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Huo opened the panel and carefully examined the newly created dungeon.

Dungeon Name: Goblin's Forest Stronghold (Remaining Challenge Attempts for Today: 3)

Dungeon Level: 1~3

Dungeon Difficulty: Easy

Completion Rewards: 10 Network Coins, 20 Universal Experience, Gray Quality Material (Low Probability), Gray Quality Equipment (Low Probability)

[Network Notice: Dying in this instance will cause players to suffer a Soul Weakness status (1 calendar day)]

Please clear the dungeon to unlock more difficulty levels.

Huo also read the details carefully. According to the description of the rules, the difficulty level of the dungeon has different levels depending on the dungeon, and the rewards for clearing the dungeon will also vary depending on the difficulty.

The dungeons that Huo has currently refreshed are relatively few in difficulty, with only three difficulty levels: easy, normal, and hard. According to Zongwang, these are the most common dungeons, with not much content or resources to explore.

The virtual communication function of the comprehensive network was officially launched with Huo opening the first instance.

The previously empty chat interface now displays an invitation to join the channel.

"The 'Goblin's Forest Stronghold Strategy Channel' invites you to join. Do you agree?"

As a chat channel, players can hide their real names, so Huo even gave himself a special chat nickname.

"I agree to join."

[Network notification: Player '尽栗了' has joined the current channel]

[Chat text translation module is now loaded]

[Current number of online users: 13]

[Pudding Butter Candy]: Welcome, newcomer!

[Potato]: Welcome, welcome! New friends can check out the shared files in the channel first; there are dungeon guides inside.

[Jin Li]: Hi everyone, I'm new here, nice to meet you all.

[A poem in half-finished]: Welcome, welcome!

……

Huo added a few more comments, but the group chat quickly shifted to other topics.

Looking at the group chat in front of him, Huo still felt a little strange. He used to chat in the group every day when he was in college, but he started working later.

Shaking his head, Huo opened the dungeon guide in the channel.

Dungeon Information: Goblin's Forest Stronghold (Easy)

Description: This instance is located in a normal grove of trees with good environmental quality. On easy difficulty, the enemies are 3 ordinary goblins carrying wooden clubs.

Recommendation: Level 1 newbies should not be afraid of battle. After taking down one goblin, the remaining two will run away. Be careful not to get surrounded by the enemy.

In summary, this is a beginner-friendly dungeon with low difficulty. With proper equipment, there is virtually no chance of failure.

P.S.: Don't rush to leave after the dungeon ends. There are plenty of Green Glow Grass in the forest. The market price is about 5 Zongwang Coins per kilogram. New players who are short of money can pick and sell it (Green Glow Grass.jpg).

The guide concludes with pictures of Green Glow Grass and instructions on how to harvest it.

The instance had already refreshed, and it looked quite simple. Huo couldn't contain his excitement and immediately returned to the tomb hut.

Huo took out a hand axe for chopping wood from the woodshed, and a wooden pot lid as a shield. With his meager equipment, he set off immediately.

[Selected instance - Goblin Forest Stronghold]

Current Difficulty: Easy

[The dungeon portal is opening. Please prepare.]

A blue dot of light appeared in the void, gradually growing larger until it formed a dark blue portal as tall as a person.

Huo tentatively stepped inside, only to find everything suddenly going black, as if he had fallen into a state of weightlessness.

The next instant, the sky brightened, and he was transported from the dark grave hut to the midday woods.

"Waru mulu luru!"

Not far away, three green figures, each less than 1.2 meters tall and wielding wooden sticks, were taken aback when they saw the suddenly appearing human. Upon noticing that there was only one person, they immediately became excited, yelling and waving their wooden sticks as they charged over.

Huo hadn't expected to appear opposite monsters as soon as he entered the dungeon. He tightened his grip on his shield and stared intently at the three green-skinned dwarves running towards him.

A few seconds later, the fastest goblin was already in front of Huo Huan, and swung its wooden club down hard at Huo Huan's chest.

Huo reacted quickly, holding the pot lid in front of his chest.

"Thump," the sound of a wooden stick hitting the pot lid reached Huo's ears. Huo felt the force in his left hand was surprisingly light, feeling that his strength was only slightly greater than that of an underage girl.

Huo blocked the attack with his left hand, but his right hand was not idle either, and he immediately swung the axe horizontally at the goblin's head.

Huo was clearly a bit clumsy when he first tried to chop someone with an axe. His horizontal slash aimed at the head was off-target and ended up hitting the goblin on the neck.

Huo Huan only felt a slight blockage in his right hand. The next instant, a head shot into the air under the pressure of blood pressure, and warm blood splattered all over Huo Huan.

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[Network notification: You have successfully executed a decapitation attack! The enemy (goblin) has fallen.]

The other two goblins charging behind saw their brother charge forward and were instantly decapitated.

Hesitating for even a second is disrespectful to one's own life. The two goblins in the back suddenly braked, dropped their wooden clubs, and ran away with strange howls.

