Chapter 108 S-level mission Beast Tide + Extreme Cold
From that day on, the Northwest District launched an investigation.
Everyone living in the inner and midtown areas was checked and questioned, with a focus on checking those who had large amounts of capital and cards before the apocalypse.
Unexpectedly, the five districts were exceptionally harmonious this time, and every department worked hard.
It seems that they all know that the sudden beast tide is related to the "God's Descent" organization. The entire northwest region is shrouded in a huge conspiracy, and they still understand the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold".
The 517th day of the end of the world, December 1st.
"Thank you for your cooperation."
In the morning, Qiao Qiao had just sent the investigators away and was stretching back into the house when suddenly, the system screen popped up.
[Mission: Resist the beast tide and guard the northwest area]
[Difficulty: S]
【Duration: One week】
[Scope: All people in the Northwest Region]
[Task success: SSR-level card pool draw coupon*1, SR-level card pool draw coupon*5, card upgrade card*1, R-level card upgrade card*5, R-level card draw coupon*100 (distributed according to contribution) Northwest region each person will be rewarded with an additional N-level card draw coupon*5]
Qiao Qiao's face turned pale. This was the first time he had seen an S-level mission.
"What's this?"
"S-level mission?"
"SSR-level card!"
At the same time, the same screen popped up on the system of every resident in the Northwest District, with the same task posted on it.
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Some people only see the temptation of SSR and SR cards. People who usually only know how to enjoy themselves also start to go to the outer city area to resist the beast tide.
For a while, even though there were hundreds or thousands of mutant animals every day, the demand still could not keep up with the supply.
Yueying looked at Qiao Qiao, who was lying at home calmly, and asked, "Aren't you going?"
"No rush." Qiao Qiao shook her finger mysteriously. "The beast tide that can cause the system to issue an S-level mission is definitely not so simple. Now it's just an appetizer. There's no rush to make a move later."
Sure enough, on the fourth day after the mission was released, everything changed.
Today, the outer city area has a brand new look. The air is filled with the lingering smell of blood, and many tents and even portable houses have appeared around.
There was excitement and eagerness on everyone's face, without any trace of the confusion and fear from the previous few days.
"Today I must hunt a mutant animal for a snack."
Zhang Dafu was holding the R-level musket that he had bought at a high price, wrapped in thick clothes, and waiting for the arrival of the beast tide with great interest, not afraid of the cold wind at all.
Neighbor Lao Wang was holding a worn and rusty old hunting rifle, "Hey, Dafu, you have a good equipment."
Zhang Dafu looked at Lao Wang's winter clothes with envy, "Ah, I had no choice but to exchange them for winter clothes."
Lao Wang comforted him, "Don't say that. With better weapons, you can hunt more mutant animals. The hunted animals belong to you, which can improve your life and you can sell them, and increase your contribution. If you complete the task and get an SR-level card draw ticket, you will have it in your lifetime. Isn't that what you want to do when you exchange this?"
Zhang Dafu stroked the rifle. Now his entire fortune was invested in it and he hoped to get a reward.
Lao Wang's ears twitched, and he pointed to the distance in alert, "Look! Here they come."
Everyone stopped chatting and took out their weapons to prepare for today's beast tide.
Smoke and dust rolled in, covering the sky and the sun.
"No, that's not right. How can there be so many?"
Someone looked at the endless beast tide and finally realized that something was wrong. In the past, there were only a few hundred beasts, or at most a thousand, but today there were probably nearly ten thousand.
"Ah!" The man with a crew cut covered his foot and screamed. He looked down and found that half of his foot had been bitten off and was bleeding.
"Squeak." A black mouse the size of a wildcat, with blood-red pupils flashing, kept squirming in its mouth, blood all over its furry face, turned its head and burrowed into the ground.
Click, click.
Along with creepy sounds, cracks began to appear on the ground, and then black rats showed their heads and stared at humans gloomily.
"Ah! Rats, so many rats!"
"Oh no! Mutated animals have broken through from underground. Be careful below!"
"Run."
The group of ordinary people that had just gathered scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.
