Strange Stone, Glory Points

After defeating the Guardian BOSS, Lin Xuan did not receive a ROLL point prompt.

It seems that although Irena can team up as a partner to run dungeons,

there is still a difference compared to actual professional players.

"Now it depends on whether the dungeon treasure chest's rewards are based on a solo clear or a party clear."

For dungeons,

unless you break a record, a solo clear definitely won't yield as many rewards as a party clear.

For party clears, the dungeon will increase experience and equipment drop rates based on the number of players.

Generally speaking,

a Level 40 dungeon cleared solo will drop one to three items.

For two players, it's two to five items.

Beside the BOSS's corpse, there was a glowing treasure chest.

Lin Xuan thought for a moment.

Ultimately, he still didn't take out his lucky revolver.

Clunk—

The treasure chest opened, and various items scattered around it.

Three pieces of equipment, two items.

"Not bad. In the future, I'll bring Silly Cow and the others, but I won't share experience with them."

"Then I can enjoy the rewards of a five-person dungeon all by myself."

Lin Xuan thought mischievously as he checked the items.

The attributes of the three equipment pieces were mediocre.

They were far inferior to what he had on him.

Not to mention he had five Level 60 Mythical equipment pieces in his backpack.

The equipment he was wearing had already been replaced before the start of the semester.

There was nothing he could do; with money, equipment was the least of his worries.

However, even a small mosquito is still meat.

Regarding professional players' equipment,

the enhancement function unlocks at Level 50, and the amplification function unlocks at Level 60.

Regarding these two functions,

there has always been a saying that enhancement ruins three generations, and amplification destroys a lifetime.

That's where the real money spending begins.

Materials from disassembled equipment are one of the requirements for enhancement.

So, even the trashiest equipment can still be worth some money.

After checking the equipment, Lin Xuan turned his attention to the two items.

These were two stones of different colors.

The first stone was dark blue.

Holding it in his hand, there was a faint, tingly electric sensation.

[Material: Thunderous Stone]

[Description: Can be used to craft weapons, necklaces, and other equipment, imbuing them with a lightning strike effect]

Not bad. Thunderous Stone is considered a special material from this dungeon.

It is said that many female mages are collecting them.

The drop rate isn't high, so it's worth a good amount of money.

Putting away the Thunderous Stone, Lin Xuan looked at the other stone.

[Item: Strange Stone]

[Description: Collect three to activate a special effect within the Thunderous Ruins dungeon]

A Strange Stone, indeed very strange.

When Lin Xuan looked up information last night, he didn't see any description of this item.

He had no idea what it was for.

"A special effect within the dungeon, it's probably just a hidden BOSS."

"Only three. I'll farm a few and see."

Putting away the items, Lin Xuan exited the dungeon with Irena.

[Thunderous Ruins, cleared!]

[Difficulty: Normal]

[Clear Time: 00:07:09]

[Rating: SSS]

[Reward: Experience +32400]

The settlement did not grant skill points or free attributes.

Fortunately, after various Experience Amplification bonuses, the experience gain was substantial.

Bluestar has been digitized for over a hundred years.

The calculation of Experience Amplification items has long been thoroughly researched.

Only Magic Cards, items, and titles have Experience Amplification effects.

Experience bonuses of the same type are additive.

For example, if Lin Xuan has a Magic Card with a 30% experience bonus and another with a 70% experience bonus.

They add up to 100%.

This effect allows him to gain double experience.

Cross-category experience bonuses, however, are multiplicative.

Teacher Li Ming's National Server Medal provides a 500% experience bonus, which means six times the experience.

Therefore, when equipped, he gets two times multiplied by six times, allowing him to gain twelve times the experience!

To level up from Level 41 to Level 42, it requires approximately 400,000 experience.

Before entering the dungeon, due to the daily settlement of Goblin Castle and Shili Slope dungeon leaderboard experience,

Lin Xuan was only 1% away from leveling up.

Because of this, as soon as he returned to the dungeon hall, the level-up prompt appeared.

Along with it was the notification of reaching the top of the Thunderous Ruins speedrun leaderboard.

The previous record for Thunderous Ruins Normal difficulty was thirty minutes.

Lin Xuan was not surprised by this.

