Anime: Fight Sukuna at the beginning?.

Chapter 43 Mission Halfway Completed
[You have personally killed a pretender. At this stage, the battle reward has been unlocked. Based on their talent level, they will gain 2 free attribute points. Please claim them after the mission is completed.]

[Current number of pretenders killed in the team: 6]

[You can choose to spend 5000 points to solidify some of the pretender's talents into traits]

The characteristics after curing are as follows:
[Right-biased heart: Some people have their hearts on the right side, so they may be able to avoid a fatal blow from the enemy]

[Trait Effect: When receiving lethal damage, it can offset an additional damage equal to (Constitution + Intelligence) x 2. CD: 3 days]

There is nothing much to say. You can never have too many life-saving things. If it is a special feature, just choose solidification.

Fang Yi calmed down his emotions, adjusted his state, and began to think about this mission.

The strange behavior of that "Techu" is most likely due to a distortion in this mission, a small probability is that it is the work of Amano Mima, and an even smaller probability is that it is an unknown event beyond his cognition.

[The next station, Yashiro Station, I remember there are quite a few elite Kabane, as well as [Fusion Groups], which should be enough to verify the situation of this mission.]

The number of pretenders dead was now enough for him to deal with them all without any pressure. Besides himself, the only ones confirmed alive were Disma and Zhuang Zhengyan. Those whose lives were unknown were Chen Cheng and the two reincarnations who had gone with him.

There are now a total of 5 reincarnations. Even if I kill them all, it still meets the requirement of killing no more reincarnations than the number of pretenders in the mission.

But help is never too little, so I need to take some time to ask Disma about the next task and see if we can continue to cooperate.

If there is a conflict, the chains that restrained me from killing in the mission have been broken. I don’t have to work hard to maintain the image of a warm-hearted good person. There is nothing to be afraid of.

But if there is not too much conflict, the existing characters should still be maintained. After all, when the difficulty of the mission is unknown, killing the reincarnations without any reward and forcing them to an opposing position is a bit like digging your own grave.

Fang Yi began to plan his next large-scale scoring goal.

The main missions accumulated 3500 points, Juncheng got 200 points for assembling firearms and performing maintenance in the factory, Ikoma gave himself 2000 points, and he got 1300 points by leading the workers to kill Kabane.

Currently, 7000 points have been obtained through tasks, which is still far from the requirement of 15000 points.

The targets with great value should be the [Fusion Group], [Amado Mima] and the hunting group. Just follow the main task and go to Kongo Castle.

These people in the Iron Fortress are still useful and need to play the role of excellent leaders. After all, in the upcoming confrontation, these subordinates will be able to deal with the miscellaneous soldiers quite quickly.

With the help of [Jet Bullets], you can also help yourself quickly eliminate Kabane. Although the points are few, every little bit counts.

After finalizing the plan, Fang Yi took a step forward and prepared to find Zhuang Zhengyan.

Li Gui's dying wish just now made him feel that his [Supernatural Gravity] seemed to have a good effect on reincarnations as well. He could try to see if he could let Zhuang Zhengyan help him in the next mission.

Let Zhuang Zhengyan also pass the appraisal of the [Charm] brought by her talent [Supernatural Gravity].
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When Fang Yi walked to the carriage where Zhuang Zhengyan was resting, he found her sitting in her seat in a daze.

Fang Yi knocked on the carriage door, making a sound that attracted Zhuang Zhengyan's attention.

"Let's get to know Fang Renyi again. His talent allows him to gain favor with plot characters faster, including various common creatures. He also strengthens his gunnery skills and has a critical hit capability."

Fang Yi walked towards Zhuang Zhengyan and extended his hand.

Zhuang Zhengyan looked at Fang Yi's hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally shook it, then withdrew it.

"My name is Zhuang Zhengyan. My talent allows me to better utilize Holy Light. I have enhanced support and control, healing abilities, and temporary control abilities."

Fang Yi didn't want to waste time and spoke directly.

"What do you think of that elite Kabane just now—'Techitori'?"

