Seeing that Qiu Shuyu seemed uneasy, Song Xiaozhu reassured her, "It's alright, it's still part of the defense line, better than being outside it."
Qiu Shuyu couldn't help but say, "But when Liu Family Village was attacked last time, Ink City... didn't send anyone to rescue them..."
Song Xiaozhu: "That's because the ' Heaven Temple ' is still there."
Qiu Shuyu opened her mouth, but the words caught in her throat and she couldn't bring herself to say them.
She understood what Song Xiaozhu meant. In Ink City's eyes, the refugees in the Garbage Mountain were not even human. They were more eager to check the situation in the quarantine zone than to rescue people in Liu Family Village.
As for this Earth Temple, it was clearly sturdy enough.
However, the villagers of Liu Family Village could not receive its true protection.
"It's getting late," Song Xiaozhu said to Qiu Shuyu. "You should get some rest."
Qiu Shuyu: "... Okay, goodnight."
Song Xiaozhu patted the back of her hand and said reassuringly, "Get some rest. There's a lot to do tomorrow."
Qiu Shuyu returned to her room and lay down before realizing what had happened.
She was clearly a year older than Song Xiaozhu and much stronger, and given her previous training, she should have been the one protecting Song Xiaozhu...
But for some reason, Song Xiaozhu slowly became... well, everyone's pillar of support.
It's as if her slight smile makes even the biggest problems seem less frightening.
Song Xiaozhu also went back to her room; she wasn't really worried.
Having a Earth Temple is better than having none.
If something really happens, she won't care about anything else; she'll just take everyone inside and hide first.
Hmm, before that, we need to find a way to explore it. Maybe there's some... high-tech stuff inside this Earth Temple?
Song Xiaozhu summoned her Workbench and looked at the task panel. There were still more than ten minutes left on the countdown, enough time for her to think things over and make a suitable choice.
Judging from the mission prompts, mission A is actually more lenient this time, while mission B has started to include kill prompts.
Song Xiaozhu has already completed five Growth Quest. Each one was Task A, which was brutal and chaotic, and Task B, which was friendly and orderly. How come in Task 6, the order is reversed?
The objects are different.
The first five tasks all involved humans, but this task 6 is the first to target the Polluted Beast, thus reversing the focus of tasks A and B.
Is this Growth Quest asking her to choose a "faction"?
Quest A is with the Polluted Beast faction, and Quest B is with the Human faction?
Song Xiaozhu carefully read the task prompts, reading them a full twenty times.
It's actually very simple; it's just a difference of two words: taming versus killing.
Domestication?
Song Xiaozhu realized a problem: how could she tame the Polluted Beast?
Logically speaking, or rather, according to the rules of games, to tame wild animals, you need at least food to attract them.
At the Garbage Mountain, where not even a piece of meat can be found, is she going to tame them with clean water and abundant simple meals?
If these are useless, then what do they eat?
The answer is obvious.
Polluted Beast eat people.
Without further hesitation, Song Xiaozhu chose task B.
Well, well, although she doesn't like killing, there's no way to tame her for the time being.
Feed them human food?
This has crossed a moral line.
After choosing the direction of the mission, Song Xiaozhu was no longer so nervous.
Growth Quest don't appear immediately. For example, after the first Growth Quest, the Intruder was released, it took quite a while for the Shang Bao to appear.
She just needs to be extra vigilant these days.
Having learned from the previous experience, Liu Family Village's defenses are likely even stronger now, and she will do her utmost to help if the Polluted Beast attack again.
As for actively going outside the quarantine zone to kill the Polluted Beast...
Song Xiaozhu was indeed poor, but not so poor that she would risk her life for 100 Quantum Coin!
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Ink City First Prison.
In the dimly lit cell, a man with a thick beard and a broad back sat leaning against the corner of the wall.
He wore special shackles on his wrists and ankles, which suppressed his Force.
Among the current Awakened classes, the warrior is undoubtedly the strongest in combat, followed by the Hunter.
The former tends to use various weapons, while the Hunter is a physical mutation with a variety of beast-like abilities.
It was the dead of night, and the only sounds in the prison were the snores of the inmates. Liu Xuangang, sitting in the corner, had crisscrossing and hideous scars on his body, which were shocking to behold.
He hung his head low, seemingly having long lost the will to live, and was only waiting for the final death sentence.
Clang...
It was the sound of the iron gate being opened.
Liu Xuangang suddenly looked up and, in the thin moonlight, saw the young man standing by the door.
He was wearing an exquisite white uniform, with the silver buttons undone up to the third, revealing his slender neck and collarbone. The originally neat and serious military uniform now had a touch of casual roguishness.
Moonlight fell on his left shoulder, the golden badge reflecting a dazzling light; the outstretched wings and inverted shield symbolized freedom and protection.
The Fan Consortium.
The real power behind Ink City!
Liu Xuangang suddenly looked up at the unfamiliar man. "Who are you?"
The other person stepped into the cage as if it were empty. " Fan Cang."
Liu Xuangang frowned. His understanding of Ink City came entirely from his wife, who was not from Ink City and had very limited information about the city.
He could only recognize the Fan Clan family crest; as for the internal members...
Every person with the surname Fan holds a high and mighty position in the Ink City region.
Fan Cang stopped in front of him, only half a step away. With Liu Xuangang's skills, even with his Force suppressed, he could still launch a sudden attack.
By choking him and using him as a hostage, I can...
The thought only lingered for half a second before Liu Xuangang extinguished it.
Fan Cang is no ordinary person.
He was a well-trained "soldier".