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

The path to the third Shadow Orb was more winding than expected.

The Gold Rusher led the way, with Shakky's minecart following behind.

The light intensity penalty at the Earth's core layer 10 has reached -50%.

Ordinary mine cart lanterns are completely dark here.

Therefore, both of their minecarts had spirit lanterns hanging on them, which increased the brightness by 75%.

The eerie blue lanterns looked particularly cold in the passageway filled with the stench of decay.

On the Gold Rush ship.

Before challenging the "World Eater," Lin You was making final preparations.

For example... today's guide hasn't been posted yet.

In the past few days, he has been focusing on breaking through to the 10th level of the Earth's core.

There were no new secret realms explored, nor was there any particularly valuable combat intelligence to share.

But he had a lot of miscellaneous recipes on hand.

Wooden furniture, metal furniture, tungsten steel furniture, gel furniture...

These are all furniture formulas that he has acquired so far.

These recipes are not very practical, but they are interesting.

There's not much useful information to share these past couple of days.

Lin You would post a furniture-themed post every day to fill up the word count... no, to cultivate the players' sentiments.

Today's post title is:

Add a touch of life to your mining cart – Tungsten Steel Themed Furniture

Click Publish.

"Once we defeat the World Eater today, we'll have something to write about."

Lin You rubbed her wrist, feeling both excited and expectant.

Shortly after the post was published, a private message popped up from Elena.

"Mr. Lin, are you planning to release these furniture formulas for free?"

"Hmm, hasn't it always been like this?"

"I can integrate the recipe into the paid section of the Earth's Core Daily, splitting it 70/30, or you can name your price and I can buy it outright."

"There's no need."

Lin You replied very decisively, without even showing any interest in negotiating the price.

"This isn't about money."

"All right."

Elena seemed to know the answer even before she asked the question.

"I was just asking casually. If you change your mind, feel free to come find me anytime."

After turning off private chat, Lin You casually posted a copy of the post to the public forum as well.

Surprisingly, the furniture-themed posts have sparked a small wave of interest on public forums in the past few days.

It's likely that these pieces of furniture only serve an aesthetic purpose and don't prevent other paid posts from making money.

So no one bothered him or made malicious comments.

The comments section not only included 25535 newbie players who came to support him.

There are also quite a few followers from other newbie zones.

"Wow, there are so many kinds of furniture! Can you really grow flowers in planters?"

"Tungsten steel themed furniture is so cool! I want to get a set!"

"Wake up, tungsten carbide scrap is only produced in the 25535 strategy area, we can only look at it."

"What the heck is a gel bed? Won't it bounce around when I lie on it?"

"Gel can actually solidify and be shaped? I have a bold idea..."

"Ugh, I hope next time I instantly understand a pro's guide instead of some rubbish."

"Thanks for sharing! Finally, someone posted something about minecart decorations."

Lin You couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

He originally thought that in this life-or-death survival game...

Not many people care about things like "quality of life".

Surprisingly, there are actually a group of players who care.

"It seems that no matter where you are, there will always be people who are willing to live life seriously."

He silently made a note of it, so that he could write more about similar content in the future.

Then, he opened the Magic Card Encyclopedia and flipped to the newly acquired Magic Cards.

Soul Eaters and Devourers are both specialties of the Corruption Lands.

After unlocking "Magic Card Resonance".

Each time you obtain a Magic Card, you can also see the Resonance effect.

……

【Magic Card: Soul Eater】

Grade: 9 (White)

【Effect 1: Summon】

[Effect 2: Improves absorption and reduces immune confusion, lasting 5 minutes]

[Effect 3: Absorb, gain the "Vicious Bite" skill]

【Effect 4: Resonance, +1% Ranged Critical Strike Chance, +1 "Shadow Power"】

……

【Magic Card: Devourer】

Grade: 9 (White)

【Effect 1: Summon】

[Effect 2: Improves absorption and immunity against "blinding" effects, lasting 5 minutes]

[Effect 3: Absorb, gain the "Vicious Bite" skill]

【Effect 4: Resonance, +5% ranged critical strike damage, +1 "Shadow Power"】

……

[Resonance: "Power of Shadow"]

[Note: Your attacks gain penetration counts equal to (Resonance Level x 50%).]

……

Both Soul Eaters and Devourers provide immunity to certain debuffs through absorption.

It can only work in specific environments.

However, their resonance attribute is quite good.

It increases ranged critical hit rate and critical hit damage.

Most importantly... their resonance effect, "Shadow Power," can increase the number of times an attack penetrates!

"If you place 6 cards, it can penetrate 3 times."

"And there's no damage reduction!"

That's why I say that.

It was because Lin You obtained the "worm fangs" material from before.

The recipe called "Evil Arrow" has been unlocked.

[Evil Arrows: 20 Wooden Arrows, 1 Worm Fang produces 20 Evil Arrows, requires an Anvil]

……

【Evil Arrow】

Grade: 10 (Blue)

Damage: 12

[Effect: Can penetrate 4 times, each time reducing damage by 5%]

……

The Evil Arrow has a built-in piercing effect, but the damage decreases with each piercing.

The final penetration deals only 80% of the original damage.

"In that case... the configuration of the resonance bar is decided."

Lin You summoned the Magic Card Encyclopedia and adjusted it to the optimal resonance deck.

"3 Soul Eaters + 3 Devourers + 1 King Slime".

The current resonance bonus is as follows:

[+3% Ranged Critical Strike Chance]

[+15% Ranged Critical Damage]

[+1 jump count]

[+3 Penetration Attempts]

"Perfect."

Lin You nodded in satisfaction, put away the Magic Card Encyclopedia, and looked out the car window.

The marker for the third Shadow Orb is just ahead.

About ten minutes later, the two mining trucks drove into a familiar underground space.

It was similar to the scene where he encountered the Shadow Orb before.

This is also a combination of a Shadow Orb and an Altar.

"arrive."

Lin You jumped off the Gold Rusher and looked back.

Xia Qi also got out of the car, raised her small hand, and summoned the undead servant army from before.

"If I can destroy it, I can challenge the Guardian?"

She looked up at the purple jewel and tilted her head.

"That's how it is in theory."

Lin You nodded, took out his musket, and entered combat mode.

"By the way, what item did you give that Shadow Orb for?"

"I am this musket."

"Oh, this."

Shaki stretched out her small hand and flung out a purplish-black magical thorn.

"I used up the skill card called 'Shadow Thorn' right away."

Lin You glanced at her.

"A pretty useful skill."

"Right! People think so too."

"Are you ready?"

Lin You lowered her voice, tensing her nerves.

"Anytime is fine."

Xia Qi took a few steps back, and the undead around her all turned to the orb, assuming a fighting stance.

"Alright...then I'm going to destroy the pearl."

Lin You took a deep breath and raised his musket.

Aim at the center of the Shadow Orb.

Pull the trigger.

boom!

The bullet burst from the barrel and struck the purple orb that was suspended in mid-air with pinpoint accuracy.

Cracks spread outwards from the point of impact, and dark purple light gushed out from the cracks.

boom!

The pearl shattered, and the fragments dissipated into a sky full of purple fireflies.

In an instant, the entire Earth's core began to tremble violently.

A deep roar echoed from the depths of the mine, like some kind of giant beast awakening.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp, ear-piercing shriek rang out simultaneously from all directions.

Approaching the two people's location at an astonishing speed, it came from afar.

Lin You and Xia Qi both looked up at the same time, in the direction from which the sound came.

A line of blood-red notification appeared simultaneously in front of the two of them.

The "World Eater" has awakened!

……