Volume 3: Death in Progress Chapter 041: The Tide of Ghosts
"To put it bluntly, the ghost tide is equivalent to a forced donation, which is a means for the Death Base to force us executors to hand over our health points. Because the purpose of the existence of this Death Base is to make us continue to experience horror again and again, so it is naturally unwilling to let us easily collect the 100 health points and leave. The ghost tide lasts about five minutes, and within these five minutes, countless evil ghosts will emerge in this Death Base until the entire Death Base is filled to the brim. There will even be ghosts stepping on your head. If you want to survive this crisis, you have to exchange for a protective shield, and the exchange points for this protective shield are ten health points, and it can only be used once. You have to use your health points to exchange for a protective shield again during the next chaos."
When Li Xuan said this, Zhang Fengyu interrupted and asked, "What if a newcomer comes here just in time for the ghost riot? The newcomer has just completed the novice mission and it is impossible for him to have 10 health points. Does he have to wait for death?"
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "No, newcomers can also exchange health points for protective shields, but they don't exchange them like normal people, but like borrowing money at high interest rates. For example, you only have three health points, and a protective shield requires ten health points. If you want to exchange it, you can, but you will have to pay twice as much health points in the future, which means you need to pay back 14 health points."
Zhang Fengyu suddenly felt like something in his heart was shattered at this moment, that thing was called hope, the hope of escaping from this curse. Even if each mission was 10 health points, then three times would be 30 points, but the ghost tide would cost ten points. In the long run, the purpose was to increase the number of times they performed the mission, and increasing the number of times they performed the mission meant a greater possibility of failure.
"This damn curse! It simply doesn't want us to leave!!!"
Zhang Fengyu gritted his teeth and cursed fiercely. If he was not in Li Xuan's room, he would have smashed everything in the room to pieces.
Seeing Zhang Fengyu's expression at this moment, Li Xuan's eyes were also filled with hatred, but this hatred was quickly suppressed by her. She hated this curse more than Zhang Fengyu. The more tasks she experienced, the more she hated this curse. However, Li Xuan understood that hatred was useless. No matter how much she hated this curse, she would not be soft-hearted. They still had to face that cruel task.
"Okay, no matter how much you hate or how angry you are, it's useless. The curse won't become less difficult because of your hatred, nor will it disappear because of your anger. It's just like the earth won't stop spinning without you. Just get used to it slowly."
After hearing Li Xuan's words, Zhang Fengyu's heart finally calmed down by force. In his opinion, if Li Xuan, as a woman, could endure it, then he, as a man, could hold on even more!
Seeing Zhang Fengyu's expression gradually calm down, Li Xuan continued, "There is no such a chaotic tide of ghosts in the advanced death base, so naturally there is no need to hand in the ten health points every three missions. Besides, the location of the map will be published in the missions issued in the advanced death base."
"This map is the main route of the train that carries this Death Base. It is similar to a route sign. There are four such maps in total. If you find all of them, the train will not stop and will continue to drive to the destination."
“Does the route this train takes really have a destination?”
"Yes, that's the information I got. Moreover, everyone can find this map, and there is no competition between them. For example, if there are three executors, there will be 12 pieces of this map, so there is no need to worry about fighting between executors. However..."
Li Xuan obviously didn't say everything. Zhang Fengyu glanced at Li Xuan, who shook her head and said, "It's not a good thing to know now. After all, you have just completed a mission. The more you know, the more desperate you will be, and the more pressure you will feel. You are not an ordinary newcomer, you should understand this."
"Yes, I understand."
Zhang Fengyu understood Li Xuan's words very clearly. He thought that what Li Xuan said "but" must be extremely cruel. Zhang Fengyu didn't want to know too much now. He could now better appreciate Wang Lin's good intentions for him. He also understood why Wang Lin only briefly mentioned the ghost's chaos when explaining it to him. It was because Wang Lin didn't want to disappoint Zhang Fengyu. Wang Lin was afraid of undermining Zhang Fengyu's confidence in surviving as a newcomer, so he only gave Zhang Fengyu a general idea. Wang Lin had indeed fulfilled his responsibility.
After Zhang Fengyu simply digested what Li Xuan had just said to him, he asked again: "Since the advanced death base has so many advantages, why didn't Brother Wang go there at that time?"
"Because Captain Wang didn't have 50 health points, to go to the Advanced Death Base, one must not only be a captain, but also have 50 health points. If Captain Wang could have passed this mission, he could have tried to enter the Advanced Death Base, but unfortunately, he didn't succeed in this mission."
"Try?" Zhang Fengyu's heart tightened again when he heard the word. It was obvious that one could not enter the advanced death base just by meeting the requirements.
"Yes, it is an attempt, which means there is a possibility of failure, because the process of promotion is a mission, but this time you have to carry out the mission alone. However, you will not die if you fail, but the 50 health points will be deducted, and then you will return to the original death base. However, once the mission is successful, you will also receive a health reward for completing the mission, and you will enter the advanced death space."
"Why do I feel like this advanced death base is a trap? If the missions posted are impossible to complete, then isn't it just to deduct the 50 health points that I worked so hard to collect?"
After Li Xuan finished drinking the coffee in her cup, she sighed heavily: "Even if this is a trap, some people will choose to jump into it, because there is hope of survival in this trap. Now no one has ever left with 100 health points, so we don't know if we will receive an unsolvable task after almost 100 health points. The principle is the same. You can only know after trying."
Zhang Fengyu's faith was almost shattered . From what Li Xuan said, it was still a question whether the curse that gave them hope of leaving was a scam. But even if he knew that it was possible that all this was just a scam, what could he do?
Suicide? Waiting to die? Isn't he still struggling to live, hoping that all this is not a scam?
"It seems that knowing all this is not a good thing for me. Thank you for not telling me this before I started the mission, otherwise I would probably give up."
Zhang Fengyu gave Li Xuan a bitter smile. He had always had a good impression of Li Xuan, whether it was Li Xuan's appearance or the many times she had helped him out.
Li Xuan also smiled at Zhang Fengyu this time: "I'm glad you understand. There are some things I'm afraid you won't want to hear even if I want to tell you now. So let's end our conversation this time. I hope we can help each other solve the missions and survive in the future."
After saying that, Li Xuan also extended her slender hand to Zhang Fengyu. Zhang Fengyu was slightly stunned, and then put his hand on it: "I think it will!"
