167: Chapter 167 Don't Waste Such Great Talent

"Don't get happy too early; this Golden Key can't be used right now."

"Golden Treasure Chests only appear in Level 50 dungeons at the minimum, and Golden equipment is at least Level 50 as well. Even if we got some, we wouldn't be able to wear it."

In the game world, the number of dungeons above Level 50 decreased significantly, and almost all of them had been farmed to exhaustion by predecessors. In all this time, the only newly discovered dungeon Yun Ge had seen was the Misty Swamp from shortly after his awakening.

If it came down to fighting, Yun Ge could clear Level 50 dungeons now, but there was no point. The monsters had high health and high levels, taking forever to kill, and the BOSSes didn't drop good items. Even if Golden equipment dropped, he couldn't wear it. Yun Ge planned to wait until Level 49 before going.

"Should we sell that Golden Key?"

"No, no, no, we can't. This is a treasure; we should keep it."

As soon as Su Lei had the thought, he immediately dismissed it. Although 20,000 gold coins looked tempting, Su Lei also knew that some things couldn't be measured with gold. For example, Golden equipment with good attributes might not even be available at the Trading House.

Take the Flowing Cloud Bracelet Yun Ge just put on, for instance; it had a 40% experience bonus. If this bracelet were placed in the Trading House, its value would be immeasurable. No one would put such equipment up for trade; it was usually bartered for other items.

"The Dean should be the final BOSS. Come on, let's run it two more times."

"The experience here is pretty good."

"Let's go, let's go."

There was a glowing portal right where the Dean had been fishing. The three of them teleported out one after another, appearing outside the dungeon.

*Slap.*

A large hand slapped Yun Ge's shoulder without warning, nearly scaring his heart out of his chest.

"Who is it!"

If this were a Betrayer, he'd probably be dead by now!

Next time, he definitely had to put on his Elemental Protection before leaving a dungeon!

"Little guy, you've got good luck, actually getting the first clear. You must have looted a lot of good stuff, right?"

Hearing Xiao Yan's voice, Yun Ge finally relaxed. At the same time, he felt a bit touched; Xiao Yan had been protecting him all this time.

Xiao Yan looked over the three of them. There wasn't much to say about Su Lei and Ye Zi, but the staff in Yun Ge's hand had changed. Xiao Yan clearly remembered Yun Ge's previous staff was surrounded by lightning, whereas this one was covered in frost.

This kid is Level 40; his leveling speed is very fast.

"You've actually reached Level 40 and even got a Level 40 weapon. Not bad, not bad."

Xiao Yan continued slapping Yun Ge's shoulder. With Xiao Yan's strength, he nearly slapped Yun Ge, a fragile Elementalist, into the ground.

"I saw just now that many Level 50 and 60 guys also entered this dungeon. I didn't expect the first clear would be taken by you guys."

"Your generation has it good. Back in my day, it took me a full ten years to reach Level 40!"

"No way?"

"Ten years?"

Yun Ge, Su Lei, and Ye Zi were all equally surprised. Although Su Lei and Ye Zi hadn't reached Level 40 yet, the three of them had been awakened for less than a year. Moreover, Xiao Yan must have an SSS talent; could such a powerful talent really level up that slowly?

Xiao Yan shook his head.

"You don't know. Back then, we didn't have all this equipment. The main cities were all conquered later by Boss Ye. At that time, leveling up meant one person cautiously fighting low-level monsters. It was slow and there was no equipment. Even so, the vast majority of people couldn't survive a month."

"We had to be on guard against mobs even while sleeping at night, and we couldn't even get a decent meal. We lived in fear every day."

"Now humans have over 70 cities. With the protection of the shields, you can rest in peace. There's so much equipment available for purchase at the Trading House. Compared to before, this is truly heaven."

Xiao Yan slapped Yun Ge a couple more times, making Yun Ge feel as if he had shrunk quite a bit.

"Little guys, keep working hard. Don't waste such a good talent."

"Boss Xiao, you..."

Yun Ge wanted to say something to Xiao Yan, but by the time he turned his head, Xiao Yan was already long gone.

"..."

"Gone again."

"Shh."

"Boss Xiao is definitely nearby. Don't talk nonsense."

Yun Ge's state of mind was a bit unsettled by Xiao Yan. His mind was filled with scenes from a hundred years ago when the Abyss had just descended. Before Ye Fan established the first city, the remaining humans didn't even have a place to stay. How tragic it must have been then.

"Let's enter the dungeon."

Yun Ge gave the order, and the three of them quickly walked into the dungeon. Although he knew Xiao Yan was nearby protecting them, Yun Ge knew that the less they were exposed, the better. The Abyss already had two more Level 100 human Betrayers; heaven knows if they would come to make a move against him.

After a flash of white light, the three of them arrived inside the dungeon, and the tension in Yun Ge's heart finally eased.

"Yun Ge, Ye Zi, look! The number of mobs has decreased!"

Su Lei rushed forward to pull the monsters, only to find that the first wave of mobs seemed to be missing a few.

"They really have decreased. The mobs here should decrease as the dungeon is cleared more often. Later on, I'm afraid even the BOSS won't necessarily appear every time."

"What a pity. This was such a good leveling spot."

Su Lei loved the many halls in this dungeon, which were densely packed with mobs—especially the lawn where the second BOSS spawned, with thousands of mobs. That was so much experience!

"Hurry up. Let's farm it as many times as we can."

Yun Ge didn't dwell on the issue. Xiao Yan had just said that many Level 60 Awakeneds had also come to this dungeon to try their luck. These experts had high damage and many skills; they wouldn't necessarily be much slower at clearing mobs than them. While the dungeon was still relatively fresh, they should farm it as much as possible.

They cleared the mobs all the way through. Sure enough, not only were there fewer mobs at the dungeon entrance, but the number of mobs in the subsequent halls had also decreased. Even at the location of the first BOSS, Lecturer Jenny Marshall did not appear.

"What a loss, one less BOSS to fight!"

"This is normal. The more you fight them, the lower the chance the BOSS will appear. Those Level 50+ dungeons are said to have no BOSSes at all now; you can only go in to kill mobs."

"Actually, it's still pretty good. There are still many more mobs here than outside. Let's hurry up."

Yun Ge continued to rush forward. Fortunately, the next two BOSSes were both present. The three of them quickly killed the Professor and the Dean. Their luck was decent; each BOSS dropped a piece of Silver equipment.

"Not bad, not bad. Let's continue."

The Professor dropped a magic-type necklace. Yun Ge checked it and saw the attributes were better than his current one, so he swapped it on the spot. The other BOSS, the Dean, was as generous as ever. Although he only dropped one piece of Silver equipment, it was the most valuable kind: a weapon, specifically an Astrolabe for an Astrologer.

"An Astrolabe. It would be best for Li Shaopeng to use it."

However, although Yun Ge knew Li Shaopeng, he wouldn't just give away a weapon worth several hundred gold coins for free. Naturally, he would put it in the Trading House to sell for money.

"There are still two hours before dark. That's enough time for us to run the dungeon twice more. Let's go."

"It doesn't matter if it gets dark. While the dungeon has just been discovered, we can farm until midnight."

"Okay."

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