Chapter 46: Finding, Protecting, Infiltrating, and Killing
Seeing that the old man didn't seem to have any intention of following up, Sha Bai walked into the wooden building alone.
In the lobby on the first floor of the wooden building, there is a long counter. Behind the counter, a guy in green clothes was reclining on a reclining chair, and when he heard someone coming in, he lazily poked his head out to take a look, and then raised his hand at Sha Bai, "Bring the identity card."
Taking the identity card handed by Sha Bai, the man in Tsing Yi picked up a black short stick and swept it on the identity card.
There was a sound of "drop", and the surface of the identity card swept by the short stick suddenly lit up, and then some subtitle information appeared on the surface of the silver plate.
Oh, this novice rookie has a good net worth, and he actually has a hundred spirit stones! The guy looked at the basic information of this new Silver Moon Envoy displayed on the identity card, and was secretly happy in his heart.
When he raised his head again, the lazy expression on his face had been swept away, and he was already full of smiles, energy, and enthusiasm.
"Silver Moon's tasks are divided into four categories: "Find", "Protect", "Dive" and "Kill", which one are you going to choose?" the guy asked.
"Looking for protection and sneaking kill?" Sha Bai was stunned.
"Oh, yes. The guy began to explain, ""Finding" means looking for something or someone, and finding it is considered to have completed the task;
"Protection", similar to a bodyguard, is to ensure the safety of someone or something for a period of time;
"Latent" is the latent task, which is to find a way to lurk into the organization designated in the meeting;
"Killing" is an assassination mission, and the target must be killed within a specified time.
That's roughly what it means.
Under each category, there are different number of tasks, with the number of tasks under "Finding" and "Protecting" being the largest, followed by "Killing", and the least number of tasks being "Diving". ”
Sha Bai listened to the man's explanation, touched his chin, looked thoughtful, and asked after half a sound, "Can you take a look at the details of each task before choosing?"
The guy smiled and said, "It's okay to look at the details of the mission, but it costs spirit stones." For the tasks of "finding" and "protecting", one spirit stone is required for each of the details of the ten tasks retrieved. For "hidden" and "killing" tasks, ten spirit stones are required for each task detail retrieved. ”
Sha Bai frowned, "Why do you need to spend spirit stones to receive a task? If you don't know the details of the task, how can you choose the task? In addition, it all depends on the details of the task, why is the price difference between these categories so big?"
The guy grinned, "If you don't want to spend spirit stones, you just need to choose the task category, and the system will randomly assign you a task, and you will take the task and go." Many novices are reluctant to spend spirit stones, so that's what they do. However, I have to warn you that if you choose with your head covered, you will have a hard time if you happen to run into a tricky errand.
It costs spirit stones to choose a task, and everyone is like this, and everyone does it according to this rule. I didn't make this rule, and it's useless for you to tell me.
As for the price difference, the two types of tasks are rewarded, and the cost of retrieving the required task information is naturally high. These two types of tasks are generally more difficult and have a long cycle, like latent tasks, some will even do it for more than ten years, and novices rarely choose these two types of tasks. ”
After the guy finished speaking, he still looked at Sha Bai with a playful face, and seemed to be very confident that he would take out the spirit stone.
Sha Bai paused, and said a little helplessly: "When I came, I didn't carry a spirit stone on my body, so it seems that it can only be randomly configured by the system?"
"It's not a problem, you can just trade it with your ID tag. The guy pointed to the black stick and the sand white badges. "After the transaction, the spirit stone naturally has a way to collect it from you. ”
"Oh?" Sha Bai was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Okay, then please choose fifty tasks from each of the two types of tasks of "Search" and "Protection" to see the details. Diving and killing tasks, the cost of information retrieval is too expensive, I'll just look at one each. ”
The guy nodded, "Okay, it's a total of thirty spirit stones." If your Excellency confirms, I will sweep it. ”
"Okay," Sha Bai nodded.
The guy scanned the ID card, said "come with me", and led him to a room on the second floor.
Except for a white jade screen placed in the room, this room was empty, and there was nothing left.
"Mission details will appear on this screen later. It will only be displayed once, and will not be repeated. You're going to have to memorize it. The man pointed to the screen, reminded him, and turned away.
Sha Bai stood in front of the screen, and was about to take a closer look, when images began to appear on the white jade screen.
The first is the "finding" type of task. The images that appear on the screen include portraits and objects. Next to each image, there are several lines of small print that introduce the basic information of the person or object in the picture.
Looking at the character profiles, many of them are powerful figures in the outside world, including dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, and performing arts stars, and many of them are characters who often appear in the public media. Sha Bai secretly wondered in his heart, such a person is followed by the paparazzi all day long, and the life information is almost transparent, do you still need Heiyue to find it?
