The next morning, Tian Tian came downstairs with a sore waist to Lin Fan and the three other girls waiting for her with breakfast.
When she saw them sitting there with smiles on their faces, her face completely turned red and she wished that she could have buried herself in a hole.
But Lala came over and said, “Big sister, come and have some breakfast.”
There was a warm feeling that filled Tian Tian’s heart when she saw this and she nodded before following Lala over to the table.
Lin Fan was happy to see the girls getting along…Well, not all of the girls got along.
Xiao Yue and Yue Lan weren’t as close to Tian Tian as Lala, so while they did talk to her, they weren’t as passionate about the conversation as Lala was.
Still, they were still getting to know each other, so it wasn’t as if Lin Fan could just expect them to become best friends right away.
Just the fact that they were willing to talk was already good enough for a first step.
After breakfast, everyone headed off to the places they needed to go. Tian Tian went to the Mercenary Guild with Lala helping her and Xiao Yue went with Yue Lan to the store to help out.
That was because Lin Fan had something he needed to take care of alone today, so he didn’t go with them.
After they had all gone off, Lin Fan entered the Pet Storage Space.
The Pet Storage Space was just as it always was, with the addition of a new blue orb. This was the dungeon core that Lin Fan had picked up from this trip.
But he didn’t care about the dungeon core itself, but rather what was unlocked by the system the moment that the dungeon core had been tamed.
The moment that Lin Fan had tamed the dungeon core, there were several notifications that popped up.
“Lower tier system has been detected. Now integrating the lower tier system into the main system.”
“Lower tier system has been integrated. Dungeon Master System has now been unlocked.”
“Dungeon core detected. Host has been registered as dungeon master of Dungeon Core 695.”
Once he had found that he had opened this system, Lin Fan had secretly looked through it and had found that it was possible to recycle the current dungeon to reclaim DP (Dungeon Points), which he immediately chose to do.
That was what had caused the collapse of the dungeon.
But he naturally didn’t get everything that the dungeon core had already invested into the dungeon back, so he was working with reduced DP right now.
The only way to earn more DP was to set up the dungeon core somewhere and let it create another dungeon. But so far, Lin Fan hadn’t had the time to go out and find a location to place the dungeon core.
Not to mention that he still had plenty of questions to ask the dungeon core.
So when he came into the Pet Storage Space, he came over to the dungeon core who immediately greeted him, “Greetings master.”
Lin Fan had felt uncomfortable being called master by the dungeon core, but it wouldn’t change how it addressed him no matter what, so he just accepted it in the end.
Lin Fan gave a nod before saying, “Let’s start talking, there’s plenty of things that I have to ask you about.”
The dungeon core just said, “Please, ask whatever you want, master.”
Lin Fan’s first question was naturally about how the dungeon core had been formed, however, the dungeon core really wasn’t able to answer this since it didn’t have any idea either. The only memories that it had were memories that had been formed after the dungeon core had been formed, so there wasn’t much that it could tell it.
As for the things that the system told it, Lin Fan had the same access to the system and all the items that it had bought, so there was no need for him to ask the dungeon core about it. It would be easier for him to go through this material himself.
Anyway, he already had a good idea of how the dungeon core was formed because of the description that his Appraisal Eyes gave him and the faint divine aura that came from it.
So instead, Lin Fan started asking about the dungeon core system.
Lin Fan asked, “Why are you dungeon core 695?”
The dungeon core asked in a confused voice, “I was the 695th core formed, so naturally I’m dungeon core 695. Is there anything strange about that?”
Lin Fan revealed a look like he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as he said, “That’s not what I meant. What do you know about the other dungeon cores?”
The dungeon core suddenly said in a voice of understanding, “Oh, you want to know about the senpais? We talk all the time on the dungeon core forum, master should be able to see it too.”
Lin Fan revealed a confused look as he asked, “Dungeon core forum?”
The dungeon core said, “It’s one of the functions of the Dungeon Management System. Master should be able to access it as well.”
Lin Fan revealed an even more confused look as he started looking through his new Dungeon Master System, but no matter how he looked through it, he wasn’t able to find this forum that the dungeon core talked about. However, after thinking for a bit, he realized that something was off.
