This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 45 Reward Reversal! Patrol Mission

Li Ming glanced at the corpse, and the mechanical arm with electric arcs retracted. After being strengthened by the Yunlei mother ore, the electric arcs on the mechanical arm were stronger than those he himself had stimulated.

Switching to the smart terminal, he began to inspect the room with the help of the 360-degree view.

Unfortunately, no hidden safe was found, but two hidden surveillance cameras were found, one on the ceiling and the other opposite the bed.

"There really is a surveillance camera..." Li Ming stared at the glass ball in front of him. It was well hidden and obviously specially made. If he didn't have a 360-degree view, he might not have been able to spot any clues.

There is no line connection, no signal transmission fluctuation, and it comes with a storage hard drive, all for the purpose of concealing the service.

Li Ming took out the hard drive and checked it, and found only videos from the last three days.

After transferring the balance in the Red Rose Black Hole Network to his own account, the total balance reached 250,000.

After the Red Rose’s bounty mission is reviewed, another 70,000 star coins will be credited to the account, totaling 320,000.

Li Ming was satisfied, but unfortunately...whether it was buying E-level gene seeds or upgrading D-level control objects, the difference was not even a little bit, so he had to save it up first.

When he got home, he looked through the records in the surveillance camera with great interest.

Most of them are live pornographic shows. Red Rose seems to be popular with both men and women. It was interesting at first, but I got bored later.

He didn't know if there were any important people among them, so he simply copied everything to the smart terminal and destroyed the hard drive.

.........

"Captain Yang, several more people died this morning, including Black Dog, Red Rose, and a few other minions. Those bounty hunters are becoming more and more reckless."

In the office, Lao Dao is reporting.

Yang Peng listened and suddenly looked up: "Who are you talking about? Red Rose?"

"Yes." Lao Dao nodded, "This morning, Red Rose was found naked in the bedroom, along with a minor character under her command."

"The bounty has been claimed by someone, a bounty hunter named Shadow. There have been several bounties recently, all of which were claimed by him."

After a public bounty is claimed, the codename of the person who completed it will be displayed.

"Tsk..." Yang Peng frowned. Red Rose was the one who sold information about Li Ming to the Xionghu Gang.

Somehow, he remembered Li Ming's question yesterday.

Impossible... He rejected it secretly. The development progress of Red Rose's gene seed had already exceeded 90%, which was the same level as Scarface Tiger. It was not something that Li Ming could solve at will.

Besides, I didn’t explicitly say it was the Red Rose yesterday, I just casually mentioned the Rose Club.

There are so many people in the Rose Club, how could Li Ming possibly lock onto the red rose in less than a day.

He shook his head and continued to listen to Lao Dao's report.

……

By the afternoon, a breaking news came that four more people were offered the million-dollar bounty - the security chief, the intelligence chief, the logistics chief, and the internal affairs chief.

A long list of captains were also put on the bounty list, including Yang Peng.

At the same time, the high reward for Tu Zheng and the other two was cancelled. Even if the reward was cancelled, a handling fee of 50% of the reward amount would still need to be paid.

This sudden change came suddenly, and just half an hour later, the chief of the city security department, Wang An, was assassinated.

An armor-piercing bullet pierced through the heavily armored hovercraft he was riding in and brushed past his cheek!
The entire city guard was blown up, bounties were put on all middle and senior management, and the chief of security was assassinated. This is a serious provocation!
All managers above the middle level went to attend a meeting, and soon a notice came - Silver Ash City activated the third-level alert, all city guards immediately canceled their vacations and patrolled day and night, schools were suspended, and all residents were not to go out unless necessary.

And has applied for support from Blue Star.

"That's vicious enough. First they attract the bounty hunters with a high reward, and then they offer a reward to the city guards. Even if Blue Star reacts, it will take time." Li Ming estimated, quite surprised.

"And the bounty hunters are already here. It's impossible for them to come here in vain. They will definitely shift their target to the city guards."

This plan was well done, but the price was not cheap. Three million-dollar bounties were cancelled, and 1.5 million star coins were just lost.

The water is completely muddy, and it's getting muddier. Now no one knows what's hidden under the water.

