Looping Mission

"How far along is your hidden quest?"

"Oh, that one? It's finished. My next quest has to wait until I'm level ten. It's going to be a long wait!" Wang Qianduo replied truthfully.

"I see~" Lin Qimeng responded, then focused on her meal.

Wang Qianduo: "..."

So pragmatic?!

"What's going on between you and that woman?"

After the three finished their meal in an unusually awkward atmosphere, Wang Jun asked Wang Qianduo on their way back to the office.

"What situation? Didn't you see? She came to ask about my quest progress!" Wang Qianduo said.

"You really don't understand women. No wonder you're single!" Wang Jun laughed, then left.

"Hey, what do you mean? Explain it clearly! Don't you know I hate it when people talk halfway?"

Wang Qianduo didn't dwell on Lin Qimeng. After a cup of tea to digest his food, he logged back in.

He still had to do his repeatable quests. Women only slowed down his leveling speed.

Repeatable Quest - Part 1: Collect three types of ore on the mining planet.

This was a simple map-running task with no difficulty.

Since he had no teammates, Wang Qianduo could fly the entire way. He could even activate his equipment's speed boost skill. This quest was incredibly easy.

Repeatable Quest - Part 2: Kill 30 Star Beasts that have invaded the star system around the main planet.

These Star Beasts were generally level 5-10 normal monsters, but they roamed in space around the main planet.

These Star Beasts couldn't withstand even one of Wang Qianduo's Lightning Chains. This quest became a test of his flying ability.

Next was Repeatable Quest - Part 3: Transport goods from the main planet's base to the Moon Planet's base.

The quantity of goods was massive, so they couldn't use the teleportation array. Fortunately, he wasn't doing this alone; a large group of NPCs would accompany him. It was essentially a courier task.

The first three quests were completed quickly, but the fourth one was troublesome because it required completing a dungeon.

Wang Qianduo couldn't solo dungeons right now!

"Emmm..."

However, just thinking wouldn't solve anything. He decided to head to the dungeon entrance first.

Although it had only been two days since his first dungeon run, the area outside the dungeon was much livelier than before.

Currently, a large number of players reached level five every day, but the crowd was still manageable.

The main player base hadn't reached this level yet; most were still concentrated at levels 3-4. It would take another three to five days for them to reach level five.

The gap between expert players and ordinary players in this game was unprecedentedly large.

"Dungeon runs, 5 silver per person. All drops go to me. 3 spots left, 2 taken!"

In Mech Age, higher-level players leading lower-level players had their gains reduced by more than half.

But for quests or monster grinding, where players of the same level could team up, having a higher-level player lead was indeed a loss.

Dungeons were different. For some players, not finding someone to lead them meant zero gains from the dungeon. With a carry, they could still get half the rewards.

Otherwise, the daily dungeon attempts would go to waste!

However, the people offering carries at the dungeon entrance were only doing normal difficulty dungeons. The reason was simple: they couldn't clear anything harder.

The maximum level for this dungeon was 12. These carriers were also around that level.

They relied on the stats gained from their level 10 evolution to bully normal difficulty dungeons.

Without help, they would only wipe on hard mode, let alone nightmare mode.

Seeing these dungeon carriers, Wang Qianduo suddenly had an idea. He typed:

"Dungeon runs, 1 gold per person. One run only. Limited spots, first come, first served. Payment before the final boss!"

Why was he charging 1 gold when others charged 5 silver? Don't ask why. Just know that he was also a player of a similar level, so his gains wouldn't be halved.

Wang Qianduo's unconventional offer quickly attracted attention. But when people saw his level, they cursed him as a scammer and left the party.

Before Wang Qianduo could say anything, they promptly blacklisted him.

In fact, those who could afford to hire dungeon carriers weren't simple. 5 silver per run, and the current gold price was nearly 1:300.

Five dungeon runs would cost nearly 800, which was real money.

Until someone asked, "Bro, you're only level 6. What gave you the courage to carry people through dungeons? Liang Jingru?"

This question, which sounded like trouble, came from a very young female voice.

"Wait, don't leave yet. You won't know if I'm capable until we enter the dungeon, right?

How about this: if you don't mind, let's wait for one more person. Once we have three, we'll start."

