Looking at the thick stacks of documents scattered all over the ground, Ruan Mingchu felt a throbbing sensation in his temples, making him dizzy.
Garbage server, garbage system.
Instead of looking at them one by one, it's better to reset the task.
Just as Ruan Mingchu casually picked out a bottle of medicine and was about to submit it, he suddenly heard Mu Yu's voice.
"Hey, can you hear me?"
Looking back at the task list, the team communication channel had been opened and it had already changed to (2/11). The efficiency was quite fast. No wonder he chose this person.
“I can hear you,” Ruan Mingchu said.
Mu Yu said, "When I completed the first side quest, the system told me that I had unlocked my own communication channel. When I completed the second one, I could specify which teammate's channel to unlock, and then the reward for the quest became medicine."
“Then it seems you can only help one teammate at most,” Ruan Mingchu said with a smile. “You should unlock Gong Zhushen or Wang Rong first, their support skills are helpful in the search.”
After a moment of silence, Mu Yu finally said what Ruan Mingchu wanted to hear: "I want to contact you first."
Ruan Mingchu's mood soared. He generally didn't do pointless hindsight analysis; if he did, he always wanted to gain something from it. Hmph, he still remembered how Mu Yu had gone to Gong Zhushen to abandon him N days ago, and it had been weighing on his mind ever since.
Today was finally a pleasant day.
"Where are you? I'm at the research institute, doing a side quest."
Mu Yu replied, "I'm at the Oriental Oceanarium. There are two women in the shark enclosure who need to be rescued."
"Let's do the task first, and then meet at Baiyang Trade Center."
The bus stop sign just now indicated that Baiyang Trading was located in the middle of the route between the Oriental Oceanarium and the research institute. Since both of them were heading in that direction, they should be able to meet up soon.
Mu Yu replied with an "okay," even though he had no idea where Baiyang Trading Company was.
He swiftly killed nearby terrorists, and then, amidst the screams of two survivors, grabbed them by the back of their collars and carried them to the ground, taking them to the nearest survivor rescue center.
Upon hearing the system's notification that the rescue was successful, Mu Yu immediately began searching for city maps.
You can't let your partner think you're inadequate.
Having already contacted Mu Yu, Ruan Mingchu cared even less about the rewards of this mission. Whether or not he could contact others really had no impact on the overall competition, since the output still depended on him and Mu Yu.
He submitted the bottle he had grabbed at random, and unsurprisingly, it displayed an error. Ruan Mingchu simply put the remaining four bottles into the tray that the bracelet had created.
It's still an error, meaning none of the five bottles contain DT potion.
However, upon closer inspection of the bottles, they now bear brand new labels.
This is an unexpected surprise.
Ruan Mingchu found a tattered but barely functional bag, put all the medicine inside, and carried it into room 1202.
Someone was already searching through things in 1202, holding a medicine bottle in his hand. It was obvious that his task was also to find some kind of medicine.
Upon noticing Ruan Mingchu's arrival, Huo Tong stood up warily, pulled out his pistol, and pointed it at Ruan Mingchu's head. Although he hadn't been assigned to the same squad as Ruan Mingchu in the previous team battle, Huo Tong had still heard of his reputation.
Ruan Mingchu acted as if he hadn't seen anything, and walked over to Huo Tong with a relaxed expression. He took out five medicine bottles and waved them in front of Huo Tong, "Looking for medicine? Want to cooperate?"
Huo Tong keenly noticed the new label on the outside of the medicine bottle and discovered that it contained the CL medicine he wanted.
In an instant, a multitude of questions raced through his mind: Why were there labels on these bottles? Why did some of them happen to be the ones his mission required? Did Ruan Mingchu know about his mission...?
Ruan Mingchu waved her hand in front of him, stopping his runaway thoughts.
Huo Tong instinctively leaned back, distancing himself from Ruan Mingchu. Realizing he'd acted too cowardly, he coughed twice, trying to appear calm. "How do we plan to cooperate?"
"I need DT potion, what else do you need?"
Huo Tong didn't want to tell the truth, but under Ruan Mingchu's captivating gaze, his mouth spoke against his will, "CL, I need CL potion."
“What a coincidence,” Ruan Mingchu placed the CL potion on the ground near Huo Tong. “Give me the nameless potion you found, and we’ll trade.”
To replace or not to replace, that is the question.
A problem that doesn't need to be considered.
Huo Tong was afraid that Ruan Mingchu would change her mind, so he quickly put his own medicine on Ruan Mingchu's side, picked up the CL potion, and submitted it.
Huo Tong only dared to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing the words "success" and "(1/11)".
"How did you find the labeled medicine?" Huo Tong asked while observing Ruan Mingchu's expression.
Ruan Mingchu flashed him a smile that left Huo Tong completely bewildered. "Well, that's a secret."
To know the secret, one must naturally pay a heavy price.
Huo Tong hesitated for a few seconds, then got up and went to a secluded corner to bring out a box full of unlabeled potions.
"I haven't searched for 1201 yet, but 1202-1206 are all here."
Ruan Mingchu gave him a thumbs up, while simultaneously cursing the system that couldn't support his use of mental power.
"Watch closely," Ruan Mingchu opened his task list, let the bracelet release a plate, and placed the entire box on the plate.
The task was successful, and the medicines were now labeled.
Huo Tong was dumbfounded. "Is that even possible?"
Ruan Mingchu told him to calm down, "Since we've given you a margin of error and there are no other clues, wouldn't it be foolish not to give it a try?"
Huo Sha Tongmo, who had been hesitant to experiment, was hoping to find a labeled medicine.
While Huo Tong was still there, Ruan Mingchu picked up the box and left. By the time Huo Tong came to his senses, everything was gone.
