This game is so weird!

Time flew by, and the days passed slowly in the boredom of the Firefly and Rookie teams.

The Star Orbit team, which was slightly stronger and more confident, found that there was no suitable mission to familiarize themselves with the environment. After a discussion, they took on the mission to explore the nearest target area and prepared to take out the Sea Moth to explore the surrounding environment and check the mission status.

The two rookie squads were completely bewildered, especially the rookie vanguard, as this was their first mission since becoming an exploration team.

These tasks sound dangerous just from what the staff in the lobby described; they're definitely not something they could possibly carry out.

The only completed target area exploration has resulted in over 10 deaths.

(Besides not eating pineapple buns, other people who accepted the quest were attracted by events along the way and wandered around before being eaten by a passing Leviathan.)

What? Several Sea Moths were damaged.

What do you mean by "above-scale dangerous creatures in the open ocean"?

What the hell are these?

Pudding, the leader, felt as if he had just come of age. The village chief walked up to him, handed him the best sword in the village, and then said to him:

"Young man, you've grown up! Grab the best sword in the village and go defeat the Great Demon King to save the world!"

Then his childhood sweetheart (the neighboring Firefly Squad) and his best friend (his three teammates) stood beside him, looking at him with teary eyes.

While crying, she said, "Pudding, go quickly. I will take good care of XX/OO."

???

Out of concern for her own life and trust in her friends, Pudding said, "Never mind, you go first."

No wonder they got along so well. After exchanging a few playful banter, the rookie vanguard decided to give up, rest here for a while, and wait for other tasks.

Seeing this, the Firefly Squad no longer hesitated and sat down at the small round table to chat.

I'm going to show the boss what it means to get what you pay for. A few dollars won't hurt you, but it certainly won't buy you a hero to save the world.

Although you won't really die, if you were bitten to death by a Leviathan, which sounds terrifying, would you break into pieces or shatter into chunks... or perhaps become a lump?

On behalf of her teammates, Nana, the captain of the Firefly Squad, said, "Thank you for the invitation."

They're all still virgins, and they don't want to die in the teeth and stomachs of these strange creatures.

So it turned into eight people staying in the base lobby, eating brunch and slacking off.

Fortunately, the contribution points for the meal allowance were distributed to the new employees this morning; otherwise, they would have to pay out of pocket to go to work before they even started earning money.

Pudding from the rookie team, with a fish and chips made from biomass of unknown origin dangling from his mouth, propped up his chin with one hand and staring blankly at the bar.

Just then, Er Miao rushed in from outside the door with Ye Yu Ji Bei and Qiao Wo Shi Mu Yu, and her eyes lit up when she saw Manager Xiao Meng.

"Little Meng, you've completed all the tasks!"

"Wow!"

Xiao Meng also exclaimed in surprise, her emotions running high.

"You've completed all six tasks so quickly? I'll process your task settlement now. I'll leave this to you."

Under Xiaomeng's guidance, the newly hired female receptionist Xiaogua guided Ermiao to connect her headset to the guild terminal on the bar and begin verifying the task details one by one.

"Did I hear that right???"

Pudding, the rookie team leader at the small round table, gaped, turned around, and looked at his three teammates with blank expressions.

"Six tasks in one morning? Even the most demanding person wouldn't be this busy!"

"Yeah, I didn't hear any seniors mention anyone doing it this fast at school. They usually only do one task every two days or one task per day."

"I'm numb. I've run into a big shot while I was out working."

The Firefly Squad at the next table, who were secretly eavesdropping, couldn't help but twitch their lips slightly, almost losing their composure as well-bred ladies.

"Are all jobs in society this competitive nowadays...?"

"Shh-"

Unaware of the situation, the three of them finished their mission, went to the restaurant's vending machine and bought several freshly made fish fillets, then carried them to the round table in the corner to sit down.

Seeing that Er Miao was about to walk over, the two teams immediately fell silent, replaced by expressions of admiration, their eyes shining as they looked up at Er Miao and her two companions, leaving them somewhat bewildered.

