Chapter 88 Settlement Day System Q&A in progress
Amidst the laughter and joy of grabbing red envelopes, the settlement day arrived.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the familiar system notification sounded, bringing a shocking message to all the survivors:
Congratulations to all the survivors! You've made it this far!
According to system statistics, there are currently 30,542 remaining cities and approximately 2 billion remaining survivors, including 3,205 individual survivors.
Congratulations again! Today, in addition to the normal settlement day rules, we've added one more rule: cities cannot wage war against each other. Leaderboard rewards will be distributed in 10 minutes, and the final City Building Order will be given to a random individual survivor.
In addition, starting tomorrow, everyone will enter the final trial of the survival game. The specific content of the trial cannot be disclosed in advance. The clues you have received previously will not indicate the content of this trial. However, the final trial is based on cities. If individual survivors do not join a city by 8:00 AM tomorrow, they will be forcibly teleported to a random city or be eliminated.
I hope everyone prepares well, and the system officials sincerely hope everyone can pass the final trial! 】
Now all the survivors were excited—the final trial! Did it mean they could go home soon?
Although many people's clue cards were going to waste, compared to returning home, it was nothing. No one cared about the suspected bug incident in Black City last night. Everyone was discussing the content of the final trial and imagining the happy life after returning home.
Many residents of North City also hoped to bring the restaurant back home so they could enjoy delicious food on Blue Star. Of course, some also said it was premature to start imagining the end of the trial before it even began; whether or not one could survive was another matter. However, this was quickly refuted: Life is already painful enough, and we shouldn't be allowed to imagine it in advance.
Both sides had their reasons, and no one wanted to argue, so the matter was quickly resolved. The ranking rewards arrived, and the channel soon became much quieter.
Probably because there had been daily leaderboard rewards starting on the third day of this season, the rewards this time were much more modest and fewer in number than the previous settlement day rewards, as there were only two leaderboards left. Yu Luowei opened his two red treasure chests and obtained three special building cards: a courthouse, a military barracks, and a welfare institution.
Given the existing schools and hospitals in North City, Yu Luowei began to doubt whether they could return to Blue Star after completing the final trial. Given the system's configuration, it felt like they were expected to live here forever. However, she didn't share her speculation on the channel, partly because she wasn't sure if it was correct and partly because she worried it would discourage others.
Only six seasons plus a novice period had passed since entering the game, a total of just over sixty days, or just two months, but the various disasters made Yu Luowei feel like two years had passed. Preparing for the final trial, Yu Luowei checked his current supply reserves. Primarily skill cards, as the Wild Beast Season had consumed too many.
Just as Yu Luowei was re-injecting skills into the blank skill card, she heard the system's voice again:
[Survivors from another world, you have a special final trial mission:
Perhaps you've also discovered that your flame has a certain purifying effect. The pollution your original world is subject to is the same as the pollution here: it's all black air.
You need to return to your native world through the Black Abyss Entrance Lake and use your supernatural powers and magic to purify and save your world. However, you cannot carry any skill cards or weapons and equipment in the game. As for other ordinary supplies, your space can come in handy.
Like every other survivor, you only have 10 days. If you still haven't completed your mission by the time the deadline arrives, your original world will follow its predetermined fate and be destroyed. While you may escape and return to the survival game, you will completely lose all your supernatural powers and magic, as well as your status as the Lord of the Black Abyss Entrance Lake.
You can ask us questions until midnight, but we are sorry that we will not be able to answer questions about the world background at this time.
This sudden information caught Yu Luowei off guard. However, as soon as she entered the game, her special abilities and identity were discovered. Now she quickly accepted her special mission. After carefully considering the information given by the system, Yu Luowei started with the question she wanted to ask the most:
[Yu Luowei: My spatial and mental abilities were initially stripped away by the system, so why was I still able to use them the following night?]
[System: This is because they were testing your original time, which you call the zombie apocalypse, and during the stripping process, they discovered that your abilities bore a certain degree of resemblance to magic. Therefore, they switched from stripping to sealing. As for why you can use it at night, it's because the black energy is more active at night than during the day, and its concentration increases day by day. Your abilities originate from this black energy.]
Yu Luowei: Isn't black energy a source of pollution? If you say so, how can I still possess my supernatural powers after purifying my native world?
