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The world channel was flooded with chat messages, and He Zhaonian's message quickly jumped to the top. But Guo Pei stared at those words, dazed, forgetting to tread water. Suddenly, his body lost control and his head sank into the river, nearly choking.
He quickly swam to the shore, climbed up, took off his T-shirt and water-filled shoes, and continued to ponder what this sentence meant.
He knew that "Jian Ge" was an earlier alliance, but he was baffled by the reason for the reduction in its membership. For the past ten days, he'd been focused on killing monsters and accumulating kills, his mind preoccupied with this matter. He had no idea what had happened, or what the connection was.
He had already resubmitted his application to join the alliance, but the other party suddenly raised the price: if he wanted to join Hailou, he had to pay a pledge of allegiance, reducing the number of members in Jiange from the current 8/10 to 7/10.
Guo Pei confirmed his statement with the other party, who replied that he was serious and not joking.
How should we change it? Should we persuade them to withdraw from the alliance?
But how is this possible? People join the alliance to form a team. Why would they quit for no reason?
If you can't persuade them to quit, then there's only one way: kill them.
Guo Pei swallowed.
Hailou and the others probably thought the same thing, just expressing it in a more subtle way. But this was too much! How could such a pledge of loyalty be possible? Aren't the boss and Hailou the representatives of justice among the players? But how could he be allowed to kill? Guo Pei felt as if his own filter had been shattered.
Even if the two families have some grudges, dislike each other, have conflicts, and the conflicts escalate, there is no need to kill people.
In this apocalyptic world, players are a precious resource. A single player, at a later stage, can shelter hundreds, even thousands, of refugees. Killing people as a token of loyalty—what's the difference between that and those racist insurrections? Where's the morality? Where's the justice?
Although it is the end of the world and order and law have collapsed in all aspects, he still has his own conscience.
Haha, it’s better for him not to join such an alliance.
If we have different ideas, we cannot work together. That’s all!
Tao Sai had expected that "Mr. Bucai Youshan" on the world channel would not reply. This was a test to determine if he had any connection to Jiange.
If he truly was one of the forces behind Jiange, they would view Tao Sai and Hai Lou as thorns in their side, eager to eliminate them as soon as possible. They would not let go of such a golden opportunity to infiltrate Hai Lou. He would use every possible means to stalk them, even at the cost of sacrificing a minor figure from Jiange.
But if he was just an ordinary player, faced with such high requirements and unreasonable pledge of allegiance, he would easily give up.
Based on what happened before, he was most likely just an ordinary player, but just in case, Tao Sai still planned to leave him alone for a few days. If he didn't do anything inappropriate during this period, she would almost agree to his application to join the alliance.
The third task of replenishing fresh water was completed while Tao Sai was taking a nap, and the system assigned her the fourth one-star task: the player's 100-meter speed reached 10 seconds.
Tao Sai: 6
The world record for the 100-meter dash is 9.58 seconds. Her current agility value is 30. If she were to sprint at full speed with this agility value in her prime, there is a high probability that she could break the previous world record.
But the problem is that she is now in a wheelchair and her legs are useless.
She has been recuperating for almost five days since the joint surgery, with both legs strapped with splints. Liang Yuanzhou comes to check on her from time to time, saying only that she is recovering well, but does not give a specific recovery time.
Tao Sai felt he was being a bit conservative, judging by the recovery speed of an average patient, but she wasn't an average patient. She had 50 resistance points, the skills [Super Healing] and [Super Recovery]. Furthermore, after Shi Jiahui finished her daily training in the illusion, she would ask Tao Sai to use his skill [Resurgence] to repair her wounds.
Despite these various measures, his legs under the splint were constantly itchy, scratching and itching deep into his bones, a sign of rapid tissue and bone growth. Whenever this happened, unable to scratch through the thick wooden splint, Tao Sai could only force himself to sleep through [Deep Sleep].
Now her severed limbs, the ankle joints and ten toes on both legs can move freely. Not only can they move, not just simply, but they can also use their strength.
But she never dared to stand up secretly, as she had a little trauma in her heart. That was her leg that was severed. What if the bone had not grown back yet? When she stood up, it would make a crisp sound... So she would rather rest for a few more days.
Tao Sai was struggling with whether to accept this task. Tasks never expire; they're always there, and the time for them only starts counting after you accept them. The problem was, if this task remained unused, the system wouldn't assign new ones, which was very annoying.
