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Chapter 54 Newcomer Benefits
Guided by Yao Feng, the group visited the Fengbozhai branch.
Most of the time, it's just a quick tour, just to give them a preliminary impression so they won't be clueless when they come back later and won't know who to ask for help.
Yao Feng would only stop them in a few key areas for a detailed explanation.
For example, the [Mission Center] is responsible for matters related to exploring other realms.
Here, adventurers can accept quests of appropriate level based on their own circumstances and apply to use teleportation rooms.
"To avoid unnecessary sacrifices, the Explorers' Agency has developed a set of highly universal rating templates for Explorers and Exotic Lands, based on its experience and intelligence over the years."
Yao Feng stood in front of the counter and pointed to the most conspicuous exploration wall in the mission center.
The above classifies and rates the alien realms that Fengbo Village can currently anchor to or that have been discovered in the southwest region, and also provides related exploration tasks and reward points.
Currently known exotic lands can be broadly categorized into four main types:
[Wilderness Type]
There are no clear boundaries between the two places, and traces of man-made civilization are rare or nonexistent. The landscape is mostly natural and wild, with random entrances and exits. Often, it depends on luck, and it is normal to stay for three to five days or even ten days to half a month if you are unlucky.
[Nation Type]
It shows complete traces of man-made civilization, the space is relatively stable, and there are fixed entrances and exits.
These kinds of alien worlds are prone to extreme situations. They are either very safe, where you won't encounter much danger even if you stay for a long time to scavenge for supplies, or they can be like apocalyptic environments, such as zombie sieges, extreme weather, nuclear war ruins, etc.
[Fortress Type]
A single, enclosed building may seem to have a small area to explore, but in reality, spatial distortions are common, and the internal rules are bizarre and often resemble strange tales. This places extremely high demands on the explorer's intelligence analysis skills.
[Conceptual]
Characteristics: Based on a person's emotions, memories, stories, or other abstract concepts, with a high degree of unpredictability.
At the same time, the evaluation criteria are based on three factors: the safety level of the alien realm, spatial stability, and the number of monsters.
The Explorers Agency assigns a danger rating of 1 to 5 to all currently known or explored exotic areas.
This part is analyzed and explained in detail in the newcomer's handbook, so Yao Feng only mentioned it briefly and asked the three newcomers to spend some time looking it up in private, and preferably to memorize it all.
"The Newcomer's Handbook is a gift from the Explorers' Headquarters. No newbie benefits we're about to give you can compare to it. The information recorded in it was compiled by pioneers at great cost. I hope that you can become one of them in the future, allowing newcomers to start from a higher point."
Yao Feng reiterated the importance of the newcomer's manual, stating that it was the Explorers' Headquarters' greatest gift.
"What about the explorer's rating?"
The green ghost pressed for an answer.
"The explorer rating does not consider background or seniority; there is only one standard, which is the total number of exploration points."
Exploration points can only be earned by completing exotic exploration missions, and are among the most valued achievements by the Explorers' Headquarters. After a brief silence, Yao Feng spoke again to add.
"Different ranks have different exploration missions and benefits. You are currently rookie explorers. Once you reach a total of one hundred points, you can be promoted to explorer; two hundred points will make you an elite explorer, and then... we'll talk about that when you reach that level!"
Yao Feng deliberately kept the rank above elite explorer a secret.
However, Yu Jing could roughly guess what kind of conditions needed to be met.
That is, while reaching a certain amount of exploration points, the explorer himself must achieve extraordinary abilities. Only by mastering extraordinary abilities can one be qualified to enter alien realms with higher danger ratings.
At this point, Yao Feng also specifically explained the various uses of the exploration points.
It is not only the personal achievement of explorers, but also a special currency used in the various border areas controlled by the Explorers' Headquarters.
You can exchange them for cash at the counter in the Explorer's Hall and take it out to spend in the border region. You can also use it to exchange for various resources within the Explorer's Headquarters, including but not limited to classified information from other realms, special equipment manufactured by the Research Department, and exotic items or tools that can enhance a certain ability of an explorer...
There are two reasons why we don't use real-world currency.
One reason is to prevent other forces from using their own people and funds from the modern world to drain the Explorers' Headquarters' resources.
It's important to understand that the price of the same item is completely different depending on whether the explorer redeems it using exploration points through internal channels, whether the external forces spend money, or whether the explorer purchases it internally.
Therefore, exploration points cannot be transferred or given away privately; only explorers who have passed the assessment can use them.
Secondly, it is also to motivate explorers and clearly tell everyone who joins the Explorers' Headquarters that here, everything is based on ability, and those who make outstanding contributions to the cause of exploring foreign lands will grow at a rate no slower than those who join other organizations.
After spending some time at the mission center, the group then went to several important departments they would frequently interact with in the future, including the intelligence room, the teleportation room registration office, and the exploration points exchange office.
Yu Jing remained silent most of the time, silently memorizing the locations and functions of these departments.
After visiting the Fengbozhai branch, it was already 9:30 pm.
The group returned to the Explorers' Hall, sat on the sofa in a separate room, and received their newcomer benefits.
"Considering the lack of experience among newcomers, the Explorers' Headquarters has specially prepared items in the newcomer benefits that can improve your survival rate. Since you're just sitting around doing nothing, let me explain them to you."
Yao Feng placed three suitcases on the table, casually opened one, took out the contents, and introduced them to the three people.
The importance of identity cards and personal accounts goes without saying.
The former serves as proof for explorers to enter and exit various areas of Fengbo Village. Whether accepting missions or checking intelligence, it is necessary to register. If one encounters trouble in a foreign land, it can also prove the identity of the body, preventing one from being completely lost.
The latter is the credentials for logging into the Explorers' Headquarters website, which allows explorers to obtain intelligence in the real world, maintain communication with their departments, and take on special missions that can help them earn extra money.
If you deposit 10 exploration points into their identity card in advance, they can exchange them for 50,000 yuan in cash.
This is start-up capital given to newcomers by the Explorers Agency.
The remaining two items are the props that Yao Feng mentioned could improve the explorers' survival rate.
【Pathfinder Bug】A flying insect that is highly sensitive to abnormal spatial fluctuations. If you are in danger of getting lost during an expedition in another region, you can ask it to guide you. It will likely lead you back to the spatial passage.
【Stealth Powder】Sprinkling it on your body can temporarily mask the explorer's scent and heat. When used in the shadows, it can even blur their figure, making it sufficient to deal with most exotic monsters.
The practicality of these two props is beyond doubt.
According to Yao Feng, these two items could easily fetch over 100,000 yuan outside, which means the Explorers' Headquarters has the resources to give them to new players as a safety net.
Unfortunately, it can only be used a limited number of times.
The pathfinder can only be used once. Once it finds a spatial passage, it will enter it before the explorer and then disappear.
The stealth dust cannot be recycled, and the amount provided by the newbie bonus is barely enough for three uses.