Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 148 An Unwelcome Visitor to the Lighthouse

[Rewards for this dungeon: 800 Comprehensive Network Disaster Coins, 5000 General Experience, 4 Blood Clotting Fragrance Fruits (Gray), White Marching Horn Crossbow, Blue Rattan Ball Net, and "Gunlance Close Combat" (Skill Book)]

Limbaugh recalls the burning whale fire ring.

Normally, he would just wait for his overheated gear to cool slowly in the air, but now he had a new option.

The True Word Control Technique - Solid, can cool down the controlled objects.

If he had not been in such a frigid environment as Park No. 4, listening to the indifferent whispers of ice and snow, perhaps he would have activated this professional skill much later.

After all, Stone Tower Town didn't snow in winter, and the rivers didn't freeze. As for the winter wind, while cold, it was also noisy and likely wouldn't teach the mage such a deadly and cold faith in magic.

The effect of Solid Control is opposite to that of Fierce Control, but its control belief runs counter to that of Life Control. It requires the mage to abandon open imagination. The more indifferent and closed the mind is, the more it can promote this control technique.

He felt the fiery and restless heat of the Whale Fire Ring, and imagined his absolutely cold hands holding the ring in his palms, suppressing its vibrations, devouring its heat, and causing it to rush towards the extinction of its vitality.

The slightly reddish suspended silver ring quickly returned to its original color, and the heat waves lingering around it dissipated. After a while, it became as cold as the wind and snow.

This high-speed cooling will inevitably have a certain impact on the material. If the local temperature is uneven, it will cause cracks in the metal. However, the inhibitory force of the Solid Control Technique is very uniform, and the cooling rate at each point in the ring is almost the same.

The equipment was not damaged, it was just quenched and the material became stronger.

Lin Bo thought thoughtfully, both the Fierce Control Technique and the Solid Control Technique involve transformation. These two control techniques may be very suitable for alchemy.

However, I don't know whether these two opposite control techniques can coexist without conflicting with each other. This requires slow exploration and experimentation.

He returned the whalefire ring to the bacterial culture box and then injected some crude whale oil, fertilizer water, and metal powder into the box. This box was a living thing and needed regular feeding.

The teammates were discussing the rewards for completing the game. There were no purple drops in the extremely difficult level, but the drop rate of general skill books was not low. There were only three unlucky guys present who did not get any skill books.

Lin Bo checked the dropped items in his backpack.

Gunlance Close Combat is a set of close-quarters combat techniques, combined with firearms, designed to suppress and destroy the enemy. Ranged classes might appreciate it, but he himself has no use for it.

The fragrant blood-clotting fruit is the main ingredient in creating a high-performance hemostatic gel, offering excellent hemostatic and antibacterial properties. The fruit that fell from the network was a pure, plump, fragrant, and uncontaminated by foreign genetic hybridization. Lin Bo planned to feed it to the fungal mat upon his return.

Marching Horn Crossbow (White)
Type: Engineering product
Weight: 0.6 kg
Description: A game prop designed by company employees. The foam arrow is safe and harmless. It emits a sharp chirping sound after hitting the target and can be used to attract the attention of out-of-control living plants.

Lin Bo originally thought that this was a powerful killing weapon, but in fact it was just a light crossbow made of plastic, and the soft bowstring could only shoot lightweight foam plastic.

This kind of equipment is probably prepared for players who need to sneak.

The last item dropped is a blue quality sepak takraw net gun. The overall shape is like a shoulder-mounted grenade launcher, and the ammunition is a living sepak takraw the size of a fist. After it is thrown and hits the target, the sepak takraw will pounce and bind the target tightly.

The blood-sucking vine balls in Garden No. 1 were originally designed to be ammunition for this equipment.

The battle was over, and it was time for the routine looting. The artificial greenhouse in Garden No. 4 had been destroyed, leaving the buildings covered in ice and snow. One could imagine how much fragile electronic equipment had been damaged.

Lin Bo searched the laboratory building. The situation was really bad. There was snow outside and ice inside. The computer screen was frozen on the desk like a frozen throne, and the computer case was no different from a freezer.

Fortunately, the computer room where the server array is stored is in a closed space, so the damage inside is very minor. In addition, due to the heat dissipation of the chips, the indoor temperature is dozens of degrees higher than outside, returning to above freezing point.

He took out the tablet storing the virus program from his bag, connected it to the server and uploaded it, then waited quietly for the program to crack the firewall and password lock.

On the tablet screen, an electronic rabbit wearing a pirate eyepatch grinned, and the progress bar advanced methodically.

During this free time, Lin Bo continued to compile local language dictionaries.

This time, the upgraded version of the virus created by [Picking Up Trash Makes Me Happy] finally lived up to expectations, conquering the server with unstoppable force. The files stored inside were mostly cargo flow information, detailed records of employee computer usage, and a small amount of laboratory data.

