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It's better to underestimate an old man with white hair than to underestimate a poor young man.
In the God's Space, the saying goes, "Don't underestimate a newcomer. You never know when a newbie might overtake you and trample you underfoot."
However, this is relative, because the overall potential evaluation of the God Space has already determined a person's future. It is indeed necessary to befriend those with unlimited potential, but how to treat cannon fodder-level newcomers depends on one's mood.
Now, Liu Bolong looks down on these people and is too lazy to befriend them. The reason is that Qin Qingyu, whom he had previously taken a liking to, insisted on staying by the side of a comatose piece of trash. He originally wanted to take Qin Qingyu into his harem, but for some reason, when Liu Bolong was about to take action, he felt a strange tremor in his heart.
It was this kind of intuition, similar to a sixth sense, that he had always believed in within the Main God Space, that made him abandon this behavior, even though he couldn't figure out why.
He initially led the team with the mindset of not offending anyone, but unfortunately, their performance along the way was so poor that he didn't want to respect them anymore.
"A bunch of cowardly, short-sighted fools," Liu Bolong sneered.
The other seven people swallowed hard, not daring to speak.
After a while, the old man in his seventies slowly spoke: "Young man, we have indeed been hungry and thirsty after traveling such a long distance. We are not as strong as you; we are just ordinary people. If we do not replenish our energy, the little boy and I will probably collapse first."
The old man paused, then said slowly, "From what I've observed along the way, you haven't abandoned us just because the child and I are a burden. On the contrary, you've tried your best to take care of us. And look at your attitude now... In other words, although we are just a drag, we are not dispensable. In fact, we have a certain value in your heart, right?"
As he spoke, a glint of light flashed in the old man's eyes, and he continued, "The value of this is neither great nor small. The current situation is not at the point where we should abandon ourselves, is it?"
The old man smiled as he said this.
Liu Bolong glanced at him in surprise, then gave him an approving look. "Not bad. I didn't expect I would misjudge you. You're quite smart. It's a pity you're too old, otherwise you would definitely have a place in the God's Space. Of course, that's not absolute. As long as you have enough survival points to exchange for treasures that increase lifespan, then your future may not be so bad."
After saying that, Liu Bolong glanced coldly at the others, "Just as this old man said, you are indeed useful to me, but only useful, not to the point of having to protect me even if I have to take risks. For the sake of this old man, I can give you food and water now."
"Originally, I thought that starving you a little more would make you realize the reality more clearly."
After saying this, Liu Bolong jumped off the rooftop.
About half an hour later, he returned carrying a burlap sack. He emptied the contents of the sack, revealing a pile of slightly yellowed leaves and relatively fresh, seemingly freshly cut wood, along with some other trash.
"Is this all we're going to eat?" the older woman couldn't help but say. "I have bad teeth."
Liu Bolong snorted, said nothing, then clasped his hands together and shouted, "Ingredients ready!"
A golden magic circle appeared beneath the pile of leaves and wood. A flash of golden light, and the original leaves and wood disappeared, turning into a dozen or so black loaves of bread and several bottles of white liquid in gray-black bottles.
Seeing the shocked looks on everyone's faces, Liu Bolong nodded with satisfaction. He had deliberately saved this move for now to use in front of everyone, in order to further enhance his cohesion and persuasiveness within the team.
"Eat up. After we finish eating, we'll rest for half an hour and then set off. Our destination is that hospital up ahead."
Liu Bolong pointed ahead with his right hand and said, "The place I'm talking about isn't very clear to others either. It's a place I saw when I flew up high and chose to settle down."
Why choose a hospital? Because hospitals are generally well-equipped, and more importantly, he was interested in the medical supplies. Even if they were expired, as long as the basic components still existed, he could reconstitute them.
Moreover, surrounding a hospital, other shops and supplies are bound to be plentiful.
……
Abandoned store
Li Wei and Qin Qingyu stared at each other, their eyes locked in a silent, intense stare.
Qin Qingyu's lips twitched as she said, "Li Wei, are you really human? Or are you a veteran pretending to be a newbie?"
Li Wei looked at Qin Qingyu speechlessly: "What do you think is about me that's not human? My ridiculously handsome looks? My perfectly toned eight-pack abs?"
Qin Qingyu was silent for a while, then said, "Li Wei, I'm serious. I don't think you're faking amnesia to play tricks on me based on your behavior along the way. Do you think it's possible that you're an old man from the Main God Space, and your brain was accidentally injured during a conflict or battle?"
Seeing Qin Qingyu's appearance, Li Wei also became serious. "Just look at my clothes and you'll know it's impossible. If I really lost my memory due to the battle, then my clothes would definitely be tattered. On the contrary, I am dressed neatly and have no injuries on my body. In other words, I did not lose my memory due to external factors."
