I, the screenwriter, have experienced a resurgence of inspiration.

……

After crying her fill, Tan Moli sat up somewhat embarrassed, clutching her fingers and grimacing.

Frostbite is easily overlooked in its early stages, but it can be extremely harmful.

In low temperatures, some people can't even feel their extremities; the phrase "frozen ears" is not just an exaggeration.

"Your wound has been bandaged and treated with medicine. Don't get it wet for the next couple of days. Do you want to scratch it vigorously? It's normal for frostbite wounds to be very itchy."

Kang Xiaojia closed the medical kit and professionally explained some basic knowledge about frostbite to Tan Moli:

"You walked in the snow with wet shoes and socks, exposed to low temperatures for a long time, and then experienced repeated freeze-thaw cycles, which caused third-degree frostbite. Blood blisters appeared under your skin. If you don't take good care of yourself, you may have scars later."

"Scars? I don't want that!"

Tan Moli gasped, her eyes brimming with tears, and looked at Weng Yang: "Weng Yang, you'll come with me to find the tools to repair the scars, right!"

"meeting."

Seeing her struggling to suppress the itch, Weng Yang scratched her palm to relieve it: "If I can't find a similar item, I'll earn more points and find a higher-level healing player—sorry—I guarantee you'll be back to normal."

The "sorry" she mentioned was clearly directed at Kang Xiaojia, who shrugged, seemingly unconcerned.

Her level is indeed too low right now.

But as long as she follows the captain, sooner or later her name will appear on the player leaderboard, making her the world's number one support player!

"Let's exchange information."

Chen Xi glanced at Kang Xiaojia, who was lost in her daydream, and flicked her forehead lightly:

"Going out for a meeting."

"Hehe." Kang Xiaojia immediately seized the opportunity, clinging tightly to Chen Xi's arm: "Yes! Madam Chen!"

……

……

Weng Yang and Tan Moli actually knew Chen Xi.

In a sense, both of them were among the first players of the second domestic supernatural dungeon, "High School Ghost Stories," and after surviving, it was Chen Xi, who was a junior police officer at the time, who took their statements.

—Now that they meet again, both of them have new identities.

"Chen Ke, let your team members in. If you're going to cooperate, it's best to conserve your energy and avoid any form of injury or illness."

Weng Yang leaned against the tent, still recovering from a serious illness, and spoke with some difficulty.

Chen Xi nodded, then gestured for Wang Lei and the others to enter the tent.

—Previously, when Tan Moli and Weng Yang were in a coma, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings when the two woke up, she and her team members stayed in the stone house to warm themselves by the fire.

But even players with significantly enhanced physical constitutions couldn't withstand this bizarrely extreme low temperature.

"It's freezing! Wow, your tents are so big! You couldn't tell from the outside!"

Zheng Wenxuan crawled in, trembling, and as soon as she entered, a look of happiness appeared on her face:

"I didn't really feel it when I was at home before, but now I realize how great an invention air conditioning is—whoosh, it's so warm..."

He took off his shoes, and a sour, pungent smell wafted out:

Although they were wearing boots, their socks inevitably got soaked while walking in the snow.

Combined with sweat, the smell was practically like a biological weapon.

"Hehe, I almost made your tent stink."

Zheng Wenxuan, a little embarrassed, scratched his head at Tan Moli and Weng Yang, then turned to his teammates who were about to crawl into the tent and unleashed a skill:

[Cleansing Marrow and Removing Toxins: Crafts one Cleansing Marrow Pill to remove poison from yourself or a designated ally. Cooldown: 1 hours.]

As the green mist dissipated, the smells of blood, sweat, corpses, and sourness on the people disappeared completely.

Zheng Wenxuan then casually tossed the refined Marrow Cleansing Pill to Kang Xiaojia, who rolled her eyes at him and complained to Chen Xi:

"Captain! Look at him! He's using his skills randomly again!"

— Zheng Wenxuan is an alchemist. Although he can only refine one type of pill, the "Marrow Cleansing Pill," its ability to dispel poisoning is useful enough.

No one knows when he developed this bizarre way of using his skill:

They used the Danxia landforms produced during alchemy as air purifiers.