The quests in the quest hall were impossible to grab, and even the simplest quests disappeared within seconds. The area they were currently anchored in was far from the hotspots on the heat map, so there weren't many quests to spawn. Many players within a few hundred kilometers were watching the quest hall.
I couldn't grab it, and I couldn't do the assigned task. My only solution was to reject the 100-meter run mission, which would then prompt the system to assign me a new one. But honestly, this mission couldn't be simpler. Just a sprint of 100 meters was enough, much easier than recharging fresh water or growing vegetables.
So annoying!
After hesitating for ten minutes, Tao Sai finally decided to refuse the offer.
The expected new task did not refresh immediately, and more than ten minutes passed without any assignment. Tao Sai felt very disappointed, and suddenly remembered the rejection rate that Xiao He had mentioned in the alliance channel.
"When I was delivering food, there was this thing called a rejection rate. The more you rejected, the fewer orders the system would send you. When you reached a certain point, the system wouldn't even send you any orders. Your account would be useless, and it would be very troublesome to start over. I don't know if this applies to Season 2."
After rejecting only one task, Tao Sai already felt that there was a hidden rejection rate in the game system. Previously, after completing a task, the next task would appear in 5 minutes at most, but now it takes more than 20 minutes.
She couldn't refuse anymore, otherwise her account might really be ruined. No matter what tasks were assigned later, it was better to accept them and do them.
Half an hour later, the new task finally appeared. Tao Sai breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the task details carefully.
[Task Description: Players can stand and long jump more than 3 meters
Mission time: 59 minutes and 57 seconds remaining
Mission Difficulty: ★
Mission Reward: [Blind Box x1]
【Please select [Accept] or [Reject]. 】
Staring at the light screen for a long time, at this moment, Tao Sai had a Shu dialect in his mind that he wanted to greet the system.
She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
Sure enough, He Zhaonian's previous theory was true: this game system had a somewhat sinister quality to it; the more the player desired something, the more it tended to give them the opposite. Initially, Tao Sai hoped for balanced development of his five attributes, but every time he added points, it skewed towards Strength. Tang Yingxue wanted to increase Stamina, but adding points always perfectly avoided it. Shi Jiahui hoped for combat skills, but the skills she gained turned her into a support nanny.
Tao Sai now regrets everything and blames himself for not having expectations in his heart, or rather, he should have had the opposite expectations.
I can’t refuse new tasks anymore, and of course I can’t complete them, so I’ll just leave them hanging.
Her situation is really bad now. She can't grab tasks in the task hall, and the system's channel for assigning tasks is stuck, which makes Tao Sai laugh out loud.
Okay, then hang up.
Speaking of idle, Tao Sai actually did it for four days, and during those four days, her number of quests remained the same at 3. Perhaps during this time, the quest hall had spawned a number of quests suitable for her, but she was too lazy to keep an eye on them, so she simply ignored them all and gave herself a little break.
During the day, she watched action movies, played games, and occasionally lifted dumbbells and squeezed on a handgrip. Because her strength attribute reached 50 points, she lifted a 10-kilogram dumbbell as if she were holding a mobile phone, without any feeling.
However, Tao Sai didn't overdo it. She knew that although her strength had increased significantly, her body's strength couldn't keep up. Her body was still the same, and adding weight could easily strain her muscles. She simply held 10kg dumbbells, grasping the middle bar with one hand, repeatedly bending her elbows and pushing upwards, overhead, to fully engage her biceps and triceps.
Because this movement was so easy, she had no problem doing one or two hundred at a time. She simply held up one hand and used the other hand to watch a movie on her phone.
Lin Kang climbed the stairs to the deck level, looked around, and finally saw someone in the big empty warehouse. He was furious and walked up quickly.
The psp has been occupied for a week, and I have to take it back today no matter what! He is not someone to be bullied. If she doesn't give it to him, he will bite her, humph!
Before he even reached Tao Sai, Lin Kang saw her from afar, rapidly lifting something. He looked closely and saw it was the wheel the adults used for exercise—something called a bell. He'd seen his father lift that thing before; it was very heavy. He'd wanted to show off his strength in front of Cheng Cong, so he'd used all his might to lift it just a little bit.
Lin Kang's eyes widened in an instant, and he became suspicious of the world.
