Rape

As Kirk and Little Fatty read this far into the diary, their bodies shuddered in unison. They were shocked to receive a System Prompt: "Contractor 4444, Contractor 4445, you have triggered and passively accepted the Dark Gold Hidden Main Mission—[Origin of the Cataclysm]. This mission is a Dark Gold Hidden Main Mission, the ultimate secret buried within every world, tied to the plot development of the entire world. It can and must only be completed once. If your temporary team completes it, it cannot be triggered or completed by other contractors."

Prompt: Once a Dark Gold Hidden Main Mission is triggered, the contractor cannot refuse. The difficulty is unpredictable and may vastly exceed the contractor's current capability limits, resulting in unforeseen consequences.

Special Prompt: The highest reward level that may appear in this main plot is—Artifact Fragment.

Kirk and Little Fatty stared at each other, speechless for a long time. Mori and T-Dog, being Plot Characters, naturally knew nothing of the System Prompt; they assumed these two youths, who struggled daily in this miserable hell, had finally become psychopaths. Little Fatty was the first to speak, his voice trembling: "B-Big Brother, we're rich! Hahaha, we finally struck it rich! Artifact fragments!"

Kirk pulled a long face and remained silent for a moment before nodding: "The name of this mission is long, and it's both gold-tier and hidden—it sounds intimidating enough. Artifacts are indeed impressive. But I think we need to discuss our funeral arrangements; this time next year will be our death anniversary."

Little Fatty: "Why? Aren't you happy, Big Brother?"

Kirk: "Tell me, how is our strength? Be honest."

Little Fatty remained realistic: "Big Brother, to be honest, we're trash. If we ran into more than ten zombies at once right now, all we could do is run."

"High returns mean equally high risks. So how on earth are two rookies like us supposed to complete a Dark Gold mission that rewards Artifact Fragments? Why would a mandatory Dark Gold mission appear in a newcomer trial! This isn't a trial! This is ** naked rape and murder!" Kirk roared: "And they don't even give us a choice—they're raping public opinion while sending us to our deaths!"

Little Fatty was terrified. He looked closely at the mission prompt and, sure enough, found a line of tiny, malicious text at the very end: "Please find the door corresponding to the key within 1 hour and enter the mission location. If Contractors 4444 and 4445 fail to find or enter the mission location after 1 hour, they will be erased!"

It was like a mob boss calling you: "Congratulations, you've won a top prize worth 200 million. This prize is incredibly prestigious, and the odds of winning were astronomically low. Now, to claim your prize, you must pay a tax of two million. Please prepare the cash and wire it to account ********* within 1 hour, otherwise, you're being ungrateful, and I'll kill your whole family!"

Little Fatty finally realized what was happening and slapped his own face: "This isn't protagonist luck at all; it's a death sentence! Why did I have to be so greedy! Damn it, I haven't lived enough yet! Screw you, System! How can you be this abusive!"

Kirk and Little Fatty pointed at the sky and cursed, nearly jumping up to grab the System itself to enact some real revenge.

Mori and T-Dog shook their heads; these two kids had finally snapped in this twisted world.

However, perhaps the System heard their loud cursing, as its prompt sounded once more: "Considering that Contractors 4444 and 4445 are newcomers with low overall strength ratings, the death probability for this mission is estimated to be over 99.999999%. (Kirk thought, Why not just say Little Fatty and I are dead for sure? Why be so insulting?) Based on the principle of not issuing death-trap missions with a 95% or higher mortality rate to contractors, and the Newcomer Protection principle applicable to both, this Dark Gold Hidden Main Mission is downgraded to a Silver Hidden Main Mission, and rewards are reduced accordingly. After the difficulty reduction, your death probability is lowered to 97.6%!" (Kirk cursed, "Bullshit! That's still a death trap! Not only did you rape us, but now you're doing it a second time!")

"Considering the difficulty remains too high, the System is temporarily opening a one-time item and medicine exchange for 5 minutes. Contractors may exchange for supplies to increase survival probability. Once the estimated death rate falls below 95%, the mission system will open. If the contractor still dies, Survival Points will not be refunded."

The System's "no negotiation, no protection, no responsibility" approach (Kirk sobbed: And we have to scrape together every penny to buy our own 'contraceptives,' or we're dead) once again caused the two rookies to break down. But no matter how much they broke down, they had to survive. Kirk roared: "Screw it! If we die, we die!" Little Fatty, pushed to the edge, shouted: "Fate is like rape; if you can't resist, just spread your legs and enjoy the thrill!"

"Good brother!" The two men were filled with bromance, their hands gripping each other tightly. Mori and T-Dog finally changed their expressions; their two precious apprentices had evolved from psychological psychopaths to physiological ones.

