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Chapter 35: Even after transmigrating, there's still a warehouse inspector?

When You Che opened his eyes, he was greeted by a uniquely beautiful forest.

The forest is filled with ancient trees that are at least ten meters tall and so thick that it takes several people to encircle them. Each tree grows with lush foliage, and even in the harsh cold that resembles the north, they are covered with dark green leaves that never fall.

Looking further into the distance, the forest appears to be situated in a basin, surrounded by mountains. The overlapping mountains and ancient trees block most of the sunlight, making the entire forest appear somewhat gloomy.

The moment Yu Che saw this scene, he knew he had come to the right place.

This is the Silent Forest!

This maze is completely different from the previous one. First, it's much larger, second, there are a lot more monster-like enemies, and third, there are no quests in this maze.

The recommended level for conquering the Silent Forest is 45, which means that the bosses here will be stronger than the Corrupted War Beasts in the prologue, and even the mobs here are at least LV15.

"Time to do low-level infiltration into high-level maps again."

You Che said that, but in reality he was still somewhat nostalgic and even eager to try it, after all, he often did this kind of thing when he created a new account during the gaming era.

In the game "Dark Fantasy", stealth and assassination rely heavily on agility and passive skill bonuses, but these are not uncompensable by skillful play.

With proper operation and equipment, even a level 1 character could theoretically infiltrate the military bases of the four major powers.

Of course, this is only in theory. In reality, the stealth gameplay in Dark Fantasy is much more complicated than in the Assassin's Creed series.

Needless to say, Youche is precisely that kind of player who relies on skillful maneuvering.

The previous clearing of the bandit stronghold was just a small test; the road ahead is where the real challenge lies.

Without even confirming his current location, You Che randomly chose a direction and headed deeper into the forest.

Because the map of the Silent Forest is very special, it has the classic characteristics of a randomized maze. It is very likely that after you walk through a forest path, the surrounding scenery will immediately change.

Moreover, this randomness is not pseudo-random; it is not a selection from a large set of pre-set maps, but a truly random generation, which makes exploring this forest extremely difficult.

There are two ways to leave this forest. One is to close your eyes and walk back without paying attention to anything after the environment changes three times. When you feel yourself passing through the fog gate, open your eyes and you will be back outside the maze.

Secondly, if you happen to find silver lantern flowers growing by the roadside in randomly appearing terrain, you can follow the path where they are to find the forest BOSS. After defeating it, you can leave.

Although this maze is troublesome, the monsters inside and the various drops from the final boss are very valuable.

Not to mention the high drop rate of various equipment, even if monsters only drop fixed materials, those are still important materials for alchemy and forging.

If your level or combat power is high enough, then many of the monsters in this forest are worth fighting.

In addition to the dragon blood flower mentioned earlier, quite a few people came looking for this maze during the game.

However, for Youche at his current level, even the most ordinary monster here would require precise maneuvering, taking him a long time to scrape it with a knife, so it's best to avoid combat as much as possible.

His only goal this time is the Dragon Blood Flower. If he gathers enough flowers and still has the strength, he might try to fight the lowest-level magical beasts in the forest.

Dragon blood flowers are similar to lantern flowers, which act as road signs, in this maze; they appear randomly, and whether you encounter one depends entirely on luck.

Fortunately, based on the game's probability, the chance of encountering a Dragon Blood Flower isn't too low, and with his luck stat, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Sure enough, just as he crossed the first intersection and noticed the changing scenery, he suddenly saw a golden-red flower swaying gently by the roadside.

You Che smiled and said, "Isn't this it?"

Dragon blood flower grows singly, with six petals that unfold in a star shape. Its texture is not like that of a plant, but rather somewhat like agate. The surface of the flower stem has fine dragon scale-like patterns, and its appearance alone makes it clear that it is no ordinary plant.

You Che rummaged through his backpack, took out a small shovel he had taken from the bandits' house, and began to carefully dig the soil around the dragon blood flower.

In a game, if the character possesses the relevant life skills, then gathering herbs is as simple as loading a menu. However, without skills, the player must manually operate the herbs, and failure is possible if not done carefully.

You Che clearly doesn't have the relevant skills yet, so he has to do it himself—fortunately, he knows how to operate it very well.

Dark Fantasy has detailed rules on how to harvest rare herbs. The most important rule is that when harvesting rare herbs, you must dig them up by the roots, wash off the soil, and then take them away.