This woman is a monster! A monster!!
As if sensing something, Tao Sai raised her head and immediately caught a glimpse of Lin Kang, who was watching her from a distance. "Is there something wrong?"
Lin Kang shook his head dumbfoundedly, "No...it's okay."
Tao Sai was puzzled, and suddenly remembered something, "Oh, by the way, Kang Kang, I'm tired of playing the games on your PSP. Can you lend me your pad?"
"Okay, I'll get it right away!" Lin Kang nodded repeatedly, then put on the oil and ran away as fast as he could.
[Season 2] had already unknowingly entered its fifth day. For the past five days, the other members of Hailou had diligently completed their missions, adhering to the guidelines established at the outset: in the grabbing hall, they only took the closest and easiest ones, prioritizing a cautious approach. They had also adhered to their training schedule without missing a single day. The three of them had gradually become capable of resisting Feng Tao's constant pursuit and beatings, and had even managed to hold their own against him for many rounds. Recently, they had even managed to counter-kill Feng Tao after using a skill.
In the season's rankings, the top player has changed hands several times. The current number one player "Chen Hui" has completed 172 one-star tasks, and the top 200 players have all completed over 100 tasks.
Because He Zhaonian and his team were limited in the number of tasks they could take, they only had around 50 tasks and ranked around 600 to 700.
Tao Sai paid special attention to Jiange. The amount of tasks completed was neither high nor low, and the ranking was roughly in the range of 50-150.
They were concentrating on their mission, which proved at least one thing: Jiange wasn't currently focusing too much energy on hunting down Hailou. Perhaps her previous comments on the world channel had played a role, but she couldn't be careless.
Tao Sai also noticed that the player "Bucai Youshan Xiansheng" was ranked 1989th on the leaderboard. He was ranked second to last among all the participating players of the season for completing four one-star tasks.
This surprised Tao Sai. A few days ago, he'd expressed his intention to recruit him into the alliance on the World Channel, but after submitting his pledge, he'd stopped replying, stopped completing missions, and stopped posting. If his nickname hadn't still been on the leaderboard, Tao Sai would have suspected something had happened to him.
Could it be that he was frustrated by not joining the alliance? If that were the case, this person would be a bit fragile.
Tao Sai didn't pay much attention to it as the time was not right yet. She cast her eyes on the last column of the ranking list. Player "Cx330" ranked last with three one-star tasks.
Last place! What a shame! The hardworking gene deep within her seemed to have been activated, and she felt a pang of tingling all over. While all the other players were busy completing tasks and climbing the ranks, she was the only one who was slacking off.
No! She couldn't bear it anymore, she wanted to complete the mission!
After a few days of rest, Tao Sai really felt that her legs had gotten much better and were strong. The most amazing thing was that her joints seemed to be more flexible than before the injury. She could even make a standard thumbs-up with her big toe, which she couldn't do before.
Tao Sai suppressed his racing heart and let out a breath. It had been almost ten days since the operation, and it was almost time to get back on his feet.
When Liang Yuanzhou came to check on him next time, Tao Sai said in a deep voice, "Doctor Liang, please help me dismantle the deck."
"Huh?" Liang Yuanzhou was stunned for two seconds, then patiently explained, "Xiao Tao, although the nerves and blood vessels in your legs have indeed recovered well, the bone growth cycle has a process, and this time is measured in months or quarters, especially for long bones like the tibia and fibula. A conservative estimate is five months or six months. Moreover, our conditions are limited, so we can't give you an intramedullary nail, and the reduction of the broken bones is even more important. Don't be impatient. So far, the recovery has been successful, and you will definitely be able to stand up."
This is Dr. Liang's assessment based on an average patient. He didn't actually examine the leg's recovery under the splint, relying solely on his own experience, so it's certainly inaccurate. The best way to accurately see the current healing of the tibia and fibula in both legs would be to take an X-ray, but they clearly don't have that.
Tao Sai asked, "Doctor Liang, if my bones have indeed healed, but I can't take an X-ray, do you have any other way to tell?"
Liang Yuanzhou told him truthfully: "Sure, it's not difficult."
"My legs are almost done, can you help me take a look?"
Liang Yuanzhou showed a big puzzlement on his face, smiled lightly, and couldn't help but spread his hands: "Xiao Tao, stop joking, how is this possible?"