"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are other unpredictable methods in the Main God Space, but I should not be a person from the Main God Space."
"Why?" Qin Qingyu asked curiously.
"The reason is simple: because of the mission."
“My mission is the same as yours, which means that this is also my first time in this God Space. If I were an old-timer, my mission would definitely be different from yours.”
However, this makes his identity somewhat mysterious. The power to easily kill non-human monsters with a single punch, as well as his inexplicable ability to perceive things, all indicate that his origins are not so simple.
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Chapter 238 New Abilities Emerge
After thinking for a while, Li Wei stopped pondering it. He would naturally know his identity when his memories returned. Right now, there were hardly any clues, so there was no point in thinking about it any further.
"Just wait for me."
After saying this, Li Wei took the lead in action. His movements were very fast, much more agile than before. After killing the albino humanoid, he clearly felt that his physical fitness had improved dramatically and stabilized without weakening.
His attribute panel now looks like this:
Name: Li Wei
Constitution: 50
Power: 63
Agility: 70
Stamina: 55
Potential: To be determined
Skill: Unreadable
Talent: None?
On Li Wei's panel, his talent was originally marked as "None," but now there is a question mark after "None," indicating a tone of doubt. If other senior reincarnators knew about this, it would probably cause a huge uproar.
This... is a challenge to the authority of the supreme god who dominates the main god space, who is all-knowing and all-powerful!
Unfortunately, this situation that shakes one's faith will remain unknown, at least for now, and Li Wei is not a gossip and will not tell others about it. Unless some special unexpected event occurs, this strange talent assessment is destined to sink to the bottom of the sea and remain unknown to anyone.
After Li Wei left, an occasional loud bang could be heard. About ten minutes later, Li Wei returned to Qin Qingyu's side covered in blood. The smell of blood made Qin Qingyu instinctively shrink her nose.
"Alright, this building is safe for now. I've killed all the albino humanoids hiding inside," Li Wei said, wiping the blood from his forehead.
Because his physical abilities have improved several times over, his hearing has become much more sensitive than that of ordinary people. As a result, he can locate people by sound and roughly know where the albino humanoids are. This is why he can trust Qin Qingyu to stay here alone. As long as he senses something is wrong, he can quickly return to Qin Qingyu's side to rescue her, given his agility, which is even faster than that of the albino humanoids.
"There are quite a few rooms on the second floor. Choose one that you find comfortable and rest there," Li Wei instructed.
"how about you?"
"Me? I have something to do and need to leave for a bit. I also have an idea to verify. I'll be back soon. Don't worry, there aren't any monsters like the one we just saw within a few dozen meters around here."
Li Wei gave Qin Qingyu a reassuring look, and Qin Qingyu nodded before heading towards the stairs. Since the mall had been abandoned for who knows how long, the original elevators were no longer in use, so they had to walk up.
From the moment he killed the albino humanoid, Li Wei had been shrouded in mystery in Qin Qingyu's mind. But for some reason, Qin Qingyu didn't feel much fear towards the mysterious and unknown Li Wei. On the contrary, she felt a slight... attraction to him.
It wasn't because of Li Wei's heroic performance, nor was it because of the charm he displayed; it seemed as if some strange force was at work, influencing his inner self.
This was Qin Qingyu's intuition telling her that she wasn't the type of girl who would fall in love at first sight, nor would she be easily swayed by a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario.
After finishing his conversation with Qin Qingyu, Li Wei went to the street outside the mall and started running, starting at 3 meters per second, then 7 meters, 10 meters, 15 meters...
Just as he reached the limit of his current agility, a thought suddenly struck him, and his speed increased by another third!
"Is that really the case?"
Li Wei murmured something under his breath.
The albino humanoid's information states that it has a skill called Sprint Acceleration. This is why the albino humanoid that attacked Li Wei was much faster than the 17 Agility points on the panel, which is also the main reason why Qin Qingyu could not react in time. Perhaps Qin Qingyu could not perceive it, but he was very sensitive to data and could naturally feel it.
Li Wei's current acceleration is achieved by using the albino humanoid's sprint acceleration.
He didn't know the principle behind this skill; he only knew that the activation condition was that he had to run, and that this would accelerate the consumption of his stamina.
He learned a skill whose principles were unclear, and used it without any awkwardness. He couldn't explain why. It was like a genius inspiration or the blessing of some power.
The mystery surrounding her is growing ever stronger.
Unbeknownst to Li Wei, at the moment he activated this skill, a faint seven-colored light flashed in his eyes. These seven colors were different from the seven colors of a rainbow; they were black, purple, red, yellow, gray, white, and green.
