Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 45 Mission is About to Fail
Yuanqiao ground a piece of purple crystal into sand and made it into pigment according to Pipi's instructions.

The second competition lasted for 4 hours. Although the organizers allowed family members to help the children, they were not allowed to use their own materials.

Pipi is carefully recalling her father's heroic figure and begins to write.

The square was relatively quiet, and there were fewer people in the stands. When the match started, the town guard came to inform us that help was needed outside the city, and many family members and elders left with the guard.

The children were distracted by the atmosphere, and the host's attempts to calm them down were largely ineffective.

The situation outside the town seems to be very serious.

Yuanqiao looked at Pipi, hesitant to speak, but Pipi knew what was happening outside the town. She gripped her paintbrush tightly and painted with even greater concentration.

Having finished processing all the materials, Yuanqiao couldn't offer any further assistance and intended to sit aside and practice using her mental energy.

[Attention players, mission 1 is about to fail]

Yuanqiao was somewhat confused when he received the sudden notification from the system.

Click to view. The system prompts that the mission target is in mortal danger. If the target dies, the mission will also be considered a failure.

Yuanqiao hesitated. There were still 2 hours left before Pipi's mission ended, but he was also thinking about going to find Manager Amy for Mission 1.

Task 2 is still related to Task 1; if Pippi's mother dies outside of town, she won't be happy...

They are facing a situation where both tasks are likely to fail.

Yuanqiao made a decision and said to Pipi, who was engrossed in painting, "Pipi, I need to go outside the town now. The situation is quite urgent. Can you manage on your own from now on?"

After thinking about it, I decided not to tell Pipi that her mother might be injured.

Pipi tilted her head and looked at Yuanqiao, nodding obediently, "It's okay, Sister Yuanqiao, go ahead. Pipi will submit it herself after I finish drawing."

Yuanqiao looked at the town map on the bulletin board in the square, identified the direction, and then left the central square.

The town is quite large. There is a strange building by the roadside. Yuanqiao saw the same flower-patterned car he had ridden in when he arrived.

After inserting coins into the vehicle, it can be located anywhere in the town, which greatly facilitates Yuanqiao, who has no sense of direction.

After tossing in 10 copper coins, I sat on the giant flower and headed towards the town gate.

……

"I got scratched by a monster again, and I'm almost out of healing potions. This dungeon is hellish!"

Xiao Yuhang complained with a worried expression.

The three of them used a group card to enter this instance, and their mission was to protect the town of Kerriel.

They were immediately confronted with a situation where polluted monsters were invading the town upon arrival.

Currently, three player teams have accepted this guardian mission: one is a five-person team, and the other is a two-person team, all following the townspeople and fighting their own battles.

At the beginning, there weren't many monsters in the first wave of attacks. The townspeople were very strong and quickly eliminated them with a variety of weapons and items.

Just now, a large wave of polluted monsters recklessly charged towards the town, and Xiao Yuhang was scratched on the thigh while fighting with a fox-like monster.

"Chenyang, let's hide in the back and rest for a bit. My psionic sword has run out of energy."

They use psionic weapons, which require energy batteries to charge.

Looking at the woman at the very front of the battlefield, with long pink hair tied with a ribbon and white horns on her head, she was attacking the monsters like a madwoman.

Impressed by how desperately the original inhabitants in the dungeon were protecting their home, Xiao Yuhang cleaned his wounds while looking enviously at the male player next to him. They were both players, so how come his combat power was so strong?

What used to be a very spacious market outside the town is now teeming with monsters.

Despite suffering a severe abdominal injury, Amy still held the painting in her hand, channeling her mental and spiritual energy to make it emit a pink light that bound the movements of a large group of monsters.

Meanwhile, their neighbor, Felina, was wielding a weapon and harvesting the crops; the two worked together seamlessly.

Amy was struggling to stay afloat, so after Felina killed a few monsters around her, she helped her back to rest.

Right next to Xiao Yuhang.

Amy was bleeding continuously from her abdomen and her condition was deteriorating. Felina took out some medicine and fed it to her. "You don't have to push yourself like this."

Xiao Yuhang eavesdropped, thinking that this might be a hidden plot clue in the game instance, related to the monster invasion.

"I haven't seen him yet, and I desperately hope that he will regain his senses and end this war."

Amy felt the pain in her wounds; the medicine wasn't working well. She finished speaking weakly and then fell silent.

After eavesdropping, Xiao Yuhang stood up, found his teammates, and whispered to Xiang Chenyang:

"Bro, I think I just heard some hidden information."

Xiang Chenyang took it very seriously; this dungeon was too difficult. If there were any hidden clues to help, perhaps they could resolve this monster invasion.

He pulled Xiao Yuhang aside to ask him questions in detail.

"Did you see that pink-haired local resident who's about to die? I just heard her talking to someone else about waiting for someone to appear. And this person is very important; it seems they can stop the monster invasion."

He glanced at Amy with his chin, then continued:

"Should we go over and gather more information, and ask them who this key figure they're talking about is?"

"Wait a minute."

Yuanqiao had already arrived at the battlefield outside the town. Amy's pink hair was easy to spot, so he ran over.

"Manager Amy, are you alright?"

Amy: "Miss Yuanqiao, what are you doing here... Pipi, she..."

As he spoke, he looked somewhat anxiously behind Yuanqiao.

"Pipi didn't come; she's still competing."

Yuanqiao explained, "We were quite worried about you, so we came to check on you. Don't worry, the second round of the competition is drawing, and Pipi is drawing very seriously."

Amy breathed a sigh of relief, and as her anxious mood calmed down, she started coughing.

"I'm fine. With the guards and the townspeople protecting me, it won't affect the town. Miss Yuanqiao, please go back quickly, it's too dangerous here."

Yuan Qiao looked up and saw a dense swarm of monsters surrounding the area. He gazed at the battlefield and fell into deep thought.

Everyone is fighting monsters to protect their homeland.

"Hello, are you a player too?"

Xiao Yuhang, like a clueless young man, ran over to ask Yuanqiao.

Her thoughts were interrupted, and she turned to look at him.

Nodding, he countered with a question: "Your mission is to kill the corrupted monsters?"

“Yes, we also have a few other players whose mission is to protect the town of Kerriel.” Xiao Yuhang seemed a little puzzled by Yuan Qiao’s question.

"Aren't you on this mission?"

Yuanqiao: ...

It wasn't originally like that, but with Amy here, it's probably true.

"Manager Amy, I'll stay and help you. Pipi draws very well; she's sure to win an award."

Before leaving, I saw Pipi's unfinished painting, which was filled with her deep affection for her father and infused with her talent and skill. The painting was magical.

Amy was feeling weak and wanted to persuade Yuanqiao to go back, but her constant coughing prevented her from speaking.

Xiao Yuhang thought Yuan Qiao didn't look like a bad person, so he wanted to recruit him into the team, since more people meant more strength.

He told her that he had clues about the copy.

(End of this chapter)