The penalty for failing this mission actually increased exponentially?
In the darkness, Fu Qian fell silent for a few seconds after confirming how much Sanity he had lost.
He had to admit, the price of going against the grain this time was considerably higher than he'd expected.
During those few seconds, every mission he'd encountered so far flashed through his mind, and he quickly guessed at a possible pattern.
Not counting escaping the Furnace, this had been his sixth mission since arriving.
When he failed the first mission, he'd lost only one point of Sanity.
By the simplest pattern, if the failure penalty doubled with each mission, then the sixth mission would cost exactly 32 points.
That's not good!
Fu Qian sighed inwardly.
Worse, the penalty wasn't just accumulating with each failure. It was increasing exponentially regardless of whether he succeeded or failed.
If the pattern held, failing the next mission would cost him 64 points.
[Current mission updated: Evade Sheriff Stan's pursuit until dawn]
Just as he thought of that, a new mission prompt appeared in his mind.
Sheriff Stan. Was he the one leading the hunt for him?
Fu Qian pondered the new mission prompt.
There was no doubt that the mission objectives changed along with the situation.
If he'd chosen to surrender earlier, the next mission probably wouldn't have been this. It would more likely have involved clearing his name or something similar.
Dawn was still a long way off. Thanks to abandoning the car and going on foot ahead of time, he'd managed to buy himself a little time.
But without a car, his range of movement was greatly reduced.
Once Sheriff Stan's men realized he'd ditched the car, they'd most likely set up roadblocks nearby and begin a thorough search.
Even so, Fu