Damn it, the more beautiful the Omega is, the worse he is. Looking at the CL potion in his hand, Huo Tong's lips twitched. Should he thank him for leaving this for him?
It wasn't good to carry too many potions, so Ruan Mingchu found a secluded place to hide them, only carrying the DT potion needed for the first mission.
"I'm all done here," Ruan Mingchu said to Mu Yu as he headed towards Baiyang Trading Company. He selectively ignored the pop-up window from the system asking him to select a teammate to unlock the communication channel.
Let's see what they're capable of first; it's definitely not that we don't want to hear their voices.
"Yes, I'm heading to Baiyang Trade Center too." Mu Yu didn't ask Ruan Mingchu why she had completed the mission, but there were no new voices joining the communication. He also wanted to only hear Ruan Mingchu's voice.
As soon as Ruan Mingchu stopped speaking, Mu Yu could no longer hear the other end of the line. It was a specially designed communication channel that only transmitted sound when the bound user spoke.
Mu Yu mentally complained about this setup, otherwise he could hear what was happening on the other side, as if the two of them had never separated.
Traveling is boring, and even if you spare some of your energy to pay attention to your surroundings, it's still boring.
Ruan Mingchu tried to chat with Mu Yu, "I just met a contestant who is quite capable but not very bright. He actually put all the potions in my hands."
Mu Yu, with his wooden head, felt like he'd been shot in the knee, and could only quietly echo Ruan Mingchu in order to show his presence.
Sensing that Mu Yu wasn't interested in the topic, Ruan Mingchu changed the subject to food and drinks. Actually, he wanted to talk to Mu Yu about the Demon Heart, but that was clearly not a suitable topic to discuss during a live-streamed match.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes and successfully met up in front of Baiyang Trade Center.
Ruan Mingchu smiled, in a good mood, and was about to speak when she saw a small red dot suddenly appear on Mu Yu's temple and heard the sound of bullets whistling through the air in the distance.
Even though she knew Mu Yu could dodge, Ruan Mingchu still instinctively lunged forward, and the two rolled together until they reached behind a pillar.
At the same time, the bullet hit the ground, creating a small hole and a cloud of dust.
Looking at Mu Yu, whom she was pinning down, and feeling his burning body temperature, Ruan Mingchu belatedly realized that something was wrong.
"Aren't you going to get up?" Mu Yu looked in another direction, his ears turning bright red.
The words "He smells so good and is so soft" kept flooding my mind.
Ruan Mingchu quickly stood up and reached out to pull Mu Yu.
Mu Yu grasped Ruan Mingchu's fair and delicate hand and got up without any leverage.
Even after the hands were released, the sensation of their overlapping touch lingered.
Mu Yu's palms were rather rough, and Ruan Mingchu thought that his body had shrunk and was quite sensitive, so he rubbed them slightly and they started to itch.
Who knows if it's my heart that's itching or my hands that's itching?
"At eight o'clock, on the eighteenth floor of a residential building 1,300 meters away," Mu Yu said calmly, indicating where the bullet came from.
Ruan Mingchu looked over there, but could no longer see anyone. The ancient profession of sniper is rare in today's interstellar age, because snipers can't target star beasts; their guns are only aimed at their fellow humans.
He couldn't use his mental powers to determine whether the person was an NPC or a contestant. If they were a contestant, he would have to figure out if they were practicing sniping out of hobby or for some other reason.
Mu Yu's current side quest is
3. Find any document with a red stamp.
Quest Reward: Two bottles of red potions.
Ruan Mingchu's side quest is
2. Inject the dt agent into the experimental subject 1008.
I don't know if it's because he didn't choose to unlock any teammate's communication channel, but the reward for the second side quest that refreshed was no longer to unlock the communication channel, but "data of Experiment 1008".
Ruan Mingchu looked at the two people's tasks and decided to put the side quests aside for the time being. "Let's go rescue the survivors first, and then come back to these side quests when our score is high enough."
Mu Yu had no objection to this.
As soon as a contestant approaches a location where there are survivors in need of first aid, the system will automatically display "X survivors are present".
Once the player brings the survivor to a safe location, the system will display the route to the nearest rescue center. The rescue mission is only considered complete once the survivor is delivered to the rescue center.
Before the terrorist attack on the city, Baiyang Commercial and Trade Center was open for business. As the largest shopping mall in the city, it had a huge daily customer flow.
The system message indicated that there were hundreds of survivors here.
But this number is constantly decreasing, and it is unknown whether the survivors were rescued or killed.
Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu carefully entered through the employee entrance, back to back, protecting each other.
The first floor sells snacks and various jewelry, as well as a small supermarket. You can see that the valuable jewelry counters have been looted, but for some reason, the terrorists did not leave. Instead, they wandered around inside with guns, occasionally grabbing a snack.
Looking at this scene, Ruan Mingchu felt something was off. Guns and cannons are usually mounted on mechs because the effect of a person holding them is too small, far less powerful than their own skills.
Unless they weren't carrying ordinary guns.
Nguyen Minh Thu activated his skill, creating a slight noise away from the two of them, which immediately attracted the attention of the terrorists, and several bullets flew towards them with a "biubiu" sound.
Ruan Mingchu frowned, unable to see any special effects, and decided to snatch it to take a look.
There were a total of six terrorists. Ruan Mingchu planned to split the responsibility with Mu Yu, with each of them taking down three.
A charismatic Alpha wouldn't be so incompetent as to make his partner take action. With that in mind, Mu Yu cleanly and swiftly slit the throats of six terrorists almost instantly.
One of his innate skills, [Space Gate], allows him to teleport to any location within a hundred meters, making it ideal for surprise attacks. Mu Yu, who prefers head-on confrontations, has almost never used this skill.