Garton Star System, Star Zone 9, Blue Star.
The Southern Continent was experiencing a scorching summer. The sun hung high in the sky, and the air was distorted by the high temperature.
The moment Version 2.0 was activated, the originally empty square in Sanctuary Three was filled with players one after another. Hundreds, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands … The originally empty square was filled with players in just a few seconds.
Before the version update, due to the [The Last Stand] mission left by Han Xiao and Galaxy Times' analysis of the main storyline of Version 2.0, hundreds of thousands of Blue Star players gathered in Sanctuary Three and chose to go offline there. Now that Version 2.0 was activated, the place where these hundreds of thousands of players went online was Sanctuary Three.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered and looked around curiously.
"Is it Version 2.0 now?"
"There doesn't seem to be any changes."
"Sigh, the level cap has increased, and EXP can be used to level up. It is indeed a new version."
"Are there no other changes? I really just want to try pooping in the game."
"Pants Strippers, please have some self-respect."
The players discussed among themselves and opened their interfaces to check their attributes. Other than the level cap, there were no other changes to their personal information.
However, very soon, someone realized that a mission notification had changed. It was [The Last Stand], and the mission status had changed from 'frozen' to 'activated'.
This was the prize-pool mission left by Han Xiao before he left. The mission requirement was to protect Sanctuary Three as a prelude to the Mutation Disaster and attract players to gather there. As he expected, this mission was suspected by the players to be related to the storyline of Version 2.0.
Now, this mission had actually been activated!
Didn't this mean that the 'calamity' in the mission notification had already begun?
All the players were excited. Thanks to Black Phantom, they had barely participated in the main storyline in the previous version. This time, there was finally a major event that they could participate in!
Right, the NPC who issued this mission was still Black Star … Oh, now he was called Black Star. Was he still in the galaxy?
Once they thought of Han Xiao, many players could not help but be envious of the group of professional players who had been taken away by him. They had stepped into the galaxy earlier and were much better than them in terms of food, clothing, and equipment.
Just as the players were observing, an announcement suddenly sounded in the sanctuary.
"All Inhumans, please stay where you are! I repeat, all Inhumans, please stay where you are! "
Soon, a large number of guards surrounded the plaza, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment as they stared nervously at the large crowd of players.
All the Inhumans on the planet had disappeared for a whole year, but they suddenly appeared today, which shocked the management of Sanctuary Three. Bennett quickly sent people to control the scene.
At the same time, the players in Sanctuary Three triggered the same mission.
[Stay where you are]
Mission Introduction: While you were gone, many things happened to Blue Star. Right now, it's a critical moment for the survival of our civilization. Stay where you are and wait patiently for the relevant personnel to explain the situation.
This was a small mission, and the reward was not much. It just so happened that the players also wanted to understand the situation. Hundreds of thousands of people obediently stayed in the square, mainly because they were surrounded by guards. God knew if they would be attacked if they left rashly. No one wanted to lose the shelter's reputation at the beginning of the version.
Not long after, Bennett hurried over. Looking at the sea of people, his eyes flashed with joy.
He recalled what Han Xiao had said before, saying that the Inhumans were the backbone of the resistance against this catastrophe. At such a critical moment, the Inhumans had appeared once again. He did not know the reason, but he knew that the Inhumans had come at the right time, and they were in urgent need of manpower.
Bennett took out a loudspeaker and said loudly, "Everyone, Blue Star is facing an unprecedented disaster, and we urgently need help …"
He quickly explained the situation. Only then did the players know that it had been more than a year since the previous version. More than a month ago, a strange phenomenon had spread rapidly on Planet Aquamarine and finally turned into a catastrophe that swept across the entire planet.
Blue Star called it the 'Mutation Disaster'.
It had been a month since the Mutation Disaster had fully erupted, and the entire planet was in turmoil. The Six Nations' regime had collapsed in just a month.
No one knew the cause of the disaster, and they only knew that it was some kind of virus, which they called the 'Mutation Virus'. Countless creatures, humans, beasts, and even plants, were infected, but no one could find out what the Mutation Virus looked like, how it spread, and how it worked. No one knew if they were infected or not.
Before the virus broke out, every infected person was no different from normal. However, the moment it broke out, the infected person would suddenly have unusual desires, including but not limited to killing intent, desire to destroy, anger, sadness, madness, lust, hunger, thirst, and so on. A weak person could suddenly become a butcher who killed without batting an eyelid, a normal person could suddenly squat down and crazily swallow sand until they died, and a dignified woman could suddenly become a slut.
The most frightening thing was that when the virus broke out, the infected person still maintained their rationality. This meant that they did not lose control or act rashly. Instead, these desires guided their thoughts and led them to do all sorts of things.
According to the memories of the survivors, when the virus broke out, these desires came from the bottom of their hearts, and they were their true thoughts at that time. It was as if their personalities had been changed by someone, and they had become another person. However, they did not realize it and felt that their actions were normal when the virus broke out.
Bennett gave a few examples, and the confused players immediately understood how frightening the Mutation Disaster was.
Maple was the first place where the virus broke out on a large scale. The infected people in the army picked up their guns and started to kill their comrades. The army instantly fell into chaos, and no one knew which soldier was the infected. A civil war broke out, and tanks, helicopters, rockets, and other weapons were used. A large scale outbreak of the virus broke out, and almost half of Maple's military strength was destroyed.
The president even showed serious violent tendencies and wanted to plant mushrooms all over the world. Luckily, launching a nuclear bomb required a complicated process. If the button to launch the bomb was on the president's desk, the world would have been destroyed, and the president would have been arrested after the incident.
All sorts of ridiculous things that could not happen under normal circumstances happened without any warning. It was not scary for one person to go crazy, but what was scary was for the entire world to go crazy.
