The quality of the treasure chests I open will always increase by 3.

Gold Rating! Number One!

Lin Yuan smiled. Sure enough, his current attributes were too strong, so strong that he was stronger than a six-person team all by himself.

The stone tablet outside only had the team name on it, not the completion time, so he didn't know how long the "Children of the Wind" team took to clear Heartbreak Ridge.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and typed "Gale" into the panel.

Congratulations to the "Wind" team for achieving first place in the Gold Rating of Heartbreak Ridge!

The game prompts continued to appear.

You have obtained the item: Storage Ring.

You have gained 90% experience points.

Congratulations on reaching level 14!

A black ring suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yuan.

Storage ring!

Lin Yuan was overjoyed; this was a treasure!

Players only have 20 slots in their inventory, which cannot be expanded. So what can they do if they want to carry more items?

Storage ring.

However, storage rings have one drawback: they can be stolen.

Backpack space?

This is tied to the player!

Therefore, unless the player takes the item out of their inventory, killing is easy, but stealing is impossible.

When a player dies, the items in their inventory will be recycled by the system.

Lin Yuan picked up the ring, put it on his finger, and immediately discovered a different space about 1 meter in volume when he touched it.

This is the worst storage ring ever, with only 1 cubic meter of space!

Lin Yuan felt that the space in his storage ring might not be as large as the one Su Yunmeng had worn before.

But hehe, she's the daughter of the Su Group!

When does it normally take an average player to acquire a storage ring?

Level 100 and above!

Lin Yuan was able to obtain it at level 14 entirely because he achieved the highest rating in the Heartbreak Ridge dungeon!

Keep in mind that the game has been around for over 80 years, and countless brilliant minds have emerged during that time.

Therefore, for low-level dungeons like this, the results are already fixed, making it extremely difficult to break the record.

Putting aside everything else, how many years have people been stuck at level 12, the highest level in the beginner's trial?

If Lin Yuan's Treasure Chest King talent hadn't been so extraordinary, how could he have broken through?

The same applies to instances.

With so many teams competing against them, their performance has almost reached a point where it can't improve.

Under these circumstances, Lin Yuan received a storage ring as a reward... This can't be called the game being generous; it's just incredibly stingy.

Lin Yuan was fine.

Anyway, he was super relaxed. He ran from the entrance of the dungeon to here, stood there for about 3 minutes, and then finished.

Lin Yuan chuckled and picked up the teeth from the ground.

[Corpse Fang] When inlaid into a weapon, each time the weapon hits a target, the target will be infected with corpse poison, losing 10 health points per second. Inlay failure rate: 50%. Can only be inlaid by a blacksmith.

Huh, an enhancement item.

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

This is a good item; it adds extra damage.

However, the failure rate is a staggering 50%!

It's a total rip-off.

Moreover, 10 health points per second is far too low.

Lin Yuan then sent Su Yunmeng the attributes of the Corpse Fang: "Want it?"

"want!"

Five seconds later, Su Yunmeng replied with a voice message: "I want it! I want it!"

Something seems off about this conversation.

Lin Yuan then sent the Corpse Fang directly using the remote transaction mode.

It's amazing how things can be delivered instantly to friends, no matter how far apart they are.

"How much?" Su Yunmeng asked.

"I took three of your boxes earlier, and then I took things from inside them," Lin Yuan said.

"Those three boxes are a gift for you," Su Yunmeng said quickly.

"Then I'll give this to you as a gift." Lin Yuan refused to accept the money.

He certainly had his own opinion on the matter.

You won't suffer a loss, but you won't gain an advantage either.

Moreover, Su Yunmeng gave him three treasure chests, which involved a certain risk and was a timely help. Lin Yuan would never be stingy with someone who helped him.

"Okay, thank you then," Su Yunmeng said. A few seconds later, she suddenly sent another message: "You're level 14?!?!"

A series of exclamation marks revealed her shock.

You were only level 13 yesterday!

Everyone knows that you can only level up to level 13 in the beginner trial, and you can get some more experience points in the final dungeon, but it won't be more than 10% at most.

So, you earned 90% of your experience points today?

How is that possible!

No matter how fast you kill monsters, the number of monsters and their respawn rate are what they are. How could you possibly get 90% of the experience required to reach level 13 in just one day?

"I was lucky; the dungeon rating gave me 90% experience," Lin Yuan replied.

Su Yunmeng remained silent for a long time. After at least three minutes, she screamed, "You ran a dungeon? You even got a gold rating? Wow, did you break a record? Who did you run it with? Waaaaah, you didn't call me! I'm so sad!"

Listening to her "screams," Lin Yuan could imagine her frantic, clawing appearance.

A smile crept onto Lin Yuan's lips: "I played it all by myself, and I did get a gold rating, which should be a record."

"Tomorrow! You must take me with you tomorrow! Name your price!" Su Yunmeng replied immediately.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "One treasure chest at a time."

"Any quality is acceptable."

He added another sentence.

This is definitely a friendly price, a way of returning a favor.

"Deal!" Su Yunmeng said. "I'll have my dad get the treasure chest right away—I really don't know what you need it for. The drop rate and refresh rate of these items are extremely low, and most people just open them directly, making them very difficult to collect."

Lin Yuan then said, "I like the sense of anticipation I feel when I open a treasure chest."

"...Fine then." Su Yunmeng could only accept his hobby with resignation.

Of course, she never dreamed that Lin Yuan could upgrade a low-level treasure chest to three different qualities to open it.

Lin Yuan ended the call with Su Yunmeng; she was probably leveling up too.

With 29 days left until becoming a martial artist, every candidate certainly hopes to raise their level as much as possible.

Having a level only has a negligible impact on improving strength, but without a level, how can you wear high-level equipment?

Furthermore, many enhancement items require reaching a certain level before they can be used, such as high-level power stones.

Lin Yuan walked back, and a dozen minutes later, he walked out of the instance.

Look at the stone tablet at the entrance of the dungeon; the top-ranked team in the Gold rating has changed.

"Gale", and below the team there is only one member.

Gentle breeze!

Hehe, Lin Yuan revealed a smile.

Continue upgrading.

He returned to the pool and continued to smear the slime.

When he returned, he happened to arrive just in time for the monster-hunting event. He saw clumps of mud spraying out of the pool, slapping onto the ground, then wriggling up and turning into soft mud monsters.

Lin Yuan took a breath and went out with his knife.

Grandpa's here, my grandchildren!