Zhang Dafu did not retreat. There were only four days left for the Beast Tide mission. If he left today, his contribution would be insufficient and all his work would be in vain.
"Whether it's life or death, we have to give it a try!" He gritted his teeth and used the musket. The musket tip ignited instantly and stabbed at the mutant rat.
Zhang Dafu transformed into "Runtu" and killed one target with every shot with excellent accuracy.
In the blink of an eye, a large group of beast tides were approaching, and people began to understand what a "beast tide" was.
The mutated animals swarmed in like a tide, enough to crush ordinary people who tried to win by numbers.
The musket can only store 100 units of flame, even if Zhang Dafu uses it sparingly, it will soon be used up. Fortunately, he used to be a hunter in the southwest region, dealing with various wild animals in the mountains all year round, so he can deal with even ordinary guns.
"It's over." Zhang Dafu was knocked to the ground by a mutant tiger. He used both hands to clamp the rifle under the tiger's claws and held it with gritted teeth.
The stench of the mutant tiger hit Zhang Dafu in the face. He widened his eyes and looked unwillingly at the tiger's mouth getting closer and closer to him.
“I don’t want to die!”
Just then, he heard the sound of metal tearing.
A black shadow flashed by like lightning, and the tiger's head fell to the ground with a bang, and a hot rain of blood poured down on its head.
Zhang Dafu looked up, trembling all over, and smelled a hint of laurel scent amidst the bloody smell in the air. He saw a winged figure floating in the air, holding a silver bow and arrow in his left hand and a dagger dripping with black blood in his right hand, like a god descending to the earth.
He stared blankly, blocking out everything around him.
After Qiao Qiao made sure that he was still alive, he put away the dagger and drew his bow and arrow at the beast tide.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Old Wang quickly helped Zhang Dafu up.
Zhang Dafu then discovered that dozens of high-level card drawers had gathered around him without him noticing.
Some people manipulated vines to crush rats, some crushed the skulls of mutant dogs with their bare hands, and some controlled the flow of water to stop the beast tide...
“Ouch!”
The beast tide was huge in number, gathering together to form a shadow on the ground.
The black shadow slowly flowed in an unnoticed corner, then suddenly jumped up, directly engulfing thousands of mutant animals, and then disappeared onto the ground.
"That..." Tang Mingli's face was gloomy. The attack just now was definitely not at the level that an SR-level card could achieve. Could it be...
Xia Momo directed the mutant animals under her command, and used her Tang Dao to chop down a mutant rat that pounced on her. "Why think so much? Let's deal with this wave of beasts first."
…
This defense battle lasted from morning until sunset. The soil was soaked with blood, the air was filled with a foul smell, and the ground was covered with piles of mutant animal corpses and human corpses...
Everyone was exhausted. The minds that had been dazzled by the rewards from the system tasks a few days ago finally came to their senses and realized that the beast tide was not something that ordinary people could resist.
A man covered his missing right arm and cried, "Why did I come to the outer city for the reward? It would be better to stay in the inner city."
A child in a wrinkled down jacket cried for his parents: "Dad, Mom, woo woo, where are you?"
Everyone returned to the desperate situation when the doomsday just came, and no one held on to any hope anymore.
Tang Mingli, Xia Momo and the others simply treated their wounds and immediately joined the rescue efforts again. Only then did the logistics personnel appear to clean up the mess.
"let's go."
Qiao Qiao leaned weakly on Yueying, his hands shaking from shooting too many arrows. Qiao Man absorbed a large amount of blood and fell into a deep sleep.
Yueying hugged Qiaoqiao, his eyes full of heartache, and the next second the shadow rose up and swallowed the two of them.
It is the 521st day of the apocalypse, December 5th, and there are still 3 days until the end of the beast tide.
"Hiss, it hurts."
After waking up, Qiao Qiao felt like her whole body was about to fall apart. The amount of exercise she did at home every day was nothing compared to yesterday's fierce battle. Even though Yueying helped her massage her body before going to bed, it was still useless.
Excessive exercise can cause you to be unable to eat even though you are hungry.