The setting clearly states that damaging herbs and leaving roots or stems are prohibited in most cases.

Firstly, the roots and stems of many rare plants are quite valuable; secondly, the magic contained within a plant with damaged roots and stems will dissipate at an alarming rate, and its preservation time will be several times or even dozens of times shorter than that of a complete plant; finally, if the remaining roots and stems are in a magically rich area, there is a very small chance that they will become monsters.

When I bought the official artbook for the game before, I was a little puzzled as to why they wrote down all these details in such detail, making the artbook as thick as an encyclopedia.

However, judging by the outcome, regardless of the official reasons, the content of that artbook did indeed help him.

This wasn't the first time You Che had ever picked herbs without any special skills. He quickly and skillfully dug up the entire dragon blood flower, washed it briefly, and put it into his backpack.

"Such a wonderful start. Sometimes being too lucky can be quite boring." Yu Che hummed a little tune as he continued forward in the forest.

The scenery changed once again, but this time it wasn't dragon blood flowers that appeared, but a tall lion with an insect-like shell covering its back.

Don't ask why lions appear in the forest; after all, they are magical beasts.

And don't forget the setting of the Silent Forest. The environment here suppresses the magic power of those who enter, so those who move around here are all magical beasts known for their physical strength.

For example, the shield-armored lion in front of us is a very powerful enemy in the Silent Forest. Its combat power is amazing, and its average level is around 30.

Its drops, whether the materials themselves or the equipment that appears randomly, are worth the difficulty of defeating it.

Of course, with Yu Che's current combat strength, even if the Shield Lion stood there and let him scratch it, he couldn't scratch it, so he could only choose to take a detour.

Avoiding the armored lions roaming along the forest path, we swam across the intersection and the scene changed again.

This time, there was still no Dragon Blood Flower. Instead, there was a monster that looked somewhat like a giant skeletal lizard, but it had four legs and was larger than the Shield Lion.

Ironback Monitor Lizard, average level 27.

You Che still avoided it as usual.

The next scene features the Red-skulled Black Apes, commonly referred to as "Programmers" by players. They are around LV21 on average, but there are three of them.

Take a detour.

Next up is a plant-type monster, the Rockskin Treant, LV25.

We'll take a detour.

...After taking the detour more than ten times, You Che finally couldn't take it anymore.

Damn it, WSM!?

This probability is wrong!? I have a luck stat of 9 points!

I've time-traveled! Are there warehouse inspectors and mind-reading abilities here?! Get out of here, gacha games!

"I refuse to believe it!"

You Che cursed and swore as he crossed another intersection.

This time, at least no monster was summoned for him, but there's still no sign of Dragonblood Flower.

However, some new things have indeed emerged.

Looking at the string of silver lantern flowers swaying at the corner ahead, You Che finally felt relieved.

Okay, this maze is totally targeting me.

Even taking the average luck value from the gaming era, which is 3 to 5 points, theoretically, one should have found more than one flower by now!

"...Maybe we should try to find the hidden map of this maze."

You Che seriously considered whether he should change his approach, because this couldn't go on. If he continued like this, he probably wouldn't be able to collect many Dragon Blood Flowers by the time the maze was cleared.

But judging from his skin color today, it seems even more difficult to find the hidden area...

But just then, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from the intersection ahead.

Yu Che was taken aback, then realized: Could it be the person who entered the maze earlier? But why the rush...?

His question was quickly answered. Along with the footsteps and exclamations came the tremors of the ground.

The scene at the intersection ahead distorted slightly, and three knights in armor rushed out, each looking panicked and only concerned with fleeing in a disheveled state, carelessly discarding their helmets and weapons.

Following closely behind them, a gigantic head emerged, followed by a body covered in scales. The enormous head had curved horns, and its ferocious maw opened and closed, emitting roars.

It's an earth dragon!

You Che finally couldn't hold back and cursed, "You son of a bitch..."

He cursed as he turned and ran.

The fact that those three knights, all of whom were at least level 20, were fleeing in such a sorry state already revealed just how powerful the earth dragon was.

Besides, even without the backdrop, Yu Che would recognize it—that is the final boss of this forest, LV45, the Graveyard Dragon!

The three knights also saw him. After all, Youche had no time to hide himself anymore; he was only thinking about escaping!

"roar--!!"

The group, who were fleeing with all their might, naturally did not notice that a pair of emerald green eyes were watching them with great curiosity from among the trees nearby.

Those pupils, with particular interest, fell upon You Che.