier gear—any method that could potentially create a faster record had already been exhausted by their predecessors.
However, no one could have possibly tried running a dungeon with two hundred people at once!
No matter how deep the predecessors' strategies were or how good their equipment was, a dungeon could only allow a maximum of five people to enter.
But Song Gua was about to storm into the dungeon with 200 clones!
Song Gua arrived at the nearest light rail station. He boarded the train and took it to the First Class Change Dungeon Zone.
The Light Mist Zone closest to the city was filled with various leveling areas, ranging from level 1 to level 30.
At the edge of the Light Mist Zone, bordering the Medium Mist Zone, lay the First Class Change Dungeon Zone.
One after another, swirling vortex-like dungeon entrances stretched across the sky and earth, looking magnificent and imposing. Inside them, starlight twinkled in a dazzling display of colors.
Dungeons started at level 5, with two new dungeons appearing every 5 levels.
Dungeons restricted the level and number of entrants.
The level restriction for a level 5 dungeon was level 5 to 10; for a level 10 dungeon, it was level 10 to 15, and so on.
Regular dungeons allowed a maximum of five people to enter.
The highest level dungeon in the First Class Change Dungeon Zone was level 25.
At level 30, professionals could undertake the Second Class Change challenge.
The Second Class Change Dungeon Zone was not in the Light Mist Zone, and the light rail built by the city only extended to the edge of the Light Mist Zone.
If Second Class Change professionals wanted to run dungeons, they had to travel through the Medium Mist Zone themselves.
These dungeons that were open year-round were basic dungeons.
Occasionally, entrances to limited-time challenge dungeons would appear in the dungeon zone. The players who achieved the first clear would receive extra rewards.
Therefore, major guilds would have some of their strongest teams take turns camping in the dungeon zone.
The moment a challenge dungeon appeared, they would immediately enter to fight for the first clear rewards.
Since some rare materials could only be found in the first clear rewards of challenge dungeons, these dungeons naturally became fiercely contested battlegrounds for the guilds.
As a result, the dungeon zone was bustling 24 hours a day, with a foot traffic that rivaled the leveling zones.
Level 5 dungeon, Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain! We need one crowd control, four waiting for one, four waiting for one! Anyone can join, we leave as soon as you board!
Level 25 dungeon leaderboard challenge, looking for experts!
Dungeon boosting, fair prices, honest business! Pete Guild, guaranteed reputation!
Selling equipment! Level 5 to 25 dungeon sets of all qualities! If you haven't completed your set, don't go into the dungeon to try your luck, come take a look here instead!
Come check out the scroll stall! I am a level 28 Versatile Scroll Maker. Town Portal Scrolls, Teleportation Scrolls, Heart Protection Scrolls, Blood Escape Scrolls—I have them all, top quality!
If this were a game, the people around the dungeon zone right now would have text bubbles popping up over their heads.
Unfortunately, this was reality.
The professionals had to shout with megaphones.
Streetlights were installed around the dungeon zone, and a small market had formed nearby where many professionals exchanged supplies.
The reason it was only a small market was because the location of the dungeon zone wasn't stationary.
Those massive vortex entrances slowly revolved around the city.
Every few decades, they would complete a full circle around the city.
The radius of this circle was simply too large.
Song Gua walked into the market to take a look.
The supplies here were much more expensive than at the trading post in the city.
It felt like buying water at a tourist attraction.
It was probably to rip off people who were in a hurry to enter a dungeon and happened to be missing something.
Without lingering in the small market, Song Gua walked a few kilometers west and arrived at the entrance of the level 5 dungeons.
There were two level 5 dungeons.
Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain and Spider Cave.
High school curriculums in this world already covered theoretical knowledge related to professionals.
Such as basic dungeon knowledge.
Song Gua remembered the textbook saying that among the level 5 dungeons, Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain had a relatively lower difficulty.
For his first time running a dungeon, it was better to take it step by step, so Song Gua planned to tackle Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain first.
When normal people entered a dungeon for the first time, they would usually get themselves a decent set of equipment.
Common-grade gear was definitely too poor; they had to buy at least a set of Uncommon-grade gear, otherwise no one would want them in a team.
Song Gua, however, prepared nothing. Wearing his set of level 10 Common gear, he walked toward the dungeon entrance.
A group of people was blocking the entrance ahead.
Looking closely, they were all familiar faces.
Zhao Can, Hua Xiangrong, and Ma Feng.
In front of Zhao Can stood five Level 10 professionals, their equipment looking exceedingly exquisite.
One of them hadn't hidden his personal information, so Song Gua inspected it.
He found that all of this person's equipment, except for the four accessory slots—ring, necklace, bracelet, and cloak—were of Rare quality!
Before the Second Class Change, the highest equipment quality one could obtain was Rare; Epic and Legendary qualities did not exist yet.
Accessories had even lower qualities and were rarely dropped, so many people just wore Common accessories and scraped by until their Second Class Change.
In other words, these five level 10 professionals were basically in a top-tier state right now.
Zhao Can was level 6, and Hua Xiangrong beside him was level 5.
With power-levelers taking them to kill monsters above their levels, their leveling efficiency naturally wasn't low.
They couldn't compare to Song Gua, mainly because they didn't have enough power-levelers.
After you go in, remember to turn on the dungeon livestream so we can watch your performance from the outside.
Zhao Can was lecturing the captain of this level 10 squad.
The captain was extremely respectful to Zhao Can.
Rest assured, Young Master Can, we will definitely make it onto the leaderboard this time!
Not just make it onto the leaderboard, I mean the top ten! That set of gear you're wearing is a custom build that my Zhao family spent a fortune on, hiring a Second Class Change Forging Sequence Master and expending a massive amount of precious resources to create!
Understood, understood. I could wear this gear all the way to level 30 without a problem!
Remember, after getting on the leaderboard, your message must advertise the new research results of my Zhao Pharmaceutical Group. Otherwise, not only will you not get your final payment, but you'll also have to compensate us tenfold. Got it?
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
