Abnormal paradise

Ember thoughtfully left the cave and handed the piece of paper to the non-Sword Immortal. The latter was slightly stunned and a little confused: "Wasteland Calendar 2077? That's wrong! Why did I see the background in the last game? The time is 9102 AD?"

"Um?"

Ember was also very surprised. He had contacted the foundation's newspaper, but the part he got only contained events and did not mention the time. Now that the Sword Immortal is not saying this, the situation becomes even more confusing.

"Hey, why are you thinking so much now? Once you go back and hand in the side tasks, you will know everything you need to know."

Since he couldn't figure it out, Yi Yan decided not to think about it. He firmly believed that as the mission progressed gradually, all the fog would dissipate.

The one who walked out of the cave early was not the Sword Immortal. He had already chopped off the wolf head that was the mission item. The two people, full of curiosity, immediately left the Wolf Valley and rushed to the place where the strange tree guard leader was. This time, the two of them returned along the land route, and met another team of Shadow Eaters who might be the remnants of the Hive. This brought the total number of pests they cleaned up to more than sixty. In total, they killed almost all of them. Thirty.

Ember's single target attack is high, and if it is not a sword fairy, it has group attack support, so in general, the efficiency of clearing monsters is almost the same.

However, when the two were about to return to the forest supply office, they encountered an unexpected incident.

The green leaf brooch "Strange Tree Alliance" pinned to their chests shone brightly at the same time, showing the scene of the strange tree guard captain being attacked. This was the effect of shared vision. In the vision of the captain of the strange tree guard, Ember saw two strange players retreating hastily.

"There's someone coming from the other side!"

Seeing the players appear, the Sword Immortal was eager to try. His bellicose personality made him directly regard the two players as his opponents, but when he thought about his poor attack level, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

Looking at his appearance, Yi Yan said with some humor: "Let's hand over the task first and then talk about it. Whether those two people will come again is still uncertain."

"That's true."

Not the Sword Immortal shook his head, and immediately hurried on at full speed, arriving in front of the strange tree guard captain as quickly as possible.

"Oh! It's you! I thought it was those two bad guests again."

The strange tree guard's long eyebrows wavered, and then he looked at the two Embers with some surprise: "Have you already killed that evil wolf?"

"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"

It wasn't the Sword Immortal who showed the wolf's head, which immediately caused the strange tree guard chief to say in astonishment: "Who is this? Wait, this is that guy's head! How did it become like this? It's strange, its blood has a hidden gray light, and its fur It has also lost its luster, which is obviously a sign of a massive loss of vitality. Brave guests, can you tell me the specific situation?"

Ember nodded and immediately explained the general process. He also showed the piece of paper in the cave to the captain of the strange tree guard to see if it could trigger the hidden plot.

"Virus? How could a virus appear in the Dark Forest?" The strange tree guard chief was a little surprised, but the abnormal shape of the dire wolf's head forced him to face reality, "It's really weird, this news must be taken seriously, you two Guests, first of all I want to express my gratitude for your bravery, and secondly, I hope you can find the gardener and report this abnormal situation to him!"

[Tip: You have completed the side mission - "Wolf Trouble", obtained a large number of contribution points, 1,000 foundation credit points, and the right to purchase hidden goods at the Forest Supply Department. 】

[Tip: Do you accept the main quest - "Looking for the Gardener"? 】

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Mission name: [Looking for the gardener] (first link of the main mission)

Requirements: Go to the Gardener's Cottage in Darkveil Forest

Reward: Unknown (rewards are accumulated and will be distributed based on completion after completing all links)

Introduction: The emergence of the mysterious virus has aroused the vigilance of the strange tree guard. Now it hopes you can find the gardener and report this abnormal situation.

[Tip: Completing the main mission will help meet the assessment requirements, but it may also gradually deviate from the assessment requirements due to the player's route choice. 】

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The main mission is finally here!

Ember clenched his fists and carefully examined the last prompt. Based on the information now available, he knew that he was trapped in a mystery, and he had to go to the gardener's cabin to find the answer to all of this.

"You all agreed? That's great. I can't get away from my duties at the Forest Supply Department, so I can only trouble you two." The captain of the strange tree guard thanked him again and again, and then jumped up from the tree pit and opened it. Hidden in the tree trunks is the forest supply store, "Come and take a look, I hope there will be what you need here. All products are half price!"

Half price!

This discount made the two players overjoyed, and the list of goods at the Forest Supply Department dazzled them even more.

