Chapter 379: Path of Sorrow

"Regarding crystal texture, A-Deng should have hidden some very important knowledge."

"why?"

"Could it be a secret that will not be passed on?"

Yi Lin passed through the narrow and curved corridor, took the black technology crystal power "elevator", and slowly went straight up.

On the way, Yi Lin thought over and over about the conclusion he had figured out, but more doubts emerged.

"Is it because...the prestige value is not enough?"

Yi Lin swiped down with her index finger and opened the panel.

Since becoming a "student engineer", she has been promoted to an "intermediate engineer" after passing various courses and exams, Yi Lin's [Great Engineering College] reputation has been stuck at [Friendly], and there has been no progress.

In fact, no progress is normal.

He's blown up the lab so many times, it's not bad if he doesn't lose his reputation.

soon.

Yi Lin found the great engineer A Deng again.

—— Yi Lin always felt that A-Deng's full name was a mouthful, so "A-Deng" would be easier to pronounce.

"I said Ah Deng..."

Yi Lin cut to the chase.

"hat?"

A Deng originally thought that Yi Lin came to look for him, and he was going to make some troubles.

Just about to dodge, but didn't have time, pitifully caught by Yi Lin.

But when Yi Lin said what he wanted, A Deng suddenly widened his eyes.

"You, you, you said you were going to solve the crystal mine crisis?"

A Deng's reaction was somewhat beyond Yi Lin's expectations.

"You mean, I shouldn't go?"

"Ah! No, no, go! You must go! Hurry up! Go!"

A Deng was so excited that he almost cried out.

He thought that Yi Lin was thinking about how to wreak havoc every day, and had long since forgotten about the life-and-death mission of the Engineering College.

Yi Lin nodded calmly, "That's it, I'm just telling you."

"My dear student," A Deng suddenly remembered something, and tentatively asked cautiously, "You...have no other conditions?"

"Conditions?" Yi Lin was taken aback for a moment, then pointed to her face seriously: "My respected mentor, do you think I am such a shameless person?"

A Deng hesitated for a long time.

In the end, he still didn't say the words in his heart.

"My dear student, you must be careful!"

"You must return safely!"

"Great Engineering College can't do without you!"

A Deng dressed neatly, and sent Yi Lin all the way to the gate of the University of Engineering, and bid farewell in tears.

By the way, I inserted a series of lines on Yi Lin's body.

Yi Lin was afraid that A Deng would say more unlucky words, so she hurried out of the way.

Before leaving, the great engineer A Deng wanted to say that he would personally drive Yi Lin to the destination.

But as soon as A Deng said this, Yi Lin walked even faster. This made A Deng stand at the gate of the University of Engineering with a dazed and puzzled expression.

When did this student respect the "old" driver so much?

"Ah, that's great."

In an instant, A-Deng felt that his earnest teaching had yielded results, and he walked arrogantly on the college trail and returned to the Great Engineering Tower.

...

Yi Lin quietly breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the University of Engineering.

Fortunately, Ah Deng is self-aware.

This "important side mission" is already an SS-level difficult mission.

If A Deng were to drive the car, it would be rare for the difficulty to soar to the SSS level.

Yi Lin stood for a while not far from the University of Engineering.

Wang Tiandi followed with his tail flicking.

Before setting off, Yi Lin sent a message to Wang Tiandi, and the dog really followed.

Huh?

Yi Lin suddenly noticed that the dog's smile was very arrogant and arrogant.

Take a closer look.

On Gouzi's face, there was a red lip mark.

Yi Lin instantly understood what this dog was busy with these days.

"Do you still remember the big she-wolf in the moonlight forest beside Rab Town?"

Erin sighed softly.

In an instant, Wang Tiandi's shy smile froze on the dog's face.

Yi Lin, alone with a dog, was walking on the bustling street.

As far as he could see, the whole city seemed to belong to the scope of the "Great Engineering College".

Almost everyone has the title of "engineer" on their heads.

In the city, there are many tall buildings.

The air routes are criss-crossed, and the flying boards shuttle quickly and orderly.

