noffsinger Chapter 258 Help Game
Chapter 258 Help Game
[Lu Youyou: What game? Are you deliberately revealing this? I've just remembered a story, shall we exchange them again?]
[Gossip Girl: Ugh, I'm so sleepy for no reason, time to go to bed~]
Lu Youyou looked at the last message between the two and sighed helplessly.
However, she didn't lose heart for long and immediately told the people in the group about it.
[Wang Qiao: I guess it's about time for a change of environment. Those who were afraid of the dark are long gone, and those who are still alive have adapted. The adults will definitely be replaced.]
[Qi Yuan: I just don't know whether the environment will change first or the dungeon game will appear first, but we should all prepare in advance.]
[Zhang Weimin: The contract stipulated that I don't need to give it to you yet; save it to buy items from the monster merchant.]
[Zhang Yuning: Don't give it to me either.]
[Lu Youyou: Right now, the priority is still purchasing supplies.]
As soon as Lu Youyou spoke, Yang Yan and Wang Qiao followed suit.
However, the members are all stubborn; the more they are forbidden from posting, the more they post.
Lu Youyou didn't know what rewards the vice leader gave those people, but she gave them mechanical spiders and enhanced paralysis bullets.
The number of items given to them will be determined based on the amount of gold coins or resources given by everyone.
After finishing the gift exchange, it was 8:30 in the morning.
Lu Youyou opened the window and looked out. Suddenly, a golden line appeared in the dark sky.
Immediately afterwards, the sky, like a shattered but not fallen mirror, burst forth with even more intense golden light from the cracks.
"boom."
She timed it perfectly, providing the soundtrack for the intense sunlight.
The darkness of the sky vanished, replaced by a somber, grayish white.
The sun appeared, but not completely, hidden behind dark clouds.
The temperature has risen slightly, but it is still below zero, around minus ten degrees Celsius.
The rain was still falling, making the already uneven ice surface even more slippery.
Your friend Qi Yuan has sent you a gift. Please check it promptly.
Lu Youyou closed the window and turned on her watch.
[10 anti-skid tires: As the name suggests, these are tires designed to prevent slipping. You should understand that, right?]
[Qi Yuan: The rain isn't freezing as fast as before, but it's still raining, making the roads difficult to travel on. Here are 10 anti-skid tires for you. If you don't need them, just ask me for more. I just bound the blueprints.]
[Lu Youyou: Thank you, but 10 is too many. Can I share them with the other members?]
Qi Yuan: ...You want to give some to Wang Qiao, right? Never mind, I'll give her a few too. You install the anti-skid tires, and keep the rest as spares.
[Lu Youyou: Thank you.]
After a short pause, the gang group chat started to vibrate.
Lu Youyou clicked in and took a look; everyone was praising Qi Yuan for being generous. It turned out that she had given everyone in the group five anti-skid tires.
Lu Youyou also joined the group and thanked Qi Yuan again in the group chat.
She then replaced all the tires on her RV with anti-skid tires.
"Master, it's light outside!"
Little Black woke up from his sleep and screamed with joy, waking up Big Rui and Little Crow as well.
Da Rui peered outside and exclaimed, "It really is! You can see much farther once it's light!"
Although the crow remained aloof and silent, its wings were fluttering as if it were basking in the sunlight.
Lu Youyou smiled unconsciously as she watched the three little pets react differently.
"Yes, it's dawn, but the new game is about to start."
She waited and waited, from morning till night, and even after both of the customer's meals had been sent out, she still hadn't heard the announcement that she had entered the instance.
At night, Lu Youyou was lying in bed, feeling drowsy, when she suddenly heard her watch making a buzzing sound.
She instantly became alert and sat up, leaning against the bedside table.
Hello everyone, I'm your old friend. You can call me "Sir." First of all, congratulations on surviving until now. Secondly, I'd like to bring you a great opportunity to make friends.
As we all know, survivors can increase their affinity with monster NPCs, but the chances of meeting them are extremely rare, making it unlikely they'll become friends. Therefore, I'm giving you a chance.
The next game, titled "Help-Seeking Game," will introduce you to many NPCs of varying strengths. Whether you become friends or enemies depends entirely on your personal charm.
Two more buzzing sounds followed, and the adult's voice disappeared, replaced by Xiaolu's emotionless, mechanical voice.
[Next, I will explain the rules and key points of the help-seeking game. This concerns everyone's lives, so please remember them. After the rules are explained, everyone will automatically enter the help-seeking instance.]
[1. The game ranking uses an NPC scoring system, with each NPC receiving a maximum score of 10 points. The NPCs participating in the scoring are the ones you are helping who truly need assistance.]
[2. Each survivor can only accept ten tasks. The first survivor to complete the tasks leaves the game first, and can only see their score after leaving the game.]
3. NPCs in the game who ask for your help may not be telling the truth. Helping the wrong NPC has no penalty or rating; it only wastes your available job opportunities.
4. After the game ends, the control panel will display a ranking, followed by the release of ranking rewards.
After the four rules were explained, the watch screen automatically turned off.
Lu Youyou lifted the curtain and looked outside, but didn't see any changes.
She then turned on her watch to check which apps had their functions restricted, and surprisingly, all of them worked.
If Xiao Lu hadn't already said that everyone would automatically enter the game after the rules were explained, she would have thought it wasn't a dungeon yet.
hum~
A message came from the gang group.
[Xiao Liu: I met a monster old woman who asked me to help her to the frozen Black River. I refused outright. Wasn't that obviously an attempt to kill me?]
[Zhan Yu: I met a monster old man who asked me to cook him a meal. I did, he ate it and left. My watch shows that I accepted this order.]
[Li Jinyue: Then you've probably been tricked. That old man doesn't really need your help. I helped a monster, and that will increase my favorability with a new character.]
[Zhan Yu: Ugh! I've already wasted one order opportunity! That damn old monster!]
Lu Youyou looked at the message Li Jinyue sent and typed a line back.
[Lu Youyou: Actually, monsters of too low a level don't show favorability. Even if you get scammed, there's no real punishment; it's better than dying.]
[Zhan Yu: That's true.]
We were chatting when the car suddenly came to an abrupt stop.
[A monster NPC has appeared ahead; do not run over it.]
Lu Youyou entered the driver's seat and carefully examined the monster in front of her.
It's called a monster, but it actually looks more like a human.
Her face is smooth and delicate, with slender eyebrows, upturned eyes, a high nose bridge, and rosy, full lips.
If there's anything that's even remotely related to monsters...
It should be a face so pale it was devoid of any color.
The instant the eye met the monster's, it was as if some mechanism had been triggered, and the monster began to wail.
"Woooooooo..."