New Task

Xie Xi literally wanted to rip apart the words 'Designer: X!'

It was too obnoxious!

How come it was his game again? This type of 'good' luck, where did it go?

Xie Xi was angry enough to get liver pain and immediately closed this subpage, not wanting to look at it.

What should he do? As a beginner collector, he could only stay in Central World for two days. He had to go to the next quasi-world sooner or later and the world he searched for was Lost Atlantis.

Did he have to go to this quasi-world?

Xie Xi calmed down and planned to wait. What if there was another a.s.sembly task? He didn't believe that he couldn't get rid of it after refres.h.i.+ng two times!

This side felt stifled while Jiang Xie's side had a rain of red -1, -1, -1, -1…

Cough, it seemed that Xie Xi had searched for a new task.

Jiang Xie was very certain that Xie Xi would definitely get a quasi-world he designed. After all, the fit between them was too high.

He silently took back the message he wanted to send to his little rose. He shouldn't provoke the other person for the moment.

Xie Xi suppressed his temper and tidied up his belongings.

He got 100,000 silver coins from pa.s.sing Love to the Left or Right. He bought a set of character freezes for 10,000, bought a search mirror for 30,000 and bought the universal translator for 90 silver coins. There was also the enhanced uniform that cost 10,000 silver coins.

His level was too low and the items that the mall sold were limited. Xie Xi desired the fatal injuries immunity items but unfortunately, only one uniform in the mall had such an effect. Fortunately, the uniform could be enhanced. After being enhanced, it could resist two fatal injuries. The price was a bit expensive and ordinary newcomers were absolutely reluctant to buy it.

From the Fairytale Town, he received 10,000 silver coins and the energy storage stone.

As for the short blade s.n.a.t.c.hed from Zhong Jin, it couldn't be brought out because it wasn't placed in the items bar.

If he added and subtracted everything, he still had 59,910 silver coins, which was a huge sum.

Still, what was the use of money? Ghost knows how many pits were waiting for him in the next quasi-world!

Xie Xi thought about it and made up his mind to wait for the last second to go to X's world. Once there were no other choices, he would go!

Xie Xi spend a lot of time reading the information shown on the water curtain…

Then his communication column flashed.

Song Qi: [Brother Xi! I came out!]

XIe Xi said: [Congratulations.]

Song Qi: [Where are you? I will give you the character freeze and search mirror.] Xie Xi asked, [Were they useless?]

[You don't know, after you left…] Song Qi trailed off before saying: [Let's meet up and talk!]

It wasn't long before the two of them met, Song Qi holding two drinks in his hand.

Xie Xi was startled. "Where did you buy this?" There was no such thing in the mall.

Song Qi asked, "You haven't been to the market yet?"

"The market?"

"I'll take you to see it later. First, let me tell you about Fairytale Town."

Xie Xi nodded. "Okay." He also wanted to know the follow-up.

Song Qi took a big sip of the drink. "Originally, the white stone is an energy storage stone. The so-called collecting a dragon's heart is actually collecting Aaron's power…"

Xie Xi had already thought of this.

Song Qi continued, "After you left, the energy storage stone with Aaron's power because the sun on the horizon. Light was slowly restored to the tormented town and the villagers came to their senses…"

"What about the golden dragon?"

Song Qi replied, "He gave up the extra power and actually became a resident of the town."

Xie Xi was stunned before smiling. It was the long desired wish.

"He actually asked me to thank you. Thank you for saving Xiao Feng and also clearing the town."

The follow-up was very logical. Song Qi was involved in liberating the town and as a result, collecting the underwear was very easy, no matter how ridiculous.

Xie Xi raised an eyebrow. "Who hid the storage stone under the blood pool?"

"I don't know but Aaron gave me a key. He wanted us to go to his house to take a look."

"He has a house in the Central World?"

"Yes!" Song Qi looked at him. "Do you want to see it?"

Xie Xi nodded. "Let's go."

The Central World was a very abstract existence. IT seemed small, with only one hall, but it was also big, with no boundaries. All players could buy their own accommodations from the mall. The so-called key was just a permit since the house had absolute privacy and security.

