Survival in the Core: I'm writing a guide for the entire server.

"Advancement quest?"

Lin You frowned slightly and opened the system panel to examine it carefully.

When a player reaches level 10, they must complete an "advancement" before they can continue to level up.

The difficulty of advancement quests varies depending on the class rank.

Your class is S-rank; advancement quest difficulty: extremely high.

[Task Requirements: Collect a total of 1000 magic cards, including at least 3 "Elite Magic Cards" of level 10 or higher]

[Completion Rewards: Unlock level cap and all attribute caps, unlock level 10 class skill]

During the mission, you can still accumulate experience normally, but you will not be able to level up until the mission is completed.

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"Three elite magic cards of level 10 or higher..."

Lin You's brows furrowed even more.

The goal of collecting a total of 1000 magic cards sounds impressive.

But it's actually quite easy to achieve.

By participating in the Undead Invasion event once a day, you can earn hundreds of magic cards.

The second task objective was the most difficult for him.

Elite Magic Cards.

This means he needs to defeat elite monsters and turn them into magic cards.

Furthermore, the level cannot be lower than level 10.

"We need to go deeper into the earth's core to find level 10 elite monsters."

Lin You muttered to herself, her mind racing.

The normal monsters in the second level of the Earth's core are only level 2 to 3, and the elite monsters are at most level 4.

Similarly, one would need to reach a depth of at least 8 layers deep to encounter level 10 elite units.

"but……"

Lin You's gaze fell on the last line of the notification message.

During the mission, you can learn level 10 class skills in advance.

You have unlocked a new job skill. Please go to the job panel to view it.

Lin You's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened the profession panel.

Two brand new skill slots appeared before my eyes.

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[Enhanced Control (Unlocked at Lv10, temporarily available during missions)]

[Note: This enhances your Card Crafting skill; you can now craft elite units into Magic Cards]

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[Power Acquisition (Unlocked at Lv10, temporarily available during missions)]

[Note: This enhances the effect of your Card Control skill. You can now gain skills by absorbing Magic Cards.]

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"That makes more sense."

After seeing the effects of these two temporary professional skills, Lin You breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He said, "How could there be a task that can't be completed?"

In this way, he gained the ability to turn elite monsters into magic cards.

The only remaining problem is finding elite units with a level greater than 10.

And another skill...

"I can absorb monster skills now?!"

A flash of inspiration struck Lin You, and he summoned several different magic cards from the encyclopedia.

As expected, after unlocking the temporary skills, these magic cards also gained additional skill information.

This includes the Mushroom Monster's "Spore Charge" and the Slime's "Gel Leap".

And the Kobold Miner's "Pickle Smash," etc.

However, what surprised Lin You the most was that he could also obtain the "Return by Death" ability from the skeleton soldiers!

"So, as long as I have enough Skeleton Soldier Magic Cards, I can always have a 50% chance of resurrection?"

"However, this skill says it can only be used once... I don't know exactly how it works."

"Forget it, let's not risk our lives to test this."

Lin You turned off the control panel and scanned the battlefield.

The final waves of undead invasions are still ongoing.

But his attention was no longer on these henchmen.

He currently has two main goals.

First, upgrade the simple minecart to level 10 and collect 10 gold coins to build the "Gold Miner".

Lin You had prepared almost all the other materials, except for the high cost of 10 gold coins.

If we can win first place in the individual leaderboard of the newcomer competition this time.

The "Gold Miner" is practically within reach!

The second goal is to complete the advancement task and successfully reach level 10.

Lin You had a vague feeling that "10" was an important number in the Earth's core world.

Players advance to the next rank at level 10, and the level cap for the simple minecart is also 10.

Similarly, when the depth of the Earth's center reaches "10", a huge change will also occur!

But for him, all of that is a story for another time.

What Lin You needs to do most right now is to keep digging deeper and looking for high-level elite monsters.

While he was pondering, Flame Tail and his summoned creatures had already cleared away the remaining undead.

The vast underground space was littered with skeletons and zombie corpses, waiting for Lin You to clean up the battlefield.

However, Lin You did not rush to make the magic card, but held his breath and waited for something.

Under his gaze, the broken ground, which had been pushed out of the earth by hundreds of undead, slowly collapsed.

Just like before, a dark passage leading to a deeper part was formed!

"So this hidden mechanism can be reused!"

Seeing this, Lin You's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed.

He had just been worried that the method of using the undead invasion to open a passage to the deeper levels could only be used once.

But now it seems... at least where the "Undead Plague" exists, this mechanism can be used repeatedly!

[You have discovered a passage to a deeper level of the Earth's core. Do you wish to enter?]

"Wait a minute."

Despite her excitement, Lin You didn't forget to clean up the battlefield.

Although killing these low-level skeletons and zombies doesn't give you much experience anymore.

However, you should still collect the undead bones and corpse oil they drop.

These are all materials used to make the "Spirit Lantern".

After he announced the method for actively summoning the Scourge to invade.

The prices of these two materials have also risen sharply, so every penny saved counts.

In addition, after cleaning up the battlefield.

Lin You's card collection also gained dozens more low-level undead cards.

This slightly advanced the progress of the first objective of the advancement mission.

"Master, you're back."

Back in the minecart, Vivian, who was waiting in the cab, greeted him, bringing with her a fragrant breeze.

"Yes, next we'll head deeper into the area."

Lin You extended a finger and let the petite flower fairy land on it.

"Deeper...?"

Vivian tilted her head and suddenly said.

"Master, beware of the threat from the fifth level."

"Oh?" Lin You exclaimed in surprise, "You've been to places below the fifth floor?"

No.

Vivian shook her head.

"I'm only a very young child."

"However, in the inherited memories of our Flower Fairy lineage, there is such a rule."

"Every five levels of the inner world are guarded by a powerful enemy. Only by defeating him head-on can you gain the right to enter the deeper levels."

"We call them 'watchmen' or 'gatekeepers'."

"The strength of an ordinary guard is roughly equivalent to that of an elite unit of the same level."

"And some special levels of guards are said to possess power at the level of 'leaders' or even 'monarchs'!"

"Hmm... I see."

After listening to Vivian's explanation, Lin You thoughtfully stroked her chin.

This was unexpected information; I didn't expect Vivian to have this kind of knowledge.

Even the inherited memories are there, it seems that the "Flower Fairy" clan has a long history in the inner world.

"Do you know anything else?"

Well, that's all for now.

Vivian blinked and thought hard for a few seconds.

"Inherited memories will gradually unlock as my level increases."

"If Master wants to know more, let me plant more flowers and plants."

As a non-combatant follower, Vivian gains experience not by killing enemies, but by gathering and planting.

"Of course," Lin You smiled. "You're my darling now."

Hehe~

Flame Spirit rubbed her eyes and let out a rather dissatisfied cry.

"Meow!"

"Alright, alright, you're a treasure too, okay?"

Just as Lin You's minecart was traveling through the dark passage leading to the third level of the Earth's core.

The leaderboard for the second day of the newcomer competition is in full swing.

Lin You, who had been firmly in first place with 95 points not long ago, has now been pushed down.

It wasn't even second place; it was squeezed out of the top five!

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