Chapter 442 [(*^▽^*)]
The nights deep in the mountains are quiet, yet lively, with the calls of many small animals rising and falling. But everyone is tired after a long day, and although it's a bit noisy at night, they can still fall asleep.
Gradually, no one around him spoke. Apart from the occasional person getting up to go out to relieve themselves, nothing else happened. Perhaps this place was still somewhat close to the living areas of outsiders, so there were no large wild animals here. Lin Leyou casually found a corner to rest.
He knew, of course, that Jiang Changdong had been watching him, but so what? Could he possibly make a move now?
Xue Rui suddenly opened his eyes, then slowly got up and walked outside. There were several others like him just now, and some of them hadn't returned since they went out, but since no one had heard any noise, they didn't pay any attention to it.
If something happens, even if they die, they can at least scream a couple of times to attract attention before they die, right? Xue Rui also knew that these people who went out weren't just relieving themselves, but were just wandering around.
They didn't go very far, just wandered around the surrounding area, probably looking for something, but they couldn't find anything there.
Xue Rui did not attack their team. Instead, he secretly released some mechanical spiders during the day to locate another team, which we will call Team One, and followed them.
The mechanical spiders that Lin Leyou released followed the second team. Their team was the third team. All three teams rested at night, and no one was confident that they could walk the mountain road late at night.
Of course, today is just the beginning, so naturally none of the three teams have encountered any danger. However... the reason they haven't encountered any danger is because no one is creating any.
The three teams weren't actually very far apart, but they were taking different routes. Plus, the dense foliage in the mountains made it difficult to see far ahead, so they knew of each other's existence but didn't know when they entered the mountains or their exact location.
Following the map's directions, Xue Rui quietly arrived near a group's resting place for the night. When he set off earlier, he had observed through the mechanical spider that some people had come out alone, seemingly searching for a possible route to Xiushan Village. It was pitch black, and he didn't know if they could find anything.
Xue Rui secretly observed these people, then slowly approached the person furthest away from the main group. He casually took out a crystal necklace from his backpack and put it around his neck.
This crystal necklace is a silencing crystal, a purple-grade item. When worn, it silences everything within a ten-meter radius of the necklace, meaning no sound can be transmitted. It is one of the best tools to assist in assassinations.
He obtained this item in a rather special dungeon. For this item, he was even willing to fail and lose points. However, obtaining this purple-grade item made it all worthwhile, even if he failed.
After all, the cheapest purple-grade equipment in the system shop costs at least one million points, while you can only get a few thousand points after clearing that dungeon. So it's definitely worth it.
Xue Rui did not underestimate this person. He did not know whether this person was a player, a resident, or an ordinary NPC, so he simply regarded this person as a high-level player and took out his only gold-level attack weapon, a dagger.
He kept checking his wristwatch, which was a scanning device, as he walked over. Only after confirming that the lit dot was blue did he quietly approach.
The man was looking around with a map in his hand. Xue Rui didn't know what he could see in the dark, but no matter what, this man was going to die, and everyone else except him and Lin Leyou was going to die.
This person seemed to be an ordinary NPC. He didn't notice Xue Rui approaching quietly. Even after Xue Rui silently stood behind him, he still walked forward without knowing anything.
Xue Rui showed no mercy to the oblivious man, covering his mouth and pinning him to the ground, before delivering a fatal blow to his neck with a dagger.
This way, his wound is in front, and when the blood splatters out, it will only spray onto the ground and won't get on him. When he goes back, no one will smell any blood.
Xue Rui only let go of the person after confirming that they were completely dead, having stopped breathing and their heart had stopped beating. At this moment, he received a system notification: "Congratulations, Xue Rui, for killing one bandit. You have gained 500,000 points!"
The system notified me that I had earned 500,000 points. Xue Rui did indeed receive 500,000, but what about Lin Leyou? Does this mean that whoever kills the target gets 500,000 points, while the other person doesn't?
Xue Rui knew that now was not the time to send a message to ask, so he put aside the idea and decided to ask when he got back. However, not long after, he received a message from Lin Leyou: "I received 500,000 points."
Xue Rui was relieved. The 500,000 was actually for both of them, not split equally! That's great, that couldn't be better, they can both get more points!
