Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 157 Expedition: Twilight Wasteland, S-Rank Main Quest!
"Om~~"

My mind is a bit blank!
Regional mission, S-rank main quest!
The last time I received an S-level main storyline regional mission was during the Battle of Xicheng. I didn't expect my first S-level mission in Huaining City to come so soon, and it was even issued by the same NPC I met last time!

To be honest, the fact that the initiator can issue tasks of this level shows that his authority is indeed quite high.

"drop!"

The five-person group chat instantly became lively.

CaiCai: "Holy crap, an S-rank regional mission has arrived!"

Fatty: "What do you say, brothers and ladies, wanna go for it?!"

Ruolin: "Of course."

Kou Mei: "We have to do this. What about the boss? What should we say?"

I said directly, "Then get ready. We'll meet at the player black market at 11 p.m. tomorrow night. Once the time comes, we'll teleport to Twilight Wasteland immediately. Remember to prepare all your ammunition and supplies in advance. Our team can't have any weaknesses; everyone has to be strong!"

"rest assured!"

The fat man said, "I'm already level 27. After this Twilight Wasteland, I should be able to do the third job advancement. Then I won't hold everyone back anymore."

Kou Mei said, "Boss, I just learned about psionic chains and psionic storms a couple of days ago!"

"Okay, they're all great!"

I sent an approving emoji and said, "Fatty, let's go to work as usual tomorrow during the day, and then take three days off."

"Row!"

"Tsk tsk..."

Cai Cai laughed and said, "Office workers are so pitiful..."

"Humph!"

The fat man sneered: "Cai Cai, you laugh at me for being pitiful, but do you have the five social insurances and one housing fund? No, right? Ding Han and I do. We're full-time employees!"

"Nima..."

Cai Cai was speechless for a moment.

"Alright, everyone go to bed early so you can be well-rested for tomorrow."

"Okay Captain!"

Everyone said goodnight to each other and then went to sleep.

……

The next day, I went to work as usual.

When I got back to the neighborhood, I ate a bowl of mutton soup and seven or eight baiji buns at a mutton restaurant. Then I packed three large pots of mutton soup and more than twenty baiji buns and put them in my interdimensional storage space. Satisfied, I went upstairs to sleep. Lin Qingying was working overtime, so she would be back late today. I had something to do tonight, so I needed to catch up on my sleep first.

"Du~~~"

When my alarm rang at ten o'clock, I woke up from my sleep. I checked the time and it was ten o'clock at night, not morning. I felt a little sad and had a feeling of being abandoned by the world. But the next second I thought of the quest to conquer Twilight Wasteland. I immediately got up, dressed, and went out.

In the living room, Lin Qingying was designing the group's strategy on her laptop when she looked at me with surprise.

"fluorescent."

I squatted down opposite her, leaned on the table, and looked into her eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"I have something to do and need to go on a business trip for two days."

I smiled and said, "I won't be here tomorrow or the day after. We'll probably only see each other the day after that."

"Oh."

Her tone was calm, as indifferent as ever.

"Well, how cold-hearted..."

After washing my face, I left and met up with Fatty. We then took a taxi to the player black market.

……

"drop!"

At that moment, a WeChat message arrived from Lin Qingying: "Ding Han, be careful."

"Ah."

I replied with a sentence, and then said, "Xiaoying, I think you don't need to be so formal when you speak. Sometimes you can be more casual. For example... you never like to use emojis. This is fine at work, but it's unnecessary in life. You need to learn to separate life and work."

"really?"

She replied, "Why do I have to use emojis?"

"Look at me, when I use emoticons, my language becomes much more lively and approachable! (doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG doge.JPG)"

I sent ten dog emojis in one go.

After waiting for two minutes, Lin Qingying finally replied to the message with a "Go for it" emoji.

"That's right, you've made progress!"

I replied with a smile, "Keep it up. I'm going to get busy now. You should go to bed early later."

"it is good."

Lin Qingying ended the chat just like that.

……

"Who are you talking to?"

The fat man craned his neck to take a look: "Holy crap... Lin Qingying?"

"Ah."

I nodded: "I'll tell her I won't be going back to stay for the next few days."

"Oh……"

The fat man smiled but didn't say anything; his smile looked sinister. Soon after, the two arrived at the player black market. After meeting up with Cai Cai, Ruolin, and Koumei there, I glanced at everyone and asked, "How are the preparations going? Are the ammunition supplies complete? This is a 48-hour mission; we'll be out here for a long time."

"It's all bought, don't worry, boss!"

Kou Mei said, "I even brought a change of clothes!"

"rigorous……"

I was speechless: "Where's the combat resupply? Each person needs at least ten first aid kits, otherwise we might not have enough. If we don't have enough, go and replenish them now."

"Everything is ready, don't worry, Captain."

"Row."

I nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go wait by the teleportation array."

"Ok!"

In the basement of the player's black market backyard, a huge phase teleportation array gleamed with a bright light. Around it were devices that shielded the energy fluctuations of the teleportation array. A group of players acting as military police stood guard nearby, looking quite professional.

At this time, the option to travel to Twilight Wasteland via the Phase Array is off and will not be available until midnight, so everyone can only wait.

