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

Chapter 8 Mysterious Pendant
After two days and two nights of investigation, Yuanqiao finally found a mutated fruit that resembled the Star Fruit on the last day.

With only one hour left in the countdown, I hesitated whether to take it off and submit the task.

Currently, this is the most likely red fruit to mutate, as it emits the brightest fluorescence at night after absorbing starlight. However, during the day, it becomes ordinary and no different from other red fruits.

If I hadn't stared at this fruit for the entire night and memorized its location, I wouldn't have noticed its special features during the day.

Suddenly, cries for help from afar disrupted Yuanqiao's thoughts.

Gritting his teeth, he picked the fruit, but since he couldn't put it into his spatial storage or system backpack, he had to hold it in his hand and warily looked at the man rushing towards him.

Meanwhile, Shi Kaixuan cried for help while cursing the vines that were whipping him.

I picked red berries day and night for several days, I was exhausted, even a corporate slave wouldn't work this hard.

Now he's being chased by the killer vines, but thankfully he's eaten a lot of red berries and his body has benefited greatly.

In the last two hours of the dungeon, for some unknown reason, Red Fruit Forest suddenly sprang out many vines that attacked most of the players!

Shi Kaixuan witnessed the vines kill players and then drain their corpses into powder as nutrients. Terrified, he immediately ran away for his life.

It was deduced that the vines were attacking players who had eaten the red berries. The only option was to run while simultaneously trying to devise a strategy.

The appearance of the female player ahead filled Shi Kaixuan with joy. He ran for a long time, during which many players died from attacks by vines, and finally saw someone again.

"Help me—help me—"

Three days have passed and I still haven't found the Star Fruit to submit the quest and teleport away, but my complexion isn't weak, so I must have eaten the red fruit.

As long as the vines are lured over there, I can catch my breath!

"These vines attack all players who have eaten the red fruit! Hey beautiful, do you have any weapons? Help me!"

Almost there, almost to her side.

Yuanqiao retreated, ignoring the other person's cries for help, and watched warily as the other person deliberately led the vines toward him.

She's a college graduate, after all; her eyes are no longer clear and innocent, they've become foolish!

This obvious intention made Yuanqiao somewhat angry.

Hearing that the vines were attacking players who had eaten the red fruit, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as he himself had never eaten it.

His eyes narrowed as he drew closer, and he could clearly see that almost half of the other person's body was rotting and oozing pus.

Yuanqiao, who had recently killed a monster bear, immediately pulled out his psionic gun and pointed it at the other party.

His current state is so similar to that of the monster bear from that day.

"Get out! Don't come any closer."

When Shi Kaixuan saw Yuan Qiao pull out the psionic gun, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and he immediately squeezed out his strength to run over.

His enhanced physique, enhanced by the red fruit, allowed him to move faster than a normal man, which is why he was able to escape death several times from the vine attacks.

If it weren't for the higher the level of pollution, the slower the movement, the faster the burst of speed.

When Yuanqiao saw the other party speeding towards him, he decisively opened fire.

My aim is terrible, and the opponent is too fast; I missed!

Another shot, and it missed again!

She kept a straight face to calm herself down, then fired two more bullets. Because the distance was getting shorter, both shots finally hit his body.

Shi Kaixuan bent over and fell to the ground in disbelief. He should know that after his physique was enhanced, he could only get a scratch after being attacked by vines several times in the same spot!

Before they could snatch her gun or lure the vines over, they hadn't even had a chance.

Why! Why? Why could she shoot herself right through her own body?

The other person fell to the ground, and Yuanqiao breathed a sigh of relief.

After finishing the dungeon, I need to practice my aim properly, otherwise what if I miss in such a critical situation, wasting bullets and not having time to recharge?

The vines that were chasing after him circled around Shi Kaixuan, without attacking Yuan Qiao. Still clinging to life, Shi Kaixuan was filled with resentment and puzzled that the vines hadn't pierced his body to absorb his nutrients.

At this moment, Yuanqiao received a task temporarily issued by the system.

[Defeat monster Shi Kaixuan, quest reward: Red Fruit x1]

Look at the vines, look at the quest, look at the player lying on the ground.

Villains die from talking too much.

If you don't act decisively, you'll be overtaken.

Hesitation will only lead to defeat.

Thinking of classic scenes from movies.

Yuan Qiao stepped forward, but kept a distance so that the other party could not retaliate. He aimed the psionic gun at the other party's head.

"boom--"

The monster corpse with 59% contamination has been successfully decomposed.

After Shi Kaixuan's body decomposed and disappeared, a jet-black crystal pendant fell to the ground.

If pollution levels are high, will people turn into monsters?
Yuanqiao dared not be careless and would pay more attention to information about monsters and pollution levels in the future!
The surrounding vines had dispersed and receded, and Yuanqiao stepped forward to pick up the pendant.

[One Star Core Fragment, which can be recycled for 10 Gold Coins by the system]

what!
Star core fragments!!
10 gold coins!!!
Even those who haven't watched science fiction movies know the literal meaning of "star core"! Is it the star core you've imagined?
Yuanqiao's heart was burning with passion and his emotions were surging.

Based on the idea that merchants always buy at low prices, Yuan Qiao knew that the value of the Star Core Fragment was definitely far greater than 100,000 gold coins, so he decisively declined.

Suppressing his greedy desire to become rich overnight with 100,000 gold coins, he picked up the pendant and examined it closely.

Good things should be kept for yourself! I wonder if this thing needs to be bound to an owner, and what its effects are to be worth so many gold coins.

Once the chuunibyou thought took hold, Space Button took out the nail clippers he had obtained earlier and cruelly pinched his finger!
"Ouch~ Why can't I get a pair of nail clippers when I open this box? These nail clippers are a bit dull, it hurts—"

If a small wound bleeds a little, quickly wipe it onto the pendant and see if there are any changes.

Two minutes passed.

Ten minutes passed.

Do you think it's useless? No, Yuanqiao closed his eyes and carefully sensed it, as if there was some mysterious connection.

With a sudden burst of inspiration, he thought of the mental value in the system panel, which must mean that mental power exists, so he pressed the pendant against his forehead to sense it.

The method is correct.

Yuanqiao found it hard to believe.

This star core fragment contains an internal space, not very large, filled with red fruits.

Seeing so many red berries, I was so nervous that I quickly put the pendant away without looking at it closely.

It's easy to guess that this was harvested by the male player we just killed.

I don't know if I can take it out of the instance.

After all, the red berries that couldn't fit in a backpack or a storage lock were almost completely piled up in this pendant!

If you submit the task now, you can find out if you can take the Star Core Pendant out, as well as the Red Fruit in the inner space.

The red fruit reward for defeating Shi Kaixuan is now displayed in your inventory slot, but you can't open the inventory right now.

With the instance closing soon, Yuanqiao no longer hesitated and submitted the fruit, which resembled a Star Fruit, to the system.

[Congratulations to the player for completing the mission]

"Looks like I made the right choice, the mission is finally complete!" Yuan Qiao was overjoyed. The next step should be to draw out the talent.

(End of this chapter)