Chapter 603: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 604: Infinite Flow Cannon Fodder (51)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

J Province, bordering G Province, was both a populous province and a grain-producing province.

Because of the Territory Token's special function, Shen Yao had been pondering how to find it.

She originally planned to wander around the official reception area, but gained little; later she broadened her thinking, considered the entire instance, and only then discovered several suspicious spots.

She chose G Province because first, it was dangerous here, others faced great risk and might not handle it well; second, the probability of the Territory Token appearing here was not high, but several neighboring provinces and cities were suspected areas.

Setting out from G Province and traveling along the abandoned road, Shen Yao used elimination to verify her guesses one by one.

During this time she was attacked by mutant plants, mutant animals, and mutants; fortunately Shen Yao was strong enough to fight her way in and out alone and even escape, avoiding the trouble she had when there were more people.

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Shaking off another attacking mutant plant, Shen Yao leaped lightly several meters and chopped off all the branches that had reached beneath her.

She swung the iron rod in her hand so it flew up; each time she raised it, a white mist rose from the top of the rod, and mutant creatures that touched the mist instinctively froze and retreated.

With such an opening, Shen Yao struck decisively to eliminate the threats, and while at it, planted the cleared area with new variety plants.

Drip drip drip—

Shen Yao opened her phone; inside was a screenshot Xu Ningchen had sent her.

The screenshot's location was a dense forest, surrounded by tall, sturdy trees.

Xu Ningchen stood to the side in the frame, like a visitor who had mistakenly entered the Giant Plant Country.

Shen Yao had sharp eyes; at a glance she noticed something was off about this forest—though it was all trees, in fact they were all branches differentiated from a single tree.

Hiss

The entire mountain forest was one tree—how heaven-defying was this tree's ability?

Xu Ningchen then sent a line of text explaining why he took the photo: "Territory Token."

Shen Yao's eyes widened suddenly, and she stopped the car beneath her.

She dialed the call: "Territory Token? Is it with you?"

Impossible—Shen Yao was confident but not yet arrogant.

The system had spoken that way before, which meant her guess was correct; the Territory Token was around G Province, most likely in J Province.

"Is it possible there are two Territory Tokens?"

Xu Ningchen stood under a tree, looked up at the distant sky that blotted out the sun, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath; some things could be felt without being said.

Perhaps the Territory Tokens before had all appeared singly, causing them to fall into a mental trap.

No one regulated the number of Territory Tokens that appeared, nor how they must be; it was only the function bestowed upon Territory Tokens that made some people covet them.

Two?!

Xu Ningchen's words made Shen Yao suddenly understand—yes, this was a high-difficulty instance; although it belonged to regular instances, the difficulty was not low.

So many taskers had entered, and half had already failed their missions.

Of the remaining few, many stayed in the reception area, while a minority still searched for traces of the Territory Token themselves.

Though Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen seemed to be living easily, in fact they belonged to the top batch, looking several steps ahead, leaving the trouble zone early; while other taskers were still in dire straits, they were enjoying rare leisure.

"Is it okay on your end?"

After figuring it out, Shen Yao spun the tool in her hand, and her expression gradually relaxed.

"Rest assured."

Xu Ningchen couldn't guarantee anything else, but the Territory Token here could still be easily obtained.

The two tacitly hung up; Shen Yao continued driving to inspect one by one, while Xu Ningchen took things out of his space—small, exquisite handheld bombs were thrown down one after another, accompanied by bangs and branches moving without wind.

Xu Ningchen quickly dodged; the spot where he had stood was scattered by the angry branches' attack.

Roar!

On Xu Ningchen's side he fought the mutant plants to the death, while Shen Yao's side was calm and peaceful.

The two were like parallel lines that never intersected, until Xu Ningchen obtained the Territory Token and met up with her.

"This is the Territory Token?"

Similar in size to an ancient jade pendant, with exquisite patterns carved around the edges, the two characters "Territory" written in the center, and it felt warm and smooth to the touch.

A horizontal bar popped up at the top of the Territory Token, an exclusive definition for it.

"If there are two, one is left for Guoguo," Xu Lingyi said; the child was in the instance eating and drinking, with everything needed prepared by her parents.

This was also why taskers in the Infinite World pulled ahead—those with capable family members didn't need to enter instances to accumulate enough capital.

