Chapter 260 Rewards and Punishments
The first person to react was You Xi. She took out her phone and sent a message in the team group: Sister Yatong, did you receive it?
No one replied.
I don’t know if they received it but didn’t have time to reply, or if they didn’t receive it at all.
After discussing for a few sentences, the three of them began to check nearby. If a monster will appear and attack the traveler who opened the box after opening an ordinary treasure box, then after opening a precious treasure box, will the monster be too big or for some other reason, so the opener will be brought into the secondary space to face the challenge?
Just like triggering a copy in the game to enter an alien space, will Tang Yatong now also be in a similar alien space?
Although they knew they could not enter the subspace triggered by Tang Yatong, they still subconsciously observed the surroundings and looked for other possibilities.
After all, Tang Yatong was a battle-hardened tasker. They were not anxious, but they were always worried. Fortunately, five minutes later, a layer of ice near them was broken, and a familiar hand wearing gloves stretched out from under the ice.
Youxi reacted immediately and rushed over to grab the other's hand. The other immediately grabbed her wrist. Youxi exerted a little force and pulled Tang Yatong out from under the ice.
Ice blocks fell down with the appearance of Tang Yatong. She looked like she had just dealt with a tough battle and half-knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.
"How is it?" Lin Wu took out a cup of warm water from the space and handed it to her.
Tang Yatong drank it in one gulp, then looked up at the three people in front of her: "How long has it been?"
You Xi knew what she was asking: "Five minutes."
"Only five minutes? It feels like more than an hour has passed."
Just as You Xi and the others guessed, Tang Yatong did enter the sub-space. A snowy field appeared in front of her, and not far away stood a girl with white skin, thin clothes and bare feet.
The other party said that the two of them would have a running competition, and as long as she could catch up with her, she would get a reward.
"Did you run?" You Zhenzhen asked hurriedly.
Tang Yatong ran of course. She was still quite confident in her speed, but she found a problem as she ran. The girl's speed was obviously not fast, but she could not catch up with the other party no matter what.
At that time, she had already sensed something was wrong, but since it was her first time facing a challenge, she was still cautious even if she was a little reckless, so she continued to run with the opponent.
This time, she deliberately ran fast and slow, and soon found that no matter how fast or slow she was, the opponent was always not far ahead of her, as if he was matching her speed, not letting her catch up, but also keeping her hanging, giving her hope that he could catch up soon.
After discovering this, Tang Yatong stopped running, she took out her MP5 and attacked directly.
As she attacked, the originally peaceful snowfield changed color, a blizzard came, and the barefoot girl grew sharp ice crystals all over her body. Her originally pure and beautiful face became ferocious, and she turned and flew towards her.
Obviously, she had turned the original running competition into a violent mode, but for Tang Yatong, this was the mode that suited her.
After a thrilling battle, the body of the ice crystal girl shattered and turned into ice and snow and disappeared.
Tang Yatong then slowly stepped forward, walked to the edge of the pile of ice and snow, and then said: "Well, I caught up with you."
Almost at the same time, the other party's voice came from the air around her, saying in a formulaic tone that she had passed the challenge and won the reward.
After the formulaic broadcast ended, the other party added one more sentence in an angry tone: The brutal barbarians should get a lesson.
After that, she found that she was buried under the solid ice and snow. It was indeed a "little lesson". Except that she almost suffocated before breaking the ice, there were no other problems.
"So, there is not necessarily only one way to complete the challenge." Lin Wu nodded. He also felt that it would be more efficient to fight directly than running or other methods.
"One force can defeat ten skills." You Xi smiled. It was indeed a method that Tang Yatong would use. "What reward did you get?"
When mentioning this, Tang Yatong also smiled: "Space, although it is only 5 cubic meters."
**
Lin Wu and Tang Yatong opened the first blind box very easily and smoothly (?), and the reward was not bad, which made them have greater expectations for the treasure box.
They originally planned to dig as many boxes as possible before 6 pm, and then find a quiet place to slowly open the boxes at night, but when the treasure boxes of several people reached 10, they received prompts one after another.
Tip: The number of treasure boxes obtained today has reached the upper limit of 10. Please continue digging tomorrow.
Although it is a bit of a pity - with their physical strength and fighting power, they can dig 20 or 30 boxes in 12 hours a day, but it is impossible to let them dig indefinitely.
From the avalanche in the morning to now, Youxi and his team have been busy, and they haven't even eaten yet. Now that the excavation has reached the upper limit, they can just take a break.
The villa areas in Bainiao Lake Park are almost overcrowded. The original tourists, the survivors transferred from the foot of the mountain, and the two groups of rescuers can't find an empty villa for them to rest at this moment.
If they are really afraid of the cold, they can also go to the leisure area across the lake, find a store, and make a floor plan indoors. But compared to the cold, they are more afraid of crowded places, where there are not only tourists but also travelers.
Many tourists have not yet started the snow treasure hunting mode, and avoiding the crowds is equivalent to avoiding most of the troubles.
So in the end, they chose a leeward flat land near the tall rocks, dug a lot of ice and snow, raised them slightly and leveled them, and then poured water on them, so that the originally slightly loose ice and snow could completely freeze into a hard thick ice layer under the low temperature.
After that, they used the same method to build a half-meter-high ice wall around the thick ice layer, and a simple foundation was completed.
They took out the two tents that had been set up when they changed their equipment before, fixed them back on the thick ice layer, and laid waterproof pads and thermal pads inside layer by layer, and finally heating blankets and sleeping bags.
Youxi took out two camping tables and four chairs, and Lin Wu set up a windproof transparent awning between the tables, chairs and two tents. Their camping site was complete.
Youxi placed a gas stove and a camping pot on a table, took out several servings of seafood porridge that were still hot, poured the porridge into the pot to reheat it, and then took out bowls and spoons, letting everyone serve themselves.
