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

As soon as the post was published, players who were following Lin You received an update notification.

"Here it comes! Lin You's new strategy guide!"

"A tungsten steel machinery workshop? That sounds really hardcore."

"Another new dungeon opening! Are you a professional map explorer?"

"It has a detailed map! And extraction point markers! I've saved it!"

"That purple helmet actually sells for 50 silver coins! I probably can't even earn 5 silver coins a day..."

The post quickly gained popularity.

Shortly after the post was published, the "Tungsten Steel Machinery Workshop" secret realm was officially opened.

[Announcement: The "Tungsten Steel Machinery Workshop" in the Underground Dungeon is now open to all players in the newbie zone #25535]

[Challenge Fee: 1 silver coin per attempt on Normal difficulty, limited to 3 attempts per day]

[Hard difficulty: 10 silver coins per attempt, limited to 1 attempt per day]

Many players rushed to the challenge immediately.

In less than half an hour, some people had successfully evacuated and posted screenshots of their profits in the comments section.

"Holy crap! It really makes money! I netted 12 silver coins in one run on normal mode!"

"Me too. Although I didn't earn as much as you, I broke even."

"Thanks to Lin You for the map, I wouldn't have been able to find the extraction point at all without it!"

"I don't dare touch the hard mode yet, but the normal mode is enough for me to make money for a while."

Amidst the joyous atmosphere, some people noticed what was happening on the public forum.

"Brothers, someone's badmouthing Lin You on the public forum! Saying his strategy guides are all made up!"

"What? Which blind fool is it?"

"Let's go, let's take him down!"

Players in Zone 25535 responded enthusiastically and flocked to the public forum.

Despite the debunking post, malicious comments continued to be made.

"Lin You is just trying to ride the wave of popularity; don't be fooled by him."

"How much value can his travel guides possibly have? Isn't it just copying other people's work?"

"You spoke to him, but did he give you money?"

The player in zone 25535 didn't rush to refute, but instead directly posted a series of screenshots.

"Boss Lin You actually gave us money!"

"The expert just posted a guide today, and I followed it to run a dungeon and earned 20 silver coins!"

"That's what you call high quality, understand?"

"..."

Several familiar faces who had been making a lot of noise earlier fell silent on the spot.

It's clear that these screenshots of substantial earnings are quite compelling and can be quite off-putting.

Lin You looked at these comments, smiled, and shook her head.

"These people are more adept at slapping people in the face than I am."

Just as he was about to close the forum, a new announcement suddenly popped up.

[Server-wide announcement: Player "Tyren" has successfully broken through level 10 of the Earth's core, becoming the first player to reach level 11.]

[Reward: 20 Gold Coins, 20000 Experience Points]

In an instant, both the beginner forums and the public forums were abuzz with excitement.

But Lin You frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.

"The first player to break through level 10 only got this little reward?"

As is customary in survival games, the rewards for these "first-time" achievements should be far more than what's shown here.

He achieved the first kill in the 5th level of the Guardian's Secret Realm and even received a limited-time title.

The importance of the 10th layer is clearly greater than that of the 5th layer.

There's no reason to just give them some gold coins and experience points and call it a day.

It's not that these rewards aren't generous enough.

It's just that it doesn't live up to the reputation of being the first to break through the 10th level of the Earth's core.

"Unless... this is what survival games consider a reasonable reward."

Lin You stroked his chin, a conclusion forming in his mind.

"Could it be that this person's breakthrough path is the first one?"

"The first breakthrough route is the easiest, so the first completion reward is average."

"But completing the second breakthrough route is far too difficult."

"Hmm... Let's keep up the pace of the lower levels for now. I should be able to reach the 8th level today."

"At this pace, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we should be able to reach the 10th level of the Earth's core the day after tomorrow and explore it further."

When the word "accident" was mentioned, Lin You couldn't help but reach out and touch the dark gold card box at his waist.

When farming for undead invasions, you need to remove this thing beforehand.

To avoid activating another "Night" card, which would teleport him to some random place and cause him to miss the opportunity to go to the next level.

[Your private channel contains messages for all members]

A notification popped up.

Lin You glanced at it and knew that Cheng Yan had tagged everyone in the chat room again.

It's easy to guess what they're going to talk about; it's probably about someone just breaking through to the 10th level of the Earth's core.

"Let's see how they react."

Lin You casually clicked into the "25535 Major Issues Seminar" channel.

[Cheng Yan: Everyone should have seen the server-wide announcement just now...]

[Lu Ge: Don't send messages to all members unless necessary]

Player "Lu Ge" has left the current session.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

Cheng Yan: Ahem, anyway, sorry to bother everyone.

