"Sudden mission?" When Sheyan saw these words, the first thing that came to his mind was not an opportunity or a chance to earn a fortune, but a huge risk.
That's right, because the warning was clearly laid out here, accepting this sudden mission would lead to the random occurrence of the apocalypse. This meant that he would be caught unprepared, which meant that the trust he had built up would be destroyed in an instant!
There was no need to mention the disadvantages of the early arrival of the end of the world. Even if it was an overlord like Sun Yang, if you let them participate in the competition in advance without warming up or eating halfway, then not to mention the world championship, they might not even be able to win the national championship.
The drawback of delaying the end of the world was even worse! Just think about it. At first, people would be shocked, then they would be overjoyed, and then most of them would treat Dr. X and the others as scammers. Then, they would go back to their own homes … Okay, then the apocalypse would come!
Therefore, Sheyan hardened his heart. He had no intention of fulfilling Jackson Curtis's wish. But at that moment, they suddenly felt dizzy for a moment. Then, they seemed to hear a shrill scream, followed by an indescribable majestic power and will that descended upon them …. Sheyan's heart was filled with despair.
Then, everyone was surprised to see a series of notifications on their retina:
[Silver Party Ace, you have chosen to accept the sudden mission: Jackson Curtis's Request.]
"Mission Details: Help Jackson Curtis's ex-wife, Kate, his son, Noah, and his daughter, Lily, survive the coming apocalypse."
[Mission Description: This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult mission. I can imagine that you will encounter astonishing challenges in this series of processes. Even fate seems to be against you. The entire world will be furious at your heaven-defying actions. However, I believe that you will be able to complete this challenge.]
"Mission Completion Reward:????? (Unknown malfunction occurred here, code unknown) None. "
"Mission failure penalty: All basic attribute points will be deducted by 50 points (an unknown malfunction occurred here, code unknown)."
[Warning: You have accepted the sudden mission from Jackson Curtis. The time of the apocalypse is no longer fixed. Instead, it will appear at a random time.]
***
Party Ace stared blankly at this notification, and almost couldn't help but curse out loud!
There was no need to talk about the difficulty of this mission. Just from the fact that 'fate seems to be going against you' and 'the entire world will be angry at your heaven-defying actions', one could almost infer that it was going to be a very terrifying thing!
That was, if they accepted this mission, they would be "not allowed to exist in this world". In other words, they would start to have extreme bad luck. Even drinking water could cause their teeth to get stuck. Such a terrifying punishment was similar to the movie "Final Destination" and Bind's Fate ability. Moreover, the 2012 apocalypse was a disaster movie that covered the entire world. In other words, in the Final Destination movie, it was very likely that the Grim Reaper would have to take the initiative to create opportunities.
In this movie, even if the Grim Reaper did not create any opportunities for them, with everyone's luck, it was inevitable that they would be surrounded by dangers. Moreover, they had angered the world, which meant that the upcoming journey of Party Ace might even be an enhanced version of the apocalypse!
What was even stranger was that such a dangerous mission actually had no reward!!
Just like Liu Qian's classic quote, "This is quite unbelievable. What's so unbelievable about it?" It was even more unbelievable that there was no applause …. In fact, according to the Realm's principle that the more dangerous the mission, the greater the reward. Even if the reward for this mission was not heaven-defying, it should at least be heaven-defying. Yet, there was no reward for completing the mission. This was definitely not something that could be explained by "an unknown malfunction has occurred here. The code is unknown".
Not to mention the punishment for failing the mission. All basic attribute points would be deducted by 50 points, which basically meant that the person was crippled.
"What the hell happened?" This was the question that everyone had in mind. But soon, when Party Ace, who had the highest military rank, was about to inquire about it, they all received a series of inexplicable notifications.
[Party Ace: All of your awakening skills have been upgraded.]
[Survival awakening skill: 'Survival Mark' can now take effect on two targets at the same time.]
[Offensive awakening skill: 'Hunter's Eyes'. While stealing the opponent's movement speed, it will also steal an additional 10 points of defence from the enemy in your line of sight, which will be added to your own body for 30 seconds.]
[Awakening skill: 'Shattered Republic'. Casting distance increased from 30 meters to 40 meters. The maximum number of compatible spells increased from 5 to 6.]
