Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Time ticked by, and just as the people on the shore were starting to worry, there was a sudden splash as Jiang Yi was lifted up by water elements and his head popped out of the water. His face was filled with barely suppressed excitement, and even his voice rose a few decibels:

"A secret realm! Below is the entrance to a secret realm!"

"A secret realm?" Upon hearing this, Yun Xiangrong and the others exchanged glances, their eyes lighting up.

In the setting of Cyber ​​Hell, dungeons and instances are two different concepts.

The dungeon is more like an independent challenge space. The monsters do not give experience or drop items. The only reward is a unified settlement after defeating the boss.

The secret realm is more like a hidden, undeveloped resource area. The monsters there not only give a lot of experience, but also have a higher drop rate than in the wild, and are full of various rare herbs, ores and other resources.

Secret realms typically do not have a fixed boss guarding them, but the environment can be more complex and varied. The danger comes from the environment itself. Relatively speaking, there is more freedom to explore and the risks are more dispersed. Moreover, unlike dungeons that can be repeatedly run, secret realms disappear after being explored once, so secret realms in the wild are very rare.

"However," Jiang Yi wiped the water from his face and added, "there's an energy barrier at the entrance to that secret realm. I tried, but I couldn't get in. The system notification said... a level 60 large-scale team secret realm! The required number of players is 40!"

Level 60! And a large team at that!

Not to mention those few, there isn't a single member in the entire Longyuan Guild who meets the requirements.

Yun Xiangrong immediately reported this important discovery to Wu Zhan.

Wu Zhan's side clearly also attached great importance to this, noting down the coordinates and planning to organize manpower to explore them once the guild's overall strength had improved.

Since the secret realm was temporarily inaccessible, everyone's attention returned to the current mission.

Liu Nian took a specially made water-storing pouch from Yun Xiangrong. Inside were more than a dozen freshly caught, still lively [Shadow Blind Fish]. These fish were jet black, only the size of a palm, and had degenerated eyes. Their value lay in the fact that consuming them granted players a special "Shadow Concealment" status for a short period of time.

This stealth effect is excellent; it not only distorts normal vision but also evades the heat perception of fire lizards, making it a truly superb tool for infiltrating nests. However, Liu Nian's purpose in using it is naturally not to deal with fire lizards, but rather with goblins.

With everything prepared, Liu Nian didn't delay any longer.

"I'll be going now, take care."

After bidding farewell to Yun Xiangrong and the others, Liu Nian did not rush straight to Sulfur Smoke Canyon.

He knew that although the goblin players had bizarre thought processes, they were by no means fools. Especially after suffering continuous losses, they had likely laid many traps on that path, or at the very least, increased patrols.

So Liu Nian decided to try a different route, taking this abandoned ancient road as an option.

According to the map purchased from the giants, this new route requires climbing a steep rock ledge, following a dry ancient riverbed, and finally passing through an area known as the "Acidic Stone Forest" to reach the side of the Sulphur Smoke Canyon.

The journey was longer and the terrain more complex than the previous one.

Liu Nian first climbed to the top of the rock ledge. With the help of the title, he could vaguely see the dark pool and the rushing lava river in the distance shrinking into a winding red line. Beyond that distance, he could not see anything.

After walking along this suspended road for a while, there were some dire wolves along the way. They were of average strength but very cunning. When they saw Liu Nian alone, they would pounce on him at first. But after Liu Nian killed a few of them, these monsters would run away and never show themselves in front of him again.

Liu Nian had no interest in chasing them, so he continued along the road. About half an hour later, the road suddenly descended to an almost 70-degree angle, and a kind of vine trap began to appear on the rock wall. Liu Nian easily broke free with brute force and finally descended to the dry riverbed.

The dried-up riverbed is covered with huge rocks that have been smoothed and rounded by the water flow, and walking on it requires constant jumping and nimbly maneuvering.

Liu Nian hadn't gone far when he suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on the soft sand on one side of the riverbed—there were several unnatural dents and drag marks there, and judging from the scattered metal fragments, they looked a bit like the mechanical remains of goblins.

"It seems this road isn't peaceful either."

However, since he was already looking for trouble with the goblins, he naturally wouldn't back down, but he would just be more careful.

As I was walking, I suddenly heard a buzzing sound coming from above, which was getting closer and closer and had obvious mechanical malfunction noise.

Liu Nian immediately lowered his body and, like a cheetah, silently slipped into the shadow of a boulder, using a clump of withered, strange bushes with sharp thorns to conceal himself, and looked up.

A typical goblin gyroplane was seen making a precarious, wobbly landing on the riverbed!

One of its propellers was visibly damaged, its rotation speed was uneven, and it was emitting thicker black smoke. The entire fuselage was drawing irregular arcs in the air as if it were drunk.

The goblin piloting it was frantically pulling on the control lever, letting out terrified screams:

"WAAAGH! We're going to crash! It's all your fault, you piece of junk! My precious ride!"

"Bang!" He seemed to have slammed the dial with a wrench, making the already bad situation even worse.

Boom—Clang!

The gyroplane eventually lost its balance and, with a screeching metallic scraping sound, crashed into the riverbed less than twenty meters from where Liu Nian was hiding, kicking up a cloud of dust and debris.

Fortunately, it did not appear to have exploded; it was simply completely paralyzed, billowing thick smoke.

"Ouch! That hurts so much!" the goblin cursed as he kicked open the deformed hatch and crawled out, covered in dust.

[Goblin Mooben LV42]

He didn't seem to be seriously injured, just a bit disheveled.

He walked around the crashed gyrocopter twice, kicking the wreckage several times in a fit of rage.

"I'm doomed! When I get back, the Big Tech will dismantle me and use me as fuel!" He cried, scratching his messy green hair.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he slapped his forehead. "That's it! Help! I need to call the nearest ore transport team right away! They should have trailers!"

He frantically started pressing buttons on a tattered communicator at his waist, all the while cursing under his breath.

The goblin's voice was sharp and piercing, carrying far through the empty underground space.

Liu Nian, hiding in the shadows, narrowed his eyes slightly.

Transport fleet? Trailer truck?

Should we wait before making a move...?

Liu Nian suppressed the urge to immediately appear and kill him. He continued to lie motionless in the shadows, patiently waiting.