"You try it." Tao Sai said seriously.
Her words carried the special effect of a refugee ship [Captain], and Liang Yuanzhou, as a member of the ship, could not refuse.
"Okay, then I'll help you open it and see." As he said that, he squatted down, picked up the scissors and carefully removed the gauze.
After cutting off the tissue one circle at a time and removing the splint, Tao Sai's right calf saw the light of day again after nearly ten days.
Tao Sai focused his gaze on the severed part of his calf, where a large scab had formed, surrounding the severed part. The scab had hardened, and if it had not been tied too tightly, it would have fallen off naturally long ago.
Wearing surgical gloves, Liang Yuanzhou gently tapped the front of the leg, at the site of the tibia, with his fingertips. He applied pressure, a thin layer of flesh tracing the healing process. His eyes, initially serious and solemn, gradually lost control, transforming into surprise, shock, and a dazed state.
"Doctor Liang, what's wrong?" Tao Sai saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask.
Liang Yuanzhou took a long time to utter a few words: "...It's healed."
Under normal circumstances, a hematoma will first form between the broken bones, and a callus will slowly form at the joint. This piece of bone is protruding relative to the original bone and is very fragile. The callus will slowly harden and become part of the bone. The swollen callus will eventually fade away. This process takes about one to two years.
But now, there was no swelling, no callus, and he didn't feel any bulges. The broken bones were perfectly reconnected without even a millimeter of crack!
The shelter ship special effect [Blurred Perception] was gradually calming his shock.
"Are you sure?" Tao Sai asked.
"Yeah." He nodded woodenly.
Then he checked the fibula. The fibula was smaller than the tibia and hidden in the muscles. He pinched the fibula hard and found the same situation as the tibia!
Liang Yuanzhou felt that he was not feeling well at all. It was difficult for him to define his current mental state. His brain was buzzing and he could not calm down at all. He just woodenly helped Tao Sai to remove another piece of gauze and splint, and then checked them one by one.
"...This leg has also healed." After the examination, Liang Yuanzhou said hesitantly.
"Then Doctor Liang, I should be able to get out of bed in my current condition, right?" Tao Sai asked.
After a long silence, Liang Yuanzhou nodded in affirmation: "Okay."
Tao Sai herself feels like her bones are healing. She used to experience occasional pain and itching between the bones, but lately, she feels almost nothing. Sometimes, after a good night's sleep, she even forgets she had the surgery. Aside from the splints on her legs, she feels much the same as before.
But she wasn't a doctor after all, so she needed the professional judgment of Liang Yuanzhou, an orthopedic specialist. When she heard his affirmative answer, Tao Sai breathed a sigh of relief, but her expression remained tense.
"I want to go out for a walk now, is that okay?" Tao Saiti asked.
Liang Yuanzhou: "Okay."
Tao Sai tried to move himself to the edge of the bed, put his legs on the ground first, stepped on the ground with the soles of his feet, slowly exerted force, and slowly applied the weight of his body to his legs bit by bit, gradually feeling the ground.
She couldn't help but feel her heart pounding. Although she was confident that she would be able to stand up again sooner or later, she still couldn't suppress her excitement when that day finally came.
With her hands on the edge of the bed, she first used the skill [Gravity Adaptation] to reduce her own gravity, then supported herself with her hands and slowly stood up.
Liang Yuanzhou stood next to her, stretched out his hands to protect her, but did not touch her, helping her to stand up on her own.
His body stood up little by little, his legs gradually straightened, and after he stood up straight, Tao Sai suddenly felt like he was in a dream, and it felt so unreal.
"Don't be anxious. You haven't been out of bed for so long. You need to slowly get back to the feeling of walking," said Liang Yuanzhou.
He held out an arm for Towse to support and gestured for her to try taking a step.
Tao Sai supported his arms with all his strength and lifted his right leg. This step was extremely difficult. Not only did he have to overcome the strangeness in his legs, but he also had to overcome the discomfort brought to his body by the attribute.
Her right foot landed smoothly, and her body weight slowly shifted to her right leg, which was very stable. She raised her left leg again, and this time, the effect of [Gravity Adaptation] was canceled, and her left leg landed smoothly again. She let go of Liang Yuanzhou's arm and stood up straight.
When she looked up, she saw her face reflected in the window glass. She didn't know when tears had already filled her eyes.
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