I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1101 Partner
"Router, is your foot feeling better?"

"Much better. I can walk around now, but I'm still a little sore... Also, don't call me router. Didn't I write my name to you?"

"Well, that sounds easier to say."

"Forget it, just call me whatever you want..."

"I see your bones are all broken. How did you heal them?"

"It was treated with relics. Just as I guessed, after we come back this time, the authorities will try their best to divert our attention with various honors and rewards, so that we don't care about the elevator crash landing... Thanks to this purposeful 'attention', we the wounded have also received extraordinary treatment. Those who were more seriously injured than me have been rescued..."

Almost two months have passed since the "elevator incident". This "unexpected" accident has attracted much attention. The person in charge of the Abyss Elevator has been punished to the maximum extent. The station chief of the monitoring station was demoted for not providing timely support, and the original deputy station chief took over the position of station chief. It is said that this incident has also caused a sensation on the ground, and the debate about individual explorers has intensified...

But this is not something the mice should be concerned about.

Mo Ling also hung around the monitoring station for two months, completing some tasks with other explorers and earning some points.

This points system is also the rule for screening individual explorers. Only by obtaining enough points can you go to the next level.

"It's so troublesome, just like playing a game."

Mo Ling didn't want to follow these cumbersome rules at all, he just wanted to rush directly to the bottom of the abyss.

"Do you know how boring those tasks are? They are all about collecting all kinds of garbage, picking up scraps, digging soil, picking flowers and grass, breaking tree bark... It's extremely boring. Some tasks even require us to run more than ten kilometers away to fetch a pot of water, and the points are pitifully small. They treat us like beasts of burden..." Mo Ling complained to Router who was still lying on the bed.

Lu Qi smiled and said, "But we are just cattle and horses..."

"The reason why the authorities allow individual explorers to enter the abyss is to alleviate the problem of insufficient manpower. Now that we are here, of course we have to drive them hard. The harder it is to obtain points, the harder we have to work on the mission."

"Actually, you're right. It's just like a game. If you lower the rewards for missions, players will have to work very hard to get enough resources. The officials can also use this to motivate them."

Listening to Lu Qi's words, Mo Ling's face became more and more ugly.

"Are we just going to keep working so hard like this?" he asked helplessly.

"Of course not. As the second, third, and subsequent batches of individual explorers enter the abyss one after another, the authorities will start to divert them and dispatch them to other places, just like how the Novice Village cannot have too many people. At that time, the authorities will increase the mission rewards and turn some of the novices into veterans. These veterans will also be sent to other maps, and then... continue to be used as cattle and horses in other maps and continue to be driven."

The words are harsh but the truth is there, but it still hurts to say it.

Mo Ling drooped down. He had thought that he would experience a magnificent adventure after entering the abyss, but he didn't expect that he was just here to "work".

"Don't be discouraged. If I'm not mistaken, the third batch of individual explorers will arrive at the end of this month, right? This time the number should be greater than before... The fighting between the factions has been eased. The officials of the Federation will eventually realize that solving the abyss problem is the common goal of mankind. After realizing the convenience of individual explorers, they will gradually relax."

"Haven't you been lying here all the time? How do you know so many things?" Mo Ling asked in surprise.

"I will watch the news and get information from others. I'm just lying down, not isolated from the world... These seemingly unrelated events are actually related to our future development and must be paid attention to." Lu Ji explained helplessly.

Mo Ling has been concentrating on completing tasks these days, working like a slave, so he may not know as much as the others.

"You mean, we're going to be kicked out soon?"

"Well, the Novice Village is full of people, and we will be dispatched to other maps."

"Do you know what map it is?"

"I know." Lu Qi nodded and replied.

"You really know?" Mo Ling just asked casually, but he didn't expect that Lu Luqi could actually answer it.

"We will be sent to solve some difficult problems in order to obtain the qualification to go to the second floor. As long as we can complete these difficult tasks, we can ignore the points conditions and go directly to the second floor." "Why do you think so? Have you obtained any information?" Mo Ling asked half-doubtfully.

"The authorities can't keep holding us back with points. We've finally been 'tricked' into the Abyss, so we'll definitely have to find a way to distribute our talents. But they can't just deny the points system they set up, so they'll give us a way out and set up a level-skipping system that's not too difficult, just like the challenge levels in the game. Once you pass them, you can directly get high-level equipment."

Listening to Lu Ji's explanation, Mo Ling showed a look of contempt.

"Do you play games often?"

"Yes."

"No wonder……"

"Go to the mission board and take a look at the most difficult missions. That's the map we'll be sent to. Because the missions are limited, the authorities recommend that we complete them as a team... So, do you want to team up with me?"

Lu changed the subject and told Mo Ling directly his purpose.

Mo Ling was stunned. He didn't expect that he had gone through such a long detour just to ask this.

"Of course you can. You're so smart."

This was what Mo Ling really thought. He really thought that this bespectacled boy who was a few years younger than him had a good brain, at least better than his.

"Then it's settled. When the official announcement is made, come find me. Remember not to team up with anyone else. It's just the two of us. If there are too many people, it will be troublesome."

"Oh." Mo Ling nodded obediently. Since Router Qi said so, he should just listen to him.

"Don't go on missions for the time being. Go buy some supplies and get ready. Come to me if you don't have enough money."

"Just normal supplies?"

"Yeah, just normal supplies, not too much. Also, buy me some paper and pens."

"What do you need paper and pen for?" Mo Ling asked doubtfully. He could understand other supplies, but he could not understand paper and pen at all. These were probably the most useless things in the abyss.

"Charms."

The two words that the router uttered immediately caused Mo Ling to crash.

"You want to draw a talisman? Are you a Taoist priest?"

"Of course not. Didn't I learn some totems from those totem ghosts before? I want to draw them on paper. Maybe they will be useful."

"Oh~" Mo Ling made a sound of sudden enlightenment.

After returning to the monitoring station, the staff there told them that the "goblins" before were called totem ghosts, a kind of low-IQ humanoid creatures that coexisted with the strange totem relics.

"Have you figured out what those totems do?"

“Not yet…” Lu Luqi shook his head. “I’m lying here, so I don’t have much chance to experiment. I’ll try later, and I should be able to figure it out… Anyway, you should prepare first, and come and ask me if you have any questions.”

"clear."

Mo Ling made an "OK" gesture to Lu Qi and winked at him.

(End of this chapter)