“You guys are simply too complacent!”
Zhang Jie flicked his cigarette butt away, giving them a harsh look and saying fiercely:
“What do you think is the most important reliance for surviving in a horror movie?”
“It should be… familiarity with the horror movie’s plot, right?” Zhan Lan thought for a moment before giving her answer.
Zhang Jie extinguished his cigarette butt with his foot and sneered:
“Bingo! Familiarity with the plot is our greatest reliance, so I will absolutely not change the plot unless I have absolute certainty.”
“Think carefully about how dangerous your previous actions were! A slight mistake could have made us completely lose the mercenaries’ trust and become cannon fodder!”
“Yes, you succeeded in the end, but the process was arduous, and it’s not something that can be glossed over just because the outcome was acceptable!”
Hearing this, Zhan Lan’s high spirits dropped, and she whispered with her head down:
“Sorry, if it weren’t for my leg injury, Fang Ge wouldn’t have…”
Zhan Lan thought of the deceased Mou Gang and the old woman; she couldn’t remain uninvolved—yet, to mourn them, Zhan Lan didn’t even know the victims’ names.
“We can’t evaluate those who were implicated. In the dead of night, they are welcome to seek me for retribution.”
Fang Ge’s tone was calm, and he took responsibility without flinching:
“If the Main God is truly omnipotent, then I will win everything here. At that time, even resurrecting others should be possible, right?”
He wouldn’t be intimidated by Zhang Jie’s act; the groundwork was already laid, and it was almost time for the harvest.
You’ve taken off your pants, and now you’re telling me not to go through with it? Forget it?
How could a player honestly listen to an NPC?
Hearing Fang Ge mention the word “resurrection,” Zheng Zha, who had been about to speak up in Fang Ge’s defense, paused.
That haunting shadow reappeared in his mind, every smile and frown so beautiful and moving.
Like a ray of bright moonlight shining through the iron bars of a prison cell.
Loli… could Loli be resurrected in the Main God Space?
Since her death, Zheng Zha had never truly lived; his body was like a cage, and death was merely a release.
Chu Xuan took in the reactions of the others, then pushed his glasses up, expressing his view:
“We are the ones who benefited from you; we are not in a position to criticize your helplessness at that time.”
—As expected of a highly intelligent person, those words really increased my favorable impression.
If it was Chu Xuan, listening to him wouldn't be a big deal.
“Win everything… you really dream big!”
Zhang Jie let out a sneer.
He lit a Main God brand cigarette for himself and took a deep drag.
His nicotine-stained fingertips flicked away the ash, and with it, his life.
He didn’t know if he could win; Zhang Jie only knew that he had lost everything in the Main God Space and no longer even hoped to possess anything.
Not wanting to argue with Zhang Jie about following the plot, Fang Ge changed the subject,
“First, tell me what a side quest is, Senior Zhang. It sounds like a more advanced currency.”
Guides have a fundamental setting. As long as a Reincarnator asks about the Main God’s basic functions, the Guide must answer.
Fang Ge himself was well-versed in all the rules; his inquiry to Zhang Jie at this moment had only one purpose.
That was to ignite Chu Xuan’s desire to “farm points”!
Zhang Jie exhaled a cloud of smoke and said with narrowed eyes:
“There are many things that can be exchanged at the Main God; so many that I haven’t even finished looking through them all. There are four main categories of exchangeable items: first, technology, such as firearms, bulletproof vests, and even some weapons that only appear in sci-fi movies, but their prices are too high for me to afford….”
“The second category is magic and legends, such as magic scrolls, our Chinese Taoist talismans, and also some amulets, swords, and the like….”
“The third category is auxiliary items: antidotes, immunity boosters, various healing agents and auxiliary medicines, as well as consumables like bullets. There are even some super-tech products, such as invisibility reflectors that can hide your body. Besides these, there are also some enhancement items.”
“It’s hard to imagine, right? Just a D-rank side quest can allow you to master ancient martial arts qi gong… Using a B-rank side quest, you can turn yourself into Spider-Man from the movies, ha! It’s truly laughable.”
Fang Ge seized the keywords and seemingly inadvertently posed a soul-searching question that Chu Xuan absolutely could not ignore:
“Do you mean we can use side quests to purchase gene-based enhancements, replacing our bloodlines and genes? Even—surpassing humanity?”
“Although I haven’t tried it, the exchange description indeed states that. For example, your C-rank side quest can be exchanged for T-Virus enhancement.”
Zhang Jie looked at Fang Ge with a half-smile and said:
“You only need to use an additional 1500 reward points to increase intelligence by 20 points, mental power by 20 points, cell vitality by 50 points, nerve reflex speed by 50 points, muscle strength by 50 points, immunity by 100 points, and gain the T-Virus evolution function.”
After speaking, he even clicked his tongue with a hint of sourness:
“Damn it, as long as you return alive, you can exchange for it! I’ve survived so many hardships, yet I haven’t had the chance for such an enhancement!”
—I won’t exchange for something as cost-ineffective as the T-Virus, you can rest assured.
