Lynn brushed the dust off his body and accepted three hundred yuan from the foreman.

"You're a fast worker, kid. I'll definitely call you again if there's more work." He patted Lynn on the shoulder and left.

Lynn: "Brother Li, take care! Remember to call me if you need anything!"

Watching Brother Li walk away, Lynn changed his clothes and left the construction site.

..........

Lynn sat on a park bench, watching a group of middle-aged women preparing to dance. He sighed, "It's been over a year since I came to this world. Thinking about the hardships I've faced because I'm an illegal resident, I wonder when this life will end. Sigh..."

"Just going out to buy the latest game triggered a time-travel? When did time-travel become so casual? Shouldn't it be the kind of treatment only protagonists get after saving someone from a car accident or drowning in a river?"

He felt his six-pack abs. "Sigh, in one year, I've gone from a chubby guy weighing over 150 pounds to a ripped man with six-pack abs. That was meat I'd been cultivating for over a decade, and it hardened in just one year."

He touched his abs, feeling that they didn't feel as good as his round belly.

Looking at the middle-aged women who had begun posing, ready to dance, he realized that it was already getting dark.

He patted his slightly numb thighs and closed his eyes to relieve the soreness. He was about to stand up when—

Ouch!!

Lynn fell straight to the ground.

"What happened?" Lynn said, rubbing his butt with a bewildered expression.

"Huh?" Looking at the unfamiliar environment, he wondered, "Wasn't I in the park? Where is this?"

Lynn looked around in confusion. Just then, a virtual panel appeared before him.

[Welcome to the Unknown Dungeon World. Everything you desire is here. Of course, to obtain them, you must survive.]

[Surviving is your only goal now. Remember the following tips; they will help you survive longer.]

[1. This world is connected by countless dungeons of varying sizes. Digging through the wall in front of you will take you to the next dungeon.]

[2. Dungeons may contain survival supplies, special items, or unknown, terrifying creatures.]

[3. After entering the next dungeon, the previous one will be reset.]

[4. You have ten digging attempts each day. Entering a dungeon reduces the number of attempts by one, but some dungeons may reduce it by more.]

[5. You are not alone in the Unknown Dungeon World. You may encounter others like you in the next dungeon. If so, congratulations! You will no longer be alone, unless they see you as a fat sheep.]

[6. This world is not just inhabited by you; there are many intelligent creatures. However, the Unknown Dungeon World is infinitely large, so the chances of you meeting them are low.]

[7. 7? There is no 7...............]

[The system panel has been loaded. You can open it by thinking about it.]

..........

After reading the system panel's prompts, Lynn rubbed his butt. "Time-travel again?"

Looking at the panel in front of him, he thought, "So I lived in that world for a year, and I was finally getting somewhere, and now I have to start all over again?"

Moreover, in this place, you could die if you weren't careful.

Watching the panel prompts slowly disappear, Lynn began to observe his surroundings.

The dungeon wasn't large, and it was empty. "I wonder if everyone's like this?"

He looked at the stone walls around him. "How am I supposed to dig? There are no tools around here."

"Oh, right, there seems to be a system panel. Let's open it and see."

Lynn mentally commanded to open the system panel, and a semi-transparent panel appeared before him.

[Inventory]...[Character Panel]...[Chat]...[Trade]...[Homestead]...

Below the panel were the time and number of digging attempts.

19:48:31

Digging Attempts: 10

Lynn reached out to tap [Inventory], but his hand went straight through. "???" He tried again, but it still went through.

"Could it be..." Lynn mentally said, "Open Inventory." Sure enough, it worked.

Thirty slots appeared before him. The empty slots only had a pickaxe in the first one.

He instinctively tapped it. "Huh? This time, I can actually tap it?"

A pickaxe that looked freshly made appeared in his hand.

[Ordinary Pickaxe: Don't underestimate it just because it's ordinary, only it can dig through the walls.]

Looking at the pickaxe's description, he thought, "This is just like a game. If only it were a game; I'm pretty good at games."

Lynn tapped the character panel again.

Name: Lynn

Physique: 14 (Average adult male: 10)

Strength: 13 (Average adult male: 10)

Agility: 10 (Average adult male: 10)

Spirit: 13 (Average adult male: 10)

Equipment: None

"If I hadn't been working at the construction site every day for the past year since I time-traveled, I probably wouldn't even be up to the standard data."

He then tapped [Chat].

The chat interface had [World] [Hua Country] [???]

Lynn tapped [World]. A prompt popped up: (World Channel will open in ten days.)

"It won't open until ten days from now?" He tapped [Hua Country] again.

Instantly, rows of rapidly scrolling conversations appeared.

"What's going on? I was just taking a shower, how did I suddenly end up here? I'm still naked, damn it."

"Brother upstairs, how elegant."

"Moonlit stroll?"

"Good mindset, but I think you guys are sick, seriously sick."

"I'm so scared, does anyone know how to get back?"

"+1"

"+2"

"+10086"

"+4315************* ID Number"

"Hahahahaha, destiny is mine!"

"Another one's gone crazy. Sigh..."

.......

"Has anyone started digging yet? Can you tell me if there are any dangers?"

"No danger, go ahead."

"Bullshit! I almost died, you bastard."

"?????"

"Brave one."

"Great God, please tell me, this humble one kowtows."

"A real man kneels to heaven, earth, and his parents. How can you be so worthless? Full-body prostration, Great God, please tell me."

"?????????????"

"Damn, I was just about to salute you as a true man, but this is it? This is it?"

..........

Lynn waited for a while. Seeing that the person hadn't spoken again, he looked around and, finding no useful information, exited the chat interface.