Surviving the Maze of National Destiny: Hints from the Chinese Characters I Understand

[You have successfully used 75 beast cores, and your swordsmanship level has been successfully increased to LV15 (16%).]

Yes, yes. During the swordsmanship upgrade process, at level 12, consuming a beast core only yields a 5% effect, at level 13 it's 4%, at level 14 it's 3%, and now after upgrading to level 15, using a beast core only yields a 2% proficiency progress.

According to the maze system, at level 20, Lin Mo will be able to acquire his second move.

Skills are great, you should definitely learn them, they're awesome! And level 10 skills aren't as powerful as level 20 skills, since the difficulty of upgrading a skill to level 20 is quite different.

I can't even imagine how overpowered a level 20 move would be.

I have quite a few things to do right now. Awakening my pet's second talent at level 10 is a big deal. I already have one Transformation Pill, and I can exchange points for more if I need more.

The shop will remain open for 24 hours, which is still a long time. I'm sure I can level up Kabu to level 10 before the shop disappears.

Lin Mo's level and swordsmanship broke through once again, and with the return of several million catties of rice, this series of good news made the Dragon Kingdom feel like it was New Year's.

[A netizen from China commented: Wow, I just checked other live streams, and those explorers around level 15 only had skill levels around 15. Brother Lin has already caught up with them.]

[A netizen from China commented: "Brother Lin is too rich. He levels up by killing monsters and has more food than he can eat. Everyone else uses beast cores to trade for resources, heal injuries, and craft equipment. They don't even have enough beast cores."]

[A Chinese netizen commented: "If Brother Lin continues to develop at this rate, he'll have so many resources he'll be able to exchange for whatever he wants."]

[Chinese netizens: Why don't you guys think Brother Lin is trading beast cores anymore?]

[A netizen from China commented: I think Brother Lin feels there aren't enough trading markets, and he's unsure what resources he'll need in the future, so he's just stockpiling them.]

[A netizen from China commented: "I think there's another consideration. Beast cores are already scarce on the market. There are only a few thousand explorers worldwide, and the daily trading volume isn't much. If Brother Lin were to trade in large quantities, it would drive up the price of beast cores."]

[A Chinese netizen commented: Kabu is almost level 9, and he'll be even stronger once his second talent is unlocked.]

[Chinese netizens: Have you noticed that Kabu is much stronger than the pets in other live streams? I really don't know what quality Kabu is.]

[A netizen from China commented: It's not just that Kabu is much stronger; I feel like the dungeon monsters Lin Ge encountered were all much stronger. It's strange.]

[A netizen from the Kingdom of Batan: I just made a new discovery in the room next door in the Kingdom of Freedom—the purchase price of that Prophet's Scroll has actually increased!]

[Chinese netizens: ? ? ? What the heck?]

[A user from the Kingdom of Batan: The first time I bought the Prophet's Scroll, it cost 100 points; the second time, it cost 200 points. Then I ran out of Free Country Explorer points.]

[Chinese netizens: Holy crap, what's going on? Wasn't the third one supposed to be 300 points?]

[A netizen from China commented: Who knows? What if it's calculated as double? That would be even more outrageous.]

[A netizen from Russia commented: That makes sense. As the explorers become stronger, it will definitely be easier to earn points in future competitions. Then everyone will rush to exchange for the Prophet's Scroll, making the divine clues in the maze useless.]

[Chinese netizens: It seems Brother Lin's mastery of divine script is too overpowered.]

Lin Mo didn't know what netizens were discussing. He didn't trade for beast cores simply because he felt it wasn't necessary for the time being. There weren't many beast cores on the market, and he figured he might as well go and farm more monsters. He would have beast cores, life essence, and other resources by then.

With the four directions in front of him crystal clear, Lin Mo had to continue and upgrade Kabu to level 10. Lin Mo was full of energy.

You should know that there are even higher difficulties above the hard difficulty level, and we have no idea what the future holds for this maze. The next competition is also scheduled for 7 days later.

However, improving one's strength is definitely the right thing to do.

[Your path leads directly to the next node, where you will directly gain 25% map exploration progress, allowing you to enter level 3 faster.]

Ignore that; I want to level up and develop as much as possible within a maze of levels. No way, I'm not going there.

Behind you lies a temple, containing traces of ancient creatures, but it's no longer worth exploring. No maze monsters inhabit this area; they seem to fear them. 2000 ml of drinking water can be found inside the temple.

Huh? Traces of ancient creatures? Holy crap! What does this maze ultimately lead to? Lin Mo was increasingly confused.

[To your left lies a wetland inhabited by six alligator snapping turtles, each weighing around 500 pounds. They are extremely defensive and not known for their gentle nature. Deeper into the wetland, you can find a 3-pound maze carp, which is edible.]

There's not much stuff, let me take another look.

[To your right lies a 200,000 square meter snowfield inhabited by five snow apes, level 8. They love snowball fights, but they throw massive ice balls weighing 100 jin (50 catties). Want to check it out? The snowfield contains two snow lotuses, a 2-jin (1 catties) edible ice block from which you can extract 1000 ml of drinking water, and two high-quality potatoes (half a jin each). Snow lotuses can increase your "Myriad Races Bloodline" level; they are quite rare.]

What did I just see? Lin Mo's gaze was fixed on the words "bloodline of all races." This was something new; it had never appeared before.

"System, what is the Bloodline of Myriad Races?"

The Bloodline of Myriad Races is a bloodline that can only be awakened after level 20. It is selected from thousands of ancient ferocious beast bloodlines, but an assessment must be taken. The rarer the bloodline, the more difficult the assessment.

Level 20?! Lin Mo was speechless. It was too far away. But why did he get this kind of item when he was only level 8?

[Because you are on Hard difficulty, the chance of rare items appearing has increased, and they appear earlier.]

"I see!" Anyway, there's nothing good in the other passages, so it's always good to take these items first.

There are also 2 jin of water and 2 high-quality potatoes, which are better than ordinary potatoes and more suitable for a 530-jin baby.

Let's give it to it as a birthday present.

With that in mind, Lin Mo plunged into the passage on the right. Five monsters of the same level were really nothing to be afraid of.

The next second, the north wind howled, snowflakes fluttered, and a level 10 gale, carrying snowflakes, blew against your body like knives.

Lin Mo: "Holy crap! It's freezing!"

"Kaki!? (Lin Mo, are you crazy? Do you want me to freeze to death so I don't have to give you a gift?)" Kabu jumped up and down anxiously.

[Friendly reminder: You and Kabu have entered an extremely cold environment. Given your current physical strength, you will lose 1% of your health and 1% of your life points every 100 seconds here.]

Wow, thank goodness I'm physically fit, otherwise I would have frozen to death coming in.

However, we can't let our guard down; we must find those snow apes quickly.

"Bang bang bang..." The sound of heavy objects crashing came from afar, and Lin Mo saw large ice balls flying through the sky.

"Looks like we don't need to look anymore, they're having a great time!"

After rounding a small hill, Lin Mo saw five snow apes having a snowball fight, 100 meters apart. Good heavens, they were throwing 100-pound ice balls like they were playing around.

"Kaki! (Lin Mo, I want to play this too!)" Kabu hid his little feet on the spot, his 530-pound body trembling.

"Go ahead, be brave and be yourself, don't care about other people's slaps!" Lin Mo nodded.

Kabu rushed over, snatched the ice puck from one snow ape, and threw it at another snow ape 100 meters away.

The snow monkeys were stunned: Who is this? It doesn't seem to be the same species as us.