Without paying too much attention to Zhang Jie’s performance, Fang Ge slightly turned his head to observe Chu Xuan’s movements.
He knew this cold man was certainly not calm at this moment.
Resident Evil 1 is not Alien; it doesn’t require hysterical struggle.
In Alien, merely surviving required exhausting all efforts.
Now they were relaxed and at ease; as far as point-farming space was concerned… they had plenty of leeway.
Chu Xuan adjusted the angle of his glasses in advance, trying to use the reflection to conceal his expression.
This involved his only desire.
Can the Main God… allow him to have emotions?
This matter was uncertain. But Chu Xuan would try every possibility, no matter how small.
If the Main God truly had the ability to modify genes, this should be a minor issue, right?
Chu Xuan had to consider if this was his only chance in this life.
There were people in the military who had mastered qi gong, and he didn’t think that was more difficult than changing genes.
Would his two D-rank side quests be too few?
Moreover, before considering his own matters, Chu Xuan first had to fulfill his father’s last wish.
It was also impossible to confirm whether data was being sold, or what the price of the blueprint was…
“Chu Xuan! You’re biting your finger until it bleeds! Doesn’t it hurt?”
Zhan Lan’s beautiful eyes widened as she anxiously prompted him.
Only then did Chu Xuan come back to his senses; a faint sensation told him that warm blood had already passed over his palm and was flowing down his wrist.
“Too focused… my apologies.”
Chu Xuan expressionlessly pulled out a handkerchief to wrap the wound and stop the bleeding.
The drawback of lacking pain sensation had reappeared… Since he had left Dragon Shadow Base, there was no need to imitate his father’s thinking posture anymore.
—The fish has taken the bait… now it’s time for the harvest.
Fang Ge took in all these expressions.
At this moment, Chu Xuan would transform from the hardest shield into the sharpest spear!
He had completed this game not a thousand times, but at least eight hundred, yet every time he schemed against the emotionless man with dead fish eyes, it gave him intense positive feedback.
Every pore on his body was exuding joy! How utterly satisfying!
Chu Xuan’s mind was constantly processing a large amount of information; he quickly made a plan and immediately began to implement it.
“C-rank, D-rank. From the relative relationship between side quest rewards and reward points, C must be higher than D. Similarly, there should also be A-rank, B-rank, and even S-rank or EX-level side quests.”
Colonel Chu began to operate at high speed like a precise instrument:
“In the original work, Spence was killed by a creeper at the end of the plot. Before that, he had locked the protagonists in the laboratory, almost killing Alice and her group.”
“He is the villain in the plot. Does his premature death now mean that the plot related to him will no longer occur or will change?”
“Just as Fang Ge said at the beginning, besides the main quest, there will be side quests. The Main God indeed gave us space to earn extra rewards. Completing these ‘side quests’ can earn rewards and interfere with the ‘main quest’ to a certain extent.”
“By inferring from this, anything that can interfere with the main quest’s development might be a side quest? Causing people who should have lived to die, or causing people who should have died to continue living…”
“From the original main storyline of Resident Evil, some parts that seem like ‘side quests’ can be completely separated.”
Zhan Lan was still listening with keen interest, but Zheng Zha was already getting a headache.
Chu Xuan spoke like a machine gun, and the information he delivered was so dense that it was impossible to digest all at once.
“Hey! Stop thinking about changing the plot!” Zhang Jie was sweating profusely, realizing something was seriously wrong, and he warned fiercely.
But who was Chu Xuan? This man knew no fear, whether physiologically or psychologically!
He ignored it and continued to analyze:
“Different events will have different impacts on the original plot’s direction. Since there are classifications… does that mean the greater the plot impact, the higher the level of the rewarded side quest?”
“I believe that completing some side quests with preparation is beneficial for our survival! This is reflected not only in the extra income after returning but also in the present.”
“The simplest example is killing villains and saving protagonists. If the mercenary team remains intact, it will undoubtedly significantly reduce the difficulty of us completing the main quest.”
“At the same time, since the Main God has an incentive policy of extra rewards with high-level currency for such actions, it further proves that changing the course of the story within a reasonable range is something the Main God is happy to see!”
—He can even talk black into white… Although it’s not far off, your purpose is too obvious.
Fang Ge really found it hard to hold back his laughter.
Zhang Jie, on the other hand, wore a wry expression—he began to regret his loose tongue, insisting on warning them not to continue changing the plot.
The bitter fruit of counterproductivity had already been shoved into his mouth.
As if worried they wouldn’t cooperate, Chu Xuan continued to speak.
“Even if we take ten thousand steps back, ensuring the mercenaries’ survival is beneficial to us and harmless, since we have almost completely gained their trust.”
“Do you have a plan?”
“What should we do?”
Zhan Lan and Zheng Zha both directly expressed their agreement.
Hearing this, Chu Xuan pushed his glasses up forcefully, revealing an intense gaze:
“I have a plan…”
PS: This chapter is 3k words. The second chapter for the 15th will be released at 9 AM. Starting from the 16th, the update times will be fixed at 9 AM and 12 PM. No more updates at ungodly hours; let’s do something more normal.