Eternal Tower, Third Floor.
As the server-wide announcement flooded the screen, a pile of rewards appeared before Ye Bai.
"SSSS Rank for clearing the third floor, reward: [Mysterious Mine]!"
"SSSS Rank for clearing the fourth floor, reward: [Mysterious Mine]!"
"SSSS Rank for clearing the fifth floor, reward: [Super Furnace]!"
"SSSS Rank for clearing the sixth floor, reward: [Southern River Miner Group] *1!"
These were all personal rewards for Ye Bai.
Two Mysterious Mines, one Super Furnace, and one Southern River Miner Group.
As the rewards were distributed, the mine tunnels around Ye Bai began to transform, turning the battlefield he had just fought on into a space exclusively for him!
This place would become akin to a Trade Secret Realm.
However, it was only open to Ye Bai and NPCs he allowed.
24/7 access, even when the Eternal Tower wasn't open, Ye Bai could enter the mine.
[Mysterious Mine]: You can dispatch miners or personally mine raw ores, sometimes finding mysterious chests and various special items.
The raw ores mined:
65% probability of B Rank quality
30% probability of A Rank quality
4.5% probability of S Rank quality
0.4999% probability of SS Rank quality
0.0001% probability of SSS Rank quality!
Current reserves: 30 million tons.
Two [Mysterious Mines], one with 30 million tons of reserves, the other with 45 million tons!
According to the grade conversion, these two mines have 75 tons of SSS Rank raw ores!
However, most of these raw ores are deep within the mines, making them the hardest to extract and most time-consuming.
Moreover, the raw ores need to be refined to remove impurities before they can be used for forging and other purposes.
Regardless, the two mines represent a huge fortune waiting for Ye Bai to mine.
Now, Ye Bai could proudly declare: "I have a mine at home!"
Truly, a mine at home.
"Kind-hearted one, we meet again."
From the depths of the mine came the sound of dense footsteps, as a group of ragged, dust-covered people approached Ye Bai.
Their numbers had increased significantly, with two to three hundred people, a dense crowd.
Clearly, many miners had been petrified by Medusa before, but now everything was restored, and they regained their mobility.
The same middle-aged man, the miner leader, bowed to Ye Bai,
"Thank you for slaying that terrifying monster and everything you've done for us. The Southern River Miner Group is willing to serve you for eternity."
"The Southern River Miner Group is willing to serve you for eternity, sir!"
Nearly three hundred miners simultaneously removed their miner's helmets, placed them on their chests, and bowed slightly, shouting in unison.
"No need to be polite, I just made a small contribution."
Ye Bai had two ten-million-ton mines, and it was the perfect time to use manpower.
If he were to mine alone, it would take forever.
The appearance of this group of miners was just in time to solve Ye Bai's urgent need.
Although the Eternal Tower had awarded Ye Bai command of the miner group,
Ye Bai had no intention of becoming a tyrant; instead, he generously stated,
"Everyone, as long as you follow me, your wages will be paid, and all benefits will remain the same as before."
"Three meals a day, plenty of drinks after work, and enough meat!"
After Ye Bai finished speaking, he noticed that most of the miners had puzzled expressions, their eyes full of confusion.
Looking at the miner leader beside him, Ye Bai asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
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"Sir..."
The miner leader hesitated for a moment but decided to speak the truth.
"We usually only eat two meals a day."
Ye Bai: ...
"From now on, it will be three meals."
A simple statement, yet it brought tears to many in the miner group.
With the Eye of Insight's prompt, Ye Bai could see that many NPCs' favorability towards him skyrocketed.
Of course, Ye Bai's initial intention wasn't to win hearts.
"Tell me, what do you all lack?"
These miners had been on the run, just escaping Medusa's clutches, and some didn't even have decent tools.
Ye Bai asked the miner leader to make a list.
If it was daily necessities, he would go to the Trade Secret Realm to purchase them directly.
As for professional mining equipment and devices, they required design plans and customization based on the mine's conditions, which could be postponed for now.
The miner leader took 15 minutes to deliver a list to Ye Bai.
"Sir, besides food and fresh water, we also need a large amount of healing potions."
After saying this, the miner leader felt a bit embarrassed.
They hadn't created any value for their boss yet, but the expenses were already significant.
The miner leader added,
"I'll organize people to quickly survey the mine's outskirts and formulate a mining plan to produce as soon as possible!"
