Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 223 Long-term Mission
As the female player cast a detection spell on the boy, the boy also discovered her presence.

"Player?"

Both the players and the army of the All-Spirit Alliance carried an aura that clearly did not belong to this world.

Unless deliberately concealed, even ordinary people can sense the difference.

Not to mention a teenager, who is born to be favored by the world's will.

Following the normal trajectory of development, the boy was originally preparing to sign a contract with a certain force to prepare for his future.

With the advent of the pantheon, signing contracts no longer held much significance.

He was following his teacher's advice to have more contact with the All-Spirit Alliance, or rather, the Dawn Empire, as a way to prepare for his own future and that of Tiandu City.

However, both the All-Spirit Alliance and the Dawn Empire's armies have their own missions to carry out, and the young man does not belong to the Heavenly Capital City's military system, so it is not advisable to join them rashly.

That's why the boy set his sights on the players.

According to the intelligence currently available to Tiandu City, the players remaining in Tiandu City are mostly from the Wanling Alliance.

Seeing the female player walking excitedly towards him from not far away, the boy spoke first.

"My name is Tianheng. May I ask your name, friend?"

"I am Nidie."

As the game nickname slipped out, the female player named Reverse Butterfly suddenly looked a little strange.

Fortunately, due to the language difference, the word "reverse butterfly" did not carry any offensive connotation after being translated by the game system.

Tianheng's expression remained unchanged: "Hello, Miss Nidie."

"Golden, oh no, Boss Tianheng, is there any trouble you need me to help you solve?"

Ni Die spoke with anticipation, wanting to accept a mission from Tian Heng.

The rewards for quests issued by natives of the Gold Legend level are simply unimaginable.

If I can receive and complete this task, I might really take off.

"Want to help me solve this problem?"

Tianheng hesitated for a moment, but did not give an answer immediately.

This was his first time interacting with players.

Before this, he also knew that players really enjoyed helping the residents of Tiandu City solve all sorts of troubles or fulfill their many wishes.

It has created great value for the residents of Tiandu City and provided them with many conveniences.

He only charges a token fee for each commission.

Passionate, generous, and selfless – that’s Tianheng’s first impression of its players.

"I'm currently researching the sublimation and fusion of the Four Symbols' power. Can you help me solve this problem?"

As soon as Tianheng finished speaking, Nidie's eyes lit up, because a corresponding task prompt popped up in front of him.

The task trigger conditions have been met.

[Task Name: Answering Questions and Resolving Doubts]

[Mission Objective: To solve the problem of sublimation and fusion of the Four Symbols Power for Tianheng]

[Task Difficulty: S]

[Task Time Limit: Ten Days]

[Fixed reward for the task: 1000000000 experience points]

[Bonus Reward for the Mission: High-Tier Artifact *1]

"Wardfa!"

The inner voice of the Reverse Butterfly was roaring incessantly.

It's safe to say that this is truly a legendary gold-level native reward; the mission reward is simply outrageous.

The long string of zeros following the fixed reward is almost dizzying.

If this can be accomplished, it's no exaggeration to say that it would be possible to directly upgrade to a high-level superhuman.

There are also high-tier artifacts among the extra rewards.

The so-called relics, in the T09-3057 crystal wall system, are products evolved from many regular fragments.

Each relic carries a portion of the power of the rules.

If fully utilized, it can possess near-invincible dominance among its peers.

Additional rewards will vary depending on the natives' favorability towards you and the degree of task completion.

In theory, this extra reward could even provide the Reverse Butterfly with a ninth-tier relic that perfectly suits her, making her invincible below the legendary level.

However, despite the generous rewards, the probability of completing the task for the Reverse Butterfly is absolutely zero.

These individual tasks cannot be completed with other players.

In other words, Ni Die will have to solve Tian Heng's problem on her own within ten days.

Ni Die didn't know how difficult the transformation and fusion of the Four Symbols Power was, but just looking at this reward, she knew that it had probably already reached the legendary realm.

