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Chapter 69 Hidden Treasure Chest, Currency Drops and Overwhelms Lu Yan

The mudflats dried up, and the stench dissipated.

The massive remains of the thousand-year-old corpse tree lay across the center of the cave, the charred trunk no longer oozing poison.

Lei Zhan stood at the edge of the mud pit, his shoes clad in gaiters that shimmered with a purple light.

Everywhere you look, the ground is covered with the unique aura of high-level equipment.

The loot pool in the 30-player raid is already huge, and with the 100x drop rate, it's like a glowing carpet spread out in the mud.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot."

Zhao Leiguang sheathed his heavy shield and strode into the pile of equipment. "Categorize them by class, put individual pieces on the left, and set pieces on the right."

The core reward of the Peach Blossom Spring large-scale team dungeon is set items. Individual pieces of an A-grade set have base stats that are even inferior to those of individual B-grade pieces.

However, once you collect all five pieces, the set resonance is activated, and the bonus of the core attributes is directly doubled.

This is the fundamental reason why major guilds and military forces are fighting tooth and nail in team dungeons.

The members of the seventh and eighth squads swallowed hard and quickly got to work.

"Old Chen, is that a gauntlet from the [Deadwood Barrier] set under your feet? Throw it over here, I'm just one short of completing the four-piece set."

"Who took the Corrupted Walker's boots? I'll trade them for the Wither Strike necklace!"

Shouts of equipment swapping filled the open space. Lei Zhan bent down and picked up a dark gold breastplate, wiping away the mud with his fingers. The words "Deadwood Barrier Breastplate" popped into his vision. He turned to look at his second-in-command.

The man in his thirties was holding three pieces of the [Deadwood Barrier] set, his eyes red-rimmed.

Constantly on the front lines, the best piece of protective gear in their team is the shield in Lei Zhan's hand.

To collect a complete set of B-grade gear, the entire team needs to grind in medium-sized dungeons for more than half a year.

Now, any team member has two or three A-grade set pieces. If they just exchange them, the whole team will be fully geared up.

"Captain, I've got the set!!" The second-in-command's voice was hoarse as he put on a newly acquired helmet. The set resonated with a faint light, and his previously depleted maximum health jumped significantly.

Lei Zhan patted him on the shoulder and looked at him with satisfaction.

Lu Yan bypassed the noisy allocation site. He wasn't interested in those A-grade sets.

After the thousand-year-old corpse locust tree fell, the brightness of the luminous moss on the cave ceiling increased by a few points.

The sunlight slanted down and fell on the rock wall behind where the corpse locust tree had originally taken root.

There was a raised stone platform covered with thick moss and vines, which blended completely into the background model if you didn't look closely.

Lu Yan approached the stone platform and tapped his fingers on the moss-covered stone wall. Three long taps followed by one short one. The solid rock echoed with a hollow, muffled sound.

He raised his hand to push aside the vines and felt the texture of the stone platform's edge.

The awakened ones in this world conquer secret realms in a very crude way.

Push down the leader, take the obvious loot, and leave. Any hidden Easter eggs within the terrain modeling will be completely invisible.

Following the classic level design logic of the previous game, the lair hall of a large boss must contain a hidden mechanism for recycling the player's exploration progress.

His fingers touched a slightly protruding stone brick. Lu Yan pressed down hard.

The grating sound of meshing mechanisms echoed through the empty cavern. Moss crumbled from the stone platform, and a dark golden treasure chest slowly rose from within. The chest was intricately carved with runes, perfectly aligned, exuding an ancient aura.

The commotion reached the rear. Everyone who was checking their equipment stopped and turned to look in Lu Yan's direction.

"A hidden treasure chest?" Xiao Qianyu walked over carrying a long spear, her gaze falling on the dark gold chest. "Very few guilds have cleared [Rotten Peach Blossom Spring], and I've never heard of anything like this behind the Corpse Locust Tree."

"They don't pay attention to details," Lu Yan replied casually, reaching out to grasp the clasp of the treasure chest. "Let me guess, it's all equipment."