He ignored it and prepared to re-enter the dungeon to see what was so strange about this Strange Stone.

[You have cleared Normal difficulty Thunderous Ruins. Please wait 00:59:37]

[You can spend 100 academic credits to remove the Normal difficulty cooldown!]

Lin Xuan already knew about dungeon cooldowns.

This was mainly related to the early days of the Great Cataclysm.

At that time, professional players generally had low levels, and most dared not venture outside the city.

They would hide inside the city and continuously farm dungeons.

This led to many conflicts, and eventually, it became so severe that a beast tide formed outside the city.

Later, several powerful professional players globally developed the dungeon cooldown mechanism, forcing professional players to go outside the city to kill demonic beasts, which resolved the issue.

Of course, dungeons below Level 30 still have no cooldown; this is to provide a protection period for new professional players.

Lin Xuan was surprised that lifting the cooldown required so many academic credits.

He had only just received 207 academic credits from clearing Normal difficulty Thunderous Ruins.

"Forget it, I'll try other difficulties first."

One hundred academic credits were just a small sum to him now.

But he wouldn't be so extravagant.

Lin Xuan selected the Hard difficulty, just as he was about to enter the dungeon.

He suddenly noticed some changes in his wristband data.

Originally, the wristband only recorded his academic credits at school.

Now, an additional entry appeared below: Honor Points.

The number eleven was displayed on it.

He clicked to view.

[Honor Points: 11]

[Description: Contribute to Mingzhu University, gain honor to receive Honor Points...]

After reading for a moment, Lin Xuan also searched for some information on the school forum and finally understood.

Mingzhu University had set up another, higher-tier point system on top of academic credits.

Honor Points could also be exchanged for items, and the items inside were very powerful.

Of course, its most important use was to exchange for Honor Crystals.

One Honor Crystal required 361 Honor Points.

And possessing an Honor Crystal allowed one to customize their needs with Mingzhu University!

This reward was truly immense.

It was equivalent to holding a powerful faction's ultimate weapon!

Lin Xuan's Honor Points detailed record showed:

Ten points came from breaking the freshman trial academic credit record.

One point came from the recent dungeon record.

"The Freshman Challenge's Newcomer King rewards two Honor Points."

"It seems I'll have to participate."

Lin Xuan closed his wristband and entered the dungeon.

The Level 6 Undead Summoning skill could summon sixty-four Skeleton Soldierss.

Since death scythe was equipped, the summoned creatures doubled.

This time, one hundred twenty-eight Skeleton Soldierss appeared.

It was still the same as the Normal dungeon.

Lin Xuan casually followed behind, while Irena commanded the Skeleton Soldierss in battle.

Soon, accompanied by the sound of a prompt,

the dungeon was cleared again.

This time, Lin Xuan still chose not to use his lucky revolver.

After obtaining the Magic Card Evolution Stone last time,

the lucky revolver went from six shots to seven.

An extra bullet, and it was already fully loaded.

It was just that the bullet's effect was too strong, and Lin Xuan didn't want to waste it.

"Since the school has three dungeons, I'll use all the bullets on the World-Ending difficulty dungeon today."

Exiting the dungeon, he, without surprise, successfully topped the speedrun leaderboard again.

Unfortunately, no good items dropped, nor did he find any Strange Stones.

Lin Xuan didn't care.

He continued to enter Hell difficulty, then Nightmare difficulty.

At the end of Nightmare,

he finally obtained another Strange Stone.

Entering World-Ending difficulty.

At this point, the Skeleton Soldierss already seemed somewhat fragile.

Lin Xuan activated Supreme Domination for the first time.

Powerful black and red smoke enveloped the Skeleton Soldierss.

The Goblins in the dungeon, upon seeing this, surprisingly did not attack.

"Supreme Domination actually has a deterrent effect!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes as he personally commanded the Skeleton Soldierss in battle.

Soon, even the World-Ending difficulty dungeon,

under the amplification of Supreme Domination, was a breeze.

Bang—

Standing before the World-Ending difficulty dungeon's treasure chest, Lin Xuan fired a lucky bullet, then opened the chest.

[You have obtained three Strange Stones. Dark Thunder Ruins will now open!]

[Dark Thunder Ruins is extremely dangerous. Do you wish to continue the challenge?]