[Weekly Task: Protect the Shelter, now available.]
[Countdown: 00:59:59]
Gu Mian: ...
I give up!
Can't we just let her lie down quietly for a day?
Gu Mian got out of bed cursing and changed into sportswear to go out and fight monsters.
...
After a quick ten-minute battle, just as Gu Mian was about to lie back down on the bed for a nap, she heard a "gurgling" sound from her stomach.
Gu Mian: ...
Okay.
Looks like I won't be able to take a nap this time. I'd better get up and get something to eat.
Gu Mian's backpack has twenty compartments, which she uses specifically to store ready-made food and various snacks.
My gaze wandered through the compartments filled with all sorts of food. After a long while, I finally chose a fried dough stick, twenty potstickers, and a bowl of spicy soup.
The golden-brown fried dough sticks and potstickers immediately whetted Gu Mian's appetite. Just as she placed the plate on the table, ready to dig in, she heard:
[Announcement: Main quest progress is currently 50%]
[Main quest completed, Hunting Grounds open!]
The Hunting Grounds will open in one hour, with the following rules:
1: All surviving players will be forcibly thrown into the hunting grounds.
2. Once players enter the Hunting Grounds, their inventory, personal shop, and trading channel will be disabled. Only the Blind Box Shop will be available, and players can only use points to purchase items three times per day.
3. The hunting grounds are divided into two factions: players and alien creatures. The ratio of players to alien creatures is 1:10, so it's best for players to team up! (A new wave of alien creatures will be released into the hunting grounds every day.)
4. The Hunting Grounds will not close unless the main quest is completed. (Players will receive one Rest Card for every 100 alien creatures they eliminate; using a Rest Card allows the player to leave the Hunting Grounds for three days.)
Dear players, are you starting to feel tired of your current peaceful life?
The hunting grounds are about to open, let's get this party started!
Gu Mian: ...
I'll fuck your mother's ass!
This is deliberately preventing people from eating in peace!
Meanwhile, the chat channel was also in an uproar.
"Thirty years of hard work, all gone in one fell swoop! The empire I painstakingly built, I haven't even enjoyed it for a few days, and now I'm going to suffer again!"
"Is this hunting ground designed to speed up or slow down our main quest progress?"
"Is there a difference? I still don't know what the point of doing the main quest is."
"Purify the world, you idiot! Didn't the system already say that?"
"And then what? What's the harm in not doing this task?"
"Doing it may not necessarily bring benefits, but not doing it will definitely bring no benefits."
"Think of the worst-case scenario: what if the main quest never ends and the world is destroyed?"
"Damn! Why are you saying such creepy things!"
"Um... I have a question. Isn't this world what it would look like after it's been destroyed?"
"To put it another way, if the main quest is never completed, will the system wipe us all out?"
"..."
The moment this message was sent, the atmosphere in the chat channel instantly cooled down.
After a long time, someone finally said, "Isn't it pointless to discuss this? The main quest is still progressing, isn't it?"
"Let's focus on preparing for our upcoming hunt; we know absolutely nothing about it."
...
With only an hour left before the hunting grounds opened, Gu Mian quickly finished her fried dough sticks and potstickers and immediately began packing her backpack.
The hot and sour soup was still a bit hot, so I didn't eat it.
Since her backpack is unavailable inside the hunting grounds, she'll definitely need to prepare some frequently used items to put in her backpack before bringing them in.
A change of clothes, toilet paper, toiletries, lighter, bottled water, self-heating rice, salt...
After everything was packed, the backpack was bulging, almost bursting at the seams...
With ten minutes left before the hunting grounds opened, Xu Kun added her to a group chat.
Besides Jiang Bai and Gu Xiaobei, the group also includes Zhou Ye, Mo Zha, Qin Huaizhou, and Mei Zi, who have teamed up with each other a few times.
Gu Mian: ...
When did these people create a group chat behind her back?
Xu Kun: "We've all teamed up a few times before, so we're quite familiar with each other and know each other's character. So let's team up again this time?"
Zhou Ye: "Mm."
Qin Huaizhou: "Great! Great! Everyone, send your location in the group chat as soon as you enter the hunting grounds!"
Meizi: "I'm fine too, I'll go pack my things first!"
Gu Xiaobei: "I wonder what alien creatures are. I hope they don't look too disgusting!"
...
Time ticked by, and finally—
[The hunting grounds are now open. Players are teleporting...]
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