Chapter 263: Hour Countdown (Settings Error Corrected)

Lin Yifan doesn't know what this giant snake actually is?

But he has a feeling that if the Red Moon truly descends, this giant snake will be their life's end.

At this moment, Luo Tasi said in a deep voice:

"Anyway, the situation is like this: you now have only the last day left. If you cannot complete the mission within a day and let everyone activate the Initial Domain, you are certain to die."

"What about you?" Lin Yifan asked.

"Of course we're leaving!" Luo Tasi shrugged, "We're not like you; we came in through the back door, so we can leave through the back door as well."

Lin Yifan's complexion darkened a few more shades in an instant!

After all that trouble, actually only they Humans are unlucky.

But now the situation is stronger than the humans, so he can only bow his head obediently, swallow this resentment, and then turn his head to ask:

"Tell me honestly, is this so-called 【Resource Grab Competition】 organized by you?"

"You could say yes, you could also say no." Luo Tasi didn't hide it, his face calm as he said:

"【Resource Grab Competition】 is a staged mission that every Initial Domain must trigger, and also serves as a subsidy and reward for you; basically, doing it casually yields many benefits."

"However, this mission is normally released after the Eternal Night descends; we used a little trick to make it arrive early."

"Why did you do this?" you asked with a scowl.

Luo Tasi shrugged, saying nonchalantly:

"To obtain the resources of your District, Ai Ruiliya should have told you that the wilderness of our Intermediate Domain is already ruled by 【Maggot Human Bone】; gathering resources there is extremely difficult, so our supplies are very scarce."

"But your Initial Domain is different; the Survival Realm has a mechanism protecting newcomers, so it allocated a separate Initial Domain for you new Survivors. Resources here refresh very quickly; as long as you try a bit, you can survive."

"Thus we can only target your Initial Domain, coming over periodically to scoop up some resources to maintain survival balance; this action we call the 【Vegetable-Cutting Operation】."

"Originally, if you just cooperated, this would have been resolved quickly, but your District produced this freak, causing our 【Vegetable-Cutting Operation】 to fail. We were forced to toss you into this mission space, then seize the chance to loot resources."

"And you, of all people! You even provoked the Red Moon Divine Cult. I thought you had already tangled with those lunatics, making your death inevitable, so you simply cooperated with them to gain some benefit."

"Of course there's another reason: our Alternate Saint Lai En, whom you should remember. After you threw him out of the Initial Domain, he claimed he lost something important, demanding that we bring your corpse to him."

"As an Alternate Saint with exceptional talent, he holds some sway in our Dark Night Divine Cult, so we had to give him face, leading to the later events. I didn't expect that what he lost was the Dark Night Divine Pattern."

"And you even managed to absorb the Dark Night Divine Pavilion; I don't know if that's his misfortune."

Lin Yifan fell silent for a moment; his Dark Night Divine Pattern came from a box dropped by Lan En, not something he deliberately seized.

But as the saying goes, the benefits are already swallowed; expecting him to spit them out is impossible.

However, he's now more curious: as an Alternate Saint, what will happen to Lai En after losing the Dark Night Divine Pattern Fragment?

The curious soldier also asked outright.

Ta Lisi, for reasons unknown, answered every question Lin Yifan posed:

"You ask about Lai En's fate? Of course it's a dead end! As an Alternate Saint, failing to protect the Dark Night Divine Pattern Fragment, who else would die if not him?"

"Not to mention you've already replaced him as the new Saint; in terms of status, yours far exceeds his. He must resent you, so we will never let him survive to become your obstacle."

Lin Yifan truly hadn't expected the Dark Night Divine Cult could be so protective of its own.

Yet even so, he harbors no goodwill toward the Dark Night Divine Cult; they aren't as mad as the Red Moon Divine Cult, but they're certainly not good people.

But he doesn't wish to fall out with the Dark Night Divine Cult now, so he calmly changes the subject:

"Do you know how we can complete the competitive mission?"

"I have no idea!" Luo Tasi shrugged, showing a hint of amusement.

However, at that moment, the Dark Elf who had previously echoed Lin Yifan most enthusiastically interjected:

"I know, I know how to complete the competition; actually this kind of competitive task is the simplest!"

"If you proceed step by step, it will take about 72 hours; as we understand, this competitive task is staged, with each stage lasting 24 hours."

"If you can overachieve in the first stage, you can skip the next two stages and proceed directly to mission settlement."

Lin Yifan frowned, recalling the Light Screen broadcast's ranking criteria, and felt a sigh of relief.

The ranking threshold is 1000 points; he has already earned 300, so he needs to gather another 700 points within the next day to settle the mission rewards early.

700 points may be as hard as scaling the heavens for ordinary people, but for Lin Yifan, who possesses a flight board, it's not impossible.

With hope, he naturally wasn't as nervous!

And Luo Tasi glared at his subordinate: "You talk too much!"

"Hehe!" The Dark Elf clearly wasn't afraid of Luo Tasi; after a chuckle, he ran off.

Luo Tasi didn't pursue, turning to Lin Yifan and saying:

"Alright, we should leave now. You now know the clearance conditions, so I hope you can survive; only if you survive can the Dark Night Divine Pattern Fragments in your body be gradually collected completely."

"When the day comes that you gather all the Dark Night Divine Pattern Fragments together, you will become the new Dark Night God!"

"Although I dislike you, our Dark Night Divine Cult needs a Dark Night God, so even though I hate you to the point of wanting to kill you, I still hope you can survive."

Regarding Luo Tasi, Lin Yifan's emotions were somewhat complex at this moment.

Luo Tasi has killed many people; this hatred must inevitably be settled.

Yet likewise, this time they were at the front, dozens died, yet they still didn't retreat an inch.

So this can be considered a favor!

But favor and hatred can never be balanced!