Ownership of iron ore

"Captain Tian, besides the school, where else are there Dungeons?"

"You want to go to other Dungeons?" Tian Ye asked. "What level are you now?"

Lin Yuan glanced at his experience bar. "Level 9, but I'll be able to level up to 10 soon."

"The Professionals Association has some Dungeons, and the Law Enforcement Team, Demon Suppression Army, and major guilds also control quite a few Dungeons."

"But those are basically all Level 10 and above."

"As far as I know, there are currently only three Dungeons in Tianfeng City that Professionals Level 10 and below can enter."

"Golden Tooth Ruins, Skeleton Graveyard, and Narcissus Garden."

"You don't need to consider Golden Tooth Ruins; you've already completed a perfect clear."

"Narcissus Garden is next door at High School No. 2. This Dungeon is unique; it doesn't require combat, it's a puzzle-solving Dungeon, and the highest difficulty is only Adventure Difficulty."

"Knowing your personality, you probably won't choose it."

"The last one is the Skeleton Graveyard. This Dungeon has a very high difficulty."

"The monsters inside are undead creatures. Disturbing one will attract a large group, which severely tests a team's coordination ability."

"Skeleton Graveyard's level restriction is 1-15. The normal difficulty BOSS is Level 11. If you choose Nightmare difficulty, the Final Boss will certainly exceed Level 15."

Seeing Lin Yuan show a moved expression, Tian Ye offered a suggestion:

"I know you definitely want to challenge the Nightmare difficulty."

"My suggestion is that you first challenge Hard or Adventure Difficulty, raise your level to 10, gather a set of Silver Equipment, and only consider challenging Nightmare difficulty after obtaining your second Summoned Beast."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

The suggestion was good,

But he wouldn't accept it.

He was already decked out in Gold Equipment, why would he need to gather a set of Silver Equipment?

He could reach Level 10 just by killing a few monsters in a Nightmare difficulty Dungeon,

Then he could directly learn the Level 10 Summoning skill—how convenient would that be?

Furthermore, only the first clear of each Dungeon rewards evolution points.

Nightmare difficulty yields 1600, while normal difficulty only gives 100. Wouldn't that be a needless loss of 1500 evolution points?

"Captain Tian, where is the Skeleton Graveyard located?"

"It's in the southernmost part of Tianfeng City, near the suburbs. There's a bus that goes straight there."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"Got it."

He would go tomorrow after sleeping in until he woke up naturally.

"Oh, right." Tian Ye slapped his forehead, remembering something important. "There's something I forgot to tell you."

"If you want to enter other Dungeons, you must first go to the Professionals Association and obtain a Dungeon Pass issued by them."

"Dungeon Pass?" Lin Yuan was confused. "Do you need a pass to enter a Dungeon?"

"I didn't use one when I entered Golden Tooth Ruins before."

"That's a Novice Dungeon, prepared for Professionals below Level 10, so naturally, you don't need a pass."

"Dungeons Level 10 and above all require a Dungeon Pass."

Tian Ye preemptively educated the two of them about the rules for Professionals entering Dungeons.

"The management of Professionals in Xia Kingdom is extremely strict. To enter a Dungeon, you must hold a Dungeon Pass issued by the Professionals Association."

"Dungeon Passes are also graded. The lowest is Normal, and the highest is Nightmare, indicating which difficulty level of Dungeon the Professional can enter."

"This greatly reduces Professional casualties."

"It also allows Professionals to quickly find suitable teammates when forming a party."

"I understand." Lin Yuan nodded. "This is equivalent to helping Professionals filter out dead weight teammates beforehand."

After all,

A Professional holding an Adventure Difficulty Dungeon Pass,

would not enter a Dungeon with a Professional holding a normal difficulty Dungeon Pass.

Unless it's a carry run.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment,

and confirmed his schedule for tomorrow:

After waking up, first go to the Professionals Association, get the Dungeon Pass, and then head to the Skeleton Graveyard.

While they were talking, a silver-haired man around thirty years old, dressed in a Law Enforcement Team uniform, appeared in the sky.

"Ah, nostalgia. The scent of youth."

The man walked through the air, step by step, until he stood before Lin Yuan and Tian Ye.

Tian Ye's mouth twitched slightly.

"Captain."

The person who arrived was precisely the Chief Captain of the Tianfeng City Law Enforcement Team,

the Level 48 Blasting Boxer known as Gale and Torrential Rain.

Liao Chen!

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Liao Chen."

Liao Chen tossed his hair, revealing a hearty smile.

"Chief Captain of the Tianfeng City Law Enforcement Team."

"External Consulting Advisor for the Demon Suppression Army."

"Three-time consecutive runner-up of the Tianfeng City Martial Arts Competition."

"An unremarkable Level 48 Boxer."

Lin Yuan: ... Sun Xu muttered softly beside him, "Brother Lin, this guy is even more boastful than you."

"But he hasn't grasped the essence of showing off."

"Who brags about themselves?"

"Little does he know, invisible boasting is the most lethal."

"If someone loudly shouted out his name right now, and then a few others recited all those messy titles, that would be the way to do it."

Tian Ye, standing nearby, heard everything clearly and was struggling hard to suppress his laughter.

Liao Chen's expression first froze, then his eyes lit up.

What this skinny kid said was interesting.

He would do exactly that the next time the Martial Arts Competition started.

"Captain, the Derivative Dungeon is over there. Let's get down to business."

Prompted by Tian Ye, Liao Chen began handling the official business.

First, he checked the stability of the Derivative Dungeon and confirmed that the output was also fine.

Finally, it was time to determine the ownership of the Dungeon.

Generally, when a resource-type Derivative Dungeon appears, the mining rights fall to the faction that owns the Dungeon.

But Golden Tooth Ruins is a Novice Dungeon, belonging to Tianfeng City as a whole, not to any single faction.

This was precisely the most troublesome part.

This meant the Law Enforcement Team, the Professionals Association, and the Demon Suppression Army could all mine it.

"Tian Ye, can our Law Enforcement Team monopolize this Plain Mine?"

Liao Chen asked Tian Ye quietly, receiving a look from Tian Ye as if he were an idiot.

"Captain, you're not seriously thinking of hogging it all, are you?"

"This is two hundred million tons of iron ore! If President Lin Yandong of the Professionals Association and General Meng Zhan of the Demon Suppression Army found out, they would surely team up and come knocking."

Liao Chen sighed. "True, those two guys aren't easy to deal with."

"Forget it. I'll report this matter to the Deputy Mayor and let him decide."

The Mayor position in Tianfeng City is currently vacant, and all major and minor affairs are handled by Deputy Mayor Shen Zhong.

Shen Zhong is a Life Professional Barrier Master, only Level 42.

All the barriers in Tianfeng City were set up by him.

With him around, the city's safety is increased by at least tenfold.

Shen Zhong was handling official duties. After receiving Liao Chen's report, he considered the matter and proposed a reasonable distribution plan.

"Recently, there have been signs of instability at the Zerg Fortress. The Demon Suppression Army gets fifty percent, the Professionals Association gets thirty percent, the Law Enforcement Team gets ten percent, and the remaining ten percent goes to Lin Yuan."