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Chapter 148 - 143: Hidden Clearance Reward

Chapter 148: Chapter 143: Hidden Clearance Reward

Hearing the sudden announcement from the system, whether they were bickering, silently brooding, or doing something else, everyone was stunned.

"...Huh? Hidden completion objectives, there’s such a thing!? I didn’t expect this instance to have such a twist!?"

"And there are hidden completion rewards too! This is really not ordinary!"

"That person who’s been crying out for ’meaning,’ open your eyes wide and look, this is the ’meaning’ you want! The things they’ve done are not meaningless! Their efforts all this time are not in vain! After all, they are striving to achieve the goals that they have set in their hearts! That alone is already quite remarkable! And you, just sitting there doing nothing, what right do you have to point fingers at them!"

"That’s right, the one who’s always babbling about ’meaning,’ is actually the person who dares not to do anything and can only watch others progress, questioning their efforts as a form of self-consolation, and in the end, can only look on at their success with impotent jealousy and cowardice."

The person who made those comments had now fallen silent.

Meanwhile, the gloomy atmosphere in the live stream was swept away, and it was immediately filled with a lively spirit once more.

Then, the system’s voice rang out again.

"Hidden completion objective: Acquire the virus strain and vaccine, then save Kelan City, achieved."

After this system prompt was released, the world before Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi was filled with pure white, and then, they entered the instance settlement phase.

Seeing this hidden completion condition, people couldn’t help but start discussing where this hidden objective could have come from.

Generally speaking, although hidden completion conditions are indeed hidden, there would usually be some hints during the instance progression.

So, people began to express their opinions one after another.

But in reality, some people had already guessed what it might be upon seeing there was a hidden completion condition, and that answer could be found in the rule document.

"Completion objective: Acquire the virus strain and vaccine, then leave Kelan City," that was the declared completion condition on the rule document.

But, before this completion condition, there was this sentence in the rule document: Acquire the virus strain and vaccine, then save Kelan City.

This sentence, at first glance, seemed similar to the completion objective, but in fact, there is a decisive difference!

So similar yet so different, why would such a seemingly nonsensical sentence appear in the rule document?

This initially puzzled some people, but they didn’t expect it to actually be a hidden completion condition!

This was humanity’s first time realizing that Analog Horror instances actually had hidden objectives. Perhaps... humans had previously missed so-called hidden completion objectives in past instances.

However, the difficulty gap between standard completion conditions and hidden ones is indeed huge; even knowing about them wouldn’t make achieving them any easier. Therefore, there was no need to dwell on whether past instances had hidden conditions or not, for if they existed, they would likely have been almost impossible to achieve.

Humans were already struggling just to win.

The difficulty gap represented by this one-star difficulty hidden condition was clearly evident.

To save Kelan City, one firstly couldn’t meet the original completion conditions, especially since the Chosen One in this instance is supposed to be an agent from the Humanitarian Organization. If they left with the virus strain and vaccine, it would mean handing them over to the Humanitarian Organization, thus dooming Kelan City to destruction.

Only by doing as Xiao Yi and others had done, retrieving the crucial virus strain and vaccine and directly confronting the military, fighting their way through a blockade of the military and Mutants, and breaking through the military’s communication interference to inform those outside the city, could they truly save the city and its survivors from destruction.

The chasm between these difficulties was such that few could confidently say they could achieve it! Therefore, people around the world couldn’t help but praise the actions of Xiao Yi and his team.

Sheraya was one of them, having already completed the instance and then watching Xiao Yi’s performance in the Dragon Country live stream.

Upon seeing Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi reach the hidden completion condition, Sheraya couldn’t help but sigh in relief.

"No wonder they made those decisions and took those actions, so they had already seen through the hidden conditions in this instance. True to form, Xiao Yi. Compared to you, my eagerness to clear the instance was foolish... I truly hope to meet you in an instance again soon and work together with you once more to tackle the challenges!"

At the same time, a black-haired girl was smiling faintly as she looked at the Dragon Country live stream. She wasn’t interested in Analog Horror and, hence, didn’t participate in this instance. It was Xiao Yi alone who interested her.

"It’s getting more and more interesting; I’m increasingly looking forward to our next head-to-head match when the special difficulty instance opens again."

Yet in Dragon Country’s live broadcast room, although Xiao Yi and the others had cleared the instance, the live stream was not closed.

While people were unclear as to why this was the case, as long as the live stream remained on, they could still actively comment!

Therefore, people were still fervently discussing the topic of the hidden clearance conditions from before.

What was odd, however, was that no one discussed what the supposed hidden clearance reward actually was, even though that was the most crucial thing.

Because the rewards related to the Chosen One from the Analog Horror system were never publicized, in order to ensure the Chosen One’s personal information was not exposed.

The reward for this hidden clearance was likely the same, so rather than guessing something that wouldn’t be disclosed, it was more interesting to discuss the known details already at their disposal.

However, what no one expected happened at that very moment. The system suddenly issued a global notification in the mind of every person in the world:

[Hidden Clearance Reward: The Chosen One may use their talent ability once on Blue Star. There is no time limit, but it can only be used once.]

Nobody expected the Analog Horror to personally disclose the hidden clearance reward!

And that reward was beyond anyone’s anticipation!

Using a talent ability once on Blue Star, if it was an especially powerful talent, could potentially facilitate world domination without issue!

Everyone jumped in shock upon learning this news!

Upon receiving this information, the upper echelons of other countries broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly mobilized all available means to investigate what exactly Xiao Yi’s talent was!

However, after all their efforts, they were only met with "I don’t know" responses and valueless speculations.

They could only marvel at Dragon Country’s extraordinary ability to control intelligence.

On Xu Yingguang’s part, those around him also couldn’t help but cheer upon learning this news.

Although they didn’t know what Xiao Yi’s talent was, it was certainly a formidable, even game-changing ability! They couldn’t even begin to imagine how much stronger Dragon Country could become.

Compared to them, Xu Yingguang actually felt some worry.

The system had directly notified the whole world of this hidden clearance reward, and the enemy might consequently launch even more frantic actions.

Xu Yingguang even initially considered announcing that Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi’s talents had been used, in order to transfer the enemy’s focus from Xiao Yi and Xu Woshi onto himself.

But on second thought, such a straightforward approach might be too direct; the enemy might not believe it, and even if they did, they might not let Xiao Yi and the others off the hook.

Xu Yingguang thought it over again. Given the current global situation, most countries had established relations with Dragon Country, and killing Xiao Yi wouldn’t benefit them. After all, Xu Yingguang previously didn’t exploit these countries in their time of need but instead used the opportunity to build more stable mutual interests, binding them closely with Dragon Country.

These countries were still hoping that Xiao Yi could obtain some valuable items from the instances to ensure their national security.

As for the threatening hostile countries, they had already self-destructed earlier, and even if some hadn’t, their citizens expressed a strong desire for friendly relations with Dragon Country. After all, with their own lives genuinely threatened, people would not just sit idly by.

Those who lost public support were just a rabble, unworthy of concern.

Therefore, Xu Yingguang made up his mind.

He did not plan to use this reward for personal gain, as it was achieved through Xiao Yi and their own efforts. He could not steal the fruits of their labor.

As a result, Xu Yingguang decided to leave the choice in Xiao Yi and the others’ hands.

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