"There's no rush for prospecting; it's unnecessary."
With the Eye of Insight, there's no need for such troublesome prospecting!
After receiving the list, Ye Bai directly used the Trade Secret Realm Pass to contact his goblin underling.
"Prepare party food and fresh water, drinks for 1500 people."
Ye Bai guessed that the outside world was probably celebrating, so his request wasn't abrupt.
The goblin underling was efficient, "150 gold coins."
As soon as the money was transferred, Ye Bai received the mailed food and fresh water.
Ye Bai handed the food to the miner leader,
"Organize people to distribute it, make sure there's enough, but don't let everyone drink alcohol yet."
"Understood!"
The miner leader and his team got busy; the food for 1500 people, if rationed, could last their 300 people a week.
Of course,
According to Ye Bai's standard of three meals a day, it would only last a day and a half.
After waiting for a while, Ye Bai sent another message to the goblin underling.
"There's a small situation here, anonymously purchase 400 low-level healing scrolls."
"200 gold."
"You have new mail!"
The healing scrolls were distributed, and the miner leader once again expressed gratitude to Ye Bai.
"Boss, we're just miners; we're good at mining, but smelting and forging are a bit beyond us."
The miner leader pointed to the Super Furnace next to the mine,
"If you want to smelt the mined raw ores, you might need to hire another batch of professionals."
"Alright, I understand."
"When the people you hire arrive, I can send a few of our people to learn. It won't take long before we can handle it ourselves."
"You all rest first; there's no rush to mine. We have plenty of time ahead.
You've worked hard during this period, eat well and rest."
After settling the miners, Ye Bai finally had time to check his own situation.
Mines, miners, furnace.
These rewards were like a steady stream of wealth for Ye Bai!
With these mines, and by hiring a batch of smelting and forging NPCs, Ye Bai could completely craft his own equipment and items, and even sell them!
Money isn't everything.
But without money, nothing is possible!
Besides, Ye Bai's personal strength had also seen a huge improvement!
After battling through 300 mine holes and the final fight with the BOSS Medusa,
Ye Bai had jumped from level 26 to level 54!
Summoning the attribute panel:
"
Eternal ID: Asura
Talent: Eye of Insight (SSS Rank)
Level: 54
Class: Thunder Fury Mage (Wind·Fire·Lightning)
HP: /
MP: /
Strength: 672 (+100)
Intelligence: 1469 (+80)
Spirit: 1357 (+70)
Agility: 634 (+45)
Constitution: 543 (+100)
Luck: 12
Equipment: Nature's Force (+2)
Skills: Lightning Arrow, Blessing of Thunder, Ready to Go, Heavenly Thunder, Wind Slash, Wind Fury, Ignite, etc.
Status: Lightning Affinity, Lightning Element Specialization, Fire Element Specialization, Wind Element Specialization
"
All five basic attributes had surpassed 500, and the most important attributes for a mage, [Intelligence] and [Spirit], were nearing 1500!
Now, Ye Bai finally looked like a proper mage.
Having a single attribute surpass 1000 was one of the hard standards for a Battle General rank appraisal!
Of course, this was just one of the indicators for a first-tier Battle General.
The evaluation of a Battle General depended more on combat strength and achievements!
Having just become a ninth-tier Warrior, Ye Bai wasn't planning to aim for a Battle General appraisal yet.
Aside from the attribute growth,
Ye Bai had two other significant gains!
"This battle lasted nearly 5 hours, using Heavenly Thunder over ten thousand times!"
Now, the base damage of Heavenly Thunder was substantial!
Even without stacking Ready to Go, one Heavenly Thunder could easily obliterate a low-tier Battle General!
Even a high-tier Battle General would lose half their life!
The high growth potential of Heavenly Thunder was within Ye Bai's expectations.
Unfortunately, he didn't have many opportunities to unleash Heavenly Thunder.
Such continuous five-hour battles were rare!
"Apart from the increase in Heavenly Thunder's damage, Nature's Force has also advanced!"
This was one of Ye Bai's significant gains from this journey.
Nature's Force could advance a total of 12 times, which was why Ye Bai had invested heavily in it!
