Universe Infinite Canteen

Chapter 348 Hidden Task

I was so excited I could burst, "The reward for this quest might seem like a regular backpack on the surface, but I reckon after you complete it, it'll likely lead to a new hidden quest. There's also a good chance it could be related to the main storyline and might even give out some Divine Artifacts or a unique title."

Ma Lu looked at Baldy with a questioning gaze. Baldy shook his head, firmly saying, "No, this is just a beginner quest to give away a backpack."

However, I was still immersed in my own fantasies.

"I'll tell you a secret. When I first received this quest, I thought, like most people, that there was a mistake with the quest values, so I even gave feedback to the official customer service. But guess what."

"The customer service later told me that the planners had seriously considered my feedback and checked the relevant data, and found that there was no issue."

I slapped my non-existent knee, excitedly saying, "Doesn't that confirm my suspicion officially, then? There really is something fishy about this seemingly unreasonable quest!"

Baldy also stroked his non-existent hair, "Seems like there really was such a thing."

The more I talked, the more excited I became, even inviting Zhen Ye to join me in collecting Black Mud, "Come on, according to my past experience, the first one to complete this kind of hidden quest gets the best stuff.

"But since the quest isn't closed yet, it means others can do it too. If you collect with me now, you'll be the second server-wide to get the backpack, and the reward should be decent too."@@@@

The ID across from me, Random Beat's Skeleton Puppy, finally had a response, just two short words.

"No thanks."

I wanted to persuade him further but then I saw the Quartermaster NPC, who had been by the Magic Circle, suddenly run over.

My eyes lit up, thinking, is my hidden quest coming already?!

On the other side of the screen, my heart was pounding with excitement, and hands trembling. But then I thought, wait, I haven't even finished my own quest. I'm still short 64 portions of Black Mud. Why would the NPC come this early?

Could it be because I was so far ahead of the other players on the same server, it was no longer in doubt?

While I was still puzzled, the Quartermaster had already run up to me.

"Congratulations, I wasn't wrong about you. You are indeed the talent Red Ridge Town has been waiting for. You don't need to collect Black Mud anymore; here's your backpack."

Along the way, he checked the system and indeed he had unlocked the backpack interface. However, there were very few slots, only 12, and there was a weight limit, thankfully, the Abyssal Blood Clams weren't heavy.

Ten clams together only took up two slots and weighed less than a pound, but even so, the Skeleton Puppy moved a bit slower than before.

No wonder they boasted realism in this game... they took the details very seriously.

But this also led to another issue.

Ten minutes later, Ma Lu couldn't help but speak up again, "Come on, do you really need to recreate the map at a one-to-one scale? Then you should at least speed up the travel time. Otherwise, just running around the map is a massive waste of time."

Today, Mengmengda had already lost count of how many times she'd been criticized, yet all she could do was clench her teeth and respond, "This... there are some technical difficulties."

"What's so difficult about it? Isn't it just about changing a few numbers?"

"You say that like it's easy. Sure, numbers are easy to change, but what if they don't match up with reality? Then I'll be the one to take the blame," Mengmengda replied in frustration.

Ma Lu had already noticed many strange things before, and hearing Mengmengda's words, he finally caught on and turned to look at the Baldy producer.

The latter sighed, "Boss Ma, shall we step outside to chat?"

"Sure," Ma Lu agreed readily.

The two didn't go far after leaving the living room, just to the hallway on the first floor.

Baldy took a cigarette out of his pack, placed it in his mouth, lit it, and deeply inhaled before exhaling a ring of smoke.

"I'm not gonna lie, Boss Ma, we've actually come over from the Abyss," he confessed.

Ma Lu, having grown accustomed to these otherworldly characters since meeting Old Wang, wasn't overly surprised but was still a bit taken aback by Baldy's revelation.

He then probed, "The Abyss within Red Ridge?"

"That's right," the Baldy producer admitted, "We are all servants of Lord Aisagon."