And those with nothing had no choice but to fight desperately.

The Territory Token Shen Yao was looking for was found half a month after the two met up.

The token was indeed in J Province, but its location wasn't ideal—right in the middle range between mutant plants and mutant animals; to obtain the Territory Token smoothly, they had to force their way through both dragon pools and tiger dens.

Helpless, Shen Yao had to act; she and Xu Ningchen, one in front and one behind, pushed straight through.

The two fought for a full day and night, finally ending with the death of the mutant plants.

Shen Yao's clothes were wrinkled, her hair messy, her whole body sweaty and uncomfortable.

Xu Ningchen took out a special tent from his space, set it up, and let Shen Yao rest directly.

"Get the token in hand first."

The most important task of bringing them into the instance was completed; the rest was just biding time, waiting for the instance notification.

After simply cleaning herself and changing into clean clothes, Shen Yao picked up the iron rod and, expression unchanged, searched among a field of mutant plant corpses for the Territory Token.

Finally, deep within the mutant plant's roots and stems, Shen Yao discovered traces of the Territory Token; following the clues, she smoothly obtained a glowing Territory Token.

No different from Xu Ningchen's, Shen Yao confirmed it was genuine before letting out a sigh of relief.

In the time that followed, Shen Yao fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow, sleeping soundly. Three days later, when she went out, she energetically dealt with the mutant beast that had been occupying the path ahead.

He Jie and Xu Hai continued farming their own fields as usual, the seeds they had buried growing vigorously.

Hearing that Sister Shen had already obtained the Territory Token, both men's eyes showed envious expressions.

However, they both had self-awareness; no matter how envious they were, they wouldn't do anything irrational.

Besides, even if they did, whether Big Shot had been schemed against was unknown, but they themselves would surely suffer misfortune, possibly losing both wife and troops.

"If others ask, should we tell them the truth?"

Xu Hai waved the phone he held in his hand; messages inside kept coming, all from members of the Changping Guild.

They kept in touch privately and occasionally investigated each other.

Apart from Big Shot having privileges and not caring about human relations, everyone else was an ordinary commoner, scrambling to survive in the mortal world, with no other purpose than wanting to live better.

He Jie pondered for a moment, "Say it; they wouldn't believe it even if we didn't."

Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen's abilities were obvious to all; even based solely on paper strength, their probability of obtaining the Territory Token was greater than theirs.

"Don't volunteer the information; we're not Big Shot," with a posture neither high nor low, focusing on saying what should be said; if other demands were proposed, sorry, insufficient capability, unable to satisfy.

The two slippery people were like loaches, only doing what Shen Yao instructed, not actively participating in anything extra.

As time grew less, the scattered Wedding Guests gathered together again.

Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen had run too far and were the last batch to return, but the news that the Territory Token had been found had already reached everyone's ears.

Taskers who were somewhat familiar with Shen Yao, whether sincere or feigning, all wanted to see the true appearance of the Territory Token.

Shen Yao was generous enough, directly passing the Territory Token around for everyone to take turns examining; anyway, the Territory Token was a bound item, and once bound, it could not be unbound.

"So that's how it is."

"Who knows when we'll have such an opportunity and luck."

"Hmph, think more about what instance to choose next time."

"......"

Everyone's thoughts were different, but everyone felt envy.

Fortunately, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen's fame was still usable; no one dared risk death to provoke them, which was why they made it all the way to the end of the instance safely.

The mechanical sound of clearance appeared in everyone's minds at dawn one day; before Shen Yao could react, she had already appeared in the Settlement Space.

Information representing her identity appeared, and her points rose back to four digits.

Below the points, there was also information about a personally bound item: the Territory Token she had found in the instance, plain but very useful.

The Settlement Space gave Shen Yao no room to act; after returning to the Infinite World and meeting up with Xu Ningchen, she first went to the Nursery Hall instance to pick up Xu Lingyi, who was having a great time, then chose the System Mall to shop.

Time flow speed differed between instances and inside instances; Xu Lingyi felt she hadn't seen her parents for a while, but it didn't affect her love for them.

Grinning with her small mouth and saying sweet words that cost nothing, Xu Lingyi expressed that she hadn't wasted her time in the Nursery Hall; the teachers there spoke interestingly and understood reason, and if she didn't really miss her dad and mom, she would be more willing to live in the Nursery Hall.

