【Friendly Reminder: Don't worry too much about timeline errors! Just treat it as a parallel world!】
However, some people did not go to the Market. The reason was simple: their current location was too far away, and they were too lazy to rush over. Han Dongjun and Jin Cheng were excellent examples.
This young couple had been together since the start of the show, as if they weren't participating in the same program as everyone else. They managed to turn it into a travel and romance variety show, strolling here and stopping there. If it weren't for the cameras filming them, they might have even kissed a few times.
The cameraman following them had a pretty easy job. He was getting paid to watch other people fall in love, which was no different from watching TV at home, except he was also getting paid. Such a good deal, they wouldn't mind if it happened more often.
While leisurely strolling, they stumbled upon a Hunter Box placed in the area. They exchanged surprised glances and immediately walked over, examining the object in front of them.
"Cheng Cheng, this must be the Hunter Box mentioned in the mission, right?"
Han Dongjun gently tapped it, which startled Jin Cheng. She said with a slightly scolding tone,
"Don't touch it randomly! What if you accidentally release the Hunter?"
"It's fine, it's fine. Didn't the mission say that unless we cut the wrong wire or time runs out, the Hunter won't come out?"
"Really?" She was a little disbelieving. She picked up her phone and re-read it word for word. It was indeed as her boyfriend had said. So, she also reached out and tapped it.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, as if she had thought of a good idea. She pulled Han Dongjun and posed in front of the box, letting the camera capture this "heroic" scene. Besides being caught, there weren't many opportunities to get this close to a Hunter. So, the two of them played around there.
It was the staff members in the game area who couldn't stand it anymore. They originally didn't want to interfere too much, but the couple's poses were endless. In just a few minutes, they had almost taken a set of artistic photos. Only then did a staff member proactively come over to remind them and move the game process forward.
"Excuse me, you two, I understand your excitement at seeing a motionless Hunter, but shouldn't we focus on the mission?"
The young couple came back to their senses upon hearing the staff's reminder. They smiled sheepishly, and the boy scratched the back of his head, saying, "Oh right, I need to quickly tell Luo Jin and the others that the Hunter Box is at... at... Cheng Cheng, where are we right now?"
"Let me see, we are at Zhuangyuan Mansion." Jin Cheng looked up at the plaque above and knew her exact location.
"Okay, then I'll call Luo Jin and the others."
Han Dongjun immediately picked up his phone to make a call, but he heard a female voice from inside: "Sorry, the number you dialed is currently busy. Please try again later."
Returning to Yi Xing's perspective, after relaying the information from the silk shop, he roamed freely throughout the venue. However, this game area was indeed a bit large, and it took him some time to finally find a Hunter Box placed in Tianyi Hall. He sat on the steps to rest, waiting for the phone to ring.
He regretted his decision a bit. He should have known to bring someone along to search. That way, if he found it, he could actively contact someone, unlike now, where he was foolishly waiting, hoping someone would contact him soon.
Since the call was long overdue, he stood up, a little bored, and observed the Hunter Box in front of him. There were two wires on it, one red and one blue. He recalled a fortune teller who had stopped him on the road and told him to avoid red today, as it was a sign of great misfortune. He immediately understood which wire to cut.
"Ding ding ding!" The urgent ringing of the phone sounded.
Yi Xing's face showed joy, thinking someone was calling him. He picked it up and saw it was a message that someone had been caught. It was actually bad news, making his already impatient mood, due to waiting, even worse. A low-pressure aura emanated from his body.
It turned out that when Luo Jin first got the scissors, he was about to contact Yi Xing and had even taken out his phone, but then he saw a Hunter rushing towards them. Saving his life was paramount; he couldn't care about anything else.
Fortunately, the opponent wasn't coming for him, but had locked onto Wang Junkai. In addition, the Market's terrain was very flat, with basically no places to turn.
If he rushed into the indoor shops, only death awaited him. Therefore, he was forced into a straight-line race, and the result was no surprise, ending with Wang Junkai being caught, and his scissors were lost on the spot.
After seeing the Hunter leave, Luo Jin emerged from his hiding place. He first observed the surrounding environment, then called the person waiting anxiously in Tianyi Hall.
"Hello, Luo Jin, what's wrong?"
Yi Xing's voice came from the other end. Although he was very happy that he no longer had to wait, he dared not show it. He didn't want others to notice that he couldn't actively contact other people, as it would easily expose his identity.
"I got the scissors. Did you find the Hunter Box?"
"I only found one, at Tianyi Hall. I'm currently on my way to find the second one."
"Okay, then I'll go cut it first. Oh, by the way, do you know which wire to cut?" Luo Jin's reply was met with endless silence.
"Hello, hello, are you still there? You weren't caught, were you?"
After a few seconds, Yi Xing's voice reappeared. He thought everyone had heard that public message, but he didn't expect Luo Jin not to know. At that time, he was very conflicted about whether to tell the other person which one was correct. In the end, he decided to stick to his previous resolve not to cause trouble during Mission One.
"I wasn't caught. A Hunter just passed by me. I got a message from a passerby who told me that cutting the blue one is safe."
"Understood. Thank you for finding the other Hunter Box."
"No problem, no problem."
After ending the call, Yi Xing let out a long sigh, his heart a mix of emotions. When he was a child, he watched those undercover agents on TV, each with extremely rich psychological activities, thinking they were deliberately created for acting. Only by experiencing it himself did he understand that everything was real. This feeling of being torn was really too difficult to bear.
At the same time, Han Dongjun, who was also calling Luo Jin, learned that the other party was on the phone. He waited patiently, then called again, and this time it connected smoothly.
"Yo, Dongjun, what's up?"
"Luo Jin, Jin Cheng and I are here at Zhuangyuan Hall. There's a Hunter Box here, but we don't have a tool to cut the wire. Do you know who has scissors?" He quickly explained his current situation.
"Ada Choi has some, contact her, or you can also come to the Market to pick up the scissors Wang Junkai dropped. I'm going to the other Hunter Box now."
"OK, I'll go find Ada Choi."
Han Dongjun told Ada Choi the same thing and after getting the news that she would arrive as soon as possible, he continued to happily play with Jin Cheng beside him. They couldn't do anything else now except wait.