[Awakening skill: 'Divine Hand'. HP consumption reduced by 50%. After casting the skill, an additional 10% damage will be dealt to the enemy. The damage cannot be higher than 1,000 points, but it cannot be lower than 150 points. After casting the skill on an ally, the ally will enter an invincible state for three seconds.]
Everyone was stunned by the sudden upgrade of their awakening skills. They had already learnt from the information in their Nightmare Imprints that it was absolutely not easy to upgrade their awakening skills! This was because the comprehension of an Awakening Skill was an exceedingly difficult matter. Just look at how Zi and Reef comprehended it. The difficulty of upgrading an Awakening Skill was as difficult as upgrading one's innate talent.
Now that all three of their awakening skills had been upgraded at the same time, the difficulty of upgrading their awakening skills was no less than upgrading their SS-grade abilities by one level. But while everyone was still in a daze, the next series of notifications made them understand the reason.
[Due to an unknown reason, an unknown error has occurred in the sudden mission 'Jackson Curtis's Request'.]
[The source of the unknown error has been found and successfully eliminated, but Party Ace has accepted this mission by default. Party Ace must complete the sudden mission 'Jackson Curtis's Request'.]
[Due to the fact that the current situation has violated Article 4 and Article 31 of the Noah Realm Alliance Law, as the Mother Nest of Party Ace, Noah Realm C will intervene. The awakening skill level of all members of the party will be upgraded. After completing the sudden mission 'Jackson Curtis's Request', Party Ace will have the right to compensate the party according to the difficulty of the mission.]
[Party Ace, please start the mission immediately. Because the template for the mission has been generated, you must complete it. After emergency data recovery, the punishment for mission failure will be reduced by 50%.]
Seeing these notifications, the truth of the matter finally came to light. Obviously, Bind, the psychopath, had not given up on his evil intentions. He had used the BUG in his control to modify the sudden mission 'Jackson Curtis's Request' and force Party Ace to accept it.
But when Bind was doing his evil deed, he either did not plan well enough, or he simply put his life on the line, and was immediately discovered by Noah Realm C. He must have been severely injured or killed by the Realm's angry will.
But the modified sudden mission still had to be carried out by Party Ace. In order to make up for Party Ace's loss, Noah Realm C had given them part of the reward in advance, upgraded their awakening skills, and tried to weaken the punishment for mission failure. In the end, Party Ace was promised to be compensated after the mission was completed ….
After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Party Ace first looked at Jackson Curtis, who was smiling with relief, then exchanged wry smiles with each other. They knew that they could not avoid this. Their current situation could only be described with a famous saying – "Life is like rape. If you can't resist, you can only close your eyes and enjoy it" ….
***
Ten hours later, Party Ace finally arrived at their destination: Manhattan Beach, California.
Yes, it did take them ten hours.
Even though this damn city was only two and a half hours away from New York by plane, and that was including the time needed to buy tickets and so on!
Obviously, the "World's Wrath" mentioned in the mission had taken effect. Car accidents were a piece of cake for Party Ace and the other contestants. At first, they changed planes three times in a row, but either there was a heavy fog, a mechanical problem, or the pilot fainted …. After that, they did not dare to take any more planes, because if an air accident happened while they were in the air, they would be in deep trouble.
Next, they naturally drove straight to the airport. Okay, but in the process, they encountered almost every unlucky thing imaginable. If it were not for Kulutego's ability, they would have taken fifteen hours to reach the airport!
One unlucky accident might not be a big deal to Party Ace, but ten, or even a hundred unlucky accidents piled up together was enough to torture them to death!
More importantly, it had been three hours and forty-one minutes since the precise time of the apocalypse given by Party Ace!!!
Ever since Party Ace accepted Curtis's mission, they had almost no way of contacting any of the other storyline characters. The only thing they could get in touch with was silence! Therefore, their only source of information at the moment was from roadside TVs and the like.
"Hmm …. It should be the house in front," said Sheyan with a sigh. "That's right, this is No. 14, 16th Avenue. That's the house of Jackson Curtis's ex-wife, No. 19, 16th Avenue. Thank God for not triggering the apocalypse before we found them. Otherwise, we would have lost for sure!" If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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