There's a skeleton dungeon connected to my basement.

Chapter 252, Xiao Yang: Rich Yet Poor

A dark, gaping cave entrance appeared before us, its bottom invisible.

"Want to go down?"

This problem inevitably arose.

"Of course!"

He found this cave entrance, which is unusual; wasn't it precisely for this purpose that he went to explore it?

Without hesitation.

Putting away the rusty giant axe in his hand, Xiao Yang strode into the depths of the dark cave.

After advancing a distance, the situation inside became somewhat unexpected.

Xiao Yang heard a pattering sound in the tunnel and saw a brick wall covered with large patches of moss.

The tunnel looked as if it had been dug out by rats; it was crooked and twisted, stretching deeper and deeper underground.

Suddenly, around the corner, an unusual sound appeared: a mutant trapped inside a wall.

This guy mutated much more violently than the one Xiao Yang encountered on the ground; he was almost a complete tree-man, except for his fleshy head.

The contaminating power of the plague-ridden rat swarms is also at play.

His arm slammed heavily onto Xiao Yang's head, while sharp vines continued to surge from the ground.

Strangely enough, Xiao Yang was actually successfully attacked. Along with the increase in agility, his perception was just as good.

Although he was still forced to become an aerial acrobat in front of the main gate tower of the Bell Tower City, it was a trap created by the dungeon rules and was a special case.

Don't even mention him. Xiao Yang believes that even higher-ranking and more powerful epics or legends would have to be flying acrobats if they came.

In a confined space, it's difficult to wield a rusty giant axe.

Xiao Yang discovered the special feature of this mutant: buried in the ground, its aura was extremely harmonious, almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

If I had to describe it, this ability would be a kind of natural disguise.

Xiao Yang had never encountered such an enemy before, so it was quite normal for him to fall into a trap for a time.

Grabbing the hands of the creature that had emerged from the ground, Xiao Yang used some force to pull it out of the tunnel wall.

He does have some strength, but it's not enough compared to Xiao Yang.

Since the rusty giant axe was no longer usable, and he was too lazy to use anything else, he pulled it into his arms, held its head tightly, and let it struggle and thrash its arms wildly.

The dragon hunter's armor thumped loudly as it was struck, but that was all.

It posed no threat. Xiao Yang continued to exert force with his arm, and a creaking sound like wood tearing apart was produced.

In the end, Xiao Yang snapped the mutant's neck, and its head fell to the ground, rolling with its eyes wide open.

The methods were extremely crude and violent.

The key is to finish all of this and then calmly say something.

"It's not an epic thing."

Without using any fancy skills or methods, Xiao Yang can still easily deal with these mutated monsters.

This is the power of numbers.

A piece of twin wood fell from the mutant's body.

【Twin Wood
Quality: Excellent

Introduction: Two distinct forces gave rise to some drastically different changes.

Redbeard sent Xiao Yang a message: the dwarf boy's coming-of-age ceremony is in three days.

Xiao Yang will be invited to attend.

Of course, as a close friend of Redbeard, Xiao Yang would definitely not sit at the children's table when he attended this coming-of-age ceremony.

He's a grown man who can drink with Redbeard.

Even though those little dwarfs might be several generations older than him, he was still an adult sitting at the table with a much higher seniority.

This kind of activity should be quite interesting, mainly because Xiao Yang, this country bumpkin who only plays LAN games, has never participated in any serious or good activities.

"We need to prepare some gifts."

Or you should give some red envelopes (cash gifts).

There are enough spirit coins. The spirit flowers that Lena has been taking care of in the starting place have been giving out a good harvest every day recently.

The account balance of spirit coins is quite long.

If all else fails, go check out the gem worms and see if they can harvest some decent rubies.

As a kind landlord, it's time to collect the rent.

Think so.

In a way, Xiao Yang didn't suffer the hardships of those lord-type players in building their empires, but instead enjoyed the benefits of their abundant capital.

He owns a large number of industries, but apart from a few days of impulsive construction at the beginning, almost everything else was given to him by the gods in the 33214 plane.

Moreover, the management is handled by a group of extremely professional ghost maids.

His situation is very special.

Its own output is already high, and it also needs to be paired with Little Bone, an amazing bag-clearing expert, and Dungeon Invader, two core output sources.

Spirit coins are now basically just a dispensable number for Xiao Yang, with no further significant use.

Moreover, it wasn't just spirit coins; gems were also very important to Xiao Yang before.

