American homeless people, surviving in the city

Chapter 170 System Upgrade

The first night in the new home went smoothly, and nothing strange happened.

Lin Qi slept soundly on the soft, comfortable bed in the master bedroom, and then woke up early as dawn broke.

It was a bright and sunny morning. The sky over Seattle was unusually clear, with only wispy white clouds floating in the still-dark gray-blue sky. The warm, gentle morning light shone down, giving them a beautiful golden edge.

However, no matter what, the weather in Seattle has indeed gotten colder and colder since November officially began.

...This house is so luxurious, it must be equipped with central air conditioning, right? I should explore every aspect of this house when I have time.

As Lin Qi pondered this, he sat up in bed. He habitually picked up his phone and glanced at it, but the new phone also had a new number, which he hadn't exchanged with anyone yet, so he hadn't received any messages.

So he rolled out of bed, gathered his strength, and tried to move his body a little.

Although he still felt a lot of incoordination in various parts of his body, and there was still some slight pain in his chest and left arm, overall, his condition was much better than last night.

He mentally invoked the system and checked the character data panel again:

[Health Points: 52/100]

Sure enough: Health has been restored to over 50!

This means that the [Restore Status] task that I accepted earlier should now be completed!

All of this was part of Lynch's plan. One of his reasons for getting up early was to collect the rewards for the new mission as soon as possible. He hadn't received any mission rewards in a long time, and the thought of "wanting to become stronger" kept swirling in his mind.

He immediately called out to the system with his mind, and the system immediately popped up a familiar notification window in his field of vision.

However, the familiar system notification tone did not appear. Lin Qi looked closely and saw that the system pop-up did not display the task completion settlement and rewards, but rather a notification he had never seen before:

[Survivors have been detected to have returned to the wilderness environment. The system's task assignment function has been restored to normal operation.]

[Alert: The danger level of the environment the survivors are in has increased. The system is dynamically adjusting...]

Upon seeing these lines, Lin Qi's expression first brightened slightly, then his face immediately turned to shock.

...The restoration of system functionality was expected, but what does it mean for the environmental severity to increase again?

Lin Qi did remember that his wilderness survival system was first awakened because it detected the harshness of the current living environment. However, in his memory, when he first transmigrated to America, wasn't the harshness of the living environment detected by the system already "high"?

...Now that I have a car, a house, and money to spend, has the level of danger in the environment increased even further?!

Lin Qi's first reaction was that the system had malfunctioned again. After all, it was already absurd that a wilderness survival system could appear on a homeless man like himself in the city. But soon, he realized the problem:

What if it's not a system glitch, but rather it's detecting that the rainbow body is posing an increasingly greater threat to it?

Lin Qi couldn't tell which guess was correct, but he understood that since the system had made such a judgment, he had to be more vigilant!

If I don't plan to leave Seattle, I'll have to reinforce this house and add some security measures in the future.

Otherwise, if the cult discovers their new address, the consequences could be unimaginable!

Lin Qi made up his mind in his heart.

While Lin Qi was deep in thought, the system seemed to have finished updating in that short period of time, and soon, a new pop-up window appeared again:

[System dynamic adjustments are complete. New operating rules have been released for the current survival environment of the survivors:]

To allow survivors more freedom in managing their time and better adapt to the current environment, the Daily Missions mode is now available.

The system has been adjusted to a continuous task mode. New tasks will no longer be released daily, and survivors will no longer need to claim new tasks on a daily basis.

Survivors can accept one task at any time. After that, they will not be able to accept new tasks. New tasks will be automatically issued after the previous task is completed.

Lin Qi was slightly taken aback upon seeing these messages. The daily mission mode, which had been with him for so many days, had actually ended just like that?

Before he could think further, a new system notification popped up:

[At the same time, to adapt to the environment, the difficulty of tasks issued by the system will be increased accordingly; however, the magnitude and quantity of task rewards will also be increased accordingly.]

After reading this passage, Lin Qi fully understood that as the number of system tasks decreased, the difficulty of the tasks increased, and the task rewards would also become better.

Thinking about it this way, he could completely accept this change. After all, he really wouldn't be active on the streets anymore in the near future, so it was reasonable for the mission mechanism to change with the environment.

For him, being able to focus more on practical matters, complete tasks, and acquire better skills is a good thing no matter how you look at it.

...As long as the task isn't too difficult and impossible to complete!

After showing Lin Qi the updated system rules, the system immediately responded to Lin Qi's mental command and completed the task.

The settlement interface popped up:

[Ding~ Congratulations player, you have successfully completed the current task: Restore Status!]

[Since the mission was successfully completed, the special influencing factor: accelerated recovery is no longer effective.]

[The mission is complete. Please choose one of the following rewards to receive!]

[Optional:]

[A. Survival Foundation: Constitution +2. (Continue to strengthen your body to cope with any potential threats.)]

[B. Basic Recovery Potion. (Future technology; capable of quickly repairing small wounds, restoring missing small limbs (such as fingers), and restoring a certain amount of physical strength)]

C. Basic Pain Shielding: Passive Skill. Through sheer willpower, you forcibly block out pain sensations; only intense pain is relayed back to your brain by your nervous system. (A technique used by elite soldiers and top-tier special forces.)

Only when you are free from the interference of pain can you truly unleash your full potential!

Lin Qi was stunned after seeing the rewards for this mission.

First of all, it's immediately apparent from these reward options that although the "Restore Status" quest was accepted before the system update, the rewards given by the system this time are clearly the upgraded rewards.

The +2 to Constitution is still unremarkable; the rest are all things like "future technology" and "techniques used by soldiers and special forces."

Are all of these things from Earth? Do human soldiers really have the ability to forcibly block out pain through willpower?

Where did this system come from?!