Volume 1, Chapter 61: Terrifying Natural Disaster
Lin Yifan was completely unaware of the situation unfolding in the chat channel. Right before his eyes, a task notification had suddenly popped up.
[Global Survival Main Quest Series 1: Repelling the Mosquito Swarm (Only the survivor ranked first in the region is qualified to accept this task on behalf of the entire district).]
[Quest Objective: Lead the residents of this district to survive the current natural disaster to the best of your ability.]
[Collective Quest Reward I: The top 100 districts in terms of regional survival rate will receive a collective blessing of [Harvest Doubling], with the duration of the blessing decreasing according to the ranking.]
[Collective Quest Reward II: Survivors in the top 100 districts will each receive a treasure chest reward. The grade and quantity of the chests will be tied to the district's ranking.]
[Personal Contribution Reward: Successfully surviving this natural disaster grants a base contribution of 1,000 points. During this disaster, contributing materials to rescue others will also earn contribution points (one unit of basic materials = one contribution point). Contribution points can be used for redemption in the [Survival Shop].]
[Survival Shop Unlock Condition: Upon the conclusion of the mosquito swarm disaster, the current district's survivor count must rank within the top 100.]
[Personal Contribution Reward II: Once the survivor's region enters the top 100, the survivor ranked 1st in personal contribution within the district will receive [Silver-Grade Level-4 Shelter Blueprint] × 1, Mythril × 10, and Random Attribute Points × 10 (Unique reward, awarded exclusively to the survivor ranked 1st in overall district contribution).]
Gazing at the tasks before him, Lin Yifan's eyebrows twitched slightly. He truly had not expected there to be main quests. Judging by the details of this first notification, there would be many more disaster-related quests in this world.
In other words, they would still need to endure countless natural disasters ahead.
However, it had to be said that while natural disasters were terrifying, the rewards were undeniably generous as long as one could complete the associated quests!
Of course, this applied mostly to ordinary survivors. For Lin Yifan, these rewards did not hold much allure. His innate talent allowed him to refresh a buff daily, and just the day before, he had drawn the Harvest Critical Strike, which was far more exaggerated than a mere harvest doubling.
As for treasure chest rewards, was he lacking in chests? He had already opened blue-grade chests and lacked no such items whatsoever.
Yet, the contribution point rewards demanded his serious attention.
Although the [Survival Shop] had not yet been unlocked, its interface could already be accessed to view the items listed. Not only did it feature precious materials and various blueprints, but even the synthesis room blueprint he desired most was available for sale.
However, the prices for both blueprints and materials were exorbitantly high.
For instance, the [Synthesis Room Blueprint] required a staggering 5,000 contribution points to purchase.
One had to remember that a single unit of basic materials could only be exchanged for one contribution point. Five thousand contribution points meant parting with 5,000 units of basic materials. Although Lin Yifan was not short on basic materials right now, he had only accumulated a little under 4,000 units.
In other words, if he wanted to acquire this blueprint, apart from surviving until tomorrow morning to secure the 1,000 base contribution points, he would also have to donate every single basic material currently in his possession in exchange for contribution points just to barely scrape the amount together.
Facing such extortionate pricing, even Lin Yifan could not help but feel a pang of heartache.
Still, it was ultimately a shortcut. If treasure chests continually failed to yield what he wanted, buying from this rip-off shop served as a viable backup plan.
Even so, the fact that unlocking the [Survival Shop] required completing a quest gave Lin Yifan quite a headache.
Come to think of it, Lin Yifan had vaguely sensed long ago that the population size of a survivor's region might be a crucial factor. The disaster warning he received the first time his shelter upgraded to level two had subtly hinted at this.
Precisely because of that, he had previously disclosed the news of the mosquito swarm disaster without hesitation, aiming to give as many people a chance to survive as possible.
The extensive preparations he had made recently—producing as much [High-Efficiency Mosquito Repellent] as he could—were also driven by this very objective.
He simply hadn't anticipated that the [Heaven and Earth Alliance] would burst in like an uninvited guest, throwing a wrench into many of his planned implementations. He had indeed been infuriated by those ungrateful ingrates, yet despite that, he had still handed over all the manufactured [High-Efficiency Mosquito Repellent] to Chen Yunuo to manage.
Now, it was proven once more that his initial speculation had been correct.
Nevertheless, even with his prior preparations, the total human population transported from Earth exceeded 70 billion. Assuming 100,000 people per district, that amounted to over 8,000 districts.
Among such a vast populace, the number of powerhouses would certainly not be small, and clever individuals even less so.
Could he genuinely lead District 10086 into the top 100? Lin Yifan felt quite uncertain, especially given the unstable element of the "Heaven and Earth Alliance" currently within District 10086. If anyone decided to actively sabotage his efforts, the task would become infinitely more difficult.
Yet, unlocking the [Survival Shop] was of paramount importance. Failure to do so would cause their district to fall further and further behind.
Not to mention, there was also the unique quest reward granting the [Silver-Grade Level-4 Shelter Blueprint], Mythril, and 10 random attribute points.
The precise utility of Mythril remained unknown for now, but being grouped alongside those other two rewards meant it was definitely extraordinary.
As for the Level-4 shelter blueprint and the random attribute points, they happened to be the resources Lin Yifan needed most urgently at present.
Having already forged his Level-3 shelter into a bronze-grade structure, he was naturally unwilling to settle for a mere ordinary Level-4 shelter. Yet up to this point, let alone a silver-grade Level-4 shelter blueprint, even ordinary Level-4 shelter blueprints had yet to appear.
Thus, this silver-grade Level-4 shelter blueprint was likely the easiest one for him to obtain.
As for those 10 random attribute points, they represented something Lin Yifan could simply not bear to pass up.
One had to keep in mind that once the [Mosquito Swarm Disaster] concluded, the [Torrential Rain Disaster] would soon follow. Furthermore, while the mosquito disaster carried a difficulty rating of only three stars, the torrential rain disaster reached four stars.
Consequently, the next disaster would undoubtedly be far more perilous than the current one.
If he failed to strengthen his strength swiftly, a persistent sense of unease would linger in Lin Yifan's heart.
Therefore, come hell or high water, he could not bear to let this opportunity slip by; he had to try his hand at it.
Right now, however, he only had two doses of [High-Efficiency Mosquito Repellent] left in his possession—reserves he had kept for himself just in case. The rest remained with Chen Yunuo, numbering merely a little over 300 doses, which was entirely a drop in the bucket compared to a population numbering in the tens of thousands.
He still possessed the raw materials, and crafting them all into [High-Efficiency Mosquito Repellent] might yield one to two thousand doses. Even so, for a community of tens of thousands in District 10086, it still amounted to a drop in the bucket.
Even under these constraints, he had no choice but to manufacture this batch of repellent first.
Rubbing his temples, Lin Yifan resigned himself to his work.