The Players' Enthusiasm, the Chosen One Tag!

At the same time.

Within East Wolf Village, many players began accepting this quest.

Through repeated observations, Gao Linzhi finally discovered a clue.

Although he wasn't in that official group, he still managed to discover the purpose of this operational task through summarizing and deducing.

It turns out this task doesn't actually reward players.

It's used to Screening Players.

Players with strong mental resilience, strong analytical skills, high intelligence, and keen perception.

Only then can this task be truly accomplished.

Those who can truly discover that their memories have been reset, correctly identify it, and find the right path are the ones who truly understand.

Of course, once you realize that your memories have been altered, the game will display a notification:

"You have found the true Longevity Water."

Then a fake boss will appear.

That's a boss who can manipulate minds and create illusions.

It's used for players to practice.

This type of boss, capable of manipulating illusions, can drop an item that increases mental resistance.

It's considered a decent piece of equipment in the early game.

Compared to other tasks, this reward is quite generous.

At least if you put it out there, there will be plenty of people willing to buy it.

Those who cannot see through it will only receive some basic rewards.

Then a task failure message will appear, and that's it.

Of course, their memories will be reset.

Gao Linzhi noticed that a new marker had been added after the names of the players who successfully completed the task.

It was a rectangle with a light green border around it.

This is clearly a common name decoration bar in games.

This should be an additional tag.

Similar to an "island owner," it has some special effects.

Clearly, these people with special name tags belong to the game's key target group.

Having realized this, Gao Linzhi naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

Even mosquito meat is still meat; we can't let it go.

This is a key character that the game focuses on developing.

Gao Linzhi now needs to use this game to obtain various information on Immortality and provide protection.

For at least a long time, the interests of this game were highly aligned with Gao Linzhi's.

And this game will not deliberately target Gao Linzhi.

If they really wanted to target Gao Linzhi, they could have simply prevented him from logging into the game.

So Gao Linzhi brought a few people with him, mainly Xu Gou, Wuliao, Dragon Fruit, and Puppet Best.

They are considered Gao Linzhi's more capable subordinates.

Of course, this is the real world, and everyone has different ideas.

Absolute loyalty cannot be expected.

All I can say is that they are still capable of doing the work.

Gao Linzhi also wanted to see if they could resist Memory Reset and mental illusions.

For Gao Linzhi, there was absolutely no need to worry about his Memory Reset.

Why?

Because he was controlling Game Character.

His physical body is still in the offline world.

It could be said that he is naturally immune to the monsters in the game and to all kinds of mental effects on the Game Character.

The only truly terrifying thing is the curse of time travel.

This is also something that Gao Linzhi is particularly wary of.

The group then went straight to the west end of the village, to the Huai Tree Forest, and to the ancient well.

At this moment, a large number of players had already gathered around the ancient well.

Things are different now; the area around the ancient well is very lively.

The queue, numbering over a thousand people, stretched out in several rows.

It's safe to say that almost all the players from East Wolf Village Online have come here.

Clearly, they learned about the benefits of this quest from players who had completed it.

The village Patrol Team is maintaining order.

"Take it one at a time; this game task can be done simultaneously."

"Everyone, there's nothing to worry about."

"Be careful when entering the well."

"Hurry up! I heard this quest gives you a name box that supposedly helps you ward off monsters!"

"Yes, someone in my alliance got it. I heard that you have to face a very tough test to get it."

"What kind of test?"

"That guy didn't say, he said it was a mission requirement and he couldn't reveal the mission details."

"Damn, wasn't that a waste of time?"

At that moment, the Patrol Team captain saw Gao Linzhi and the others approaching and immediately sent someone to greet them.

"It's the Great Elder! The Great Elder has arrived!"

"The Great Elder and the president of the trading company have both arrived!"

"Everyone, please make way and let the Great Elder go first."

Upon hearing this, the players all looked at them with envy.

They didn't say, "Why should I?"

Because this isn't an online game where you can say whatever you want, and almost no one can cut you down through the internet connection.

Unless you've encountered a particularly meticulous oddball.