The citizens of Silver Ash City were in a panic, and each of them mobilized their connections to find out what happened. The wealthy ones bought tickets to the interstellar ship and temporarily went out to avoid the limelight. Yang Peng came back from the meeting with a gloomy expression. He gathered everyone and said in a deep voice:
"Four people form a team, divided into patrol areas, equipped with guns, wearing combat uniforms and bulletproof vests, and have 4-hour logistical support."

"If you encounter a bounty hunter, kill him!"

Lao Diao, Li Ning, Li Ming and there is a guy named Bai Yu, who is not too old, two years older than Li Ning, wears glasses and smiles all day long.

They formed a group of four and patrolled the East City of Silver Gray, the JS District, which covered more than a dozen streets, mostly residential areas. Under the third-level alert, there were few people on the streets.

The four of them separated and flew in shuttle craft, hovering in the sky.

"Brother Diao, how do we usually exchange gene seeds in our department?" Li Ming asked in the channel.

"Oh, you can't hold it back anymore." Lao Diao teased, "Are you almost done with your exercise?"

"Well, it should be soon."

“Young people, you have big hearts…” Lao Diao sighed.

"You're talking too much nonsense." Li Ning interrupted: "It's not difficult to exchange gene seeds. You just need to make meritorious deeds. If you want to exchange for F-level gene seeds, you need to complete at least fifty G-level cases..."

Li Ning explained, and Li Ming roughly understood that the so-called completion of a G-level event means that in ordinary cases that do not involve F-level life forms, an individual's contribution exceeds 50%.

The City Guards’ Internal Affairs Department has a special assessment system.

It may sound difficult for an individual to contribute more than 50%, but this is reality, not a game. Contribution cannot be measured intuitively, and there are many influencing factors.

With so many people in the entire City Guard Department, the annual allocation of F-level gene seeds is only twenty, and there are only five vacancies for the Security Department.

The City Guard Department is still recruiting people every year, plus the profits from those with connections... Even if you have made contributions, you still have to wait in line. The City Guards really treat people like donkeys.

"To exchange for E-level gene seeds, do we need to complete fifty F-level cases?" Li Ming asked.

"E-level..." Lao Diao laughed, "You are not an F-level life form yet. Don't be too ambitious. Li Ning is still waiting honestly. Even if you are related, you can't meet the requirements within two years."

"Yes, there are fewer E-level gene seeds available, and our department only has two each year. In addition, each department is competing for credit, so the actual difficulty is even higher."

"However, you got the rookie badge before, so if we estimate intuitively, it's not too much to count it as twenty times." Bai Yu said in the channel, "If there is a special reward from the top, it can also be converted."

"Many times, these things that seem difficult to us are actually just a matter of a word in the eyes of those big shots." Bai Yu smiled helplessly.

This was also the reason why Yang Peng recommended him to join the security team. Without external forces, it would take a long time to meet the requirements, Li Ming thought thoughtfully.

"In fact, pursuing these things is not a good thing." Lao Diao sighed: "To become a high-level life form, you have to fight on the front line. It's good to have a wife and children by your side."

"Don't say anything, old man. We young people are full of energy. Sooner or later, we will be able to take the lead and become F-class life forms..." Li Ning was full of confidence and comforted Li Ming:

"Don't let this old guy get you down. I'll protect you when the time comes."

Li Ming's mouth curled slightly, "Okay, no problem..."

Once the information Yang Peng submitted is approved, he will be able to use the City Guard’s special training room, and his goal is to obtain the E-level gene seed.

Thinking of this, he became more and more excited. The pleasure of evolution was indescribable.

There were no accidents during the daytime patrol, until night fell, when several people became alert.

"Bounty hunter attacks all happen at night, so be alert." Lao Diao said in a deep voice, but as soon as he finished speaking, a roar broke the tranquility of the night, and thick smoke and flames rushed straight into the sky.

Then the channel was filled with noise.

"Patrol teams near the new city area, please pay attention, please go to coordinates 1425, 2367 as soon as possible for support. The enemy is carrying light firepower. Incident assessment--F"

"repeat…"

"Fuck, I have such a bad mouth!" Lao Diao cursed, but he didn't hesitate, "You three follow me, let's go!"

Four small aircraft quickly headed towards the location where the fire was coming from.

(End of this chapter)