Because the weather was cold, the porridge was kept hot in the pot, so it wouldn't get cold so easily if you ate a little at a time.
She also took out some of the various sandwiches and cheese breads she bought at the hotel, and asked everyone to share a portion, put them in their own spaces to keep them warm, and take them out when they wanted to eat.
Now the four of them have space. Even though Tang Yatong's space is the smallest, only 5 cubic meters, it is really great to put some daily necessities and spare drinking water.
Youxi and You Zhenzhen also took a lot of daily necessities, fresh and hot food and drinks, scattered medicines, escape backpacks, diving, mountaineering and rappelling tools for her, so that she could put them in her own space and use them whenever she wanted. Especially since Tang Yatong had packed up the backpack that she had left with Youxi before, and now she can finally carry it with her.
A large pot of hot and fragrant seafood porridge, paired with chicken steak sandwiches and soft cheese bread, made them feel the warmth and deliciousness of the food.
When the four people finished their meal and took out coffee, milk tea, fruit tea and other drinks to drink, their mobile phones received a reminder again.
Tip: The number of people for the treasure hunt mode (snow) triggered this time has been filled. Good luck to everyone.
They read this message several times before they understood the hidden meaning.
In other words, the snow treasure hunt mode that suddenly opened this morning, like the treasure box they obtained, is not without a limit.
There is a limit to the number of boxes, and there is also a limit to the number of passengers who can open the treasure hunt mode - because as long as someone spreads the message, others can easily master the way to open the treasure hunt mode.
But obviously, the site will not give everyone this opportunity, and therefore, an upper limit is set.
And now, this upper limit has been filled, which means that the remaining passengers have lost the opportunity to open the treasure hunt mode.
If this tip is released on the mobile phones of all passengers, then it means that everyone knows the news at this moment, but the opportunity is gone. What will happen next?
The answer is self-evident.
You Xi frowned: "I've been reminded before not to open other people's treasure boxes. From one perspective, this is a warning, telling us that opening other people's treasure boxes may lead to bad things. But on the other hand, it also means that other passengers can open other people's treasure boxes, and snatch them before claiming them, or directly kill a passenger who has a treasure box, and resources should also drop."
"So, whether it's tickets or treasure boxes, the stations in the Endless Train World seem to always encourage fighting."
Lin Wu sighed.
"Not really." You Zhenzhen has a different opinion, "It still depends on personal choice, just like some passengers always rely on killing on the platform to get valid tickets, but some passengers - such as us, are more willing to explore and do tasks to get tickets as rewards. From a certain perspective, the mortality rate of passengers who always rely on fighting to get tickets is much higher than that of passengers like us. It is more like a kind of elimination method."
You Zhenzhen's words made a lot of sense, and then You Xi and Tang Yatong rubbed their heads respectively.
Afterwards, they decided to open all the treasure boxes found today while many passengers have not fully reacted.
However, four people cannot open the boxes at the same time. Someone needs to watch over the camping site and the teammates at the same time, so it was finally decided to open them in turns in pairs.
Lin Wu and Tang Yatong opened it once respectively, and now it was Youxi and You Zhenzhen's turn.
It just so happened that You Zhenzhen's stun gun had been charged, and the shield defense value had been restored to full. She had a lot of looting bullets given by Tang Yatong, and Youxi gave her a bottle of [High Temperature Perfume] as a backup.
I think, even if you hide in the shield and endure the attack and start looting, you can still grind the monster to death.
After making arrangements, Youxi drew out the Tang sword and opened the first ordinary treasure box.
**
While Youxi and the other four were hiding in a secluded place in the mountains and frantically opening blind boxes to face the challenge, on the other side of Bainiao Lake, other passengers were caught in a fight as they guessed.
The last prompt was indeed sent by all the passengers' mobile phones.
Many travelers didn't realize what they had missed until this moment. Some people were quick-witted and used their skills to ambush and track. Finally, they successfully appeared before a lone traveler dug out a box and was about to touch it to claim it. On one hand, they restrained the other person, and on the other hand, they touched the box themselves.
Afterwards, the person found that he had successfully claimed the treasure box.
The person threatened the other person and asked him to transfer all the boxes to himself, but this operation could not be completed at all.
The person wanted to kill the other person directly and take the resources he dropped, but the other person was also very smart. He said that he had not reached the upper limit of the number of boxes he could dig today, and he could still dig five more. If he didn't kill him, he was willing to continue digging and give all the boxes he dug to the person.
This is equivalent to someone working for him. He can get the box without spending any effort.
So the man agreed, saying that as long as he got the five boxes at the back, he would let him go and not kill him.
The man believed it on the surface, but he didn't believe it in his heart. However, he still pretended to be very hardworking and continued to dig. After that, he dug out three more boxes. The last one was a silver treasure box with a significantly higher color and style.
He took advantage of the man's surprise and distraction, took out the tear gas bomb and threw it out, and then used the props to escape madly.
The man didn't chase him, but it seemed to him that as long as he had higher martial arts skills than other travelers, he could snatch the box from others at any time without having to stare at them.
This man didn't know that compared with the travelers who officially turned on the treasure hunting mode, after he received the box, his mobile phone would only show the number of boxes, and there would be no prompts, so it was even less likely for him to know the friendly prompt.
He didn't even know that he had to face challenges after opening the box and complete them to get rewards, so he opened the precious silver box impatiently.
The next second, he entered the subspace, but the challenge he faced skipped the peace mode and went directly to the most difficult violent mode.
In the end, he failed the challenge and was kicked out by the monster in the subspace: snatching other people's boxes is a bad habit.
He fell to the snow, covering his bleeding chest. When he was rejoicing for surviving, he suddenly found that he could not move his body.
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