The story follows Ning Shu, who is inexplicably dragged into a survival game. Because her skills are too powerful, she accidentally offends a wealthy, top-spending player in one of the instances an...
Chapter 107 Safe Zone 1 (4) - Swift Wind Car Team
Ning Shu bought a lot of compressed biscuits from the mall, stuffed some into her spatial storage, and put the rest into her pants pocket.
She brought a bottle of water, and at that moment she felt a little envious of Wu Yi's ink prop. What she thought was useless before now seemed like a treasure.
After returning to the safe zone, the ink bottle was refilled with ink. Once the ink was poured out, the bottle could be used to store drinking water and could be used as a small space.
It doesn't take up much space when you carry it with you, it's perfect. Is Wu Yi some kind of chosen one? He gets all the advantages.
Ning Shu considered looking for a similar ink bottle in the online store and buying one, but after searching for a long time without finding one, she gave up.
Thinking about it carefully, it's obvious that a game company that's so stingy would never sell such a product; otherwise, how would it sell its storage space?
Even if it exists, it would probably be more expensive than one unit of space.
Hmph, she's finally seen through this lousy game.
Originally, she wanted to bring a bag with supplies, but Li Mengqi had explained that when you are pulled into the game, you can't bring many things in besides yourself.
The game won't care about small items like those in your pockets, but backpacks are generally not allowed inside. They might be left outside and picked up by others, which would be a loss.
Therefore, players carry supplies in two ways: either through space or small personal items.
Li Mengqi hasn't returned since she went out on a mission that day. A few days ago, she would occasionally send messages in the group to let everyone know she was safe, but there's been no news for the past two days.
Ning Shu and the others guessed that they had probably entered a dungeon. This time, without Li Mengqi to see them off, they planned to travel by themselves.
Tuya sent a message beforehand, saying he wanted to team up with them to enter the dungeon. He was originally planning to come to safe zone 1 to find Ning Shu and the others.
Cheng Chuan suggested the opposite approach, since they hadn't been to other safe zones yet, and they should let the graffiti wait for them to arrive.
The graffiti is in safe zone 3. They can go there to find him, and on the way, they can also stop by safe zone 2.
The three of them found out the location of the Gale Team while in the safe zone. The fee to go to safe zone 2 was quite reasonable—2 points, which was affordable for every player.
Ning Shu inquired about the prices for going to other places, and the convoy's contact person gave him a rough calculation method.
Between two adjacent large safe zones, you usually take a large vehicle, which costs 2 points. Each additional safe zone adds 2 points, with a maximum of 4 points required to reach the farthest safe zone diagonally opposite.
After all, the five safe zones are on a ring road, and if the clockwise route is too long, you can go counterclockwise.
If you want to go to a small safe zone, you can't take a large vehicle. You usually have to hire a small car, which is a sedan that can only seat 4 or 5 people.
For cars, there will be a charter fee and a toll fee. The toll fee is based on the length of the route and there is no upper limit to the fee.
Ning Shu had no immediate plans to go to the small safe zone, so she didn't dwell on how the fees for that part were calculated.
One thing to note is that if a customer enters a dungeon midway through the journey, the vehicle generally won't wait for them, and the points won't be refunded.
Unless all the players and even the driver in the vehicle enter the instance together, they will continue to their destination after exiting.
The contact person also told her that if they needed to charter a car to go out on a mission, they could do so for an additional fee.
The three of them took the car driven by Jifeng to safe zone number 2. Ning Shu noticed that the car was full.
She noticed while waiting for the bus that almost every bus from Gale Bus departed when it was full, so there was no set departure time.
Large vehicles, like buses, can not only seat people but also allow people to stand; the 2-point vehicle is this type of vehicle.
Because the three of them lined up early, they all had seats, which was better than those who had to stand.
The order on the vehicle was better than Ning Shu had expected, probably due to the reputation of Jifeng. Behind that reputation must be formidable military force.
The truck proceeded along the South Ring Road, passing through the Tooth Shadow Tunnel they had visited before, and finally stopped somewhere after entering the East Ring Road.
The three of them, Ning Shu, were drawing pictures the whole way, so they kept their eyes glued to the road signs outside.
It took them more than an hour to get there. The truck was parked at a spot outside the gate of Safety Zone 2, and the driver told everyone who had arrived to get off the bus immediately.
After Ning Shu and the others got off the car, they saw the gate of Safe Zone 2. The gate was not much different from that of Safe Zone 1, probably because it was a replica.
Opposite the gate is a forest, and beyond the forest is a path leading into the depths.
Actually, there are quite a few places to run dungeons outside of Safe Zone 1, but after discussing it, Ning Shu and the others decided to avoid those dungeons.
Since Zone 1 was the first to be established, the instance there has likely been run countless times.
It's not advantageous for them to enter dungeons with such frequently increased difficulty; they're just there to rack up basic points, so of course they'll choose the easier ones—it's not like they're asking for trouble.
This was something Ning Shu thought of after hearing Li Mengqi's evaluation of the Reversed Middle School copy.
Although safe zone 2 is not the best choice, it should be less difficult than safe zone 1. Since they want to explore, it's not a bad idea to try it out.
Ning Shu habitually turned to look at Cheng Chuan: "Shall we go inside?"
Cheng Chuan's heart skipped a beat: "Hmm, let's go in, it doesn't matter which dungeon we run."
That's right, since they can't choose a dungeon anyway, let's just leave it be.
Wu Yi has no say; all he knows is to cling to the powerful figures.
The mountain forest was winding and secluded, and they followed the paths trodden by those who had come before them, waiting for the dungeon to appear.
The dungeon did not disappoint them; they heard the system notification sound shortly after entering.
Welcome to the "Zombie Siege" permanent instance.
[Completion Mission: Mission 1: Help the NPCs set up a survival zone with at least 100 NPCs.]
Mission 2: Kill 100,000 zombies.
Task 3: Participate in the final day of the zombie siege battle and survive until the end of the instance.
Task 1 is mandatory, while Tasks 2 and 3 are optional. Only one of the optional tasks needs to be completed.
[Friendly Reminder: If you complete two optional tasks simultaneously, only the first task completed will be counted.]
[Customs clearance time: 30 days.]
[Initial supplies: Survival supply pack.]
We wish you a pleasant gaming experience!
When Ning Shu opened her eyes, she found herself in a bustling city, with a black supply pack at her feet.
She looked around and was relieved to find Cheng Chuan and Wu Yi by her side.
"Holy crap, Sister Ning, Brother Chuan, did you hear that? It's a zombie instance, zombies!" Wu Yi was quite agitated as soon as he appeared.
Ning Shu was already used to his reaction, and while observing the surroundings, she continued, "I heard you. Don't even mention the zombie dungeon, you'll have to conquer the hell dungeon too."
Wu Yi, who was initially quite agitated, calmed down considerably upon realizing he had two powerful allies by his side.
Ning Shu noticed that the NPCs around him were still calmly going about their business, realizing that either the zombie outbreak hadn't started yet, or the zombies hadn't spread here yet.
This is the best time for them to prepare supplies. Ning Shu looked at Cheng Chuan and said, "We need to prepare supplies first, otherwise it will be hard to get through the rest of the year."