Of course, players whose levels were too low couldn't stay in Central World all the time. No matter how safe it was, they couldn't rest at 'home.'

Song Qi invited Xie Xi to join the team and the two of them came to Aaron's house.

It was similar to a scene change when playing games. They had just been standing in front of the water curtain, only to stand in front of a slightly messy study.

Xie Xie Xi saw countless drawings with the front, back and sides of the figures drawn.

Song Qi muttered, "All the residents of the town…"

It seemed that Aaron designed them here.

Xie Xi's sharp eyes saw an alb.u.m. He opened it and saw the golden-eyed boy in various shapes.

It was drawn in crayon but was vividly lifelike.

There was golden handwriting every few pages—

Page 7.

I placed Xiao Feng in the town. Zhong Jin said that I am crazy.

Page 10.

I know very well that he isn't a puppet, he is my child.

Page 18.

Akin says that a designer has no heart, because G.o.d doesn't need a heart.

Page 19.

However, a designer isn't G.o.d.

Page 22.

Xiao Feng smiled at me. I miss him very much.

Page 32.

I can never be a designer because I can't help loving them.

Page 39.

I just want to give you the best. I hope you will be happy in another world.

Page 42.

What exactly is the real world?

Page 43.

There is everything I crave for, while there is only empty reality here.

Page 45.

It worked.

Page 60.

Why would you do such a thing to my children? They are independent lives!

Page 68.

Xiao Feng, don't be afraid. This time I will protect you.

There was different handwriting on the large page. It was written using a black pen and was filled with anger: Idiot.

Somehow, Xie Xi felt that the last word was written by Zhong Jin.

The alb.u.m stopped here and there was nothing else.

Aaron's words were vague. Xie Xi stared at them and countless doubts surged in his heart.

What exactly was a quasi-world?

What was the central government?

What about players?

Why were there designers, collectors, explorers and recorders?

What was the significance of the tasks released by the Zone?

The instance clearance of Fairytale Town was closely related to Aaron…

How did this task appear? Was it because Aaron put himself into the world that the clearance task changed?

Xie Xi couldn't figure it out.

***

Central World, the Double Beheading Group.

"Zhong Jin, what do you mean by this?"

“What could I do? He is a person recognized by Yunge and I could only cooperate with him to complete the task."

"We finally upgraded this quasi-world to D-grade. We were going to be promoted to C-grade yet you helped him clear the world!"

"I didn't expect him to be so lucky. He actually got all the core tasks."

Then a hoa.r.s.e voice was heard. "What about the energy storage stone?"

Zhong Jin replied, "The old dragon has power. I thought it shouldn't be wasted and intended to fill the stone with energy. Who knew that it would become a task item?"

"You're just messing around!"

“It's fine." Zhong Jin signed. "Designing a world depends on talent. Rather than wasting time on this, it is better to think about something more valuable."

For example, the upcoming 'open world.'

***

They left Aaron's residence and Song Qi took Xie Xi to the market.

As the name suggested, the so-called market was spontaneously formed by players.

Players received rewards when completing a task and they could buy or sell the items if they couldn't use them.

However, the market had little significance to Xie Xi. There were a variety of things on sale but not many of them were useful.

The two people strolled around and Song Qi asked, "Have you searched for a new mission?"

Don't mention it or his heart would be clogged.

Xie Xie Xi nodded. "It was searched."

Song Qi looked at his demeanor and thought the task level was too low. He comforted Xie Xi, "It's okay. You just need to pa.s.s it and new functions can be opened after three tasks are cleared."

Xie Xi also wanted to do it casually but he was afraid that wasn't possible…

"What about you?" Xie Xie Xi wondered. "Have you searched?"

"I searched and there are no surprises. It is an E-grade quasi-world."

Xie Xi maintained the same expression but he was very envious.

He didn't care about the world's rating or about surprises. He just didn't want to see X's name.

However…

After waiting a whole day, no new a.s.sembly task was released.

Xie Xi hesitated before finally sending a message to X: [G.o.d X, h.e.l.lo ^_^]

Jiang Xie, "…" It felt like he was being soaked in the red rain.

