Chapter 1 Another Year

Opening his eyes, another year had passed. Lin En raised his hands, still those small hands. He lowered them and curled up in his blanket.

Numb, tired, let's just destroy it all.

It was more than an hour later before Lin En listlessly shuffled into the bathroom, only to emerge full of vigor.

After finishing breakfast, Lin En packed up his home and started his daily tour.

Lin En stood in place and looked around. Let's start with a bang today, shall we? He inquired about treasure chests, and after chatting with the stone walls, he understood everything perfectly.

Lin En headed east. There was a treasure chest over there, a transcendent treasure chest, it seemed.

He pulled out his True Pickaxe and dug, gaining ten stones. Lin En stepped inside and arrived at a new dungeon in the blink of an eye.

Lin En took out Moonlight and began searching. He didn't expect this dungeon to be so large. The stone walls said that the treasure chest guardian beast wasn't near the chest, but they didn't know where it had gone, so he still had to look around.

Oh, right, let me ask the lower stone wall.

Lin En: "Lower stone wall, do you know where the treasure chest guardian beast went?"

Lower Stone Wall: "Guardian beast? It's in the grass to the right of the treasure chest."

In the grass? Lin En came to the vicinity of the treasure chest and quickly saw it. After looking at the chest, he looked at the grass.

Hmm, such a small patch of grass. Is the guardian beast really in there?

Looking at the grass, Lin En pondered for a moment, then walked towards the treasure chest, looking like he was going to open it.

Just as Lin En placed his little hand on the treasure chest, the small patch of grass began to shake, and a slender black shadow shot out.

Lin En had been prepared from the start, and he focused even more intently when the grass began to shake. As soon as the black shadow appeared, it was struck down to the ground by Moonlight's Crescent Moon. *Pa!*

Seeing the hand, Lin En looked at the fierce beast on the ground. It was a small snake, jet-black all over, so obviously venomous. Let's identify it.

It was called an Wuqing Serpent (Black Cyan Serpent), a highly venomous fierce beast of the fifth rank. Its venom could affect beings one rank higher.

Good thing I didn't go directly into the grass to find it. I'm not wearing the Dragon Suit right now, and I might have been bitten.

Lin En first put on the Dragon Suit before approaching the Wuqing Serpent and clicking decompose. He obtained two portions of Wu Serpent Venom. He took a look. It could cause damage to sixth-rank beings, but only those with less than 1500 attribute points. Still, it was pretty powerful.

Putting away the snake venom, Lin En came to the treasure chest. Looking at the chest, which was almost as tall as he was, his face darkened, and he silently opened it.

[System: Thunder ▪ Battle Wings *1]

[System: Falling Cloud Azure Lotus Flower *3]

[System: Level 2 Arrow Tower Skill Book *1]

[System: Flame Breath *1]

Name: Thunder ▪ Battle Wings {Special}

Category: Skill

Effect: Flight, Thunder Flash

{One of the Thunder Battle Arts. Collecting all the pieces will grant the unique skill, Thunder Battle Art Technique.}

Hmm, I wonder how many kinds of Thunder Battle Arts there are? But these Thunder Wings are not bad. Not only can they fly, but the Thunder Flash is a teleportation-type ability.

But I already have a flight skill. Would it be a bit wasteful to use it? After thinking about it, Lin En still didn't learn it and put it away to look at the next item.

Falling Cloud Azure Lotus Flower, one of the materials that Shirellia needs.

Name: Level 2 Arrow Tower Skill Book

Category: Sub-occupation Skill

Effect: Build Level 2 Arrow Towers, upgrade Level 1 Towers.

{Except for the cost, everything is better than Level 1 Towers.}

Lin En slapped it directly and learned it.

Name: Flame Breath {Fifth Rank}

Category: Necklace

Effect: Flame Shield

{Be careful not to touch the Flame Shield, because it will burn you.}

Um, what's the use of this necklace? It can even hurt myself?

With the treasure chest opened, Lin En wandered around again, picking some herbs, and then went to ask the stone wall.

No treasure chests, huh? Then I'll just pick one at random?

Lin En took out his pickaxe and dug straight down, then jumped, and his whole body fell.

The sound of whistling wind kept ringing in his ears. Fortunately, he had a helmet, or his hair would have been blown into a mess. He spread his wings and slowly landed. *Thud.* He stood firm.

After standing firm, Lin En looked around and began to search for things. He searched everywhere but didn't find much. Lin En stood by a pool of water, opened his backpack, searched around, and then took out the rope he had used to tie up Liliana last time. He casually tied it to a fruit, threw it down, and activated Bait to Fish.

I wonder what I can fish out?

The pool water was very clear, but the rope didn't seem to be in the pool. He didn't know where it had gone, so Lin En looked forward to it.

Soon, the rope began to shake. Lin En pulled it up directly, and the pool water continued to ripple.

*Splash!*

A strangely shaped creature was jumping around on the ground. How ugly. Lin En kicked it back into the pool and left after taking a glance.

.....

In the next dungeon, Lin En asked a little more clearly. In each subsequent dungeon, the harvests were very good.

During this time, he also encountered a team from China, who seemed to be military personnel. They invited Lin En to join, but Lin En refused, saying that he was better off alone.

However, Lin En made a deal with them. After giving up a few fourth-rank pieces of equipment, he successfully collected some chicken eggs, bird eggs, and some materials.

.....

Materializing the home, he entered the wooden house and first put away the materials. He originally wanted to go to the Gourmet Forest to get something to eat, but as soon as he reached the door of the demon space, he saw the door banging—*bang, bang, bang, bang*—and Liliana's voice came over.

He decisively ignored it, Lin En just made something to eat, and then took a shower.

After coming out and leaning back on the pillow, Lin En took out his treasure, opened it, and looked at it. After a few minutes, he silently put it away again.

There's no passion at all, awu.

Awu, just slip into the blanket.

.....

Another day passed. Lin En, who had just woken up, raised his hand again, staring...

Ah~ It's the third day already. Why haven't the side effects worn off yet? Awu~~

Dejected, Lin En said he didn't want to dig dungeons today. Instead, he ran to the beach in the demon space, took out the giant egg, and started fishing.

The meteor hammer-style appearance was just right to use as a fishing rod. He activated Bait to Fish. As soon as there was movement, he pulled it up and threw it backwards, not even looking at what he caught.

As Lin En continued to use Bait to Fish, the things he fished up behind him piled up more and more. It seemed like he caught everything.

Lin En threw the egg down again and activated Bait to Fish. After a while, the chain connecting the giant egg moved slightly and then there was no reaction.

Huh? He pulled it up in puzzlement, only to find that the egg was gone??? Looking at the bite marks on the chain, Lin En thought that thing's teeth were really good. At least he couldn't bite through it, let alone bite it off.

Feeling much better, Lin En tossed the weapon that had lost its giant egg and wanted to go back. As soon as he turned around, he was startled. ??? How come there were so many things?

Lin En even saw a mermaid, but that mermaid had already crawled to the beach, and the next moment she was washed back down by the waves.

Ignoring the mermaid, Lin En looked at the pile of things in front of him and felt a little worried. With so many things, he couldn't possibly handle it alone. Forget it, he would go call his aunt to take care of it.

What's done is done, Lin En went directly to the tavern.