How to survive in a soul-based game with full female mods

If it were me, I would probably have to roll around it for a while.

"Like the newbie said, it's just big, nothing special. It moves very slowly, making it very easy to defeat."

Liz said this as she walked towards us. The frost covering her silver armor slowly melted. She took off her helmet, revealing her long green hair.

"Indeed. Even if I'm alone, I should be able to handle it easily."

Erica took off her helmet as well. The clouds behind her head were eye-catching. With a click, she sheathed her long sword.

"Is this the end, newbie?"

"Yes, it's already in this state. Do you think it can still survive?"

"...I once faced a monster that could regenerate even after being dismembered. So..."

"This isn't just the level of being dismembered, right?"

Lin Yinxi pointed at the corpse of the rock centipede.

The head was frozen and shattered, the lower part was melted and burned black by the flames, and the rest of the body was also shattered horribly.

This is definitely not a level that can be expressed simply by the word "dismemberment".

"indeed so."

Alice chuckled. From the beginning, the remark seemed to be a joke.

"I think I know which monster you're talking about..."

The monster that Alice just mentioned, which can regenerate even if its body is dismembered, refers to a boss that you will encounter in the middle stage of the game.

It is a boss that can tear its body into pieces and reassemble it at will, but because of this, the boss battle often becomes dragged out and becomes a game of hide-and-seek, so it is not well received by players.

Well, although the level of criticism is not at the level of Rock Centipede.

Alice had fought it a few years ago but retreated without a clear winner, so in the game, as long as the player produces evidence of its encirclement and suppression, she will be very happy and praise it lavishly.

"Mr. Newcomer, it's your turn now. You should know what to do, right?"

Erica looked back and saw a rune stele emitting green light.

The stone tablet that provided the rune will disappear and then reappear somewhere, but the location and time are completely random. It may reappear within a few days, or it may take decades.

This is information that can be found in a book inside the game. The author of the book is an unknown scholar NPC.

He devoted his life to studying the random patterns of runes, but ultimately failed and became a comedic character. This is one of the few funny scenes in Dark Light 4.

Lin Yinxi approached the stone tablet emitting a pale green light and looked at the ancient characters engraved on it. At this moment, he could feel three pairs of burning eyes on his back.

"I'm starting."

He placed his hand on the stone tablet, and the green fluorescence swirling within it slowly transferred to his body. It felt like a strong wind blowing into his blood vessels.

Lin Yinxi closed his eyes and chose the location where he wanted to brand the rune tattoo. Although it could be branded anywhere on the body, the best location was the back of the hand.

Of course, there are also many players with bad tastes who will brand the runes on their lower abdomen... Then they will specifically choose runes that can form a heart shape, and finally put the female protagonist at the beginning of the game in a costume mod...

His random thoughts ended instantly, and he concentrated again, like touching the interface of a game in his mind, concentrating his awareness on the back of his hand. The wind surging in his body immediately gathered on the back of his left hand. His hand trembled uncontrollably for a moment, and then a warm current filled his hand.

The heat quickly dissipated.

Lin Yinxi opened his eyes and saw a strangely shaped tattoo on the back of his hand. This was the vitality-enhancing rune.

"No special feeling."

Probably because there is no stamina drain now, and there is no way to run out of stamina unless the player rolls 4-5 times in a row.

The rune transfer was complete, and the green light completely penetrated his body. Below him, the stone tablet that had transferred the rune to Lin Yinxi also lost its luster and turned into an ordinary pile of rubble.

Afterwards, it will reappear in a copy somewhere in this world.

Of course, this is just a setting. Because there has never been a situation where a player repeatedly obtains the same rune in the same round of the game.

This is just a setting to increase the player's probability of collecting all runes.

"Is it over, new guy?"

"Here, the mark of the rune has indeed been absorbed."

"What is the effect of the rune?"

'......Um?"

Lin Yinxi's mind froze for a moment at Alice's question. Now that he thought about it, how could he check the effects of the runes?

In the game, as long as the player presses the Esc key, the character window pops up and can be confirmed there, but now there is neither the Esc key nor the character window, so it is impossible to immediately view the effect of the rune.

He mentally recited the effect of the "Vitality Enhancement" rune in the game: it increases the character's natural physical recovery speed to a certain extent.

"..."

"...?"

Lin Yinxi stared at Alice blankly, as if asking her what to do.

"Is there something emerging in your mind? This is the effect of the rune."

"Ah, is that so?"

Here, after obtaining the rune, information about it seemed to immediately emerge in his mind. However, because Lin Yinxi already knew the effects of the vitality-enhancing rune, no relevant information emerged.

He wasn't worried about whether the Knight Commander knew the concept of physical strength represented by the "Endurance" attribute, because the name of Endurance was displayed on the ability confirmation bead.

"Hmm...it seems like it can increase the natural recovery rate of physical strength?"

"This is very effective. It seems you are lucky. Congratulations, newcomer."

As Lin Yinxi expected, Alice immediately understood the meaning of the natural recovery speed of physical strength.

"In this way, the purpose of entering here has been achieved. The only problem left is how to leave here..."

