Cave Refuge-Chapter 828 - 535: Preparations Before Leaving

After seeing Ye Liuyun off, Zachary finally checked the number of Mysterious Cores that Ye Liuyun had traded over.

Although the waters were not lacking in Mysterious Ships that produce Dark Green Trick Nuclei, one had to admit that the price of Dark Green Trick Nuclei was far higher than that of Black Devil Cores. Even though Ye Liuyun had bought them at a low price from the salvage teams, the final transaction price was still significantly higher than that of Black Devil Cores.

Based on the value of the fruits given by Dong Tianyu, if one were buying Black Devil Cores, the quantity should at least break ten thousand, but after counting, the number of cores Ye Liuyun had brought over was only a little over a thousand.

Although Ye Liuyun certainly sought to make a certain profit, the final transaction price shouldn’t differ too much.

Although Dong Tianyu had learned to control the size of the summoned Companion Spiritual Treasure, even at its smallest form, it was not suitable to be summoned in the living zone, so Dong Tianyu could only put off this matter for the time being and let the Companion Spiritual Treasure consume these Dark Green Trick Nuclei when he left.

The reason Dong Tianyu stayed here, apart from waiting for the Dark Green Trick Nuclei delivered by Ye Liuyun and looking for his cousin online, was actually to refresh the tasks published by Officials via the App lately.

Because the base implemented a Contribution Value system, Dong Tianyu having been away for so long meant that the Contribution Points given during the restructuring were now almost depleted.

If not replenished in time, before long, the privileges Dong Tianyu currently had within the base would gradually decrease, and if the privileges decreased, Dong Tianyu would lose the corresponding special rights in the base.

Given Dong Tianyu’s level, the number of special rights he enjoyed within the base was not small, and although he might not care much about the other rights, he definitely did not want to give up the elevator-queue-skipping privilege. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Although there were elevators not far apart on every floor, considering the actual number of people in the base, most of the time, the elevators were almost always at capacity.

Anybody who has ever experienced crowded elevators should understand that, compared to congested subways or buses, the relatively enclosed environment inside elevators is far worse.

There are generally two types of tasks published on the App, one issued by Officials and the other by private individuals.

The tasks of official business are, in most cases, directly proportional in difficulty to the rewards received after completion; the more difficult the task, the richer the rewards.

It’s just that the vast majority of tasks issued by Officials require quick hands to grab, only those particularly difficult, which many have attempted and failed, remain constantly on the task bulletin board. Most tasks are snatched up as soon as they are published each week.

The reason everyone is so keen to grab the tasks issued by Officials is that under normal circumstances, completing Official tasks not only grants Contribution Points equivalent to credit currency but also earns Contribution Value that can enhance one’s base privileges.

In the App, besides the weekly limited tasks issued by Officials, there are actually more private missions, which differ from the very official tasks released by Officials.

The content of private missions is of all sorts, from simple tasks like finding someone or something, to complex ’lessons’ or ’invitations’ for someone, and even some searching missions where the issuer can tell the task undertaker the exact location of the target.

From the fact that one can simply change the name to publish lessons, invitations, and searching tasks, it’s evident how lax the task publishing review on the App is.

In most cases, there’s no direct relationship between the difficulty of tasks issued privately and the bounty offered.

Many times, when a task is published for the first time, the reward amount is relatively low, just to see if there’s someone out of touch with the market who will directly accept the task.

Normally, the public display time for a task is only three days, and if no one accepts the task within three days, then the task will be removed from the listing.

To republish a task, a certain penalty fee must be paid, so most people, in order to get others to accept their issued task, will appropriately raise the reward when publishing it a second time.

While issuers may haphazardly set prices, most seasoned veterans can judge the difficulty of a task and whether the reward offered is reasonable just from the task information.

When taking up a task, the seasoned veterans not only study the information provided upon release by the issuer but also evaluate if the difficulty and reward of the task are appropriate.

It’s only the greenhorns who simply judge the difficulty of a task by its name.

Of course, apart from those penny-pinching task issuers, there are also some who aren’t short on money and sometimes offer high rewards significantly above the norm to get others to accept and complete their tasks quickly.

However, such people usually don’t issue tasks here; after all, people have gone missing, and deeds have been done in secret.

Although Dong Tianyu also wanted to accept the tasks officially released, for some reason, even though he trembled with speed, he had failed to grab any of the newly published tasks twice in a row.

Dong Tianyu never expected that he, a Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, would actually be outdone by others when it came to speed of hand.