180: Chapter 180 Professional, Guaranteed to Teach and Learn

"Queen's Seductive Long Dress," an equipment piece for a female Mage, with passable stats.

The style is too revealing; I'll wait until I bring it back to the real world for experts to study.

As for that "Smooth Wooden Stick"...

Chen You's mouth twitched slightly.

Did something strange sneak into this drop list?

He turned and directly chose to exit the dungeon.

With a flash of light, Chen You's figure reappeared at the entrance of the Ten Thousand Fox Cave.

Outside the cave, the previously noisy crowd fell silent for a brief moment, then erupted into even louder discussions.

"He's out! He's out!"

"So fast? Did... did that even take five minutes?"

"He definitely failed! The mechanism of the Ten Thousand Fox Cave is so complicated, even Big Shot probably couldn't manage it, right?"

Mad Knight, an elite player from the Roman God Clan, wore undisguised mockery and schadenfreude on his face.

"Oh, isn't this the super tycoon?"

He exaggerated his tone, ensuring everyone nearby could hear him.

"Why did you come out so quickly, looking so dejected? Were you so mesmerized by the little foxes inside that you couldn't even find the way out?"

The few Roman God Clan players beside him immediately burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha, Brother Mad Knight, you're too mean! Maybe he just went in for a stroll and realized his gold coins don't work in there?"

Although the surrounding players didn't dare to join in the jeering, the way they looked at Chen You was filled with suspicion and a hint of 'I knew it.'

After all, this clear time was too unreasonable.

Facing the incoming malice, Chen You couldn't even be bothered to lift an eyelid.

He didn't even glance at Mad Knight, walking purposefully toward the ancient stone tablet next to the dungeon entrance.

Seeing himself ignored, Mad Knight's expression stiffened, and he immediately became enraged: "What? Did I hit the nail on the head, and now you're so embarrassed you want to smash the stone to vent your anger?"

"I'm telling you, the Source Realm isn't your family's property, you can't just do whatever you want because you have a few stinking coins..."

Before his words finished,

Chen You had already drawn his ascension dao sword.

No fancy moves, no extra actions, just a simple, direct vertical slash.

"Whir—!"

The sword edge cut through the air, bringing with it a light hum.

"Crack!"

The hard stone tablet shattered in response, instantly covered with countless cracks, before explosively fragmenting into a sky full of rubble.

This scene caused Mad Knight's shouting to stop abruptly.

The surrounding players were all stunned.

Smashed... he smashed it?

He smashed the dungeon tablet again?!

Before everyone could recover from the shock, another anomaly occurred!

The sky was instantly dyed an ominous blood-red, and countless dark-red lightning bolts rolled within the clouds, emitting dull roars.

A streak of blood-red lightning descended from the sky, striking precisely onto the remains of the stone tablet.

The rubble rapidly converged and reformed amidst the lightning, ultimately transforming into a blood-red boundary stele exuding an aura of violence and ill omen!

Simultaneously, the world announcement covering the entire Source Realm sounded once more!

[World Announcement: Player [Chen You] has shattered the illusion with overwhelming power, perceived the root, and forcibly activated the dungeon [Ten Thousand Fox Cave] Destruction Mode!]

[World Announcement: [Ten Thousand Fox Cave] Destruction Mode has been activated! In this mode, the strength, quantity, and complexity of dungeon monsters will be greatly increased! Rewards are also increased simultaneously! Challenge limited to once per day!]

[World Announcement: As the destroyer, the name of [Chen You] will be permanently inscribed upon the boundary stele of the [Ten Thousand Fox Cave]!]

The players who were still online instantly exploded!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! It's happening again? It's that guy named Chen You again!"

"It's him! I thought it was a legend, but it's actually real!"

"What kind of divine being is this? Is his hobby smashing dungeon plaques?"

"What time is it? Is Big Shot grinding this hard too?"

...

At the entrance of the Ten Thousand Fox Cave, there was a dead silence.

Everyone looked at Chen You as if he were a monster, their gazes mixed with awe, fear, fanaticism, and disbelief.

Mad Knight's face had turned the color of pig liver.

However, after a moment of thought, he felt that the other party must have been enraged by embarrassment!

"So what if... if it's activated? You couldn't even pass the normal one, the Destruction Mode will be even harder!"

"You... you're simply acting like an idiot, hurting others without benefiting yourself!"

He had no idea what the prerequisite was for activating Destruction Mode.

In his perception, Chen You was just venting in impotent rage.

Chen You didn't bother to pay attention.

He turned and was just about to step into the blood-red portal.

But just then, he stopped again.

He looked back, sweeping his gaze over the group of players with varied expressions, his eyes finally resting on the ashen-faced Mad Knight.

An idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

The secret of the Five Elements' generative and restrictive cycles was common knowledge for him, like kindergarten enlightenment material.

But for these players from another world, it was a core mechanism that required extensive trial and error to figure out.

He was certain that it wouldn't take long for the Three Great Divine Races, given their sheer scale, to summarize the complete pattern.

Perhaps they had already summarized it but hadn't made it public.

Overall, this piece of information still held extremely high value.

Exchanging a 'secret' that would soon expire for the goodwill and fame of all ordinary players in the Source Realm...

This deal was a massive profit.

Chen You opened the system interface and found [Post Bounty], clicking it open.

The bounty posting interface immediately popped up.

[Bounty Target: Clues for the next world boss.]

[Bounty Amount: 1 Gold Coin.]

[Bounty Description (Max 200 characters):]

Chen You quickly edited the text.

Of course, he wouldn't actually put a clue for the world boss as the bounty; what he wanted was the content of the bounty description.

He intended to use this method to deliver the words he wanted to say to all players in the Source Realm.

After writing, he clicked confirm.

[World Announcement: Player "Chen You" has posted a bounty mission! Bounty Target: "Clues for the next world boss"! Bounty Amount: 1 Gold Coin!]

[This bounty mission contains important descriptive information. All players are requested to review it!]

The world announcement flooded the screen again.

Players across the Source Realm were shocked once more.

"Holy crap, what kind of bounty is this? 1 Gold Coin to find the world boss?"

"What stunt is Big Shot Chen You pulling now? 1 Gold Coin, not even a dog would... wait, I'll go look for the world boss right now!"

"Don't rush, let me check the description before flaming..."

Countless players clicked on the detailed information of the bounty mission with confusion.

[The sequence of the Five Elements, mutual generation is the gate]

[Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal.]

[Entering the corresponding gate can break the barrier of the Ten Thousand Fox Cave.]

[May you all succeed immediately!]

Players who hadn't done the opening quest were completely bewildered.

God Clan players who understood some of the mechanics were utterly confused.

But the players who had entered the Ten Thousand Fox Cave and were troubled by the mechanism were already kowtowing to Chen You.