Chapter 115 The Task System

Chen Yingxiong didn't go to the dungeon to browse the mission system; he really didn't want to see Maradona... It would be awkward if they met, so why bother?

So he went straight back to his room, opened the laptop, and skillfully found the webpage De Cuola had left him in his favorites.

At first glance, the page was indeed different from before. In addition to his own information, the mission board was in the most conspicuous position.

There was even a Flash ad animation, telling him how awesome this mission system was... In this animation, he saw the statue unveiling ceremony he had just seen in the virtual space...

If he had known he could just open the webpage, he could have saved more than a thousand words...

In addition, there were various questions and answers about the mission system, which were more detailed than what De Cuola had said. After carefully browsing through it, Chen Yingxiong finally understood the mission system in general.

Actually, it wasn't as scary as De Cuola had said, because not all missions had failure penalties; there weren't many such missions. However, the types of mission rewards were really diverse, with all sorts of things...

Then, after a careful analysis, Chen Yingxiong discovered that many mission rewards were really the natural result of hard work. Even if it wasn't a mission, even if no one told him it was a mission that needed to be completed, as long as he continued to do it, he would be rewarded.

It was similar to working hard for a month in real life, and in addition to receiving your basic salary, you also received a considerable commission. This was actually a reward for completing a mission... It's just that such missions are cyclical every month and can be considered "monthly tasks."

In fact, if you apply the framework of gamification to the entire world, this world, this Earth, this society is essentially an online game.

Every year you age is equivalent to leveling up. In the process of growing up, you constantly learn skills such as "drinking milk," "observing," "speaking," "walking," "running," "language," "arithmetic," "drawing," "music," "driving," "picking up girls," "sexual intercourse," "masturbation"... You can level up alone, or you can team up with many people to level up. If it's the former, you will have the opportunity to complete the achievement of "Lone Hero," and if it's the latter, you may get the achievement of "Social Butterfly."

In addition, your life is always full of various tasks. You know how to complete some tasks and they are easy to complete. There are some tasks that even if you know how to complete them, you may not be able to complete them. And there are some tasks that are simply impossible tasks. You don't know how to complete them, and you are destined to fail...

After completing the mission, you will receive rewards. If the mission fails, you may not lose anything, or you may lose your life...

Birth is a task, growth is a task, learning is a task, entertainment is a task, marriage is a task, sex is a task, having children is a task, raising children is a task, work is a task, death is a task... Even the existence of human beings is a task—because the Earth, the server's big Boss, needs humans to do things that it is not convenient to do itself... What happens after humans complete their task? A large meteorite impact, or a magnetic pole reversal, ice age, flood, major crustal movement, reshuffling everything, erasing the human species from the Earth. Then spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years to re-incubate a new intelligent life, giving them tens of thousands of years to slowly grow, reoccupying the human position on Earth, and of course, taking on similar tasks and fates as humans—wasn't that how they treated the dinosaurs before?

Humans domesticated wild boars into domestic pigs to provide a stable source of meat. Did Earth domesticate humans from apes just to let them recklessly mess around? Of course, there is a use! But what exactly is this use? Ask Earth!

Of course, this real online game is much more complex than the computer online games designed by humans themselves. Even the most advanced computers today probably cannot perfectly simulate this online game.

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Chen Yingxiong went to look at his current missions. Ranked first, marked in the most conspicuous color, was "The Rise of the Reds."

Chen Yingxiong really felt like he was playing Red Alert no matter how he looked at it...

The conditions required to complete this mission were very vague, only saying "Help Liverpool, this former giant, regain its vitality." It didn't say how many championships were needed, nor did it specify a time limit.

Below the mission rewards was a statue of Chen Yingxiong raising his arms to celebrate a goal, identical to the one he had seen before.

The color of this mission title was red, indicating that the difficulty was high and it would not be easy to complete.

In addition, this mission had no penalties, meaning that if Chen Yingxiong transferred away halfway and did not complete this mission, he would not be penalized.

In addition to this mission, there were other missions.

