Entering the red room, Lin Ye found only a single red tal treasure chest inside.
The chest disappeared upon opening, revealing two items: a shelter upgrade blueprint and a low-tier spatial crystal.
[Use 2nd-tier shelter upgrade blueprint?]
"Use."
[Collect 10 mutation organs from 1st-tier Mutation Creatures as shelter upgrade materials (0/10)]
'Already obtained one? Do deeper maze levels have higher blueprint drop rates? Or is it ti-related?'
Lin Ye was surprised. Blueprint drop rates during system events had always been low, yet he'd gotten one from the first chest this ti.
'There are still organ reserves in the shelter's freezer. I can upgrade imdiately after returning.'
Storing the spatial crystal, Lin Ye continued exploring the maze. Like on the first floor, he quickly navigated through corridors searching for locked rooms.
Soon he found a second locked room, but didn't approach the door - most of that corridor was subrged in so kind of red liquid, with the locked door sitting within it.
'...Better take another path.'
Lin Ye didn't hesitate long before abandoning this room. Recent experiences had taught him never to touch unknown liquids.
Taking a different corridor, Lin Ye soon found another locked room. Using his key to open it, a 1st-tier blood-corpse charged out.
Drawing his blade, Lin Ye dealt with the creature. Just as he was about to enter the room, faint tapping sounds ca from the corridor's end.
Click-click-click-click...
A blood-corpse with six sharp limbs rounded the corner, entering Lin Ye's field of vision.
The abomination resembled a hairless spider mutated from a human - its torso remained humanoid, but where legs should have been had lted into a dark red tail.
This monstrosity served as another reminder of mutation's dangers. Without proper control, this would be the fate of all spiritual energy absorbers.
The human-spider charged at Lin Ye, its six limbs tapping rhythmically against the floor.
Lin Ye scanned it with his ntal energy:
2nd-tier Mutation Creature. Three mutation organs: an energy-controlling organ in its abdon, its foremost limbs, and the tail.
Without speed runes, the creature moved much faster than Lin Ye, so he stood still, intently sensing its movents.
The human-spider ramd into Lin Ye while thrusting its front limbs at his head and torso.
Activating the mutated spiritual energy shield from his Nightfall Formalwear, Lin Ye blocked the attacks while driving Red Blade into the creature's abdon, shredding its internal organ.
Thud!
The tail smashed against the energy shield, shattering it and sending Lin Ye flying back slightly.
Lin Ye used the montum to retreat further. With its organs destroyed, even a Mutation Creature couldn't ignore such damage - buying ti would make it easier to handle.
The human-spider kept charging as if unhard, but Lin Ye sensed its unstable condition. Activating the acceleration rune inscribed on his pants, he rapidly retreated.
Once the creature weakened, Lin Ye counterattacked, using a Severing rune to slice off its front limbs.
When the tail whipped toward him again, Lin Ye hastily created another spiritual energy shield to barely block the strike before using Red Blade to remove its last mutation organ.
After dealing with the human-spider, Lin Ye processed its corpse while absorbing ambient spiritual energy.
The red maze wasn't a battlefield - its energy density couldn't sustain continuous rune activation, forcing Lin Ye to consu his internal reserves when chaining runes. Additionally, spiritual energy items required cooldown periods between uses.
From the corpse, Lin Ye retrieved an unfamiliar red card different from Mutation Cards, which he'd have to examine back at the shelter.
Collecting three 2nd-tier mutation organs and so usable spiritual materials, Lin Ye left the mutilated corpse behind.
The previously opened red room contained another tal chest holding a bundle of red fabric.
'So kind of spiritual material?'
Storing the fabric, Lin Ye continued exploring.
Encountering several more liquid-flooded corridors, Lin Ye cautiously avoided these anomalous zones.
The detours cost significant ti before finding a third locked room.
Inside waited another 1st-tier blood-corpse. This ti, instead of killing it imdiately, Lin Ye amputated its limbs, continuously severing newly mutated appendages until it was sufficiently harmless.
The room's tal chest contained only a sealed tal syringe.
Pocketing the syringe, Lin Ye grabbed the blood-corpse by the neck like a rabbit and carried it back to the red liquid corridor.
From a safe distance, he hurled the disabled creature into the liquid.
Upon contact, the blood-corpse rapidly mutated - within ten seconds, it transford from a limbless wreck into a miniature human-spider covered in appendages.
Its piercing shriek echoed as dozens of tiny legs scrambled toward Lin Ye.
Lin Ye turned and ran - not from fear of the creature, but to avoid the liquid. That terrifying mutation speed ant even slight contact would cause localized bodily mutations.
He wasn't keen on growing strange appendages.
Only after establishing spiritual energy barriers ensuring no liquid contact did Lin Ye stop to swiftly dispatch the miniature abomination.
This ti he didn't bother dissecting it. While intrigued by the mutation-accelerating liquid, he currently lacked the ans to safely study such dangerous substances.
The maze's deep level contained nurous flooded areas that severely hampered exploration. When the countdown ended, Lin Ye still hadn't found the special deep-level room.
....................
Returning to the shelter where Brother Chicken still incubated its egg, Lin Ye imdiately submitted ten frozen mutation organs for the upgrade quest.
[Shelter upgrade quest completed. Upgrade shelter tier?]
"Yes."
[Upgrade complete]
Lin Ye checked the updated shelter information:
[Shelter Information]
[Tier: 2]
[New Function: Basic Loot Space]
[Status: Absolutely Secure (21 days, 13 remaining)]
[Note: Upgrade your shelter tier within 21 days]
The Basic Loot Space function resembled the previous loot space but only provided one cubic ter of storage, requiring manual item placent. This function only worked during system events, not simulation missions.
With the upgrade complete, Lin Ye began examining his new acquisitions.
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