The system silently copied and pasted a copy of the player panel for Yu Ling and placed it on the semi-transparent system panel, so that at least Yu Ling wouldn't be spied on by other players while looking at the task panel.

[NPC Panel: Congratulations on completing all tasks. Reward points have been issued—300 + 500 + 2000 points.]

[Player Panel: Main quest completed, side quests incomplete, hidden quest incomplete, reward 200 points.]

"The rewards for player quests are quite meager; it seems I have to try to do them all. But I wonder if I can continue doing NPC quests after I get player status, and how I'll get to the next game."

Yu Ling counted and found that, excluding the time for the assessment task, he received 3,000 points in less than four days, which is equivalent to 3,000 survival points. That's something you have to survive for thirty years in a survival mission to earn.

No wonder it's so easy to make money by completing tasks.

According to the player interface, Yu Ling learned that after completing a task, players do not immediately move on to the next task, but have a week of rest.

Players can rest in the space designated for newcomers.

Yu Ling is currently in this space. The room only has a bed, a refrigerator, and a toilet. There is food and drink, and she can sleep, but she cannot go out.

Only by completing five beginner tasks can you become a formal player, who can then join a team, participate in multiplayer matchmaking, and trade in the player lobby.

A massively multiplayer game? That sounds interesting. It's a pity that Yu Ling can't trade, so she doesn't plan to join any team. Developing on her own is the only way to go.

Without intending to rest in her personal space, Yu Ling directly pressed the button to start the mission.

[Loading player:.......]

Number of participants: 10

[Current Map: Abandoned Village]

An abandoned village attracts attention after a bizarre murder, but the villagers all disappear after investigators enter the village.

Main Quest: Escape the deserted village. Side Quest: Find the murderer of Huang Xiaohua. Hidden Quest: Destroy the vengeful ghost.

These are the data displayed on the player panel, while the NPC panel still shows a lot of character background information. The only difference from last time is that he didn't replace any of the NPCs in this map; he's just an extra player, and the three quests remain unchanged.

[Mission 1: Prevent the players from finding the killer. Mission 2: Kill at least 4 players (0/4). Mission 3: Help the vengeful ghost take revenge.]

Is this an NPC's quest?

This is clearly the answer analysis for a player's quest!

If Yu Ling wanted, he could even submit the player's side quest directly, since the murderer's name was already displayed on the NPC panel.

However, the rewards for players are lower than those for NPCs. Given this conflict, Yu Ling still prefers to do NPC quests.

This was a wide-open, muddy area. Three large characters were carved on a nearby rock: Huangjia Village. Yu Ling was currently wearing his own white shirt and trousers, so he probably didn't need to dress up. Looking around, he saw no other players; he wondered if their spawn points were different.

Indeed, it's strange that ten people suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Even NPCs would notice something odd about it.

Yu Ling headed towards the village entrance again. Her striking blue hair stood out against the dusty, unassuming appearance of the villagers. Her clear blue eyes showed no disdain for the dirty and chaotic streets. She was polite and even asked every passing villager where the village chief lived with a friendly expression.

The villagers were all hesitant to speak, but a little boy with a topknot pointed to the road to the east:

"It's over there, the biggest courtyard."

"Okay, thank you, little brother." Yu Ling took out a handful of candy from her pocket and stuffed it into the child's hand before walking towards the village chief's house.

The system was bewildered: [Host, aren't we prohibiting the exchange of items? Where did you get this candy?]

"It was taken from the pediatric ward of the mental hospital."

It's not that players can't take things from the map, but that NPCs can't. Yu Ling even took several scalpels, and a lot of medical gauze and alcohol.

"It's obvious you're just slacking off. If we don't give you some work to do, you won't even know what's new in our storage space."

Um... well...

The system felt guilty and realized it had indeed started to slack off. After all, it was preventing the system from exchanging bodies by refreshing the world. The system never expected that Yu Ling would still squeeze it dry even in this situation.

The system was devastated; it shouldn't have asked so many questions. But even though it was filled with remorse, the system still obediently apologized for slacking off and promised to accompany Yu Ling in completing tasks.

Poor Tong Sheng, no explanation needed!

Back to Yu Ling, he was walking towards the village chief's house following the directions the child had given him. Along the way, he saw three or five people who looked like players walking in different directions, but Yu Ling didn't reveal himself, which is why he wasn't approached by the other players.

"Knock knock knock".

Standing in front of the village chief's courtyard gate, Yu Ling knocked on the door.