"Eh? Is that all?"
The video paused right before Li Aozi began to explain in detail about the abilities of the "Mutant", and the brewing anticipation abruptly ca to an end, leaving Lu Run itching to see more:
"Co on, I wanted to watch more of the plot. Why stop here? At least explain the ’Mutant’s’ abilities. Once I’ve edited this, I can use it as material straight away."
That being said, this kind of impactful and intense ga plot was sothing Lu Run was seeing for the first ti.
In less than two hours of Mingji Humanity surveillance footage, the characters of Li Aozi, Nomi, and Qiu Ran were brought to life vividly.
"This ’Mutant’ called Li Aozi, he’s practically born to promote the ’Sovereign’ class. Look at how smoothly he uses Arcane Energy, switches abilities effortlessly, and even has the power to extract Arcane Energy from others—put that in any other ga, and he’d be the protagonist, right?"
After watching the video, Lu Run was exceedingly excited, his mind full of images of Li Aozi’s nimble movents and combat postures, whether it was the aerial maneuvering or the dazzling display of the long sword, even to the point of savagely ripping away the enemy’s life force—these all showcased the traits of the ’Sovereign’ class.
What do players want?
Cool, strong, exhilarating!
Think about it, among the six classes, only the ’Sovereign’ class starts with a single ’Mutant’. It used to feel understaffed, lacking in Attraction and potential.
But now, seeing Li Aozi’s fluid switching of combat Arcane Energy and his versatility at various ranges, the playability of this occupation just skyrocketed.
"Are you done watching?" Xue Nian and Luo Le hadn’t paid close attention to the footage, but seeing Lu Run so excited, they grew curious:
"What’s the deal with that Li Aozi? Did you find out the backstory and aftermath of the Slaughterous Nether Path?"
"Yeah, I’ve got a rough idea."
Lu Run organized his thoughts and spoke:
"Mingji Humanity is actually a research institution supported by the Frost Plated Republic, which claims to uphold humanitarianism but is secretly studying various biochemical weapons behind the scenes."
"Especially by scaring those involved with the threat of ’Ersha Infected Individuals’ from the Outer World and the fringe cities of Frostdale, persuading them to willingly leave their hos and seek treatnt at Mingji Humanity—which is to say, biochemical experints."
"In this footage, multiple factions are involved, along with so internal power struggles that I don’t quite understand, but I do catch so of it."
"The power behind Mingji Humanity—the Third Rule Institution of Frostdale—is responsible for supporting the activities of Mingji Humanity, with the ultimate aim of awakening Arcane Energy in all Frostdale won to consolidate their political status."
"At present, Mingji Humanity has developed a very frightening Ersha Armant—each one of the Ersha Armants is modified from child and youth, with each one being at least at the Alpha Stage, above level 20 in combat power."
"Nomi, Qiu Ran, Xeno, and many other Infected, from youths to infants, are all victims of the Mingji Humanity experints."
Hearing this, Luo Le couldn’t help but curse softly:
"That’s utterly barbaric, to prey on children like that."
"Even if Mingji Humanity really did these things, based on the way Frostdale operates, they wouldn’t admit it... But on the other hand, what’s Li Aozi’s status? Neriya seed to have said that Li Aozi isn’t with the Rose Army, right?" Xue Nian was concerned about this issue.
After all, their task was to help Li Aozi reveal the truth.
"After watching it several tis, I think Li Aozi must be with the Red Arrow Empire. He beca a Scavenger in the Outer World, probably a character of a Lawful Neutral alignnt?"
Lu Run wasn’t quite sure either.
Li Aozi seed to have many scenes and plot points, but from their perspective, his true identity remained elusive.
"I’m guessing that he’s probably a main plot character of the ’Sovereign’ class, and it’s even possible that he is the ’Sovereign’ class Professional Instructor."
Considering this, Xue Nian pulled up the task panel.
[Settlent Conditions]: A. "Lawful Good"—Wrong is wrong, apprehend/eliminate Li Aozi (Warning: The target is extrely dangerous, you are not equipped with the prerequisite conditions)
Reward: 1 million Experience, Main Attribute 15 points.
"Looking at this, Settlent Condition A clearly takes the side of Frostdale, so it’s normal for the reward to be very generous."
B. "Lawful Neutral"—Right or wrong is none of my concern, justice lies within people’s hearts, find out the truth about Mingji Humanity and Li Aozi (You can complete this at your level and avoid combat with the target)
Reward: 150,000 Experience, Main Attribute 1 point, Favorability with Li Aozi 30;
"Then there’s B. Based on the description, this is a very neutral option, one that doesn’t antagonize Frostdale and doesn’t wholly side with the notorious Li Aozi, just revealing the truth—To , this seems like the most Rational approach, not entirely breaking with Frostdale and still able to move within Frostdale territory."
C. "Lawful Evil"—Though you are wrong, I am no saint either. Join forces with Li Aozi to wipe out all Bounty Hunters and Frostdale rcenaries, ensuring your contribution exceeds 10%. (You can complete this with ease and avoid combat with the target)
Reward: 80,000 Experience, Favorability with Li Aozi 50, and if you haven’t acquired a Main Profession, unlock the ’Mutant’ Occupation inheritance.
