Chapter 18 Mission
"Mission location. Nan'an Town, Jiangcheng.
Mission description: In Dahu Mountain, a group of wild boars are suspected to have mutated. When they charge, cold fog will condense on their bodies. The impact force is high. Usually two or three will appear together. The total number is undetermined. Many greenhouses outside Nan'an Town were damaged by the collision, which seriously affected the output of greenhouse vegetables. Special personnel were hired to deal with it. Reward: 2500 credit points.
Requirement: Eradicate the wild boar population.
Task completion time: within one week. ”
Gu Nian finally found a task post suitable for her in the task bounty area.
Over this period of time, she has become more and more familiar with the Evolver Forum, and she refreshes the task bounty section of the forum every day.
The biggest sponsor in the mission bounty area is the Noah Research Institute, and the things they offer as mission rewards are also varied. The most common are credit points, followed by some scientific research products of the Noah Research Institute, such as winter clothing, biofuels, etc.
The post that Gu Nian saw today was posted by the Noah Research Institute's action team. Unfortunately, the mission level was only D, so the reward was only credit points. However, 2,500 credit points was not a low reward. Gu Nian worked as an electrician in the cold-proof warehouse, and a day on duty only earned 20 credit points. Even if she endured the severe cold and risked her life to go out on field work, it was only 200 credit points a day. Based on her experience in browsing the forum during this period, this mission was only considered of medium difficulty in the D level, and the location was in Jiangcheng, which was very suitable for her first mission.
Following the instructions in the post, Gu Nian left a message under this post saying "Accept the task".
Not long after, the forum prompted her that she had received a private message. She opened it and saw that it was from someone named Huochong who had locked your ID.
Huoqiang locked onto you: "Are you accepting the mission to Dahushan?"
Stockpiling Xiao Gu: “Yes.”
Fire Gun locks on you and sends a location in the chat box. "Go here and find a woman named Zhao Feng. This woman was the first to report the case. Wild boars often come to her fields to destroy them. You can ask her about the wild boars. Tell me when you have completed the task, and I will find someone to verify it. After the verification, the credit points will be transferred to your account."
Fire Gun locks onto you: "By the way, if you catch a wild boar and want to sell it, you can sell it to me. I'm Yu Ziqiu from Operations Team 2, you can ask around, the price I offer is always fair."
Gu Nian replied with a "good". Yu Ziqiu, she remembered this name, Noah Research Institute Action Team 2, it seems that the authorities have begun to organize manpower to deal with the disasters caused by mutant plants and animals? However, this action team does not seem to have enough manpower, so some tasks are outsourced to the forum.
Taking the phone, Gu Nian called the electrician team leader Lao Chen: "Hello, Captain Chen? I, Gu Nian... Yes, I would like to take another seven days off... OK, thank you, Captain Chen."
The vacation is in hand. Gu Nian put down the phone. The last time the person in charge of the cold storage gave her a vacation of only three days, it just ended today. If she wanted to complete the mission of Dahushan, Gu Nian asked for another seven days of vacation.
In Gu Nian's prophetic dream, the current temperature of minus fifty degrees Celsius was not considered low at all, and in comparison, it could even be considered a mild temperature! She clearly remembered that the world would be greeted by a cold fog storm with beautiful and dead silence, and extremely tiny ice crystals condensed in the air, which looked like white fog at first glance. This cold fog condensed by ice crystals would bring the entire planet to below minus one hundred degrees Celsius, and that would be a severe test for mankind!
In the prophetic dream, Gu Nian's perception of time was a little dazed. She vaguely remembered that the cold fog storm would come in about fifteen days. That was why she wanted to complete a task quickly and hunt mutant animals before the cold fog came to obtain spirit crystals. In this way, Gu Nian could find a way to make more cold-resistant soup to ensure that she could survive the cold fog!
This is also the storm that Gu Nian is most wary of and she must find a way to survive it.
Gu Nian decided to practice archery with Shi Xingfa for another four days, and on the fifth day, they would set off for Dahushan.
