The male supporting character was actually myself.

Just two hours later, Jiang Chen received a bunch of information about the victim.

"Using other people's lives to win over subordinates and being generous with other people's money, the key point is that more than half of them failed to complete the hunting mission."

Looking at the information about the deceased, Lu Xinnan felt a heavy weight in her heart. "These people, weren't they all contestants?"

Just like Lewis at noon, he was merely running errands for people buying and selling information to earn a few meager wages, yet he almost lost his life as a contestant.

“They didn’t even bother to verify anything. They just killed people who seemed suspicious.” Jiang Chen sighed, rubbing his temples. “Those who indiscriminately kill innocent people deserve to die.”

The screen displayed a list of "contestants" killed by Meng Xiucheng and his team, all of whom were essentially the same—humanoid races from other low-level planets.

According to Li Zixuan, most of their Hunter Alliance members were short of money and had not yet had time to use items and other resources to build connections and exchange for assets after arriving on the main star.

Therefore, she absolutely did not have a large amount of funds to verify the target's past, but relied entirely on her position to search within the interstellar network.

Anyone suspected of being a contestant would be identified, and the information would be leaked to their subordinates for them to hunt down.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Out!

"They're so ruthless!" Lu Xinnan sighed, looking at the photos on the screen. "These are all living, breathing people!"

"Everyone has a different personality, so what they gain from the mission world will naturally be different. Some people feel that a few decades pass in the blink of an eye, and subconsciously they will cherish life more."

Some people, however, will give up entirely. They finally encounter a mission world without a main system and with restrictions everywhere, and start living a life of gaming, treating living people as NPCs in the game and killing them at will.

The reason is simply that once the assessment is completed, they will leave this mission world. As long as they complete the task as required, the main system won't interfere. Without constraints, the evil in human nature will be exposed.

Jiang Chen sent the filtered list to the person who sold the information again. While waiting for a reply, he twirled his fingers thoughtfully and said, "Sister Lu, what do you plan to do with that contestant in the basement?"

"Huh? Me?" She paused for a moment, a look of hesitation flashing across her face. "Actually, she was also a victim, wasn't she? Wasn't she supposed to have been marked by that Meng Xiucheng's golden prop?"

However, she was also a key accomplice in the gang's crimes. Releasing her would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.

"Since she treats hunting down contestants like a game, let's give her a game in return."

Jiang Chen toyed with the dagger in his hand, a sincere smile on his face, and said, "This is a good opportunity to hone your combat skills. After all, we'll soon be preparing for the interstellar battlefield. You need to be strong yourself to fight. How can you charge into battle in a mech without practicing your courage?"

Piloting a mecha?

Lu Xinnan's heart skipped a beat, but she couldn't help but feel a little tempted when she recalled seeing those mecha advertisements on those giant screens in the city center.

She clenched her hands, nodded, and replied, "Okay, I'll follow your instructions!"

When Li Zixuan heard that she could gain her freedom by defeating this seemingly gentle and quiet older sister, her eyes lit up!

"These two have been very lenient with you, so you should know when to quit while you're ahead," the little fat whale advised her, blowing bubbles. "Use the props to restrain her and then run away quickly. I doubt the handsome guy will shoot you in the back."

She rolled her eyes, looking impatient. "All you do is talk nonsense. Don't bother me!"

Should we quit while we're ahead?

What kind of interstellar joke is this?

These two know everything about him. They even threatened him to contact Meng Xiucheng, lying to him that they had infiltrated the organization as victims and were ready to help him catch them all in one fell swoop.

If they just try to run away, not only will they be caught red-handed by these two and stabbed in the back at any moment, but they won't even be able to get past Meng Xiucheng!

He desperately wanted to secure substantial financial support in a very short time, and knowing that these two were willing to pay exorbitant sums for information, he was determined not to miss such a golden opportunity.

To win, we must take advantage of a fair fight and deliver a fatal blow to both of them!

Not only could he gain two clues, but he could also complete the hunting mission and find a perfect hiding place. He would throw away the communicator and never contact Meng Xiucheng again, lying in the shadows waiting for the opportunity to win war merits.

With such a great opportunity to go solo, I'm not going to give it up easily!

After making up her mind, Li Zixuan walked into the circle drawn in the small courtyard.

