Chapter 143: Fateful Choice
[Simulation Ended]
[Remaining Simulation Attempts: 6]
[Obtained random items that appeared in this event*6]
[Obtained Title: Most Valuable Exhibit]
[Detected persistent special spiritual contamination in the shelter, cleaning in progress...]
[Cleaning completed]
Lin Ye opened his eyes on the shelter bed. Just as he had anticipated, as long as he returned to the absolutely safe shelter, the system would help him deal with that illness.
What surprised him was that the anomaly capable of affecting the body through spiritual means to produce various stages of illness was actually just a special type of spiritual contamination.
'So the fourth stage means directly confronting the contamination source? Or will something else appear?'
Lin Ye certainly wouldn't let the illness progress to the fourth stage out of curiosity, so he could only remain curious. "Thanks, this time I was admired by your kind for quite a while."
Tapping the fish tank, Lin Ye poured some concentrated nutrient solution for the goldfish.
"Blub blub."
The goldfish waved its beautiful tail and blew a few bubbles at him.
"True, separated by a fish tank, it's hard to say which side is the observer and which is the observed."
Though he felt this pop-eyed goldfish was hinting at something rude, Lin Ye didn't say much due to mental fatigue.
After tending to the plants and animals for a while and finishing the lavish lunch he prepared, Lin Ye finally began examining the loot.
The six items were: two dead fish, a dark red card, a pitch-black train ticket, a water-blue admission ticket, and a small white statue.
Lin Ye first picked up the dark red card depicting a young girl.
[Flesh and Blood Spirit Entity Sealed Card]
[A new entity born in the Stomach, its spirit originating from a certain high-risk special spiritual contamination and a newborn deity]
[Note: Warning, after using this card, the survivor's spirit will reconnect with the high-risk contamination source. Leaving the shelter will restart the contamination process]
The young girl stood vividly on the card, with fleshy tendrils carved along the edges. Behind her were layers of dark red flesh membrane.
[...]
Putting away the card, Lin Ye picked up the two dead fish.
[Salted Fish Thrust]
[Salted fish capable of teleportation. After stabbing an enemy, it will turn them into more salted fish]
[Note: The time for harvest has come]
The salted fish glared at Lin Ye with dead fish eyes, seemingly expressing dissatisfaction.
"Holy crap! This is too treacherous! Good thing someone as kind and virtuous as me obtained such a sinister item. I'll use it properly."
Storing the salted fish, Lin Ye picked up the pitch-black train ticket.
[Subway Ticket - Restaurant Station]
[A ticket that can be used at any subway station to travel to Restaurant Station]
[Note: The feast has long been prepared, they have been waiting for quite some time]
The word "Restaurant" was written in the center of the ticket, below which was a long dining table filled with various bizarre foods. A smiling attendant stood on each side of the table.
"Only an idiot would go! You don't expect me to bring a whole train of passengers to Restaurant Station, do you?"
Putting away the ticket, Lin Ye picked up the water-blue admission ticket.
[Aquarium Admission Ticket]
[After use, you can visit the aquarium to admire various beautiful and unique deep-sea creatures. Additionally, with this ticket you can participate in various interesting deep-sea interactive activities]
[Note: This is an extremely rare VIP ticket for two. Nobody can refuse such a date invitation]
The water-blue ticket was printed with various colorful cartoon fish smiling. If Lin Ye hadn't just escaped from that pitch-black deep sea, he might have considered visiting.
"Why are they all such creepy things? Who would want to go on a date at that kind of aquarium?"
Putting away the admission ticket, Lin Ye picked up the final item.
[Deep Sea Statue]
[A statue originating from the deep sea. Carrying it makes you prone to encounter special events related to the deep sea]
[Note: Warning, survivor rank too low. Do not actively engage with special events related to the deep sea]
The deep sea statue was a small white humanoid figure of unknown material, carved to resemble an alien human with deep-sea creature characteristics. Only a few centimeters long, it could be held in hand.
Lin Ye directly threw the deep sea statue into the basement junk pile. He didn't want to encounter anything related to the deep sea during simulations or system missions.
After checking the item information, Lin Ye used the system to view his new title.
[Most Valuable Exhibit]
[You were rated by numerous deep-sea creatures as the most valuable exhibit of this exhibition]
[Note: Which among them do you think is the most valuable exhibit?]
"I prefer the ruined deep-sea structures. The fish schools are nice too, quite beautiful."
After dealing with the loot, Lin Ye took the rune card - Weakening - and several bottles of nutrient solution to the game room.
After using the rune card in the game room, Lin Ye practiced spiritual energy circulation while playing cards. Recently he had been planning to increase his spiritual energy circulation count.
Completing the spiritual energy circulation, Lin Ye bid farewell to the attendant and returned to the shelter.
With some time still remaining before the Nighttime Activity, Lin Ye entered the spiritual energy workshop to digest runes and attempt to create new spiritual energy items.
Before the Nighttime Activity began, Lin Ye left the workshop to prepare dinner.
While cooking, Lin Ye was still contemplating how to utilize the Weakening rune. He hadn't yet managed to integrate the Weakening rune into his combat system.
After preparing dinner, Lin Ye opened the group chat while eating.
(527684/1000000)
"A new week has begun again."
"No, it started in the morning."
"Feels like the day only truly begins after completing the Nighttime Activity."
"Shouldn't today be Maze Exploration?"
"Probably, hope I can get a shelter upgrade blueprint today."
"Have you all advanced already?"
"Of course, feels like the system will spawn a bunch of second-stage creatures in the maze, otherwise there won't be enough mutation organs to go around."
"Don't say that, I haven't advanced yet."
"Then you better hurry up, don't die before Old Feng."
Yu Feng: ?
"Haha, Old Feng, you're browsing the group chat again."
[Nighttime Activity Beginning]
[Tonight's Activity: Maze Exploration]
[Join?]
[09:59]
"Join."
"Maze Exploration, activate!"
"Hope everyone gets shelter upgrade blueprints, except Old Feng."
Yu Feng: Without that first blueprint, even if I get one I can't use it.
"That's too tragic."
...
Lin Ye, fully armed, sat on the bed feeding the goldfish. Not sure if it was his imagination, but the goldfish seemed a bit fatter than in the morning.
[00:01]
[00:00]
........................
[Nighttime Activity Beginning]
[3:59:59]
[Obtained Special Skill: Fate]
[Fate]
[After using this skill, you will receive guidance from fate. You can choose to accept or reject fate (1/1)]
[Note: Don't be quick to refuse, because after refusing, you'll never know what exactly you missed]
Lin Ye awoke on the red floor, surrounded by the familiar red maze.