[
Equipment: Nature's Force (LV.25)
Rank: S Rank
Attributes: Intelligence +80, Spirit +70
Entries:
[Heaven's Wrath] Staff holder's lightning damage +20%, received lightning damage +1%, wood element skills provide +25% shield/healing
[Duality] When casting lightning skills, there is a 5% chance to simultaneously cast wood element skills, and vice versa.
[Thunderstorm] When casting lightning skills, there is a 0.1% chance to deal double damage!
[Defying Authority] Deals an additional 10% lightning damage to enemies higher level than the holder!
Advancement Entry:
[The Clash of Thunder and Lightning]: Kill a lightning element BOSS between levels 25 and 60, after which Nature's Force will advance to the BOSS's level and randomly acquire one of the BOSS's skills
Advancement Times: 10
Times Advanced: 2
]
"It actually advanced to S Rank equipment!"
Although it's S-, it's still solid S Rank equipment!
The advancement potential of Nature's Force exceeded Ye Bai's expectations.
The previous entries all received varying degrees of enhancement.
At the same time, a new entry was added: [Defying Authority], which deals higher damage to enemies of a higher level!
"This entry is great, very effective in battle!"
Due to Ye Bai's unique status, he often faced higher-level enemies.
With the [Defying Authority] bonus, his already overflowing burst damage was further enhanced.
Putting away the attribute panel and equipment introduction, Ye Bai had almost finished assessing his personal gains from this journey.
Coincidentally, the Eternal Tower's announcement rang out again.
"Settlement complete, officially issuing SSSS Rank evaluation rewards!"
"Player Asura SSSS Rank cleared the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, rewarding all Eternal Tower humans with the BUFF [Mine Conqueror]!"
"Limited-time BUFF [Comprehensive Enhancement], all attributes of Eternal Tower humans +30%, limited to 24 hours!"
"Limited-time BUFF [Focused Defense], damage received by Eternal Tower humans -20%, limited to 24 hours!"
"Limited-time BUFF [Sweep Weakness], after death, Eternal Tower humans will not enter a weakened state upon returning to Eternal Core City, limited to 24 hours."
"Limited-time BUFF [Experience Boost], experience gained by Eternal Tower humans +15%, limited to 12 hours!"
"[Mine Conqueror]: The next time you open a chest, capsule, or jar, the grade is +1"
"Eternal Tower's third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floor challenges are resetting, reopening in 18 hours..."
[Mine Conqueror] and [Experience Boost] were new BUFFs.
The other three seemed more like standard SSSS Rank rewards, and since Ye Bai cleared four levels, their duration was extended to 24 hours!
Ye Bai suspected that if he maintained his clearing efficiency,
These so-called limited-time BUFFs would, in a sense, become permanent BUFFs!
Sigh, being too excellent sometimes leaves you with no choice.
The effect of [Mine Conqueror] is something anyone who's played games can understand!
The inherent randomness of rewards, forcibly upgraded by one grade, brings an immense boost!
It's like winning 2 yuan in a lottery, and with a grade +1, you win 5 yuan, more than doubling!
Or, if you originally got a "Thank you for participating," with a grade +1, you win 2 yuan, multiplying countless times!
Terrifying!
As for the experience boost, it's a boon for ordinary players, reducing their difficulty in leveling up through challenges!
Unfortunately, it only lasts 12 hours, equivalent to 2 days of Eternal Tower exploration.
"No worries, just find a way to renew it within two days!"
Ye Bai was confident, isn't it just an SSSS Rank evaluation!
Is it that hard?
He cleared six SSSS evaluations in three days!
Was Ye Bai proud?
Extremely proud!
Putting away the Eternal Tower's announcement, Ye Bai saw that the mine was also settled, and he logged out of the game.
A flash of white light.
Ye Bai returned to his home, where a shadow was waiting for him.
Shadow Nine's voice sounded, though a bit weak, yet still carrying an irrepressible excitement,
"I have a surprise for you."
Tonight at 3 AM, Xue Meng ambushed the Cult Leader of the Fourth Demonic Sect near the abandoned factory.
I personally struck, severing the villain's head, confirming his death!"
"Kid, you can go to school with peace of mind."
After speaking, Shadow Nine fell silent, seemingly healing.
The smile that had just appeared on Ye Bai's face froze instantly.
Before his eyes, a clear prompt appeared, specially bolded in black font.
[Lian Lian Kan isn't dead yet]
[suprise_mother_funker]
"So this is the damn surprise!"
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