Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

As noon approached, Lin Yu, as usual, took them to the time-honored hot pot restaurant near the east gate of the school.

This was Lin Shan's first time eating hot pot.

When she saw the boiling nine-compartment hot pot of red oil and the various ingredients laid out on the table, a hint of curiosity flashed in her golden eyes.

"This is one of the delicacies of humankind," Lin Yu explained as she put meat into the pot. "You put the ingredients in to cook them, and then dip them in the sauce to eat."

Lin Xue skillfully cooked a piece of tripe, dipping it in and out of the hot pot several times, then dipped it in sesame oil and minced garlic before putting it in her mouth.

Lin Ya couldn't wait to pick up a large chopstick of tender beef, throw it all into the pot, and scoop it out to eat after a short while.

It was both spicy and hot, and she kept panting.

Lin Shan observed the two's movements, and then, imitating Lin Xue, carefully cooked a piece of tripe.

The moment she took a bite, her eyes widened slightly.

Spicy, fragrant, crisp and tender...

A variety of flavors and textures exploded in her mouth, creating a richness she had never experienced before.

"How is it?" Lin Yu asked with a smile.

"The food the Lord has given me is incredibly delicious," Lin Shan said earnestly, a look of enjoyment on her face.

But she was very restrained, always waiting for Lin Yu and Lin Xue to start eating first, and only eating after she saw them finish.

Her movements were elegant, a stark contrast to Lin Ya's ravenous eating beside her.

Moreover, she had a keen eye and immediately noticed that the relationship between Lin Yu and Lin Xue was unusual.

The two would naturally serve each other food, and their eye contact carried a unique tacit understanding.

She thought to herself, "Lady Lin Xue must be the Lord's chosen one."

In contrast, the carefree Lin Ya was still laughing and joking as she fought with Lin Xue for meat: "Sister Lin Xue, that piece of shrimp paste is mine!"

"I saw it float to the surface first!"

"Whoever picks it up gets to keep it." Lin Xue rarely showed a sly smile, but she steadily picked up the shrimp paste with her chopsticks.

"Ah! Cunning!" Lin Ya puffed out her cheeks.

Seeing that Lin Shan was so reserved, Lin Yu took the initiative to cook a lot of meat for her and piled it in her bowl: "Eat more, don't be so reserved."

"We're all family, eat whatever you want."

Lin Shan looked at the mountain of meat slices piled up in her bowl, feeling flattered: "Praise be to my lord for his generosity."

While eating hot pot, Lin Yu's phone vibrated.

It was a text message from the bank.

He glanced at it and saw that the remaining two multi-purpose waist bags had also been sold.

The transaction center has transferred the funds.

"It seems someone urgently needs storage items..." Lin Yu thought to herself.

After deducting handling fees, I suddenly received more than 85 yuan.

Adding to the previous 60+ yuan, and the 50 yuan bonus from the principal...

Lin Yu's savings have exceeded 200 million yuan.

Moreover, there's no need to set aside money to pay for the jewelry's manufacturing costs.

He suddenly felt that the money came too easily.

"When I have time, I'll have to go out and look for a bigger place to rent," he thought to himself.

It's really inconvenient for four people to squeeze into the dorm room right now.

Moreover, if he and Lin Xue wanted to continue their little secret... they needed a more spacious environment.

As for buying a house...

There's no need for that right now.

The cost is too high, and he might not even stay in Wujiang City indefinitely.

Let's rent it for now.

After finishing their hot pot meal, Lin Yu and her group arrived at the instance area.

Today's goal is the level 20 elite dungeon "The Poisonous Forest".

This time, the main purpose was to let Lin Shan experience it and get familiar with the combat.

Of course, I also broke a national record along the way.

With their team's strength, even without Lin Shan, Lin Xue and Lin Ya alone could easily break the record.

Now that Lin Shan, an SS-level professional, has been added, breaking records will be even easier.

The "Poisonous Forest" instance is quite unique.

Unlike previous dungeons, this one has five areas before the boss battle.

The number of monsters in each area is small, but their attack power is very high.

The regular monsters have 9000 HP, while the elite monsters have 20000-22000 HP.

The final boss, the "Swamp Frog King," has 30 HP, but it has a special mechanic—

Each time its health is depleted, it will disappear into another dimension, leaving behind 10 small monsters.

It will reappear after all the monsters are defeated.

If the time taken to clear the mobs is too slow, they will split into two the next time they appear.

Only after repeating this cycle three times can a kill be truly achieved.

Therefore, its actual health is 120 million.

However, no matter how complex its mechanism is, it's simply a matter of Lin Ya firing a few more shots.

After Lin Yu paid 2600 yuan for the tickets, the four of them entered the instance.

Before me lay a dark and damp forest.

The tall trees blocked out the sun, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of decaying leaves.

The air was thick with a pungent, putrid stench and a sweet, fishy smell.

That's the smell of poisonous fog; it causes several points of damage every second.

"Let's begin," Lin Yu calmly gave the order.

Lin Xue immediately rushed out, her silver figure darting swiftly through the forest, attracting the monster's attention.

The tactics this time were the same as before, still simple and unpretentious:

Lin Xue pulled all the monsters from the five areas together, and Lin Ya cleared the field after stacking 10 layers of "Precision".

Then take a short break depending on the time available before engaging the BOSS again.

As for Lin Shan...

"Just use any skill you like and get familiar with your abilities," Lin Yu told her.

Lin Shan nodded, her golden eyes scanning the surrounding forest.

She raised her hand, and a pale green light appeared in her palm.