She reluctantly ate a steamed bun with some pickles and put down her chopsticks. "Today's beast tide may be even more serious."
Yueying handed over a cup of electrolyte water. Sweating will cause the loss of a large amount of electrolytes. Drinking electrolyte water can maintain the electrolyte balance in the body and relieve muscle soreness and fatigue to a certain extent.
Qiao Qiao took it and took a big sip. She didn’t know if it was a psychological effect, but she felt much better.
"Although the God's Descent Organization admitted that their plan was to break through the northwest area, they did not say how they did it. The beast tide usually returns around noon. Let's go check it out later."
Yueying nodded. As long as he was with Qiao Qiao, he had no objection to anything.
"Meow." Xiao Qiao yawned and jumped onto Qiao Qiao's legs, moving his four legs back and forth to step on the milk, indicating that he wanted to go too.
Qiao Qiao stroked its back, from its head to the tip of its tail, "Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to leave home? Don't force yourself. It's not that dangerous yet."
Xiao Qiao shook his head. He could sense the general source of his discomfort, but he just couldn't locate it accurately.
Qiao Qiao couldn't stand Xiao Qiao's coquetry and had to agree.
Before leaving, she used blind box cards, hoping to get useful cards.
[Get R-level card Sky Eye card*1 (one-time version)]
[Sky Eye Card: can detect any abnormalities within 50 meters, usage time: 3 hours]
Qiao Qiao raised her eyebrows. It was such a coincidence that she began to suspect that the system was giving her a break.
"In that case, time is running out, let's go!"
The inner city area was still peaceful and tranquil. In just a few days, the city walls had been reinforced and raised, and the people living here were leading a life that was almost the same as before the end of the world.
In order to save time, Qiao Qiao took out a motorcycle drawn by the system and patted the empty seat behind him, "Come on."
Yueying was silent for a few seconds, then hugged Xiao Qiao's long legs and sat on her, with one hand around her tight waist.
"Hold on tight." Qiao Qiao used the Sky Eye Card, started the motorcycle, and rushed out with a hum, circling the inner city area.
As expected, nothing was found.
The inner city area is sparsely populated. Those who can live here all have special identities and own a variety of cards. If you take action here, you may fail.
“It looks like the problem is in the midtown and outer suburbs.”
The car turned and Qiao Qiao drove towards Midtown.
One hour later.
A red flashing origin appeared on the system map activated by the Sky Eye Card, which was only ten meters away from him. He drove over and saw a flea market in front of him, with a complicated crowd.
Yueying put the motorcycle into the shadow space and followed Qiao Qiao in. Qiao Qiao's nose twitched, and he covered his nose with his two front paws in disgust, and pointed his tail at the innermost shop.
Qiao Qiao bought a bottle of water from a street stall she passed by and took the opportunity to ask, "Auntie, do you guys have to grab seats here?"
The boss was a woman in her fifties, who liked to chat with people. It happened that no one else was buying anything, so she said, "How is that possible? You have to pay contribution points for every seat, and the closer to the intersection, the more expensive it is."
She pointed at the empty seats at the back and said, "Well, although the seats in there are cheaper, only a few dozen contribution points a month, few people can walk here, so it's hard to rent them out."
Then he looked at the man who was bowing his head in the innermost corner and whispered, "Only that psychopath has been here for several months and no one has come to buy anything. He has been renting a place all the time. I don't know what he is thinking."
"I see." Qiao Qiao thanked him and left.
Li Lan was sitting on a small stool, browsing the system chat interface. He noticed a shadow falling on him and said casually, "What are you buying? They are all cheap. Just take a look."
After waiting for a long time without hearing any words, he realized something was wrong and looked up to see a young man and woman staring at him.
Qiao Qiao confirmed that the location of the Sky Eye Card coincided with this place, and squatted down to scan the items on the ground. "I don't see anything I like, is there anything else?"
Li Lan shut down the system and looked at the two of them warily. "No more, everything is here."
"Really?" Qiao Qiao spoke faintly, whispering mysteriously, "I want something that attracts mutant animals."
Click.
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