Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Chapter 533 The Polluted City (27)

A few hours later.

To ensure his car wouldn't be damaged and he'd lose his means of transportation, Adenauer maintained a steady speed despite the heavy rain. A section of dirt road delayed him a bit, but thankfully, he'd made the right choice of vehicle. If he hadn't chosen the modified pickup truck, he wouldn't have been able to easily navigate the muddy, waterlogged road. However, aside from the mud on the sides, the vehicle's performance wasn't affected.

The area where the rainstorm was located was indeed very large. Until now, Adenauer had just left the center of the rainstorm. After the torrential rain completely washed away the mud on the car body, Adenauer finally returned to the normal road and came to an area with less rain. However, due to the direction of the road, he had to plunge into the rainstorm again.

Fortunately, after driving for more than ten minutes and turning a few corners, Adenauer discovered the mountain tunnel ahead. Inside the tunnel, there was a recorded conversation to help the driver concentrate. It was the kind of welcome message that was deliberately amplified many times, such as Welcome to XX City, indicating that the tunnel was not far from other cities or towns.

After leaving the tunnel, we just left the center of the rainstorm again. The rain was much lighter. Although the normal visibility was greatly improved, the rain was only reduced from heavy rain to heavy rain. It was still very heavy. However, the terrain here is relatively high, and the road surface is a regular highway, so there will be no water accumulation.

A few hundred meters after driving away from the tunnel exit, a T-shaped fork appeared in front. According to the roadside sign, the road on the left leads to a city called Oak City. It can be seen that there are already quite a few vehicles on the road in that direction. Through observation, the people in these vehicles are all normal, and there is no such crazy state as in the small town before.

The road on the right can lead you out of Oak City and to other places in the state, including the winding road leading to Johor Bahru. According to the instructions on the sign, the entrance to the winding road in Johor Bahru is just 63 kilometers away, which is not far.

However, the road on the right was temporarily blocked. The prolonged heavy rain had caused landslides and minor mudslides, completely blocking the highway. Not far from the blocked road, a construction team was attempting to clear the area, but the rain continued, and the team's work was not going smoothly. All vehicles leaving Oak City were essentially stuck on the highway, and some drivers were already getting impatient, cursing and complaining. It looked like the traffic had been stuck for at least several hours. He estimated that they must have been stuck here when he first arrived in the town.

The clouds, pouring down rain, had already obscured the light, significantly reducing visibility. As the sky grew darker, reaching around seven in the evening, it grew even darker. Furthermore, there was no telling when the construction crew's cleanup would be complete. Therefore, Adenauer was in no hurry to head to Johor Bahru. He planned to spend the night in Oak City. Perhaps the rain would stop tomorrow, and at least the construction crew would be able to clear the road to a passable area. With this in mind, Adenauer started the car again and drove towards Oak City, taking the relatively open left side of the highway. After a dozen kilometers, he entered the city limits of Oak City.

"Quest stage completed: Complete the town process without using professional abilities."

"Professional special mission has been opened: Mastery of Skill."

"Mission for this stage: Hit the head at least 30 times out of the next 15 shots."

"what?"

Adenauer, who was still driving, was a little confused after hearing the voice pop-up on the career panel of Infinite City. It was not that he did not understand what the pop-up task was, but he was confused about the timing of its appearance. This special career task called "Superb Skills" was what he was waiting for, a task that could reward growth weapons, but according to his previous understanding, this task should only be activated after he completed the next job transfer task.

After only a moment of confusion, Adenauer returned to his normal demeanor. After all, many of the Infinite City's quest conditions could be accelerated by hidden actions, and he must have accidentally met one. Although Adenauer had some understanding of the quest, many other players watching his dungeon progress livestream were also puzzled.

"A special mission for the profession? Does anyone know what this mission is?"

"I noticed that after learning about the mission, Adenauer also expressed confusion. He didn't seem to understand why this mission suddenly appeared. Does anyone know about this mission? Can you tell me about it?"

"Look at the symbol in front of the mission description. This mission should have a special reward. It looks like a weapon reward symbol."

"I seem to know this quest. I saw the description in the Class Hall, but I forgot the specific content."

"Adenauer is still driving anyway, why don't you go check it out first?"

"No, I know the mission."

"Tell me, tell me!"

Among the audience, some actually knew about this quest. While they might not have encountered the class Adenauer currently used, they at least had some understanding of this type of quest. During the conversation, one player did indeed use this class. Although he didn't stick with it and changed classes, he still had some knowledge of the "Mastery" quest.

"This quest is for a profession that rewards weapons or equipment upon completion. The rewards are not fixed but very random. Furthermore, you won't know what the reward is until you complete the quest. You can only tell by the quest icon whether it's a weapon or equipment. Generally speaking, quests consist of a series of phased tasks. The quests aren't too difficult, but as the stages progress, the content becomes more complex. I also received this quest before changing my profession, but I stopped at the penultimate task because it was so bizarre. So I don't know the rest of the steps, but besides the randomness, I do understand the basics."

"So, Adenauer should have known about this special class mission, right? Then why did he seem so confused when he discovered the mission was activated?"

"He's probably not confused about the quest itself, but rather the timing of its activation. After all, generally speaking, this special class quest shouldn't appear until he completes his next job change."

