Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 9: Reading people accurately
The heavy gates of the machine shop were locked tightly.

In the easy and normal difficulty levels, there was no way to open this door, but now, the circuit indicator light next to the door was on. He pulled the switch, and with a roar, the one-meter-thick alloy gate slowly rose to a person's height, and then got stuck again.

The scene on the first floor of the factory appeared before our eyes.

Containers are piled up like hills, towering shelves are like city walls, stagnant assembly lines are like rivers, and a large number of wires are intertwined in the air like dense vines.

This place gave him a sense of déjà vu of a forest. However, the environment was definitely not fresh and pleasant. The smell of dust, paint, oil, and rust was pungent.

Lin Bo casually lifted a piece of tarpaulin and saw the wooden box full of mechanical gears. He picked up one and weighed it. It felt solid and reliable, and there was no rust on the surface.

These environmental debris in the copy can be taken out, and they will be replenished every time the copy is refreshed, so they are completely unlimited resources.

Lin Bo now knows where the raw materials will come from when he practices mechanical manufacturing skills in the future.

The seven mechanical guards ambushed inside the complex factory area on the first floor have irregular positions and they change every time you go to the dungeon.

Whenever he encountered traps and ambushes along the way, he would first take out his modified electromagnetic rifle and fire two shots in rapid succession to attract the hatred of the hidden melee guards, lure them out of their holes, and then kill them one by one.

There were no risks or setbacks in this exploration. Only two long-range shooters posed a relatively large threat. Their positions were quite vicious, standing on top of the stacked containers, one bright and one dark, supporting each other and forming a cross-gun line.

If you don't observe carefully and unknowingly walk into the shooting range, you can easily be shot by someone else.

Lin Bo flew up and gave them two spears, ending the battle immediately.

[Skill judgment successful, [Mantra Control - Flow] basic proficiency +1]

[Exquisiteness coefficient × 1.8 (ingenuity)]

【Health status coefficient × 1.4 (Excellent)】

[Combat Proficiency (Defeat the Enemy +0.5) (Brutal Sweep +1)]

Final calculation result: [Mantra Control - Style] proficiency +4

Lin Bo looked at the long list of information on the network prompt board and was quite satisfied with the result. Actual combat is more profitable than practicing alone at a target.

"The problem is that according to this calculation, the final proficiency should be 4.02. Why did they round it off to zero? How stingy." He complained expressionlessly.

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

[Rewards for this dungeon: 50 Disaster Coins, 300 General Experience, and Gray Mechanic's Work Shoes]

Another piece of clothing dropped. In Lin Bo’s mind, the status of this copy has almost become that of HaiLan Home. He visits it three times a day.

[Mechanical Factory] produces five pieces of equipment with the Mechanic prefix, all of which have the same effect and can improve the basic proficiency of mechanical skill training. They are windbreaker, vest, trousers, shoes and underwear.

The Mechanic's underwear comes in men's and women's styles, and layering them will not increase the effect—this has been personally verified by players in the dungeon chat channel.

This set of equipment with the same prefix has no set effect, after all, it is only gray quality.

[Countdown to the opening of the transmission channel...]

A deep purple vortex of space and time swirled across the clearing. Lin Bo hurriedly gathered the remains of the mechanical guards. The portal had a time limit; exceeding it would result in the player's death.

Therefore, if you want to collect resources in the dungeon, you still have to prepare storage tools, such as "a box with a traceless stretching spell", "a cultivator's Qiankun bag", "a paper box with a built-in space-time generator" and other equipment.

The seamless stretch bag is considered a relatively cheap storage equipment, but a pocket with an internal space about the size of a wardrobe costs thousands of disaster coins to buy on the Duolian Duoyi platform - Lin Bo thinks it is probably not worth the price.

The portal closed, leaving a hum in the air.

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

The remains of ten mechanical guards were scattered on the second floor of the lighthouse, squeezing the already cramped living area to the point where there was no room for them.

Lin Bo went online and contacted a friend. [Lighthouse Guest]: I got some mechanical guard wreckage, do you still want it?

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: I don’t think this is too much

Although these mechanical guards look clumsy, their technological level is actually very high. At least in Lin Bo's previous life, the technology on Earth had not yet developed to the point where it could produce such intelligent robots.