The "Shock the Kop Stand" mission was actually the same as the "Conquer Naples" mission, requiring Chen Yingxiong to reach a specified level of fan support. After completion, he would be rewarded with a Liverpool legend—Bob Paisley—to enter his virtual team as a coach, responsible for the team's training, and also to guide Chen Yingxiong's training. Paisley could also bring a training effect bonus. This reward was not bad, but there was no time limit, so he didn't know how long it would take to complete the mission.

The "Integrate into the Team" mission was self-explanatory. But what counts as integrating into the team? The mission gave a standard: "Have good relationships with more than half of your teammates, and make at least three good friends."

This mission also had no time limit, but there was a note: "The sooner, the better."

Of course, the faster you integrate into the team, the better it is for the player himself. If you can get along well with your teammates in a month, it will naturally be very beneficial to your position and future in the team. If you still can't speak English after half a season and can't communicate with your teammates, and you are like a marginal figure in the locker room, then you will inevitably become a marginal figure in tactics.

The color of these two missions was orange, indicating that they were somewhat difficult, but not to the point of being impossibly difficult.

Yellow meant that the mission should be completed with Chen Yingxiong's current ability, but there was a certain degree of difficulty.

If the mission color was green, it meant that the mission was relatively easy and could be handled easily.

Gray... meant that there was absolutely no difficulty at all, but there were no rewards for doing this mission. Generally, they were outdated and obsolete missions, and there was no need to do them at all.

Since the English Premier League had not yet started, currently, all missions were long-term missions, with no specified time, or rather, very long time.

It was estimated that many short-term missions would only be opened after the league started.

Like scoring a goal in every game, scoring in consecutive games, scoring twice in a game, performing a hat-trick in a game, scoring four goals in a game...

These missions were not available yet.

There were a few simple green missions, requiring Chen Yingxiong to score at least one goal in the warm-up match. Such a mission was too simple for Chen Yingxiong today, so it was green, and the mission reward was also very low, just some experience.

Chen Yingxiong looked at it and felt that these were the current missions, nothing too exciting. In any case, he could definitely complete them by following the steps. However, the Rise of the Reds mission was a bit interesting. He thought for a moment, helping Liverpool win one Champions League title probably wouldn't count as a rise, right? Two Champions League titles? Relying only on the Champions League was risky. Looking at Liverpool's dynasty era achievements, there were more than ten league titles alone.

Relying solely on Champions League achievements would not work; the league was the most fundamental.

It seemed that staying in Liverpool for a few years and then leaving wouldn't work...

How long would he have to stay in Liverpool?

Chen Yingxiong looked up at the ceiling.

Stay as long as you want.

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In the evening, Chen Yingxiong received a call from Škotel, who had just returned to Liverpool from his vacation. He heard that Chen Yingxiong had arrived, so he gathered a few teammates who usually had good relationships in the team to give Chen Yingxiong a welcome reception—actually, it was just an excuse for everyone to get together and have fun.

Chen Yingxiong was naturally happy to meet Škotel again and also get to know a few teammates in advance.

In fact, he also knew what Škotel meant. Fun was secondary; the main thing was to take the opportunity to introduce teammates to Chen Yingxiong, so that he could integrate into the team better and more conveniently in advance.

Although Chen Yingxiong's achievements and fame were much greater than his, the communication between players did not use this as the main reference.

In Liverpool, Škotel could be considered Chen Yingxiong's "big brother," and he naturally had the obligation to help his good friend integrate into the team.

So in the evening, he called a group of people who usually hung out with him, such as the main defender Agger, who was a very good friend of his.

However, what surprised Chen Yingxiong the most was that the team's captain, Gerrard, was also among them...

He originally thought he would only see Gerrard at the training ground the next day.

"I saw Martin gathering a party, saying it was to welcome his friend, and I thought of you." Gerrard smiled and shook hands with Chen Yingxiong.

"We really welcome you to Liverpool. We have all seen your performance in Naples. When the news of your coming to Liverpool came out, we had already started discussing you. Especially Martin, he often tells us interesting stories about you, so I think people here should be familiar with you." As expected of a captain, he spoke modestly and politely, and also showed his authority as the boss of the locker room.

"I heard it was a welcome dinner for you, so I came. I also wanted to see the legendary guy who can score a lot of goals, haha!"

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