Questing In Quarantine

Questing In Quarantine: Codename COVID is a project started in 2020 by Brian Xu. After rediscovering The Copper Sword, he decided to keep working on the series. It started with a call to Chloe, then a confirmation with the copyright owners. This book is expected to come out in Summer 2020 and be much longer than the other books in the series, mainly because of the battles at the end of each chapter.

Plot
It's been many months since the events of [REDACTED]. Everyone's bored in their houses, when all of a sudden, bad luck starts appearing everywhere. Everyone is tweeting about it, doing video calls, and making videos, but Brian quickly discovers the true cause, taking [REDACTED] and upgrading it. He brings many helpful weapons along with him, making sure to also bring gaming gear. Everyone makes it to the camp he set up, talking about the new mission. It turns out that [REDACTED], the [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] was resurrected. With that, a long journey begins. In the middle of the first night, a stranger comes. Chloe tries to fire her submachine gun NERF replica, but when it doesn't work, Ryan H. summons a MINIGUN to defeat the intruder! Long story short, the intruder got dunked on.

The next day, there is a supply drop with many useful things in it, including [REDACTED] and a [REDACTED]. Using the bricks and some scraps, the friends make a Titan Tracker, which reveals that [REDACTED] is "too close for comfort", according to Chloe Yang. With that, the 12 questers get on the launch pad and start gliding. Their plan is to defeat all of [REDACTED]' defenses to finish him off, leaving [REDACTED] without his chief [REDACTED]. When that happens, according to Ryan Y, the [REDACTED] army will vanish, leaving [REDACTED] super-weak. First, the friends arrive at one of his fortresses that holds the [REDACTED]. There are many traps to avoid. First, everyone decided to skybase above them with Ryan H's [REDACTED], but the guards have items that were put in the Vault a long time ago. Because of this, Brian calls Epic Games and rains banhammers on the guards. Then, cleverly evading all the traps, they make it to the beacon room. There, [REDACTED] is waiting. They engage in battle, only for [REDACTED] to knock [REDACTED] away. With that, the beacon is destroyed.

Next, the 12 friends invade his underwater fortress to destroy the [REDACTED]. After enchanting all their gear, they head down to destroy it. First, they go for a sponge room, which is converted into a temporary base. After a long search, everyone finds the room with the Conduit inside. However, there are hidden Elder Guardians which curse Carilea, making her fall on her back and shoot out a silvery-blue light from her chest. It's not solid, so the friends think she's gone for good, but a [REDACTED] pops out. It turns out that there is a chance, so they collect it and use it to bring her back. Eventually, Ryan H. uses his Champion gear to fry every Elder Guardian's retinas, allowing them to destroy the Conduit. However, as that happens, the walls explode, leaving everyone to evac to the surface. However, just a few feet away from the surface, Brian looks down and sees an ARMY of [REDACTED]! There is another huge battle, and this time, it's much harder to win. The heroes still do it, anyway.

The next week is dedicated to upgrading the existing camp to become a base. Just as everyone's building the watchtower, a gun is primed behind Brian's back. The intruder, [REDACTED], is hostile at first, but eventually becomes friendly, giving them a mission. [REDACTED] is supplying all of [REDACTED]' weapons, so the friends have to invade their last bunker and destroy it using eight time bombs within 30 minutes.. Being transported to Toronto, the mission starts off good, with everyone already disguised. All the loud gear is concealed, so there isn't much of a problem. However, Alex alerts a guard, initiating loud mode. Everyone rushes to the elevator to get their gear to finish the mission, and it still works, with a getaway via [REDACTED]'s heli at the last second. The mission isn't over, though, as a gunship comes over to try and destroy the heli everyone is on. There's a huge battle, but in the end, the gunship is downed.

After everything is done, everyone is bored again, but they recieve entertainment after a boba shop in NYC is reopened. Everyone goes there, meeting the cashier and having a good time. However, it's cut short when everyone- including the cashier and her cat- is transported to Rocky Cliff. After getting the information about the [REDACTED] and destroying it, everyone jumps where they think the starting pit is, but it's the sea. Fortunately, they save themselves, starting the course. They go through many obstacles, including five block jumps in real life, a freezing pool with only the strong able to get out, lava, cacti, and more. It turns out that the cat is named Derpo, can talk, and has a backpack with infinite everything you need. Yes, to get over the lava, he even has some strider spawn eggs. Genius! However, after that, there is a snake with a dragon's head and wings. Alex sends it to [REDACTED]'s ruins with the Hidden City's language, which Brian tries to translate. It just results in him falling unconscious after realizing Halcyon has a few people who didn't die. Later, they get past the Lion Queen and some difficult rope and mat parkour. It's pretty easy, but at the end, Elite [REDACTED] are guarding the [REDACTED]! By summoning some characters from Tupperbox, a Discord bot, Chloe is able to get help and defeat them. However, just as the bond with Marcus is destroyed, the area with the crystal blows up, sending everyone flying! However, they encounter Marcus again after getting infinite jetpacks with turbines inside. There's a huge battle, and in the end, everyone's pretty beaten up but alive.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Characters

 * Anerita Parks
 * Alex Woods
 * Brian Xu
 * Carilea Kincless
 * Chloe Yang
 * Derpo
 * Elizabeth Angela Claire
 * Emily White
 * Evelley Windrain
 * Katy Ellins
 * Markel/Marcus
 * Maya [REDACTED] (CAMEO)
 * Ryan Hsu
 * Ryan Yang
 * Serahina Bressing
 * Victory Darklight

+ a lot more

Reviews & Acclaim
So far, people who are lucky enough to have access to the document think it's great, and they expect it to be a great-selling book. For now, we know nothing about the selling.

Trivia

 * Will be added later.