Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

After Lilu joined the team, she started flitting around Kane and the others.

The race of Little Fairies is truly magical from head to toe.

With the flutter of her wings.

A faint rainbow trail is left in the air, with some sparkling gold dust floating down with the motion of her wings.

"Are you a Dwarf? Your beard is so pretty, it's red!"

Lilu fluttered her wings, circling around Longbei, and even reached out to touch his beloved beard.

Longbei didn't mind at all; instead, he laughed heartily, "Oh! Thank you for liking it, my beard is the best-looking among Dwarves."

"Hee hee"

Watching Lilu's behavior, Kane put a hand on his forehead, feeling a bit of regret.

This is completely like a child, can she really fight?

But having already agreed to let her join the team, they could only give it a try.

As his teammates interacted with Lilu, full of curiosity.

Kane clapped his hands to attract their attention.

"Alright, let's head into the Dungeon first."

After saying this, he waved at the sky.

Cotton Candy slowly drifted down from the sky, making its way to Kane's side.

Not long after leaving the city gates, when Kane noticed that Lilu had been following the team, he cautiously sent Cotton Candy to fly into the sky.

Now that the danger had passed and they were about to enter the Dungeon, of course, Cotton Candy needed to come down first.

However, given Cotton Candy's appearance, Kane worried it might have a great impact on Lilu.

Sure enough,

"Ah! It's a cloud, the cloud is coming down!"

A burst of rainbow light flashed, and Lilu disappeared from where she was.

Then, a ball of rainbow light appeared beside Cotton Candy, revealing Lilu underneath the glow.

Her eyes were full of starlight as she looked at Cotton Candy.

This isn't a metaphor.

Her eyes were actually sparkling with starlight.

From the moment she appeared, whether it was her dress, personality, or the aura surrounding her.

Everything gave off an odd vibe.

It was very... very much like a cartoon Kane had seen when he was younger, truly fairy tale-like.

A Spirit of Fairy Tales, perhaps.

Lilu hugged Cotton Candy directly with both hands, her face nestled against the cloud, full of happiness.

Usually a bit shy, Cotton Candy neither pulled away nor showed any discomfort but instead played cheerfully with Lilu.

Kane shook his head helplessly and began to lead the team toward the Dungeon outpost ahead.

Meanwhile, Lilu and Cotton Candy started flying around Kane's team, chasing each other.

When Kane entered the outpost and approached the Dungeon entrance to register,

a young man hurriedly emerged from a nearby small hut.

Seeing his sleepy face, he must have just woken up.

He straightened his clothes at the registration desk before sitting down.

"Are you Explorers? It's been a long time since an Explorer came here, and I've gotten a bit lazy, sorry."

Kane smiled, indicating it was fine, and then began recording his team members' information in the register.

After finishing, he returned the pen to the staff, greeted them, and led the team toward the entrance.

Watching Kane's team, he instinctively wanted to offer a blessing.

Wishing them plentiful finds, but remembering the state of this Dungeon, he could only say: "Wish you a safe exploration."

The Dungeon's entrance was on the beach not far from the seaside; Kane led his teammates directly onto the Teleportation Platform.

Then a sea breeze blew by, and they disappeared from sight.

When the light reappeared before them, they found themselves on a floating platform in the starry sky.

However, none of them were entering a Dungeon for the first time, so this scene was not surprising.

From the position of the Star River in the starry sky, it could be seen that this floating platform was farther from the Star River than those in previous Dungeons.

Looking at the Mist Gate in front, Kane led the way in.

The others followed closely behind.

Feeling their bodies pass through a thin membrane, as though traversing two spaces, the surrounding environment changed drastically.

An endless expanse of light brown earth, fine sand, and tiny stones, densely covering the ground.

Looking out, there was not a hint of greenery.

The luminous object in the sky was no longer a round sun.

But a glowing cylindrical object, hanging in the sky, serving a sun-like function.

The intense light prevented Kane's eyes from probing its actual form.

A hot wind blew, causing sand and small stones on the ground to swirl around.

Kreya and the others entered the Dungeon one by one, weapons in hand, being cautious of their surroundings.

Longbei squatted down, picking up his hammer to tap on the stone blocks on the ground.

"It's truly desolate."

Kane shielded his eyes from the light, "That's why it's called the Gobi Ruins."

The surroundings were too barren, with no landmarks to serve as indicators.

Based on current information.

This map has a high degree of randomness, knowing only that the goal lies within a ruin with many intact buildings.

The map also has many ruined places, lacking intact buildings but still harboring monsters.

However, Kane didn't plan on rushing through; the goal here was to clear out the entire Dungeon.

If even one monster wasn't defeated, it would be a huge loss for Kane, regardless of how well it was hidden.

He reached out to pat Yoyo beside him, "Start mapping the terrain now; we're going to step into every corner of this Dungeon, not sparing even a single bug."

Upon hearing Kane's serious words, a blue light in Yoyo's eyes turned red, and it solemnly nodded.

His teammates were well aware of Kane's intention and all agreed with it.

Assessing the surroundings, Kane began contemplating strategies; the information indicated that this Dungeon was extremely vast.

To improve efficiency, they needed to come up with an effective way to scout for monsters; otherwise, they'd truly have to traverse the entire Dungeon on foot.

Gazing at Cotton Candy, Kane suddenly said, "You pick a direction and go forward; I'll ride Cotton Candy to scout from above, making it easier to locate targets."

With that, Cotton Candy swelled up, and Kane climbed atop it.

Cotton Candy carried Kane upward, while Kreya and the others chose a direction and started moving forward.

When the altitude seemed right, Kane patted Cotton Candy, indicating it was enough to stop.

Standing on Cotton Candy, Kane said to it, "Just fly above Kreya and follow them."

Then he activated Eagle Eye and began scouting the surroundings.

Since switching between skills had a one-hour cooldown, Kane, upon entering the map each time, always placed Eagle Eye in the Skill Grid first.

As for other Skill Stones, he would decide whether to switch them based on circumstances.