Shen Yao:......

Such a young age and already has the bad habit of a sweet mouth; when she grows up, she'll be even more extraordinary.

Xu Ningchen's Territory Token was transferred to Xu Lingyi, because Xu Lingyi was still young, the Territory Token could not yet open relevant permissions, and could only be used once Xu Lingyi reached the age to enter instances.

Xu Lingyi tilted her head; the Territory Token in her hand kept disappearing and appearing; although she didn't know what it was, she instinctively felt this thing was very important to her.

"Keep it safe; it will be of great use in the future."

Shen Yao had just reminded her, then called a robot to take Xu Lingyi back to her room.

Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen began spending points on shopping; the System Mall became their procurement channel, and they bought back basically everything they could.

Points changed from four digits back to three digits.

Of course, they still transferred a sum of points into Xu Lingyi's identity account as a reserve, in case they had an accident and Xu Lingyi couldn't survive and establish herself in the Infinite World.

System Forum

Someone anonymously leaked that a new Territory Token had appeared, in a very popular regular high-difficulty instance.

Because Xu Ningchen's Territory Token was an accident, everyone knew about the one Shen Yao obtained; this also avoided the crisis Xu Lingyi might have faced, after all, targeting a child was much easier than targeting an adult.

After binding with the Territory Token, Shen Yao began to build her own force.

After accumulating for several years, Shen Yao held a decent sum of points, including various items stored in her backpack space; these were her starting resources.

Xu Lingyi watched her parents send her back to the Nursery Hall, visiting her every once in a while, while their residence kept changing over time.

"Here, is this an instance?"

Unknowingly, Xu Lingyi turned six years old, with a lively and spirited personality.

However, while walking around her family's large manor one time, she was actually teleported to an unknown place.

This was not her home; Xu Lingyi was certain.

"Instance, it must be those instances, just like the Nursery Hall."

Xu Lingyi raised her small meaty hand and touched her double-chin, her round eyes rolling, suddenly interested in this strange place.

Mm, she could come directly from home to here; it must be related to her parents.

These past few years, their home had become bigger and bigger, with more and more people coming and going.

Shen Yao never reduced her teaching of Xu Lingyi; no matter what she handled, she would not deliberately avoid her.

This caused Xu Lingyi to be somewhat precocious; although she still looked like a child on the outside, her views on certain matters were far higher than adults'.

First simply analyzing the current situation, and after concluding her safety would be greatly ensured, Xu Lingyi boldly explored her surroundings.

Not walking far, Xu Lingyi discovered a group of people gathered ahead.

There were men and women; both sides seemed to be arguing about something, and the atmosphere was somewhat subtle.

Xu Lingyi's appearance drew everyone's gaze, all turning to look at the little bean sprout approaching.

The Infinite World has regulations on the age for entering instances; Xu Lingyi is too young, so this group first excluded her from the Tasker options, leaving only instance NPCs.

This is a Supernatural Instance; the main storyline inside is relatively simple, but because Supernatural Instances have an excessive casualty rate, every time they enter a Supernatural Instance, Taskers will first erupt in internal conflict.

This time is no exception; this instance has a pervert killer who randomly kills one Tasker every evening.

If they can obtain the pervert killer's key information, they can be lucky survivors and escape disaster.

Unknowingly, Xu Lingyi cameoed as an instance NPC, and caused Taskers of the same origin as her to produce a misunderstanding.

Xu Lingyi: ……

Fine then

Xu Lingyi very naturally joined in among them, and the crowd all did not suspect.

Along the path forward stands a three-floor villa built deep in the mountains.

The first floor, second floor, and third floor all have rooms; this time their Taskers total ten people, the requirement is to live peacefully here for seven nights to count as clearance.

Although Xu Lingyi is a Native of the Infinite World, she does not meet the conditions for entering the instance, and is temporarily excluded by the instance.

That is to say, regardless of whether Xu Lingyi can clear the instance, she will not encounter danger here.

Of course, if Xu Lingyi seeks trouble herself, insists on courting death and provoking, the instance will also give a certain degree of reward; the Infinite World belongs to a Neutral Force, has a set of its own operating principles, and will not favor any side.