"I'll repeat the rules again: both sides can use props, but they cannot..." Before Jiang Chen could finish speaking, Li Zixuan, who had already grabbed the prop, threw the button on the ground and laughed arrogantly, "Go to hell!"

One-time use A-grade item - Five Thunderbolts!

It possesses a powerful weapon that, once used, causes those within a two-meter radius of the user to be struck by lightning, leaving no one unharmed except the user.

"Host, be careful!" The little white cat smelled the props and jumped out of the window, pouncing on him.

Before Lu Xinnan could even react, she saw the small courtyard shrouded in a huge black arc-shaped barrier centered on Li Zixuan, her vision dimmed, and several thick bolts of lightning struck down directly!

The electric arc caused temporary blindness due to visual impairment.

"Boom!"

Within a two-meter radius, the sky darkened instantly, and lightning roared. A few seconds later, the effect of the prop disappeared, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard had long since withered, turned yellow, and lost their vitality due to the electric shock.

"It's so noisy, what are you all doing?" the little panda asked, kicking its legs and rubbing its eyes sleepily.

The little white cat, terrified, bristled and clung to its host's face, shrieking, "Host, are you alright? Are you hurt? Where does it hurt?"

Jiang Chen stared at Li Zixuan with cold eyes, as if she were looking at a dead person.

"Sister Lu, let's skip the fair play match and practice shooting instead."

The system's item effects were impressive within range, but outside of range, everything was calm and peaceful. Even the old lady tending to her flowers and plants in the neighboring yard didn't notice anything unusual.

"Okay, okay." Lu Xinnan finally realized what had happened. She looked back at Jiang Chen and realized that he had blocked the fatal attack. Her throat was dry and her hands were trembling with fear.

Taking out a gun he had given her from the system space, Lu Xinnan took a deep breath, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

"No wonder you're so fearless, you all have life-saving gadgets." Li Zixuan sneered and threw down the buttons one after another.

Various items with different impact effects exploded around the two of them. Unless they had a teleportation item that they could use immediately, they would definitely not survive the multiple attacks!

"Why go to such extremes?" the little fat whale sighed. "Although you'll definitely complete the hunt, I don't want to congratulate you at all..."

Before the assistant system's Buddhist-like voice had even faded, the effects of the props in the courtyard had already ended.

Jiang Chen remained standing in the same spot, the ground around him cracked and torn open, clearly having suffered a severe blow; even a corner of the small building had been blasted open. Lu Xinnan gripped her gun with both hands, her brief fear followed by boundless rage!

I had just spoken up for her, and she turned out to be a cold-blooded and ungrateful person!

"boom!"

Thinking of this, Lu Xinnan, unable to bear it any longer, pulled the trigger.

Li Zixuan was still in shock and hadn't made her next move when she was shot in the abdomen and thrown to the ground by the powerful cushioning.

"Blood, so much blood..." She subconsciously touched her stomach, her right hand covered in blood. After a brief numbness, a burning pain shot through her, and Li Zixuan screamed, "Help! They're killing people! Help!"

In the neighboring courtyard, the green-skinned alien-like old lady was still leisurely listening to a tune and tending to her flowers and plants. Her melodious and gentle voice drifted over and landed in the ears of the desperate Li Zixuan, like the last straw.

She screamed for help with all her might, but the greetings from neighbors on the street outside the courtyard wall and the tunes from the neighboring courtyard continued unabated, as if no one could hear anything from here.

"I...I didn't aim properly." When Lu Xinnan saw Li Zixuan, who was covered in blood and struggling to survive, her hands trembled even more. She fired one shot after another, hitting her target every time, but none of them were fatal.

The little white cat frowned, grinned, and wagged its fluffy tail, whispering, "This sister is too cruel! She won't even give me a quick death! It's terrifying!"

After struggling for a few minutes, Jiang Chen, who couldn't stand it any longer, stepped forward to give Lu Xinnan some guidance. Only then did Lu Xinnan slowly aim at her forehead and quickly fire a shot.

[Contestant Li Zixuan is out!]

Chapter Twenty-Nine Reminder

Upon hearing the cold, emotionless voice of the main system reminding her, Li Zixuan, who was being dragged away from the mission world by a strange force and floating in the void as a spectator, had only two things left in her mind.

