All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

"Sorry! I don't plan to join any team!"

Being surrounded by players as if he had found a popular commodity, Wang Zhifan had no choice but to loudly declare that he was a lone wolf player, then pushed through the crowd and walked quickly away.

However, his behavior did not discourage everyone from recruiting him, and three players still followed him and continued to harass him.

"Bro! A lone wolf in this dungeon is doomed to fail! If you don't join us, it means you will become an enemy of everyone else! This is a very stupid behavior!"

"Brother, why would you want to be a lone wolf in a dungeon that's obviously meant to be a team battle? Join us! We're all from Xia Country, and we'll ensure that everyone is united!"

"Think about it again! We have top gunners in our team! You will regret it if you miss out!"

Faced with the harassment, Wang Zhifan ignored them and continued to speed up his walking pace to distance himself from them.

The three people behind had no choice but to give up when seeing this. They did not try to intercept them by force. After all, the dungeon had just begun and the two-hour deadline had not yet passed. If there was a conflict between players, they would be thrown into the enhanced penalty level.

A few seconds later, Wang Zhifan disappeared around the corner of the intersection, and the person who had just invited him had not yet returned.

"Stupid Xiaguo guy! Our team will definitely hunt him down!"

I only heard Han Guoren speaking indignantly as he walked back, with a cold light flashing in his small eyes.

"What a pity! This Chinese seems to have good equipment, but he is too stubborn and is bound to suffer a great loss."

The Xia player shook his head as he looked at the intersection where Wang Zhifan disappeared, then turned back to the crowd with a disappointed look on his face.

The white player didn't react much, because he had already set his sights on the next recruiting target and started lobbying passionately.

At this moment, most of the players were still gathered on this road, discussing how to allocate their respective teams. Only Wang Zhifan and some lone wolf players had come to other areas of the ruined city and started their initial exploration.

Wang Zhifan walked along the dirty cement road which was in a worrying condition, smelled the stench from the huge piles of garbage on the roadside and even in the middle of the road, looked at the wreckage of vehicles that were smashed into discus shapes by some external force, and sensed the dilapidated high-rise buildings with a few sneaky figures vaguely visible around them. He felt very confused.

"What kind of world background is this? War? Wasteland?"

He was thinking about it and was about to go find an NPC to ask according to the normal dungeon process, but suddenly, he remembered his personal AI assistant Xiaohong, so he said:
"Xiaohong, are you there? I need your help!"

The next second, the smartwatch on his left hand emitted the voice of a little girl:
"Master, I'm here. How can I help you?"

Wang Zhifan raised his left arm and responded:
"There are a lot of people who need your help! You should be able to find that I am currently on a technological planet, which is a good place for you to play a role.

I need you to help me hack into the possible local network and find information about the messenger, and also information about a man called Researcher who lives outside this city and is responsible for collecting the messenger core..."

Wang Zhifan described the needs in order of priority.

First of all, in order to clear the dungeon, he must understand what the messenger is, where to find the messenger, how to obtain the messenger core, and then the specific location of the NPC to send it to after obtaining the messenger core.

Apart from these, he was also interested in the basic information about this world, because from the copy identity selection information, it can be seen that this is a rather interesting and complex city.

"Okay, Mr. Captain, I will begin to detect physical media that can be used for network activities. Please try to expand the range of movement."

After hearing this, Xiaohong immediately got into work mode.

So Wang Zhifan continued to wander in this huge urban ruins, passing by one building after another in a certain order like sweeping the streets, and it didn't take long before he made some discoveries.

"Master Captain! Suspected local electronic equipment has been detected in the building about 110 meters to your left! Please move closer!"

AI Xiaohong made a slightly surprised sound through the smart watch. This anthropomorphic effect is a prominent feature of the advanced AI on the urban planet.

"Okay, I'll go over and take a look."

After hearing this, Wang Zhifan immediately turned around and followed Xiaohong's instructions, passing through a dilapidated city block full of garbage and came to a shabby building with no special features.

