Chapter 435: Bad News
When Su Xiao felt a dull pain on the back of his head, he immediately opened his eyes and grabbed the Dragon Flash first, after which he began to look around.
The surrounding area was empty and looked like the ruins of some small town that had been almost completely trampled into the ground.
Skeletons could sometimes be seen on the ground. From their forms, it was obvious that they were some kind of upright creatures, but definitely not people — their skeletons did not have any human features.
An elongated skull, sharp front claws, a spine full of sharp spikes, and more importantly, thin tails near the pelvis...
After Su Xiao stood up, he realized that he was on an island filled with ruins, and this island had a radius of about half a kilometer and was surrounded on all sides by water.
He was on an isolated island, maybe this was the " Devouring Island»?
But Su Xiao quickly realized that this was not the case. A few moments after he got up, other contractors began to appear around him.
Soon, there were exactly 500 contractors gathered on the island, and if you also include Su Xiao, there were exactly 500 of them in total 501.
— Damn it, this is bad luck, I actually got to the most dangerous island...
— Wasn't the boss talking about the Devouring Island? Why did we end up on it? What do we do now?
— Let's be careful, most likely a couple of other groups like us were thrown here, this test was clearly artificially complicated.
Many contractors began to talk calmly without a hint of creating any conflict.
Su Xiao found a relatively large rock and sat down on it. They were currently in a safe place, where Heaven naturally forbade contractors to fight among themselves.
After a couple of dozen seconds, Bubtny ran up to him, full of dissatisfaction and resentment, and lowered his head, after which he put his huge paw on the back of his head.
— Don't worry, this problem will go away soon.
Bubtney looked up, as if asking Su Xiao if this was true.
— You'll get used to it soon enough.
Bubtney howled at his words.
Su Xiao was already used to these punches before teleporting.
[The hunter has arrived on the planet "T12K", the test of survival is about to begin.
Difficulty: Level 14, Nightmare.
Source of Peace: 0%.
Introduction: The hunter is free to explore this planet.
The Council: The hunter should not enter the territory with red soil, the difficulty of territories with red soil exceeds level 17.
The Council: The hunter should not go into the depths of the Devouring Island, the difficulty of the depths of the Devouring Island exceeds level 20.
Challenge Mission: Survive for ten days.
Hunter Mission: Missing.
Warning: Try not to make contact with creatures from the void if they appear. Most of these creatures are unstable structures and are fraught with unknown dangers.
The test begins!]
After seeing this notification Su Xiao immediately checked the mission details.
[Survive for ten days.
Difficulty Level: Level 16.
Description: Do your best to survive.
Supplement: Survive for the next ten days. Getting food, fresh water, and so on will be very difficult.
Lead time: 10 days.
Reward for completing tasks: The hunter will be upgraded to Rank 2.
Task Failure Penalty: None.]
A single level 16 mission difficulty was enough to demonstrate the dangers of this challenge.
But Su Xiao was surprised not only by the difficulty, but also by the additional information that was in the description of this mission.
«Will it be very difficult to get food and water? But I always have a huge amount of food and water in my inventory...»
As for the penalty for failure, there was obviously no penalty. Su Xiao could only fail this mission because of one reason — death. Given this, was it necessary for Rai to specify any penalties for failure?
While Su Xiao was thinking about the food and water situation, he suddenly found that there were several contractors around him who were not behaving quite normally.
These contractors had taken their weapons out of their inventory and were now actively stuffing food and water into their backpacks, as if their lives depended on it.
Su Xiao's inventory contained a huge amount of food and water. Given his reserves, he will not even need to monitor his diet in case of anything, because this simply does not make sense.
And the situation won't change even if a glutton like Bubtny is added to the equation..
— Su Xiao's expression suddenly didn't look very pretty. He slid the Dragon Flash into its scabbard and at the same time took out the black and white pistols and slid them into the holsters on either side of his thighs.
After that, he took out a sniper rifle, and although he couldn't carry this nearly two-meter-long sniper rifle on himself, Bubtney was perfectly suited for the task.
After tying the Spider Queen to Bubtney's back, Su Xiao took out a medium-sized backpack and started filling it with bombs, then threw all five of his best potions into it.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao took out a bag of food, opened it, and filled it to the brim.
This amount of food will be enough for him and Bubtni.
Given the movements of some of the contractors, it was becoming apparent that Rai was likely to temporarily block access to inventory.
And that was what worried Su Xiao the most. Given this limitation, surviving on an isolated island with a level 16 mission is clearly not going to be easy at all.
There was a sudden roar from above and the super-large plane approached the ruins, then stopped in the blink of an eye and landed on a relatively flat surface.
This plane looked old, but its" stuffing " was clearly seriously modernized.
The contractors didn't move, but everyone's eyes were fixed on the plane.
— After saying this, the pilot jumped off the plane and looked at the contractors.
This pilot was short, about 1.2 to 1.3 meters tall, and his head was the head of a mouse.
The pilot's appearance was between that of a mouse and that of a human. Its head was that of a mouse, its body shape was that of a human, and its limbs, together with its tail, were those of a mouse.
Su Xiao couldn't understand what this pilot said, but he quickly walked up to the plane.
[Attention! All contractors must board the plane within 5 minutes.]
This ad was blood-red and didn't say anything about what would happen if someone didn't get on the plane in time, but given the color of this ad, it was obvious.
— Damn cuckoo and her daddy horse, " the pilot said, adjusting his wristwatch. "This automatic translator is complete shit, and old White's skills are getting worse and worse," the pilot stamped his feet angrily on the spot.
The contractors stopped in place and looked at the pilot.
— The pilot nodded in satisfaction and looked around at the contractors around him.
— Greetings, myasko, and welcome to hell, ji-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Everyone looked at the pilot with unkind eyes. They were all contractors who had obtained the right to pass the promotion test, and naturally, many of them were quite short-tempered.
— Who are you? one of the contractors gave the pilot a very nasty look.
— Who am I? Good question. I am the judge of this test. You can call me Mouse Lord or Abyss Bandit, " a red light flashed in his eyes. His eyes weren't organic. — This batch is surprisingly good quality. I hope that this time the survival rate will exceed 5%. And why would Heaven send such top-notch contractors to this Devouring Island in the first place? That's not right...
The Mouse Lord seemed to know Paradise very well.
— I don't want to and I won't say anything stupid. Rai has already told you everything you need to know. I'll only tell you one thing — don't try to leave Devouring Island unless you want to die quickly.
The contractors didn't say anything, but some of the contractors ' faces made it clear. Some of them wanted to leave the Devouring Island and stay in a safe place, but as it turned out, this loophole was immediately closed.
— Hey, there you are, in red, you look very upset, " the Mouse Lord pointed at the contractor in red.
— This has nothing to do with you, " the contractor said as he started to board the plane.
— This has nothing to do with me? Funny, since you're so miserable, I'll spare you the pain! The Mouse Lord pulled a laser pistol from his belt and pointed it at the contractor.
*V-v-v-v~*
The beam shot out from the muzzle of the gun and easily entered the contractor's body.
*Pouf*
The contractor's body exploded as if it were a balloon, but not even a small part of his body remained.
— I kindly remind you that there will be more than a dozen judges like me on the island.
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