Firstly, it's strange what kind of incredible items they have that allow them to calmly dodge so many attacks;

Secondly, when her gaze fell on her own "corpse," Li Zixuan felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

The blood-covered body slowly pixelated and disappeared into fragments in the courtyard, leaving no trace!

The blood that had dripped onto the ground earlier evaporated and disappeared along with his body.

Images of the blood-soaked corpses she had cleaned up after Meng Xiucheng flashed through her mind...

Those we selected were real, living people in the world, not contestants!

However, it was too late to realize this now; he could only float in the void and watch the other contestants proceed with their assessments.

"My hunting mission is complete, thank you!" Lu Xinnan said, panting and trying to suppress the churning in her stomach.

After waving his hand, Jiang Chen walked to the location where Li Zixuan's "body" disappeared and carefully examined it, concluding that "the body of a contestant will disappear immediately after death, while that of a non-contestant will not."

According to Li Zixuan, Meng Xiucheng had successfully completed the hunting mission, so he knew the difference between the two.

Even so, we still chose to let her find suspicious individuals and indiscriminately kill innocent people. We might consider adding his so-called Hunter's Alliance to our premium package.

"What should we do next?" Having finally calmed her anxiety, Lu Xinnan asked hesitantly, "Your hunting mission isn't finished yet. Should we continue pursuing Yao Tianyu or change our target to Meng Xiucheng?"

He pondered for a moment and then gave a faint smile. "First, remind the other suspected participants to be careful of the Hunter Alliance; as for my target, let's see which of the two deserves to die more."

"Ah!" Lying in bed, Meng Xiucheng, who was thinking about how to use Li Zixuan, who had infiltrated the enemy, to provide clues so that he could bring those two super-rich contestants under his command and live a life of luxury without worrying about money, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and couldn't help but cry out.

The little cheetah was squatting in front of the screen, boredly watching mecha ads, when it suddenly heard its host's wailing and was startled. "What's wrong with you? Are you crazy?"

"Suddenly my stomach hurts terribly!" Meng Xiucheng curled up, gasping for breath in pain.

Seeing this, the little cheetah wagged its tail and said casually, "You got a stomachache, didn't you? Who told you to overeat every day? You finally managed to get some money, but you act like you've never eaten before and want to try everything."

To be honest, eating that alien octopus sashimi for lunch was pretty disgusting; it was alive!

It might be causing trouble in your stomach right now; a normal stomach can't digest a giant alien octopus, which is perfectly normal.

"If it's really food that's upset my stomach, I'm going to sue that restaurant!" Meng Xiucheng muttered as he moved toward the bathroom, his face pale and his back aching. "I spent nearly 10,000 interstellar coins and they made me sick. I won't rest until that alien restaurant is bankrupt!"

The little cheetah rolled its eyes and pouted. "You need to understand that you're here to do a mission, not to enjoy life. If you're not feeling well, hurry up and use a healing item so you don't delay your business."

Meng Xiucheng was in so much pain that he couldn't bear it any longer. He quickly found a medical tool and used it before he slowly recovered.

"Li Zixuan said that to avoid arousing suspicion from those two, we should temporarily switch to text messages and delete them promptly. It's such a hassle. Otherwise, how can I flirt with her and get her to seduce them so we can get it over with sooner?"

"You can handle this yourself. Anyway, I won't participate, spread rumors, or make up stories. The host's actions are none of my business." The little cheetah continued to lie in front of the screen watching the exciting alien entertainment program.

[Attention participants: A Hunter Alliance has been established on the main planet. Their distinguishing feature is a crescent-shaped birthmark-like mark on the back of their right hand. Please exercise extreme caution.]

Jiang Chen sent the notification message to the communication numbers of potential hosts according to the filtered list. The next second, nearly a hundred humanoid races distributed on the main star received the message simultaneously.

"What the heck is this? Spam text messages from the main planet?"

"What are these 'contestants'? Is it a new game? Damn! I just logged onto the main planet and my information has already been sold? The sale of personal information on the main planet is way too rampant!"

"The Hunter Alliance? Is there really a host who fears nothing more than a peaceful world and wants to do whatever he wants?"

"Who sent the alert? How did they get my number? Oh no, the main planet isn't safe!"

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