I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.88The World May Crumble, But There’s Still a Place to Live (2)

by fnovelpia

Of course, regarding such opposition, I didn’t simply think, “Yeah, it’s bothersome, I don’t want to.”

‘I don’t want to, heh.’

It wasn’t like I harbored such thoughts in my heart.

Having nothing more to discuss with the others, I ended the communication.

Then I expressed my lament about the current situation to Jessica, who was sitting nearby.

“It’s truly unfortunate, so unfortunate.”

“Hmm… indeed. I wonder if they can understand that we absolutely need Superhumans to clear quests.”

And as evident from Jessica’s response to my lament.

In this damn game, for quests involving fleet deployment.

There was this system—which made me wonder why it even existed—requiring at least one “Superhuman” to accompany the fleet for quest completion.

Of course, both Jessica and I knew why such a system existed in this world.

“Because of traces from ancient times long, long ago, we’re getting screwed like this.”

“Mmm, that’s right.”

Anyway, the important point was that due to this damn system, the number of quests we could progress simultaneously.

Was at most 4-5, which meant.

Regardless of the Superhumans’ capabilities, our quest completion speed was inevitably too slow.

At least for quests that could be done at the base, Jessica and I could handle more by moving around.

But quests that could only be done at the base weren’t that common.

So we were shedding tears of blood while somehow utilizing Ignis, Berial, Pashtra, and Griyanar.

Working hard and putting in tremendous effort to compete against users who probably had at least 10 Superhumans by now.

But it didn’t take long to feel that we were reaching our limits…

After I said those words.

A week had passed.

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Title: It’s almost been 2 weeks since the event started, how many points have you all collected?

Author: Menald of Worship

Content: [Event Reward Points Verification]

I’m now approaching the 40,000 range

Since I focused on trust growth from the beginning, as soon as I heard about the nerf for low-level quests in the update, I pushed hard to reach trust level 20+

I think I’ll surpass 40,000 in just 2-3 more days

Comments:

-[Oh, congratulations!]

-[I’ve also passed 30,000 now]

-[Jealous, I’m only at 25,000 because I can’t get any Superhumans]

-[Congrats on 40k]

-[45,000]

-[I’m at 35,000]

-[Damn, am I the only one barely over 20,000?]

-˪[Loser♡ Just 20k]

-˪[You bastard, where do you live?]

-˪[Not telling]

-[I’m at 60,000 ^^]

-[I’m at 55,000, how the hell did the comment above collect so many points?]

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Compared to the verification images in these point certification posts gradually appearing.

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Looking at my pathetically miserable point status.

I could feel tears of blood flowing inside.

“Why!!! Did heaven create!!! Me and then create other users!!!”

“Commander, that statement implies we need to kill all the other 110,000 users except you.”

Jessica, who was watching me from the side, tried to calm me down.

But separately, even Jessica sighed at the obvious gap before our eyes.

“It seems our manpower shortage is holding us back, Commander.”

“Grrrgh… that’s right.”

Fortunately, we had built up some trust before the event started.

As a result of working hard with our four barracks.

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‘Oh damn.’

After enduring trust increases estimated at 0.01 units, I managed to raise our trust with the monster faction above 20.

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<Faction-wide Common Trust Relationship Features>

<0>-<None>

<1~10>-<Chance of friendly messages and event generation>

<10~15>-<Quest assignment begins>

<15~25>-<Additional quests and events (resource support, etc.)>

<25~50>-<Recruitment of faction ‘Superhumans’ possible> (Lower rank than ‘Superhumans’ from gacha.)

<50~70>-<Fleet rental possible>

<70~99>-<Various friendly events randomly generated, increased probability>

<100+>-<Direct quests from faction leader possible, greatly increased support items, improved rank of recruitable faction ‘Superhumans’> (Details vary by faction, please refer accordingly.)

<10+>-<Next 2 trust levels viewable>

<30+>-<Regular monster breeding ground construction possible>

<50+>-<Special functions related to biological modification unlocked>

<70+>-<???>

<90+>-<???>

<100+>-<???>

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Thanks to this, I got access to “mid-level” quests that were much better than the previous “low-level” ones.

Successfully avoiding that damn normalization update and earning points.

Nevertheless, as Jessica said, it was impossible to achieve better results with the fleet I currently commanded.

“Commander, at this rate, until the event ends…”

“I know, Jessica.”

As Jessica trailed off, probably because it was such a negative topic, I shook my head and continued her thought.

“At this rate, whether it’s the rankings or the shop, we’re going to fail miserably at both, right?”

“Yes… honestly, that’s true.”

“And there’s no solution, is there?”

“That’s right, Commander.”

It wasn’t that our four barracks… no, our four Superhuman women weren’t doing their jobs.

With three SSS-rank and one near-SSS-rank.

They were actually completing tasks much faster than lower-ranked individuals.

And by doing it more accurately, they sometimes even brought back additional rewards.

But even so, while others were running at least 10-15.

Or in extreme cases 20 Superhumans, we had to handle everything with just 4, which was at most one-fifth of others.

So fundamentally, the number of point-earning opportunities was insufficient, which was unavoidable.

Therefore, I was about to give up on rankings and everything else.

During this event period that would last at least 5 more months, if not longer…

I decided to run quests as intensively as possible to build up trust.

Then obtain proper high-grade quests.

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… … … … … …

-<Random Causality Fixation Ticket (Superhuman only) 1 use: 45,000>

-<Bahamut-class Bombardment Cruiser: 257,000>

… … … … … …

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‘Wait for me, my honeys.’

After giving up on everything else in the shop.

I would first purchase one of those cool-sounding “Bahamut-class Bombardment Cruisers.”

Then use all remaining points for Superhuman-exclusive gacha pulls

To properly reinforce our personnel—that was the firm resolve I reaffirmed.

But at the current rate of point acquisition, even if I continued collecting points for 5 more months.

While others collected 40,000 points, I only managed 17,000, so I wondered if it was even possible…

But I couldn’t just give up and quit, so I decided to somehow maintain my mental fortitude and keep putting in effort.

However, while Jessica and I were encouraging each other with determination.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but is there anything I can help with, oppa?”

“…Hmm.”

Marian, who had been watching us, approached and asked if there was anything she could help with.

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