Among them, the green ones that shimmer are particularly eye-catching.
It's a pity that Li Wei is the only one here. Otherwise, if there were other people present, they would definitely have witnessed this incomprehensible scene.
Now that Li Wei has lost his memory, abilities completely different from those he had before are beginning to appear in him...
After about five or six minutes, Li Wei had a full understanding of his physical abilities, so he walked back to the mall he had just left. In his opinion, the sprint acceleration move was a pretty good skill, at least it could play a big role in escaping or chasing.
Moreover, it is also very effective when used for surprise attacks.
Main God Space —
A white orb of light from an unknown location flashed a red light, representing a warning signal, right after Li Wei killed the albino humanoid.
"Anomalies detected. Target location: No. 198, the beginner dungeon, Wasteland City."
"Abnormal individual successfully located: Li Wei, the 198372nd reincarnator."
"Cause of the anomaly...Detection in progress..."
"The cause could not be determined; a hazard assessment is underway..."
"Danger level unknown... Article 183 of the Main God's Code shall be adopted."
"The target individuals are tentatively defined as individuals with low potential (small) who are considered to be exceptional and will be treated as newcomers outside the established norms."
"The difficulty of the desolate city has been adjusted, and the potential assessment process has been changed."
"Adopt the best solution, with the sixth option as a backup."
"The mission in the desolate city has been changed."
Just as the giant white egg stopped flashing its red light, all the newcomers, including Li Wei, heard a system notification sound:
"Due to special circumstances, the Reincarnator's mission has been changed."
"New mission issued - Crisis in the Wasteland City".
Content: For some reason, a dangerous aura began to permeate this nameless, desolate city, an aura that stirred the lurking darkness. To struggle for survival in nightmares or to find release in terror... that is the question.
Time: 15 days
Mission Reward: 5000 Survival Points + ?
Li Wei looked at it and didn't feel anything, but he felt that the main god was a bit unpredictable, and his physiological cycle might be a bit disordered.
However, when veteran Liu Bolong heard about the new mission, his face turned ashen, as if his mother had died...
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PPP: No more resurrections, stable updates now. What's so fun about games? What's so interesting about phones? Why not just write? ╰(*°▽°*)╯
I'm thinking of getting a recommendation from Sister Wu after updating steadily for a while, so I can get some energy back...
Chapter 239 Natural disasters are nothing but a joke to me
"Your missions have all turned out like that?" Liu Bolong asked again, his face ashen, unwilling to give up.
After the people below obsequiously responded with a "yes," Liu Bolong's expression became even more unpleasant.
The mission reward of 5,000 survival points plus? He knew very well what that meant. It meant that the basic reward for this mission alone was 5,000 survival points, not to mention that more rewards would be given based on performance.
This level of mission is definitely not something these newcomers would receive, even with a veteran like him leading the team. In his memory, this kind of basic reward that exceeds 5,000 survival points only appears in the Azi God Space, among those legendary figures, who are the strongest at the top of this space, reigning supreme.
For example, the one who called himself the East District Lord had a terrifying 10,000 basic reward in the newbie dungeon. This was said by the people who survived with him. Although no one knows how many survival points the East District Lord ultimately got, some people speculate that it was definitely no less than 20,000.
Getting 20,000 survival points from a beginner dungeon is unbelievable to veterans. Even those who have been through the cycle of reincarnation more than ten times only earn a few thousand points from a single dungeon, let alone tens of thousands.
Liu Bolong immediately realized that he had probably been drawn into a dungeon for a newcomer, a top-tier expert second only to the East District Chief.
He didn't know why this change happened, nor did he suspect the Main God Space. He simply assumed that they might have triggered some latent condition, or that for some special reason, the Main God had replaced the two tasks that were originally of equal difficulty. After all, the content of their original survival task was extremely vague, and the difficulty level was judged by him based on the performance of these people and his own strength.
Such temporary adjustments have occurred before.
The reason that ultimately led Liu Bolong to the above conclusion was that his task had not changed, and the reward was still a question mark, meaning that the reward would be based on performance, and poor performance would even result in deductions.
"So, at least one of them is so cunning that even I can't see through him..." Liu Bolong thought to himself as he looked at everyone present.
……
Inside an abandoned room on the second floor of the mall.
Qin Qingyu looked at Li Wei in disbelief, because right in front of Li Wei was a machine that looked like an automatic water dispenser. It looked dilapidated, but just now Li Wei had told her that this dilapidated machine was called a food maker and had a built-in filtration function!
"Li Wei, are you sure you're not lying to me? I'm not seven years old this year." Qin Qingyu said righteously. Even if this thing wasn't as magical as Li Wei said, she was still very surprised because Li Wei's hands-on ability was beyond her imagination.
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