Not to mention conventional goods such as cultivating batteries, there are several types of reinforcing materials and inlays, and there are countless kinds of tree fruits that can restore the state of increased life. What interests Ember the most is the possession of hidden Marked special cargo.

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[Plant Partner Enhancer]: Installed on a petri dish, it can increase the damage of plant partners whose attack level is lower than "normal" by one layer. It is sold for 1500 credits (50% off price). It can be disassembled repeatedly and bound after purchase. Unable to be taken out of this assessment space, the total amount of goods is 1/1.

[Explosive cones]: After use, it can cause range damage with an attack level of "normal". The explosion radius is two meters. The price is 500 credits (50% off). It cannot be taken out of the assessment space. The total amount of goods is 5/ 5.

[Death Tree Fruit]: It can withstand a fatal attack and restore 50% of the blood volume. It can be effective when placed in the backpack. It is sold for 1,000 credit points (50% off) and cannot be taken out of this assessment. space, you can only carry one at the same time, and the total cargo volume is 3/3.

[Elementary Resurrection]: Passive skill, the effect is to automatically restore the lost blood volume after leaving the battle, and restore 3% of the upper limit of blood volume every five seconds. The learning condition is perception level one, and the price is 1500 credit points (50% off price) .

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nice one!

It’s all good stuff!

The Plant Partner Enhancer can make a qualitative change in the Peashooter's attack level. The effect of the exploding tree fruit is as simple and crude as its name, and the same is true for the dead tree fruit. With such a treasure, you can feel confident no matter what you do. . As for the final skill, Primary Resurrection, it is even more economical and practical. With it, I don’t know how many scarce healing items can be saved.

But here comes the most critical problem, no money!

After delivering the pest eradication task, Ember's credit points now reached 2,300. If he bought the plant partner enhancer, he would have to give up the dead tree fruit replacement and primary resurrection technique, and he would also have to spend money to buy three culture batteries. Calculated in this way , at most you can buy one exploding cone.

"Wow! It feels so uncomfortable to have no money..."

Ember shook his head repeatedly, but still said to the non-Sword Immortal: "I want to buy a plant companion enhancer."

There is only one piece of this product in total, and it will be bound directly if you buy it, so Ember must make things clear in advance. You know, not only the Sword Immortal is also very excited about the Plant Partner Enhancer, because what he lacks most now is attack power. Although he couldn't understand why Ember was pursuing harm so much, but thinking of the situation where the other party had sacrificed his life to rescue him before, the Sword Fairy chose to give in and bought the passive skill Primary Resurrection and a Substitute Fruit.

"I think our cooperation must be maintained until the end of the assessment."

Ember saw that it was not the sword fairy who was confused, so he simply showed the third-level pea shooter in his pocket. It's not that Jianxian is an absolutely excellent collaborator. He doesn't want the cooperation to fall apart because of a little dissatisfaction.

"Holy crap! Level 3 pea shooter? Let me do the math. The total number of credits for the beginner pea shooter training set is 900, and the level 3 pea shooter plus petri dish is 2,300 credits. The total is 3,200 credits. . Did you actually get an excellent rating on the hard difficulty level? Or did you get a perfect rating in the end?"

It's not that the sword fairy was really shocked at this moment, so much so that he neglected to further explore the special characteristics of the pocket.

Ember shook his head: "There is only an excellent evaluation. I don't know the conditions to achieve perfection, but I think it should be to kill the last BOSS."

"That is to say, you got 3200 credit points, and then spent them all as soon as you started!" Not the Sword Immortal was amazed, his eyes flashed, "This approach is a bit greedy, but I like it! It seems that this copy, I am I’m definitely going to hug my thighs! With the third-level pea shooter and the plant companion enhancer, a volley of fire will cost any player at least half of his life! Hey, this is the first time I’ve realized that hugging your thighs can feel so good.”

Yi Yan shrugged and embedded the newly purchased culture batteries one by one into the petri dish of the third-level pea shooter: "It's better not to get too happy too early. There are still eight minutes left for the formation of the third-level pea shooter. Hold on until then." Let's talk about it later. Besides, even if we have it, we can't take it lightly. The subsequent tasks will only be more difficult, and the strength of the two of us will become increasingly insufficient."

"that's right!"

Not the Sword Immortal nodded heavily, put away the secret joy that filled his heart, and prepared to follow the guidance of the strange tree guard chief to head to the nearest gardener's hut.

But before leaving, the leader of the strange tree guard suddenly stopped Ember and Not the Sword Fairy, because it could resonate with the surrounding forest and once again discovered the two players from the opposite side.