"Settlent Condition C is quite interesting."
Xue Nian analyzed, pointing at the last reward and saying:
"Look, its task reward includes unlocking the ’Mutant’ profession. This clearly indicates that Li Aozi has a deep connection with the ’Mutant’, and it’s very likely that he’s the Guide set up by the neural network for players born in Frostdale to advance through the ’Sovereign’ class."
"It makes sense — it’s just like a neural processor to have everything arranged."
As Li Aozi mused over this, his excitent surged:
"Hey, I just rembered, the mbers who deal with PR for the other five lines haven’t found characters like professional instructors yet — so following this line of thought, wouldn’t that an that if you stick with ’Sovereign’ line players from the start, they’d face a lot less pressure?"
He took the opportunity to glance at the company’s internal chat group: sure enough, everyone was working overti, looking for main professional instructors for each line, with only the Sky Ring District having found a ’Destroyer’ line ’Martial Artist’ NPC to act as a marketing mascot, and they were in the middle of filming.
"We need to speed things up."
Luo Le projected the map and, incidentally, glanced at the weary GTB Bounty Hunters in the car — these fugitives were dazzled by the beautiful dream of a class leap, oblivious to what enemies they were about to face.
"We have to et Li Aozi and talk to him before these guys, otherwise, judging by that killing spree in the video, it’s going to be tough to communicate with him during a real fight."
Xue Nian nodded.
As ga testers, they had internal company requirents to et.
They couldn’t join any faction, had to be levels ahead of the players, couldn’t attack players, couldn’t reveal information to outsiders... and so on.
If they could complete this task earlier, not only could they get off work sooner, but the levels of both him and Luo Le would greatly increase. Then they would be well-prepared to et the end-of-month targets without the need for daily overti.
"What should we do?" Li Run worried, "How can I shoot the footage if I can’t talk to Li Aozi up close?"
"That," said Xue Nian, "is not too hard to figure out."
"Hmm?" Li Run voiced his confusion.
"The video footage you have was captured from the Mingji Humanity. If it’s just for shooting footage, we can take a different approach — go directly to the P-205 Shelter in Mingji Humanity. It’s only about 30 kiloters away from here, search, download, edit the video, that’ll take less than forty minutes."
"Oh! But where do we get the vehicle..."
Xue Nian glanced at the GTB vehicles.
This transport vehicle was converted from an ordinary Frostdale driverless bus, with no human driver at all, just a set of programd controls — after all, what kind of preferential treatnt could Bounty Hunters want, armored vehicle availability, tank and mobile armor escort? It was a bit like a pipe dream.
He looked at Luo Le again, and his old comrade imdiately understood his intention.
Luo Le raised a hand and released a data cable, connecting it into the vehicle’s air conditioning chip; his pupils split open to reveal the electronic cara inside, and a series of data codes flowed in front of him.
"Although the firewall level is low, my RAM isn’t sufficient to completely hack this vehicle’s control — I have a plan: braking pads will consu 15% RAM, air conditioning 17%, we can block the cara, and location signal; all this will consu just 57% of the RAM, what do you think?"
Xue Nian gave a nod, "Don’t hold back, use the virus program from our last overti."
"That’s at ’Exquisite Craftsmanship’ level, I haven’t even figured out the underlying logic!" Luo Le grumbled, "If the company didn’t prohibit convicted personnel from trading ga items, we could sell it for at least 30,000 Derby on the player market once it goes public."
"Believe , it’s worth it."
Xue Nian slowly stood up, pretending to be weary from sitting too long, started to stroll up and down the bus aisle, his gaze sweeping over the other lethargic Bounty Hunters, communicating via the external ga voice channel:
"There are 21 people in this vehicle, all under level 10, two of whom have military-grade rifles — I’ll take control of the doors in a while, and you’ll put down the vehicle window’s protective barriers to prevent anyone from breaking the windows and jumping out."
"Okay then, you just be careful to stay on your feet." Luo Le nodded, suddenly selecting a virus package nad ’Scam Master’ from the program bar, dragging and uploading it into the vehicle.
"What? What are you guys up to?" Li Run was bewildered, as the two suddenly started talking about so inexplicable plan.
"Hold tight, cara guy."
Luo Le grinned and grabbed onto a handrail nearby. The upload progress bar quickly moved forward, hitting 100%.
[Infiltration Successful]
Hiss—
Suddenly, the bus slamd on its ergency brakes, bringing it to a halt, and the unprepared Bounty Hunters montarily flew out of their seats, tumbling chaotically inside the bus space.
"Damn it, what the hell? Has the AI gone rogue?"
A Martial Artist, who was just enjoying a beer, stumbled and nearly fell in front of the door, spilling his beer all over himself. Cursing, he was about to clean up the ss when suddenly, he saw a bear paw larger than a human head appear in his field of vision.
"...Huh?"
With a look of bafflent, he raised his head and was imdiately confronted with Xue Nian’s eyes — ferocious and green, like an Evil Ghost incarnate, muscles rippling and instantly covered with a layer of thick brown bear fur.
"You’re a ’Shaman’—"
Crack!
Xue Nian raised his clawed hand, swiftly snapping off the Martial Artist’s head from his neck and sending it flying out of the bus.
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