"Holy crap, don't you dare run away!"

Seeing the remaining two goblins turn and run away, Huo panicked, fearing he wouldn't be able to clear the dungeon. He dropped the pot lid in his hand, not even having time to wipe the blood off his axe, and hastily wiped his face with his left hand before chasing after them.

Fortunately, the goblin was short and had short legs, so he couldn't run as fast as Huo. After running for more than ten meters, Huo caught up with him and chopped him down with an axe.

The last goblin, hearing the screams of its brethren behind it, ran even faster, wishing it had two more legs.

To be honest, this little thing isn't fast, but it's quite slippery, taking advantage of its small size to squeeze through any crevice.

Unfortunately, its slow speed was a major drawback, and after wasting some time, it finally fell to Huo Huan's axe.

[The dungeon completion conditions have been met; rewards are being calculated.]

The rewards you received from this dungeon run are: 10 General Coins and 20 Universal Experience.

The teleportation portal is now open; you can leave at any time before the instance ends.

"Huff, huff," Huo dropped the axe. He plopped down on the ground, trying to calm his rapidly beating heart.

It wasn't because of nervousness or excitement, it was just that I was a little out of breath from chasing for so long.

Huo hadn't expected his first dungeon run to end so abruptly. There was no intense fighting or bloody battle as he had anticipated; instead, there was only a rather long chase, with a few seconds of fighting followed by several minutes of running.

After resting for a while, Huo patted his butt, stood up, and summoned his professional item: the Book of Collections.

The black-covered Book of Collectors appeared in mid-air at Huo Huan's summons. Under Huo Huan's control, the pages of the Book of Collectors turned and were aimed at the goblin corpse on the ground.

A beam of red light swept across, and the goblin's corpse was erased as if wiped clean with an eraser, revealing the contents of the first page of the Book of Collections.

[Network notification: Containment successful, your collection value +1]

Huo caught the book of his collection in mid-air and opened the first page.

A lifelike picture of a goblin appeared before Huo Huan's eyes.

Race name: Goblin

Description: A small, magical creature that is greedy, irritable, and aggressive, yet also cowardly. It often inhabits tree hollows and caves.

Trait: Disease Resistance

Disease Resistance: Goblins living in dirty and chaotic environments have a high resistance to diseases, and when equipped, they can resist most common diseases.

It seems to be a useless trait. As a player, Huo already has good immunity, but it doesn't really help with ordinary diseases.

However, the current loading bar is empty anyway, so I might as well load it first, since I can change it at any time.

Since he had already chopped them down, and adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Huo also collected the corpses of the remaining two goblins. As expected, apart from slight differences in the pictures, the descriptions and traits were exactly the same.

Wait a minute, something seems off. Feeling something was off, Huo opened the Book of Collections again to examine it more closely.

After looking at it for a while, Huo finally realized something was wrong—it was the name.

One of the goblins had a faint silvery-white hue in its name, while the other two had a bronze hue.

Although I noticed the difference, it doesn't help at the moment. It just looks like there's a slight difference in color. I might have to wait for the upgrade to find out the specific function.

After putting away the book of collections, Huo also retrieved the pot lid he had previously lost and put the two pieces of 'equipment' into his personal space backpack.

I opened the chat channel on the general website, compared the image of the Green Jade Grass in the guide, and started working as a part-time herb gatherer.

More than half an hour later.

[Important Notice from the Online Community: The current instance is about to close. Please leave immediately via the teleportation portal, or you will be automatically killed.]

[Countdown to instance closing: 300, 299...]

Huo straightened up, looked at the less than 10 Green Jade Grasses in his spatial backpack, scratched his head, and thought, "It really wasn't easy."

"Open teleportation channel"

A blue portal appeared inside the gravedigger's hut. Huo returned to the hut empty-handed, and the goblin blood on his body disappeared after he had taken in a goblin.

[Network notification: The normal difficulty of the dungeon "Goblin's Forest Stronghold" has been unlocked. Please check the dungeon information for details.]

Dungeon Name: Goblin's Forest Stronghold (Remaining Challenge Attempts for Today: 2)

Level: 1~3

Difficulty: Normal

Completion Rewards: 20 Network Coins, 50 Universal Experience, Gray Quality Material (Low Probability), Gray Quality Equipment (Low Probability), Skill Card (Extremely Low Probability)

[Network Notice: Dying in this instance will cause players to suffer a Soul Weakness status (1 calendar day)]

Please clear the dungeon to unlock more difficulty levels.

Huo was still looking at the dungeon interface. The dungeon "Goblin's Forest Stronghold" now had two difficulty levels to choose from.

Upon opening the integrated network panel, it was already past 1 a.m. The time on the trading platform was consistent with the player's main world, but no matter how long one stayed in the dungeon, only one hour passed in the main world.

The chat channel was no longer as lively as it had been when Huo first joined; there was hardly any player chatting.