It was unclear if Xu Ke had invited more professional people to play the Hunters this time, but the speed at which people were eliminated was a bit beyond everyone's expectations.
Liu Kaiwei and Dou Xiao were eliminated one after another; six people had already been eliminated before there was any progress on Mission One, but this was not yet the limit.
With 73 minutes remaining, Zhang Liang was walking in a grassy area when he was caught by a Hunter who appeared behind him.
He didn't even react after being caught, not understanding how the opponent had appeared behind him without a sound.
Carrying this question, he returned to the Termination Zone dejectedly.
From afar, he heard the people inside discussing the Hunters.
Without time for excessive sadness, he quickly joined the army of complainers, becoming one of them.
"Dou Xiao, why are you in here again? Can you ever survive Mission One?"
"Next time for sure, next time for sure."
Dou Xiao awkwardly scratched his face.
He also wanted to do the later missions, but unfortunately, the Hunters never gave him the chance.
"These Hunters seem much fiercer than the previous two times.
It's my first time seeing so many people in the Termination Zone during Mission One," Du Chun said with emotion, but the smile on his face revealed his true thoughts: it was great to have so many people accompanying him.
"Yeah, I feel like they walk without making a sound.
I was on the phone with someone, and when I turned around, I found a pair of hands on my shoulder," Liu Kaiwei continued to complain, he was almost scared to death at the time.
"Exactly, exactly..."
A complaint session about the Hunters began in the Termination Zone.
With one minute left until the deadline for Mission One, Luo Jin and Ada Choi simultaneously arrived in front of their respective Hunter boxes and cut the wires.
Their actions were identical, but the results were different.
The former successfully sealed the Hunter box, while the latter released the Hunter.
At such close range, she had no way to escape.
"Isn't cutting the red wire safe? Didn't that fortune teller tell me that red was great?"
Ada Choi had also received that public information, but after some time and constantly avoiding Hunters on the road, her memory became a bit muddled, and she mistook "red is very bad luck" for "red is great,"
which is why she cut the red wire without hesitation at the first opportunity.
After the mission time ended, the Accelerators also learned this bad news.
Yes, this was also bad news for Yi Xing.
Every additional Hunter on the field meant a significant increase in the survival risk for others.
This was stealing victory coins from his hands!
He certainly couldn't accept it!
【With the efforts of Luo Jin and Ada Choi, the mission was successfully completed.
However, because Ada Choi cut the wrong wire, the Hunter in the box was released, increasing the number of Hunters in the game area to 5.】
With only 9 people currently alive, he made a major decision internally: to temporarily abandon the darkness and embrace the light for a period.
If he had to give a reason, it was his competitive spirit at play, wanting to see the specific information for Mission Four, to see if it was getting progressively more difficult and harder to complete.
Since he couldn't contact anyone at the moment, he planned to first find a companion to team up with and also to get a grasp of the current situation on the field.
Just as he thought it, his phone rang.
The caller ID showed Yi Yang Qianxi.
As expected of his good cousin, he always came at just the right time when he needed him most.
"Qian Xi, where are you now? I'll come find you."
"I'm at the Market, and Wang Yuan is here too."
"Alright, then wait for me there.
I'll be right there."
After speaking, Yi Xing glanced at the map, oriented himself, and quickly headed towards the Market.
"Who's coming over later?" Wang Yuan heard the conversation but didn't know who the person next to him was calling, so he asked out of curiosity.
"Xiao Xing Ge."
When he heard these three words, a look of relief appeared on his face.
His previously anxious heart, due to teammates being eliminated one after another, gradually calmed down.
Everyone had witnessed Yi Xing's performance on the show; as long as a task was handed to him, he could always complete it smoothly, as if nothing could stump him.
Not long after, the person they were discussing appeared before them.
He quickly walked up to the two, first greeting them, then observing their surroundings, and casting an appreciative gaze at them: "Not bad, who chose this place? It's quite safe."
"I chose it, I chose it!" Wang Yuan raised one hand high.
"Amazing!"
"Hehe, not really!"
As they chatted, a new mission was sent to their phones.
【The Emperor has posted a city-wide proclamation, seeking a maiden with phoenix-head shoes.
Find her and bring her to the Dingwu Bridge in front of the palace to try on the shoes.
If the true owner of the shoes is found, the Emperor will bestow a great reward.】
After reading it, Yi Xing chuckled softly.
Everywhere in this mission exuded a sense of familiarity; wasn't it the plot of Cinderella?
The dance dress and phoenix-head shoes drawn earlier at the silk shop, could they be the beautiful dress and glass slippers?
They corresponded perfectly.
The production team's creativity was truly impressive.
"You've finished reading, right?
Tell me your thoughts, whether we should do this mission."
"Xiao Xing Ge, I think we have to do it," Yi Yang Qianxi was the first to speak.
"Reason."
"It says the Emperor has a great reward.
I think it might be an item similar to one that can revive a teammate, or perhaps eliminate a Hunter on the field."
Yi Xing nodded upon hearing this deduction, acknowledging his cousin's statement.
Whichever of these two rewards it was, it was very important to him at the moment, especially eliminating a Hunter.
From a long-term perspective, the benefit it brought was clearly much greater than the first.
He then looked at Wang Yuan.
"I think Qian Xi is right, we have to go."
"Alright then, let's go.
Let's set off to find that 'Cinderella' who lost her shoe!"
The three immediately emerged from their hiding place and began searching the streets for a maiden wearing phoenix-head shoes.
What they initially thought would be a simple task turned out to be quite difficult.
Almost all the maidens wore phoenix-head shoes, making it hard to determine from appearance alone who the Emperor was looking for.
Without other crucial clues, it was undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack, and they were momentarily at a loss.
"Xiao Xing Ge, what should we do next? There are so many people."
"I don't know either.
Let's walk around and see if we can find some clues."
Yi Xing shook his head.
The sight of so many pairs of phoenix-head shoes already gave him a headache.
He couldn't possibly take them one by one to Dingwu Bridge to try them on; that would be too foolish.