Everyone turned to look at Gao Linzhi, their gazes intense.

"Damn, this is the boss!"

"This is the first time I've seen him in person!"

"This top-ranked player who's been dominating the charts for so long... I think their appearance is pretty ordinary."

"Goodness, this guy is quite good-looking, how can you say he's just average-looking?"

"Yeah, he's so handsome and incredibly skilled, he's practically a god."

"That's what you call being low-key yet powerful."

Gao Linzhi was speechless.

This appearance is the perfect face he sculpted.

All I can say is that jealousy can completely change a person.

As for her actual appearance, it wasn't bad at all; she was quite good-looking.

Ignoring the players' words, Gao Linzhi led his group and leaped into the well.

Then came the familiar tunnel.

After they reached the tunnel, they walked for a while.

The group seemed relatively relaxed.

They also discovered a Secret Room and were about to play a game of solving puzzles.

This game is a simple box-pushing game.

It's a 3x3 grid with eight boxes of different sizes, and you have to push them out one by one through a single exit.

Only then can the location of the treasure chest be unlocked.

Although it was a bit difficult, it was no challenge for Gao Linzhi.

After they opened the treasure chest, they found a bottle of Longevity Water.

Is this the Longevity Water?

Gao Linzhi held it in his hand; it was almost exactly the same as the one he had received before.

He then resorted to Appraisal Skill.

Then he noticed a question mark on the bottle of "Longevity Water" in front of him.

[The Longevity Water?]

The explanation follows.

[This might be the Longevity Water, or it might not.]

Clearly, Gao Linzhi's Appraisal Skill skills are not high enough.

For the time being, I couldn't figure out how this game was manipulated.

But at least he could be certain that this wasn't a genuine quest item.

The game operators certainly weren't generous enough to use real Longevity Water as rewards, giving each person a bottle.

This is, after all, a real game, not a data game.

In this data-driven game, you can have as many top-tier items as you want.

The only problem is that the operators can't ruin the game experience or balance, lest they drive players away.

The limitations of real-world games are the limitations of the physical world.

Precious things are bound to be rare.

If there's a lot of it, then it's not precious anymore, no matter how useful it is, it's the same as air.

Air is more useful than anything else, but because it's everywhere, it's not precious.

After seeing this, Gao Linzhi said to everyone, "Alright, let's go out now."

"We can talk about it after we go outside."

The group then entered the tunnel, Yao Li the bottom of the well.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared.

At this moment, Gao Linzhi glanced at the others.

The Dragon Fruit frowned.

Then it was Xu Gou; his eyes looked somewhat lost.

"What's going on? I feel like we just came in, but something feels off," Xu Gou said to the group.

"If we had just come in, it would seem like everyone's expressions were already like they'd finished their mission."

Gao Linzhi stared at him.

Xu Gou felt a gap in his memory, and overall, he felt very uncomfortable.

Gao Linzhi nodded upon seeing this; the other party had some resistance, but not much.

He looked again and found it boring.

Bored, he simply frowned and said, "I just felt someone interfering with my concentration."

At this point, boredom becomes a huge advantage.

Because there's a single-player game running behind him.

This is equivalent to being possessed by a strange entity.

The single-player mode directly protected his spirit.

Of course, there are costs involved.

This is where the price comes from.

He only heard the single-player machine mocking him fiercely:

"You boring, pathetic dog. If I hadn't been there to protect you, you would have been behaving exactly like that Xu Gou."

"How embarrassing!"

"A bad person is a bad person, but they never admit it and think they're so great."

Bored, he thought to himself, "Say whatever you want, you idiot."

"All they know is empty talk."

"Fine, you dare call me an idiot? Next time I won't protect you. I'll just watch you get played like a fool."

This is the price.

I have to endure these monstrous sounds every day.

These conversations take place 24 hours a day, from morning till night.

For modern people, having a nagging mother constantly in their ear is hard to bear, even for their own mother, let alone a strange one.

But of course, what kind of price is this for the local indigenous people?

It's just someone nagging in my ear.

Go ahead and ramble on.