[Cheng Yan: Some players in other newbie zones have already broken through to the 10th level of the Earth's core. What do you all think?]

It's no wonder that Cheng Yan was the one who organized this private channel.

When it comes to shamelessness, Lin You admits he can't compare to this guy.

[Vincent: With hundreds of millions of players in this game, it's normal for a very few players to have exceptionally high progress.]

Kane: Hmph, at least it proves that this guy named "Tyron" is strong enough.

Lin You also agreed with this point.

Even if the first breakthrough route is relatively easy overall.

However, you need to defeat the guardian of the 10th level of the Earth's core before you can obtain the recipe for "Corruption Powder".

[Xia Qi: So what if he broke through? It doesn't seem to affect us much.]

Cheng Yan: Actually, I have some inside information, information I got from other newbie zones...

Kane: Stop keeping me in suspense, tell me.

[Lin You: What intelligence?]

Seeing that Lin You had spoken, Cheng Yan immediately replied.

[Cheng Yan: It is said... I mean "it is said" that before the 10th level of the Earth's core, each newbie zone was independent of each other, and resources and players were allocated independently.]

[Cheng Yan: But after breaking through the 10th level of the Earth's core and reaching the 11th level, you will enter a public area, just like a public forum.]

[Lin You: Oh? Does this mean... there will be competition for resources?]

Cheng Yan: That's right. Although it's a bit of an overreaction to start worrying about this now, breaking through to the 10th level of the Earth's core sooner would be more advantageous.

[Lin You: In that case, let's first report on our respective levels of expertise.]

[Lin You: I'm on the 7th floor of the Earth's core. I can reach the 8th floor today.]

Xia Qi: I'm still on the 6th floor! Why is Brother Lin You running so fast? Are you afraid of running into someone?

Lin You: ...Why would I be afraid of you?

Xia Qi: Hehe (#^.^#)

Cheng Yan: Cough, I'm on the 5th floor, searching for the location of the Guardian's Secret Realm.

Vincent: I'm also on the 6th floor, but I've already found the entrance to the 7th floor.

Kane: ...Level 5 of the Earth's core, I'll find the Watcher's Secret Realm soon.

【Luge: 7th Floor】

[Shawn: Uncle, why are you still here?]

[Lugo: First of all, I'm only 29 this year. Secondly, who says I can't come back?]

[Lin You: It seems that Lu Ge and I are making the fastest progress, followed by Xia Qi.]

[Lin You: How about this, I'll check the situation after I get to the 10th floor, and then we'll discuss it further.]

Cheng Yan: Okay, take care.

After closing the chat room, Lin You sat in a chair, lost in thought.

A few minutes later, he breathed a sigh of relief, having made up his mind.

There's no need to disrupt our plans just because someone else is ahead.

"I'll continue at my own pace, taking it one step at a time."

"Yes, that's it."

After talking to himself for a while, Lin You looked up and found two little creatures looking at him with concerned eyes.

"Master, the fluorescent tulips we planted yesterday have already bloomed."

Vivian blinked and landed on the table in front of Lin You.

"Shall we go take a look?"

"Meow meow meow~"

Flame Spirit chirped a few times beside her, but unfortunately Lin You couldn't understand what it was saying.

"it is good."

Lin You smiled. With them by her side, at least the journey wasn't lonely.

……

Two days later.

The Earth has nine layers.

"The final wave of undead invasion has begun."

Lin You wiped away his sweat and took out another spirit-summoning lantern that was emitting green flames.

"After this battle, we can head to the 10th level of the Earth's core."

"Hopefully nothing unexpected happens."

The lantern shattered, and eerie green flames shot into the ground through the crack, subsequently summoning more undead.

Lin You waved his hand, and the skeleton archer legion behind him launched a volley of fire.

The rain of arrows swept away the first wave of enemies that emerged from the ground, leaving only a few tough-skinned zombies.

More skeletons and zombie dogs continued to emerge from the ground, gradually widening the rift leading to the depths.

You have repelled the invasion of the undead!

You have triggered a hidden mechanic of the undead invasion.

A passage to the depths has been formed!

"It's done!"

Even though they have repelled hundreds of undead invasions.

Lin You was still extremely excited.

"The 10th level of the Earth's core is just ahead..."

Before he finished speaking, a long-lost golden light suddenly burst forth from Lin You's body.

He realized it somewhat belatedly.

"This is... an upgrade?"

Because his experience bar was increasing so slowly, he almost forgot about it!

Congratulations! You have reached level 15!

Based on your "Card Master" growth, you have gained 10 free attribute points!

You have unlocked a new class skill: "Card Resonance"

……