123: Unexplained team invitation

The next moment, Song Ming appeared in an unfamiliar place.

A cacophony of shouts reached his ears, and before his eyes were scattered sun tents, with students sitting inside, vigorously hawking their wares.

The scene strongly resembled a wet market or a bazaar.

Song Ming frowned and looked at the nearest stall.

Three young men were sitting inside.

On the table in front of one of them was a simple signboard, listing the basic information of their small team.

“Team Rank averages thirty, all members currently have full sets of blue equipment, strongstrength!”

“We need a Mage around Rank 30 to clear the Goblin Lair dungeon. If you perform well, the dungeon fee can be waived!”

Song Ming looked elsewhere, and the continuous shouts once again entered his ears.

“Mechanical Crisis dungeon, Nightmare difficulty, requires a Mecha Pilot Professional above Rank 50.”

“Death Island dungeon, Normal difficulty, no major requirements, just a physical Archer or Warrior Professional, at least Rank 60!”

“Mermaid of the Ocean dungeon, Nightmare difficulty, requires a Mage above Rank 65, preferably fire-elemental, and must have full blue equipment!”

Seeing this scene, Song Ming was momentarily speechless.

He had not expected the Instance Dungeon Palace to be like this.

According to Director Wang, although the Instance Dungeon Palace was within the Academy, it was a special space opened up by the Academy, connecting to many dungeons.

Therefore, it could not be entered by normal means, only by teleportation through the small white jade pagoda.

His first visit today truly surprised him.

Song Ming ignored the Professionals hawking their wares here and continued walking for a while.

Then, he saw a tall palace appear before his eyes.

Only then did he realize that this palace should be the Instance Dungeon Palace.

As for the Professionals setting up stalls and hawking outside, they were probably doing so to quickly recruit teammates.

Song Ming did not hesitate and stepped into the Instance Dungeon Palace.

Upon entering the hall, the noisy sounds immediately vanished without a trace.

The entire palace was very large, and although there were many people here, they were all very quiet, not deliberately making loud noises.

The atmosphere was much better than the market outside.

Looking around, he saw more than several hundred light gates neatly arranged within the great hall.

Each light gate was about the same size as a normal door, the only difference being that at the center of each light gate was a white swirling light mass, either large or small.

If one were to touch this light mass with Mental Energy, a piece of information would be received.

It would record what type of dungeon this light gate led to, the Rank requirements, whether there were player limits, and cooldown times, etc.

Above each light gate was a virtual light screen.

This displayed the clearance records of each small team.

And it only recorded the top five teams with the fastest dungeon clearance times.

The higher the difficulty of the cleared dungeon, the higher the ranking would be.

The Academy set up a leaderboard in front of each light gate simply to stimulate the students' competitive spirit.

To make this group of students compete in a healthy manner.

Thereby improving the students' ability levels.

After all, who wouldn't want their name to appear at the top of the leaderboard, to be admired by all?

Song Ming withdrew his gaze from the light gates and turned to look at the central white jade pillar.

That white jade pillar was several people's arm spans thick, and segments of text flickered on it.

He walked over and looked closely.

He found that these were all tasks issued by the Academy, such as collecting certain Materials, items, and special equipment.

It was equivalent to a mission hub.

Song Ming then looked at another section on the pillar, which contained team recruitment information.

In other words, the main purpose of this white jade pillar in the center of the palace was to post tasks and recruit team members.

Having such a white jade pillar made things much more convenient for Professionals like them.

However, Song Ming was not very interested in these.

His sole purpose for coming here was to solo dungeons and level up quickly.

He had no intention of joining other teams.

Just as he was about to casually find a suitable dungeon to grind monsters, a young man walked over and greeted him with a smile.

“Classmate, you look unfamiliar. Is this your first time here?”

Song Ming nodded at the remark.

The young man's eyes lit up, and he introduced himself: “Hello, classmate, my name is Li Hai. Our team happens to be short a teammate. Are you interested in joining?”

Song Ming felt a sense of bewilderment at the young man's invitation; after all, they didn't know each other and had no clear understanding of each other's strength.

Yet, he immediately wanted to team up with him.

Moreover, he was here to level up quickly and couldn't team up with others to clear dungeons.

However, Li Hai, being naturally friendly, put his hand on Song Ming's shoulder and said with a chuckle: “Don't be so quick to refuse. It's your first time here, so you're not familiar with the place. We can take you for free!”

“The main purpose of this Instance Dungeon Palace is to allow us Professionals to quickly enter dungeons.”

“So, there are a total of over one hundred and fifty dungeons here.”

“There are only ten dungeons above Rank 100 here.”

“The rest are all dungeons below Rank 100. Low-Rank dungeons, which are Rank 20 to 70, total ninety-five.”

“Advanced dungeons, Rank 70 to 100, there are 47 of them!”

These dungeons often have certain requirements for a Professional's Rank.

Although Song Ming really wanted to go to the dungeons above Rank 100, his current Rank was not high enough.

So he could only choose from the remaining Advanced dungeons.

Song Ming then asked, “Are there no Secret Realms here?”

Li Hai chuckled, “Of course there are, on the second floor, but those are not for students from ordinary academies like us to enter!”

“Second floor?”

Song Ming glanced at the ceiling; the entire palace didn't look like it had a second floor.

Li Hai knew his question and said with a smile, “It's just like how you entered the Instance Dungeon Palace; to enter the second floor, you also need special means!”

“I understand!”

Song Ming thought to himself that this Secret Realm was probably also related to Supergod Academy.

Only when he entered would he gain the corresponding privileges.

It seemed that God Yi's efforts to allow him to enter the Demon Suppression Pass Secret Realm before were definitely not small.

Song Ming couldn't help but feel a little grateful for God Yi's care.

“Alright, even though you can enter here, it doesn't mean all dungeons here are open to you for free!” Li Hai said.

Song Ming's expression remained unchanged; after all, being in the Academy, everything from food to housing to daily necessities required credit.

He had already gotten used to it.

“Heh.” Seeing Song Ming's lack of reaction, Li Hai felt a little awkward, but still continued, “Entering a dungeon costs credit.”

“The more Advanced the dungeon, the more credit it costs.”

“However, the dungeons here usually have cooldown times.”

“But then again, as long as you have enough credit, you can farm the same dungeon without limits, and ignore experience penalties!”

“I've said all this, do you understand what I mean?”

“As long as you team up with us, we'll cover your fees. It's like we're taking you to farm dungeons for free.”

“How about it, are you tempted?”