No one knew when the people around them would break out, and they could not even guarantee that they were not normal. This fear was unparalleled, and it was as if the entire world had become their enemy. No one dared to trust anyone else, and they were in a constant state of panic.
A month after the outbreak of the Mutation Disaster, social order had collapsed, and many prosperous cities had become wastelands. For safety, the citizens had no choice but to migrate or find a place to hide. Pessimism became the mainstream, and a view of the Mutation Disaster became popular all over the world. They believed that the nuclear radiation was the cause of the virus.
Thus, countless citizens started to curse the Germinal Organization war that had brought them peace. They believed that this was retribution and doomsday!
After hearing the introduction, many players felt a chill in their hearts. Thinking about it, this virus was too scary. Originally, the players had all sorts of guesses about the so-called 'disaster' of Version 2.0, but they did not expect it to be such a strange situation.
What exactly was the Mutation Virus?
For a moment, the players were stunned. The flow of time during the update was not synchronized. In the eyes of the players, the update had only been a few days, and the world that they were familiar with had been turned upside down?
Was it that exciting?
"Does this mean that there is no cure for this virus?" a player asked.
Bennett shook his head. "Currently, we have found two ways to resist the Mutation Virus. Firstly, Supers are not easily infected, and this has been verified. Secondly, our Sanctuary Three has developed a suppressant that can make people immune to the virus for a period of time. However, the production is limited, and we are working hard to cultivate the raw materials. However, the quantity is far from enough."
The moment he said that, the interface of the players changed, and they triggered the main storyline mission!
[Mutation Disaster]
Mission Introduction: The Blue Star is facing an unprecedented disaster. Resisting the Mutation Disaster is the responsibility of all living beings on this planet!
Mission Requirements: Contribute to the fight against the Mutation Disaster.
Progress: 0/30,000,000
Success Condition: Achieve progress before the Mutation Virus becomes complete.
Failure Condition: The Blue Star Civilization will collapse, and all survivors will be forced to evacuate.
Reward: Depends on personal progress and contribution. (Note: Even if the growth of the virus causes the overall progress to decrease, the personal progress will still be included in the reward.)
The mission requirements of the players were similar to Han Xiao's, but the players' [Mutation Disaster] mission requirement was only the 30,000,000 progress of the Blue Star Civilization. On the other hand, Han Xiao's mission requirement included all the other planets that had the Mutation Disaster. Obviously, the Han Technician's mission was more complete.
This was a large-scale main storyline mission that all the players had to do together. The contribution of every player would be included in the overall progress, and they had to work together to achieve the mission goal.
"We triggered the main storyline mission the moment we went online? The storyline of this version is so fast! "
"No need for foreplay, just straight to the point. I like to be so direct."
"… No, we received the main storyline mission directly because we went online in Sanctuary Three. This place allows us to enter the main storyline mission earlier. The Galaxy Times' analysis was not wrong."
Everyone thought about it and came to a realization.
That was indeed the case. If they were somewhere else, no one would have explained the situation in detail. Furthermore, Bennett had said that Sanctuary Three was the only place that had the suppressant. This meant that this was the key location of the main storyline mission in Version 2.0, and it was the mission left behind by Black Phantom that led them here.
He's our guiding light!
With the main storyline mission, the players were energized and asked what they could do to help. The situation was chaotic for a moment, and Bennett finally managed to stabilize the situation. He ordered his subordinates to list all kinds of tasks. These were all missions, and the content was different. However, the rewards were all to increase the progress of the main storyline mission.
Each mission required a limited amount of manpower, and it caused a mad scramble.
The big guilds got the most missions, and some solo players did not get the official mission of the sanctuary, so they were a little depressed.
A player could not help but ask, "Can we leave the sanctuary now? I want to go somewhere else."
Bennett had a helpless expression. "You'd better go up the wall and take a look yourself."
The steel wall of the sanctuary completely blocked the view outside. Hearing this, many players were curious. A group of players climbed up the wall and looked outside the sanctuary.
With just one look, these players were stunned, and shock appeared on their faces.
Within a radius of a few dozen kilometers around the shelter, countless tents were densely packed together, like gray clouds covering the reddish-brown earth. It was like a huge open-air refugee camp. God knows how many people stayed outside the shelter and refused to leave. From time to time, angry shouts and fighting sounds could be heard from a certain location. It was unknown whether someone was having a seizure or fighting for scarce water or food.
"The news that we have the suppressant has spread. Countless people come here every day, wanting to be injected with the suppressant and seeking our protection."
Bennett followed them and gazed at the endless refugee camp. His tone was sorrowful.
"However, our suppressant production is limited, and we can only inject a certain number of refugees every day. We can only let the others camp outside and wait. The more people there are, the more cases there will be. Many people die outside every day, but I can't let everyone in, or there will be a riot inside. I can only watch them die."
The entire world was helpless against the Mutation Disaster, and only Sanctuary Three had a solution. The result was obvious — this place had become the last hope in the eyes of the refugees, and countless people flocked to it.
In Han Xiao's previous life, when the Mutation Disaster broke out, everyone had become headless flies, panicking and without a destination, the situation was extremely chaotic. But now, due to Han Xiao's influence on the storyline, all the refugees on the planet had a goal, and that was Sanctuary Three. They saw it as their only savior.
However, the suppressant that Yi Yeqing and Aurora had created could only be effective for a short period of time and would not be able to get rid of the virus forever. Bennett had no idea how to solve this disaster, and no one in Blue Star knew either. He could not help but think of the reason Han Xiao had left for the galaxy. Black Phantom wanted to find a solution to the disaster. Did this mean that staying in Blue Star would not be able to solve the Mutation Disaster?
Bennett could only place his hopes on Han Xiao … if he could really return.
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