Oask, Three Rewards

  No matter how much she screamed, the White Fang ga firing and quickly retreated. Amidst the sporadifire and crossfire, Nordli heard urgent footsteps.

  "Nurse Nordli, Nordli, are you okay?"

  "An...na..."

  "It's me. You're badly injured, with extensive wounds and severe blood loss. You need surgery! Those bastards have retreated, I'll take you for treatment right away—aill alive? e help me!"

  "I... I'm fine." Nordli whispered, her eyelids drooping, "Tell the professor quickly, the enemy has an ied ohat child... I couldn't bring myself to do it. Only the professor save her."

  "Professor."

  Assistant Physi Anna's hands paused in their urgent work.

  "Wha..."

  "The professor is dead." Anna's tone was filled with sorrow and despair: "Nordli, the professor was killed by the gang. They took a heavy toll on the Abyss, leaving unheable wounds on our lifeline! Among the students, only we remain."

  Nordli's pupils shrank, her vision darkened, and the shock was so great she couldn't think. She panted heavily, her head tilting to the side as she fainted.

  "Nordli? Nordli!"

  Anna called out several times, and the surviving medical staff, hearing the calls, emerged from the shelters and underground facilities, beginning to up the battlefield and duct rescue operations.

  "Remaining security personnel, quickly seal the facilities. The external world has more than one gang; weld all entrances shut. No one is allowed in."

  "Logistics team, check the reactor and circuit status. There will be many medical operations and surgeries; power cuts are uable."

  "Ihe water supply system, be wary of poison."

  "Patients, for your safety, you shouldn't engage in intense bor. Due to the urgency, we need your help now..."

  The news of the professor's death hadn't spread, but Anna quickly showed the calm and posure of a leader.

  She took charge personally, direg and participating in the rescue, lifting many of the restris on patients and persuading those with powers to help rebuild the Abyss.

  Everything was bustling.

  "Hey, are we just going to stand here?"

  Li Aoz stood in the shadows, coldly watg everything. Nomi pouted distentedly, pining to him:

  "We didn't get any bes, you almost got shot—look now, that evil woman is taking trol. Li Aoz, you've screwed up this time."

  "If you want to call me something, call me His Majesty. 'Your Excellency' sounds too unlucky."

  Li Aoz didn't mind:

  "As for screwing up? Five me for not uanding, the game just started, how did I screw up?"

  He g the data dispyed on his retina, the progress of "Unremembered" had reached 17%.

  The first task was pleted, with an additional 5% progress reward.

  If he left the Abyss, he would accumute 3ress, enough to receive the minimum reward.

  But his bes didhere.

  Repelling the gang made his tribution to the Abyss rise by 600 points, and Li Aoz uatingly exged them for a "Camity Experimental Potion-VI."

  Just after redeeming it, an unknown physi passing by handed him a box. Without opening it, Li Aoz k taihe red-bck "Camity Experimental Potion-VI."

  "Just like in the game, whatever I want to exge is obtaihrough 'ces,'" he thought.

  Li Aoz put the box away, then looked at an intriguing n:

  "Professor" Favorability—157 (Adoration)

  "A corpse adores me."

  Li Aoz smirked.

  Truly, oask, three rewards.

  The Abyss's fa favorability was bound to the "Professor," raising his status within the Abyss. He could now access more information.

  This would further advance his task progress.

  "The game has just begun."

  He repeated.

  "Game?"

  Nomi g him:

  "Call it whatever you want—now look, the entire shelter is full of ied people and a bunch of superpowered individuals. I'm curious how you'll find a way out."

  "Do I o find a way?"

  Li Aoz looked at Nomi:

  "How about a bet?"

  Nomi raised an eyebrow, as if hearing a joke:

  "Ha? Betting with me? Everyone iernal world knows Nomi's luck is explosive! So, what's the stake?"

  Li Aoz said, "Loser barks like a dog, three times."

  "Deal! What are we betting on?"

  "Bet that in a moment, Assistant Physi Anna will beg us to leave."

  "Oh, yiving it away?"

  Nomi smirked, crossing her arms and cirg Li Aoz:

  "Alright! Although Nomi doesn't like your fetish, well—sineone wants to be my dog, I'll relutly accept."

  She teased, lifting Li Aoz's :

  "Pretty boy~~ want the mistress to put a colr on you? Enjoy having a beautiful girl's toes on your forehead, lig between them, bowing and barking—"

  "Mr. Li Aoz."

  Anna, finding a moment of respite, hurried over to Li Aoz and Nomi, l her head and saying gravely:

  "The Abyss's medical facilities have lost too much, we 't perform surgery on the critically injured..."

  "Especially Nurse Nordli's injuries, right?"

  Li Aoz said seriously.

  Anna's eyes flickered, but she nodded:

  "We don't have enough armed forces to retrieve the medical equipment, but there is a wanderer settlemehe shelter. The gang will rest there before returning to their base."

  "Uood."

  Li Aoz nodded, lookiermined:

  "I've awakened my power in the ret battle. If it's just to pursue arieve the medical equipment, those thugs are no mate."

  "Uh..." Nomi was fused, but before she could speak, Li Aoz pounded his chest passionately and said:

  "The professor and Nurse Nordli have been kind to me. Although I've only been in the Abyss for a few days, everyone's care has deeply moved me!"

  "Damn..." Nomi muttered: "He's serious?"

  "Furthermore!"

  Li Aoz said excitedly:

  "The Abyss is another home for me! Just and righteous, I ot sit idly by."

  Anna nodded:

  "Thank you, Mr. Li Aoz—the vehicle is ready."

  "Hmm, we'll depart now. Please give me a list. I'll catch up with them right away!"