Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 2 Development Route
[Comprehensive Network Tip: You have performed a critical attack, and the judgment has passed! The enemy (Bionic Mechanical Guard Type IV) has fallen.]

[The conditions for clearing the instance have been met, and rewards are being calculated.]

[Your rewards for this instance are: 5 Comprehensive Disaster Coins, 25 General Experience Points]

【传送通道开启倒计时：10、9……3、2、1】

A deep purple vortex swirled in the open space inside the lighthouse, making a whimpering sound like the wind.

The Night Watchman bent down and crawled out of the portal, carrying a heavy robot on his back and a bundle of copper wire in each arm. His thrifty appearance made him look like a refugee fleeing famine.

As the portal closed, Lin Bo threw the remains of the mechanical guard and the copper wire he had picked up on the ground, making a series of clanging sounds.

As the saying goes, a thief never leaves empty-handed. If you enter a dungeon without bringing out some local specialties, you will feel somewhat unwilling.

If the player's backpack only contained game items produced by Zongwang, Lin Bo would definitely move away all the steel and copper wires piled up outside the abandoned factory.

[Network Tip: The "Normal" difficulty level of the Abandoned Ancient Machinery Factory dungeon has been unlocked. Please see the invitation letter for details.]

Dungeon Name: Abandoned Ancient Machinery Factory (Number of Challenges Remaining Today: 2)

Grade: 1-3
Difficulty: Normal

Clearance Rewards: Comprehensive Network Disaster Coins*15, General Experience*100, Gray Quality Equipment (low probability), Knowledge Fragment (version limited) (extremely low probability)

[Comprehensive Network Tips: Death in this instance will cause the player to fall into a state of soul weakness (1 natural day)]

[Please clear the dungeon to unlock more difficulty levels]

There were two cards stuffed in the invitation letter in Lin Bo's hand, one for easy difficulty and one for normal difficulty. He casually stuffed them into the player's backpack.

The chat channel is still bustling with activity.

[Flying Grass]: 2 times left today, running map purgatory difficulty, four people missing one, strong combination +++ tank priority
[Three Wolves on the Roadside]: Is there a boss leading a group? All the disaster coins earned in Purgatory difficulty will be given out, and an additional 199 hard work fee will be given.

[Barrier]: There is one challenge opportunity left. Let me lead the team. There are two spots for free people. No payment required.

Everyone: It's the Holy Warrior! Please take him with you~
[Duolian Duoyi Network-Merchant Agilent]: Received the goods~ Received the goods~
Lin Bo asked, "Is there a price list for the acquisition?"

The businessman, Anjielun, immediately became excited. "Friend, let's add each other and chat privately. We can satisfy whatever you want. Duolian Duoyi Network has a great reputation throughout the multiverse. The prices are absolutely affordable, and the acquisition is absolutely fair."

[Nightingale]: The businessman is back in business, take a break.
[Picking up trash makes me happy]: Lighthouse Guest, I am also purchasing scrapped robots, the price is a little higher than the trading platform

Lin Bo, the businessman and the garbage collector all added each other as friends.

Agilent is a professional businessman who has joined a large chamber of commerce. You can get the latest quotes for various circulating commodities from him.

The huge list file sent by the merchant listed a large number of equipment potions, props and accessories, general skill books, dungeon invitations, knowledge fragments, etc., as well as various miscellaneous production raw materials.

Lin Bo looked at his current assets, which were only a pitiful 5 disaster coins.

However, the purchasing power of the disaster coin on the Zongwang network is quite solid. One disaster coin can be exchanged for 50 grams of gold from the merchant Angilent, which means that he now has real assets equivalent to half a pound of gold.

[Picking up trash makes me happy] The purchase price of scrap offered to Lin Bo is three Type IV Mechanical Guards in exchange for one disaster coin.

It is said that things are valuable because they are rare. There are many such miscellaneous soldiers in this copy, so the price is naturally not high.