Relieved, Xue Rui casually tossed the corpse into a thick pile of weeds and continued searching for other lone people in the vicinity. However, it was only the first day, and there weren't many lone people. He didn't find a second lone person, and time was almost up, so he gave up and quickly returned to the cave.
When he returned, only a few light sleepers glanced at him before continuing to sleep. Xue Rui quietly returned to the corner he had been sitting in and soon closed his eyes to sleep.
After that, two more people left one after another, and then Lin Leyou also got up and left. Xue Rui had just gone to Team One, and this time he was going to Team Two. Team Two was located in the opposite direction of Team One, which meant that Team Three, where the two of them were, was in the middle.
After he left, Jiang Changdong didn't even look at him and continued to rest. He didn't even send any surveillance equipment to follow him. After staying outside for a while, he looked at the lit blue dot on his watch and his face turned ugly.
"You really have confidence in yourself..."
Lin Leyou quickly regained his composure and headed towards the direction of the second team. Through the mechanical spider, he saw three people wandering around alone, seemingly doing nothing.
There seem to be players among them, but there also seems to be none. If they are players, being killed will definitely result in the loss of 100 million points and their death. However, Lin Leyou will not show them any mercy or let them go because of this.
After all, if he didn't kill them, he and Xue Rui would each lose 200 million points. He would still be alive, but Xue Rui would definitely be gone. Even if it was just for Xue Rui's sake, he had to kill all of them.
Even if these players' scores are reduced to negative numbers, they will be controlled by the system to commit suicide after returning to the real world.
Although Lin Leyou felt somewhat guilty, he knew very well from beginning to end what he wanted and what his purpose was, and he would not let himself suffer because of others' pity.
The mechanical spider followed three daring individuals who were wandering around alone. The location of these three individuals was clearly marked on the map, but the map was quite large, so looking at the map directly only revealed that the three red dots were very close together. Therefore, a real-time monitoring device was needed to help it pinpoint their exact location.
Mechanical spiders really play a very important role in many dungeons. He has found them useful more than once, but he can't buy them anywhere later on.
Lin Leyou slowly approached the other person, who was very wary. With each step, he would look around and use his machete to cut down all the branches and weeds around him to clear a path.
"There's nothing here... Did I look in the wrong place? Never mind, let's go back first."
However, just as he was about to turn around, a dark figure suddenly appeared from behind, grabbed his head and spun him around violently. There was a cracking sound of bones breaking, and then Lin Leyou felt the person he was holding go limp. Soon after, he received a system notification that he had once again gained 500,000 points.
"These points are too easy to earn?" Lin Leyou couldn't help but feel a little surprised. But considering that failing the mission would deduct 200 million points, the little he had earned so far wasn't even enough to cover that!
Even if all 88 people are killed, each person will only have 44 million points. However, for them, the mission can only succeed and cannot fail. Once they fail, no matter how many people they have killed or how many points they have accumulated, Xue Rui will not have enough to deduct from their score!
He casually tossed the body of the man who had just snapped his own neck into a weed-covered ditch, then quickly moved on and silently killed two other people who were out alone.
Lin Leyou didn't go overboard. After killing the third person, he immediately returned to the cave. Since he didn't use a knife this time, there was no smell of blood. On the way back, he picked up some mixed plant scents, which were rather faint, but that was normal.
After he returned, he went back to his spot like everyone else and continued to rest. There was no one assigned to keep watch at night. Jiang Changdong hadn't made any arrangements, and everyone pretended not to know. Those who were supposed to sleep went to sleep, and those who weren't going to sleep could keep watch on their own. Anyway, some people were just light sleepers.
After he returned, people went out one after another and came back in small groups. At some point, everyone quieted down and no one moved around anymore.
Just then, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui suddenly received a system message that they had gained 500,000 points. Upon hearing this system notification, they both paused slightly.
They're both here, so why are there still notifications about gaining points for killing bandits? This is...
Both teams simultaneously opened their own maps and counted the remaining red dots. They discovered that the team Xue Rui had previously visited only had 28 people left. Considering Xue Rui had only killed one, there should have been 29 people left.
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