Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

When the white light dissipated, eight figures appeared in a spacious white hall.

A huge black sphere, about five meters in diameter, floats in the center of the hall, its surface as smooth as a mirror.

It hovered silently in mid-air, like a solidified black hole, absorbing all the light around it.

"Welcome back, my new toys!"

A neutral voice emanated from within the black sphere, echoing through the empty hall.

The sound wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears, as if it were resounding directly in their minds.

"We will now begin calculating the task points."

Ripples spread across the surface of the black sphere, and then a beam of light shot out from the sphere and projected into the air, forming a clear light curtain.

The first person whose name was called was Li Hu.

"Li Hu, a veteran gamer".

The text on the screen began to scroll, accompanied by the monotonous voice of the main god.

"Kill ten zombies, reward 20 points. Basic reward for clearing the level: 500 points. Lead seven newcomers to survive, add 100 points for each survivor, for a total of 700 points. Total: 1220 points."

The data is frozen on the wall.

Li Hu stared at the number expressionlessly, but he had already quickly done the math in his mind.

1220 points isn't a lot, but it's not a small amount either; it's enough for him to pick out a few decent pieces of equipment from the God Shop.

He habitually reached for the pistol at his waist; it was time to retire that thing.

The voice of the Lord God did not stop.

"Evaluation: Despite having experience from three rounds of the game, the player's damage output only accounted for 11% of the team's total. Three command and decision-making errors led the team into two unnecessary battles. It is recommended to rework the player."

Li Hu's face instantly darkened.

"You fucking—"

"Next up. Newcomer Lin Xingyu."

The deity ignored his protest and continued broadcasting.

Lin Xingyu's settlement interface popped up, and the data was pitifully simple.

"Zombies killed: 0; Reward: 0 points; Basic reward for completing the level: 500 points; Total: 500 points."

"Review: Shouting throughout the entire process, constantly attracting the zombies' aggro. I'd like to ask you quietly, is there anyone in your team you want to kill? If not, I suggest you choose the mute profession next time you're reincarnated."

Lin Xingyu's face turned bright red.

Next are Su Wan, Wang Jianguo, Li Dazhuang, and Zhang Cheng.

The four players' settlement data was almost identical, with only a basic reward of 500 points for passing the level.

The gods' evaluations were all quite scathing: for example, Su Wan was said to have "less courage than a hamster," and so on.

Finally, it was Qi Lin's turn.

"Newcomer Qi Lin".

The voice of the Supreme God remained steady, but when the data was displayed on the wall, the entire hall fell silent for a moment.

"Forty-seven zombies killed, reward 94 points. Basic reward for completing the level: 500 points. Participation in major story events: reward 1000 points. Total: 1594 points."

Li Hu suddenly turned his head and glared at Qi Lin.

Forty-seven zombies?

This seemingly quiet high school girl with a book in her hand killed forty-seven zombies?

And—participation in major plot events? What's that?

Qi Lin's expression was quite calm, as if the result was not unexpected.

She stood quietly in place, waiting for the settlement to finish.

"Evaluation: Excellent observation and decision-making skills; accurately identified the optimal survival path in a chaotic situation. Recommendation: Maintain independent thinking and avoid being influenced by mediocre people."

Li Hu's expression turned even uglier.

He always felt that the God's last words were a metaphor for him.

"Wait, Lord God." Li Hu stepped forward, pointing to Qi Lin's data on the wall, "What's with her 1,000 points for 'participating in major plot events'?"

The divine response was swift and decisive, as if it had anticipated his question.

"The list is as follows: Follow key plot characters Lu Ze and Black Tower into the Hive's underground research facility and directly confront the horde of zombies. All of the above meet the criteria for 'major plot events'."

Li Hu fell silent.

"Oh, right!"

Speaking of beehives, Qi Lin suddenly remembered the things Lu Ze had given her.

"I have some things here, I wonder if you, the Lord God, would accept them."

She took out a silver-white metal briefcase from the watch's built-in storage space, opened the lid, and revealed three test tubes neatly arranged inside.

The test tube contained a dark green liquid that gleamed dimly under the white light.

This is a sample of the original T-virus.

Lu Ze gave it to her last night when they were still at the villa, saying that Silver Wolf couldn't take it with him and he didn't need it, so he wanted Qi Lin to take it back to the Main God Space to exchange for some points.

The black sphere emitted a beam of white light, directly scanning and analyzing the substances in the three test tubes.

A moment later, the voice of the supreme deity rang out again.

"Three T-virus stock samples. Each sample is worth 500 points. Sell or not?"

"For sale." Qi Lin nodded without hesitation.

Qi Lin had just confirmed it when the three test tubes and the box disappeared directly from her hands.

At the same time, the balance of points also changed directly from 1594 to 3094.

A subtle silence fell over the hall once again.

Looking at Qi Lin's points balance, which had doubled, and then at his own pitiful 1220 points, Li Hu suddenly felt a little regretful.

If he hadn't chosen to part ways with Lu Ze and the others back then, but instead followed them, would he be the one returning with the T-virus now?

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.

The voice of the Supreme God rang out again.

"Points have been tallied. The next game will begin in three days. Toys, I look forward to your fun performances in the future."

After saying this, the surface of the black sphere returned to calm and there was no more movement.