[h.e.l.lo.] He was stable.

[Can I ask you a question?]

[Say it.]

[How many quasi-worlds have you designed in total?]

Jiang Xie replied sincerely: [I don't remember.]

Xie Xi, "…" This self-centred show-off!

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Xie Xi sent a message with no expression. [G.o.d X is so amazing!] He followed with a small smiley face.

He was amazing yet points were deducted? Jiang Xie silently endured the red rain.

He naturally knew why the other person's good feelings would fall straight down. The words 'can't remember' seemed too perfunctory but in fact, it was because of the Quasi-World Protection Law that he couldn't remember. The ones on the list were due to some new achievements in his design. The Zone gave a full-screen announcement and it was noted by many people. There were also many that weren't announced, so he didn't know the specific number.

He didn't want to lie to Xie Xi and the result was the -1 flying all around him.

Jiang Xie wanted to say something to stop the red rain when Xie Xi asked the fatal question, [How many of your worlds have been cleared?]

Jiang Xie, "…"

He didn't reply for a long time. Xie Xi thought he had something to do and was preparing to cut off the communication interface when X replied: [So far, only one has been cleared.]

Xie Xi, "!"

[It is the one you cleared.]

Xie Xi, "!!"

Jiang Xie: [We are fated to meet each other.]

Who wanted to have a fated relations.h.i.+p with him?

Jiang Xie looked at the waterfall of -1 and didn't dare speak. If he let Xie Xi knew that it was his soul interfering with the normal search system, would it fall directly to -999?

The probability was as high as 99.9%.

Poor Xie Xi had to continue to test his survival. [The S-grade world was really difficult. Are all of G.o.d X's games like this?]

Jiang Xie knew the answer he desired but he couldn't lie. He could only endure the decline in goodwill and say: [The novice trial is relatively simple.]

Bang, -10!

Jiang Xie, "…" It hurt.

Xie Xi smiled. [Then it is harder than other games?] He wanted to change the word 'hard' to 'perverted.'

Jiang Xie was tactful. [Not necessarily. After all, you are growing very quickly.] The translation was that the game difficulty was there but Xie Xi was more experienced and proficient, which would make things easier.

Xie Xi didn't want this type of experience and proficiency!

Unfortunately, his next task was destined to be X's world. He could only endure and say: [What a coincidence. My next task is in G.o.d X's world.]

Jiang Xie had long guessed this. [We have a fated relations.h.i.+p.] It was a crazy suggestion.

You big headed ghost! Xie Xi refused to accept this and his good feelings fell below -200!

[The world's name is Lost Atlantis. G.o.d X, do you have any impression of this?]

Jiang Xie had no impression of it at all. He explained: [I signed the Quasi-World Protection Law and have forgotten most of the worlds I designed.]

XIe Xi was shocked. [Quasi-World Protection Law?]

Jiang Xie: [Anyone who designs a quasi-world higher than the B-grade has to sign it.]

Fairytale Town's rating was too low and it wasn't qualified.

Xie Xi was silent before asking: [Then this Lost Atlantis is at least B-grade?]

Jiang Xie was also silent. Then he uttered the big truth: [I haven't designed a quasi-world below A.]

Xie Xi, "……"

Jiang Xie watched the goodwill reach 222 and quickly added: [You can rest a.s.sured that the difficult is overstated. It won't be as hard as you think.]

Xie Xi calmed down. In fact, the overall difficulty of Love to the Left or Right wasn't high. The unlimited file loads plus the pain immunity to fatal injuries meant there was basically a 100% chance of clearing it.

Then why would it be rated S-grade? Could these things also be diluted?

Jiang Xie continued: [One of the criteria for the quasi-world rating is the possibility of it being cleared. The higher the level, the lower the probability.]

Xie Xi wasn't comforted. [Are the worlds you designed that difficult to clear?]

Jiang Xie wanted to say that the threshold was the problem. He put his soul inside the worlds so that other people couldn't search the world, let alone clear it. The fact that Xie Xi could always search it was because one, the fit between their souls was good and two, it was fate. It could also be said that Xie Xi's luck was good. After all, Old Jiang's worlds truly had a high rating.