[System: Yes, but at the same time, black energy is also the most important resource of this world, and many other worlds. It's just a matter of "degree." Don't you always say: too much is as bad as too little? As for the rest, I can only tell you after you pass the final trial. Of course, your supernatural powers will be retained. If you don't pass, then just ignore what I said.]
Compared to the previous notice, the answer to the question was much more relaxed, less serious, and even less AI-like. Yu Luowei quickly raised his third question:
Yu Luowei: Since I'm going to the original world to purify, what exactly should I purify? When I was in the zombie world, I never heard of any source, and the number and location of zombie swarms were constantly changing.
[System: We will provide you with a map showing the approximate location of the source. There are four sources in total. We are not sure how they will appear, but they will definitely appear as natural phenomena. And as the master of the Black Abyss entrance lake, you will definitely be able to sense it.]
[Yu Luowei: Then when will I return? Can those who died be resurrected?]
[System: We'll send you back to the tenth month of the zombie outbreak, when the source first began to manifest. Of course, you can also choose to return to the very beginning of the zombie outbreak to save your loved ones. However, when you complete your trial mission, you'll be automatically transported back, and your version of that world will die at the same time, preventing you from remaining with your loved ones. And there's a time limit for mission completion here. Oh, by the way, that guy just told you the deadline is ten days, right? Those ten days are in-game time, which translates to ten months in the zombie world. Don't worry, based on our simulations, your chances of completing this mission are over 80%.]
This system is really user-friendly and chatty. Before she had a chance to ask, she already spoke out. Yu Luowei wrote down the relevant information. She had almost finished asking questions about the task. After thinking for a while, Yu Luowei asked something else:
Yu Luowei: Could you tell me a little about the other people's missions? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone!
The system was silent for a moment this time. Only after Yu Luowei swore and cursed did it speak:
System: Okay, okay, this has something to do with you anyway. Previously, you couldn't see other cities in the game except by teleporting. But tonight at 8:00 PM, all locations will be connected, becoming one single continent. Starting tomorrow, they'll think they've completed the game and continue developing based on their current resources. Each city will become a simulated nation, until the ten days in the game world are up.
Yu Luowei: What are the criteria for judging whether a player has passed the level?
System: Of course, it's the balance between technological advancement and natural resources. Ten days in a simulation isn't just ten months. If they manage to develop their "country" to the level of Blue Planet in the simulation, then what's the point of this survival game? Okay, I've said enough. You have until eight o'clock tonight to choose a acting city lord. You can choose to leave some of your skill cards and other items with her, since you can't take them with you. As for this information, there's no point in sharing it with them; they won't remember it tomorrow.
This system was surprisingly easy to talk to. So, Yu Luowei came up with another trick:
Yu Luowei: Can I leave something for the other cities? Don't worry, it's not for our city, nor is it intelligence. It's for that Black City. They were questioning you last night, and I want to make things a little harder for them! Just a little!
The system finally agreed to her request. After all, it was increasing the difficulty, not reducing it. They were also a little angry about this question.
Yu Luowei placed several active volcanoes around Black City, as well as some earthquake zones and other environments. These environments were not purchased in the points mall, so they were very cheap.
After finishing, Yu Luowei said goodbye to the system. The serious voice, after confirming that she knew the acting city lord, said, "You can summon him at any time before midnight," and then disappeared.
Regarding the selection of the acting city lord, Yu Luowei quickly decided on the candidate - Lin Zhixia. She has been working in the city processing center and has a better understanding of the situation in North City.
Yu Luowei explained the situation to Lin Zhixia in detail after she called him to the city processing center. She changed the reason for her preparation for other trials to the requirement for first place, and omitted their trial information. Lin Zhixia trusted Luowei very much and did not ask any more questions.
However, during the communication, Yu Luowei brought the topic back to the purpose of the game several times, at least leaving an impression on Lin Zhixia.
After the handover, Yu Luowei returned to her base, and Ma Tuan, as usual, happily came out to greet her. The system offered two options for Ma Tuan: First, he would accompany her to the zombie world, but he couldn't be seen by others, meaning he would spend most of his time in the pet space. Second, he would be left in Lin Zhixia's care.
Yu Luowei told Ma Tuan about this and let him choose. Ma Tuan didn't hesitate and chose the first option. Yu Luowei hugged Ma Tuan and began to pack the necessary supplies for him and Ma Tuan's trial tomorrow - such as Ma Tuan's bed, toys and food, as well as Yu Luowei's clean food.
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