pjbooks Chapter 32 A secret room within a secret passage, a secret passage within a secret room, a secret ro
Chapter 32 A secret room within a secret passage, a secret passage within a secret room, a secret ro
"Dead?"
Su Qingxue's grip on the staff tightened almost imperceptibly.
On that face, sculpted like ice and jade, the unchanging coldness of many years finally cracked.
Although she had anticipated this outcome.
Class F thief.
In this perilous beginner dungeon.
Death is the norm.
However, when this news was actually confirmed by Fatty Wang...
Her heart was inexplicably stabbed by something.
It's a bit stuffy, a bit congested.
"How did he die?"
Su Qingxue forcibly suppressed the inexplicable turmoil in her heart and resumed her usual coldness.
It's like confirming something that has nothing to do with you.
"he……"
Fatty Wang raised his head, his bloodshot eyes burning with rage.
He concealed everything that had happened before, including Chen Yifan's inexplicable actions.
It only focuses on describing how resourceful Chen Yifan is.
And how could Li Wei stand by and watch someone die when faced with a powerful enemy?
The "fact" that they ultimately sacrificed themselves to protect them.
He spoke with tears streaming down his face.
Lin Xiaoyu, who was standing to the side, also wiped away her tears and nodded repeatedly.
Su Qingxue listened quietly.
His brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
resourceful?
Trap tactics?
To die a heroic death?
These words conjured up in her mind a completely different person from the indifferent, seemingly uncaring person she had known over the years.
A hero who is brave, resourceful, and even somewhat tragic.
Is this really the grown-up Chen Yifan?
A long-forgotten image flashed through Su Qingxue's mind without warning.
Many years ago, a boy, having scraped his knee, still spread his arms to shield her, and in a childish voice said to the older delinquents:
"Don't you dare bully her!"
Two figures overlapped and tore at each other wildly in her mind.
It made her feel a sense of unprecedented confusion.
"Li Wei, are you just going to stand by and watch someone die?"
Su Qingxue's gaze instantly turned icy cold.
A terrifying chill suddenly erupted from her center, and thick frost gradually condensed on the surrounding rock walls.
Both Fatty Wang and Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help but shiver.
For the first time, I felt the pressure of a dual S-level genius so directly.
"That's him! It's him!"
Fatty Wang gritted his teeth.
"If he had just intervened, even just to hold Fanzi back, he wouldn't have died! But he... he actually ran away with his men! He's a coward! A beast!"
Su Qingxue did not ask any further questions.
She silently turned around, her aura growing even more chilling.
"You all stay here and don't wander off."
Before she finished speaking, her figure transformed into a streak of icy blue light and disappeared into the mine tunnel.
She was going to find Li Wei.
If what Fatty Wang said is true...
A flash of murderous intent crossed Su Qingxue's eyes.
……
Meanwhile, on the third level, inside a sealed chamber in an abandoned mine tunnel.
This secret passage, hidden by the stone statues, is deeper and hotter than I imagined.
As Chen Yifan descended the stone steps, each step felt like he was walking towards the center of a furnace.
The scorching heat wave could set you on fire, and every breath felt like swallowing a scalding hot blade.
The air was distorted, and everything in sight was obscured by a layer of shimmering water.
Our escape route is cut off.
The only way forward is to move forward.
On the wall, the fist-sized red crystals began to emit an eerie light.
Molten Core.
The goblin diary mentions rare minerals that are enough to support a civilization in completing a great creation.
Chen Yifan suddenly stopped in his tracks.
His breathing suddenly became rapid.
He reached out as if possessed, his fingertips lightly touching the nearest ore.
A terrifying heat surged through him instantly, scalding his fingertips with excruciating pain, but he did not stop.
Grade 15 high-purity energy crystals.
In Jiangcheng's black market, this one is worth at least 10,000 Dragon Kingdom currency!
And there were hundreds of such ores scattered throughout the entire passage!
Chen Yifan's eyes instantly turned red.
The cost of my sister's treatment for one month.
One ore here is enough.
What about the entire passageway?
This is not a mine tunnel!
This is a golden road to financial freedom!
It was a gold mine that could lift him and his family to instant wealth!
A flame of greed suddenly ignited in his eyes.
He instinctively drew his longsword, intending to pry off a piece.
But the moment the sword tip touched the ore, he saw his own face, twisted by greed, reflected on the blade.
Chen Yifan froze.
He abruptly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the raging flames had been firmly suppressed by a cold rationality.
No.
Now is not the time.
With their escape route blocked, everything here is just a mirage until the level 20 Goblin Foreman is dealt with.
He can't take a single penny.
Chen Yifan took a deep breath of the air, which was filled with the smell of money.
Then, with extreme restraint, he used his longsword to shave off a piece the size of a fingernail from the ore and held it tightly in his palm.
The scalding heat stung his palms, constantly reminding him of the true purpose of his trip.
He stopped looking at any of the ore around him.
Turn around.
Resolutely, they sped deeper into the passage, towards that darkness that represented absolute danger and ultimate opportunity!
After defeating the BOSS...
This entire Jinshan will belong to the Chen family!
After a hundred meters, the passage suddenly opened up.