On the street, there are many weird things.

Like vending machines, live massage machines, red, green, yellow, blue, orange, and purple street lights, flight paths in the sky...

This is a strange city.

But it made Yi Lin unable to give birth to the feeling of disobedience.

If you ignore the light of those crystals and various "circuits" applied to life, this place is like a modern metropolis.

Walking inside, Yi Lin suddenly had the illusion of returning to the "real" world.

Although Yi Lin has no memory about "reality", but I feel that there should be no mistakes.

"The style of this game is getting weirder and weirder."

Yi Lin suddenly became curious about the strange and magnificent customs on the backs of other giant beasts.

Think about it, if you are not trapped in this game world and cannot get out, you can travel around. It is also very interesting to walk around the seven... er no, six giant monsters, and to see the scenes on the backs of different giant monsters.

"This game is really interesting."

Yi Lin quickened her pace, but couldn't help laughing.

Bearing the title of [Intermediate Engineer], Yi Lin enjoyed all kinds of admiring gazes from all around her.

A mid-level engineer with high authority in the city.

All major stores have given an ultra-low discount of 20% off.

But Yi Lin has always been used to whoring for nothing, so she naturally doesn't like this discount.

However, in order to avoid losing her prestige at the [Friendly] Great Engineer Academy, Yi Lin honestly spent gold coins to purchase a batch of daily necessities.

Speaking of which, the bonus attributes of this [Intermediate Great Engineer Set] are a bit weird.

【Hand speed +3%】

【Hand speed +5%】

【Hand speed +7%】

What's the "hand speed" added to a good engineer's robe?

Yi Lin was speechless about the attributes of this set of equipment.

But the weird attribute of "hand speed" is not useless.

At the very least, Yi Lin's speed of drawing lines was much faster after wearing this set of equipment.

After one hour.

Yi Lin walked out of the city.

Yi Lin held up the map she bought from a grocery store, while memorizing, she looked at the route marked on the map.

The map sold in the Aurora store is much more detailed than the map sold on "Giant Gaia". At the very least, there are fewer foggy areas on the map.

"Following the northwest, passing through the path of sorrow, passing through the mountains of mist, you can arrive at the 'abandoned crystal mine'."

"Huh? There's an 'X' marked on the location of the Mountain of Fog? What does it mean? Treasure? It shouldn't be so blatantly marked on the map of 00G, right?"

Soon after, with doubts and expectations, Yi Lin and Wang Tiandi arrived at the Path of Sorrow.

The city of the University of Engineering is surrounded by lush vegetation.

But after coming to the path of sorrow, the land turned gray, with many dark prismatic barbs growing on the side of the road, not even a single weed, and there was a desolate and dilapidated atmosphere everywhere.

The dead branches with all the dead leaves fell crookedly on both sides of the path. From a distance, it looks like a hideous tree monster. If it weren't for the red names and grades not appearing on these dead woods, this is so weird that it looks like a "war-damaged style" gardening design, Yi Lin might try to stab it with a knife.

The gray prism beside the road caught Yi Lin's attention. In fact, the whole road is paved with these things, and it is really difficult not to pay attention.

Yi Lin walked to the side of the path, squatted down, and looked at the gray prismatic barbs growing out of the soil.

These barbs are very much like a piece of grass, but the surface of the barbs is sharp and angular, dull and dull, clearly a solid substance.

"Wait, is this a crystal?"

After Yi Lin looked at it carefully, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"wrong……"

Yi Lin quickly shook her head.

These crystal-shaped barbs can't feel any "crystal" energy at all.

Yi Lin is now a serious engineer, and he can tell the difference without much effort.

"This is the exhausted crystal."

Yi Lin casually took out the Excalibur of the Question Mark, pinched it into two daggers, and tapped lightly on the gray barb.

The force of the knock is not great.

"Srustling..."

The gray barb poked by Yi Lin instantly turned into powder all over the ground.

Yi Lin stood up silently and walked forward.

There was a dead silence all around.