"Zheng Wenxuan".

Chen Xi glanced at Zheng Wenxuan, who immediately sat obediently in the corner of the tent, while Kang Xiaojia hummed twice, looking somewhat smug.

Seeing the harmonious relationship among the official team members, Tan Moli and Weng Yang couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, especially since they couldn't contact Zhao Weilai and the others, whose fates were currently unknown.

……

"Don't worry."

Chen Xi noticed their emotions and said bluntly:

"As soon as I entered the instance, I tried to contact other Chinese teams, but there was no response—it's more likely that they were assigned to other instances."

Tan Moli and Weng Yang's expressions finally improved a bit.

"Then let's share the intelligence I have."

Weng Yang coughed and said, "First, if a player touches a corpse that died from the Black Death, there is a 50% chance that they will be infected with the Black Death and receive a negative status effect."

Secondly, a group of gold-tier professional druid players I know are not far from our current village.

Third, this instance is likely a real world that doesn't exist in our world's history, a world called Great Britain, containing magic and fantasy elements.

"Agreed."

Chen Xi also shared the information he had just received: "Our main mission is to find Merlin and confirm King Arthur's whereabouts with him."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jiang Chen, who had been sitting to the side tidying up the props, suddenly spoke up, his expression inscrutable:

Why King Arthur?

"Because Arthur is the son of King Uther, his full name is 'Arthur Pendragon,' he led the Knights of the Round Table to found the kingdom of Camelot, and was later known as 'King Arthur'..."

As Chen Xi spoke, she immediately realized something was amiss—she knew very little about foreign myths and legends, but there was clearly a loophole here:

Arthur Pendragon has not yet pulled the sword from the stone.

In other words, Arthur had not yet become King Arthur.

Then why is the mission requirement to find "King Arthur"?

"Could this mission hide a trap—that we not only have to find Arthur, but also help him become king, the true King Arthur?"

Tan Moli blinked, tilted her head back, and took a long, sharp breath:

"My God! This mission is way too hard, it's epic difficulty!!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Arthur Pendragon is currently just a child raised by the Lady of the Lake. Although he is the "Child of Prophecy," he is penniless.

Leaving aside the whereabouts of King Uther's Knights of the Round Table, let's look at his enemy, his uncle Vortigern:

An endless army of the dead, wizards skilled in black magic, well-equipped knights, eerie corpse collectors, and the omnipresent, all-pervasive curse of the Black Death...

Arthur is a lone commander, even if you add two hundred players—

Two hundred against one hundred thousand, I have the advantage, right?

Before anyone could react, the system's ink-wash text lit up at just the right moment:

Side quests: Multiple selections or single selections are possible.

Side Quest 2 (Finding Merlin's Trail): Head to Merlin's former residence in Stranglethorn Vale.

[Reward: 5000 points...]

Side Quest 3 (Finding Merlin's Trail): The Lady of the Lake might know something; go ask the kind lady.

[Reward: 7000 points...]

Side Quest 4 (Finding Merlin's Trail): In the Stone Square, the one who pulled the sword from the stone is the future King of Great Britain. Merlin may already be there.

[Reward: 10000 points...]

"The system always issues tasks at just the right time, as if it's pushing us forward."

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes, staring suspiciously at the three tasks: "Why does the system issue new tasks every time we make progress?"

Jiang Chen raised his eyes, staring silently at the floating words, his fingers constantly rubbing his knee.

Tan Moli seemed to remember something and turned to look at Weng Yang—right, she used the [Random Job Card] on Weng Yang, why was there no reaction?

Weng Yangchong gave Tan Moli a wink and wrote a few words in her palm. The latter quickly covered her mouth.

[Weng Yang: Knights of the Round Table (Purple)]

[Job Description: Knights of the Round Table not recognized by the King, embodying humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, compassion, honesty, spirit, and justice...]

[Active Skill (Currently Unavailable): Knight's Charge - Charges into the enemy legion with a greatsword, reducing enemy magic defense by 10% and physical defense by 10%, while increasing own damage taken by 50%.]

[Passive Skill: Knight's Breath - Restores own status through breathing techniques. When completely still, restores 0.1% of health per second.]