146: It's all about chance.

Chapter 146: It All Depends on Luck

One can even imagine.

Lu Ran, single-handedly, endured the Organ corridor (mechanical tunnel).

He entered the Dwarf Underground Cave unscathed, and then summoned the Undead Army inside the cave, leaving nothing but desolation in his wake!

He suddenly understood why the Natural Elves’ Elf Queen Tina was so certain about Lu Ran.

Even the Level 100 Dark Elf Queen Si Luoluo willingly followed Lu Ran.

Such terrifying ability.

He must be the best in the human race!

However, Lu Ran was not as formidable as he appeared.

The initial stone wall pincer attack, although Lu Ran wouldn't lose health, the feeling was truly unbearable.

It almost made Lu Ran poop himself!

After finally managing to quickly run through that point, the tunnel began to slant downwards, delving deep underground.

Lu Ran's running speed also increased.

And the second wave was very conventional, fitting Lu Ran's impression of secret passage mechanisms.

A volley of arrows!

Lu Ran ran forward while enduring the mechanisms.

His entire body was riddled with arrows.

And the pain was not diminished in the slightest.

Lu Ran ran forward, shouting all the way.

Afterward.

Flame sprays, chaotic blade mechanisms, and freezing traps came in turns!

“Damn it, is the Dwarf's skill in crafting mechanisms this high? There are too many types!” Lu Ran couldn't help but grumble.

Throughout the entire process, it was like a double heaven of ice and fire.

Later, Lu Ran even became numb.

He just ran forward blindly.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Lu Ran suddenly couldn't stop and crashed into a wall.

Thump!

Lu Ran came to his senses, turned his head, and saw that the light from outside the tunnel behind him was no longer visible.

He didn't know the exact length, but Lu Ran understood the Dwarf King's previous words: this Dwarf Underground Cave, after so many years of excavation by the Hill Dwarves, was very deep!

But they themselves were not good at excavating, so this depth was accumulated over countless years.

If they dug from other directions, the difficulty would be too great, and the gains would not outweigh the losses!

Of course.

This was most likely just a requirement and rule of the quest plot.

“The mechanisms should be at the end?” Lu Ran turned his head and looked around.

To the left was a stone wall, and to the right was a tunnel entrance.

He should have passed through the mechanical tunnel.

Lu Ran lifted his foot and walked into the right-hand entrance, going about ten meters deep, and did not find any more mechanisms triggered, which made him sigh in relief.

Then.

Ding!

【Quest: Continuation of the eternal fire (III) completed!】

【Reward: 80 million experience points!】

【New quest triggered, please check in time!】

Completed!

Lu Ran's eyes lit up, thinking, this isn't difficult at all.

Of course, as the saying goes, it's not difficult for Lu Ran, but for a normal professional, it's as hard as ascending to heaven!

【Level successfully raised to Level 41!】

【Level successfully raised to Level 42!】

At the same time.

Lu Ran's level also increased by two levels.

He was getting closer and closer to Level 60.

Although he was still eighteen levels away, Lu Ran was already looking forward to it.

From his current Level 42 to Level 60, Lu Ran could unlock four new skills and four new entries!

The ability of each entry was incredibly heaven-defying; it was hard to imagine what Lu Ran would become at Level 60, how terrifying he would be!

There wasn't much to say about skills, but conventional skills combined with Lu Ran's entries often had good effects.

What Lu Ran looked forward to the most was.

The Summon Abyssal Bone Dragon that could be unlocked at Level 50!

And the Undead Mage awakening skill that could be unlocked at Level 60!

Phew…

Lu Ran exhaled, muttering, “Soon, I wonder if there’s a chance to level up to Level 60 before the National War.”

After all, the National War was getting closer and closer.

Then.

Lu Ran opened the quest panel to check the next quest.

【Quest: Continuation of the eternal fire (IV)】

【Objective: Find the eternal fire and return it to the Dwarf King】

【Reward: One forging opportunity at the dwarf furnace!】

Indeed!

Lu Ran's eyes brightened. Si Luoluo's judgment was not wrong.

The last quest in this series was to bring back the eternal fire, and the reward was one forging opportunity!

Lu Ran gripped the sea-stabilizing trident in his hand.

He licked his lips.

He said, “I wonder how exaggerated the sea-stabilizing trident will be after forging.”

After all.

It was forged in the Dwarf's dwarf furnace, a Saint Artifact level!

It's just a bit of a pity.

This was the last quest.

Lu Ran was a bit disappointed, as the rewards for each stage's sub-quests were incredibly generous.

He was still hoping for a few more waves of experience.

But in the end, this was the final step.

The difficulty was indeed considerable.

“There shouldn’t be any difficulty in this Dwarf Underground Cave, right?” Lu Ran mused.

The Dwarf had already left this place.

There were no monsters here either.

It was just about finding the eternal fire.

While thinking, Lu Ran walked forward.

But he soon discovered a problem.

This Dwarf Underground Cave had no road signs!

From the moment he entered the Dwarf Underground Cave, the surrounding passages began to fork, with more and more branches, in all sorts of directions—downwards, upwards, like a spider web, extending in all directions!

Lu Ran had no road signs to guide him.

Although there were no monsters, no mechanisms, and nothing else here.

It was like a complete maze, and Lu Ran's head was spinning!

He even wished there were some Bosses here for him to fight and then give him the eternal fire; that would be easier!

“Right, I can ask the Dwarf King!” Lu Ran suddenly slapped his forehead.

Although the Dwarf King couldn't communicate.

He could contact the Three Guild Leaders!

So.

He immediately sent a message to Liu Xinxin: “Sister Xin, can you help me ask how to get around this Dwarf Underground Cave? Where is the eternal fire?”

Liu Xinxin looked at the Dwarf King and asked Lu Ran's question.

But the Dwarf King awkwardly shook his head.

He said, “After datafication, the terrain has greatly changed, and the Dwarf Underground Cave has also been expanded. The terrain is different from before. The eternal fire is deep within the cave, but I don't know the current route. If you want to find it… it depends on luck and time.”

Uh…

Liu Xinxin smiled bitterly, speechless.

She replied to Lu Ran: “The Dwarf King said it depends on fate.”

Pfft~

Lu Ran almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

It depends on fate!

Damn it, that means it's purely up to luck!

Lu Ran had been speechless since the mechanical tunnel earlier; the Undead Mage still didn't have any displacement or acceleration skills!

If he had acceleration or displacement skills, combined with Lu Ran's no-cooldown skills, he wouldn't have suffered so much in the mechanical tunnel.

It would also be faster to find the eternal fire in this Dwarf Underground Cave.

But now, he could only push forward recklessly!

Half an hour later.

Lu Ran didn't know if his luck was good or bad.

Panting, he finally saw a different large door at a corner.

The large door was open, and the space inside was huge!

It was as if a grand hall had been hollowed out underground.

Lu Ran's eyes lit up, and he hurried inside.

The hall was empty.

Many statues of Dwarf warriors stood before the walls on both sides.

Two rows extending forward, quite magnificent.

But Lu Ran didn't pay attention to these statues; his gaze went directly to a torch at the end of the hall, where a dark red small flame was burning.

This was the only flame seen in this cave so far.

“Could this be the eternal fire? A fart could probably extinguish it.”

Lu Ran mumbled, stepping forward, walking towards the torch.

Meanwhile, in the dungeon hall of a Level 3 main city.

Nanasheng had been standing here for a long time.

However, so far, the ranking list had not changed at all.

She wasn't in a hurry either.

Facing Yamata no Orochi's urging, she calmly said, “No rush, he won't remain obscure forever. As long as there's a change, I'll find him and kill him!”