However, [Garbage Pickup] also offers another service: for 15 Disaster Coins, he can repair a scrapped mechanical guard and transfer control to Lin Bo. This is equivalent to spending money to buy a robot follower.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Does the network allow players to bring their own followers?
[Picking up trash makes me happy]: Yeah, isn't the freedom on the web much greater than you imagined? Many players who have already gained real-world power in their local area form armed teams to run dungeons and farm for themselves. [Lighthouse Guest]: Won't there be any punishment for doing that?

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: Everyone has different ways of playing the same game. You can't accuse people of being wrong just because their way of playing sounds "evil". Zongwang is inclusive of all types of players.
[Lighthouse Visitor]: So will you drive a mechanical army into the map to kill monsters?
[Picking up trash makes me happy]: Hehe

Lin Bo understood. He certainly didn't think that unconventional ways of playing were wrong. On the contrary, he believed that unconventional ways of playing often reflected the most creative side of the player community.

He then asked the businessman, "Are there any cheap and easy-to-use general skills?"

Agilent responded enthusiastically: "Yes, brother, we have. I can tell you're a newcomer at first glance. You're overwhelmed by the variety of general skills, right? Let me help you. What I'm saying is, when you choose something, don't you first think about your needs?"
"What do new players lack the most? Rampant combat power? Powerful equipment? None of them! What they truly lack is always time. Eating takes time, sleeping takes time, chatting with family takes time. How can you find enough time for practice?
"So here, I strongly recommend Meditation as your first general skill. Any meditation skill can significantly shorten the time you spend sleeping and resting, helping you squeeze out more time for training and learning."

The current version of the comprehensive network is worthy of being the dawn of the diligent. Even the vendors are encouraging hard work. This trend of internal competition has even spread to online shopping platforms. It can be seen that hard work and proficiency are indeed the consensus of the majority of players in the multiverse.

Lin Bo really thought that what the businessman said was right.

He has a harpoon gun in his hand, and his current combat power is just enough. He does not need to rush to learn general combat skills. Once he develops professional skills, his combat power will definitely be significantly improved.

So while purchasing general combat skills may seem to solve the immediate problem, it actually wastes early development time. Investing in auxiliary skills paves the way for the future.

“Aside from meditation, are there any other things you recommend?”

Agilent remained enthusiastic: "As a player on the online game, you can't ignore the support of the real world. One or two life skills can help you gain a foothold in the real world, gain fame, wealth, and power, and help you collect more reverberation relics."

"Makes sense."

"Of course that makes sense, so I recommend you choose a life skill based on your current occupation. Medicine, blacksmithing, planting, and animal taming—these four major skill categories and their countless branches are classic development paths that will never go out of style in the multiverse."

"Thank you. I'll think about it."

Lin Bo thought that the True Name Mage's spell system included healing spells, which, combined with medical skills such as pharmacy and surgery, was enough to make him a medical expert who could fight death freely in the eyes of mortals.

As a lighthouse keeper, it is also a good choice to farm, work as a blacksmith, and tame some pets to help in battle in your spare time.

He can choose any of these four development paths. Since the choice is difficult, of course he wants them all.

"Unfortunately, I'm stuck at no point right now because I'm broke. The cheapest meditation skill starts at ten Disaster Coins. I'd better just go to the dungeon and work hard."

Lin Bo checked the copy strategy shared on the channel.

The only difference between normal difficulty and easy difficulty is that the number of enemies increases from one to three, two of which are armed melee guards and one is a gun-wielding ranged guard.

Suggestion: "These robots are separated by a distance and their aggro is not linked, so the best way is to use the terrain to lure the melee robots away first, deal with them separately, and then deal with the ranged ones last.

"PS: If you think the dungeon is too difficult, just ask for help in the channel. We won't spoil them. There's no shame in recruiting teammates. Helping each other is the only way for players on the network to grow."

Lin Bo pulled the harpoon from the damaged robot's chest, checked its wear and tear, and then reloaded it.

[Selected copy - Abandoned ancient machinery factory]

[Current Difficulty: Normal]

[Opening the dungeon portal, players please be prepared]

A deep purple space-time vortex appeared, and Lin Bo stepped in again.

(End of this chapter)