"The trees are lush and abundant."

The soft light spread out and blended into the surrounding trees.

Then, something shocking happened—

The ancient trees seemed to come alive, their branches swaying gently to make way for Lin Xue.

Several trees stretched out their roots, tripping up the poisonous spiders chasing after Lin Xue.

Occasionally, a tree spirit would get bound by vines, seemingly unable to understand why its kind would treat it this way.

"This is..." Lin Yu said in surprise.

Lin Shan's skills are so powerful that they can blend into the same environment as the dungeon, allowing her to directly manipulate the trees here!

This is not a simple wood-type skill.

In Lin Yu's memory, wood-type mages could at most control the plants they cultivated or manipulate vines to bind enemies.

But Lin Shan is...

Control the entire forest?

Before Lin Yu could think it through, Lin Shan made another move.

She formed a mudra with her hands in front of her chest and chanted ancient syllables.

This time, a crimson light appeared in his palm.

"The annihilation by fire".

Suddenly, a raging fire erupted in an area ahead, roughly the size of a basketball court!

The flames were an eerie dark red, and they looked extremely hot; you could feel the heatwave.

But that's not all—

The flames quickly ignited nearby trees and then spread to the surrounding area.

Lin Yu watched this scene with great interest.

He knew that this was a reaction between the two mutually generating elements, wood and fire.

Wood generates fire; this is indeed how it is manifested.

Dark red flames spread wildly through the forest, igniting one ancient tree after another.

As the area covered by the flames grew larger and larger, Lin Yu quickly lost her composure.

He stared in disbelief at the scene in the distance.

Thick smoke billowed, and waves of heat swept over us; the entire forest seemed to have turned into a living hell.

This...this fire ignited the entire forest!

Holy crap, this fire is really burning!

Lin Yu was amazed.

If she were in the original world, Lin Shan would have been able to live off the government for the rest of her life.

But here...

Nobody cares about this.

"Its practicality is a bit unexpected..." he pondered.

The small monsters that Lin Xue had pulled earlier had long since perished in the sea of ​​fire due to the ever-increasing fire damage.

The path they walked on was littered with the charred corpses of monsters, emitting a foul stench.

Lin Yu suddenly thought of a question:

This fire can't just burn the BOSS to death, right?

The "Incinerate" mark, which stacks every three seconds, doubles the fire damage.

It stacks up to 1024 times in 30 seconds.

Plus, after burning for so long, the 10 layers of "precision" must have been stacked up by now.

There's also the enhancement of the Yiling Pill...

With such high damage, the Swamp Frog King definitely can't withstand it!

If that's the case, how can you break the record again in the next 9 attempts?

Wow, I cleared the level so quickly!

After all, they need to control their time and make small improvements each time in order to break records and win rewards.

If there is too little room for improvement, it is easy to make mistakes.

No, we have to go save the "Swamp Frog King".

Frog, wait for me!

You must hold on until we get there!

Lin Yu quickened her pace.

Fortunately, the movement speed in the dungeon was much faster this time.

It's not just because Lin Shan has "void teleportation"—she can take Lin Yu and the others with her and teleport a great distance forward.

Entering the chaotic void, one finds a vast space with no visible boundaries, where one feels as insignificant as an ant.

The area is filled with surging, turbulent energy currents, containing terrifying power—

They simply avoided Lin Yu and her group.

In addition, the crackling, burning trees would even move aside to make way for the path ahead.

Looking at these trees, their entire bodies ablaze with flames, neatly arranged on both sides, forming a "corridor of flames"...

Although it's a bit eerie, it's undeniably spectacular.

"My lord, have I... made a mistake?" Lin Shan looked at Lin Yu, her golden eyes filled with a question.

She was worried that she might not perform well or ruin her master's plans.

Lin Yu took a deep breath and patted her head: "Well done."

It's not just good, it's downright inhuman.

The so-called "Chaos Controller"...

He now roughly understands what this "chaos" means.

That ability is too domineering.

Soon, the four arrived at the final boss area.

It was a huge depression with a murky swamp in the center, bubbling and gurgling.

At the edge of the swamp, a gigantic frog lies there—it is the BOSS, "Swamp Frog King".

It seemed to sense a threat, opened its huge eyes, and looked at Lin Yu and the others.

The fire stopped at the edge of the depression.

There's really nothing around here that can be burned.

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, the boss is still alive, so the record can still be broken.

He checked the time: 2 minutes and 12 seconds.

The national record for "The Poisonous Forest" is 4 minutes and 21 seconds.

Considering that Lin Ya doesn't have the 10-stack "Precision" buff right now—the mobs were all burned to death by Lin Shan, so Lin Ya didn't have a chance to stack her passive—it's safer to reserve 40 seconds to fight the BOSS.

They need to rest for another minute or so.

"Have some snacks first, wait a bit." Lin Yu took out a few packets of biscuits and drinks from her multi-purpose fanny pack and distributed them to everyone.

To appease Lin Ya, this little glutton, Lin Yu had prepared a lot of snacks in her waist bag.

Lin Ya immediately took the biscuits and happily began to eat them.

Lin Xue ran ahead for a while, then decided to drink a beverage.

Lin Shan simply stood respectfully by Lin Yu's side.

"You eat too." Lin Yu stuffed a bag of biscuits into her hand.

"...Yes." Lin Shan then took it, and like Lin Ya, tore open the packaging and began to eat it in small bites.

The four sat on the edge of the depression, looking at the giant frog BOSS opposite them, as leisurely as if they were on a picnic.

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I had something to do this morning, but there will be another update tonight.