Chapter 81 Reappearance of Civilization
“They all say that most of the equipment is with you; the Shanghe District base doesn’t have as much as you have,” Wu Junzhi said, looking at Wei Yanqing.
Wei Yanqing wasn't in a hurry to hand over the equipment; that wasn't part of the mission.
"Please take good care of these two, especially the one with glasses, Captain Wu."
With him speaking like that, how could Wu Junzhi not take it seriously?
Gu Letong adjusted his glasses and extended his hand to Wu Junzhi. "My name is Gu Letong, and I have some research on crystal nuclei."
Rong Yi glanced at Gu Letong. He had never mentioned this in the car before, no wonder it was one of the side quests.
“Crystal core…” Wu Junzhi was speechless for a moment.
After losing contact with other parts of the world, information could not be shared, and the base's understanding of crystal cores is now very limited, making it difficult to conduct any research. This is due to a lack of equipment and a lack of sufficient personnel.
With this introduction, Gu Letong naturally became the focus of attention, and of course, the other researchers were not far behind.
Congratulations on completing side quest one and receiving the reward:
1. 600 points
2. New World Crystal Core Energy Conversion Elements
3. Contribution Level 10
Before Gu Letong's figure had even disappeared from sight, Rong Yi gave Wei Yanqing a thumbs up, "This time it's all thanks to you that we were able to find this mission target."
If given the identity, she might genuinely believe that the man claiming the identity is Gu Letong.
Wei Yanqing tilted his head. "Actually, I'm not sure if she's Gu Letong, but her mental energy fluctuations are obviously different. She's very likely a mental ability user. If the researchers get involved with this ability, even if she's not Gu Letong, bringing her back to the base will still be helpful."
From the moment they entered the research institute, Gu Letong did not make a move, clearly indicating that he was hiding supernatural abilities. However, since his level was higher than the other party's, he sensed that something was wrong.
"That psychic zombie is guarding the research institute; he probably wants to capture her." This was Wei Yanqing's rough guess.
For superhumans and evolved zombies, crystal cores of the same attribute are best for absorption, followed by crystal cores without attributes. Crystal cores without attributes are usually produced by ordinary zombies and ordinary mutated plants and animals.
Rong Yi rubbed his chin and said, "No wonder its minions all came out in droves, leaving only a level 5 evolved zombie."
This is an attempt to take down the crystal core in the back of Gu Letong's head in one fell swoop.
"In short, we were lucky this time and won a great victory." Wei Yanqing was in a very good mood.
Not only did they stumble upon Gu Letong, but they also acquired a large amount of equipment from the research institute. It's just unknown what the players at the Shanghe District base are feeling right now.
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Shanghe District Base.
The player team with "Guletong" was extremely excited. They hadn't gotten any of the five side quests in the previous batch, and had even lost two team members on the way to the quest location. This time, they had finally caught a big fish.
Fearing that other players from the same base would steal their kills, they deliberately drove in the lead and sped all the way back to the base.
However, when the person was handed over to the base's official personnel, the mission did not display anything.
The female player, whose long hair was slicked back, was momentarily stunned. She quickly caught up with the man who called himself Gu Letong and grabbed him, asking, "Aren't you Gu Letong?"
The other team members also sensed something was wrong. Logically, when the mission target was taken away by officials, they should have been notified of the reward.
They all crowded around, saying, "Yeah, we handed you over to the base, so why isn't the mission responding?"
In the heat of the moment, some players directly used the word "mission." As long as they didn't explicitly mention the dungeon, the system wouldn't censor those words.
In short, it's difficult to connect a few words to the complete truth.
The hot-tempered woman had already grabbed the man by the collar, shouting, "Are you lying to us?!"
After saying that, he suddenly pushed the man to the ground. The man, whose head hit the ground, slowly got up while clutching the back of his head.
The base personnel immediately stopped the players, saying sternly, "The base is not a place for you to make trouble."
"He lied to us. We went through so much trouble to bring him back, but it wasn't Gu Letong!"
The players were angry, but they didn't want to fight the base personnel. The base personnel had guns, but so did the base's army, which outnumbered them.
"Gu Letong?" the man who was pushed down asked in confusion. "I'm not Gu Letong, my name is Chen Zhou."
The other players also stopped their cars and came over with their researchers. When they heard Chen Zhou say that he was not Gu Letong, they were immediately invigorated. Did they still have a chance?
When the other researchers heard Chen Zhou's words, they seemed to wake up from a dream.
"Yes, he is not Gu Letong."
"The gender is not right either."
"How come we thought he was Gu Letong before?"
Upon hearing that the gender was incorrect, the players realized that the quest target was actually a woman.
"Where is Guletong?" one of the players asked.
The researchers looked at each other and shook their heads.
At this point, the players received a system notification.
[Some players have already completed side quest one]
Alright, no one present had a chance; the target was taken away by players from the Jin'an District base.
"grass!"
"Why didn't you stand up? You're just causing trouble for people."
The players who brought Chen Zhou back were indignant. Seeing that they stopped fighting, the base personnel silently remembered every word they uttered.
Chen Zhou scratched his head. "Gu Letong said it. She told us that a lot of people came and asked me to take her place."
This explanation made the players understand that Gu Letong was a superhuman who used some method to get the researchers to cooperate with her.
"He must be a psychic, and he was chosen by the man who opened the door."
The reason they could be so certain was because the audience told them in the live chat; the audience didn't even know who Gu Letong was until the mission was completed.
Furthermore, the ability to create confusion in terms of cognition is something that other attributes can hardly achieve, making the mental type the most likely candidate.
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After completing their mission, Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing returned to the tin hut. The reward they received this time was a small booklet.
Although the booklet is small and thin, the contents it contains can change the current disadvantaged position of humankind.
If the technology of crystal nucleus energy conversion is successful, then humanity will have another option for resources in the future, and the energy it contains will far exceed that of traditional resources such as oil and coal.
"If I'm not mistaken, no one has handed over the reward books yet." Rong Yi had been thinking about how to spread the contents of the reward books these past few days.
Whether to hand it over directly to officials or for them to promote it indirectly is still undecided.
The virus outbreak has lasted for less than a month, and there are still more than eleven months until the mission ends.
Wei Yanqing was also considering this matter, "Would our contribution be greater if we were to distribute the books under our own names?"
To be honest, all they know right now is that handing things over to the authorities will earn them contribution points, but they haven't figured out how to maximize those points yet.
"Regarding contribution points, I suspect that you don't get contribution points just by handing things over to the authorities. If you establish a base on your own and then put the resources you find into use, you should also meet the requirements for completing the mission."
Wei Yanqing thought this made sense. "In other words, the reward of books might lead players to be more inclined to work alone. If the base is built and developed entirely by players, then the contribution level..."
These books are like the foundation for starting anew, possessing the core information and technology—why work for someone else?
(End of this chapter)
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