"Don't make it sound so depressing. I just wanted to see what it felt like to process these things..."
Listening to his good-for-nothing friend, Fish Deer Horse Cow's eyelids twitched. All of a sudden, the task slot he had worked so hard to secure no longer seemed so appealing.
He and the Half-Elf player beside him were friends in real life. They had entered the game together two months after Mysterious Era's open beta began.
Of course, he was only saying that. If someone really told him to leave now, there was no way he would agree.
Though he appeared to be doing manual labor here, the task slots for this kind of "grunt work" had to be fought over.
It might seem a little dull, but grinding here for one night gave a considerable amount of experience, along with plenty of Mysteries Society Contribution Points. It was extremely cost-effective.
Since the time ratio between reality and the game was twelve and a half to one, one night in reality only gave him three or four days of grinding time in the game.
Once he logged off, his task qualification would end. If he wanted to come back, he would have to watch for the task release time and fight for another slot.
The rewards and experience from this kind of task might not compare to high-intensity monster grinding, but Mysterious Era differed from other games. Its mechanics clearly did not encourage players to actively engage in combat.
After all, everyone only had five free lives, and the 888 Resurrection Stone could only be purchased once.
"Honestly, if it were just processing a few parts, it might actually be fun. But doing this over and over for days would be way too boring. Good thing we can AFK."
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