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Gu Nian drove to the archery hall. Shi Xingfa was already waiting inside.
Mobile target vehicles have been installed in the bright venue. Human-shaped target signs are placed on these small vehicles. Target rings are marked on the head and chest of the human-shaped targets. The target vehicles can move randomly on the archery range. Points will only be given if the vital points of the human-shaped targets are hit, which is also Gu Nian's training goal today.
Shi Xingfa was still taciturn. When he saw Gu Nianlai, he just nodded and said hello, then said, "Let's get started."
Gu Nian took a deep breath and began to focus on the compound bow in his hand. He pulled out an arrow from the quiver with his backhand, quickly put it on the string, and pulled the bow. The bow was like a full moon, and the arrow flew out of his hand!
On the human-shaped target, the arrow hit the target ring on the head, but unfortunately it was still some distance away from the center of the target.
Shi Xingfa was very satisfied. Although Gu Nian had only learned from him for two or three days, her postures of holding the bow, loading the arrow, and exerting force were excellent. He had taught students for so many years, and rarely saw a girl with such outstanding comprehension. But although he was satisfied, he never showed it on his face. He just said with a stern face: "The moving target is very slow now. Next, I will speed up! When you shoot the arrow again, the goal is not to hit the red ring, but to hit the yellow center. In the real situation, it will only be more complicated than the moving target car, and the accuracy of archery must be improved!"
Gu Nian didn't think there was anything wrong with what Shi Xingfa said. After all, she knew very well in her heart that she was not learning archery for entertainment in the archery hall, but to put it into actual combat. The more rigorous the training, the better it would be for her.
The speed of the mobile target vehicle increased, and not only that, it also added a temporary change of direction. The two mobile target vehicles were running alternately in the archery range at the same time, creating difficulties for Gu Nian.
But she did not panic. She just kept drawing arrows, putting them on the bow and shooting them again and again.
Shi Xingfa's training became more and more rigorous, and he required Gu Nian's archery speed to be higher and higher. Even though Gu Nian's body had been greatly strengthened during this period of time, she felt that she could not bear it. She had a vague feeling that Shi Xingfa wanted to test the limits of her physical fitness and push her beyond the limit step by step.
Gu Nian gritted his teeth and persevered. All his abilities were acquired by himself. The hardships he endured now would be useful in the future. Although the training goals proposed by Shi Xingfa were extremely tricky, Gu Nian still persisted and tried his best to complete them.
Her reaction speed and strength control improved visibly.
If at the beginning, Shi Xingfa still thought that Gu Nian was just a rich second-generation who wanted to learn a few self-defense skills, he no longer thought so now. In this girl, he saw the mentality of being able to become a strong person. Every time Shi Xingfa deliberately tested her limits, this girl would rekindle her fighting spirit no matter how tired she was. When she picked up the bow and arrow, there was only the target in her eyes, no excitement, no worry, only the calmness and tenacity to let the arrow in her hand go to the target.
Such a character is naturally destined to become a strong person. Shi Xingfa no longer doubted it, and he taught Gu Nian with all his heart and soul.
Until the last day that Gu Nian learned archery from him.
After the basic training and multi-tactical training, Gu Nian was already sweating profusely. She didn't care about her manners and sat directly on the archery range, unscrewing the bottle of mineral water and pouring it into her mouth.
Shi Xingfa did not disturb her, he just took out a bow from the equipment box at the back of the venue. It was a very beautiful compound bow, made of matte black fine steel, with beautiful streamlined upper and lower arms, and the grip and bowstring also had a luster that only comes from frequent use.
Shi Xingfa adjusted the shock absorber and sights, and said to her, "Today I will show you how to shoot an arrow." Holding the compound bow in his hand, Shi Xingfa suddenly burst out with strong confidence, or fighting spirit. If he usually looks like a taciturn middle-aged man, at this moment, he is full of strong spirit.
Gu Nian stood up from the ground. She also began to wonder how Shi Xingfa would use a compound bow. After spending some time with him, she didn't think that he was just an ordinary middle-aged man.
