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

[Congratulations on defeating the level 2 boss, the Four-Winged Flying Tiger. You have gained a small amount of Life Essence, and your Life Level has increased to 12 (27%). You have also gained 15 Beast Cores, and Kabu's Life Level has increased to 12 (44%).]

You have obtained 2 Rare Lightning Elementals and 1 Golden Treasure Chest.

Lin Mo was furious, shrugging his shoulders. "Kabu, where's my 'Nightmare Choice'?"

Kabu pointed its chubby hand at itself: "Kaji? (Is it my fault?)"

"Your good luck is a useless talent!" Lin Mo curled his lip and looked at the golden treasure chest.

[Golden Treasure Chest Items: "Nightmare's Choice", Battle Pet Equipment Blueprint "Perfect Wind and Thunder Wings"]

Lin Mo: "...Can I take back what I just said? That damned four-winged tiger can interfere with my brain and make me say ignorant things, Kabu! There is no talent more awesome than 'good luck' in this world, really, I guarantee it with my character."

Kabu went berserk, grabbing Lin Mo's shoulders and shaking him violently. "Hey, Lin Mo, you ungrateful bastard, do you think I believe your nonsense?"

"Alright, alright, it's about to fall apart, stop shaking!" Lin Mo felt like he was about to see his great-grandmother, but he already had a big smile on his face.

I got what I wanted, and I even got a perfect-grade battle pet equipment blueprint! Wait, wings? Is Kabu really going to take off?

Lin Mo first learned the blueprint for the Perfect Wind and Thunder Wings, and then obtained the material requirements for forging the Perfect Wind and Thunder Wings.

雷元素5枚、风元素5枚、火元素5枚、铜元素3单位、金元素1单位、兽核20枚。

"Damn it, you don't need this many ingredients to make a Buddha Jumps Over the Wall dish. Kabu, let's not take these wings." Lin Mo pouted.

"Click-clack, quack-quack! (Lin Mo, reorganize your words and speak properly.)"

"Okay, okay, I'll get it for you later." Lin Mo joked cheekily, then clicked to view "Nightmare's Choice".

[Nightmare's Choice: Using this reel, you have two choices.]

[1. Embrace the Nightmare: From now on, the monsters you encounter in the dungeon will be adjusted to Nightmare Mode. For example, with the same level 10 dungeon monster, in Nightmare Mode, you will gain 100% more experience, 100% more resources, and the rarity of resources will be increased by 100%. Friendly reminder: To completely eliminate the dungeon, you must upgrade to the highest difficulty and defeat the final fantasy monster. Your country will receive the final solution, restoring rivers, lush rice paddies, and the sounds of birdsong...]

[2. Continue to lie flat: Choosing to remain as is will grant you 1 Lightning Element, 1 Wind Element, 1 unit of Gold, 5000 ml of Water, and 5000 g of High-Quality Rice.]

"I choose 1." Lin Mo quickly made his choice.

[Congratulations! Your future dungeon world has been upgraded to Nightmare difficulty. Please note that in Nightmare difficulty, the maximum level of dungeon monsters can exceed the dungeon floor level by 10.]

Lin Mo: "Holy crap!"

Kabu: "Σ(っ°Д °;)っ Lin Mo, look what you've done, we're going to get beaten to a pulp."

Wasn't it supposed to be level 6? How come the difficulty has suddenly increased so much? I'm about to enter level 3, does that mean I might encounter a level 13 nightmare-level monster?

No, no, I need to rest properly later. When choosing a dungeon, I must pay close attention to the level and number of monsters. I almost messed up!

"Kabu, let's take a break before heading to the third floor. I'm telling you honestly, I'm so grateful to have you with me all this way. Now, I solemnly announce that I'm going to give you a grand birthday celebration."

Lin Mo saw that both of their health levels were below 80%, and what was even more alarming was that the durability of their fine alloy armor was only 50. This thing hadn't been repaired since they participated in the PUBG competition, and he had completely forgotten about it.

"Okay, okay! Even though you're lying, a birthday present is enough. Quick, Lin Mo, roast some fragrant potatoes for me, roast them until they're golden brown and soft and fluffy, and make sure there are plenty." Kabu spun around on the spot, overjoyed.

"Yes, sir! Comrade Kabu." Lin Mo took out the campfire and started cooking.

Today's Cappuccino Menu: 10 regular potatoes, 5 premium potatoes, 500 ml water (containing 50 g honey)

今日林陌菜单：优质大米300克做米饭、500毫升饮用水（内含50克蜂蜜）、500克烤鲶鱼、500克香煎鳕鱼。

After his life level increased, his appetite became increasingly impressive, and Kabu reached 620 jin (approximately 310 catties), resulting in a 6.2% increase in combat power.

Lin Mo casually used all 15 beast cores he obtained. Every little bit counts, and with level 20 swordsmanship just around the corner, he was excited just thinking about it.

You have successfully used 15 beast cores to raise your swordsmanship level to: 19 (36.3%).

Damn it, the evil maze system! Now a beast core only adds 0.8%. Luckily, I chose Nightmare mode, which doubles the beast cores. And the higher the monster level, the more beast cores you get. Now a level 10 maze monster can give me 20 beast cores.

"Lin Mo, scratch my back, I can't reach it, it's so itchy!" Kabu rolled around on the ground, his muscular arm still a distance from his back, looking like he was in pain, haha!

This reminded Lin Mo of a meme: After a fitness guru has perfect latissimus dorsi muscles, the furthest distance in his life is that his hand can't reach his back!

"Lin Mo, give me a leg massage, my legs are sore from kicking the Four-Winged Flying Tiger." Kabu leaned against the stone platform with his legs crossed.

"Don't go too far!"

"It's my birthday today, and my birthday wish is for you to treat me better, but you..."

"Stop! Which leg?"

"left."

"Don't you know you have four legs?"

"Oh, oh, oh, left hind leg, yes, push harder! Don't be gentle with me."

"Hey! Watch your words!"

Lin Mo served Kabu a fragrant roasted potato. Kabu's beady eyes lit up. With a bite of potato and a sip of honey water, it felt like its toad life had reached its peak.

"Lin Mo, do you humans sing birthday songs every time you celebrate your birthday?" Kabu felt like he wanted to hear it.

"I'm sorry, I'm tone-deaf. Please choose another wish." Lin Mo decisively refused.

"You use me as your pillow every day, so why don't you be my pillow for today and let me get a good night's sleep?" Kabu changed his wish.

Lin Mo was stunned. 620 pounds pressing down on me? What's the difference between this and sleep paralysis? Singing would be better. "Actually, my old nickname was KTV's 'Karaoke King.' Whatever you want to hear, just ask."

"A birthday greeting song would be fine."

Lin Mo took a deep breath: "Happy birthday! Happy birthday!! Happy birthday!!!"

"Why is there only one line of lyrics? Are you just trying to fob me off?!"

"There was only one sentence to begin with."

"How about we change the song, Lin Mo? I feel like our friendship isn't so simple."

Lin Mo felt the temperature was almost red, and just then, the notification sound came again.

[Kabu is full of anticipation for your singing, affection +1, current affection 99.]

"I'll endure it!" Lin Mo cleared his throat, determined to go all out.

Say goodbye to all your troubles, and hello to all your happiness...

Cappuccino Potatoes were all on the ground, jumping and clapping along: "Say hi hi, say hi hi! Lin Mo is awesome, awesome!"

At that moment! The live stream chat burst into laughter.