There are also some people who, judging from their resumes, seem to be just ordinary characters. I don't know why I'm on this search list.
The objects of search for items are varied, and there is everything. Some of them look like antiques, bronze, jade, wood, calligraphy and painting, pottery, everything. In addition, there are some strange-looking flowers and plants, and even a few strange-shaped animal bones.
After the "Find" type task was displayed on the screen for about a few minutes, it flashed and disappeared, and then the information of the "Protection" type task appeared.
The "protection" category is still varied, and there are all kinds of protection objects, such as protecting people, protecting dogs, protecting certain antiques, and protecting a certain building. What made Sha Bai deeply affected was that among the people to be protected, there was actually a president of a European country. Such a person actually needs the protection of the Black Moon, and it seems that the Black Moon energy has already penetrated into the highest level of power of the national government.
After reading the "Protection" type of tasks, a few lines of words appeared at the end of the screen, showing the information of the last two tasks, "Dive" and "Kill".
Sha Bai actually had no intention of taking on these two types of tasks. He was curious, mainly to see how Black Moon arranged these tasks.
But to his disappointment, the information of these two missions is relatively simple and the amount of information is small.
The description of the "latent mission" is simply to embed a secret agency of a foreign government that is responsible for the country's cybersecurity. Silver Moon members who choose this infiltration mission must be proficient in cybersecurity-related expertise. The completion cycle of the mission is not fixed, and after infiltrating, you can only withdraw after receiving instructions from the Black Moon. Other than that, there are no other more detailed tasks to cover. It's just that there is a simple line next to the task, stating that the reward for completing the task is up to five hundred spirit stones.
The description of the task of "killing" is simpler, only saying that the target of the assassination is a foreign army general, but there is no information about this general. The note next to the task states that the reward for completing the task is 100 spirit stones. Once you decide to take this task, you will be able to get more detailed information about the mission.
About half an hour later, Sha Bai went out and went down to the first floor and said to the guy, "It's chosen." Search, Mission 65. ”
The guy nodded, picked up the black stick and tapped it on the task card a few times, and then returned the task card to Shabai, "Alright, this mission is yours." ”
Sha Bai walked out of the small building where the mission was located, and the old man sitting on the stone pier outside the building saw him, and he didn't say much, got up and turned his head and began to walk back along the way he came.
Sha Bai didn't speak, just followed the old man.
The side streets are bustling with people.
Sha Bai looked around and looked at this very interesting place. People wear a variety of clothes, from ancient robes and brocade clothes to modern T-shirts and jackets, and all kinds of shops are crowded, and it seems that every family is doing good business.
When passing by the green building, a beautiful girl on the second floor even threw a wink at Sha Bai.
Before I knew it, I walked to the archway at the entrance of that town.
After the old man in front of him passed through the archway, he walked forward for more than ten meters, then stopped, turned around and looked at Shabai, as if waiting for him.
Sha Bai looked left and right on the side street, and as he passed through the archway, he looked up to take a closer look at the archway.
Suddenly, the scenery in front of me changed.
Hmm? The apartment room of my own appeared.
That's right, it's your own room.
Sha Bai takes off his helmet. The computer on the desk is still on. The cup of green tea that had been poured in the morning was also in front of me.
But why is it already dark outside the window?
Sha Bai walked to the alarm clock in the living room and took a look, and the date had not changed. However, the time was already 16:31 in the afternoon.
Sha Bai remembers that when he entered the system, it was around nine o'clock in the morning.
According to my memory, I should have spent an hour or two in the virtual environment inside before coming out. Why is it that after it came out, it was already six or seven hours later?
Could it be that the time in the task system is actually slower than the actual time?
Moreover, he was pushed out of this task system. It is not an active withdrawal. This shows that after entering the system, you have actually been completely lost unconsciously, losing your awareness of the actual environment.
So, at what point in time did you get lost?
Sha Bai recalled the whole process.
The lavish parlor? No. He remembered that when he entered the living room, he deliberately pinched the armrest of the chair sitting in the apartment. At that time, I was still aware of the actual environment.
Inside the elevator? Doesn't seem to be.
In the old man's hut? It doesn't seem to be.
That's right, archway!
As soon as I got out of the archway, I was pushed out by this virtual system.
So, when you enter the archway, is it also the beginning of your own loss?
Sha Bai could finally confirm that the moment he followed the old man and stepped into the "Silver Moon Realm" archway, he lost his awareness of the actual environment.
That archway doesn't seem to be simple......