Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Are You Purely Mind-Gaming?
"But the secret realm I’m going to now is dominated by undead monsters, I need a strong Holy Light user..."
Ke Jue argued somewhat pale.
Lu Yunsheng replied irritably, "There’s clearly a more suitable paladin for you to choose, so why are you insisting on finding Lin Ye?"
Even though the Healer’s Healing Technique can deal double damage to the undead...
The paladin, who also uses Holy Light Power, clearly has a tougher frame than the Healer, can both tank and output!
One could say, except for a slightly lower healing ability, in all aspects, the paladin excels over the healer.
In terms of secret realms dominated by undead, the role of a paladin is definitely greater than that of a healer.
There’s even a joke that a paladin clearing undead secret realms is like going home.
Although this statement is somewhat exaggerated, it also indirectly reflects the paladin’s advantageous position in undead secret realms.
"Grandpa Lu!"
At this moment, a cheerful voice greeted from afar.
Lu Yunsheng immediately perked up and said to Ke Jue, "Qin Yi is here! Quickly, go greet him! He came all the way from the Shenzhen settlement to help you through the secret realm!"
Ke Jue sighed, turned to the approaching young man, and waved hello.
"Ke Jue, I haven’t seen you for more than a year, you’ve become much prettier." That tall young man said, eyes shining as he looked at Ke Jue.
Hearing this, Ke Jue’s face showed some embarrassment.
"Qin Yi, you chat with Ke Jue for a bit, I’ll go bring a few more teammates over for you!" Lu Yunsheng found an excuse to slip away.
Leaving the two youngsters standing there.
Qin Yi was about to break the silence, but at this moment, a message appeared, silencing him.
["Lin Ye" has entered "Ruined Town (Abyss Level)"!]
This announcement surprised Qin Yi a little.
And Ke Jue was even more astonished, "Lin Ye? He’s actually going to solo the Abyss-Level Ruined Town..."
Whenever someone enters an Abyss-Level Secret Realm, an announcement appears, which isn’t considered news anymore.
However, this announcement was completely different from before...
Because this time, the one entering the Abyss-Level Secret Realm was an individual, not a team!
Soloing the Abyss!
This is something only the top professionals can achieve!
And coincidentally, Ruined Town is the secret realm Ke Jue now wants to challenge.
She didn’t expect that Lin Ye would reject her team-up request and would instead solo Ruined Town.
She couldn’t help but have a bad feeling in her heart.
Last time, both she and Lin Ye chose to clear the Black Stone Mine, and Lin Ye directly achieved an SSS rating on his first try, completely overshadowing her.
This time, they chose the same secret realm again...
This made Ke Jue feel uncomfortable all over.
"A Level 7 Healer? Isn’t this courting death?" Qin Yi couldn’t help but blurt out.
As a Level 8 paladin, he dared not solo Ruined Town; where does a Level 7 Healer get the courage from?
Just relying on that laughable Healing Technique?
"Do you know him?" Qin Yi looked at Ke Jue and asked.
Ke Jue smiled helplessly, "Seen him a couple of times, that’s all."
Qin Yi nodded with an ’oh,’ and a trace of darkness flashed in his eyes.
"Just an ignorant guy..." he said contemptuously.
But Ke Jue’s mind was in chaos, she just said, "How about... we switch to a different secret realm?"
Qin Yi widened his eyes and said, "But I prepared a full Holy Light enhancement set to come here... Going to another secret realm would be a waste, wouldn’t it?"
"And besides, Grandpa Lu must have also chosen teammates for you based on the Ruined Town’s attributes..."
Ke Jue immediately waved her hand, saying, "Fine, fine! We won’t change! Just Ruined Town..."
At that moment, she envied Lin Ye immensely, being able to choose which secret realm to venture into on his own.
...
Secret realms have strict level cap restrictions.
Like "Ruined Town," where Lin Ye is now as an 8-Level Secret Realm, it only allows up to Level 8 professionals in. If your level exceeds 8, you can never enter "Ruined Town."
Although secret realms have no lower limit on levels, most professionals choose secret realms that match their levels.
Even if you spend a lot of money to hire higher-level professionals to take you through a high-level secret realm, you can only gain experience points based on your own performance inside.
So it’s really uneconomical for lower-level professionals to go to secret realms far above their level.
As for Lin Ye, who is Level 7, soloing an 8-Level Secret Realm, this is already considered a level-up challenge.
Luckily, the level gap hasn’t exceeded Level 3, so the monsters inside the secret realm won’t have a crushing advantage over Lin Ye.
In Lin Ye’s view, this is still within a reasonable challenge range.
At this moment, Lin Ye appeared in a slightly dim small house.
This is the starting point of Ruined Town, and the task for professionals is to pass through the town, reach the cemetery, and eliminate the source of the undead plague within it.
The greatest difficulty of the entire secret realm lies in the extreme density of the walking dead within the town...
Utilizing the terrain is required to continuously distract and pull them away.
If you’re inadvertently surrounded, the entire army can easily be wiped out.
But for Lin Ye, this secret realm is simply a pure experience package!
"There are three Holy Water collection points in this town."
"Holy Water can be used to weaken the Boss in the cemetery, making it easier to kill..."
Information about Ruined Town resurfaced in Lin Ye’s mind.
Such information isn’t considered confidential; nearly every guide on Ruined Town mentions this, advising each professional entering Ruined Town to make sure to gather three bottles of Holy Water, or else the Boss will be invincible and cannot be killed.
The most discussed topic online about this secret realm is choosing which path to take to quickly gather three bottles of Holy Water before defeating the Boss.
After reorganizing his thoughts, Lin Ye began to take action.
"Creak..."
Lin Ye opened the door of the small house, and as far as his eyes could see, there were quite a few walking dead aimlessly wandering about on the opposite street.
But Lin Ye didn’t rush to attack; he threw a grayish thing to the ground.
"Squeak squeak..."
Only to see a Mechanical Rat appear on the ground, it twisted its body then scurried toward the other end of the street.
"This makes it much more convenient; I just need to clear the path to the cemetery over there."
Lin Ye watched the Mechanical Rat disappear at the end of the street, his lips curled upward.
No need to detour to fetch Holy Water?
No need, the rat takes care of that, and Lin Ye just needs to follow this path to the end.
According to Lin Ye’s calculations, by the time he reaches the cemetery, the Treasure-Seeking Rat should have collected three bottles of Holy Water to meet up with him.