Survival Game? But She's Already Slaughtered the Entire Server - chapter 7

Ruan Tian asked, “Is the match value related to appearance?”

001 was silent for two seconds, then answered coldly: [Unknown.]

Ruan Tian didn’t ask further. She finished drying her hair and started heading back.

Open door, close door-all in one smooth motion.

Ruan Tian lay flat on her bed, hands folded neatly over her stomach, closed her eyes, and fell asleep peacefully.

System: [……]

Ruan Tian slept straight through to the afternoon. Even 001 started to get anxious watching her.

The rules of the game stated: Each month, there are two chances to skip a Daily Quest. The first and second times, only the experience points for that day would be deducted. But the third time, the player would be forcibly dragged into a Mandatory Dungeon.

So far, no player who had entered a Mandatory Dungeon had ever come out alive.

Because of the entanglements with Fang Senran and the others, Lin Zhiqing had already missed two Daily Quests. If she missed another one today, it would be her third.

As soon as Ruan Tian woke up, the system reminded her: [Host, you haven’t completed today’s Daily Quest yet. There’s half an hour left until six o’clock. If you hurry, you’ll still make it.]

“Daily Quest?”

[Yes.]

The system projected the Daily Quest screen in front of Ruan Tian: [Here it is, Host. Please have a look.]

[Daily Quest 1: Collect 50 pieces of ore]

Task Description: Master Li at the Blacksmith Shop urgently needs a batch of ore to forge equipment. It’s said the Mine Cave to the west of the city is rich in resources. Please head to the Mine Cave to collect 50 pieces of ore and hand them to Master Li to complete the quest.

Quest Reward: EXP ×200, Gold Coin ×1.

[Daily Quest 2: Retrieve Uncle Wang’s dog from East Village]

Task Description: Uncle Wang from East Village is worried sick-his dog went out this morning and hasn’t come back. It may have run to the bamboo forest west of the village. Please help find the dog and return it to Uncle Wang!

Quest Reward: EXP ×200, Gold Coin ×1.

Ruan Tian: “……”

What a stingy game.

With these rewards, you’d never reach level 100 in a hundred years.

Ruan Tian was utterly unenthused.

She rolled over and continued sleeping: “Not doing it.”

The system explained the consequences of skipping the quest, and how Lin Zhiqing had already skipped twice.

Ruan Tian was unmoved.

“Whether I do the quest or not doesn’t matter. If you keep nagging, I’ll deal with you first.”

The system fell completely silent.

Unfortunately, Ruan Tian still couldn’t get back to sleep.

Just then, a sudden “bang, bang, bang” came from outside the door. The force was heavy, as if someone was kicking it. The door shook and hummed.

“Open up! Lin Zhiqing, open up for me!” A rough shout exploded together with the pounding, making one’s eardrums ache. “Don’t play dead, I know you’re in there! If you don’t come out, I’ll smash this damn door to pieces!”

Ruan Tian opened her eyes, her gaze darkening.

Not again.

The pounding outside grew even fiercer, accompanied by more shouts: “Lin Zhiqing! One gold coin a day for Protection Fee-you haven’t paid for three days! You really think I’m easy to mess with? Open up now or I’ll tear this shack down!”

Ruan Tian opened the door calmly. The Young Man pounding on it was caught off guard and fell flat on his face.

“Boss, boss, are you alright?”

As soon as the Young Man fell, several lackeys behind him rushed over and scrambled to help him up.

The Young Man staggered to his feet, holding in his anger from the fall. He spat on the ground twice, about to curse: “Damn it, Lin Zhiqing, are you looking for…” death

Before he could finish, he felt a sudden tightness around his neck, his toes lifted off the ground, and his face turned purple-red.

His limbs flailed wildly, but all that came out of his throat were gasping noises-he couldn’t utter a single word.

001 shouted frantically: [Host, no fighting in the Main City!]
[Stop it.]

Ruan Tian tightened her grip slightly, and the young man’s neck twisted. His limbs instantly went limp, and he stopped struggling. Only his body swayed gently with inertia.

“Wrong. The game manual says you can’t rob in the Main City, but it doesn’t say you can’t kill.”

“I didn’t rob him, so I didn’t break the rules.”

001: [……]

Isn’t that the same thing?

001 hurriedly flipped through the game manual. Sure enough, it didn’t explicitly state that killing was forbidden in the Main City.

It was just that the rules said malicious competition was not allowed in the Main City. Over time, everyone subconsciously took this to mean ‘no killing in the Main City.’

Even if someone noticed this loophole, no one dared to risk their life to challenge the game rules.

But Ruan Tian was an exception.

She dared to do what others wouldn’t.

And as it turned out, she was right.

Because 001 didn’t receive any violation notice from the Main System, nor was any punishment mechanism triggered.

Ruan Tian glanced nonchalantly at the remaining people.

The lackeys were so frightened by what they saw that they froze, unable to move for a moment.

Until…

Ruan Tian smiled at them.

Her smile was sweet, but to the lackeys, it looked more like a demon claiming lives.

They finally snapped back to their senses and shouted in panic, “She killed someone…”

“She killed someone…”

Then, scrambling over each other, they started running out.

What a joke, even their boss couldn’t resist. If these small fry didn’t run, were they just waiting to be slaughtered?

“Stop.” Ruan Tian called out.

Why run? She hadn’t even finished speaking.

But the lackeys weren’t stupid. The first to run is the first to survive. Only a fool would actually stop.

Seeing no one stopped, Ruan Tian picked up a stone, swung her hand, and threw it at the fastest-running lackey.

The stone hit the back of his head squarely, and the lackey dropped dead on the spot.

The others, who were running slower, saw the corpse in front of them and froze as if someone had pressed the pause button, not daring to move an inch.

“Come back.”

This time, they obeyed.

With stiff steps, they returned to Ruan Tian.

“Sister Lin, we were forced to do those things before. You can stay here as long as you want.”

“Yes, yes, Sister Lin, please be generous and don’t hold a grudge against us lackeys.”

“We’re just trying to survive, Sister Lin, please spare us.”

“Sister Lin…”

“…”

The rest chimed in, all trying to flatter and please her, bowing so low they looked like shrimp, showing utmost respect, afraid that if she so much as frowned, they’d be next.

Ruan Tian didn’t listen to what they were saying. Instead, she pointed at the young man’s corpse and said, “Take out the trash.”

“Yes, Sister Lin, no problem, Sister Lin.”

The lackeys all breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she wasn’t killing them, anything was fine.

They quickly carried the young man’s corpse out of Ruan Tian’s room, then hurriedly ran out of the alley with it, afraid she might call them back.

Once they left, the surroundings fell silent again.

After all that commotion, Ruan Tian no longer felt sleepy.

She opened her display screen. The Chat Hall was once again filled with a flood of scrolling messages.

Most were party invites or dungeon links, with hardly any actual conversation-useful information was pitifully scarce.

Ruan Tian opened her friends list. There were still only the original three people.

Fang Senran hadn’t sent any more messages.

Lin Father and Lin Mother, on the other hand, had sent plenty, all scolding Lin Zhiqing.

They berated her for being unfilial, heartless, unable to tolerate her own sister… telling her to come back and apologize to Lin Zhixia, and so on-nothing new at all.