The dungeon core had called the system the Dungeon Management System, while his own new system was called the Dungeon Master System…Could it be?
Lin Fan asked, “Are you sure that your system is called the Dungeon Management System?”
The dungeon core confirmed, “Yes, it’s the Dungeon Management System. What’s wrong?”
Lin Fan said with a bitter smile, “My system is called the Dungeon Master System, not the Dungeon Management System. It seems like I can’t access the dungeon core exclusive forum.”
The dungeon core was a bit surprised, but then it said, “Master, that’s not a problem. I can tell you whatever you want to know.” But after a moment of hesitation, it said, “However, my access to the forum isn’t that high since I am the newest dungeon core, so there are certain things that I don’t know about.”
Lin Fan nodded before asking, “What are the other dungeon cores like?”
When this topic was brought up, the dungeon core excitedly said, “The senpais were all bragging about how amazing their dungeons were. Take senpai 5, he is known as the Fire God of Doom Mountain, the famous fire attributed dungeon. Then there’s senpai 18 who is the Siren of Atlantis, the famous fire attributed dungeon. There’s also senpai…”
The dungeon core excitedly bragged about its senpais, but Lin Fan revealed a confused look when he heard this.
After all, he had never heard about any of these dungeons before…
The dungeon core eventually noticed this and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Lin Fan honestly said, “I’ve never heard of any of these so-called “famous” dungeons before. Are you sure that they exist?”
The dungeon core was shocked and confused as it said, “Eh? The senpais all said that their dungeons were famous throughout the entire world, how could you not know about them?”
Lin Fan thought about it before suddenly realizing something.
The signs had been there the entire time, but he had never come to this conclusion before because he was still busy adjusting to this world. But no matter how he looked at it, that seemed to be the most likely possibility.
There was another continent that was based on a system of magic instead of cultivation like the continent that he was currently on. That was most likely the place that most of the “senpais” that the dungeon core mentioned was on.
Lin Fan quickly explained this concept and the dungeon core was completely shocked.
It didn’t know much about the world outside since it had spent most of its life in the dungeon and then in the Pet Storage Space, but that didn’t stop it from being shocked by this new revelation.
Still, the dungeon core quickly accepted this since it really didn’t matter to it.
All that it really cared about was finding a place to set up another dungeon.
After all, only with a dungeon could it earn DP and become stronger.
As it thought of this, the dungeon core looked around the Pet Storage Space before hesitantly asking, “Master, I have a request.”
Lin Fan had been lost in thought as well, but he was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard what the dungeon core said. He was curious what kind of request the dungeon core would have, so he said, “What is it?”
The dungeon core once again hesitated before saying, “Can I set up my dungeon in this space?”
The Pet Storage Space was unlike anything that it had seen before, this was a completely isolated space that was filled with energy. If it could set up a dungeon here, it was certain that it would be able to earn plenty of DP.
However, Lin Fan knitted his brows when he heard this.
He didn’t even need to think about it before shaking his head and saying, “No.”
The dungeon core didn’t give up as it said, “Master, as long as I can set up a dungeon here…”
But before it could even finish, Lin Fan shook his head again and said in an even firmer voice, “No.”
The dungeon core fell silent after this.
In fact, it could have made a dungeon without Lin Fan’s permission and it had tried making a dungeon before, but it had also been stopped by some unknown force when it had tried.
It didn’t know what stopped it, but whenever it tried making a dungeon in this space, there was always something that shut it out from connecting to this space.
So no matter how hard it tried, it was unable to build its dungeon.
This was why it had turned to asking Lin Fan for permission. It figured that since Lin Fan owned this space, as long as Lin Fan gave it permission to build the dungeon, then that mysterious force would no longer stop it.
But it never expected Lin Fan to deny its request that decisively.
,m After all, if the dungeon core built a dungeon here and became stronger, that would also mean that Lin Fan would have more tools at his disposal.
But Lin Fan didn’t want that since the Pet Storage Space was a very special thing for him.
He didn’t know what would happen to it if he allowed the dungeon core to build a dungeon here, so he didn’t want to risk it.