But now that the second upgrade is complete, and he's preparing for the third upgrade, it's hard to say whether he can buy the things he needs with gems.

These gems gradually became less important to Xiao Yang.

Currency in the conventional sense is rapidly becoming ineffective, and this change is about to happen to Xiao Yang for the third time.

From the initial real-world currency, to the spirit coins upon entering the Skeleton Dungeon, to the gems for the first and second tier upgrades, he possessed an extremely high output while exhibiting a limited craving for only certain specific items.

Xiao Yang's monetary situation is truly peculiar.

If we were to describe Xiao Yang's current financial situation...

"Both poor and rich."

He felt very poor, but in reality, to other players of the Gods game, Xiao Yang was incredibly rich—no, even "incredibly rich" is an understatement.

It should be a rich gemstone.

He was very caring towards his older brother, Redbeard.

She must have children.

Uncle Xiao Yang couldn't be stingy with his nephews and nieces.

Let's start with a red envelope containing 100,000 spirit coins.

"Isn't that too little?"

"Forget it, giving too much is not good either, and wasting money is also a bad thing."

These are the murmured words.

Without a doubt, Xiao Yang will be an extremely wealthy uncle.

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As they continued forward along the winding tunnel, they encountered many mutants along the way. Apart from the one that caught Xiao Yang off guard at the beginning, none of the other mutants managed to ambush him.

"Try my Dragon Judo!"

Alone, he fought while amusedly giving names to his actions.

One shouldn't be too pessimistic or depressed; entertaining oneself is also a suitable way to relax.

Xiao Yang used the simplest method—embracing and strangling each mutant by the waist or neck—to violently advance.

At a pause in this earthen tunnel, a huge, dark root appeared before me. When I touched it with my palm, it felt like rock or steel.

The root was enormous; even the exposed part was already thick enough that Xiao Yang could hardly encircle it.

The latter half of this earthen tunnel appears to have been carved along these extremely thick roots.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Yang felt that he was about to find the secret buried underground.

"The main event is about to begin."

Before long, a messy underground space appeared—no, a mine shaft.

This was an abandoned area, and Xiao Yang found many tools that had been carelessly discarded.

Some drill bits engraved with magical runes, huge saw blades, miner's hats, iron buckets.

This is a mine, but the things being mined here are somewhat unusual.

In the iron bucket at his feet, Xiao Yang found a little bit of residual viscous liquid.

Inferior Life Resin

This is an underground life resin mining cave, and the target of the mining is the huge root.

This place has been abandoned for quite some time, and there are hardly any mutants or other monsters to be seen here.

However, that's not necessarily true. On a drilling machine engraved with magical runes, Xiao Yang found traces of recent use.

Suddenly, a series of wailing sounds rang out in the empty mine shaft, and a figure leaped out amidst the noise.

It was quite unusual; this was the first dungeon monster Xiao Yang had encountered in this distance.

A somewhat thin mutant wearing glasses.

However, he was somewhat unwise, trying to attack Xiao Yang right away. In this situation, he couldn't be allowed to get away with it.

Xiao Yang simply grabbed it.

Grabbing it, Xiao Yang found more clues on its body; the tattered clothes on its body seemed to be the same as those of the corrupt residents in the city management office on the ground.

In the midst of that frantic struggle, Xiao Yang, growing impatient, simply twisted his neck to the right.

With a cracking sound, the mutant slumped to the ground.

The discovery about him made Xiao Yang more attentive to exploring him.

"We've made a discovery!"

Xiao Yang found a wooden board embedded in the torso beneath the clothes, on the chest area.

It took some effort to pry it out, and on the back of the wooden board was a somewhat abstract pattern.

"A semicircle, with a large tree on the semicircle, and a dark circle marked the middle of the tree."

"What does it mean?"

This was a very abstract concept, which was quite perplexing and difficult to guess its specific meaning, but that did not stop Xiao Yang from memorizing it.

We should keep an eye on this.

Continuing deeper into the mine,

There were no more mutants on the road ahead, and everything was unusually quiet.

Crossing a boundary, a small turn, following those enormous roots, suddenly, a strange scene appeared before my eyes.

The first half consisted of discarded tools and abandoned magical energy equipment, while the second half was a magnificent and ancient temple.

It was quite abrupt, as if two completely unrelated scenes had been forcibly spliced ​​together.

One second it was a resource mining site enhanced with magical technology, and the next it became some kind of ancient ruin worn down by time.

(End of this chapter)