However, the price that local indigenous people have to pay when using some strange items is far greater.

Some lost parts of their bodies, while others went insane.

And at this time...

Even the Puppet Best shook his head, saying, "I'm using Substitute Puppet."

"I just felt something interfering with my mental link with my Substitute Puppet."

"A powerful mental fluctuation is interfering; it's something that ordinary anomalies don't possess."

"You should know that most strange phenomena can't break my mental link."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

At this point, the differences between the individuals became fully apparent.

The Puppet Best, performing the most well.

She's practically on par with Gao Linzhi.

The other side uses puppets to play the game, which has no effect on either side's main body.

Of course, Puppet Best is nearby, as it will still have some influence on her.

The impact on Gao Linzhi was negligible.

Furthermore, using Substitute Puppet does not guarantee that you will receive a mission.

Puppet Best to complete the mission alongside Gao Linzhi now.

This is the key issue regarding the Puppet Best.

Secondly, it's just boring; this person is quite strong, so it doesn't have much impact either.

However, it will be injured if it suffers a physical attack.

Next up is Dragon Fruit, which still has some impact.

The worst is Xu Gou; he's too busy with his daily work and his mental training is still insufficient.

Gao Linzhi clapped his hands and said to everyone, "Everyone, this is actually a hint from the game to us."

"It reminds us that the most terrifying enemy we will face in the future is this kind of mental interference, which modifies memories."

"This is also the biggest difference between the mystical world and the material world."

"No matter how strong you are, if you have a weakness, you'll be doomed if you're targeted."

"Everyone should have read Journey to the West. Those demon kings were incredibly powerful when their true strength was unknown, but once their secrets were revealed and their weaknesses were exploited, and someone found their counter, they were immediately doomed."

"Although this is a mythological drama, it's actually quite similar to reality."

Everyone nodded.

Bored, he said, "The boss is right, this is different from the real world."

"In real society, everyone has weaknesses; one bullet can kill."

"But in reality, the focus is mainly on physical attacks."

"It has very little psychological impact."

"Physical attacks are relatively easier to defend against."

"Yes, physical attacks can be defended against through underground fortifications."

"Psychological attacks are useless no matter where you hide."

"We have to get through this ourselves."

The crowd discussed it amongst themselves, each still shaken by the experience.

Like the Seven Arrows of Nailhead, once you're cursed, there's no use running around.

Unless one goes to a Saint site and receives the Saint's personal protection.

They all agreed that Gao Linzhi was right.

That's the truth.

At this moment, with the help of everyone, Xu Gou finally remembered what was happening.

"That was terrifying, I just lost my memory."

"It's like a sudden blank space, like nothing had just happened."

"If this were to happen on the battlefield, I would almost certainly be dead."

"But now that we've figured it out, how are we supposed to continue the mission?" Dragon Fruit asked.

"Of course we'll keep going."

The group continued walking, and soon they saw government officials arriving.

Gao Linzhi simply waved his hand and killed the government officials.

Because he knew that the game was about opposing the imperial court.

Therefore, at this point, eliminating the government officials is the correct course of action.

They continued walking and then encountered that familiar giant centipede again.

Gao Linzhi was also killed in one move.

Because he saw through the illusion, there was no need for him to do anything extra.

Once you see through it, you can crack it in one move.

Just like you know you're dreaming, all you have to do to wake up is wait.

They then walked out of the tunnel and returned to the bottom of the well.

Sure enough, at that moment, the Game System displayed a new notification.

"Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the quest for the Immortality Item."

"You've seen through all the illusions, negating the Memory Reset."

"Players are now rewarded with a title accessory frame: Chosen One, Green Tier."

"This title can be upgraded."

"At the current level, it can withstand the mental attacks of White Tier monsters."

Upon seeing this, Gao Linzhi help but sigh, "This mission was done correctly."

Like equipment, strange items are divided into several tiers: White Tier, Green Tier, Blue Tier, purple, Gold Tier, and the highest tier, red.

If this Chosen One levels up along the way, the highest level they can withstand is a Gold Tier monster.

It's fair to say that this effect is quite remarkable.