Day by day in the infinite game

I heard that a side mission had been triggered, and everyone was looking forward to it, thinking of the rich rewards it might bring.

Tasks 1 and 2 seem to require careful planning, and task 3 to find a real residence seems relatively simple. There are buildings everywhere on the roadside, and they can all be used as residences. However, is this "real residence"?

What is the hidden meaning?

“Do we have to find a house to be considered a place to live?” someone asked.

But that should be very simple, right? You can discuss it with the people here and pay a certain amount of money in exchange for one night's accommodation. Isn't this a good solution?

After everyone rested, they got up and continued moving forward.

While walking along the direction of the clue map in their hands, they carefully observed the ground and walls, looking for any place where there might be clues.

Gradually, the road became narrower and narrower, and the surrounding buildings became lower. The houses were all dilapidated, with missing doors and windows, which formed a sharp contrast with the buildings just at the city gate. There were faint red rust stains on the ground and walls, and the further inside.

Go, the more serious it becomes.

"Isn't this place abandoned?" Lan Lan guessed as she looked at the bumpy road and the unpopular-looking houses in front of her.

While talking, I didn't notice that I stepped on a "floor tile" that had become loose due to years of rust under my left foot.

The next second, her feet were gone, and she staggered, losing her balance and about to fall to the ground.

Tang Qinqin and Mengru hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.

"Why are you so careless?"

As soon as the caring words came out of his mouth, there was nothing under his feet, and the three of them fell together without weight.

The other players only had time to see a hole suddenly collapse in the ground, and when they came to their senses, they hurried over to try to rescue them.

The three of Tang Qinqin fell from the collapsed ground, and the light in front of their eyes suddenly dimmed. After they were far away from the ground, the temperature slowly dropped, bringing a coolness to the whole body.

When I woke up from the trance, I didn't know where I had landed. The surroundings were dark, and the light from the entrance of the cave could not be seen above my head.

"Where are we now? It's so dark, it must be far away from the ground." Lan Lan lowered her voice and said.

It's dark everywhere here, making people feel scared for no reason.

"We can't go up the original way, so let's go forward and have a look." Tang Qinqin put on a headlamp and looked at the place where they just fell. It was heavily blocked by scattered "floor tiles". The three of them were very

It is difficult to ensure that another collapse will not occur during cleaning, and this road will not work.

The three of them put on their headlamps, leaned against each other to encourage each other, and walked forward carefully.

"How come there are passable pipes underground? Is this part of the maze?" Lan Lan guessed.

"I can't tell if this is a defensive fortification like an air raid shelter? Or some kind of pipeline? It's just too wide..."

It's like a long corridor, with walls on both sides extending into the distance, seemingly endless.

Tang Qinqin was a little behind, looking around at the environment in front of him. It was also the same compressed garbage as on the ground. However, these had visible wear and tear, were dilapidated, and even fell off when touched.

Tang Qinqin found lines that looked like clues on a "floor tile" above his head.

After careful confirmation, they found that it was indeed a clue they didn't have.

"Lan Lan, Mengru, come and take a look."

"What, is this a clue?" The two looked surprised.

"Is it possible that everything we can't find on the ground is hidden underground?"

"Maybe it's a coincidence." Tang Qinqin was still unsure.

"We are still missing seven clues including the one we have in hand." Meng Ru said, "Let's try to contact them again. If we really don't get anything from the ground, we might as well go underground to take a look."

Try again and there is still no signal, and the message failed to be sent.

"We only have one clue in our hand, do we have to rely on it to pass the whole level?" Lan Lan was a little discouraged and her mood became depressed.

"It's hard to come back. At least the three of us are together. It's great, isn't it?"

Tang Qinqin comforted him.

"We may be able to find more clues, and maybe we can return to the ground soon. Be happy."

"They will probably come down if they can't find us. We are the vanguard team now, leading the charge. There is nothing to be afraid of."

…

When Song Yuanze and others heard the noise and turned around and ran over, it was too late. When they rushed over, they saw that the collapsed ground had sunk into a large pit, and debris blocked the entrance of the cave.

Everyone spontaneously moved forward to remove the scattered floor tiles, and it took a long time to clear a passage.

Viewed from the ground, the passage was dark, and the positions of the three people could not be seen.

"Let's go down and have a look." Song Yuanze said and was the first to get into the cave.

Lao Tian followed closely in the footsteps of his boss.

As soon as we entered the underground, the refreshing coolness soothed our skin that had been heated by the sun, making us feel much more energetic.

"Boss, they are not nearby, they must have gone over there." Changfeng, who had already checked the surroundings, walked over and said.

After Song Yuanze confirmed that his brothers were all safe, he strode towards the long "corridor".

…

At this time, Tang Qinqin and the other three were trying hard to pull out a wall brick, because the exposed side of the compressed garbage revealed a piece of damaged and yellowed paper. On the paper were words that they were all familiar with.

"...2235, the first astronomical year of the Yellow Star Calendar...the world's climate changed drastically, floods occurred frequently, locust plagues and fires spread...food production in various countries was severely reduced..." Mengru carefully identified the blurry fonts on the paper, and frowned as she read paragraph after paragraph.

road.

This is the part they can see currently, and the other part is on the side that is pushed into the wall.

This is also the reason why the three people did not rush to find the exit but instead demolished the wall here.

They vaguely felt that the words recorded on this hard-earned piece of paper might be related to the side mission.

Finally, the three people worked together to remove the loose wall tiles.

Mengru quickly took it, turned it over, and looked at the rest of the paper.

"Piles of garbage, cultivated land occupied, resource depletion, fresh water pollution... Global food and fresh water reserves are about to run out, and Yellow Star mankind has fallen into an unexpected global catastrophe... Six years of astronomy, the Yellow Star civilization has been glorious for a while

Disappear, the surviving humans must begin to adapt to the new living environment..."

After listening, the three people looked at each other with solemn expressions.

"So, this is Yellow Star, and it was once a place full of human civilization? So what is recorded on this piece of paper, is it the secret that made this city what it is now?"

"There are no green plants because there is no land and no fresh water... No wonder we can only eat nutrient solution, but what is the nutrient solution made of?"

"I don't know. Anyway, the effect and the name don't seem to match. They all have sallow complexion, thin skin, and short stature. I'm afraid they won't have the chance to develop properly when they grow up."

"So, what do they usually do?"

"Did the original city become ruins, or?" More questions emerged with the information on this piece of paper.

Tang Qinqin made a copy of the text on this piece of paper. He couldn't remove the damaged original, and he looked a little silly while holding a piece of garbage.

"Then let's move on, maybe we can find more useful clues."

I didn’t hear the notification that the side mission was completed. It seems that there are still many details about the story behind Maze City that have not been found.