God-level Hero

Not long after Da Fei mailed the Magic Box, Little Li’s text message came over: "It really is Pandora’s Box! And it’s actually a tradable Vice Hero! If we sell her, our family could probably buy an apartment in the city, right?"

Da Fei chuckled in surprise. She actually believed the hype that a game item could sell for several million US Dollars? So he replied, "If we raise her properly, it might not just be one apartment."

Little Li said excitedly, "Leave it to me! Oh right, I suddenly remembered something. When Little Fang takes over my shift, she can log into my account. If she sees this Magic Box and asks about it, I won’t know how to explain!"

Da Fei frowned. Right, he’d actually forgotten this. The Japanese must hate him to the bone now; if they made a move from around his friends and relatives, sending over a bomb or a bottle of poison by courier wouldn’t be beyond them! The fewer people who know, the less the risk.

Da Fei replied, "Make a little alt account and let the alt carry it for now."

Little Li replied, "Got it. Then I’ll use the alt to power‑level with this box."

Da Fei’s thoughts cleared up: "Okay, here’s the plan. I’ll transfer 200,000 to your card. First, use that 200,000 to hire a studio to boost and power‑level her. Step one, get her body leveled up. Then use the remaining money to buy Gold Coins and send her to the Capital Library, the kind with luxury private rooms and Attendants bringing food and books, and let her read nonstop. You don’t need to worry about leveling after that. We’ll talk when I get back from the National War Zone."

Little Li asked in surprise, "Read? What’s the point of reading?"

Da Fei almost spat out a mouthful of water: "Don’t let Mom and Dad hear you say that, okay?"

Little Li replied, "Got it. I’ll arrange the alt’s leveling first."

Da Fei texted back again, "If the money for reading isn’t enough, I’ll send you another 200,000."

Little Li was stunned: "No way? The library burns money like that?"

Da Fei laughed: "If there’s extra, spend it on clothes and good food."

Little Li replied, "I’d rather send 100,000 to Mom and Dad first."

Damn! I’m footing the bill so you can play the dutiful child? Da Fei sighed: "I already mailed them 80,000 at New Year, that’s enough! If they ask where this money came from, what are you going to say? Even if you send it, don’t send too much. Otherwise they’ll get all happy, feel like they finally have face and start bragging everywhere, and then all kinds of relatives will come to borrow money."

Little Li replied, "Now that we have money, we should help our relatives. Mom and Dad have been stifled their whole lives; we should let them feel proud for once!"

Damn! Those relatives borrow money just to buy houses; they’ll never pay it back in their lifetime! Da Fei said irritably, "How come when I stayed single for thirty years, no relatives came to help me out?"

Little Li: "They did, okay? Second Uncle, Big Uncle, and Third Aunt introduced you to so many girls with almost no demands at all, but you thought they were ugly!"

Damn! Everyone in our family is handsome and beautiful; how could I possibly marry an ugly wife? I’d rather die! Da Fei said crossly, "Once people find out our family has money, all kinds of proposals will line up at the door, and given Mom and Dad’s personality, they won’t be able to turn down several acquaintances. When they call you back for blind dates then, you can just ’hehe’ about it."

Little Li suddenly jolted: "That’s true!"

Da Fei sighed: "So yeah, just send 5,000 as a token, and say you earned it working—actually, don’t even say you were working. A girl suddenly sending lots of money back from part‑time jobs will only make the old folks worry about gossip—forget it, I’ll send it. You don’t do anything."

Little Li said unhappily, "What’s going on in that head of yours? Fine, you send it. I’m going to log my alt."

"Oh right, you know how to buy Gold Coins online?"

"I know, Little Fang has demonstrated it several times."

So, after receiving the Magic Box from the in‑game mailbox, the first thing Little Li did was forward the Magic Box to her alt account "Harem Beauty." Since the canal was already completed, the Harem Beauty account was freed up, perfect for leveling. Next step was to buy Gold Coins and contact a power‑leveling team in the game.

Meanwhile, Da Fei shook his fingers, which were a bit sore from texting, and opened his mobile banking app to start a transfer. Honestly, it had been a long time since he’d really chatted with his family. In a way, Little Li was right—what do people live for their whole lives, what do Mom and Dad really want? But this wasn’t the time to relax and enjoy life yet; he could get popped like popcorn by the Demon God at any moment, so he had to go all in!

After finishing the transfer, Da Fei went to the Central Village to oversee work. The deafening buzzing filled the air, and a swarm of insects like a black cloud had already covered the entire Central Village.

Damn! This number was almost too much for Da Fei to look at directly! I mean, even if each Horned Demon Soul only produced one beetle, with these tens of thousands of Horned Demons, that’d still be tens of thousands of beetles, right? Besides, Horned Demons are about the size of a human; no matter how low their cost‑efficiency is, you can’t be telling me they only convert into one tiny bug each, right?

But none of that really mattered. What mattered was that, under the round‑trip buzzing of the black‑cloud swarm, the little ponds by the lake used to hold Mushroom Essence were almost always full to the brim. The Dark Elves carrying buckets and watering were running back and forth, exhausted.

Even though they were working hard, this was the critical period for them to grasp Mushroom Breeding, so Da Fei didn’t plan to give them a hand. Comparing the ponds’ water level now with the state when he had ten thousand beetles last time, this batch of bugs had to be sixty or seventy thousand at least. Very good! Keep it up! My locust‑like swarm ravaging the land is all riding on you!

His subordinates were working hard, so he couldn’t slack off either. Hooked and unable to stop, Da Fei opened the Trial Crystal again!

——System Prompt: You used the "Demon King’s Trial Key," unlocking a series of trial instance scenes. Please choose the scene you want to enter:

1. Pandora’s Box: Mythical Level Dungeon. Already Mythical Level cleared by Chinese player "Da Fei." This instance is permanently completed.

2. Minotaur Labyrinth: Mythical Level Dungeon. Already S‑Rank cleared by the Japan player team "Hattori Shoji"...

Wahahaha, a Mythical Level Dungeon only cleared at S‑Rank? Isn’t that a waste? Let me check your Japan homework for you!

——System Prompt: You have entered the Minotaur Labyrinth instance. The current perfect clear rating for this instance is "Mythical Level."

The scene shifted, and Da Fei appeared in front of the grand gates of an underground palace. No need to guess—inside was the labyrinth. Come on, legendary Minotaur God, show yourself!

Enter!

The anticipated golden flash from the Divine Detector did not appear. Instead, a labyrinth wall reaching all the way to the ceiling loomed in front of Da Fei.

Da Fei frowned. These labyrinth walls were way too high, weren’t they?

Normally, labyrinth walls aren’t that tall, and you can view the layout from the air. But these towering walls completely blocked any aerial view, preventing Da Fei’s Blood Eagle from发挥 any use.

So, facing a labyrinth like this, there are only two methods. One is like in the original myth, where the hero Theseus entered the labyrinth with a ball of yarn and marked his path from the entrance. The other, the simplest and most common method used by player Guilds, is to just send a massive number of players charging through the maze, filling it up and pushing through.

Back at the Lighthouse Islands, when he passed through the underwater tunnel labyrinth, he relied on the thousand‑plus dwarf NPCs with him to just brute‑force their way through. Simple and crude. Which means, if the Japan server wanted to get an S‑Rank clear in this labyrinth, it could only have been with the second method.

Da Fei walked a few steps along the entrance passage, and five or six forks appeared before him. His head throbbed immediately! Forget this, just use the Blood Eagle to fly. If he gets lost, he’ll just recall it. If he really can’t pick up any leftovers here, then he’ll head to the next instance, Medusa’s Eye, for a look. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)