Hearing Lin Liyu's words, Qin Feng was a bit speechless.
This girl, even running around aimlessly, can find something valuable?
Although she died a few times while exploring outside, she had stored her lifespan, so the loss wasn't significant.
Of course, Qin Feng still reminded her, "Try not to die if you can help it. Don't let your non-tradable lifespan hit zero, or it could be dangerous."
Lin Liyu nodded seriously, "Got it. I know, you have a skill that can drain others' lifespan... We're prepared for that. Anyway, let's explore outside the city ruins first, and then replenish our non-tradable lifespan later."
Qin Feng was a bit surprised, "You have a stable way to replenish it?"
Lin Liyu smiled lightly, "Yes. Inside the city ruins, we lure some monsters that have absorbed non-tradable lifespan to a hidden spot and kill them."
"After killing them, the non-tradable lifespan they drop is left untouched, not absorbed, so we can go back and replenish it when needed."
That's one way to do it.
But only the officials have the capability to implement it.
After all, any guild outside of the official ones wouldn't strictly enforce 'real-name verification.'
And the official real-name system gives them enough control over their players.
It ensures that those guarding the non-tradable lifespan won't embezzle it... Though it's not foolproof, it's relatively secure.
At this moment, Qin Feng followed Lin Liyu through the temple maze.
Qin Feng found that although this place was a maze, the map wasn't complicated, and most importantly, there were no traps.
Compared to the temple he explored last time in the newbie village, which took him three hours, this was much easier.
Moreover, Lin Liyu mentioned that the monsters encountered along the way were just small fry. Even Lin Liyu could easily handle them now, let alone Qin Feng.
After more than ten minutes, Lin Liyu led Qin Feng to the deepest part of the temple ruins!
Although the maze was tackled by her six-member team, the others had returned, leaving only Lin Liyu to guide Qin Feng...
"This is it, boss."
Lin Liyu stood before a white spherical light ball taller than a person!
Upon reaching it, she extended her hand, directly into the white spherical light ball, waving it around.
Her figure, clad in a black robe, even passed through the white light ball without any reaction from it.
"See, the system tells me I'm not the destined one..."
Lin Liyu was a bit frustrated, then looked at Qin Feng with some anticipation, "Boss, why don't you give it a try? We suspect this temple might be linked to the one in the previous town."
"You explored that temple, maybe you can activate this teleportation light ball."
Qin Feng nodded.
He stepped forward, reaching out to touch the white light ball...
Immediately, the white light from the ball spread over his entire body!
This scene made Lin Liyu's eyes light up.
"Sure enough, there's a reaction!"
Before she could react, Qin Feng was completely enveloped by the white light and vanished in the next moment!
Lin Liyu, a bit excited, opened the 'Shadow' private chat channel, sending several messages to inquire about the situation, but received no response...
She wasn't too concerned.
After all, she knew that in the Abandoned Gods Game, many places block long-distance communication!
...
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[You have arrived at the 'Cave of the Ice Tide'! Your long-distance communication will be blocked.]
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Qin Feng was a bit surprised to hear the prompt in his mind.
He initially thought he would arrive at a hall-like place, but unexpectedly, he found himself in a pitch-black cave.
Subshadow!
Instinctively, Qin Feng entered stealth mode.
As he maintained his stealth, his stealth level gradually increased, soon reaching level 8!
Before long, a strand of icy blue light began to glow from a spot more than ten meters ahead of him.
"A blue crystal?"
"Wait, this thing seems to be..."
Qin Feng's eyes narrowed.
He recognized the crystal emitting the icy blue light as an unstable ice elemental mineral—an Ice Tide Crystal!
Once attacked, it would release the ice elemental energy within, unleashing a violent and turbulent ice tide!
If he couldn't leave this cave, once the ice tide erupted, Qin Feng would surely meet his end.
"I definitely won't touch this crystal myself."
"But..."
Qin Feng began to observe his surroundings.
As the icy blue light from the Ice Tide Crystal illuminated the cave, he saw it was a circular cave with a diameter of over twenty meters. Surrounding the cave were seven passages, leading to unknown destinations...
As the blue light spread along the passages, Qin Feng soon heard some rustling sounds coming from the seven passages.
"Monsters?"
"This is..."
Qin Feng squinted his eyes.
He quickly realized that he needed to protect the Ice Tide Crystal in the center!
Monsters continuously emerged from the seven passages.
If any of these monsters managed to attack the Ice Tide Crystal in the center, everything nearby would be obliterated in the ice tide!
Naturally, Qin Feng wouldn't be spared either.
"These seven passages are spaced far apart, with the furthest being forty meters away."
"And they're in different directions."
"Under normal circumstances, a single player couldn't possibly guard them all..."
Even Qin Feng, with his Shadow Blink Slash and Night Ring Blade, couldn't cover the entire cave!
Moreover, if he used a skill with too large an area of effect, attacking the Ice Tide Crystal would cause it to erupt as well...
"Last time in the temple, I relied on summoning Devout Believers to safely reach the end."
"And even with summons, without enough exploration experience, I would have died several times along the way..."
"Didn't expect this time, I have to protect a crystal?"
"Looks like the skill I just learned will come in handy..."
Venomous Trap!
By placing Venomous Traps in all seven passages, he could ensure that no monsters would safely pass through and attack the Ice Tide Crystal in the center!
"Truly insane."
Qin Feng couldn't help but marvel.
Such a defense task is typically meant for a team.
Yet now, he was expected to do it alone.
If not for the Venomous Trap he just learned, he would indeed meet his end here.
With his current defense attributes, he couldn't possibly withstand the Ice Tide Crystal's eruption.
However...
With the Venomous Trap, this task seemed much simpler.
Of course, Qin Feng didn't let his guard down.
Drawing from his rich experience, he looked up...
Sure enough, he discovered two side-by-side tunnel exits at the top of the cave!
"Sneaky, very sneaky!"
"Even a team would have their attention drawn to the seven passages around them, who would notice two passages above?"
"Halfway through, if two monsters dropped from above, it could wipe out the entire team!"
This was a task almost impossible to complete solo!
This made Qin Feng very curious.
What kind of reward would there be for completing this task?