"Lao Feng, how do you like this helmet?"
Big Pineapple happily put on a new helmet. The shape of this helmet was a bit strange. It had a green-brown python head on it, and it was covered with scales when viewed up close. It looked like the head of an Egyptian pharaoh's scepter.
But Big Pineapple obviously doesn't care, because the attributes of this helmet are indeed very good. Not only does the defense coefficient reach C-, it also has 2% of all attribute energy defense.
"Well enough!"
Feng Luo replied.
When he said this, he felt something was wrong with his voice, and his body seemed a little warm
"Eh? Lao Feng, why don't you look good? You're not sick, are you?"
At this time, Big Pineapple also noticed something was wrong with Feng Luo and came to him and asked.
There is also a "sick" state in the game. If the player continues to stay in extreme environments, they may suffer from physical decline, dizziness, weakness and other sick states.
The player's doctor profession cannot solve this state. He must go back to the city to find an NPC doctor or endure it until the illness disappears.
Feng Luo's face was now pale, his voice was hoarse, and his body was starting to feel hot, which looked like signs of illness.
"Check your physical condition!"
After thinking for a while, Feng Luo used his voice to give an order to his personal terminal.
The personal terminals provided by the federal government to adventurers have tiny nanoprobes on them that can check the physical condition, and can even cooperate with the biochip in the body to check the status of the blood and even cells in the body in detail.
Then, about a minute after the inspection program started running, a red warning sign suddenly flashed on the personal terminal.
"Warning, it has been detected that your body has been infected by an unidentified virus. The type of virus... cannot be identified. For your health, please go to a doctor as soon as possible. Recommended hospital: Stormwind City General Hospital, Level: Class A, It has 37 expert doctors…”
"Unknown virus infection? What's going on!"
Feng Luo was shocked and hurriedly looked through the system logs during this period.
["You were attacked by an infected mutated python and infected by a mutated virus. The remaining time to complete the infection: six hours. Infection result prediction: 50% chance of permanently increasing all basic attributes by 2 points; 50% chance of permanently losing all basic attributes 2:00!"]
This sight made Feng Luo's heart feel cold.
In the game, players' basic attributes can generally only be increased through upgrades and equipment.
But beyond that, there are some special cases.
When "War Chronicles" was launched half a month ago, a player broke the news on the forum that he had received a permanent "strength +3" attribute after taking a potion during a plot mission.
Then that post became popular, and there were replies from players who had increased attributes in other ways.
At that time, players will know that in this game, basic attributes can be permanently increased under some circumstances, not just through upgrades and equipment.
Of course, some have increased and some have decreased.
Players often angrily complain on the forum, saying that their attributes have been permanently reduced due to some reasons, and asking the game company to restore their attributes.
However, Tianxing Company never agreed to such requests.
Customer service has always given a standard response. "War Chronicles" is a game with a high degree of freedom. Players have to explore and solve attribute problems caused by various reasons in the game themselves!
Feng Luo had read the post before with the feeling of watching the excitement. He was naturally envious and jealous of those whose attributes had increased, and he was gloating about those whose attributes had decreased.
But he didn't expect that it would be his turn this time.
50% chance, 50/50, it seems like you won't suffer a loss.
But in reality, with Feng Luo's character, even if there was a 90% chance of increasing attributes and only a 10% chance of decreasing attributes, he would not be very willing to try.
He prefers to be in control of his character's development, but now, things are out of his control.
"Ah, I found it. Sure enough, there is an evolved virus in the blood of this giant python! But it should be a virus that has undergone many mutations. The blood of this giant python is of great research value, we have to collect some!"
At this time, the middle-aged scientist suddenly spoke loudly, speaking to his young assistant in a very excited tone.
"The virus in the python's blood, this virus in my body?"
Feng Luo's heart moved.
He then remembered that this scientist named Ek was an expert in genetics and virology in the Red Queen's previous introduction. And from what he just said, his mission here should be related to "evolving viruses"!
"Judging from the name, the evolutionary virus should increase its attributes, right? How could it possibly result in a decrease in attributes?"
"However, the word 'virus' itself does not have a good connotation, and it seems reasonable to have side effects."
"This Eck is an NPC virology expert and seems to have research on this evolutionary virus. Will he be able to solve my problem?"
"Wait, could this actually be a hidden mission?"
Feng Luo's mind turned a few times, and a possibility suddenly occurred to him.
Could it be that being infected by a virus is actually a hidden mission? After the player is infected, he communicates with the NPC to trigger the hidden mission process
The more Feng Luo thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
Experts in genetics and virology, evolving viruses, no matter how you look at it, it has something to do with it.
Moreover, all basic attributes are 2 points!
You must know that in "War Chronicles", each level up only has one free attribute, and every two levels up, all basic attributes of "strength, agility, intelligence, and physique" +1.
Two points in all attributes are almost equivalent to two levels of attributes. If it is really permanently reduced, then the loss is really too big.
"Mr. Ek, I don't know what the evolutionary virus you are talking about is. The terminal has detected that my body is infected by an unrecognized virus. Isn't it the evolutionary virus you are talking about?"
Making a judgment in his heart, Feng Luo immediately spoke.
"What?"
Ek's face was stunned when he heard this.
But a certain look flashed under the black-framed glasses of the girl named Lin. It seemed that the reason why she was staring at Feng Luo with a strange expression just now was because she had already discovered the problem.
"How do you feel now?"
Ek quickly stood up from the python and walked over.
"My throat feels uncomfortable and my whole body feels hot!"
Feng Luo became more and more certain that this might be a hidden mission!
"I'm going to get some of your blood to test!"
With a serious look on his face, Ek immediately opened the box and took out a small syringe.
"Damn it, Lao Feng, what's going on? It depends on the situation, it's a hidden mission, you sent it!"
In the team channel, Big Pineapple said with envy in his voice.
"Yes, it's sent. The system prompts that if you are infected with this virus, there is a 50% chance that all attributes will be +2!"
Feng Luo smiled and deliberately only said the first half.
When everyone heard this, their faces were all happy, and they turned to look at the blood of the giant python on the ground, eager to try it.
"There is still a 50% chance that all attributes will be reduced by 2 points!" Feng Luo only said the second half at this time.
"..." Everyone's faces were stunned.
The 50/50 chance can't be said to be a bad thing, but if they had to choose, they would definitely not be willing to do it.
The main thing is to increase the basic attributes by 8 points. It is impossible to say that it is much better than the expert players, but once the basic attributes are reduced by 8 points, it will give people the feeling that they are weaker than ordinary players.
"Let's see what the NPC says first. Sorry, Mr. Feng!"
The Red Queen said, after all, although Feng Luo may have triggered the hidden mission, in the game "War Chronicles", just because the mission is triggered does not mean that the mission can be completed.
If Feng Luo lost her attributes because of this, she would definitely feel a little sorry, because for players of their level, even one attribute point is very important.
So she apologized first.
(Chapter 2 is still being revised and will be posted later)