In Wang Zhifan's perception, there are no living people inside the building, and there is nothing useful inside except all kinds of garbage. However, AI Xiaohong's detection of electronic equipment is professional, so he chooses to trust it.

After a while, inside the building which was covered with dust and various household garbage, Wang Zhifan followed Xiaohong's instructions, stepped up the stairs and entered the basement of the building, and came to a tightly closed iron door.

Just as he was about to force his way in, AI Xiaohong warned him:
"Master, please stay nearby for a few minutes. I am trying to hack into the local electronic circuits. The success rate is currently estimated to be 99.999%..."

"This can be hacked? No physical connection required?"

Wang Zhifan, who didn't know much about this, was a little surprised. He thought Xiaohong would need physical assistance such as inserting a chip, but he didn't expect that she could directly exert force through the air, even though she was very close to the target.

He then carefully sensed the situation inside the iron gate and found that the space inside the thick iron gate was quite crowded, with many metal lines crisscrossing together, but no machines were running. It might be a local line node.

A minute later, Xiaohong reported its work results.

"Master, I have successfully hacked into the local network and obtained some permissions. The local terminal server is deep underground. We are currently deciphering the local language information. Please be patient."

"Xiaohong, you don't understand the language of this planet? That's right...why don't you show me the way first, and I'll go down and take a look."

After listening to the follow-up instructions, Wang Zhifan left the current building.

He forgot that Xiaohong had no copy to take care of her and could not directly understand the language of this planet. Players could communicate directly with NPCs, but they might not recognize the local characters.

After walking out of the building, Wang Zhifan followed Xiaohong's instructions and rushed to the center of the city.

This is a very huge city. All the tall buildings on the ground look dilapidated and the residents are almost nowhere to be seen. However, in the center of the city, there are constant gunshots and explosions, as well as strange roars.

Wang Zhifan quickened his pace and as he got closer to the city center, he finally saw the appearance of the local residents, and there were quite a few of them.

Two hundred meters in front of him, in a garbage-filled street, dozens of people dressed like "Shamatte" from both sides were engaged in a fierce gun battle. Some of them were even throwing bombs. The loud noise he had heard before was caused in part by them.

Not only were these people dressed up in fancy clothes like non-mainstream people, but their marksmanship was also quite poor. Some of the two sides hid behind the garbage dump and fired from time to time, while others hid in the windows of buildings and secretly shot. However, the two sides were clearly only a hundred meters apart. Wang Zhifan watched them shoot at each other for a minute but no one was shot, which really left him speechless.

"Gangs playing house? Or is the weapon accuracy too poor?"

After watching for a while, Wang Zhifan decided to bypass these NPCs who were doing something unknown and continue approaching the center of the city.

However, just before he set off, a figure rushing down from the ruined building caught his attention!

It was an NPC with a very cool appearance. He was wearing a streamlined full-body silver-gray armor and carrying a high-tech glowing samurai sword. His face could not be seen due to the covering helmet. His overall image was very much like a mecha ninja.

When he first appeared, he jumped from the top of a tall building in the distance. In a few seconds, he crossed a distance of hundreds of meters in the air and stepped on the wall of another nearby building. Then, he used the force to bounce back to the balcony of another building opposite. The speed and agility he showed along the way were amazing.

In the blink of an eye, the mecha ninja landed in the middle of the fighting Shamatte NPCs, ignoring the bullets flying back and forth around him, and vigorously swung the glowing samurai sword in his hand, making a loud sound added by the loudspeaker:
"No fighting! No fighting! Anyone who fights again will be thrown into jail!"

As this extraordinary mecha ninja-like being finished shouting, the Shamatte on both sides who kept shooting at each other but no one was injured made a "terrified" sound:

"Oh no! It's the Peace Walker!"

"Everyone, retreat! I would rather die in their prison!"

"Today's battle is over!"

……

In the blink of an eye, the Shamatte who were originally fighting fiercely on both sides scattered, running very fast, disappearing between the streets and dilapidated buildings, showing a speed far beyond that of ordinary people, which made Wang Zhifan slightly stunned.