In the hands of professionals, a little restoration can make it look brand new, which saves a lot of time and money compared to assembling it from scratch.

[Picking up trash]: Wow, ten pieces of debris appeared at once this time. Did you go to a difficult dungeon?

[Lighthouse Visitor]: A Hard Fight

[Picking up trash]: Awesome, awesome, I'll settle it for you right now~
[Lighthouse Guest]: For you

[Garbage Pickup]: Wow, what's going on? So nice? Do you have something to ask of me?
[Lighthouse Guest]: Yes
Lin Bo's bluntness silenced the other party for a moment, and then he sent a message: "Go ahead, let me be clear, I won't agree to everything."

"Actually, I'm planning to learn some mechanical skills. I want to find a guide." Lin Bo is still used to playing straight.

"Hey, you have a good eye, young man. You know who the experts are. Okay, let's communicate with each other and improve together."

The enthusiastic netizen [捡垃圾] was a generous person and immediately recommended to Lin Bo the general skills needed to learn mechanical manufacturing, which could be purchased from the merchant Agilent. He then shared relevant textbooks and academic materials, which were free of charge and he did not have to pay for them.

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: You learn first. If you encounter anything you don’t understand, feel free to contact me. Self-study is difficult, and I hope you won’t be discouraged.
[Lighthouse Guest]: Okay, I’ll listen to the teacher.

[Picking up trash]: (happy) (happy)
Lin Bo collected the paper materials sent by netizens and stored them properly in the cabinet.

He ran through the map again without stopping, and easily ran through the difficult level again. He had 106 disaster coins on hand, and his professional level experience value reached 675, which was very close to the 1350 required for upgrading.

Once he reaches level 3, Lin Bo will have to find a way to get an invitation to a higher-level dungeon.

Because dungeon rewards are subject to strict level penalties, once a player reaches the maximum level allowed, their Disaster Coin and Experience Point earnings are significantly reduced. Beyond the maximum level, Disaster Coin and Experience Point drops are completely eliminated. Equipment and item drop rates remain unchanged.

Therefore, high-level players go to low-level dungeons mainly to farm equipment and knowledge fragments. The special items produced by some dungeons are still very valuable, and the income is higher than the clearance rewards of the comprehensive network.

Lin Bo sat cross-legged at the head of the bed in meditation, recovering the spell power consumed by running around continuously.

Three hours later.

The proficiency of Black Snake Meditation increased by 1.4. Lin Bo had a hunch that this would probably be his first skill to be upgraded to level 2.

[Machinery Factory] There is one challenge left for today.

The extremely difficult difficulty has been unlocked. The rewards for completing the level are disaster coins*100, general experience*500, gray quality equipment (medium probability), white quality equipment (low probability), and knowledge fragments (low probability).

The guide records that the second floor area of ​​the extremely difficult mechanical factory is open. Unlike the first floor with complex terrain, the second floor of the factory is spacious and has ten mechanical guards holding their positions facing the stairs. When encountering the enemy, they will fight together and will no longer give players the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

If players don't seek a reasonable solution and just go head-on, they'll have to face multiple melee guards under the threat of a shooter's gun, which increases the risk dramatically.

Lin Bo had long discovered that the increasing difficulty and rewards of dungeons didn't match. Defeating one guard gave 5 Disaster Coins, while defeating ten guards at once gave 50 Disaster Coins. While the rewards per unit were the same, the latter was far more difficult than the former.

However, he still planned to give it a try. After all, there were only three challenge opportunities every day, and it would be a waste of time to always play at a low difficulty level.

"Death in the dungeon is nothing more than falling into a weakened state. With the Mantra Controlling Technique and Frost Sky Flow, I have at least a 60% chance of success. There's really no need to be timid."

Lin Bo cooked a meal to replenish the calories consumed in meditation. After eating, he took a short rest and checked the wear of the electrified short spear. It was still as sharp as before.

[Selected copy - Abandoned ancient machinery factory]

[Current Difficulty: Extremely Difficult]

[Countdown to the opening of the transmission channel...]

(End of this chapter)