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Are these NPCs out of their minds? Updating with a hotfix without downtime seems unreliable.

They didn't pay much attention to it. After the three of them sat down, they ate and discussed their plans for the next few days. After all, Pineapple Bun couldn't be online for long periods of time and couldn't hang out with her at her base, so they had to find some other fun.

"How about taking Pikachu and the others out for a stroll? Let's find a nice beach near the coast or the base and have some fun."

"Alright."

"Great, this is a good opportunity to research how to train them."

During our conversation and meal, it quietly came to two o'clock.

The holographic image of the taskbar above the bar fluctuated, and as the light and shadow shifted, a few new tasks appeared in the taskbar.

Due to limited quest sources, the Exploration Guild currently offers very few daily quests.

The daily tasks mainly consist of sea patrols, monster clearing, and material gathering, which are released in the morning. In the afternoon, the tasks are supplemented to those in the morning or other sudden base needs and security tasks.

The ones that have appeared now are the subdivided exploration guild expansion tasks.

After a morning of discussion, Li Ang and Yue Qing finally confirmed the guild's renovation plan. They then handed it over to the Exploration Guild Hall to outsource tasks that could be completed by players and exploration teams through task postings, thereby stimulating the internal economic cycle.

Just as Pudding, who was eagerly waiting, was about to get up, Er Miao in the corner slammed his hand on the table and used the momentum to leap out.

He rushed to the bar in two strides.

"Little Meng! I need a mission!"

"Ahhhhhh, boss!!!!"

Before Er Miao could finish taking on the task, the Firefly Squad and the Rookie Vanguard Squad finally realized what was happening and rushed over to surround the bar.

As they charged forward, Pudding, the leader of the rookie vanguard team, shouted, "Leave us a few tasks—"

After a friendly discussion—actually, Pudding was too excited and was pinned down on the bar by Ye Yu and Mu Yu—Er Miao communicated with Nana from the Firefly Team, and Pudding nodded frantically on the bar. Er Miao generously gave up the other tasks, smiled, and received the most crucial exploration base renovation task from Manager Xiao Meng. Then, she led Ye Yu and Mu Yu up to the second floor from the back and discussed the task with Vice President Yue Qing in detail.

Just as Pudding and Nana were excitedly preparing to look at the other missions, another group of players walked in from outside.

Upon seeing the material collection quest on the screen from afar, the player leading the group, who had created a fierce-looking face, walked towards the counter and loudly proclaimed, "Can we accept these materials for the quest? We can deliver the materials we need right now."

After saying that, he turned around and whispered something to his companion.

"The price is quite high. I'll just use up the materials in my backpack; it's almost overflowing."

"This is ridiculous, they're stealing my missions like that..."

Pudding was about to argue with them when Xiaomeng, the manager behind the bar, stepped forward and said apologetically, "Excuse me, there are two other teams ahead of you checking mission information. If you need to receive a mission, please wait a moment. We will serve all adventurers in order."

Do you need to accept a task?

After speaking, Xiaomeng looked at the Firefly Squad and the Rookie Vanguard Squad.

"Yes! Let's accept the aluminum ore material collection mission."

"We're going to accept the lithium ore collection quest, thank you, Sister Xiaomeng."

"Ah, thank you so much, Sister Meng!"

Pudding and Nana quickly accepted the task they wanted, thanked Xiaomeng, inquired about the mineral distribution, and then headed towards Moon Pool where the Sea Moth was docked.

Seeing the two teams leave, the loud-voiced player at the back shrugged and walked forward nonchalantly.

Let's turn in the remaining tasks.

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Stepping out of the hall and waiting for the partition door to close, Pudding let out a deep breath and looked at Nana helplessly, saying:

"I can't believe someone actually stole my mission... Judging from how fierce that guy looked just now, I thought we were going to fight."

The four members of the Firefly Squad nodded, still shaken.

"Yeah, this place is so chaotic! Luckily, the guild manager is quite understanding, otherwise we probably wouldn't be able to do any quests today."

After a moment of silence, all eight of them sighed in unison.

"Ugh... this place is so weird."

"I really want to go back to school..."