Chapter 47 - Death Curse 2

While carrying out the Script Task, players are assigned identities by the system and assume certain roles.

In the eyes of ordinary NPCs within the Script Task, players’ appearances, manners, and mannerisms will be consistent with the past behavior of their assigned characters.

Even if players are holding guns or magic wands, as long as it’s not too excessive, it will be obscured by the Slaughter Field system.

However, when players are in a team performing a task, they see each other as they look at the moment of teleportation.

Like now.

Li Cheng observed the three companions in the car.

Seated in the driver’s seat was a short-haired, bespectacled young man wearing a white jacket and jeans, lean in build, with heavy dark circles under his eyes.

On the backseat to the left, there was a girl in a long dress who was unremarkable, had thick glasses, a face with a few freckles, and long hair.

Also in the backseat, on the right side, was a young girl, with a ponytail, wearing a black suit, pretty in appearance, but with a timid expression and a panic in her eyes that none of the other three had.

While Li Cheng was observing the others, he was also being watched with strange looks by the three of them.

The reason was that Li Cheng’s attire was somewhat astonishing.

He was dressed in a yellow Daoist robe from Maoshan, with a bulletproof vest underneath, a cross necklace around his neck, an Islamic scripture in his left hand, an assault rifle in his right, a night vision device on his head, and several strands of blessed Buddhist beads on his wrist.

This ensemble was a bizarre mix, akin to a mishmash, making one want to critique but unsure where to even begin.

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[The team of four had no choice but to return to the television station.

On the way back, they saw something that caused their car to crash into the water…]

Splash, splash—

The task briefing ended, and river water kept pouring into the minivan through the gaps in the windows and doors, with the entire vehicle slowly sinking to the bottom of the river.

“The task is called ‘Death Curse,’ and ‘sinister death events’ are mentioned in the briefing, with no punishment for failure.”

The young man with dark circles sighed, “Supernatural script tasks with no failure penalties are the biggest penalty.

Well, let’s get out of the car first.”

After he spoke, his figure became translucent, turned into a string of green numbers 0s and 1s, and floated out of the top of the car, reaching the shore.

The long-haired girl in the backseat on the left rolled down the window, gracefully flipped to the top of the car, and jumped to the shore.

Li Cheng pushed open the car door, stepping into the icy river water, saw the ponytailed girl in the backseat struggling to untie her seatbelt, sweating profusely with panic.

He reached over to help her open the door, unbuckle the seatbelt, and swam with her to the shore.

With the four escaping successfully, the young man with dark circles quickly stated: “To avoid confusion for newcomers, let me explain.

In the Slaughter Field Game’s team tasks, there’s no ‘friendly fire block’ setting, meaning players can attack each other, though the attack effect is somewhat reduced.

Moreover, continuous attempts to harm teammates will be deemed as malicious behavior by the system.

This can result in severe consequences, such as lowering the player’s level or transforming the next task into a punishment task.

Thus, to an extent, team members’ safety can be somewhat assured, and you don’t have to be too worried about stabs in the back from teammates.

Now we’re all in the same boat and must cooperate fully.

To show my sincerity, I’ll announce my player ID first.”

He snapped his fingers, and a line of text appeared above his head.

Li Cheng raised an eyebrow.

The young man with dark circles had Lv7 marked at the end of his hovering text, showing his current level, with as his ID and as his title.

After reaching Level 5, players unlock the title system.

The Slaughter Field assigns specific evaluations based on players’ performance during tasks.

According to this evaluation, players are granted a special ability, akin to a Skill that doesn’t occupy a slot in the Skill Bar.

Players can obtain multiple titles but can only equip one at a time, and changing titles has a 48-hour cooldown.

“Since you’ve put it that way.”

The long-haired girl snapped her fingers, revealing her own ID,

The ponytailed girl in the suit timidly raised her hand,

And finally, Li Cheng,

“Three Lv2s and just one Lv7, what’s Slaughter Field up to, treating me like a nanny…”

Stack Soldier rubbed his temples, his eyes swept over the gold badge on Little Red Riding Hood’s chest on the black suit, “Oh?

Are you from the Sun Island Special Affairs Bureau?”

“Yes…

yes,” Little Red Riding Hood stuttered.

Like the Special Incident Department of the FBI in the United States and the Special Affairs Bureau of the Eastern Giant, Japan had also established its official agency known as the Special Affairs Bureau.

The gold badge was their insignia.

“Don’t be so nervous, with the four of us, the average level is just 3.25.

The difficulty shouldn’t be too high.”

Stack Soldier gave a friendly smile but was quietly contemplating in his mind.

In team tasks issued by Slaughter Field, the strength of team members is generally not too disparate, and each member’s abilities are relatively complementary.

For example, the system wouldn’t assign four players specialized in Medical Skills to carry out a purely combat-type task.

Stack Soldier himself had completed several solo missions, team tasks, and followed the seniors from the guild he joined to explore Physical Killing Fields, possessing considerable experience.

Among all Level 7 players, his strength should rank in the upper-mid tier.

With his level of skill, the system would likely not assign him three complete newbies just to hold him back – implying that among Jingzhe Xiazi, Little Red Riding Hood, and Ant, someone must be hiding their true level.

This person might have already come in contact with Extraordinary Elements and become a Transcendent before becoming a player.

Hence, even at Level 2, they could be on par with Stack Soldier in the system’s ratings.

Considering Little Red Riding Hood is from the Sun Island Special Affairs Bureau, the chances are high that it’s her…

“Buzzzz—”

A loud noise interrupted Stack Soldier’s musings.

He turned his head towards the source of the sound and exclaimed, “Jesus man, what are you doing?”

He saw that player called Ant, who had somehow dug out a diesel engine, a power strip, an ironing board, and an iron; he was ironing the Daoist robe he had taken off, like a housewife managing household chores.