Chapter 384: Surprise Box
After finishing lunch, the cruise ship arrived at the plane where Ayla and the others were located.
"Then, see you next time?"
Ayla smiled as she bid farewell to Lin Ye.
"I hope the next time we meet is in a slightly more normal place."
Though Lin Ye himself rarely went to normal places.
"I hope so too."
Ayla stared blankly out the glass window at the deep blue sea, lost in thought.
"Thank you so much this time. You should receive a gift prepared by our family later. I hope you don't mind."
Kama bowed her head to say goodbye to Lin Ye.
"Oh? Will it be delivered to the Shelter?" The system seemed to have some kind of connection with many planes. Lin Ye could roughly guess how the system operated, but he still didn't understand the system's purpose in doing all this.
"Of course."
The attendant knocked on the door. Kama and Ayla, along with the two still unconscious people, followed the attendant and left the room.
After seeing off Ayla and the others, Lin Ye returned to the table. The old man was still unconscious, with the eyeball little dog squatting on his head. Only Little Red and Lin Ye remained in the room.
"Be careful with tonight's task."
Little Red, sitting across the table, took a sip of fish soup and then dropped a portion of hand-pulled noodles into the pot.
"The Mining Area Task? Isn't that a resource task that all Survivors can do? Is it that dangerous?"
Lin Ye hadn't really considered this point. He had been planning to use the night's task to relax a bit.
"Why would you think a task involving seizing resources isn't dangerous? For other Survivors it might be okay, but your strength is too high, so it will definitely involve very high-end resources. Tasks related to that kind of resource are exceptionally dangerous."
Little Red picked up the hand-pulled noodles with her chopsticks into a bowl, added savory and spicy seasoning on top, and put in some side dishes.
"What kind of task would it be?"
Lin Ye also cooked a bowl of hand-pulled noodles for himself. When eating hot pot, he especially liked to cook some noodles or rice noodles to eat with the dipping sauce.
"Because it's related to the system, no one can predict what the task will be. But there will definitely be people trying to hinder you from completing it. Resources are limited. Once you complete the task, someone will lose their resource allocation ratio."
Little Red was very familiar with the system's operational methods. Those organizations connected to the system, while unable to directly interfere with Lin Ye's tasks, could use the system to increase his task difficulty.
Of course, the harder the task, the more precious the resources obtained in the end. This was the system's 'fairness'.
The system would not assign tasks beyond a weak person's level, but it would assign tasks exceeding limits to the strong.
Therefore, among the Survivors cultivated by the system, the mortality rate for the weak was average, but the mortality rate for the strong was extremely high. Those who survived were the truly strong.
"I see... Why does your taste match mine?"
Lin Ye quickly finished the noodles in his bowl.
"You are connected to the divine seat. Of course I am influenced by you. It's not a bad thing. If one day you see me holding a bowl of raw offal, then we're probably about to be finished."
Little Red dropped a plate of offal into the pot.
"It likes offal?"
Lin Ye actually also liked eating offal because each type had a different texture.
"It likes organs with special structures. It even has a special organ collection room filled with various special organs from different sources. Some of the organs come from deities It has killed."
Little Red didn't tell Lin Ye that the collection room was actually her masterpiece.
"... A backup food storage room?"
Distracted, Lin Ye glanced at the glass window beside the dining table. The seawater outside was a normal blue, but drifting within it were large amounts of gray, net-like, flocculent substances.
'Is that some kind of marine litter?'
"That's not a food storage room, and this isn't marine litter. It's some kind of defense mechanism. I don't quite understand the specific operating principle either... The humans of this plane are very terrifying. You'd better not let them catch any flaws."
Little Red admired the scene outside the window, ate the last piece of fish head, and with lunch concluded, the cruise ship was about to dock.
"... I understand."
Lin Ye had never let down his guard against the organization because his talent ability was too strange.
Why did the system want him to go to the organization's plane to complete tasks? Was there some connection between the system and the organization? Were there other Survivors with similar talent abilities?
Until these questions were clarified, Lin Ye would remain vigilant.
The attendant knocked on the door. Lin Ye took the old man and left the room.
There was no need for farewells because they were always connected by the divine seat. Farewells were unnecessary.
Boarding the deck, Lin Ye saw the familiar port.
As soon as he stepped off the cruise ship, a group of fully armed overseers surrounded them. Lin Ye hurriedly recounted his and the old man's experiences. After contacting the overseers, the simulation task also ended.
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【Simulation Ended】
【Remaining Simulation Attempts: 8】
【Obtained Random Items Appearing in this Event *8】
【Obtained Title: Escape Master】
Lin Ye opened his eyes on the bed in the Shelter. The Butterfly was still perched on his head. The time was already afternoon.
This simulation consumed a relatively long time. Lin Ye got up from the bed. Before the Nighttime Activity began, he still had many things to handle.
In the center of the Shelter were placed two rows of colorful boxes that looked very unserious. There were eight boxes of different models in total, precisely the loot from this simulation.
【Sealed Surprise Box】
【Opening the box will summon a Phantom of a sealed object. While the Phantom exists, all living beings within a certain range will be affected by the sealed object】
【Note: The user will also be affected by the sealed object】
'Hmm... seems okay? Can be used to ambush people. Pity I don't have spatial abilities, otherwise I could remotely deploy box weapons...'
Lin Ye planned to bring a few Surprise Boxes with him every time he participated in Nighttime Activities from now on.
After storing the Surprise Boxes, Lin Ye looked at the new title.
【Escape Master】
【You are the Escape Master who can freely enter and exit the Sealed Land. There is no place that can trap you】
【Note: Heaven never seals off all exits. There is always a solution to any predicament.】
After reading the title, Lin Ye took his pets to the Rest Area. Unfortunately, Xiao Bai didn't tell him what the night's task was related to, because she said she didn't know either.
However, Xiao Bai took Lin Ye to eat an expensive afternoon tea, costing Lin Ye over a hundred red coins, and that was the discounted price.
After returning to the Shelter, Lin Ye began preparing for the night's Mining Area Task, not even going to the Game Room. Originally, he had planned to go to the Game Room to study the Humanoid Armor, since the Shelter's height wasn't sufficient.
Of course, he could also choose the Mining Area Task tomorrow night, but such a change might have some negative impact on Xiao Bai, so he still decided to choose the Mining Area Task today.