There must be something wrong with me-Chapter 704 - 262: A Sudden Impulse

After reading the task.

To be honest, Zhang Feng found it absurd. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Because it was clearly unbeatable.

But at this moment, a book fell off the nearby shelf, landing open, revealing a photo inside.

"What’s this?"

Da Gao, curious, picked up the photo.

Zhang Feng also looked over and saw a picture of four strong men.

On the back of the photo was a phone number.

"I have no idea what it is either." Zhang Feng couldn’t make sense of it, but he also picked up the book.

Flipping through it, there were several pages with diary-like content.

It roughly stated.

These four people were professional adventurers with great skills.

Then three years ago, Da Gao happened to meet them while playing in the mountains.

After getting along well, they naturally became friends.

The phone number on the back of the photo belonged to their leader.

"I reckon this is the external aid mentioned in the task."

Zhang Feng quickly concluded and looked at Da Gao, who was still examining the photo, "Otherwise, the two of us would find it hard to take down that underground ant colony."

As Zhang Feng spoke, he pointed at the ants on the TV,

"Every ordinary ant is as big as a washbasin, not to mention the more formidable soldier ants.

With our small arms and legs, and being only capable of close combat, I feel it’s quite a challenge."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Zhang Feng seemed to be talking about the ants but actually started thinking about the virtual building in the real world.

To be frank, he had never really played virtual games.

He mostly descended as the ’Most High Authority Creator.’

While it felt great, it lacked the virtual experience.

Especially now, reality is pushed by his Talisman and simulated in the Virtual World.

Yet, he had never ’personally’ engaged with the Virtual World, lacking comprehensive understanding of it and how players perceive it.

As such, it felt somewhat like ’Let them eat cake.’

"These ants are indeed tough to deal with." Da Gao looked at the TV, agreeing with Zhang Feng, "The two of us going in for close combat is likely to end badly."

At this, he shook his head and said, "Seeing the final task being this difficult, I actually thought of refusing it at first.

If it doesn’t work out, refresh the task again, maybe the next one will be different."

"Refresh?" Zhang Feng kept his eyes on the TV, "How long would that take?"

"I remember hearing someone mention before..." Da Gao paused for a few seconds, then spoke uncertainly, "I think it’s... a year?"

"Forget about it if it’s a year." Hearing the number, Zhang Feng instantly lost the patience to wait.

Moreover, Zhang Feng had a feeling, realizing this was the situation for ’ordinary players’ in the virtual building.

Encountering certain issues was really difficult to handle.

So, they had to figure something out.

Like boosting strength or seeking help from a big shot.

But now there’s no big shot, only himself, Da Gao, and the four adventurers.

"I’ll find the phone and contact these NPCs."

Zhang Feng quickly decided, emphasizing to Da Gao:

"With our current abilities, it’s impossible to defeat the ’ant colony.’

But these suddenly appearing people must be the key to solving this.

Since the Virtual World hints this way, there must be a connection."

"But did you consider..." Da Gao raised another issue, "For instance, what if these people are bad guys too?

After calling them over, they could just beat us to death?"

"I don’t object." Zhang Feng nodded, "What you said is a possibility indeed.

It could be another trap within the task."

"Then we better not call them." The burly man put the photo away, "Why don’t we try walking around first?"

He said, pointing towards the ant colony,

"After all, it’s just a virtual game. We should first try it ourselves.

Finding NPC aid seems too risky to me.

If we get killed by the aid, that’d be even more embarrassing."

Da Gao said this and shook his head:

"And think about it, if some colleagues outside learn that for a virtual task, we not only asked for aid but got killed by them, they’d mock us for a lifetime."

"What kind of logic is this?" Zhang Feng didn’t get it, "Wouldn’t it be better to finish the task sooner and head back?

You initially brought this up too, completing it early would mean earlier recovery training.

Besides, getting killed is getting killed, and if mocked, we can take it, it’s not like we’d lose a piece of ourselves."

Zhang Feng’s current strength was low, focusing only on ’efficiency’ in his actions and words.

But he also observed Da Gao, comparing him to a player, exploring his mindset.

"It’s not the same, Zhang!" Da Gao was concerned, "You know or not..."

He paused suddenly here, embarrassed to say:

"I forgot to tell you, I used to participate in interstellar wars and was part of the ’Earth Defense Department.’

My combat skills in reality aren’t top-notch but are expert level.

Imagine someone like me, seeking external aid?

Besides, I feel this task is aimed at me.

Perhaps the Virtual World wants me to mentor you.

Even if you’re a handyman and I’m just a guardian on a warship, teaching you more tricks could be what the Virtual World intends."

’Mentor me?’ Zhang Feng paused, surprised that Da Gao said such a thing.

He... really wanted to teach him?

With the randomness of words, and the starting characters often being tied to the main narrative.

Zhang Feng also carefully observed Da Gao, trying to figure out what was special about him.

Perhaps there really was something unique.