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Chapter 4 Novice Tasks
Soon, Zhou Yuan found relevant clues.

[Daily tasks are intelligently generated based on the player's personal situation and their surroundings.

The dungeon missions are generated based on abnormal phenomena in reality, and the game dungeon that the player enters is an area with abnormal phenomena somewhere in the real world. 】

“It’s the real world.”

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the task list, "Each dungeon task is equivalent to an abnormal phenomenon in the real world. With so many tasks and so many anomalies, ordinary people are completely unaware of them. The confidentiality work of the relevant departments is really flawless."

He took out his cell phone and searched for last night's events, and sure enough, they had caused quite a stir.

New Shanghai is a super first-tier city in Dongzhou and a truly world-class metropolis. In addition, the company involved in this incident is the highly anticipated Qunxing Network, so the related news naturally became a global hot search.

The relevant departments also gave an explanation for the dangerous situation - the cause of the disaster was a gas pipeline leak, which eventually caused a fire and explosion, resulting in a large number of casualties and property losses.

I believe you.

Hey.

The phone suddenly vibrated and a message popped up on it.

Manager Wang: "@All members, please come to the fifth floor of Hua Ting Hotel at 10 o'clock this morning for a meeting to arrange follow-up work."

Qunxing Networks has branches all over the world, and they share development data in the cloud, operating around the clock. Although the head office was destroyed and a large number of core employees died, the data is still there and they will not be devastated. At most, the release date of the game will be delayed by a few months.

The survivors are still employees of Star Networks, so it is normal to arrange follow-up work, but before starting new work, everyone will probably have to take a few days off.

There were still two hours until ten o'clock. Zhou Yuan was not in a hurry. He turned off his phone and continued to study the attribute values.

"Now I have 2 attribute points that can be allocated. Which attribute should I add them to?"

"Strength, agility, and physique, these three can all be improved through training in the early stages. The most cost-effective method is to train to the limit and then add some points."

"Intelligence is my weakness, it's only 3, I need to add 1 point, otherwise I will really become a mentally retarded warrior."

"The remaining 1 point... well... I'll put it into charm."

Over the years, Zhou Yuan has a deep understanding of the saying "If you are handsome, you can do whatever you want" - this world is really superficial, it all depends on the face, the better-looking your face is, the friendlier the world will be to you.

After adding the points, he felt that his thinking speed had significantly accelerated, as if the whole world had become clearer. Then he hurried to the mirror and carefully observed the changes in himself.

The skin became unusually clear, the dark circles caused by staying up late, the rough pores on the face and the blackheads on the nose all disappeared, and the facial features also underwent subtle adjustments, becoming more pleasing to the eye.

"Another two levels of charm will bring me to the human limit of level 2. I wonder what it will be like to break through level 10."

Zhou Yuan opened the mall and started browsing. There are many ways to improve attribute values. If he can buy some cheap props, maybe he can directly increase his charm value.

Search for the keyword "charm".

[Fashionable glasses, ordinary, 3000 star coins, charm value +1 after wearing. ]

[Eyes of Charm, rare, 30000 star coins, after wearing, charm value +10, gain the skill "Charm". ]

[Elegance Aura, Perfect, 100000 Star Coins, Charm Value +50% after activation. ]

Zhou Yuan looked around and found that they were all props and skills that he couldn't afford. He simply deleted the keywords and sorted them by price to see if there was anything suitable among the cheap items.

"what?"

Suddenly, the name of a skill caught Zhou Yuan's attention.

[Skill name: Zuowangdao]

[Quality: Rare]

[Special effect: Earn Fei Gang by deceiving others, and use the Zuowang Dao magical power by consuming Fei Gang. ]

【Note: Hehehe...】

[Price: 100 Star Coins. ]

"So cheap? Bought it!"

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed and placed the order decisively. This skill is god-level!
However, after the purchase, a mocking voice rang in his ears:

"Hehe, he believed it. This idiot actually believed it!"

Then, the system pops up a prompt.

[——You have triggered the game easter egg "Zuowangdao"! ]

[Message from the production team: Dear players, we deliberately set up this easter egg in the game to remind every player to raise their awareness of anti-fraud.

In daily life, please be vigilant, do not trust the words of strangers, do not disclose personal information at will, and do not fall into the trap of scammers because of momentary greed.

I wish you a happy game. 】

Zhou Yuan was stunned.

"Hold!"

He flew into a rage, "Give me back my money!"

Which damn designer designed this!

After fiddling with the system for a while and making sure that the 100 star coins could not be returned, Zhou Yuan opened his backpack with a gloomy face and chose to sell the "corpse of the Nether Wolf".

[You sold the "Corpse of the Nether Wolf", Star Coins +100. ]

Forget it, it’s 1550 star coins again, so I’ll just consider it as no loss.

He could only comfort himself in this way.

Seeing that it was almost time, Zhou Yuan changed his clothes and prepared to go to the hotel for the meeting.

After going downstairs, he slapped his forehead. His nine-hand electric bike was still in the company. It would probably have been burned to ashes by now.

Helplessly, I could only scan for a shared electric car on the side of the road.

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The fifth floor of Hua Ting Hotel.

Manager Wang shook Zhou Yuan's hand and said, "Xiao Zhou, thank you for your support and help to the company in the past few days. I sincerely wish you a smooth life, a successful career, a happy life, and a bright future in the future."

Zhou Yuan looked at the dismissal notice on the table and fell silent.

He was fired.