Zhuang Zhengyan was a little slow to react. She thought Fang Yi would exchange some pleasantries before getting down to business.

Fang Yi repeated the question again before she reacted and answered subconsciously.

"The difficulty is abnormal and very strange. Unlike a monster like Kabane, I feel a human feeling."

Fang Yi, sitting across from Zhuang Zhengyan, took over the conversation directly. "I feel the same way. If the difficulty isn't normal, what are your plans for the next mission? The main quest hasn't been released yet, and the return quest hasn't even appeared yet."

Zhuang Zhengyan thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "What do you think?"

Fang Yi nodded directly, "I can share some of the information I have. As a token of sincerity, I hope you can also share some of the space intelligence that can be revealed."

Seeing that Zhuang Zhengyan agreed quickly, Fang Yi knew that there was hope for cooperation.

[This woman doesn't look difficult to deal with and should be easy to talk to, but it's best to use [Binding] or a spatial contract to ensure she doesn't backstab you.]

Fang Yi chose to reveal the shocking news directly.

"The blue light emanating from that Technic just now, I've encountered a similar situation before."

Seeing that Zhuang Zhengyan was immediately attracted by his words and started to follow his train of thought, he felt that there was a hope of tricking her into becoming a collaborator.

"While I was working in the factory, a worker behaved very strangely. You remember my talent, everyone was very friendly to me, but..."

Zhuang Zhengyan thought for a moment, "Is he abnormal?"

"Yes, it's not so much abnormal as it is a strange hatred towards me. Then, after Kabane entered the city, he turned into Kabane, but he seemed to still have some human rationality."

"There have also been cases where, after being injured, a blue light would appear on the body and the person would be revived at the speed of light."

Zhuang Zhengyan thought about the characteristics of the pseudo-human monster. "Are you saying these are related? But they don't have anything in common?"

"The only thing they have in common is that they are related to our main quest. Are you saying that the Impostor is behind this?"

"Pretenders only appear in novice missions where seeded players exist, and both teams are definitely equally strong. The space intentionally lets them in, perhaps to train the seeded players."

"But generally, the stage where you can start fighting will not be unlocked until you are halfway through the main quest."

"I just received the reward, so I'm already halfway through the main quest?" Fang Yi didn't reveal this information.

Fang Yi took out the map he had taken from Sifangchuan Changpu’s room, walked to Zhuang Zhengyan, unfolded it, and pointed at King Kong Guo and said.

"Unless the imposter knew from the outset that we were heading towards Jingang Guo and could predict our change of route to the mountain, they could have successfully ambush us."

"But all the reincarnations are dead except us. There should be no pretenders alive in the car. Oh, I forgot to ask you, where is Chen Cheng?"

Zhuang Zhengyan replied, "He and two reincarnations have gone to follow the footsteps of the hunters. I have a special method that allows me to communicate with him briefly every once in a while."

Fang Yi took out a pen and paper and began to draw an X. "You, I am not a pretender. I can ensure that Disma is not, but his identity..."

Zhuang Zhengyan interrupted Fang Yi and said, "I can assure you that Chen Cheng is not. As for Disma's intelligence, I can't tell you more at the moment, but he is definitely not our enemy."

Fang Yi relaxed. "We need to wait for Chen Cheng to reunite with us and exchange more information. According to the principle of power balance you mentioned, at least one of the remaining two is a 'pretender', and he should be very powerful."

"But I think the more likely scenario is that the mission has gone awry. So, cooperation? With the mission becoming increasingly difficult, every bit of help is invaluable."

Zhuang Zhengyan nodded. "You've convinced me. How about spending your points to draft a cooperation agreement?"

[It seems that [Supernormal Gravity] is also effective on reincarnations. Communication is unexpectedly smooth.]

Fang Yi heard the sound of the [Binding] skill meeting the activation conditions and decided to give the effect of this skill a try.

"No, I have a better way, and it's free."

ps: I have too many ideas and writing them is too abstract. I feel it would be better to just start boxing. I will start boxing people tomorrow and not write about this battle of wits. I will keep the settings simpler in the future.

(End of this chapter)