Chapter 137: Two Choices, A Difficult Decision? A Bold Choice!

"Mission One: Obtain the Natural Crystal!"

"Mission Description: Natural Crystals drop randomly upon slaying monsters."

"Mission Reward: For every Natural Crystal obtained, gain 1 point!"

"Mission Two: Save the Dark Elf!"

"Mission Description: Use Natural Crystals to weaken the Dark Elf's dark power and successfully save them!"

"Mission Reward: Successfully saving the Dark Elf grants 100 points!"

"Note: The more Natural Crystals, the stronger the suppression and weakening of the dark power!"

"There are actually two missions!"

"And..."

"They both look far from simple..."

Jiang Li carefully finished reading the text before him and couldn't help but fall into thought.

This Gaokao instance.

Seems quite different from before.

Previous instances were usually simple and brutal, with just one mission from start to finish.

But this Dark Forest instance.

Is clearly more complex.

Two missions.

The first mission is to collect Natural Crystals by slaying monsters in the forest.

"This mission... isn't easy to do..."

Regarding the mission to collect Natural Crystals.

Jiang Li only thought for a moment before realizing how tricky and troublesome this mission was.

It looks simple, but is actually very difficult.

At the same time, it tests luck heavily.

The entire Dark Forest is vast and boundless, with countless monsters within; to precisely find those monsters carrying Natural Crystals is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

If luck is good, perhaps slaying just one monster by chance will drop a Natural Crystal.

But if luck is bad, it is very possible to slay hundreds or even thousands of monsters without obtaining a single Natural Crystal.

Of course.

The second mission is no simple matter either.

"If I'm not mistaken, this so-called Dark Elf needing to be saved... must be the boss of this instance, infected and corrupted by dark power, becoming extremely evil."

Jiang Li carefully pondered the mission; the note on the second mission was very critical.

It stated, "The more Natural Crystals, the stronger the weakening of the Dark Elf"... This clearly demands combat, with Natural Crystals serving as a way to suppress the boss's strength.

"Two missions."

"Equivalent to two assessment methods."

"If a team has no confidence in defeating the Dark Elf, they can focus entirely on the first mission, collecting only Natural Crystals; although the points are fewer, they accumulate, and it is relatively safe."

"If confident in their own and their teammates' strength, they can challenge the Dark Elf after collecting a certain number of Natural Crystals... No!"

Thinking of this.

Jiang Li was suddenly startled.

He suddenly realized a problem.

"This second mission and the first mission... seem incompatible!"

Jiang Li frowned tightly.

On the surface.

The first mission is a prerequisite for the second.

The more Natural Crystals collected, the more helpful it is for saving the Dark Elf.

But in reality.

There lies a very big trap within!

Collecting Natural Crystals and saving the Dark Elf... these two missions simply cannot coexist!

"This is a gamble."

"A very difficult choice!"

"If the Dark Elf is successfully defeated, that's fine, granting a large amount of points directly, but if they fail... then the Natural Crystals consumed cannot be retrieved, and since Natural Crystals represent points, this means... losing all points."

"And."

"It is not yet clear what the drop rate for Natural Crystals is."

"If luck is too poor, even some capable practitioners might not obtain a single one... and at that point, they would have no choice but to choose to challenge the Dark Elf."

The more he thought.

The more Jiang Li felt a chill.

He couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath of cold air.

Either diligently farm Natural Crystals, or go all out to challenge the Dark Elf.

And.

Even if one diligently farms natural crystals, there is no guarantee of obtaining any... No matter how strong one's strength is, if one is unlucky or a non-chieftain, it is equally possible to get not a single point!

The question-setter of this dungeon instance is simply too outrageous!

Are they really forcing people to choose between two options?

"Tsk tsk..."

Calm down.

Jiang Li shook his head.

Whether it is choosing between two options or anything else, it actually has little to do with him.

Jiang Li is confident.

If even his strength is unable to defeat the Dark Elves, then others have even less possibility.

It is just unknown how strong the Dark Elves' strength is, and to what extent the natural crystals can weaken them...