Virtual Evo Games
Liam's Mission

Liam regulated his breathing while walking towards the Cactus Forest, he did not want to waste any longer to regulate his breathing. There was no operator to guide his way, so he had to search for everything himself.

“Crazy, really hot,” grumbled Liam who wants to take off his coat.

Suddenly, in the middle of his journey while taking off the coat, he saw a vortex moving towards him. He could not get out of there, in a panic, he closed his eyes with the coat he was holding.

“HURRICANE SAND!” shouted Liam.

Liam could not go anywhere, he could only close his eyes using the coat while continuing to move his feet with great difficulty.

Suddenly, the sandstorm stopped. Liam opened his eyes, he was surprised by what he saw. He saw a forest with many cactus trees in it. He immediately put his coat back on while running into the forest.

The Cactus Forest does not look like a forest to Liam. He saw around him many houses in the form of large cactus trees with human-like inhabitants like him.

Although he knew that all that was just artificial intelligence made by the committee. He continues his mission to find Olivier. Liam asked many people around him.

Many people were asked and they answered not knowing, some chose to go away from questions from Liam, such as avoiding the questions of the people who promoted his merchandise. It made Archie laugh a little and then shut his mouth.

Ntar if I laugh, his gatau dapet harder mission is not funny. Inner Archie.

Ann was laughing, Liam looks tragic but also funny to him. In contrast to Aro with his flat face who was still observing all the movements of Liam.

Liam is not desperate, he is still looking for answers around him. He remembered the existence of a library in the Cactus Forest. He was thinking of looking for population data there, by looking for archives of the names of residents of the Cactus Forest.

He found the library and went inside. No one was guarding the place, Liam went straight to the archive shelf and found one book entitled Population Data of the Cactus Forest.

“Where is the alphabet O?”

“Oh this,” murmured.

“Olivier, Olivier, Olivier. Well meet!”

“Eh? How many Oliviernya?”

“Olivier Richard, Olivier Fernando, Olivier Riddle. Which one is dong?” ask Liam.

“HAHAHAHAHAH,” Ann's laughter broke when she heard Liam say that. Archie was also already unable to endure it, he wanted to laugh as well.

“Olivier who provides puzzles?” muttered Aro who did not care about the two colleagues laughed.

Liam was looking for another book about the data of the inhabitants of the Cactus Forest. His whole life, looking for things was the thing he disliked the most. However, he suddenly stopped, as if someone had given him enlightenment.

“Meet Olivier in the Cactus Forest area, solve the puzzle there,” he said while recalling his mission.

“That riddle is riddle isn't it? Uh yes dong, meaning I have to go to Olivier Riddle!” he said that looks excited because he knows what he means.

Returning to the previous book to find Olivier Riddle's address, he recorded his address on a paper on the library table. After he finished writing, Liam immediately returned the books to the bookshelf, then went to Olivier Riddle's house.

***

Liam walked towards Olivier Riddle's house, then found his house which was quite far from the library. On arrival, he saw Olivier reading the newspaper on the porch of his house sitting in his lazy chair.

He dared himself to say hello. “Excuse me, are you with Olivier Riddle?”

Olivier heard Liam's voice, instantly replying to him. “Iya, what's up?” asked Olivier by continuing to read the paper.

“I Liam, Virtual Evo Game participant. I'd like to receive the puzzles you provided to complete the mission,” Liam replied confidently.

“Yeah, very handsome Liam,” said Joyce with Delaney next to him who was watching in the audience seat. Delaney who was seriously watching felt a little distracted. “Ssttt...” Delaney said towards Joyce that made her refocus to watch.

Back to Virtual Evo Game.

Olivier put the newspaper on the table next to him. He looked at Liam's face with a smile. Liam kept looking at Olivier seriously.

“Sometimes puzzles don't just rely on cleverness. But also strength,” Olivier said.

Many people don't understand what that means. Olivier took off his glasses and got up from his chair. He looks like his body is strong.

“You must answer one puzzle, while facing me,” continued Olivier while preparing to fight with his flagship weapon in the form of boxing gloves.

Liam was shocked when he heard it, he instantly prepared himself to fight with Olivier while taking out his weapon.

