Life Dungeon Game

The more difficult it is, the higher the score.

Actually, this mission is somewhat different from previous missions. There is almost no room for shortcuts this time; we can only grit our teeth and move forward.

Based on the system's past practices, the requirements for understanding the reasons behind the deaths shouldn't be too high. Investigating the evil god priest might allow you to complete the mission without even touching Ilya'an, but the evaluation would likely be the lowest.

However, even if the requirements are only this high, this mission is still much more difficult than the previous ones.

He Ao's completion rate was the highest, and the difficulty level was also the highest, so he received an SSS rating.

Somewhat surprised, but still within expectations.

After all, this mission was indeed difficult. It started with an ordinary person on the verge of death and wanted by the authorities, and ended with defeating a B-rank and blocking an evil god.

Therefore, He Ao was expected to obtain SSS in the first main quest.

He Ao looked down; the second main mission was to reduce the number of deaths.

The standard is vague. After He Ao discovers the evil god's ritual, he should try to notify others immediately, save as many people as possible, and then run into the wilderness to hide. He should be able to complete the mission that way.

However, it is equally difficult to get high ratings.

He Ao had already figured it out: an important evaluation criterion for the second main mission is the impact after the mission is completed.

Although this time it wasn't as groundbreaking as the last time it changed the fate of the wilderness wanderers, in a timeline without Hoo, most of the people of Rock City would become sacrifices offered by Ilya to Death.

It saved a city and was an event that affected the entire Federation.

The mission description also mentioned that it 'awakened' the Federation.

However, this evaluation was not unexpected; He Ao had anticipated it after the mission ended.

So the next one is the third one.

Side quest SSS.

This was somewhat unexpected for Heo.

Side quests usually involve the opposing faction of the questing character; in Nell's case, the mining consortium is the opposing faction.

He Ao overthrew the mining conglomerate, but if he had only overthrown the mining conglomerate, even if he had gone to great lengths this time, his mission evaluation would not have been higher than if he had overthrown the Anvis Power Group.

The key point of this side mission's evaluation is that 'a young, new enterprise unlike any previous conglomerate has been established'.

This statement reminded Heo of his earlier assessment when he pushed for the Wilderness Immigration Act.

Upon seeing this comment, He Ao understood what his third brother had done.

The third brother mostly follows the principle of equality that the miners' mutual aid association has always upheld.

The demand for mutual aid transformed the new mining company into a mining company for all miners, rather than his own.

This is a model unlike any other mining conglomerate or even any other conglomerate; it is a fundamental innovation.

This new model may affect the entire mining monopoly alliance and even the entire federation, so the system gave it a relatively high rating.

In fact, He Ao did not initially plan for a new mining company model because he was no longer in the instance world when the mining conglomerate collapsed, and someone who was no longer there could not intervene in such a major event.

Anyone who acquires these mines can quickly rebuild a new mining conglomerate and become a powerful entity.

Wealth can move people's hearts; such a huge benefit cannot be swayed by the last words of a dead person.

So He Ao eventually gave the small pickaxe to his third brother.

He did not return the pickaxe to the old foreman.

One reason is that the old foreman disappeared after being taken away by the pharmacist and cannot be contacted.

Secondly, judging from the old foreman's character, after the collapse of the mining conglomerate, his wish had been fulfilled, and he probably wouldn't want to return to Rock City.

Although Heo had never actually met his third brother, Witt, from Nell's memory, Witt was a very intelligent, thoughtful, and principled person with many avant-garde and unconventional ideas.

He was simply too busy with family and worldly affairs to stop and think.

Heo didn't know where Witt would lead the miners' mutual aid society, but he was willing to give Witt a chance to prove his worth.

With the military support of his fourth brother, Ivo, his third brother, Witt, was also able to maintain his power.

It now appears that Witt made his choice, and also earned Heo an SSS rating.

The SSS rating from the side quest directly boosted He Ao's overall rating to SSS.

However, the collapse of the mining conglomerate should have happened long after the mission ended. Even if we followed He Ao's plan exactly, it would still take a month, which translates to one day in the main world.

However, the system completed its evaluation the moment He Ao returned. This was not the first time; Joey had also pre-calculated future events.

If the time in the main world and the instance world are synchronized, it proves that the system has some kind of ability to 'see the future'.

