Chapter 42 - Harvest

42 -46 Harvest

There was no delay or dizziness, and the scene before his eyes instantly changed back to the familiar bedroom where he had lived for seventeen years.

Li Cheng turned his head to look at the alarm clock on the table.

The clock hands showed the exact same time as when he entered the task, meaning that from the perspective of the real world, he had never left.

‘If a player dies in a script task and is teleported out as a corpse, then to others, it would seem that the person was fine one second and then suddenly lost their head the next, which must be quite a bizarre scene…’

Thinking this, Li Cheng’s usually stoic expression broke, and he hastily pulled an Odor Remover from his Backpack and sprayed himself chaotically.

The hacking and slashing just now had been too unrestrained, and he hadn’t noticed the blood that had splattered all over him, making a dirty mess.

“If only the killing field game came with a cleaning function, I could shout ‘Main God!

Clean everyone!

Deduct the points from me!'”

Li Cheng muttered to himself, took off his dirty clothes, and stowed them in his Backpack.

He found a clean set of clothes from the wardrobe to change into, then sat back in front of his computer desk and opened up the freshly generated mission log.

Li Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

The various tasks in the killing field game are rated based on the player’s final performance, ranging from C- to S+.

The higher the rating, the better the rewards received.

“The reason I got an S+ rating is not only because I used just 30 minutes, which is half of the time limit, to pass the three-layered chamber but also because I unveiled the true mystery behind the chamber games.

I found the designer of the chambers directly.”

Li Cheng tapped his cheek with his finger, pondering seriously, “Upon review, this novice task was quite ingeniously designed.

The first chamber with seawater actually gave players roughly twenty minutes.

Even if one hasn’t heard of the song ‘Drunken Sailor’, by using brute force to smash the door, with enough time and effort, they could break through the captain’s wooden door and get the crucial tools – the sextant and the maritime clock.

Secondly, even if one didn’t understand the sextant, they could simply use the maritime clock’s clue to calculate the longitude 759, then use the elimination method to unlock the combination lock—after all, the first two digits of the latitude have only 90 possibilities.”

“The second chamber, though seemingly inescapable and would crush a person into a pulp if the code wasn’t solved, also left an escape route: crawling into the stone fireplace and taking a chance.”

“As for the third chamber, it’s even simpler.

Whether the player chooses to save Mike or not, it doesn’t affect the final outcome.”

“From this perspective, as a novice task, the killing field takes care of both puzzle enthusiasts with a certain base and ordinary people who can think calmly.

To a certain extent, it’s quite…

fair.”

However, it’s naturally better to clear the game perfectly.

New players can quickly obtain the most important Experience Points by raising their task ratings, level up, and earn some free attribute points to enhance their physical base attributes.

After passing the novice stage, an increase in player rating can also boost the chance of obtaining precious items from the task rewards.

If a player wants to just scrape by, only getting the lowest rating each time, they’ll likely perish in increasingly difficult tasks.

One must seize every opportunity to strengthen oneself in order to survive the death spiral.

With a 1.6x multiplier from the S rating, Li Cheng received 160 Experience Points and 320 Game Coin this time.

After claiming the rewards, he was prompted that he had reached Lv2, with the current Experience Bar at 60/200.

“According to the official exchange rate where one point of game currency can be swapped for ten thousand RMB, just this one task has earned me over three million, gamers really do make a profitable profession.”

Li Cheng smacked his lips, looking at the third reward.

In the virtual interface, a sheepskin scroll tied up with hemp rope floated in the air, emitting a blue glow.

The moment of thrilling treasure chest opening had arrived.

Li Cheng rubbed his palms together anxiously, just like a fly, and whispered a command, “Open!”

The hemp rope suddenly snapped, and the sheepskin scroll burst into a bright light.

[Special Effect: Fog Concealment.

Generates a continuous dense fog with a 20 meter diameter centered on the caster.

Within the fog’s range, the caster’s voice, heat reflections, and presence will be diminished]

[Consumption: 1 point of Spiritual Power Value per second.

The consumption increases by 1 point of Spiritual Power Value per second for every additional meter the fog expands]

[Note: During casting, the dense fog will follow the center placed by the caster.

If the caster leaves or stops casting, the fog will dissipate at the rate of normal fog based on environmental effects.]

[Note: Today, our frontline reporter was fortunate enough to interview Mr.

Zabuza Momochi, the Ghost of the Hidden Mist, who once single-handedly fought to a draw with the Sixth Hokage of Wood Leaf Village and suppressed the Seventh Hokage with a single water clone and a descendant of the equally renowned Uchiha Clan, securing his reputation across the Ninja World and making unilateral decisions for ages]

“Uh…”

Li Cheng’s eyes glazed over, struggling to shift his gaze away from the amusingly detailed skill note.

Skill scrolls in the killing field game are divided into two types based on usage: and .

As the name implies, the former has a certain number of uses, triggered by tearing, chanting, sacrificing, etc.

Once all uses are depleted, it will self-destruct.

The latter allows players to learn the skill recorded on the scroll, and this process usually consumes the scroll (only a few scrolls allow multiple learnings).

Generally speaking, the effects of consumable scrolls are more potent than learning type scrolls.

As for the skill’s , they’re roughly divided into , , , , , , and so on, each with many subcategories.

For example, could include Spell, Illusion Technique, Divine Arts, witchcraft, Curse…

could include Cooking, Forging, Medical, Fishing…

Some skills that are difficult to classify are placed under the category.

Furthermore, due to the extraordinary complexity of the Extraordinary Power System connected to the killing field, the concept of is universally used as an indicator of the player’s possessed extraordinary energy.

The formula is: (50% Intelligence points + 50% Perception points) × 50 = Spiritual Power Value points.

This is only the most basic source of Spiritual Power Value; players can increase their maximum Spiritual Power Value and recovery speed through various methods (such as practicing Inner Strength, Chakra, Original Force, etc.).

At Li Cheng’s current blank slate status, he has 300 points of Spiritual Power Value.

“Leveling up to Lv2 gave me one free attribute point, just enough to meet the learning conditions for the Fog Concealment Skill, but there’s no hurry right now.”

Li Cheng thought for a moment and didn’t rush to use up the learning type scroll.

Instead, he opened the player forum again, gathered some information, then clicked on his panel and chose to log into the Physical Killing Field.

The players’ black market there had been operating for four and a half years, with potentially greater opportunities.

Perhaps he could use the 320 Game Coins in hand to buy something useful.