067. Universal Explanation and Future Strategy

Erica looked around.

"There's no passage to the outside in sight. We might have to backtrack."

Liz sighed when she heard she had to retrace her steps. It had taken her a full hour and a half to get here. Backtracking again and walking back to the surface would be tedious.

"It doesn't matter. After you get the rune, a wall will collapse in a moment."

"But since there are no monsters, it doesn't matter. It just costs a little more—"

Before Alice could finish her words, the wall behind the rune stele that had turned into rubble collapsed, revealing a road.

“—It’s just time…”

"Well, it seems that when the rune is obtained, part of the wall collapses. I'll make a note of that in my report."

"That's all, newbie. Is there anything else you need to do here?"

Lin Yinxi shook his head. Once he got the rune, there was no need to come back a second time. There were no special items, and nothing to be gained.

Even if I were asked to, I wouldn't come again, this damn rock centipede!

"Well, everyone, get ready to go out."

The way out was quick. Erica and Alice gathered together to discuss the structure of the crypt dungeon, while Liz, as usual, snuggled up to Lin Yinxi and chattered away.

Outside, night fell and it was pitch black, and it felt like hours had passed.

Considering that the Rune Acquisition instance in the game usually takes about 20 minutes at most to complete, the time it took to complete this instance was quite long. Moreover, most of the time was spent on the boring tricks of the Rock Centipede.

Alice and Erica also said that this is a very large crypt.

'This unlocks the rune slot...'

Now, go to another dungeon to get a rune that allows the player to ignore the combat fatigue debuff. After that, you can upgrade again to advance the main storyline.

"...Wait a minute, how far is it there?"

When he thought of the location of the next copy, he temporarily stopped thinking because of this unexpected fact.

In the game, the city where the Knights of the Silver Dawn are located and the instance where the rune that can ignore the combat fatigue debuff is located are quite far apart.

Moreover, now that everything has expanded to a real scale, it is even more obvious how far the distance between the two has become.

The answer can be obtained by thinking about how long it takes to run now, compared to the Headless Horseman area that used to only take a few minutes to reach on horseback.

'...'

It is estimated to take at least 3 weeks.

"What are the newcomers doing? They're leaving now."

"Ah, just thinking about something. Sorry, I'll be right there."

Before he knew it, Alice was already on her horse, urging him on. Liz and Erica were also waiting for him on their mounts. Lin Yinxi apologized briefly and then mounted the saddle.

"It's already late, let's go back quickly."

After Alice finished speaking, she rode away on her horse, followed closely by Erica, and Lin Yinxi and Liz followed not far behind.

"I have something to tell you later."

"...?"

After running for an unknown amount of time, Liz, who was riding a horse beside Lin Yinxi, spoke to him in a sincere voice.

"what?"

"Because you seem distressed, newbie, I wanted to ask what's going on."

"Wait, am I that obvious?"

"It shows on your expression..."

"..."

Yes, this is quite troublesome. First of all, I know the topography and approximate location of the copy, but I can't just set off blindly based on this.

It's not a place that can be reached in a few days, but it will take nearly three weeks to get there. I'm not sure if I can find it.

"I don't know what you're thinking, but it's useless to think about it alone. I know you care about us, but we care about you too. Instead of you thinking about it alone, why not speak out and find a solution together?"

"...Why do you sound so serious this time?"

"I can also read the atmosphere, okay?"

Liz giggled.

Then she added, "I heard that most of a man's problems can be solved by a woman's soft breasts. What do you think? Are you interested?"

She seemed to be teasing, but also trying to comfort him.

"Yes, there's no reason for me to be miserable alone."

It seems that it is time to find an opportunity to announce that I can improve my attributes, and it is also time to reveal some information that is beneficial to the Knights.

Of course, it's time to bring out that universal explanation again.

......

On the night after returning from defeating the rock centipede, Lin Yinxi sat at the desk with a pencil.

Incandescent lights flickered on the ceiling, an air conditioner hung in the corner of the room, and there was a modern desk and chair, a modern queen-sized bed, as well as paper and pencils.

Sometimes he really felt like he was at home here, rather than actually traveling into the game.

He also didn't know why this writing tool existed.

When he had asked the Knights if they had any writing implements, they had given him pencils and erasers. He was taken aback when he received them.

The quill pen used by Aurora looks like a writing tool used in the Middle Ages.

Of course, this is not important now. Lin Yinxi shook off all distractions and focused his attention on the paper again.

The future situation needs to be carefully sorted out.

"The main plot I want to advance now is first in the direction of the Knights of the Silver Dawn."

After writing "The Knights of the Silver Dawn" on the paper, he circled it and tapped it with the tip of his pen. Among all the plot routes in Dark Light 4, there is no simpler and easier story than the Knights route.

Compared to other routes, the "Knights of the Silver Dawn" storyline requires significantly fewer bosses to defeat and is relatively easy to defeat. It's not without reason that it's known as the best storyline for beginners.

Even in the "Darkness Mod" where the enemy specifications and aggressiveness are insane, this plot line is still relatively easy and its status remains the same.