It seems there are still many secrets hidden in the system.

He Ao lowered his head and looked at the evaluation of the hidden mission.

'Protect the light in Nell's heart.'

Neil actually has a very good mental fortitude. Even after suffering a series of misfortunes and losing his family members one by one, he still maintained basic rationality and investigated the truth and sought help in an orderly manner.

Even the storage chip given to the FBI director in Rock City was carefully provided as a copy, not the original.

For an 18-year-old high school dropout, such a mindset and way of thinking is actually quite impressive.

What kept him mature, besides the hardships he had endured since childhood, was a piece of advice given to him by a priest at his church school.

'God is fair.'

The time he spent attending church school was the happiest period of his life, and this statement became a source of strength for him throughout his hardships.

light.

He always firmly believed that God was fair and that justice would eventually prevail, so even when his loved ones disappeared one by one and he was in the deepest despair, he never gave up.

He didn't truly fall into despair until he was betrayed by the head of the FBI in Rock City and surrounded and killed in a dark alley.

Then He Ao arrived.

In a sense, the hidden quests are tied to the main storyline. Only by eliminating Ilyaan, dismantling the mining conglomerate, and overthrowing these dark mountains can Heo ultimately protect the light that Nel is about to lose in his heart.

But there is a very unexpected and chilling truth: the priest who told Nell that "God is fair" was actually...

It is Ilya.

Or rather, he was a priest controlled by Ilya.

In Nell's memory, he had seen it many times: the priest would always sit on the stool with his back straight and his shoulders level, sometimes in a rather unnatural way.

Because the priest was the principal, Nell paid more attention to him and had many memories of this kind of 'principal, important figure'.

Nell was in his second year of high school that year, and that's when the priest gave him the cross, and that's also when the church school's library was built.

The bookshelves in the classic Rock City library are arranged from A to Z, the church school library from Z to A, and the underground library of Elijah is also arranged from Z to A.

The layout of the church school's library and underground reading room was also very similar.

Shortly after the library was completed, the priest went on a "business trip".

He didn't return from that business trip until he graduated, and was later 'transferred'.

Almost simultaneously with the priest's business trip, the 'mayor' announced his candidacy for the election.

Why did Ilya An control the mayor so perfectly, leaving only the slight flaw of her sitting posture? Because she had already 'tested' it on the priest and gained experience from it.

This is also one of the pieces of evidence that He Ao has determined is strongly correlated with the corruption of those war gods.

As one of the gods who killed the God of War, it's possible that Death might possess some items related to the God of War. As a top-tier B-rank under Death, it wouldn't be difficult for Ilya to obtain these things.

However, Ilya Ann seems to have long forgotten about Nel, her 'student'.

She didn't recognize He Ao, and He Ao didn't point it out.

This 'student' who remembered a casual remark she made many years ago ultimately lost her life because of that casual remark, 'God is fair.'

In a sense, this is also a kind of dark humor.

In the rage of the final battle, Ho (Neil) is not only angry about the murder of his loved ones, but also angry about being deceived.

As Heo pondered, the words in his field of vision changed rapidly.

[Congratulations on reaching SSS overall rating! Your player privilege advancement quest progress is now being updated.]

[Refresh complete]

[Current task completion rate: 39/38]

Mission accomplished?

The subtitles in He Ao's field of vision jumped rapidly.

【mission completed】

[Congratulations on completing the privilege upgrade task! You have received an ultra-super-powerful privilege enhancement gift pack!]

This naming convention for rewards seems familiar.

[Automatically unlocking gift pack for you]

[Gift Pack Unlocked]

[Upgrading your privileges]

He Ao saw his personal attribute panel appear in his field of vision.

【He Ao】

[Privilege Level: Regular Player]

Physical fitness: 267

[Skills: Talent Sequence 272: Hypermemory (C-rank) (Ritual incomplete), Basic Firearms Proficiency, Talent Sequence 40: Magician (D-rank)]

Mechanical modification: None

[Martial Arts: Refining Essence into Qi (Rank D)]

Soon, the [Privilege Level: Ordinary Player] in He Ao's field of vision was shrouded in a faint purple glow.

The radiance floated slowly like clouds, and one could vaguely see the words within slowly changing.

Eventually, the radiance faded, revealing the text beneath.

[Privilege Level: Advanced Player]