This is understandable. The security guard is not an important talent. Now the head office is gone, and the executive who helped him get connections died last night. Naturally, Qunxing Network has no reason to continue employing him.

"Okay, fire him if you want, I'll give him N+1 anyway."

Zhou Yuan was optimistic. Now that he had the system, it would definitely be easier to make money than being a security guard.

At worst, just be a host. With a face with a charm value of 8, it would be a crime if she didn't become popular.

After signing the resignation agreement, Zhou Yuan did not stay for long and went straight home to prepare a training plan to improve his attribute values.

But at this moment, the system prompt sounded. [Newbie mission has been delivered]

[Mission name: "Fanatical Music Score"]

[Mission objective: Eliminate 0/3 of the deformed people contaminated by the human skin music score]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*200]

[Task Reward 2: Star Coins*2000]

[Task Reward 3: Random Quality Item Pack*1]

[Task Reward 4: Random Quality Skill Scroll *1]

【Accept/Reject】

[After accepting the mission, the player has 10 minutes to prepare, during which time the mission can be started at any time. ]

"Novice mission..." Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows.

In "Children of the Stars", tasks are divided into three types.

The first type is real-time tasks that are automatically generated based on current events.

The second type is the pending tasks in the task bar, including dungeon tasks, daily tasks, etc., which players can undertake freely.

The third type is the tasks assigned by the system at regular intervals based on the player’s overall quality.

This novice mission is obviously the third type, which is used to guide novice players. The rewards are also very generous. If you are lucky, you may win a big prize.

"accept."

[Countdown to start the mission——9:59]

Zhou Yuan took out the Iron Rose revolver from his backpack and used his spirituality to make four ordinary revolver bullets - the spirituality value required for each bullet was different, and one ordinary revolver bullet only required 4 spirituality points.

Then, he opened the item packs and skill scrolls obtained from previous missions one by one.

The props obtained from the four ordinary quality prop packs and one random quality prop pack are "Spoon Killer's Spoon", "Stone", "Toilet Paper", "Emergency Syrup", and "Ghost Walker" respectively.

Among them, only "Acute Syrup" and "Ghost Walker" are useful, the others are useless garbage.

【Name：Acute syrup】

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Special effect: If you are being chased by an enemy, throw the Syrup in any direction, and the enemy will prioritize chasing the Syrup and drink it.]

【Note: Stop chasing me! 】

Simply put, throw this thing out when you are being chased. It can control the enemy for a short while and buy you time to escape.

The Ghost Walker is an excellent item that comes from a random quality item pack, and its abilities are simple and crude: ignore physical collision + increase movement speed.

【Name: Ghost Walker】

[Quality: Excellent]

[Special effect: Transform into ghost state for 6 seconds, increase movement speed by 30%, and ignore physical collision during this period. ]

[Consumption: 100 spiritual points]

[Cooling time: 60 seconds]

[Note: When the ghost state is about to end, please do not get stuck in the terrain unless you are strong enough. ]

Zhou Yuan selected his equipment, and the shoes on his feet automatically entered the backpack, and the Ghost Walker was put on his feet. The size and shape were automatically adapted, and even the appearance changed to the shoes he had just worn. It was very convenient.

Then there are the equipments that come out of the excellent props pack.

【Name: Bow-tie voice changer】

[Quality: Excellent]

[Special effects: 10 kinds of sounds can be stored. The original sound must be recorded for more than 10 seconds. If the original sound owner and the user belong to different species, the device will automatically translate the user's language into the original sound owner's language. ]

[Note 1: It is recommended to use with real-time translation headphones to avoid communication problems. ]

[Note 2: Be careful about online dating, because you don’t know whether the pretty and sweet-voiced girl on the other side is a human or Cthulhu.]

Finally, there are the skill scrolls.

[Skill name: Condensed Qi Fist]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Special Effect: Condensing Qi into a giant fist to strike the enemy hard. ]

[Consumption: 300 spiritual points]

[Note: In the early 30th century, the most popular major for monks was civil engineering, and this skill was used in demolition and blasting.]

To be on the safe side, Zhou Yuan carefully selected and purchased some practical props in the game mall.

A total of 550 star coins were spent to purchase bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, tactical gloves, combat daggers, high-intensity flashlights, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and disposable transmogrification cards.

"Finally, there is one more system function that must be upgraded."

——The Eye of Identification!
Zhou Yuan clicked the upgrade button without hesitation.

[Star Coins - 1000]

[Eye of Appraisal LV0→LV1! ]

[Eye of Identification: Identify the objects in your sight and obtain unexpected information and task prompts. The higher the function level, the more detailed and rich the information and prompts you obtain. (Note: The highest level is LV5)]

everything's ready.

Zhou Yuan opened his backpack and used the "one-time transformation card" he had just purchased. Since there was an organization that managed supernatural powers, disguise was necessary. At least it was best not to reveal his identity before he developed. The "player panel" was a hot potato.

[Name: One-time Transmogrification Card]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Special Effect: Automatically transform into an appearance that adapts to the dungeon environment. The appearance must be human, and the height and weight cannot be changed. The appearance of the transformed appearance is affected by the player's charm value.]

[Note: In the future world, with the appearance of transmogrification cards, the streets are full of handsome men and beautiful women. People are obsessed with the handsomeness and beauty brought by transmogrification and gradually forget their true appearance.]

Zhou Yuan came to the mirror and looked at himself. He turned into a blond-haired, blue-eyed white man. His charm value of 8 points made him look no less attractive than those popular stars.

"Start the mission."

The next second, his figure disappeared.

(End of this chapter)