Jiang Xie gave a half truth. [The quasi-worlds I designed contain my souls. If you get their approval then clearing the task is a lot easier. If you don't get it, the difficulty will greatly enhance.]

Xie Xi couldn't understand this and he asked curiously: [Your soul?]

The red rain stopped at this point. Jiang Xie looked at the -233 goodwill and asked: [Do you want to meet to chat?]

Xie Xi, "…" If they met then he couldn't smile!

[No need. I will feel sorry if I trouble G.o.d X.]

The red rain began again. Jiang Xie didn't dare mention this matter anymore. He hurried to stop the bleeding. [This is design related. You will understand more later. Just know that the soul is a wisp of my consciousness.]

Xie Xi's eyes narrowed. [Your consciousness?]

Jiang Xie had a hunch this sentence would decrease the goodwill but still said it. [For example, the vampire Aix-en, the housekeeper Randy and Gars…]

Xie Xi, "…"

Jiang Xie glanced at the goodwill and relaxed when there wasn't a cliff-style dip in goodwill. [They are all my soul.]

Oh, Xie Xi was even more certain. Sure enough, this person was truly abnormal!

Jiang Xie tried to defend himself. [They are just wisps of my consciousness and aren't independent individuals. It is inevitably that there will be some extreme ideas in their minds. Combined with the task constraints, they might do something radical.]

Oh, Aix-en shot him three times, Randy beheaded him twice and Gars stabbed him to death. It was really 'somewhat' extreme.

Xie Xi couldn't hide his 'killing intent' across the water curtain. [It turns out to be like this.]

Old Jiang struggled to survive. [In fact, they all appreciate you.]

Forget it, he couldn't afford their appreciation!

Xie Xi calmed down and took the opportunity to ask about some doubts. [Do you know… what will happen after a quasi-world is cleared?]

Jiang Xie knew what he was curious about and questioned: [What is your understanding of quasi-world?]

Xie Xi was startled and answered: [Quasi… does it mean 'to be prepared.']

[Yes, it is preparing to become a new world?]

Xie Xi was shocked and the hand touching the water curtain trembled. [Then after clearing a world, the quasi-world will become a new world?]

Jiang Xie explained to him: [There are three types of professions for players: a collector, explorer and recorder. The tasks of these three professions are to test the world. Once the instance is cleared, the quasi-world will be qualified.]

Xie Xi couldn't help saying: [Designers create the world. After it is recognized by the Zone, tasks are released. Then players will clear the world and clearing it will make it a new world?]

[The details aren't so simple but you can temporarily understand it like this.]

[This is the case… then Aaron and Xiao Feng are left in a real world.] He breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Xie only appeared 'Fairytale Town' and wasn't sure of the specifics. Besides, he was only a puppet when he showed his face. Thus, he asked: [Aaron and Xiao Feng?]

Xie Xi had many doubts about the Fairytale Town. He might think X was abnormal but X clearly knew a lot. The gap between the two of them was too big and there was no conflict of interest. A chat didn't mean anything.

Therefore, Xie Xi talked about everything he encountered in Fairytale Town.

Finally, he asked: [Is it really possible to raise the level of the quasi-world by killing the players?]

Jiang Xie: [It has nothing to do with that.]

[Still, Fairytale Town did rise from E to D.]

Jiang Xie explained to him: [It is because the golden dragon entered the quasi-world.]

Xie Xi was stunned.

[The golden dragon killed the first group of players and was determined to guard the town, causing the town's rating to rise.]

Xie Xi wondered: [Is it possible for the quasi-world's rating to rise as long as the player is willing to stay in the quasi-world?] It was impossible. There were too many players who stayed in a quasi-world forever because they couldn't complete the task or…

Jiang Xie replied: [The golden dragon is the designer.]

Xie Xi was even more confused. [They designed it together…]

[This can't be done together.] JIang Xie didn't hide anything. [The so-called organization co-designed the quasi-world but in fact, only one person on the team was inspired and designed the quasi-world.] However, it was mistaken for a team credit.