Bruised and battered, Kirk and Little Fatty walked along, giggling with a strange, telepathic understanding. Mori and T-Dog couldn't be bothered with these two hopeless cases anymore. At Mori's suggestion, the team began to advance toward the hydraulic door described in the diary.

Earlier, at Kirk's suggestion, he and Little Fatty had exchanged all their team Contribution Value for weapons. Fortunately, this team had entered specifically to clear out the prison zombies, so their weapon and ammunition reserves were quite sufficient. For 30 Contribution Value, Kirk obtained a sharp [SEAL Team Special Military Knife] from Mori. It was a whiteboard-grade dagger, but it was a specialized piece that prioritized Attack Power, with a base damage of 15-20 points—a massive upgrade from the pathetic 5 points he had before. He tossed the remaining 9 points of change to Little Fatty. Little Fatty spent all of his remaining 50-plus Contribution Value to exchange for a powerful fully automatic M16 rifle and plenty of ammunition!

At the same time, the two used the 5 minutes the System had temporarily opened to exchange for a large amount of one-time items and medicines. Kirk and Little Fatty scraped the bottom of the barrel, turning every resource into immediate combat power. In Kirk's words, if they were going to die, they would die in a blaze of glory. As a philosopher from the Northeast once said, the most painful thing in the world is when a person dies and their money hasn't been spent.

Kirk now had 5600 Survival Points, and Little Fatty had over 3000. It sounded like a lot, but in the face of death, they finally understood why the System's currency was called Survival Points!

A single bottle of [High Protein Potassium Injection] that could fully restore HP in 5 seconds during combat cost a staggering 2000 Survival Points and 1 precious Skill Potential Point!

A bottle of [Cat's Agility] potion, which increased movement speed by 30% for 3 minutes, cost 500 Survival Points!

A bottle of [Stone Skin] potion, which increased physical resistance by 30% for 3 minutes, also cost 500!

The price of each item made these two Iron Roosters, who usually wouldn't even use a potion when grinding, feel as if they were being flayed alive. A main plot mission only rewarded 1000 Survival Points; one gulp of that blood potion was worth two main missions!

After the shopping spree, Kirk stared at the few bottles in his hands with bloodshot eyes and heavy breathing, feeling a murderous rage. He had spent his entire life savings from five days of fighting to exchange for 2 bottles of High Protein Potassium Injection, 1 bottle of [Cat's Agility], 1 bottle of [Stone Skin], and 1 bottle of [Black Mamba Sea Snake] corrosive potion, which could be applied to his dagger for high corrosive damage. These five small bottles were the entire result of his five days of life-and-death struggle in this world.

Little Fatty exchanged for 1 bottle of High Protein Potassium Injection, 3 pieces of the [Delicious Toast] he had given Kirk last time, and 1 bottle of [Adrenaline Stimulant] to increase shooting damage by 30% for 3 minutes. The highlight was that this kid, in a stroke of creativity, actually spent 500 Survival Points to buy a top-tier potion: [Polymorph].

[Polymorph] Potion: Turns yourself (Kirk roared: "Read carefully, not the enemy!") into a cute, chubby Alpine Sheep for 3 minutes. While polymorphed, you cannot attack and can only run around with 5 Agility; each attack received deals a forced 1 point of damage. After polymorphing, you gain priority in attracting enemy attention. Once you revert to human form, you immediately enter a Near Death state.

It was clearly a top-tier life-saving potion full of imagination. Consequently, Kirk beat up the cowardly Little Fatty.

The brothers finally realized the truth: only money can buy life. Now, they were stripped bare; they had zero Contribution Value left, and their combined Survival Points were less than 100—poorer than when they first entered the System. The bottle of [High Protein Potassium Injection] rewarded for completing the mission was also handed over to Kirk by Little Fatty.

Kirk still had 9 Skill Potential Points and 7 Base Attribute Points. He gritted his teeth and ruthlessly added the Base Attribute Points. Upon checking, he found that when a base attribute was below 5, it cost 1 point to increase it by 1; between 5-10, it cost 3 points; and above 10, it cost 5 points. Kirk used 2 Base Attribute Points to add 2 points to Agility, bringing it to 5 (excluding the 1 point from the newcomer bonus), which, combined with [Gonzalez's Feather Boots], reached 8, finally escaping the tragedy of being kited by zombies without any hope of fighting back. He then used 3 Base Attribute Points to add 1 point to Stamina—staying alive was important. He saved the remaining points. He kept the 9 Skill Potential Points, not because he was reluctant to use them, but because upgrading skills required a significant amount of Survival Points, and they were broke. Compared to skills, one-time medicines had a better cost-performance ratio for immediate combat power and burst damage. A dead man didn't need any skills.