The Only Player in Infinite Terror

Chapter 88 Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Ling Qi exchanged for a small wooden mallet, gently tapped it on the table, and solemnly said, "The first item on the agenda is to tally the results of the last meeting!"

"First and foremost, I need to make it clear to you that the most important thing in this God's Space is to make good use of reward points and side quests."

"Using the same amount of side quests and reward points to exchange for a properly enhanced Reincarnator could result in combat power several times, or even dozens of times, greater than exchanging for a improperly enhanced one!"

"I told you yesterday that there is also a line of death in the God's Space."

"This killing line is specifically designed to kill those stupid and incompetent reincarnators."

"Especially for you newcomers, how to make good use of the limited side quests and reward points is of paramount importance in determining whether you can survive the next mission."

"As the captain of the Central Continent team, I will be responsible for you team members and help you choose the most suitable enhancements so that you can become stronger as quickly as possible."

"But the premise is that you don't try to be clever and hide your gains, and then exchange them haphazardly."

"Alright, that's all I have to say. Zhan Lan, Brother Jie, you two are responsible for monitoring whether the new recruits are lying during their reports."

"Let me make this clear from the start: if anyone is found to be deliberately concealing information, it means they don't trust me, their team leader."

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"If that's the case, then you don't need to follow me anymore; you can form your own team from now on."

"Does anyone have any opinions? Let me emphasize again, I am a very democratic person, and I would never deliberately retaliate against someone just because they disagree with me."

Everyone shook their heads, their faces full of obedience: "We will resolutely obey all the captain's arrangements!"

Income must be reconciled at all times; it won't work if it's not reconciled!

In the original story, the Central Continent Team failed to establish a proper accounting mechanism, which directly led to the disappearance of three S-level side quests during the final battle!

This is outrageous!

Three S-rank side quests! What a huge amount of resources that is!

If they had simply given Zheng Zha two S-rank side quests to exchange for Saiyan and Superman bloodlines, the Central Continent Team wouldn't have had such a difficult time in the final battle.

Etemon evolves into Monkey God, activate!

Without considering the possibility that the clone Zheng Zha would hold back, in the original story, Zheng Zha was no match for the clone Zheng Zha at the end of the battle.

It was all because he believed Chu Xuan's nonsense and relied entirely on the gene lock to optimize his genes, slowly gaining free attributes and upgrading his bloodline.

Even after the finale, his bloodline remained that of a vampire count, resulting in his mechanics and enhancement multipliers being sufficient, but his stats being too weak and dragging him down.

Of course, when Ling Qi was chatting and joking with others in the beta testing group, some people in the group confidently stated that Zheng Zha actually didn't know the Primordial Chaos at all.

The reason Zheng Zha was finally able to use the Primordial Chaos was because Commissioner Chu Xuan used three embezzled S-level side quests to exchange for Zheng Zha with the Main God.

Huh? How did he know? That person said he was Fuxi and was watching the live broadcast at the time.

This claim is so absurd that others naturally don't believe it.

So everyone started repeating the same thing, copying and pasting it to send messages like, "Believe I am Qin Shi Huang, not Fuxi."

Getting back to the main point, perhaps because she was so eager, Little Apple was the first to announce her findings.

"I have one B, one C, and one D-level side quest, as well as 20543 reward points."

Following closely behind, the others also reported their gains.

New players typically receive 1B1D plus 10,000 bonus points.

Only Li Shuaixi and Ba Wang received an extra C-level side quest and two thousand reward points each because they blew off the left shoulder of the traitor.

The focus remains on the three giants: Zhang Jie, Zheng Zha, and Zhan Lan.

Because Zhan Lan took the head of the Rebel Xenomorph and killed two Guardian Xenomorphs, she received one A-level side quest and one D-level side quest, for a total of over 41,000 reward points.

Zheng Zha obtained two B-level side quests and one D-level side quest for taking the heads of three Imperial Guard aliens, earning a reward of over 39,000 points.

Zhang Jie took the last head of the Guardian Xenomorph, gaining one B, one C, and one D-level side quest, and a reward of over 37,000 points.

In general, because they fled in advance, they didn't stubbornly confront the monitors.

The side quests that Team A gained in the previous mission were almost entirely due to the group B buffs provided by the main quest.

As for reward points, everyone was quite well-off due to the large number of aliens.

After checking the accounts, Ling Qi had a clear understanding of the situation and then made a statement: "First of all, as the captain of the Zhongzhou team, I need to conduct a self-examination."

"Because I underestimated the impact of score manipulation, we didn't maximize our gains in the last game."

"What's worse is that, due to the existence of unknown terrors, we can no longer exchange for living days cheaply, nor can we return to our previous missions to train and farm."

"I can only spend five times the price to return to the biohazard world from the previous one to cultivate."

Li Shuaixi retorted with a serious expression, "Captain, in that case, I have to give you a good scolding."

Everyone else was shocked, staring wide-eyed at the ordinary young man, wondering to themselves, "Are all college students these days so brave?"

Ling Qi, of course, wouldn't get angry over such a small matter, and said with interest, "Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

Li Shuaixi stood up and said righteously, "Captain, you're wrong. You're a good person in every way, except for one flaw—you're too demanding of yourself!"

"We've completed so many side quests and earned so many reward points, and you're still not satisfied, Captain?"

"So I must criticize you, Captain, for being too hard on yourself; that's not good!"

After saying that, he sat back down in his seat, his body stiff.

Li Shuaixi, loyal!

His 180-degree turn left everyone else who was watching the spectacle completely astonished.

Well, I never expected that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be like this, Li Shuaixi!

Ling Qi was also taken aback and burst into laughter: "Hahaha, Li Shuaixi, your criticism is reasonable. I will pay more attention in the future."

"However, I always felt that we should have gained even more from the last mission."

Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses and said, "Actually, what I'm curious about is whether the alien world that the main god initially placed us in had this kind of worldview."

"Or is it because we collected too many reward points that the main god intervened and changed the world's settings, resulting in enemies far more powerful than we can handle?"

"From the perspective of rationality and operational difficulty alone, I think the former is more likely."

"But I still don't have a deep understanding of just how powerful the Supreme God really is."

"Perhaps modifying the world's settings is as simple for the Supreme God as deleting or editing a few lines of text in a document?"

"The cause-and-effect relationship here is as elusive as the chicken-or-egg dilemma—"