A huge cave appeared before us, at the end of which was a massive stone wall that had been carved out by human hands and was extremely smooth.
In the center of the stone wall is a massive door, ten meters high, cast from an unknown black metal.
Above the gate, intricate and elaborate runes are carved, forming a giant goblin gear pattern.
This is the opposite bank of the lava river.
The back door of that black fortress...
Chen Yifan's heart was pounding violently.
He bypassed the death bridge, evaded the hundreds of goblin troops outside, and arrived at the entrance of the final boss's lair without anyone noticing!
It felt like using a bug to get to the final level in a stealth game.
Cool!
But he was not blinded by joy.
Behind the door lies the Lv.20 final boss, the [Goblin Foreman].
Hierarchical suppression is the most unreasonable ironclad rule in this world. In a head-on confrontation, he doesn't even have the right to give the other party a gua sha treatment.
We must find a way to break this deadlock.
His gaze fell on another inconspicuous small stone door next to the black gate.
The Goblin Engineer, Griggs's Workshop.
Chen Yifan pushed open the door and entered.
The secret room was small, with bottles and jars and several animal skin scrolls covered with complicated drawings scattered on the stone table.
Chen Yifan picked up a blueprint and examined it carefully by the red light emanating from the [Heart of Molten Core] outside.
The drawing depicts a gigantic humanoid mechanical creation, with an incredibly complex structure, brimming with the unique, violent, and practical aesthetics of goblin civilization.
"Goblin Guardian Number Seven..."
Chen Yifan looked at the small print in the lower right corner of the drawing and read it aloud in a low voice.
War puppets!
His eyes swept rapidly across the blueprints, memorizing every structure of the puppet.
Suddenly, his gaze fixed on the energy core on the puppet's chest.
There, a groove with a very peculiar shape is drawn.
This is……
A thought flashed through my mind like lightning!
Chen Yifan took out the seemingly insignificant but complex part he had found in the rotten wooden box from his backpack.
He carefully compared the part with the groove on the drawing.
Exactly!
This isn't a part at all; it's the control core of this war golem!
Chen Yifan's breathing suddenly stopped.
If we can find this golem and repair it...
What is he afraid of, some Goblin Foreman?
Just drive a Gundam and crush them!
He forcibly suppressed his turbulent thoughts, and his gaze returned to the blueprints, searching for any clues.
He quickly noticed that two of the drawings had a line of very small and illegible handwriting on them.
First, revise the core contingency plan:
When encountering an uncontrollable energy impact, the "reverse siphon" can be activated to convert external energy into one's own...
Warning: This is a forbidden program; only those with the core essence can handle it!
can't read.
It seems that Griggs patched up one of the puppet's core abilities.
Then, Chen Yifan's gaze fell on another drawing.
Emergency Plan:
If the shelter is breached, the core energy source will be cut off.
Number 7 will automatically go into hibernation and physically assimilate with the rock strata of Mine B-7, awaiting a restart command.
Physical assimilation?
Rock strata in the mine tunnel?
Could it be...
As Chen Yifan pondered the word, a sudden inspiration struck him.
He suddenly looked up at the smoothest, hardest wall in the secret room.
He stepped forward, reached out, and gently tapped on the cold wall.
"Thump, thump, thump."
The voice was deep and resonant.
But with his extraordinary hearing, a faint, discordant hollow sound was hidden deep within that dull silence!
It's empty inside!
Chen Yifan's eyes suddenly burst forth with an astonishing light.
Without further hesitation, he took out the pickaxe covered in brain matter from his backpack.
He took a deep breath, channeling his power—a surge of 10 levels—into his arms, causing his muscles to bulge!
He aimed at the spot that made the hollow sound and slammed it down hard!
"boom!"
A loud bang!
He smashed a hole the size of a washbasin into the hard rock wall with a pickaxe, and countless rubble collapsed inward, revealing a dark void.
A metallic aura, as if it had been dormant for a thousand years, wafted out of the cave.
Chen Yifan didn't stop, and swung his pickaxe several more times.
He violently broke open a hole large enough for one person to pass through.
He peeked inside.
A colossal object, five meters tall, stood silently in the darkness.
Its body is made of dark metal, with bold and powerful lines.
Its arms consist of a giant drill bit on one arm and a sharp cutting blade on the other.
His body was covered in battle wounds, and one of his legs was even broken.
But the overwhelming, chilling sense of oppression still made one's heart stop beating.
Goblin Guardian Number Seven!
found it!
Looking at the sleeping steel giant before him, Chen Yifan felt his blood surging.
He didn't go in immediately, but calmly initiated [Surveillance].
Goblin Guardian No. 7 (Hibernating, Severely Damaged)
[Description: A masterpiece of ancient goblin civilization's warfare, currently in a state of energy depletion, core missing, and 73% structural damage.]
[List of items that can be stolen: None]
73% of the structure is damaged.
It's more serious than I imagined.
However, it's not a big problem.
Chen Yifan jumped into the cave and came to the puppet's feet.
He looked up at the steel giant, with only one thought in his mind.
Fix it!
Then, drive it around and smash that Goblin Foreman's head like a walnut!