Reverse Butterfly is just an ordinary player; in reality, she isn't even a superhuman.

It involves knowledge of the legendary realm, which she has no way of accessing, let alone mastering knowledge at this level to answer Tianheng's questions.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tianheng, I'm not capable of solving your problem."

This tremendous opportunity had presented itself to her, but she lacked the ability to seize it, and Ni Die looked somewhat distressed.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The quests issued by the natives on the blue panel can help a large number of players break through and become extraordinary.

However, this task also requires a large number of players to complete.

Not to mention the quests issued by the natives of the Golden Legend.

The reward is linked to the difficulty of the task; this is a rule of the game system.

Reverse Butterfly was so excited about seeing the Golden Legend that she momentarily overlooked the connection.

Now that I've come to my senses, I realize that even if I encountered the natives of the Golden Legend, it wouldn't be something I could control.

"Oh, it's alright. I was being a bit presumptuous."

Tianheng shook his head, indicating that Nidie didn't need to take it to heart.

Perhaps it was because the player was subconsciously treated as a whole, coupled with the player's amazing performance in defending Tiandu City against the insect swarm's offensive and driving the insect swarm back in defeat.

Tianheng then brought up a small problem he had recently encountered, hoping that the players could provide a solution.

As things stand, at least the player in front of me can't solve his own problem, and I can't really lump all the players together.

Having no intention of relying on the player in front of him to solve anything, Tianheng instead started chatting with him.

“You players have almost no life essence in your bodies, but your combat power is quite high.”

"How can their combat strength be completely comparable to that of the seasoned warriors of Tiandu City? What is the underlying principle behind this?"

Logically speaking, once an individual's life essence is damaged, not only will their lifespan be sharply reduced, but their combat power will also be greatly reduced.

The fact that players could maintain strong combat power even when their life essence was almost zero was something that Tianheng found quite puzzling.

"I don't know, it's probably because of the game's settings."

Ni Die shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

In reality, within the civilization of these Blue Star deities' kin, the loss of a transcendent's life essence is a very serious injury. Therefore, they themselves cannot understand the principle behind their ability to maintain combat power in the game without any life essence; they can only explain it through the game's mechanics.

Tianheng didn't dwell on Ni Die's answer; he simply nodded casually.

He knew that the players had descended here from another world infinitely far away through some kind of rule called the game.

Moreover, the players appearing here are not their original selves, and they can be resurrected immediately if they die.

This is why players can engage in direct combat with the Zerg, and even wear down each other.

The terrifying insectoid race, capable of devouring the rules, is powerless against the players who evolve from the game's rules.

Then it goes without saying what level this rule called "game" has reached.

Since it's a setting within the rules, it's not surprising that players can maintain their combat power even without any life source.

"Why is it that you players seem so enthusiastic about taking on all sorts of quests?"

The question about Tianheng reached Nidie's ears again.

"Well, that's because each task provides a certain amount of experience points."

"Experience points? What are those, and what are they used for?"

Upon hearing this question, Nidie's eyes lit up, and a familiar mission prompt popped up in front of her.

The task trigger conditions have been met.

[Task Name: Answering Questions and Resolving Doubts]

[Task Objective: Explain the meaning and function of experience points to Tianheng]

[Task Difficulty: None]

[Task Time Limit: Unlimited]

[Fixed reward for the task: 10000 experience points]

[Bonus Rewards for the Mission: None]

Although the rewards for this task are vastly different from those for the previous task.

But compared to a mission that has no chance of being completed, Reverse Butterfly prefers missions that are easy to complete.

Moreover, the rewards for this task are definitely not low.

The lowest-level Zerg can only provide a dozen or so experience points.

Even with the experience buff from the first battle, you would need to kill thousands of Zerg to reach level 20 and advance to the next class, just by killing the lowest-level Zerg.

Considering the penalty of losing experience upon death, even a thousand Zerg might not be enough.

