I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1102 The Most Suitable Mission
"Have you decided which mission to choose?"

"Think about it."

Things turned out just as the router had guessed, and the authorities soon announced "specific rules".

As long as they can complete a few special tasks on the task board, their team will be qualified to go directly to the second level of the abyss.

But at present, most explorers are still in a wait-and-see state and do not intend to be the first to take action. The authorities have not urged them for the time being. After all, the "Novice Village" is not overcrowded yet and there is no need to rush.

However, Mo Ling and Lu Luqi were two exceptions. They were already planning to take on the mission...

"You wanna go hit the giant jet?"

"What are you thinking? There are only two of us, how can we possibly win?"

"Throw the talismans at him. Throw, throw, throw, hit, hit."

"..."

Router sighed, not sure if he was complaining about having such an "idiot teammate".

"How about this mission? Investigate the unusual noise from the Thunder Heat Vortex Furnace..."

"This won't work either." Lu Luqi directly interrupted Mo Ling's proposal.

"Then this is it, capturing the Narcissus Mermaid..." Mo Ling pointed to the top task on the task board and said seriously.

Hearing Mo Ling's suggestion, Lu Luqi's face changed instantly. He pulled his glasses and said seriously, "None of these will work. Let me choose. You step back first."

"Row."

Since he didn't have to use his brain, Mo Ling just waited obediently behind.

Router Qi walked to the task board and started talking to the staff. The staff seemed surprised by Router Qi's choice and confirmed with him several times before starting to operate on the computer.

Not long after, the router came back.

"Which mission did you choose?"

Because the tasks on the task board kept changing, Mo Ling didn't know which one to choose.

"this."

Lu took out a small notepad with a line of words written on it in a neat handwriting: "Investigate the illusion above the big tree hole."

"Investigation mission?" Mo Ling asked in a low voice, looking at the words on the note.

"Well, the investigation mission will be easier."

"What is the Big Tree Hole?"

"Go pack your things first, and we'll talk while we walk."

"it is good."

……

Not long after, the two left the monitoring station and headed towards the big tree hole. Route Qi also began to introduce the details of this mission to Mo Ling:
"The Big Tree Hole is a landmark location in the north of the monitoring station. There lives a creature called a Huashu around it. It is very friendly and can even communicate with humans."

"Once, an expedition team passed by the Big Tree Hole by chance at night and saw a mirage-like illusion above the Big Tree Hole. The illusion was of a city, so they told the monitoring station about it."

"The monitoring station was very interested in that city, so it sent an expedition team to investigate the matter. After the expedition team returned, they brought back a shocking news - the city in the illusion was the Abyss City that was under construction."

"For some reason, the projection of the Abyss City appeared above the big tree hole..."

"Due to staffing issues, the monitoring station never sent an expedition team to the Big Tree Hole again, and the matter was shelved, becoming an unsolved mystery."

"We got this task, which was a lucky break, because the authorities didn't know how to define the difficulty of this task. The upper limit might be very high, and the lower limit might be very low, so they simply defined it as a difficult task."

Listening to Lu Qi's story, Mo Ling nodded in understanding.

"So we just need to investigate the cause of the illusion?"

"Well, at most we have to go down to the big tree hole to have a look... This is already the easiest of all the difficult tasks."

"I see. That's why you asked me to purchase so many detection devices."

Mo Ling then understood why Router chose this task.

However, it must have taken a lot of effort to find this task among the dazzling task board. "When you complete this task, I will treat you to a feast."

"Stop! Don't use this sentence structure, it will cause problems." Lu Luqi quickly covered Mo Ling's mouth.

"You are a little superstitious."

"This is not superstition, this is empirical science."

"Okay, whatever you say, I won't say anything..."

The two of them played and fought like this, and after three days of sleeping in the open air, they finally reached the edge of the big tree hole.

"Those transformed trees said that this is the big tree hole."

“It doesn’t look that big.”

"It's already very big. Where can you find such a big tree above the abyss?"

While Mo Ling and Lu Lu were discussing, they set up camp on the open space next to the big tree hole.

"Let's debug the equipment first and wait until night."

"Row."

……

Night fell quickly, and the two stood in the dark camp, staring blankly at the sky.

"Mo Ling, do you think the stars we see in the abyss are the same as the stars we see on the ground?" Lu Luqi suddenly asked.

"I don't know, I can't see the stars." Mo Ling answered truthfully.

He hadn't been able to see those objects since he'd acquired that strange vision.

"Why are you asking me this suddenly? Are you missing home?" Mo Ling asked Lu Qi softly.

"No, it's not that complicated. I'm just curious."

"Oh, I thought you and your little girlfriend had a deal to look up at the stars at the same time at a certain time. The stars would intertwine your gazes, so that you would be gazing at each other."

"..."

Hearing the idol drama plot that came out of Mo Ling's mouth, Lu Lu was speechless for a moment and couldn't say anything.

"The stars are twinkling in the night, connected by fingers, accompanied by hearts, and tied by dreams. When you fall into a dream, you will see her who is also dreaming. You hold hands and look at the same starry sky together."

"Stop reading it, Mo Ling. I beg you."

"Oh."

……

The wait was destined to be torturous. The two of them just sat in the darkness, listening to the chirping of insects at night. Since they had rested during the day, they were both very energetic.

Because of boredom, Mo Ling has been torturing Router with all kinds of words.

He couldn't see the stars, so he could only use his vision that ignored the darkness to watch the ever-changing expressions on the route, and he enjoyed it.

"Mo Ling, you are so nasty." Lu Luqi sighed and said helplessly.

"how you said that?"

"Can't you just wait? Why do you have to torture me..."

"I'm afraid you're too scared. It's so dark here and you don't have the same vision as me, so I'm talking to you to divert your attention." Mo Ling defended himself without blushing.

"Then I have to thank you, right?"

"You're welcome."

"Mo Ling!"

Lu Luqi was already gritting his teeth. He now only hoped that the "mirage" would appear as soon as possible so that he could get rid of Mo Ling's torture.

(End of this chapter)