Chapter 454: The new door
Lin Ye replied to the messages one by one. These people had basically all died in other timelines, but now they could send him messages. This feeling was quite strange.
Oliver sent Lin Ye a design blueprint for Free City's reconstruction plan. He hoped Lin Ye would choose a new base, not a run-down, abandoned clubhouse that could move around everywhere.
Lin Ye chose a good location in the city center. He still had to stay here for a while, and even if he left, these young people still needed to live here.
He also didn't know what would happen here after the Mining Area Task ended. If Raymond hadn't lied to him, then once the task ended, the flow of time here should return to the normal time flow.
The banquet lasted an entire day before ending. After that, they also joined the team rebuilding Free City.
On this timeline, although Free City wasn't destroyed, it was severely damaged.
However, since some major factions weren't destroyed, with the cooperation of various forces, the reconstruction of Free City was completed in just over ten days.
During this period, Lin Ye went to the Bottomless Pit with Sera and others. With Lin Ye's help, they quickly figured out how to use the Lid.
Now those adventurers could not only clean up the Pit Products that regularly spewed out from the Bottomless Pit, but could also enter the floors inside the pit to explore... though no adventurers had come out alive yet.
After solving the Bottomless Pit problem, Lin Ye continued executing his money-making plan. For the remaining time, he basically stayed in the library reading books. Oliver specially issued him a library card allowing free borrowing of all books.
Sera and the priest occasionally disturbed Lin Ye, actively teaching him the doctrines of the God of Salvation.
Lin Ye wasn't interested in those doctrines, but he incidentally learned some Salvation Divine Arts.
Bessie occasionally pestered Lin Ye to learn knowledge related to biological samples. She was cultivating her duplicate.
Bessie Pro and Maggie helped Lin Ye control the card-selling organization. They recently wanted to give the organization a good name.
Lin Ye always believed that the flow of time was uncertain. Human consciousness determined how fast time passed. If you kept staring at a clock, the speed of time would slow down, but if you didn't pay attention, time would fly by.
As if stolen by something.
Three months passed quickly, and Lin Ye completed everything he needed to do. After bidding farewell to some acquaintances, he ended this Mining Area Task.
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【Mining Area Task Completed: Money is Everything】
【Special Mining Area Unlocked: Rule Mining Area】
【You have received a gift】
【Please draw today's card】
"My turn! Draw a card!"
Lin Ye got up from his bed in the Shelter and began drawing the daily card, something he hadn't done in a while.
This time, the card face showed a red frog. The card dissipated, and a fist-sized red frog appeared in the center of the Shelter.
The red frog jumped onto Lin Ye's knee, looking at him with its bulging eyes.
"Hello, want something to eat?"
Although Lin Ye had been away for a long time, only one night had passed in the Shelter. It was just time to feed Little Black and the others.
"Ribbit ribbit."
"Okay."
Lin Ye stroked the red frog. Its body had a damp warmth, and the texture felt pretty good.
This time, there was no loot to process, but Lin Ye had received a gift of unknown origin.
Lin Ye soon sensed the so-called gift in the basement. It was a door opened on the basement wall, leading to who knows where.
'...Could this be a gift received on the final timeline? Could the God of Salvation be behind the door?'
After making some preparations, Lin Ye opened the door. Behind it was an elevator lobby he was very familiar with. The place that should have been the floor entrance had become a door leading into the Shelter's basement.
"Huh?"
Lin Ye never expected this kind of place to be behind the door.
'Who gave me this gift? The Bottomless Pit? The Lid? It couldn't be myself, could it?'
Lin Ye felt the possibility of it being himself was the highest, because without his consent, the system probably wouldn't allow this door to appear in his Shelter.
'So which floor is this?'
Lin Ye approached the elevator and pressed the button, then retreated back to the basement. After a while, the elevator doors automatically opened, revealing nothing inside.
"Floor 444, so I really did create this?"
After confirming the door's origin, Lin Ye closed it. He had no intention of exploring the Bottomless Pit for now.
Although he didn't know how it was done, this door was clearly a passage Lin Ye left for himself when he performed the Redemption Ritual. As long as he had this door, he could obtain resources from inside the Bottomless Pit and gain access to Free City.
Provided he could take the elevator up.
The danger level deep inside the Bottomless Pit was extremely high. He didn't dare enter the elevator casually, otherwise he'd be finished if he couldn't return.
"Better wait until I reach a higher level before exploring inside."
Lin Ye returned to the bedroom and began preparing his breakfast. He occasionally discussed cooking with Wendy recently, and his culinary skills had improved a lot.
After setting up breakfast, Lin Ye opened the Music Box and the Group Chat, beginning his meal amidst the lighthearted music.
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"Brother Lin's Mining Area Task should be ending soon, right?"
"Anyway, Brother Lin's name isn't grayed out, so the task might not be over yet."
"I hope the Mining Area Task isn't too difficult."
"Regardless of difficulty, I plan to do the task tonight. One day later means one less day of resources."
"I think we should at least wait until after advancing before doing the task. The unlocked mining area should be better then."
Lin Ye posted information about the Mining Area Task in the group chat. This was very easy for him, taking only a few seconds.
"Huh? Making money?"
"Oh god, good thing I didn't start the task directly. That's terrifying. I was a freelancer before, and now you want me to go make money in an unfamiliar city?"
"Truly terrifying. I'd rather fight monsters than make money. That's much harder than killing people."
"You could rob people."
"This is three months, not one night. Guess if you'll get killed by a passing high-level spiritual energy user?"
"Can we take out more loans? Borrowing for half a year should be normal, right?"
"Unless you can use loans as startup capital like the expert, otherwise your funds might be negative when settling accounts."
"That's very real life."
"Sigh, kind of miss the days under the bridge."
"Not all tasks are about making money, right? The expert's strength differs so much from ours. Could this just be a special case?"
"Didn't other experts also do Mining Area Tasks?"
"Don't call me an expert, but I also participated in the Mining Area Task last night. My task was similar to Brother Lin's, also a money-making task. However, the task duration was only one month, and it wasn't as dangerous as Brother Lin's. As for the specific process, I won't say. Right now, I just want to slap yesterday's myself."