"Chi Chi Chi Chi—"

In the depths of the path, there were occasional strange cries from monsters, breaking the silence.

"Ka Ka Ka..."

Every time Yi Lin took a step, she stepped on a lot of gray barbs, leaving behind a lot of gray powder.

Here, it's like a dead land.

Nothing angry.

Erin raised her head.

Even the usually clear sky seemed to be covered with a layer of gray haze, without any cloud.

As far as Yi Lin could see, the scenery in front of her and the world around her all seemed to be crying silently, like an extremely sad pantomime without a single line. But that atmosphere was enough to make one feel depressed, and one could not help feeling sad in one's heart.

"So this is the Path of Sorrow."

Yi Lin suddenly understood the origin of this land and its name.

walking a distance.

Not far from Yi Lin, the mobs in the leveling area finally appeared.

【Bouncy Monster】

【LV39】

Lv39 children are still within the range that Yi Lin can accept.

Yi Lin spent more than a month in the Academy of Great Engineers to learn scientific knowledge, and her level was barely enough. Because she completed the current goal of the main task, she was promoted by one level, reaching Lv36. There is a certain gap with the monsters in this leveling area.

But this gap should not be a big deal to Yi Lin.

He is a man who will be mistaken by his teammates for cheating once he makes a full shot.

The monster named [Bouncing Monster] has a cute appearance, round and lacquered. On the sphere, there are two smart eyes, an exaggerated smiling face, and a cartoon style.

Anyway, the style of this game is weird and unpredictable, Yi Lin got used to it after watching it, and didn't bother to complain.

Before entering the battle, Yi Lin casually released the two mother spirits, Nie Hongxiu and Bai Xiaoyi, to let them breathe.

"Oh? Your skin looks healthy today!"

By the way, Yi Lin changed another method and took the time to brush up the "bond value" of the Excalibur.

Bai Xiaoyi snorted softly, curled her lips: "Nonsense."

Nie Hongxiu turned her head, white hair and bare feet, floating in the void, with a cold expression. It seemed, as if, not happy about it at all.

[Excalibur 'Bai Xiaoyi' bond value +2. 】

[Excalibur 'Nie Hongxiu' bond value +3. 】

Woman, your name is "Mouth and Body Integrity".

Yi Lin has already mastered the trick of earning "Bond Points", so she just smiled and said nothing.

Gouzi smiled evilly, took out the brand new fighting claws from the factory, put them on, sharpened the claws, and was about to attack.

Yi Lin was faster than Gouzi.

With a movement of his figure, he turned into a shadow and quietly came to the back of the bouncing monster.

【Follow me like a shadow】!

【Shadow Slay】!

【Toxic Dagger】!

【Double sword style】!

【Concentrate on】!

[Very poisonous assassination]!

Breathing method!

A blow from the shadows!

Before knowing the characteristics of the bouncing monster, Yi Lin didn't plan to hold back. After all, she was killing monsters by leaps and bounds, so it was safe to do so. So Yi Lin directly chose the most complete combo, move, attack with a bang.

Huh?

Yi Lin approached the back of the bouncy monster, only to realize that the shape of this Q cute monster is familiar and unique.

On the forehead, there is a thick hair. Only when Yi Lin approached did she realize that the black, slightly curly hair was very conspicuous.

Yi Lin's combos are very proficient.

Proficient to the point of almost forming muscle memory.

Before Yi Lin had time to think about why there was a curly hair growing on the monster's head, this knife, which had been tempered for a long time, suddenly stabbed hard at the back of the bouncy monster.

【-64】.

A three-digit number suddenly popped up from above the bouncing monster's forehead.

Originally, this was a happy event.

until……

Hiss--

The curly Q hair on the forehead of Bounce Monster quickly burst into flames and burned.

"Fuck! This is... a bomb!!!"

boom--

far away.

The heat wave of the explosion blew all the dog hair that Wang Tiandi had just smoothed out to the back of his head.

Wang Tiandi stared wide-eyed.

In the heat wave, the dog's hair is messy and the dog's face is dumbfounded.