Chapter 43 System Quest

The group of people stood up as well, intending to go over and take a look. Cui Chengzhi was going to solve the problem, while the others simply wanted to join in the excitement.

Cheng Cheng had never seen a real ghost or monster before, and Ba Ke had only cleared one instance dungeon, so he wanted to seize the opportunity to gauge the danger level of this instance.

Ba Ke even expressed his loyalty: "Brother Cui, don't worry, I'm just going to take a look, I won't compete with you for clues or points."

Cui Chengzhi smiled: "Suit yourselves."

Xia Wulei stated that she was not going, as she had her own business to attend to.

Cui Chengzhi did not force her and led the others toward room 501.

However, not long after, Cheng Cheng returned in disappointment, saying that the roommate was not at home and they had made a wasted trip. Cui Chengzhi and the others stayed to investigate, but since Cheng Cheng didn't understand anything, she came back first by herself.

"Sister Wulei, didn't you say you had things to do? What are you going to do?"

Xia Wulei smiled: "I have my own system missions to handle, you see."

That's right, she still had system missions.

On the second day of entering the instance, Xia Wulei heard the system prompt.

Unlike her first entry into an instance where missions were assigned immediately, this time the missions not only arrived late, but there were also more of them.

[Acquired Junior Mission, Farmland Fertilization: Please fertilize the farmland to 200%. Current progress: 2/200. Completing the mission rewards Nutrient Solution X10;

Acquired Junior Mission, Livestock Breeding: Breed ten livestock. Current progress: 4/10. Completing the mission rewards one premium air-dried ham;

Acquired Intermediate Mission, Land Upgrade: Please upgrade the land to level four. Completing the mission rewards one spiritual seed.

Please choose to accept the missions, Host.]

Xia Wulei hadn't expected the system to give her three missions this time, and she could even pick and choose which ones to do.

Moreover, completing the missions this time would grant rewards. The higher the mission level, the more generous the rewards.

The materials she obtained for land upgrading in the previous instance were purely by chance, and Xia Wulei lacked confidence this time, feeling somewhat hesitant inside.

Xia Wulei: [Little System, can I choose not to accept any missions for now?]

System: [If no system missions are selected within today, no further selections will be permitted.]

Xia Wulei curled her lips. Wasn't this forcing her to choose the second mission?

Fertilization required either leaving the land fallow or accumulating livestock manure, but within the remaining time, there were no other energy sources, nor was it possible to reach 200%.

Land upgrading was even more unpredictable, as she had no idea what could be used in this instance.

Currently, she had a little over three hundred points. The livestock were pigs, cattle, and sheep, costing 50 points each, which meant buying six would cost exactly that.

Yet Xia Wulei didn't want that ham at all! This reward looked perfunctory just by looking at it!!

At this moment, a voice suddenly popped up in her mind: [This is a premium ham that can be eaten raw! It's also a top-tier cooking ingredient, not something easily made.]

Aha, it was Number 8.

Xia Wulei: [Little Eight, why are you here? Can you change the reward for me?]

Number 8 hadn't even had time to ponder how its nickname had become Little Eight, and instinctively answered Xia Wulei's question: [I was out on routine patrol and happened to see you... No, that's not the point. Mission rewards are customized according to your needs and cannot be changed.]

Xia Wulei sneered: [What's so hard about ham? I can make it too.]

Number 8 didn't believe it. Although Number 8 didn't voice its rebuttal, Xia Wulei could still sense a strong feeling of disdain.

Xia Wulei: [What, don't believe me? Give me an area where I can regulate temperature and time, and I'll make it for you to see. If I succeed, that area stays. How about it, dare to make a bet?]

Number 8 agreed crisply and cleanly: [Fine. If you fail, I will deduct six hundred points from you.]

Anyway, regulating temperature and such was an effortless task for a system; it just needed to casually add a function to the farming system.

Xia Wulei was excited: [It's a deal!]

The farming space had always maintained a constant temperature and humidity, which was one of the reasons that troubled Xia Wulei, as many delicacies could not be made.

And the system could only simply provide services like slaughtering chickens and removing feathers, leaving more complex craftsmanship for Xia Wulei to complete herself.

This was also why Number 8 chose ham as a reward. In its understanding, ham was a time-consuming and troublesome ingredient in the human world; although delicious, many people chose not to make it themselves.

At this time, the farming system prompted: [Please select your mission.]

Since she had a bet with Number 8, Xia Wulei definitely wouldn't choose the second mission anymore. So looking at it now, only the farmland fertilization mission was left...

Wait, hold on.

Xia Wulei asked tentatively: [My current farmland level is level four, right?]

Number 8: [......?]

A bad premonition arose.

Holy crap, it really seemed to be level four!

Xia Wulei: [I want to accept the third mission!]

Before Number 8 could stop her, it heard the emotionless mechanical voice of the farming system.

[Intermediate Mission: Land Upgrade has been accepted. The current land level is level four; the mission is complete.]

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the mission and receiving one spiritual seed as a reward.]

Number 8 was dumbfounded: [Wait, hold on! How can this be?! Your land level... level four permissions unlocked for a day?! What is going on??]

After hearing Xia Wulei explain the whole story, Number 8 turned around and ran off to check on Cheng Cheng, returning shortly after.

System Number 8 said in shock: [It really is the Child of Fortune. No wonder your system unlocked permissions for you on his behalf.]

[We do have regulations in the system realm allowing us to grant conveniences to hosts under special circumstances, and encountering the Child of Fortune is indeed one of those special circumstances... But how can this count as meeting your mission completion conditions, ahhhhh!]

Number 8 threw a helpless tantrum, but the reward had already been issued to Xia Wulei, and based on its understanding of Xia Wulei, there was zero chance she would spit it back out.

Xia Wulei smiled: [Be more rigorous when writing missions next time, see you later.]

Number 8 left in a huff, afraid that staying any longer would cause its CPU to burn out from anger.

Xia Wulei entered the space, impatient to see her newly acquired reward: "Where is that spiritual seed? Where, where?"

A jade-green seed floated before Xia Wulei. She carefully held it in her palm and asked curiously.

"What kind of thing will grow out of this?"

System: [Unknown.]

Xia Wulei: ? How could it even be unknown?

System: [The spiritual seed contains infinite potential; what will be produced is unknown.]

Xia Wulei: "Fine then, let's plant it first. How many days will it take for this seed to bear fruit?"

System: [Land level is insufficient, planting is impossible.]

Xia Wulei was a bit confused: "Then what level is required to plant it?"

System: [Level seven.]

Xia Wulei: What, say that again??

Level seven! According to the system manual, the maximum land level was only level six!!!

No wonder Number 8 left so decisively; it turned out she hadn't scored a huge bargain at all!