The clasp popped open, and Lu Yan lifted the lid of the box.

To his surprise...

The 100x drop rate aura not only applies to boss kills, but also includes the drops from fixed treasure chests.

"Splash—"

Tens of thousands of thumb-sized black crystals, interspersed with hundreds of pigeon-egg-sized milky-white stones, burst out of the treasure chest, breaking through its physical volume limitations.

This isn't a fall; it's a mudslide.

Lu Yan had no room to retreat; he was immediately covered by the cascading waterfall of stones. The crisp sound of stones colliding echoed throughout the cave, and in just two seconds, a stone mound half a person's height appeared in front of the treasure chest.

The entire room fell silent.

Lei Zhan stared with his mouth agape, still clutching half of the undistributed leg guards in his hand.

"Lu Yan!" Xiao Qianyu was the first to react and rushed forward.

Zhao Leiguang moved even faster, shoving his two heavy shields into the ground to act as bulldozers, pushing the mountain of crystals to both sides.

"Pooh."

A hand emerged from the pile of stones, followed by Lu Yan's dusty head. He spat out a bit of stone from his mouth, dusted himself off, and stood up from the pile of stones.

"It's okay, I wasn't hurt, it was just a bit heavy." Lu Yan shook the powder off his hair.

Zhao Leiguang stared wide-eyed at the crystals scattered on the ground. He bent down and picked up a black one, then a milky white one, weighing them in his palm.

"Soul-Suppressing Stones...and Holy Spirit Stones?" Zhao Leiguang swallowed hard, his voice rising eight octaves. "So many?"

Lei Zhan stepped forward, and after seeing what was on the ground, his breathing became completely disordered.

Soul-Suppressing Stones, each worth 100 Chinese Yuan. Their function is singular yet indispensable: used to randomly refine the stats of equipment attributes. High-level Awakened players often consume thousands of Soul-Suppressing Stones to refine a single piece of equipment in pursuit of the ultimate attributes.

Holy Spirit Stones, each worth 20,000 Chinese Yuan, are used to break through the enhancement limits of equipment. These stones typically only drop once or twice from the final boss of an S-rank dungeon, with an extremely low probability.

Beneath Lu Yan's feet, there were conservatively estimated to be over 50,000 Soul-Suppressing Stones, and a rough scan revealed no fewer than 500 Holy Spirit Stones.

"Five million Soul-Suppressing Stones, ten million Holy Spirit Stones," Wen Yue quickly rattled off the numbers. She looked at Lu Yan as if he were a walking God of Wealth. "Brother Lu, you just casually opened a box and got fifteen million in cash?"

Lu Yan bent down and picked up a few Holy Spirit Stones from beside his feet, then tossed them into his storage space.

"Standard procedure." He patted Zhao Leiguang on the shoulder. "Pack these stones. Didn't Captain Lei just say the armory is full and equipment isn't selling well? These hard currency stones will be gone in a second if you throw them into the trading house."

Lei Zhan's face flushed. He had just been worrying about where to sell the old equipment that had been replaced, and Lu Yan had just struck gold.

This overwhelming speed of resource acquisition completely shattered his traditional understanding of logistics.

"Seventh team, eighth team, come and help!" Lei Zhan turned around and gave the order, his tone filled with undisguised enthusiasm.

Thirty people, not even bothering to put on their newly assigned A-grade suits, transformed into miners, bending over and picking up stones from the ground. The clanging and clattering sounds became the only melody in this deathly silent cave.

Su Yunqing walked to Lu Yan's side and handed him a clean towel.

"Wipe your face." She glanced at the stone mountain that was being rapidly divided up. "You just said that other secret realms might have this kind of hidden mechanism?"

"Most likely." Lu Yan took the towel and wiped his cheeks. "I've noticed that the people who create these secret realms always like to stuff something in the nooks and crannies to reward their desire to explore. Next time you go into a secret realm, don't rush to leave after defeating the boss; knock on the walls a bit more."

Xiao Qianyu stood not far away and heard their conversation clearly.