Chapter 637 - 608: The Situation Worsens

There was a vast difference between Second Level and Third Level Tasks.

First and Second Level Tasks could both be considered Entry Level, just with varying degrees of difficulty.

Because of this, as long as a team was led by someone in the Body Shaping Realm, they could freely accept tasks of these two Levels.

But Third Level Tasks were completely different. The reason a requirement of 300,000 Points was set to accept a Third Level Task was to create a threshold.

Basically, any team with 300,000 Points had completed a sufficient number of missions. It meant they had a clear understanding of the difficulty of operating near this Abyssal Passage.

Only with this understanding could they take on higher-Level tasks without making Low Level mistakes due to recklessness.

Of course, the reason for all this complexity was that the difficulty of Third Level Tasks skyrocketed.

First and Second Level Tasks were all outside the defense line, where the danger was controllable.

But Third Level Tasks required entering the green poisonous fog to be carried out.

Even though it was only in the outer regions of the fog, the difficulty could be considered an exponential increase compared to First and Second Level Tasks.

After all, within the green poisonous fog, visibility was severely suppressed. While it wasn’t as exaggerated as not being able to see your hand in front of your face, you basically couldn’t see anything more than a meter away.

Additionally, the green poisonous fog was highly toxic. It wasn’t just poisonous when inhaled; prolonged skin contact would also allow the poison to seep in through the pores.

Therefore, they had to wear full hazmat suits to enter, which would undoubtedly and significantly hinder their mobility.

Of course, there were other ways to deal with it. The simplest was to directly use Blood Qi Power to form a protective barrier on the surface of the body, isolating it from the green poisonous fog.

However, even a Body Shaping Realm Martial Artist couldn’t sustain such a prolonged consumption of Blood Qi Power. Only experts at the Divine Demon Realm would dare to do so.

Another option was for Superpower Users with special defensive abilities to use their Defensive Superpowers to block the poisonous fog.

But this was no different from using Blood Qi Power to resist it; one consumed Blood Qi Power, while the other consumed the energy of one’s Superpower.

Besides the two major problems of poor visibility and poison prevention, there was one final issue when entering the green poisonous fog: it would also provide a certain degree of enhancement to the Abyssal Creatures and Mutated Zombies within.

Although this enhancement wasn’t as exaggerated as a berserk state, it could still boost them by 10% to 30%.

The exact amplification depended on the Level of the Spray Zombie that had spewed the fog.

These were the three major problems caused by the green poisonous fog. But beyond these, there was an even greater danger: there were no military defense lines inside the fog.

This meant that inside the green poisonous fog, the Mutated Zombies could move about freely and were incredibly difficult to monitor.

Even if a team was only operating in the outer regions of the fog, there was still a chance they could run into a Third Level Mutated Zombie.

Although the probability was low, such an encounter would be fatal for any of the academy teams.

It was for all these reasons that the difficulty of Third Level Tasks was so high.

Of course, the rewards skyrocketed as well!

Even the simplest patrol and surveillance missions started at a minimum of 100,000 Points.

Slightly more difficult ones could reward two or three hundred thousand Points.

For a rescue mission like the one Lin Xinghai had previously accepted, the Points could even soar to four or five hundred thousand.

A single mission could be worth more than the combined income from all the tasks they had completed that morning.

Of course, even Lin Xinghai wouldn’t dare to accept these Third Level Tasks recklessly.

"Alright, it’s noon. We’ll rest for an hour, so everyone get some proper rest. We’ll gather at 1 p.m. and then go see if there are any suitable Third Level Tasks for us."

Lin Xinghai said to the group before turning to Little Fatty. "I’ll leave the preparations for the protective suits and other equipment to you."

"Got it. Mission guaranteed," Little Fatty nodded seriously, already thinking, ’Which heavy-duty weapons should I bring?’

After making the arrangements, Lin Xinghai hastily finished his nutrient meal and resumed his Cultivation with Liu Miaomiao.

In fact, throughout the morning, he had been constantly finding spare moments to cultivate even while on missions.

Over the course of the morning, his Thunder Divine Body progress had increased by 1%, reaching 26.86%.

Once his Divine Demon Body progress reached 30%, he would have completed the first stage of its Cultivation, and his arms would undergo their first strengthening.

At that point, he would be able to unleash his strongest offensive technique: the Thunder God Spear.

It would be another powerful trump card!

As for now, it wasn’t that he couldn’t use the Thunder God Spear, but because his arms weren’t sufficiently strengthened, it would not only damage their meridians, but the spear’s power would also be greatly diminished.

Of course, after Lin Xinghai had used the System to raise the Thunder God Spear to the Minor Success Realm, he had tried using it. Although its power was only one-third of the original, it was already stronger than Thunderstorm.