Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

There were eight days left before the beginner dungeon White Bone Cavern opened.

During these eight days, players across the Divine Realm eagerly awaited and made thorough preparations for the dungeon’s opening.

The volume of messages on the Divine Realm public channel kept rising.

Sending a single public channel message cost ten taels of Fine Silver.

Converted to real-world purchasing power, that was roughly twenty thousand yuan.

Enough for an ordinary player to cover several months of expenses in the Divine Realm and still eat and drink well.

Even so, players still spammed the channel nonstop.

Buying pills, buying martial arts techniques, buying equipment, asking for team members.

Messages like these were the most common.

If he hadn’t chosen to disable private chats from unrelated people,

he would have been pinged hundreds of thousands of times in a day.

The same situation happened to Lin Caiyi and the others.

Another day passed.

Today a public announcement appeared in the Divine Realm:

[Beginner Dungeon White Bone Cavern prepared, will open on Day Seven 00:00]

[Dungeon Summary: The White Bone Cavern is filled with bone demons that occasionally raid nearby villages, causing many villagers to die. You will lead your Demon-Clearing Team (maximum 20 people) into the White Bone Cavern to kill the White Bone Demon King who controls the cavern.]

[Task Ratings: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F]

[Rewards are based on task rating; guaranteed minimum reward (if rating is too low): one Spirit Nurturing Pill]

[Dungeon difficulty is tied to the team’s combined strength (affects rewards)]

[Dungeon time limit 30 days; time flow inside is completely isolated from the outside world]

[If a player’s HP drops to zero inside the dungeon, there is one chance for teammates to rescue them; trigger condition: touch]

[All equipment may be brought into the dungeon, including spirit pets (spirit pets occupy team slots)]

[Dungeon failure penalty: randomly remove one carried item, including but not limited to: equipment, pills, money (if there are no items to deduct, then deduct attributes)]

[Every player gets one chance per month to enter the dungeon; cannot be stacked]

Countless pairs of eyes fixed on that detailed announcement, lips moving as if reciting the contents.

They read carefully, not daring to miss a single character.

After finishing, many watched it repeatedly to ensure their understanding matched the text.

Yang Ling immediately left the Blazing Gold Mine and summoned several dozen core players for a meeting.

“From the announcement, we need to pay attention to a few points.”

Yang Ling: “If we complete the dungeon task, regardless of rating, there will be a guaranteed Spirit Nurturing Pill as a minimum reward.”

“One Spirit Nurturing Pill can increase martial arts Proficiency by 500 points. This pill is worth five hundred taels outside.”

The players present inhaled a few breaths heavier.

The value of a Spirit Nurturing Pill was still huge to them.

If they could get one pill every month, their martial techniques would break through much faster!

Having been in the Divine Realm for so long, they already understood how hard it was to make money here.

Five hundred taels—most players still hadn’t saved that much.

“This dungeon’s rewards are still pretty good, at least there’s a guaranteed reward.”

“However… the dungeon difficulty being tied to the team’s combined strength is something everyone needs to note.”

Yang Ling’s expression grew somewhat solemn.

Qin Mo said thoughtfully:

“My understanding of this clause is: if I party with Boss Yang, the dungeon difficulty will likely be passively increased because of your level and strength.”

The players’ faces turned serious.

This clause was crucial, crucial enough to decide their future team arrangements.

Many players already gave up on teaming with Yang Ling.

The gap in strength was too big; if they entered with Yang Ling, they couldn’t handle the increased difficulty and would likely die inside.

“I originally planned to go in with you all, but I’ve decided to enter the dungeon alone, see the difficulty first, then decide.”

Yang Ling mused.

“Brother Yang, the dungeon has a clause: if a player dies, teammates can touch to rescue them, essentially an extra life.”

Zhang Shendao pondered: “If you enter alone, you won’t be able to use that rescue opportunity.

Although my level is a bit low, I’ll go in with you.”

“I have a spirit pet. The announcement says spirit pets also occupy team slots, which means spirit pets count as teammates.”

Yang Ling smiled: “Little White’s strength isn’t weak. It’s more reliable if I bring it in. If it were you…

I’m worried you wouldn’t be able to free a hand when something goes wrong.”

Zhang Shendao breathed a sigh of relief. Having a spirit pet was good—he too worried that entering with Yang Ling would bring terrifying difficulty.

“The dungeon time limit is 30 days, meaning we can stay thirty days inside, but time flow is completely isolated from outside.”

“This clause likely means that thirty days inside equates to an instant outside?”

Zhang Wei spoke slowly: “If that’s true, the dungeon is also a good opportunity to train.

Each month we’d have an extra month, compared to the Divine Realm natives, to cultivate internal techniques and martial arts.”

“That kind of dangerous place, who trains there…”

A player grumbled inwardly but didn’t dare contradict openly; that player’s godfather was a Fifth-Rank powerhouse and an important figure in the palace.

Wu Xiaochen said: “That’s too dangerous. Who would train in a dungeon?”

Everyone glanced at him—such a straightforward fellow.

Zhang Wei smiled confidently:

“Dangerous? You can choose not to complete the dungeon task. Failure only randomly deducts carried equipment, pills, or money; only if you lack those three will attributes be deducted.”

“This…”

The players exchanged looks; thinking it through, their eyes brightened.

That might actually work?

Yang Ling nodded with a smile:

“This clause can be exploited. We just need to test what the system deducts upon failure.”

“Although the announcement isn’t clear, I don’t think the Divine Realm would allow such an obvious loophole.”

“If someone goes in carrying only one tael of silver, will failure only deduct that one tael?”

“If the failure penalty can’t meet the system’s deduction threshold, they might deduct attribute points.”

A serious expression crossed Zhang Wei’s face:

“That’s indeed possible.”

“If equipment raises one’s strength, could you leave equipment behind and then enter the dungeon? Would that lower the dungeon difficulty accordingly?”

Li Shou asked.

The players voiced their opinions, splitting into two camps. One believed the system would adjust difficulty accordingly. The other thought the system would judge difficulty based on the player’s real-world strength—if you already have the equipment in reality, it counts toward the determination; if you deliberately remove it, you might face a dungeon far beyond your true capability.

“All right, that’s about it. Think it over yourselves. I’ve decided not to form a party.”

Yang Ling said: “Since there are still seven days before the dungeon opens, leveling up a few more times can’t hurt.

Personally, I don’t think we should deliberately suppress our strength just because the dungeon scales with team strength.

That would be cutting off your nose to spite your face.”

A few players looked guilty; they had just been thinking along those lines.

【WuGeng! Burnout! I’ll stash some drafts then come back to beg for updates =.=】

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