Soon after, familiar faces such as Gunfire Like a Dragon, One Slash to the Soul, Xu Tian, ​​Rabbit Strike, and Huo Bingzhi appeared.

Even members of the Ember Domain Guild were present. Shen Jin, clad in heavy armor and wielding a purple monomolecular sword, looked over with a stern gaze, but did not retaliate. He was a smart man and would never provoke a fight if he was outmatched.

Behind God Ash, a light priest named "Cute Coco" was dressed in white heavy armor, holding a greatsword. Her face was full of a stern and unapproachable expression, and she had a very voluptuous figure, which, combined with her loli face, created a great contrast.

She is the vice leader of the Ember Domain Guild. She wasn't before; she was probably appointed after Lei Yan died.

In addition, standing next to Shen Jin was a level 31 sword-wielding super weapon user with a rather intimidating look. He was quite handsome and his ID was "Let's Talk to Pili17," so he must also be a master.

Fortunately, I have quite a few experts around me.

Cai Cai and Ruo Lin are both well-known figures on the list. With a little improvement, it shouldn't be too difficult for Fatty and Kou Mei to enter the overall list. In short, although there are only five of us, in the world of players in Huaining City, few dare to mess with us!

……

"Ding Han!"

Xu Tian looked over and laughed, "Are you also going to participate in the Twilight Wasteland conquest mission?"

"Of course, we can't miss the S-rank main storyline regional missions."

"Ok!"

He nodded, then looked at Cai Cai, Ruo Lin, and the others, and said, "Then I wish everyone a smooth and safe journey in advance!"

"Yes, the same goes for you. Have a safe and smooth journey!"

Cai Cai and I responded to their kindness together.

In Star Abyss, without the Resurrection Scripture, the most important thing for players is not double the loot or being a monster slayer, but completing the mission smoothly and returning safely. Coming back alive is more important than anything else!

Especially for an S-rank main quest like "Conquer Twilight Wasteland," the difficulty is bound to be extremely high. Who knows what kind of dangers you might encounter once you enter the Twilight Wasteland?

Soon after, it was midnight!

“Zizi~~~”

Suddenly, the phase teleportation array glowed brightly, and the option to teleport to the Twilight Wasteland lit up.

"Let's go!"

I immediately confirmed and sent it directly.

"Shh-"

With a flash of light, his body particled and then reassembled. When he took a step forward, he was already in the Twilight Wasteland, far away from Huaining City. The world was pitch black, and apart from the teleportation array behind him, the wilderness was almost completely desolate!
Behind them, numerous player figures flickered, indicating that a large number of people were approaching.

I led Cai Cai, Ruo Lin, and the others away from the crowd. I glanced behind me and roughly estimated that at least five hundred players had come. Huaining City is indeed the strongest prefecture-level city in the Crimson Dragon Kingdom, full of talented people!

"Oh shit……"

Cai Cai, holding a submachine gun, said, "Boss, the Twilight Wasteland map was only recently opened, and everything is still in the works. There aren't even any pickup trucks for rent. We don't have any vehicles, so we'll have to rely on our own two legs."

"Ah."

I nodded, opened the large map and took a look. The entire Twilight Wasteland looked exactly like a pineapple, and we were now at the leaf on the pineapple's head, with heading south being the only direction.

"Come on, follow me!"

"go!"

Under the starlight, the group quickly left the crowd and headed south on the map.

……

About an hour later, the group had run nearly ten kilometers!
"careful!"

I looked towards the birch forest in the wilderness beside me. Just a moment ago, I saw small, blood-red dots flashing continuously. So I pointed in that direction and said in a deep voice, "It looks like there's something there!"

"Ok!"

Cai Cai turned around and turned on the light on the submachine gun, and a beam of light shot into the depths of the birch forest.

"Flare!"

I frowned, my unease growing stronger.

Ruolin immediately pulled out a pistol that could fire flares, and fired it with a "bang." Instantly, a fiery red light bloomed in the air, and at the moment the light enveloped us, we saw that at the edge of the birch forest, there were ferocious-looking alien creatures staring at us menacingly. They were all level 35 crawlers!
"coming!"

The next moment, a group of crawlers charged over, and we quickly opened fire. Gunfire erupted, and the dense barrage of fire killed the crawlers one after another. In less than two minutes, we had wiped out the entire group of crawlers!
Sure enough, our squad is not what it used to be; their firepower is now terrifying!
"Damn it, it's nothing special..."

Cai Cai grinned: "I think these mutants are practically worthless..."

"Can you stop showing off..." the fat man said helplessly.

"Hahaha~~~"

Cai Cai burst into laughter.

Just then, I seemed to sense some folds in the dark space ahead. This feeling was somewhat similar to my bio-optical cloaking. The next second, a tongue more than ten meters long with venomous barbs suddenly shot out from the darkness and pierced Cai Cai's abdomen with a "plop"!
"7244!"

[Battle alert: Phantom Lurker (purple boss) has activated the skill "Neural Paralysis Toxin Pierce Lv8," dealing 7244 damage to "I'm Noob but I Can BB," inflicting a neural paralysis effect that causes continuous health loss for 5 seconds!]

(End of this chapter)