Serial Player
Chapter 368 - 53: Withstanding (6000-word - )

Chapter 368: Chapter 53: Withstanding (6000-word Chapter)

"800 experience points, directly leveling up to LV8, does that count the escaping [Black Palace Player] as part of my success? Is it because my arrow pierced his neck right when he escaped?" In Mr. Bai’s disinfection room, Li Changhe wiped the medicine off his face.

"That’s a good thing, now at LV8, according to plan, I should invest in Physique. My Physique will then be 12 points, and I’ll be just a little bit away from unlocking the second [Physique Features]." Saying this, he clenched his fist, shook off the medicine from his body, and began to clean himself.

This is a standard tool in missions to prevent [Players] from bringing viruses or plagues from the mission environment to the real world.

[Mall] also sells medicine to use in Instances. A small box of [Diffusion Ineffective Pills] costing 100 Game Coins can prevent [Players] from infecting NPCs with their carried viruses when entering certain worlds.

After all, if [Players] use their original bodies, they could be seen as super pathogens in ancient times.

As humans invent antibiotics, viruses continue to evolve.

If these viruses were to be thrown into a narrative world with poor medical conditions, they would be a disaster akin to a catastrophe. It would be like a skeleton-level monster entering the beginner village.

This time, on [Mysterious Island], Li Changhe’s Original body was brought out for battle. Fortunately, Cangyue Ming brought [Diffusion Ineffective Pills].

Otherwise, Li Changhe might have a casual chat with his cheap godfather, and unknowingly infect him with a virus.

Xia Wu could go back to Great Tang and Changan once more...only to pay tribute if he were to return again.

However, some [Players] regard this as a weapon.

Some can even manipulate plagues to deal with hostile narrative forces. Tsk, what bad intentions!

Li Changhe would rather kill with a single sword than play such tricks.

"First, I must buy a box of [Diffusion Ineffective Pills]. I can’t afford to skimp on this." Li Changhe thought as he dried his body.

He had just seen some gossip about some [Players] in the [Forum], similar to the narrative power struggle on the Mysterious Island.

Opposing [Players] used their Original bodies but didn’t take any pills.

As a result, within a few days, the number of patients in their narrative world increased dramatically, and their combat power decreased drastically.

This led to [Task Failure], with several [Players] dying.

My goodness, that’s a real life-threatening situation, isn’t it?

It’s better to be more cautious...

To be on the safe side, the equipment used on the Mysterious Island was also being disinfected. Who knows if those wild men nurtured by blood would carry some viruses? It’s better to be careful.

Putting on his winter clothes, Li Changhe glanced at He Feng and Mr. Bai, who were studying the [Insect God’s Shell].

Not wanting to disturb them, he turned and left the pet store. The girl’s plane was about to take off, and he needed to hurry.

...

In comparison to Li Changhe and He Feng, the enemies who failed their mission were even more miserable.

In a closed funeral parlor in a small city in Hua Country, Paperman Zhang was breathing with difficulty, with a 5-point reduction in all attributes. He was now so weak that any high school student could take him down.

"Forget it, at least I managed to survive." Paperman Zhang lay on the chair, struggling to put on a respirator. He had to endure this period of weakness.

Elsewhere, in a tower in the southwest of Hua Country, Lady Nanzhuang silently watched the fading Soul of the Warrior.

This was the fate of the losers. As [Players], danger and death were always by their side.

Meanwhile, in Fluo State’s [Black Palace] branch in the United States, Snow Shadow stared at a charred corpse before him in disbelief.

The moment he came out, he was kept alive by various equipment and medications.

[Black Palace Players] would enter a preparation chamber filled with medicines and medical equipment before a [Task].

This was similar to [Great Wall]. In fact, some powerful official organizations would provide such facilities to prevent members from dying due to injuries or curses upon leaving the [Task].

The moment Snow Shadow felt his wound healing rapidly, he was reassured and even proud.

Using the [Escape Coin] in exchange for abandoning resistance and suffering severe injuries,

He successfully acquired the information about [Mountain and River Alliance]’s [Holder]. Though his attributes had declined, leaving him momentarily dizzy, he believed it was a worthwhile price to pay. The [Holder] was essential!

However, as he looked over at his team leader, who had joined the [Mysterious Island Task] with him, horror quickly crept across his face.

He saw a burnt corpse lying in the nearby preparation chamber.

The machines were futilely trying to save it...but they soon stopped; they’d already determined that this [Black Palace] member was dead.

Alarm bells rang, and several [Black Palace Players] soon arrived outside the chamber door. They had received news of their comrade’s death.

"No! No! No!" Snow Shadow screamed in horror.

His neck injury began to tear, and he couldn’t believe it. How could this be the team leader? The invincible leader?

"Snow Shadow, calm down. Recover from your injuries first!" A brown-haired [Black Palace Player] spoke out.

He then asked the others, "Investigate Volga’s cause of death immediately! With his strength, even if the [Task] failed, he shouldn’t have been unable to escape."

From Snow Shadow’s condition, he knew that their [Task] [Failure Penalty] wasn’t death, but a temporary reduction in attributes.

Under normal circumstances, when Volga knew he couldn’t win,

He could have chosen to retreat – either by using the [Escape Coin] or waiting for the opposing [Player] to complete their mission. He wouldn’t have ended up dead.