Survival in the apocalypse: I exploited a bug in an infinite dungeon.

The bearded man didn't react immediately: "Huh? What? Where to?"

Shi Jinwei said she still had to go out on missions, but there were quite a few targets, and she could offer more money.

The bearded man asked her, bewildered, what she had.

After listening, I fell silent.

Shi Jinwei could go by herself, but she was afraid that something might happen.

If you miss a target and can't find it yourself, this person can point you in the right direction.

Once you get more familiar with the place, you won't need a driver anymore.

The bearded man heard that her targets were all mutated plants, and that she had seen them on the road.

I knew this girl had planned it all out.

Given her speed in completing tasks, it's not impossible for her to finish in one afternoon, even if it's a bit rushed.

In addition, this time they offered a high salary of 300 points.

He gritted his teeth and agreed.

He gestured for Shi Jinwei to get in the car and stepped on the gas.

"All six targets are on the same line, so we'll just kill them as we go?" he asked the girl.

Shi Jinwei nodded.

Plants don't grow too fast; they might look fine in the morning, but they can't turn into different plants by the afternoon.

The six tasks went exceptionally smoothly.

Before nightfall, the two successfully returned to the base.

Shi Jinwei submitted the six tasks on her bracelet.

The contribution points for the midday task settlement have been credited to my account.

With these tasks included, the reward is 8300 contribution points.

After deducting the points given to the bearded guy, there are 8000 points left.

His daily income is almost equivalent to two and a half months' income for an average family.

She still had 5 skill uses left, and she mentally calculated how many more tasks she could take on tomorrow.

The bearded man was happy to have earned four days' wages in one day.

He asked Shi Jinwei if she needed a ride tomorrow, and said he could if she did.

Shi Jinwei thought for a moment and nodded.

I only ran one route today; there are quite a few routes in the city that have been cleared out by mission takers.

We need to have this person show us around and get to know us better.

After agreeing on a time to meet the next morning and exchanging contact numbers, the bearded man left happily.

She turned and walked towards the hotel.

She didn't exert much effort or get tired when using the skills today.

I plan to come down and explore the black market after dark.

She was very interested in shoes that could fly.

The bearded man said they were called "energy shoes".

He didn't know the underlying principle, he only knew that it was charged by solar energy.

A full charge provides six hours of use.

The cost is exorbitant, and the base can only be purchased on the black market.

We encountered many mission members on the way back to the base from elsewhere.

Some people were elated, while others were dejected; their expressions revealed their true feelings about their success.

"Hey, have you heard? There's a beast tide at Anqiu base."

The two mission takers happened to be passing by Shi Jinwei when they spoke.

The other person nodded: "I heard about it. Anqiu is even smaller than our base, and the entire army was wiped out."

Hearing this, someone came over and said, "Hey, I heard that the leader of the base ran away with his men and took a lot of supplies with him."

The fourth person asked in bewilderment, "Where did you all hear this from? I don't know anything about it."

"You come home every day to your wife, kids, and a warm bed, and you never go to bars with us. Of course we never hear any gossip. So, how about it, wanna go tonight?"

The third person put his arm around the fourth person's neck and asked with a smile.

The man quickly shook his head in refusal and hurriedly ran away, afraid that he would really be taken away.

The remaining group burst into laughter, saying they were going to a tavern for a good drink.

Upon hearing this, Shi Jinwei turned around and followed the three of them.

The three entered the business district from the east side, turned left and right in a small alley, and then went into a bar.

The day she entered the game, she had just finished her shift at the bar.

I'm fairly familiar with this kind of place.

Seeing many men and women walking inside, I naturally followed suit.

The storefront doesn't look big, but the interior space is quite large.

There were no bright lights or bustling nightlife, only retro music.

The air purifier here is always on, so there's no need to wear a mask.

Customers order their drinks at the bar and then casually find a place to sit and chat with their companions.

Most of the participants were task-oriented, and they mostly talked about related topics.

Shi Jinwei, adapting to local customs, removed her mask, ordered a juice, and casually sat in a corner.

Everyone speaks quite loudly, and many conversations are easily overheard without needing to listen carefully.

She was more concerned about the "beast tide" she had just heard about.

It turns out that this topic is not a secret at all.

The Anqiu base may or may not be the Anqiu City from the "Parasite" game.

I only heard people say that the area got damp about two weeks ago.

The message is only arriving now because communication currently relies solely on manpower.

Secondly, the entire base had fallen.

Apart from the high-ranking members who fled at the very beginning of the battle, there were only a small number of survivors with the strength to survive.

Among them was a healing-type ability user, who helped them escape to another base by constantly removing nuclear contamination along the way.

The news also came out after they entered the base.

It is said that after receiving the news, several safe cities near Anqiu City immediately dispatched a large number of people with superpowers to check the situation.

Some even hoped to find some bargains, thinking that finding some supplies would be a good thing.

When the superhumans arrived, they were met with a scene of utter devastation.

Forget about supplies, the entire base's walls were destroyed by mutated beasts.

They took many photos and videos using the wristbands.

It was shocking to see.

Traders traveling between the base and Safe City naturally brought these videos and photos with them.

More than ten days is enough time for bases and safe cities far away to receive the message.

Among these task force members, those with good connections have already obtained videos and photos.

Turn off the privacy mode on the bracelet and project videos and photos so that people around can see them.

Shi Jinwei was no exception.

Both the photos and videos show a scene of utter devastation.

Human corpses were almost nowhere to be seen; only ruined buildings and land stained with blood remained.

The person playing the video shared what they knew as they played it: "I heard that the corpses were either eaten by mutated beasts or swept away by the roots of mutated plants. They went there, but they didn't see a single corpse. At most, they found bits and pieces of meat."

This meat includes the meat of mutated beasts and human flesh.

As for mutated plants, many of them can eat people and mutated beasts.

The mutated beasts initially did not eat the mutated plants.

However, there is not enough meat now to satisfy them, so they have slowly started to eat mutated plants as well.

As the beast tide arrived, the mutated plants outside the base that hadn't been cleared or had just grown were attracted by the smell of blood and joined the battle.

Ordinary people became the first food source to die.

Next came the mission takers, the superhumans...

In the ensuing three-way battle, only humanity was completely wiped out.

The people watching the video with me felt heavy-hearted and remained silent.

Someone broke the silence, asking what was on everyone's mind: "Do you know why the beast tide happened?"

The person showing the video shook his head: "I don't know. Beast tides have only appeared in recent years, and many small bases have disappeared in them. The large safe cities are also investigating, but there hasn't been any progress in the past few years."

"There's no pattern, no reason to be found. We're just a small base like ours, we can only hope for the best." Another person sighed and downed his drink in one gulp.