038 Mysterious Man

Within the depths of the Labyrinth of Caves.

A person with a slender figure suddenly appeared out of thin air.

The man appeared to be in his twenties, wearing a tight-fitting black suit. His face seemed covered in heavy make-up, and the most eye-catching detail was his striking purple eyeshadows. They added a distinct savageness to his look.

However, at this moment, wilder than his make-up was his expression.

"You don't have enough data, huh? Just do it again, huh? Fine! Since you asked for it, whatever happens next is none of my business!"

The man's face contorted in rage, and it was with this expression that he headed deeper into the Labyrinth of Caves.

Wherever he passed, miserable howls of Runic Monsters followed.

..

Meanwhile, at the southwest corner of the second level of the Labyrinth of Caves, the Cave Golems' territory was.

Having experienced the earlier earth spike attack, Wu Wei was moving as cautiously as ever – literally one step at a time.

Before making a step, he would first make sure to have Golem Doll harden the ground below as a countermeasure against the earth spikes. 

He felt that there was no other choice.

These Cave Golems were just too despicable!

Not only could their earth spikes come from any direction – but they also shot out without warning and were aimed dishonorably.

Who wouldn't be scared when faced with the threat of a sudden earth spike aiming for their nether regions?

Wu Wei would rather be stabbed ten times by a knife than by the earth spike there.

However, Wu Wei also knew that this was not a solution. 

The main problem was that the spiritual energy of his Golem Doll would not last long enough for him to keep doing this. Furthermore, Wu Wei did not want to drag things out any longer.

For the time being, Wu Wei only intended to continue with this extreme measure until he reached the depths of Cave Golems' territory.

That was where his true objective lay.

"Hmm… I think right should be fine."

After estimating that he had walked in for about a hundred meters, Wu Wei's eyes narrowed as he made his move.

"Spider-Sense!"

After lightly tapping the ring in his hand, Wu Wei closed his eyes.

As though his surroundings had turned into a medium of darkness, Wu Wei could detect the faintest of movements as ripples.

Wu Wei instantly detected five figures.

This was the power of the active skill, [Spider Sense]!

"Found 'em. Yellow, one hiding in the corner 15 meters ahead and another 7 meters behind it. The third one is 16 meters away at the left tunnel entrance, and the fourth is 5 meters behind it. There's also one 9 meters behind us!"

Wu Wei quickly relayed the location of the 5 Cave Golems to Yellow.

Although Yellow usually acted silly, he was dependable when it came to a real battle. 

Under Wu Wei's orders, Yellow raised his blade as he set out!

What ensued was a clinical display of sheer strength.

In no time, Yellow had brought the half-dead bodies of all 5 Cave Golems back.

Then - like before - the Golem Doll finished them off.

The 5 Cave Golems gave the Golem Doll around 30% of the experience points. It only needed to kill around a dozen more Cave Golems to reach full experience and become able to advance.

The Golem Doll required lesser experience to level up as it was a lower rank Runic Summon.

On top of the experience points, all 5 Cave Golems had dropped an item each. However, only the first three were Golem Hearts. 

"I guess the drop rate of Golem Hearts is not 100%? At this rate, to acquire 20, I'll have to kill at least 30 to 40 more! This is going to take longer than I expected!"

Next, Wu Wei had the Golem Doll absorb all three hearts while he opened the remaining 2 drops.

[You have opened a Common drop and obtained one [Earth Spike Rune]]

[You have opened a Common drop and obtained one [Summoning Rune: Cave Golem]]

"Both runes! Not bad, not bad! This will earn me 100 to 200 hundred Runic Stones. Let's continue."

Following that, Wu Wei decided to employ the same tactic. In this fashion, he hunted another 6 Cave Golems, obtaining 4 golem hearts and two Earth Spike Runes.

Wu Wei was getting quite a decent number of drops, and judging from their value, it was his best yield yet.

Cave Golems were [Uncommon]-rank Runic Monsters, after all.

Wu Wei was delighted with both rounds of hunting.

And when he activated [Spider Sense] for the third time, Wu Wei's eyes lit up at what he found.

..

Meanwhile, on the other side of the second level of the Underground Labyrinth, Wu Wei and Team 8911 had split up.

While Wu Wei was busy farming monsters, Team 8911 was busy with their own business.

Apart from selling maps, they were also farming resources on the second level.

However, their time was not as easy as Wu Wei's.

After all, with their team's level of strength, they only dared to farm in the safer areas where the resources and monsters were lower in quality. 

After working hard for a day, what they earned could not even compare to how much Wu Wei earned from just one round.

Nonetheless, their luck was still better than average.

It was now 6 PM, so it should have been time for them to go offline; however, just as they were preparing to wrap up and call it a day, they chanced upon a treasure chest.

"Look at that treasure chest. It's a wooden treasure chest!"

The team member who had discovered it was pointing it out excitedly.

"Where is it, where is it? Mm… I see it! It really is a wooden treasure chest! This is the first time I've ever seen one."

"However, there seem to be Runic Monsters guarding it. Let me check the map... hmm… they're disgusting Runic Monsters called Cave Kobolds. Their strength is average, but they move in packs.".

"With them guarding it, I'm afraid it will be tough for us to obtain the treasure chest!"

"Just because it's difficult doesn't mean it's not possible. If we make a good plan, we'll be able to get it!"

The sight of the treasure chest caused the members of Team 8911 to be moved.

"Actually, we don't have to fight head-on with this group of Kobolds. Don't forget, we have the lightspeed logout ability. As long as we can get close to that treasure chest, we can just open it and then escape immediately."

When this suggestion was made, everyone became tempted.

However, they were still a bit of hesitation.

"This time, what if logging out fails again like it did in the Forest of Treants?"

Fear lingered in Zhou Hong's heart over their experience in the Forest of Treants.

However, her three teammates were undeterred.

"There's no way. Back then, a secret dungeon happened to appear where we were. What are the chances of another secret dungeon appearing here? If it were so easy to come across secret dungeons, we would be playing with blind boxes all day instead of hunting monsters."

Although her teammates were unafraid, Zhou Hong was still a little worried. "Although that Wu Wei guy is annoying, he sometimes has a point. It's always better to be careful."

"That guy was just trying to make an excuse for his cowardice. How about this? Let's test the logout function first to ensure that everything is fine. Sounds good?"

As soon as Zhou Hong's teammate suggested, he directly summoned his Book of Runes to perform a logout.

When they confirmed that it was working fine, Team 8911 began their bold plan.