Since the system became my girlfriend

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's check if the mission has been updated," Feng Lixi said to Su Rui.

"It's updated!" Su Rui then opened the mission map that Gai Nie had given him.

The test of will: Your courage has been proven; now it is time to test your unwavering will.

Mission objective: Go to the Puppet Mine and try to survive. If you survive long enough, you will meet Glinka and bring back his Puppet Core!

Quest Level: 8

Danger/Difficulty: High

Task Reward: 1000 Experience Points!

"Where is this puppet mine?" Su Rui frowned, because the location of the mine was not marked on the map.

"Do you think it might be related to the rock golems in the valley?" Feng Lixi suggested.

“That’s right! Since they’re all puppets, maybe the mine is nearby!” Su Rui nodded, then grabbed Feng Lixi’s hand and ran towards the valley.

The two left the starting village and ran north all the way, soon arriving back at the small valley.

There was no one in the valley at this time. A few gold miners had come to take a look, hoping to see Su Rui here. However, they waited for a long time but did not see Su Rui. Since they were no match for these rock golems, they had no choice but to give up their plan to mine here.

"Let's go! Let's go in!" Su Rui took Feng Lixi's little hand, and the two entered the valley. Although there were rock golems everywhere, these monsters were neutral. As long as Su Rui did not attack them or disturb the rough iron ore veins on the ground, the rock golems would ignore them.

"Let's split up and look for mines nearby!" Feng Lixi suggested.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded. Since the monsters were all passive, there was no need to worry about Feng Lixi's safety. Moreover, Su Rui had a general idea of ​​the girl's strength. Ordinary players couldn't get close to her, and even if she encountered trouble, she could definitely hold out until he arrived.

Then Su Rui and Feng Lixi each went to one side of the valley to see where there were hidden mines!

As their search continued, the two ventured deeper into the valley. Previously, whether they were hunting monsters or mining, they had never ventured more than two hundred meters from the entrance. But now, without realizing it, they had reached the very end of the valley, more than a thousand meters from the entrance.

"Over here!" Feng Lixi shouted through the team voice chat.

"Where?" Su Rui quickly checked the mini-map, found Feng Lixi's current location, and then ran over at top speed.

Soon, Su Rui met Feng Lixi, who was standing at the entrance of a cave.

“Look, there are many mineral veins here. This must be the mine mentioned in the mission,” Feng Lixi said, pointing to the entrance.

"Yes! This should be it!" Su Rui nodded as well.

“Let’s go in then!” Feng Lixi said.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded, then took the lead and stepped inside.

"Whoosh!" As Su Rui entered the room, he felt as if he had broken through a thin membrane.

"Ah! I can't get in!" Just then, Feng Lixi's voice came through the team voice chat.

"Huh?" Su Rui was taken aback.

"There's something I can't see blocking my way, I can't get in!" Feng Lixi said.

"Can't they get in?" Su Rui asked thoughtfully.

"It tells me I don't have any related tasks..." Feng Lixi said.

"Okay, then you can wait for me outside for a while... I'll come out as soon as I finish the mission!" Su Rui said in the team voice chat. Clearly, this was a solo mission, and Feng Lixi couldn't enter the cave because she hadn't accepted the mission chain.

"Okay!" Feng Lixi smiled, then found a rock outside the cave and sat down. At the same time, the girl snapped her fingers, and a projection appeared, showing Su Rui, who had just entered the cave.

"I'm going to do my mission now. Call me if you need anything!" Su Rui said, completely unaware that his every move was being monitored by the girl, and then he stepped into the cave.

With no girls around, Su Rui's expression turned serious. At this moment, he was the real professional gamer, not the joking, girl-carrying maniac.

In the initial stage after entering the cave, there was nothing around Su Rui. Although it was a mine, and from the outside it looked like there were mineral veins everywhere inside, once inside, there was nothing at the entrance.

Fortunately, this was a game, and although there was no light source nearby after going deep into the cave, Su Rui could still see everything around him clearly.

After walking about 100 meters, the passageway in front of Su Rui widened, allowing four or five cars to drive side by side.

As the road widened, monsters began to appear ahead.

Looking around, Su Rui saw that the monsters in front of him were all rock golems, and all of them were level eight.

At this moment, Su Rui had already reached level seven. There was only one level difference between him and the monster. The monster no longer dealt him any extra damage, and he no longer received any extra damage reduction when attacking the monster.

"Soloing shouldn't be a problem!" Su Rui made a quick estimate and then stepped forward.

As soon as Su Rui approached, the rock golem in front of him suddenly turned around and shouted, "Intruder detected! Clear program activated!"

"What the heck! It's coming already?" Su Rui saw the rock golem rushing towards him, its pair of stone fists slamming down on him.

"boom!"

-13!

A damage number floated above Su Rui's head. Because the level difference was no longer significant, the damage caused by the rock golem was reduced considerably.

"Come on!" Su Rui took a deep breath, then swung his spiked club and began to fight back!

-37!

-56! (Critical hit!)

"Good luck isn't always unlimited..." Su Rui sighed. He still missed the days when every strike was a critical hit.

While he's dealing decent damage to the rock golems, it's still far from the exhilarating feeling of landing critical hits with every strike.

Because Su Rui only has one skill at this stage, once his critical strike is used up, he can only exchange blows with the rock golem by throwing punches and hitting it with a club. As for dodging and blocking techniques, they are ineffective against NPCs.

Fortunately, Su Rui was already level seven, so even in a one-on-one fight, he wasn't afraid of the rock golem. About half a minute later, the rock golem with over 500 HP was defeated by Su Rui, and just like outside the cave, it also lost its golem core.

"Hehe, it's not bad to do quests and farm golem cores in here at the same time!" Su Rui smiled slightly, and then prepared to sit down to recover his stamina. But as soon as his butt touched the ground, a rock golem rushed over from a distance!

"Intruder detected, removal process activated!" The rock golem gave the same opening line, and at the same time, it slammed its fists toward Su Rui.