“Hah? Meanin? Answer puzzles while fighting?” ask Archie who still does not understand. Replied with a nod from Aro.

Meanwhile, from the Frost Timer participant room, Vinn was watching Liam with his operator, Eon.

“Olivier Riddle uses boxing techniques to deal with his opponent, he includes boxers who count in the Sahara Zone.”

That means, Liam is fighting a reliable boxer from the Sahara Zone.

Both are ready. “I'll tell you how. You may attack me, but you must continue to avoid my attacks while answering the riddle. Understand?”

Liam nodded, he gathered all his courage. He did not know how strong the person in front of him was.

“Dor, dor, dor!” Liam instantly fired his weapon towards Olivier nonstop. All of his attacks had nothing to hit Olivier in the slightest, his dodging ability was excellent.

Olivier attacked Liam aggressively, but Liam did not lose. He kept dodging to save his life points.

“Just get the puzzle out,” said Liam while trying to avoid boxing from Olivier.

“I blend in with the dark, but always follow when there is light,” Olivier said as he aimed a fist at Liam.

Liam thought of his answer while continuing to dodge the fist punch. He is no stranger to this puzzle. “Shadow,” replied Liam.

“Reason?” ask Olivier who deliberately punched Liam's softgun until it was thrown from him.

Liam flinched, he continued to dodge while ignoring his thrown weapon. “Because when walking at night, our shadow tends to be invisible,” replied Liam while fending off the fist from Olivier. Liam's life points were reduced by ten points.

“If he gets his fist continuously, even without the slightest pain also reduces his life points,” said Aro who still carefully observes Liam.

Olivier was still waiting for a follow-up answer from Liam, while continuing to deal his fist blows mercilessly. “But as we walk there is sunlight, the shadow will be seen following,” continued Liam and then turned and kicked Olivier strong on the neck.

Liam's hard kick brought Olivier down. His legs hurt from kicking him too hard. Liam approached Olivier who touched his neck.

“I'm right, right?”

Olivier laughed when he heard that. “Iya, your answer is correct.”

Liam smiled a grin when he heard it, as if it was easy for him. He succeeded in carrying out his mission, then reached out his hand to help Olivier stand up. Aro, Ann, and Archie who were listening to him breathed a sigh of relief.

“Means my mission here is done?” ask Liam.

“Yes, you can immediately complete your other mission to hack the defense,” replied Olivier.

Liam nodded then said goodbye and ran to leave the Cactus Forest immediately. Olivier laughed when he saw it. Liam turned towards Olivier again.

“You want to go Southeast by running that far?” ask Olivier.

Liam looked confused and nodded, because that was what he wanted to do.

“You don't have to bother running that far. I have a shortcut,” Olivier replied. “Follow me.”

They walked towards the back of Olivier's house. Liam opened his mouth in surprise at what he saw. There's a digital window behind Olivier's house.

“You don't have to go to the Southeast anymore to complete the hacking mission, just finish it here,” explains Olivier while showing his digital window.

Liam walked over to the digital window and started managing the code on the screen. Not too difficult for Liam, he completed the hack and placed his palm on the digital window screen.

He successfully completed the mission, then turned his body towards Olivier. “Thank you,” said, who was replied by a nod by Olivier. An open portal had appeared before them.

Liam entered the portal and left Olivier in the Cactus Forest. Upon seeing Liam complete his mission, the other three members of The Waves breathed a sigh of relief for the umpteenth time.

***

Liam's body appears in the Evopass machine. The door of the machine opened and he took out his ID card which was in Electronic Data Capture. He looked at the big screen in front of him to see the number of points he achieved.

“Good viewers, missions completed quite well by Liam. How many points will he earn?” said Daniel.

Seen on the screen, the number of points for Liam continues to amount to every second. Then the number stopped at 548,677 points. For a while, Liam was ranked first.

“He overtook the points earned by Halfie! For a while Liam was ranked first! Congratulations Liam!” revo.

Shouts and applause were heard inside the building. A big smile came from Liam's face. He was happy because he managed to get a high point, although the difference was slightly with the number of points achieved by Halfie.

Ann and Archie were excited when they saw it, they did a high-five because it was nice to see Liam who successfully completed the mission and earned quite a high point.

“Hopefully go further than before,” said Liam.

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