The independent network of Park No. 4 had collapsed, but when the virus program spread along the link to the server of the central control tower, it hit the firewall and was defeated shortly afterwards.

Lin Bo wrote down the error message as usual.

Having completed all planned tasks in the dungeon, he prepared to leave. His teammates planned to stay a little longer; some were helping the kid organize the text and reason through the plot, while others were helping the barbarians carry supplies. Their figures moved through the ruins, their labor melting the ice and snow.

Seeing this, Lin Bo paused briefly, opening some of the closed doors and melting some of the frozen ice. Using mantra magic for labor was a routine training method for him. Back at the East Cliff Grottoes, he messaged his online friend, sending over the tablet containing the virus.

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: I received the stuff, but it might be a little tricky. I'll log off first and come back when I get the result (waving)

[Lighthouse Operator]: (Waving)

Now that the desperate and purgatory difficulties of [Distant Star Botanical Garden] have been unlocked, Lin Bo plans to challenge the purgatory copy of the ten-man team tomorrow, hoping to get an affix.

Starting from the Desperate difficulty, [Botanical Garden] already has a boss monster appearing, and the Purgatory difficulty has two boss monsters. As the difficulty increases dramatically, the reward income also increases dramatically.

In Purgatory difficulty, a single clearance will drop 2000 disaster coins and 27000 general experience points. Gray, white, and blue quality drops will inevitably appear. The drop rate of general skill books is quite high, and there is a medium probability of purple quality drops and knowledge fragments.

The last team spot is hard to find. Players who have unlocked the Purgatory difficulty basically have their own teams, or they are lone wolf players who prefer to play alone.

Lin Bo posted a message in the public screen of the dungeon to recruit people.

[Lighthouse Guest]: A 10-player team with Purgatory difficulty, challenging affix dungeons. Currently one spot is missing. If you are interested, please add us as a friend.

After sparking heated discussions among online players, Lin Bo has yet to receive any friend requests. New players with ideas have not unlocked the Purgatory difficulty, and capable players do not want to quit the team.

He and his teammates sent messages every once in a while, and after dozens of recruitment messages, they finally recruited a lone wolf player.

[Zhi Zhong Shi]: Hello everyone, I am a level 6 warlock, good at long-range means, and can build small mechanical turrets to provide fire support.

Considering that the enemy types in [Distant Star Botanical Garden] are extremely unfriendly to melee players, the lone wolves who can unlock the Purgatory difficulty alone are mostly ranged units.

Everyone introduced themselves to their new teammates again, and then Lin Bo temporarily left the team channel.

In the afternoon, after finishing the computer class and the construction plan of the MSG workshop, it was already late.

The Fungus-speaking Seagull flew into the cave and muttered to the mage about its reconnaissance situation.

Lin Bo nodded. As he expected, Jinbei's tourists came to the lighthouse, but they did not seem to have good intentions.

The night watchman returned to the headland in the fading light.

On the sandy road leading to the lighthouse, the townspeople's footprints overlapped, along with several deep tire tracks.

From a distance, you can see the townspeople gathered outside the yard, confronting a group of outsiders.

There were nine outsiders in total, six of them were well-dressed young men and women, and the other three were dressed simply, carrying swords and whale oil pistols, and looked like gangster thugs.

Scarface from Shita Town stood expressionlessly in front of these people, his arms folded across his chest. Behind him were the local young and strong men, and further back were more locals, including the elderly, women and children, all staring at the outsiders without saying a word.

They guarded the lighthouse, undeterred by the names of nobles and wealthy businessmen, nor intimidated by the weapons of thugs.

One of the thugs drew the swift sword from his waist, took a stance, and pointed the tip of the sword at Scarface's throat. The cold light flashed, but it did not scare the countryman back a single step.

The lighthouse keeper came from afar.

The crowd in Stone Tower Town relaxed because of his appearance.

The night watchman ignored the outsider's call, walked through the crowd and returned to the lighthouse. After a while, a tall red-haired baboon walked out of the tower, brought out tables and chairs, put on glasses, and slowly walked through the crowd to the thug who was holding a sword to intimidate.

The baboon, who looked gentle, stretched out his hands and grabbed both ends of the swift sword. Amid the astonished shouts of the crowd, the hard and straight sword was easily twisted into a spring.

The thugs were so scared that they dropped their weapons and stepped back.

A carriage came galloping and stopped outside the lighthouse.

Viren Pearl jumped out of the car and walked in front of the group of people from Jinbei City with a stiff expression.

"I am the lord here. This land is under the jurisdiction of the Pearl family and protected by the miracles of the Five Gods. You can tell me what you want to do here now."

(End of this chapter)