Otherwise, it would be as easy for every player to kill the lowest-level Zerg as killing chickens, and most players wouldn't have failed to reach level 20 by the end of the campaign.

Reverse Butterfly is currently level 16, and 10000 experience points are enough for her to level up to 19 with some left over.

Just by simply answering a question, you can get the rewards that you would only get from killing hundreds of the lowest-level Zerg. Where else can you find such a good deal?

It truly lives up to its reputation as a golden legend; even with the same level of difficulty, its rewards far surpass those of other native tribes.

"Experience points are a kind of reward provided to us players by the game system."

"Experience points have many uses; you could even say they're all-powerful."

"Whether it's our own level, the level of various skills, or even the level of equipment, we can use experience points to level up."

Upon hearing Ni Die's explanation, Tian Heng raised an eyebrow.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you're so enthusiastic about helping the residents of Tiandu City."

In other words, the players are not just indiscriminate do-gooders; they help the residents of Tiandu City because they can also benefit from it.

Tianheng was not disappointed. Compared to one side's one-sided efforts, the other side reaped the benefits.

This mutually beneficial relationship is more sustainable and will be more advantageous to Tiandu City.

"Could you demonstrate the specific effects of experience points? The more detailed the better."

The task prompt popped up again.

Compared to the previous mission, this mission has an additional reward: 1 low-tier artifact.

The butterfly naturally had no reason to refuse.

Soon, under Tianheng's watchful gaze, Nidie's aura changed repeatedly, rising directly from level 16 to level 18.

She then demonstrated her skills to Tianheng and leveled up using experience points.

The weapon of the Reverse Butterfly was also upgraded using experience points.

The main problem is that I don't have many experience points, so I have to be careful with how I spend them.

If I hadn't just earned 10000 experience points from Tianheng, I wouldn't even know where to begin demonstrating the effects of experience points.

Tianheng's gaze also changed slightly at this moment.

With his keen eye, he could naturally tell that what Ni Die was demonstrating was indeed a temporary enhancement.

He also discerned some clues about the underlying principles; it was a kind of great power that originated from this world yet sought to transcend it.

"That must be the game rules. With the arrival of the players, have the game rules also been integrated into this world?"

"Or rather, after the game rules were integrated into this world, the players arrived."

After a moment's thought, Tianheng quickly figured out some of the cause-and-effect relationships involved.

"Thank you for the demonstration, Miss Reverse Butterfly. Here is your payment."

Tianheng handed a low-level holy relic to Nidie, who accepted it with great excitement.

With a low-level holy relic in hand, even if she hasn't yet become a transcendent, killing those lowest-level transcendent insectoids is no different from killing chickens.

"By the way, Miss Reverse Butterfly, will there be any bottlenecks or similar issues when using experience points to level up?"

"Probably not. Anyway, I've never heard of any player being unable to level up due to some kind of bottleneck. The only problem is not having enough experience points."

Tianheng was somewhat surprised to hear Nidie's answer.

If that's the case, as long as there's enough experience, a player's growth rate probably won't be slower than someone like myself who is favored by the world's will.

Is it about mass-producing unparalleled geniuses, or is every player inherently an unparalleled genius?

Players are truly terrifying.

Fortunately, the player is not his enemy, but a comrade-in-arms fighting alongside him against the Zerg.

Thinking of this, Tianheng's expression relaxed considerably, and a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.

They didn't continue the conversation. After exchanging contact information, Tianheng left quickly.

However, before leaving, he left a task for Reverse Butterfly.

[Mission Name: Stabilize Internal Troubles]

[Mission Objective: Eliminate the Zerg within Tiandu City]

[Mission Difficulty: SSS]

[Task Time Limit: Unlimited]

[Permanent Mission Reward: Double the experience gained from killing Zerg]

[Bonus Rewards for the Mission: Earn Merit Points for each Zerg unit killed, which can be exchanged for treasures in the Treasury of Tiandu City]

(End of this chapter)