Upon hearing the latest system announcement, Luo Xinglan and the others immediately lost their sleepiness.
"10 million points, how many people can collect 1,000 points in a single day? The system is clearly not giving us survivors a way to survive..." Jiang Mingze muttered.
Let alone others, even they would probably find it very, very difficult.
Sun Zexia was anxious and stood up to go out: "I think everyone should not sleep tonight, let's go out and earn points!"
Jiang Ruobai held him back: "It's useless. Even if we manage to collect 10 million points today, what about tomorrow? Who knows how many survival points we will need tomorrow?"
Sun Zexia paused. "Yes, how many points will it be tomorrow? 100 million?"
That's an astronomical figure.
He was somewhat frustrated: "So what should we do now? Just wait to die?"
Silence fell over the living room.
Luo Xinglan stared at the string of garbled characters, looking thoughtful.
Ouyang Aotian couldn't help but ask: "Xinglan, do you have any countermeasures?"
“No,” Luo Xinglan shook her head slightly, “I just find it a little strange.”
Ouyang Aotian: "What's strange?"
Luo Xinglan: "Take a close look at the second announcement from the system."
Sun Zexia was a little confused: "The second announcement? It's that string of gibberish? Isn't it just a string of gibberish? What could be the mystery behind it?"
Luo Xinglan: "Look, this contains a few words: 'warning,' 'invasion,' 'ultimate,' 'points,' 'escape,' and 'hunting island.'"
Sun Zexia still didn't understand: "Huh? What does that prove?"
Luo Xinglan pointed at Lu Chen and asked, "Don't you remember how he got into Hunting Island?"
Jiang Mingze: "It was Mr. Lu who rewrote the program that sent him in... Sister Lan, you mean, that Mr. Lu rewrote the program again?"
Luo Xinglan: "That's right. I speculate that it was Mr. Lu who changed the system points, which caused the system program to crash. A more bold speculation is that the second announcement may be the system detecting a malicious change and making a self-defense, but in the end the program still crashed."
Jiang Ruobai: "So, the second announcement is some important message the system is conveying to the survivors..."
Sun Zexia: "Huh? How did you arrive at this conclusion from a string of gibberish?"
Luo Xinglan: "It's not a conclusion, just a guess. And... do you remember when you first entered Hunting Island, the system gave you a reminder that this activity has no time limit, and it depends on how long it takes to complete the task."
Zhou Yiran: "Huh? You had such a consciousness? I don't remember it at all?"
Qian Duoduo was quick; she soon found the message and sent it to the group:
[This event has no time limit. The event ends when everyone who enters "Hunting Island" completes the tasks. The faster you complete the tasks, the faster you can leave "Hunting Island." Tasks will refresh at any time, so please check the task panel regularly.]
After reading it, Jiang Mingze suddenly said, "So, we can only leave Hunting Island after completing a mission, but what is the mission? We haven't seen any mission."
Luo Xinglan: "The mission is the key to our departure from Hunting Island. Because Mr. Lu rewrote the program, this mission appeared ahead of time."
Jiang Zifeng: "So, the second announcement means, 'Warning: Intrusion detected. The ultimate mission has been activated. You must obtain enough points to escape Hunting Island?'"
Qian Duoduo: "But how many points do I need to escape from Hunting Island?"
Luo Xinglan pointed to a string of numbers amidst a bunch of random characters: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be these: 1 billion points."
Qian Duoduo was shocked: "Holy crap, does that mean only those who collect 1 billion points can leave Hunting Island? I'm afraid I'll be stuck with only 10 million survival points before I even reach 1 billion!"
Luo Xinglan: "Look carefully before the number, there is the word 24h, which means that this ultimate mission has a time limit, the time is 24 hours."
Sun Zexia: "Collect 1 billion points within 24 hours? I think the system is just making things difficult for me, Fat Tiger! How is that even possible?"
Jiang Hongying: "Xinglan, since the system detected the malicious intrusion and started the final mission ahead of schedule, why did you set such an impossible number as 1 billion?"
Luo Xinglan: "I think the purpose of this mission is not to get everyone to collect 1 billion points, but that as long as one person collects 1 billion points, all the survivors can escape from the hunting island! After all, the system's original purpose was not to wipe us out, so it would not benefit us at all."
Jiang Mingze: "If that's really the case, then there's still a glimmer of hope."
Qian Duoduo: "Brother Luo, but this jumble of code doesn't seem to indicate that someone needs to collect 1 billion points. How did you determine that?"
Luo Xinglan sighed: "I'm not sure either. This is just my speculation, and it's the only hope for all of us to escape Hunting Island."
Everyone was silent.
After a moment, Jiang Ruobai said, "No matter what, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we should try, right? Xinglan, I don't have many points, only 800,000. I'll transfer them all to you."
Luo Xinglan was somewhat taken aback: "Transfer them all to me? Aren't you afraid I'm wrong?"
Jiang Ruobai smiled and said firmly, "Don't be afraid. I also believe that there is always a way out. The system will not tolerate malicious intrusions. It has left us with one last ray of hope. And you are the one who is most likely to collect 1 billion points."
Perhaps because he was afraid of putting too much pressure on Luo Xinglan, he said in a relaxed tone after a moment, "Besides, even if I don't transfer my points to you, it's impossible to collect 10 million points within today. So, there's no need to feel pressured."
Luo Xinglan nodded solemnly: "Okay, then give it a try."
Sun Zexia: "Me too, me too! I'll transfer all 700,000 of my points to you!"
Jiang Mingze: "And my 750,000!"
Without hesitation, the others transferred their points to Luo Xinglan.
A rough voice suddenly rang out from the quiet room: "Owner, the three of us brothers have almost three million points, and we'll transfer them all to you!"
When I looked up, it was Ding Cheng.
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