Shi Xingfa held the bow with his right arm, stretched his right hand behind his back, quickly pinched the tail of the arrow, took out the arrow and identified the string, quickly pulled the bow, and the arrow shot out like lightning. At this time, he had already taken the arrow with his right hand and shot it again! In just a moment, each of the four mobile target vehicles in the venue had been hit by an arrow, all in the bull's eye!
Gu Nian walked over to check. The arrow was deeply embedded in the solid wooden target, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling, showing the strong kinetic energy when it was shot. Gu Nian exerted force with his hand and finally pulled the arrow out. The arrow was inserted straight in for at least two inches.
Shi Xingfa said to her, "You have to remember that the lethality of a bow and arrow depends on both the strength of the arrow and its speed! In fact, speed is more important than strength! Rapid shooting is a skill as important as life for an archer. Without speed, once the enemy closes in, the bow and arrow will be useless."
He handed the compound bow in his hand to Gu Nian: "I have received so much compensation from you during this period, so I will give you this bow. It is called Wildcat, and the pulling force is 60 kg, but the bow weighs only 2.5 kg."
Gu Nian took the bow. This bow was very light, similar to the bow she usually trained with, but she had just seen the power of this small bow, which was many times better than the compound bow she exchanged for! It could be said to be a powerful cold weapon. In the case of close-range shooting, its penetrating power might be stronger than that of an ordinary bow.
Gu Nian was not good at expressing her feelings, but she knew that Shi Xingfa's teaching her during this period was not just for the reward. "Thank you." Gu Nian said, waving the bow in her hand.
Shi Xingfa was not much stronger than her. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go. I'm going to close the venue to save electricity."
Gu Nian smiled helplessly. Shi Xingfa always had a cold and hard face, but he was an unexpectedly gentle and kind person.
She picked up the wild cat, carried the quiver on her back, and left the archery hall.
Gu Nian handed over today's reward to Shi Xingfa as soon as he entered the archery hall. Thirty cans of beef were neatly stacked together, each weighing one pound. The extra ten were the electricity bills that Gu Nian paid to Shi Xingfa. There were also ten pounds of fresh green vegetables next to them. Shi Xingfa closed the gate of the venue, put the cans and vegetables in the trunk, and drove home.
He only set the heater in the car to gear 2. In gear 2, the car will only blow the hot air generated by the engine into the car, which will hardly consume any fuel. However, if you turn it up a little higher, it will waste fuel. In addition to the high oil prices, many gas station owners are still holding back on oil and are only willing to use it to exchange for scarce supplies.
Soon, he drove into his neighborhood and parked his car downstairs. He moved all his belongings into the house by himself.
Inside the house, the living room was air-conditioned and heated by a small solar heater, which made it much warmer than outside. However, Shi Xingfa's wife was still wrapped in thick clothes: "You're back just now? Why didn't you ask me to come down and help you move?"
Shi Xingfa was about to answer when a round little girl rolled into his arms. "Dad is back! What delicious food did you bring today?" the daughter said excitedly. She was also dressed very warmly, even wearing a woolen hat in the house.
Shi Xingfa smiled and picked up his daughter: "Let's have braised beef today! Let mom make it for you."
"You, really, you don't even know how to save things when you have them..." The wife complained, but seeing her daughter's sparkling eyes, she said, "Just open one, only one. I'll open a can of beef to make stew..."
On the table, in the middle was a large bowl of beef stewed with potatoes, the meat was delicious and the sauce was rich, and next to it were stir-fried Chinese cabbage and cold cucumber salad. Shi Xingfa's wife took her daughter's rice bowl, poured beef soup on the steaming white rice, and gave her daughter several pieces of beef. The daughter cheered and buried her head in the food like a happy little pig.
Since the purchase restrictions, Shi Xingfa's family table has not been so rich for a long time. Seeing the happy smiles of his wife and daughter, Shi Xingfa's mood also became lighter, hoping that his old friend could help the girl a little.
After returning home, Gu Nian began to pack her luggage. The archery training was over, and it was time for her to complete the first mission she had accepted!
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