The quality of the treasure chests I open will always increase by 3.

Deng Taishan contacted the Shadow Society again.

"What's going on with you guys? So much time has passed, and you still haven't killed the target?" Deng Taishan asked in a deep voice, clearly displeased.

It took so long to kill a freshman!

Simply.

And what?

The true God has already taken notice of this newcomer and has even sent an envoy to contact him, urging him to kill this outstanding newcomer as soon as possible to prevent him from growing up and affecting the cause of the religion.

Deng Taishan now owns a vast estate, enjoys worldly wealth, and has a level of 142, making him an absolute powerhouse. Why would he personally risk his life to kill someone?

Of course he wouldn't do it.

If the information is leaked, everything he has now will vanish. He will not only have to wander overseas, but he might even be killed by the Bureau's experts before he even leaves the country.

So he still sought out the assassin organization.

Things that can be solved with money are actually the simplest.

"The target's information is wrong!" The other side was equally annoyed. "That's not some lousy rookie at all; we even lost a top assassin because of it!"

Deng Taishan took a deep breath, forcing himself not to lash out. After calming down, he asked, "So what do you mean?"

"More money!" the other end said. "There's no job we can't complete in our Shadow Society, but the stronger the target, the higher our fee, that's the rule. That Lin Yuan was able to kill our level 97 gold-medal assassin, which means we need to deploy our ace assassin."

"This time it's not about money."

"5 million, plus a piece of diamond equipment."

Upon hearing this, Deng Taishan immediately started cursing: "Why don't you just rob it?"

"Dear guest, please don't get agitated." The other party was calm. "You get what you pay for. Don't forget, the opponent is currently the number one freshman at Shanghai Martial Arts University. He is extremely difficult to kill. The price we offered is not outrageous at all."

Deng Taishan considered for a long time before saying, "Okay, I can pay this price, but when can you kill him?"

"After receiving payment, we will develop an action plan within three business days and complete it within 10 business days," the other party said.

Deng Taishan's eyebrows twitched again.

What the hell? Do you assassins even have workdays and non-workdays?

I boil!

He took a few deep breaths before saying, "Alright, I'll start the deal now. Get this sorted out right now!"

"No problem, esteemed guest."

……

After exiting the game, Lin Yuan, just like before, found an empty room to sleep in.

After all that commotion, it was almost dawn.

Fortunately, the next dungeon isn't too far away. He can sleep until noon before setting off and still make sure he arrives at the dungeon entrance by tomorrow morning.

Why be so cautious?

Of course, it's to guard against cults making moves.

However, he has been grinding dungeon ratings, so his next move is easy to predict: there are only five dungeons left, so as long as the assassin keeps an eye on the entrances to those five dungeons, they will definitely run into him.

Fortunately, he has nano-masks, and by altering his equipment, no one can recognize him by his appearance.

Where are Su Yunmeng and the others?

He talked to Su Yunmeng and the other four, and they all said they would get their hands on nano-noodles. Although these things are new and expensive, what does that matter to these rich kids?

The problem of getting in is solved, but what about getting out of the instance?

As long as you keep an eye on the Monument of Glory, as soon as the ranking changes, you can guess that he went to run a dungeon. So how do you defend the dungeon entrance and kill every one of them who comes out?

Easy, just use a teleportation scroll.

Lin Yuan felt relieved and fell asleep peacefully.

He slept until a little after 11 a.m. the next morning, which should be considered noon. He washed up and ate some spirit beast meat—he had bought a large amount of spirit beast meat at school before leaving, enough to last him for the next ten days or so.

After eating his fill, he set off on his journey.

Once in the game, he traversed through various areas.

In some low-level areas, Little Black would run and pounce on monsters with great arrogance, while in other high-level areas, Little Black would tuck its tail between its legs and run away in a sorry state.

They really are bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong.

Lin Yuan continued his journey until nightfall. Instead of leaving the game, he found a tree hollow in the wilderness, huddled inside, and made do with the night.

He woke up the next day feeling refreshed, and after crossing another area, he arrived at his destination.

He had already assembled Su Yunmeng and the other four, and they quietly arrived at the entrance of the dungeon. The six of them worked together seamlessly and entered the dungeon portal at the same time.

Without any further ado, Lin Yuan drew his staff and charged forward.

This time, however, Su Yunmeng and the other three recognized their roles: to cling to powerful figures and ride on their ratings. So, they didn't even struggle; they simply stood at the dungeon entrance and waited for the rewards.

Sure enough, just over 6 minutes later, game notifications popped up in front of them at the same time.

Cleared.

Why is it a little over 6 minutes?

Because this dungeon is too long, it will take 6 minutes to reach the final boss. What can we do?

Deep inside the dungeon, Lin Yuan looked at the rewards in his backpack and couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.

—The gold rating gave two rewards. The first one was, unsurprisingly, experience points, and it was 100%, which leveled him up to level 35. The experience bar was still at 80%, and he was very close to level 36.

But what is the other reward?

It turned out to be a document.

Although it's only silver-level, which is perfectly commensurate with the dungeon's level, and could even be considered ahead of its time, Lin Yuan can easily obtain platinum or even diamond materials. Now, he's given a silver-level material... How could he not be disappointed?

"Actually, this is normal."

"After all, it's just running dungeons."

"From the day SuperStar was launched, the game has always been about letting players fight off world bosses; that's the way to go."

Lin Yuan was only slightly disappointed. After all, he was grinding dungeon ratings for experience, and the other rewards were just icing on the cake.

As he walked back, he said in the team chat, "Don't leave the instance immediately. I'm being targeted by a cult. There might be assassins watching the Monument of Glory, just waiting for us to leave so they can deliver a fatal blow."

"Alright, I'll use the teleportation talisman then," Cheng Sizhe said first.

"We'll use teleportation talismans too," the twins immediately added.

Su Yunmeng and Han Ming wanted to spend more time with Lin Yuan, but they also knew that Lin Yuan was right. It was a matter of life and death, so how could they be petty?

So they took out teleportation talismans, tore them open, and with a flash of light, they disappeared from the instance.

Lin Yuanze decided to test the waters.

Is someone guarding the entrance to the instance?

A few minutes later, he arrived at the entrance of the instance, took a slight breath, and stepped out.

A slight feeling of weightlessness washed over Lin Yuan, who had already appeared at the entrance to the dungeon. Two men with gloomy faces walked over at the same time, and suddenly, they accelerated and crashed directly into Lin Yuan.

Bang!Bang!

Before they even hit anyone, the two of them exploded.

Instantly, blood and flesh flew everywhere, along with fragments of bones and internal organs, scattering in all directions.

Lin Yuan dared not be careless and immediately activated the active effect of the Shield of the Stars.

Immune to control and damage for 5 seconds.

These human fragments splashed up, but they were all blocked by a golden light shield. However, no one else had Lin Yuan's reaction speed. Several people around him were splashed all over their heads and faces and immediately screamed. Then, to everyone's horror, they found that these people were being rapidly corroded, their skin burned through, exposing their bones, and then the bones broke off one by one.

Wow, what is this thing? It's terrifying!

Lin Yuan's face darkened; this was definitely the work of a cult.

That's really ruthless!