"If you feel I'm not up to par in the dungeon, you won't be wasting a run by leaving, right?"

Wang Qian Duo, having finally found someone willing to listen, certainly wasn't going to let this opportunity slip away.

"Alright, you sound about my age, so let's drop the formalities. My name's Yu Xiao Yu, but I'm a bit of a glutton, so just call me Sister Yu!"

Wang Qian Duo: "...Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome!"

"Let's not wait any longer. My cousin just hit level 5 and needs to run this dungeon too. I'll call her over!" After waiting a few minutes with no sign of anyone, Yu Xiao Yu couldn't help but speak up.

She then directly contacted her cousin. Not long after, a level 5 agile mech rushed over.

"Sis, why didn't you wait for me!" Yu Xiao Yu's cousin's voice was clearly that of a soft-spoken girl.

"Who told you to be so slow? An agile mech shouldn't be taking longer to level up than my strength-type mech!"

The soft-spoken girl's game nickname was Yu Xiao Xin, which, judging by her name, was clearly inherited from her sister.

After the trio formed a party, Wang Qian Duo called out a couple more times, but with no one else joining, he directly chose to enter the dungeon.

Since both of them were first-time dungeon runners, the difficulty was pulled back to normal by the two sisters.

With Wang Qian Duo's equipment, soloing normal difficulty was no problem at all. Soon, the group encountered their first pack of Dread Wolves.

"Don't move around. I'll handle them. If you want to fight, pick off the ones I've weakened."

With that, Wang Qian Duo drew his Ming Hong Blade and charged towards the pack of Dread Wolves.

Yu Xiao Yu couldn't even stop him. She had never seen anyone run a dungeon like this before.

Just as she thought she had wasted her time, a silver arc of electricity began to leap back and forth within the wolf pack.

Seven Dread Wolves went down directly. Wang Qian Duo swung his weapon rapidly, generally crippling a Dread Wolf with one strike and finishing it off with a second.

If he had used skills, these Dread Wolves wouldn't have lasted for a second strike.

At the same time, the Dread Wolves' attacks were like a tickle to Wang Qian Duo, but he still deliberately dodged them, though it had little meaning.

Meanwhile, the expressions of the Yu Xiao Yu sisters had transformed into this:

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They watched everything before them, which defied reason, with their mouths agape. The thought of leaving the party had vanished.

"Sis, we're both level five or six, why is his damage so high?"

"Maybe it's because of that treasure blade he's holding. That's clearly no ordinary weapon."

While the two were talking, Wang Qian Duo had already dealt with all the monsters. After picking up the drops, he said to the two, "Keep up!"

"Oh! Okay!"

The two sisters quickly followed Wang Qian Duo's pace, beginning to watch Wang Qian Duo's performance all the way.

Especially when it came to the final boss, Wang Qian Duo activated the Flame Golden Crystal's Weakness Break skill. Each hit, dealing nearly 5000 damage, was simply unbelievable to the two sisters.

The scene was incredibly shocking.

"Are you two buying this equipment?"

"Buy, buy, buy!"

It seemed both of them were little rich girls!

"God-tier player, do you lead hard mode dungeons?" After the two bought the equipment Wang Qian Duo didn't need but they could use, Yu Xiao Yu asked.

"I need to complete a quest. I might lead runs tonight."

Wang Qian Duo thought about it. Earning extra money while running dungeons was indeed a good option.

"Then let's add each other as friends! We'll reserve two spots for you tonight!" Yu Xiao Yu.

After the three added each other as friends, Wang Qian Duo bid them farewell and continued to complete his loop quests.

The fifth loop quest was rather peculiar; it was a cleaning task.

The quest required him to clean the plaza of the Mother Star base, and he couldn't slack off.

"Good thing there's a cleaning vehicle, otherwise, how long would it take to sweep such a large plaza?"

"Yo! Isn't this one of our company's hotshots? What are you doing sweeping the plaza?"

Just as Wang Qian Duo was feeling fortunate while driving the cleaning vehicle, a raspy voice called out.

Since he was the only one driving a cleaning vehicle here, Wang Qian Duo looked towards the sound and quickly spotted the owner of the voice.