Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 46 Finding the Key Figure
Yuan Qiao took out an internal injury medicine from the system store and gave it to Amy before following Xiao Yuhang to the side.

"Although this dungeon is quite difficult, it's not without clues. We've just made some discoveries."

Although Xiao Yuhang really wanted to win Yuan Qiao over, he didn't want to generously provide her with clues or suggest that Yuan Qiao exchange valuable information.

"Many people died in the town recently. It was because a particularly dangerous person was infected and became mentally unstable, which led to the deaths."

While searching for materials to make paint, the little words spoken by the child who had a big problem with Pipi also gave Yuanqiao a lot of information.

Pipi's father seems to have become a monster due to pollution and killed many residents of the town, but most people have relatively sound values ​​and did not hold a grudge against Pipi's family.

However, Nunn deeply resents the fact that his sister died at the hands of his monster father.

Unexpectedly, Yuanqiao actually had a clue, and Xiao Yuhang's eyes lit up.

Xiang Chenyang also spoke up: "Find this key figure and find a way to stop these monsters' actions. That Amy might have a solution."

“Yes, our three-person team is pretty strong, and Chenyang even has a special talent.” Xiao Yuhang was very proud of his brother and revealed their strength to Yuan Qiao.

Yuanqiao connected everything in his mind. The two tasks the system gave him seemed simple, but in reality, they were very difficult.

It is now quite certain that for Task 1, Amy's troubles cannot be solved simply by finding someone to accompany her child to the competition.

Looking at the badly injured Amy, I figured her main concern was the monster invasion of the town, which was related to her husband.

Pipi's father has already had an accident. If Amy has an accident as well, Pipi will become an orphan. Even if she wins first place in the children's competition, she won't be happy, and she will fail the second task.

After much thought, the only way to complete the mission is to help defeat these monsters.

Looking at the densely packed, polluted monsters, Yuan Qiao felt a faint sense of death. Even if he kept hacking away for half a month, he still couldn't clear them all...

Joining these player teams to kill monsters isn't a problem; the main issue is finding other ways to address the root cause.

After chatting with Xiao Yuhang for a few minutes, she returned to Amy's side.

"Manager Amy, although it may be a bit presumptuous, I genuinely want to help you."

Yuanqiao paused for a moment, then asked:

"Can you tell me why these monsters are gathering?"

The town has been peaceful for hundreds of years. Even if someone is corrupted and turns into a monster, they will be eliminated. How could so many of them appear outside the town?

"Cough cough, it's not a secret..." Amy said weakly. The corpses of the polluted monsters that were killed would be sent to the Lost Planet for unified purification.

Almost all living things on that planet were polluted, and even slightly polluted creatures would reproduce, so the abandoned planet had a large number of polluted monsters.

Her husband Chris's gifted paintings enabled the establishment of a communication channel between the two places.

The polluted monsters from the lost planet were teleported to the town, but the town of Keril had a protective shield, so the monsters gathered outside the city walls.

The residents took turns fighting and clearing them out.

As she spoke, tears of self-reproach streamed down her face. "It's all my fault. I accidentally infected him, cough cough."

"It's alright, it's alright, don't get agitated." Yuan Qiao took out a bottle of mineral water from his spatial storage and gave it to Amy.

"I don't know why. The infection level was very low and could be cleared with purification agents, but Chris lost his mind and did many wrong things."

Because of his uniquely gifted paintings, he participated in many cleanup operations against polluted monsters.

After hearing the whole story, Yuanqiao felt a little melancholy. He wished Nanxi were here to do something that required thinking.

Amy's only plan was to see her husband and hope that he could regain his senses, even for a moment, and teleport away the corrupted monsters.

But what if Chris sees Amy and, instead of regaining his senses, kills her on the spot? He sounds like a powerful monster leader. Amy doesn't seem to mind that everyone knows about this. The townspeople are very kind; they know the truth but don't blame Amy and her family.

Everyone was doing their best to protect the town, and Amy felt very guilty because of their kindness.

Yuan Qiao explained the whole story to Xiang Chenyang and the others. Xiao Yuhang was quite touched that Yuan Qiao was so generous in sharing such an important clue about the instance.

But when they heard that they had to find a way to find someone as capable as Chris, they were stumped.

The task belongs to everyone; it can't be just them putting in the effort.

Xiao Yuhang contacted the other players.

All the players gathered together, and there were eleven of them including Yuanqiao. They asked everyone if anyone had any items that could restore Chris's sanity.

Such an incredible item, no one else has it, and even if they did, they probably wouldn't take it out easily. Xiao Yuhang was somewhat disappointed.

“Then at least let’s find this monster leader named Chris,” a female player said.

Xiao Yuhang: "The monsters fighting on the front lines right now are just ordinary contaminated monsters. They're not very strong, just numerous. I don't see any of them that seem to be in charge."

"Instead of wasting time here discussing how to come up with a solution, we might as well go kill some ordinary monsters."

One of the male players said casually, stood up and walked towards the area where the monsters were being cleared.

After agreeing to meet again before dark, the players dispersed to continue clearing the area.

Yuan Qiao took out his lightsaber, a perfect opportunity to hone his skills. Thinking of the purification and healing potions he had prepared in his spatial storage, he confidently charged into the battlefield.

"what--"

The lightsaber pierced the body of a monster bear, then pulled it out and slashed it across the neck.

Solve one.

The improvement in his physique allowed Yuanqiao to easily defeat many ordinary monsters without resorting to brute force.

He kept hacking away, using his lightsaber like a greatsword. When it ran out of energy, he would take out an energy battery to recharge it and switch to a psionic gun to practice his marksmanship against the monsters.

Yuanqiao was still very afraid of getting hurt. Although she wasn't afraid of dying, she was still suffering from too much pain, so she kept her psionic shield on to protect herself.

Until I heard Amy calling out.

Yuanqiao stopped and retreated, turning back to look at Amy with a puzzled expression.

“Miss Yuanqiao, Pipi has also come to the city wall. She wants to see you.”

After Amy absorbed the effects of the medicine, she was no longer so weak and joined the cleanup team. However, she had just received a message from her child.

It was too dangerous outside; she felt anxious and worried.

Pipi mentioned wanting to see Yuanqiao, so she found Yuanqiao and they went back to the town gate together to stop Pipi from coming out.

When the two returned to the city gate, they saw the two little ones, Sheena and Pipi, who had been brought there by the male player.

Pipi cried and ran into Amy's arms.

"Mom, I miss you so much! You're hurt!"

Seeing the bloodstains on Amy's mother, Pipi was very sad. In fact, she guessed that Yuanqiao's coming to the outskirts of town might be related to her mother.

"Mom, the competition is over. Perhaps this painting will be helpful to you."

(End of this chapter)