"There are many quest conditions in the Infinite City that can be accelerated through certain specific actions. I guess Adenauer must have accidentally met this condition, which is why the quest appeared faster, right?"

"This should be."

Unlike the players who were discussing the matter heatedly outside, Adenauer was puzzled about this matter for a while, but he didn't care much about it. After all, the first stage of the mission was not a challenge for him. His shooting skills were very good, and 15 headshots were as easy for him as eating and drinking water. If he wanted to, he could even find a few thugs in Oak City and complete the mission of this stage immediately. However, based on the usual nature of the Infinite City, this mission probably had some unspecified requirements, so he didn't plan to carry out this mission right away.

Finally, Adenauer drove the modified pickup truck to the suburbs of Oak City. The people living here are generally rich people with some property. The living environment is much quieter than in the city. Through the rain and buildings, Adenauer can see that the residents in these suburban single-family villas are very normal, doing their own things, gathering, working, resting, everything is very common, nothing special.

Leaving the suburbs and entering the city, from the outer ring to the inner ring, these places seem much noisier. Even in the rain, there are many vehicles and pedestrians on the streets. Even at this time, the shops on the street are operating normally. Various smells are mixed together, which is a bit unpleasant. However, after entering the inner ring of the city, the situation is much better.

Driving along the inner ring road, Adenauer noticed that the number of police cars on the street seemed significantly higher than usual. It didn't seem like routine operations like drunk-driving checks. Instead, officers in raincoats could be seen holding police terminals and checking incoming and outgoing vehicles. These checks caused some congestion in the inner city, but not as severe as on the outer highways. And, oddly enough, they didn't check any of the drivers' IDs. Instead, they used terminals to compare their appearance and check their fingerprints. Some drivers even had to undergo iris scans.

This situation is a bit tricky. If you don't cooperate with the inspection, it will cause a lot of trouble. But if you accept the inspection, as long as your fingerprints are found, your prisoner file in the copy background will pop up immediately, and you will be taken to the local police station immediately.

However, there are many people on the street and if a gunfight starts, his mission is likely to fail. So Adenauer did not choose to avoid inspection or directly fight with the police, but chose to queue up for inspection. Even if he was taken away by the police, he could summon weapons at any time with his professional abilities. They could not lock him up, and perhaps he could use the criminals in the police station and the short-sighted guys to complete the first stage of the mission.

As for the guns and ammunition he had obtained in the town before, he was not worried at all. After the prompt appeared to complete the town's tasks without using professional skills, he threw all the guns and ammunition into the weeds in the yard of a resident in the suburbs.

As the inspection of the convoy progressed, it was soon Adenauer's turn.

A police officer in a raincoat approached and knocked on the pickup truck's window. Adenauer slowly lowered it. The officer politely said, "Sir, please cooperate with our inspection." Adenauer nodded, his expression unchanged. The officer first pointed the police terminal at Adenauer's face, scanning it, then gestured for his hand to be fingerprinted. While the inspection was ongoing, Adenauer struck up a conversation with the officer.

"What happened? A DUI?"

"No, a bank in the city center was robbed half an hour ago. The robber is on the run and we are searching the entire city for him."

The officer's claim was pure nonsense. After all, Adenauer had just entered the city from outside. There were no police on the roads outside the city, nor in the suburbs or even the outer ring road. Only here in the inner city were police cars everywhere. If it were true, then there would definitely be checkpoints on the roads outside the city. And if they were looking for bank robbers, the officers should have checked identification first, not done fingerprint checks and iris scans.

However, since the police officer was obviously not going to explain the facts, Adenauer would not cause trouble for himself, so he did not continue to ask questions.

"Please get out of the car, sir, and cooperate with us. We need to scan your irises."

"no problem."

Adenauer was calm, thinking that he would be taken away by the police soon. However, after the iris scan was completed, the police officer who was checking him did not show any nervousness and had no intention of taking him away.

"Thank you for your cooperation. You can return to your car and continue driving."

Adenauer's identity check seemed normal. But this was exactly what was wrong, because according to the transcript, he should have been immediately checked into the prisoner record. But now nothing happened.

For safety reasons, Adenauer didn't use the contractor's equipment to modify his background information in the dungeon. Although no one besides the contractor could find evidence, if the officials of Infinite City or the Infinite Company discovered any anomalies in the dungeon's progress, it would certainly draw their attention. So even if Adenauer was using the contractor's equipment to complete some work, it was within reasonable limits.

Therefore, if his background information within the dungeon passed police inspection, it would indicate that someone else had modified it. The dungeon is still ongoing, and the contractor's equipment hasn't located the "maintenance personnel" from the Infinite Company. Therefore, the information modification should be normal for the dungeon. If forces within the dungeon altered his information, the only plausible explanation would be the handiwork of the Johor Bahru City Government. According to veteran police officer Juan, the prisoners being escorted this time were specifically requested by the Johor Bahru City Government, so it makes sense that they had prior knowledge of these individuals' information. If they possess the technology to create synthetic humans, then it's reasonable to assume they could use some means to monitor him.

If that was the case, then perhaps the forces in Johor Bahru would soon come into contact with him. He had no idea what they were looking for him for, but things were finally starting to get interesting.