"These guys are very strong, why were their shooting skills so bad just now? It seems that they were just dealing with it casually... But the real powerful one is this Peace Walker."

With his eyes focused on the mecha ninja not far away, Wang Zhifan now discovered that this being who had appeared in the initial identity of the copy was also staring at him.

The next second, he saw this extraordinary Peace Walker lightly jump, cross the distance of 100 meters and land in front of him nimbly, put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly, then said:
"Dear guest, welcome to Bamo City! As you can see, this is a peaceful city! I hope you can assist our peace organization in maintaining its beauty and tranquility!"

"Peaceful? Beautiful?"

Wang Zhifan almost couldn't help rolling his eyes after hearing this, but he forcibly suppressed his desire to complain and instead smiled and communicated with the other party.

Because this person is suspected to be a friendly NPC, and he doesn't seem to be an ordinary person.

“I am very happy to see that the city of Bamo is developing towards a peaceful and beautiful direction with the efforts of your organization…

But Mr. Peace Walker, could you please waste a little of your time and answer a few questions for me, an outsider?"

Wang Zhifan said with a smile as he looked at the peaceful walker in front of him who looked like a mecha ninja.

"Please speak quickly. Time is precious in maintaining peace."

The Peace Walker immediately nodded and replied.

"I want to know what the messengers are? When will they arrive in Bamo City? Where are the researchers who collect the messenger cores?"

Since the other party was in a hurry, Wang Zhifan asked all his questions at once so that the other party could answer them together.

But what was a little beyond his expectations was that the peaceful walker who had just been so friendly immediately changed his attitude when he heard him mention the envoy, and said in a cold voice:

"So you are here as a messenger... Stranger, messengers cannot represent peace. I refuse to answer your questions!"

After saying that, this extraordinary mecha ninja suddenly jumped to the side, leaped onto the wall of a nearby building and started running horizontally at high speed. His figure disappeared in a few flashes.

"This change of attitude is really fast..."

Wang Zhifan, who stayed where he was, looked at the direction where the Peace Walker left, feeling a little puzzled, but he then said to the AI ​​Xiaohong on the smartwatch on his left hand:

"Xiaohong, did you hack into the system of that guy just now? Did you gain anything?"

"Reporting to His Excellency the Captain, we have successfully hacked into the system and deciphered the local language information. He is a senior member of the local peace organization, codenamed 'Silver Falcon', and is currently responsible for maintaining basic order on the ground in Bamo City..."

Xiaohong began to explain the relevant details.

"You've cracked it already? That's pretty efficient! Forget about this Silver Falcon, just tell me about the messenger!"

After listening to this, Wang Zhifan realized that Xiaohong had solved the intelligence problem, so he asked it for the most critical copy information.

"Okay, Mr. Captain, based on all the local data I have deciphered so far, the messengers are a powerful alien existence. Most of them are huge in size. They will descend on Bamo City every ten days to a month and attack the underground entrance of Bamo City, causing huge losses, but will eventually leave on their own. The origins and motives of the messengers are still unclear. They last appeared three days ago..."

"Well, it seems that the Emissary is something like a BOSS... Have you found the researcher who collected the Emissary core?"

After listening to the messenger information obtained by Xiaohong, Wang Zhifan asked about the next key point.

"According to the information provided by the captain, we have found the relevant person. However, the other party is not just one person, but a group of about 100 people. They have a special research institute underground about 40 kilometers northeast of Bamo City..."

“Okay, it would be better if there is more than one person, so that it will be easier for me to deliver the messenger core.

Tell me more about this Bamo city. I want to know everything about it!"

Finally, Wang Zhifan asked Xiaohong to share the intelligence that he was very interested in, and Xiaohong naturally told him the whole story:
“Bamo City, founded 144 years ago, was originally a prosperous metropolis.

But after the arrival of the messenger, it, like other cities, suffered huge damage, and people were forced to move to a depth of one thousand meters underground in the city to build a new living space to maintain basic social operations.

Currently, the underground population of Bamo City is about 37, and important organizations include the Savior Company, the Academy of Sciences, and the Fighting Association..." (End of this chapter)