[Weekly Task: Protect the Shelter, now available.]

[Countdown: 00:59:59]

"Click-clack..."

“Ka-ka-ka…”

As the system notification faded, a group of zombies suddenly appeared on the ice.

Gu Mian looked over with a solemn expression and saw a group of zombies, about half a person's height, wearing blue and white school uniforms, stiffly turning their necks to reveal the bright red scarves around their necks.

Gu Mian: ...

[Red Scarf Zombie: Tier 1 Contaminant, 150 HP, 8 Attack, 7 Speed, 8 Defense. Zombies wearing red scarves have double attack power.]

"Ho ho!"

"Hehehe!"

In the few seconds that Gu Mian checked the pollutant information, dozens of zombies, with their short legs, were already rushing frantically toward the raft.

Don't let their short legs fool you, these zombies are surprisingly fast runners.

Seemingly sensing the situation outside, the two robots also ran out of the greenhouse. "Master, please step back and let Number 1/2 guard the shelter!"

Gu Mian raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "No rush, let me test it first."

The robot was puzzled, but it still said, "Yes, Master."

Gu Mian took out a meat-filled layered pancake from her backpack, ate it quickly, then took out her weapon, the Spirit Serpent Whip, and lashed it at the zombie horde.

[Meat Layered Pancake: Increases satiety by 50, increases damage from contaminants by 5%, and restores 10 health per second for 6 minutes.]

The next second, a blinding white light flashed, and a small patch of the zombie horde instantly cleared out.

!!!

Holy crap!

Kill instantly?

After the Serpent Whip increases damage by 5%, is it really this powerful?

Looking at the remaining dozens of zombies still making strange "hoarse" noises, Gu Mian revealed a smile that would scare a child to tears, and instantly lashed out with several whips.

At this point, the Red Scarf Zombies were completely wiped out, and the two robots were not even used at all, and the event had only been going on for less than 10 minutes.

Protecting the shelter is just simple protection; unlike last time when there were cardboard box rewards, this time the only reward is the points earned after killing the Red Scarf Zombies.

There are 50 Red Scarf Zombies in total. You only get 50 points after killing them all, which isn't even enough to redeem a mid-level blind box.

Gu Mian sighed as she looked at the now calm ice surface, then sent the robot back to work in the greenhouse before returning to her wooden cabin to continue lying there like a corpse.

[Weekly Task: Guard the Shelter.]

[Countdown: 00:00:00]

[This week's event has ended. Congratulations to the player who successfully protected the shelter and avoided being transformed into a new employee of the Doomsday Delivery Team.]

Gu Mian listened lazily, slowly swallowing the potato chips in her mouth.

[To enhance the game's enjoyment, a points-based leaderboard is now available.]

[A thrilling points-based mode is coming soon! Players can now compete for rankings by hunting pollutants. Please check the detailed rules for the points-based competition yourself.]

Points-based competition...

As soon as the notification sound ended, Gu Mian opened the system panel.

On the main interface, a new icon for the points race leaderboard has appeared.

Clicking the icon instantly changes the text on the screen to the system prompts for the points-based competition rules.

[Server-wide Points-Based Tournament Rules]

All players in the game can register for the server-wide points competition. This competition is an individual event and teams are not allowed.

All contaminants killed by players during the qualifying rounds will earn points, and the system will rank players based on their total points at 00:00 on the day the qualifying rounds end.

[Points awarded: First-order pollutants: 1 point. Second-order pollutants: 100 points. Third-order pollutants: 1000 points. Fourth-order and higher pollutants will be determined separately by the system.]

[Final Ranking: When the countdown ends, the system will calculate the rankings based on the players' rankings.]

The top 100 players in total points will receive 10 Gold Chests, the top 10 players in total points will receive 10 Diamond Chests, and the first-place player will receive an additional [Island Binding Card*1].

Players ranking in the bottom 20% of the total points will lose their rafts and be directly transformed into new polluters.

[Registration countdown for the points-based tournament: 7 days.]

[Note: The points-based tournament lasts for seven days. After successful registration, players will be directly teleported to the contaminated zone when the tournament begins. Teleportation back to the raft is not possible during the event.]

Gu Mian frowned. The points competition only rewarded the top 100 players, while the proportion of players who were punished reached 20%.

Is this an eagerness to turn players into game monsters?

Players who rank low will be directly converted into polluters, and during the event, players with excessively high pollution values ​​will also be converted into polluters.

Gu Mian's gaze was deep, and the system's sinister intentions seemed impossible to hide.

Open the chat channel, and all the players are discussing the upcoming points-based tournament.

"This damn system has finally shown its true colors; it just wants to turn all players into mindless game monsters!"

"Um... I'd like to know what happens if I don't sign up for the competition?"

"It's highly likely you'll be directly transformed into a polluter, right? Do you still have any unwarranted expectations for this damn system?"

"A diamond treasure chest...that sounds really valuable. I wonder what kind of supplies are inside?"

"Holy crap! The first place winner also gets an extra island-binding card!"

This card is amazing! After using it, the player can randomly bind to an island!

Doesn't this mean we won't have to drift at sea anymore, and can just settle down on an island?

"Calm down, upstairs. This is a reward only for the top player in the entire server. Stop overthinking it."

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