90: 【Core Event】

The High Priest spoke very slowly, and Shi Li communicated with him for almost an hour before finally sorting out the current situation.

It turned out that the demands of both sides were actually the same.

Blue Star wanted to close the Space-Time Trace to maintain the stability of the world.

The foreign race, on the other hand, regarded the Space-Time Trace as an ominous sign and planned to get rid of it quickly.

"Respected High Priest, the conclusion is this: we are very willing to contribute," Zhong Xin said, changing his address at the end.

Because he understood one thing very clearly: the Core Event.

They had obviously come into contact with the Core Event of closing the Space-Time Trace.

As long as the task could be completed, the rewards would surely be generous.

"Ho ho ho..." The High Priest let out an old man's characteristic laugh, but then changed the subject: "Words alone are not proof, outsider."

Hearing him say that, Zhong Xin's eyes lit up instead.

It's coming, the prerequisite task for the Core Event is coming.

"Our clan has always been plagued by Winged Lycan. If any of you can hunt 1 three-star elite Winged Lycan, then I will recognize his strength and sincerity to cooperate with us."

As the High Priest's words fell, text popped up simultaneously in front of Shi Li and Zhong Xin.

"Accept / Decline Task"

[Event]: Hunting Winged Beasts (This task is transferable)

[Content]: You need to prove your strength to the Weng Weng Clan. Please find and go to the Winged Lycan' habitat and hunt 1 three-star elite Winged Lycan.

[Reward]: Weng Weng Clan's Recognition Certificate

Transferable means that the person holding this task can pass the same new task to others.

To put it more plainly, it means directly receiving the [Hunting Winged Beasts] task from Shi Li or Zhong Xin, without having to go back to the High Priest.

This transfer mode allows tasks to spread quickly and widely.

Pioneer Team members never keep such tasks to themselves; after all, in the end, the capable will get it.

However, just by looking at this threshold task, one knows that the difficulty is not small.

"This..."

Sure enough, seeing this task, Zhong Xin immediately showed a difficult expression.

If the target was as hard to defeat as the previous large Winged Lycan, then he estimated that he, who had not reached the Platinum rank, would find it difficult to complete this task.

He would have to go back and specifically refine his deck, and perhaps then it would be possible.

"Doesn't the one I killed before count? Buzz Grey can testify," Shi Li asked.

"..."

The High Priest did not respond to this, just sitting blankly in his seat.

It was not until the two thought he had fallen asleep again that he spoke again: "You are right."

[Event Completed]

[About to receive reward -- Weng Weng Clan's Recognition Certificate.]

"This works too?" Shi Li was a little surprised.

"Choose your reward," The High Priest waved his hand, and several cards floated over, suspended in front of Shi Li.

[Certificate of Flame]: Stamina + 30%

[Certificate of Strong Wind]: Spirit + 50%

[Certificate of River]: Gather success rate increased by 100%

[Certificate of Earth]: Admission rank elevated from Gold to Platinum 1

"Amazing!" Zhong Xin's eyes immediately lit up when he saw these four cards.

It was confirmed; this task was definitely a prerequisite for the Core Event.

Because the task item cards it could give were too special.

The so-called task item cards are special item cards that are bound to an individual and only effective in that foreign land.

Some special item cards can even allow the card wielder to exert double the power.

He decided that he must find a way to complete this task!

"I want this one." Shi Li also didn't take much time to make a choice.

These four certificates could be said to each have their own merits.

Stamina and Spirit are both very important things in the dungeon.

But this Gather success rate + 100% is a bit ambiguous.

+100% seems high, but it depends on the individual's base success rate.

If the original success rate was only 1%, then +100% would only be 2%.

However, for specialized Gatherers with a success rate of over 10%, doubling the success rate would bring a very significant boost.

As for the Certificate of Earth that Shi Li chose, it was the most suitable for him.

It was also the only item card among the four certificates that helped increase the deck's strength.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he must possess 1 three-star character card.

Otherwise, the value of this certificate would be equivalent to nothing.

Shi Li was not without a way to obtain three-star character cards.

The upcoming city-wide simulated unified exam was the channel.

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At the same time, in another room.

A mature and beautiful female insectoid was standing in front of a crystal ball, operating something.

Standing behind her was Buzz Grey, who had just delivered a letter on behalf of the tribe.

"High Priest, why didn't you personally meet them?" Buzz Grey asked, expressing her confusion.

It turned out that what Shi Li and Zhong Xin saw was just a manipulated fake puppet.

"You don't understand, child." The High Priest turned around upon hearing this, a benevolent smile appearing in her eyes: "This Event is far from as simple as you imagine."

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The ten days of exploration time ended, and Shi Li and Zhong Xin returned to the base on time by motorcycle.

Then Zhong Xin collapsed.

This man, who had experienced many foreign land expeditions and thought he had seen everything, collapsed.

It took him half a day to recover.

At this point, the first phase of this foreign land's pioneering was officially over.

Except for some team members who stayed behind, everyone else returned to Blue Star through the Space-Time Trace.

The exploration team extracted the information they had each explored from their wristbands and compiled it into a map.

Then came the reporting meeting.

For ease of calculation, each team member's contribution was converted into performance points.

One point was equivalent to one cubic coin, which would be deposited into their personal accounts as bonus wages.

Performance mainly included the number of monsters eliminated during defense, the kilometers explored, and special discoveries.

To everyone's surprise, Shi Li's performance points were ranked first in the entire Pioneer Team, reaching 50,000.

Among them, two achievements accounted for the highest proportion of his performance points.

The first was defeating the Centipede King, which everyone else had been helpless against.

Originally, this creature was a three-star elite monster, so the base score was already high.

In addition, the four team leaders, considering the situation at the time, also gave additional points as appropriate.

A total of 10,000 points.

The second was initiating the prerequisite transfer task for the Core Event.

The Core Event is often called the "main quest" and is closely related to closing the Space-Time Trace.

Even if these Gold Pioneer Team members might not be able to complete the task, discovering and accepting the task itself was a merit.

A total of 20,000 points.

In other words, Shi Li would receive a bonus of 50,000 cubic coins.

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