Xie Xi was startled.

Jiang Xie continued: [As long as it doesn't reach the grade, the dragon entering the quasi-world is still considered as continuing to design it. Thus, the town's rating continued to improve.]

Xie Xi understood some things while becoming more confused about other things.

Jiang Xie kept speaking: [A quasi-world below the grade is fragmentary. For example, the Fairytale Town you entered is just the small town. There is nothing outside the town.]

Xie Xi's eyes narrowed and he anxiously asked: [Then is it still a real world?]

[Of course. Once it is cleared, this fragment becomes qualified and will blend with other fragments into a boundless world.]

Xie Xi's eyes widened. [What about worlds above grade?]

[They are frame types and will grow independently.]

This was the first time Xie Xi really felt that X was amazing.

[All the worlds you designed are independent worlds?]

[Yes.]

Great!

Xie Xi didn't say it but Jiang Xie saw a touch of green among the red. The pitiful +5 didn't comfort Jiang Xie.

He said so much only for goodwill to rise by five points. Would it rise if he kept repeating himself?

Jiang Xie told himself: It is wishful thinking.

In fact, Xie Xi still had a lot of doubts but there was too much information. He needed some time to digest it.

He was currently a beginner collector and at most, he was a bug tester. He was still a long way from thinking about designing a world.

Xie Xi thought about it and asked Jiang Xie: [G.o.d X, do you think a designer is G.o.d?]

[No.] Jiang Xie didn't hesitate. [A designer is more like the hand of G.o.d.]

Xie Xi's heart tightened. [The Zone…]

[The Zone isn't G.o.d either.] Jiang Xie rea.s.sured him. [Take your time. Everyone has different answers to this question.]

Xie Xi nodded before realizing the other person couldn't see it. [Thank you.]

This time there wasn't a smiley face but JIang Xie saw the +1 and felt very comfortable.

The road was long but would eventually lead to him.

Xie Xi was very curious about designers, the Zone and the Central World that constantly formed new worlds…

If he wanted to solve it, he had to go up step by step.

Xie Xi took a deep breath and opened the Quasi-world column.

Lost Atlantis. He didn't believe this game could be worse than Love to the Left or Right!

He was about to accept the task when the communicator flashed again.

X: [I gave you a small gift.]

Xie Xi, "?"

They were friends so all items mailed were automatically accepted. XIe Xi opened the items bar and saw a red and blue egg.

Xie Xi couldn't help thinking of someone's eyes.

Xie Xi asked him: [Thank you G.o.d X. What it is?] A ^_^ was attached.

Jiang Xie saw this smiling face and couldn't help glancing at the goodwill. Fortunately, it hadn't fallen.

[It is an elf who can enter worlds with you.]

Xie Xi saw the item description.

Name: Elf Egg.

Usage: Can hatch a lovely elf.

Details: Gold grade. Hurry to sell it. Exchanging it for money is more cost-effective than raising this thing!

Xie Xi, "…" It didn't sound like a good thing but the gold grade seemed high?

Jiang Xie sent him another message. [The elf has a pa.s.sive skill that allows you to resist three fatal injuries.]

Xie Xi heard this and thought it was useful. [Thank you!]

Jiang Xie stared at the goodwill +1.

Yes, he just needed to give more than 200 legendary elf eggs and it would become a positive number.

The problem was… could he find a second golden elf egg in the entire Central World? It was almost nonexistent.

Xie Xi clicked on the elf egg and the hatching countdown appeared on the red and blue egg.

He found it didn't take up a slot on the item bar and was more satisfied.

After tidying up his backpack, Xie Xi clocked on Lost Atlantis.

As before, the words game loading appeared in front of him, followed by the information board.

[Welcome to the quasi-world. Please read the information board carefully.

Game Name: Lost Atlantis.

Game Summary: A great civilization that began on land and finally ended up in the ocean. The fallen utopia, the shadow of the mermaids' bubbles… can you get what you want?

Main Task: Collect the love of the sixth prince.

Side Task: To be refreshed.

Number of Loads: You need to find the save points yourself.

Items Carried: Beginner collectors can carry three items.

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