Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Hidden Factors for SSS Rating
"Let’s go! The Black Stone Mine process takes a while, so let’s try to finish quickly!"
Lin Ye gave another instruction.
Having effortlessly taken down nearly twenty monsters, the morale of the whole team was soaring high.
Especially Han Dong, whose fighting spirit was skyrocketing at this moment!
He was never one to stand idly by, which is why he chose to follow Lin Ye into the Black Stone Mine.
But just from the recent battle, he already knew he made the right gamble this time!
Following Lin Ye, they could definitely take down the Black Stone Mine!
"Should I turn off my aura then? Or switch it to another?" An Xinmeng asked, a bit embarrassed.
"No need! It’s great, your aura really helps in pulling the monsters!" Lin Ye shook his head, stopping An Xinmeng from turning off the Spiky Aura.
The terrain of the Black Stone Mine is complex, with many monsters hiding in the crannies of the mine pits. Trying to find and eliminate them all would be a daunting task.
Otherwise, this Secret Realm wouldn’t have such a long process.
It’s all because the terrain is quite peculiar, drastically affecting the efficiency of progression.
However, An Xinmeng’s aura has the advantage of ignoring terrain, attacking all monsters within range directly. Because of this attribute, Aura Masters are quite sought after in certain specific Secret Realms.
Of course, this attribute also saves Lin Ye and the others the trouble of pulling monsters everywhere.
The number of monsters eliminated also greatly influences the rating after clearing.
So, to get a high rating, it’s necessary to wipe out as many monsters in the Secret Realm as possible.
"Alright!" An Xinmeng immediately nodded repeatedly like a pecking chick.
For once, being useful in the Secret Realm made her extremely happy.
In the following scenes, relying on An Xinmeng’s Spiky Aura, the group’s progress was quite swift, without needing to pull monsters from each pit. An Xinmeng only needed to stand at the mouth of the pit, and within seconds, a bunch of monsters would rush out.
Then, following Lin Ye’s instructions, Li Fei and Han Dong rushed to block the hole entrance while An Xinmeng stepped back, using her aura to indiscriminately attack the monsters.
Under such a miraculous operation, the efficiency of clearing monsters greatly improved.
The four-person team, like mowing grass, was crazily reaping small monsters on the ore.
This mode of clearing monsters would be impossible for other new teams.
Because the monsters coming out at once would number at least a dozen, up to nearly thirty!
This placed a high demand on a Healer!
A slight mistake, if even one person wasn’t looked after and got killed by the monsters, there would be no possibility of actual combat with this mode.
But with Lin Ye, there’s no need to worry about such things.
The Healing Technique was like no consumption, with a large recovery and group effect, simply defying nature!
So, while it seemed like An Xinmeng’s aura was the key to this strategy, it was actually based on Lin Ye’s exceptional healing abilities beyond the beginner level.
Without Lin Ye, anyone trying this strategy would be courting death.
...
Three hours later, they finally advanced to a mine entrance that was distinctly different from the others.
"We need to go in this mine shaft," Lin Ye said, looking at the mine entrance ahead.
He had not expected to have the opportunity to return to this place.
In his past life, to earn money, he often came alone into the Black Stone Mine to farm ores,
Though it seemed ridiculous, within the Black Stone Mine were three special mine pits, populated by Undead Creatures, where Healing Techniques could deal double Damage!
Originally, a Healer with average offensiveness directly became an extremely violent damage dealer.
As for those Dogman Excavators encountered on the way, as long as you didn’t approach the scattered mine pits, it was generally hard to attract their attention.
Thus, the Black Stone Mine became Lin Ye’s previous world’s favored place for ore farming...
It was here that his skill in applying Healing Techniques significantly improved.
The other members of the team were quite surprised at how familiar Lin Ye appeared.
Because in their view, everyone was supposed to be entering the Black Stone Mine for the first time, yet Lin Ye could even find a hidden mine pit in a corner.
It was truly astonishing!
For the team’s amazement, Lin Ye just brushed it off with a ’read the guide in advance’.
But it wasn’t wrong, since there were indeed many Secret Realm guides online.
And Lin Ye wasn’t lying; it was just that his so-called guide was his memory from a previous life.
"But, there’s nothing really in here, right?" Han Dong hesitantly asked.
It was clear he’d also looked at some guides beforehand.
The guides he read advised against entering the three Undead Mine Pits in the Black Stone Mine.
For one, there’s poisonous gas inside, which is quite unfriendly to entering Professionals, heavily draining the limited Healing resources.
Secondly, the Undead Creatures in these three pits don’t affect the score calculation after clearing, so killing them isn’t necessary.
Of course, some suspect these three mine pits might be related to achieving an SSS-Class rating.
But no one has found substantial evidence in these pits to prove this...
"I read a guide that said to get an SSS-Class rating, you must go in here, so it’s worth a try." Lin Ye replied to Han Dong’s query.
Anyway, everything was just pushed onto the guide and it was done.
"Alright then!" Han Dong’s eyes lit up!
If it really was related to achieving an SSS rating, he had absolutely no objections.
The three followed Lin Ye into the mine pit.
According to Lin Ye, while entering the pit, the Sheep Puppets weren’t necessary.
So, all the sheep were temporarily stored by Lin Ye in the Spatial Bag.
Since the Undead Monsters in this pit didn’t matter if killed or not, Lin Ye had early on advised An Xinmeng to turn off the Spiky Aura.
The inside of the mine was very dark, and by the faint glow of the ore in the tunnel, they could barely see within three meters in front of them.
Following closely behind Lin Ye, they proceeded without obstruction, seeing hardly any light except for the occasional Healing Technique Lin Ye performed to heal everyone.
Finally, under Lin Ye’s lead, they arrived at a spacious area.
Here, an old, rusted lever was visible...
"This one?" Han Dong was curious, stepping forward to try if he could move it.
But even with all his might, he couldn’t budge the lever.
"Let me do it." Li Fei was about to step forward, but Lin Ye stopped her.
Lin Ye stepped forward, reached out his left hand, exerted a little force, and pushed the lever up.
Han Dong: "???"
Seriously, how does this make sense?
A Healer having such strength?