Chapter 16 A Share for All: On behalf of the War Axe Group, I hereby announce...
Chu Jue's question was just a casual remark, but Xiao Jia found hope in Chu Jue's "special treatment." However, it was extinguished by Chu Jue the next second, like an insect being teased by a cat.
The warmth of meeting an old acquaintance led Chu Jue to prioritize relieving Xiao Jia's old injuries, and Xiao Jia's leg bone, which had not recovered for long, was crushed again.
Those who receive preferential treatment are always exceptionally lucky. Xiao Jia let out a painful wail, but no one could shield him from the attack.
Following the numerical order from highest to lowest, Chu Jue carried out the clearing in an orderly manner.
She thoughtfully layered several more layers of new skin on the green-skinned man, absorbing the spiritual power of the soul that had died a worthy death.
This portion of spiritual energy slightly replenished some of his mental energy, and after a one-sided fight, Chu Jue was even more energetic than before.
With only one merit point left, Chu Jue temporarily stopped and suppressed his killing intent.
The lucky one who was left was Xiao Jia again.
At this moment, Xiao Jia's body was covered in blood, and he was suffering from both psychological and physical pain.
He witnessed his seven brothers turn into dried-up mummies, and was completely disoriented, his soul practically scattered.
"You again."
Chu Jue clapped his hands, and Xiao Jia was so frightened that his whole body went limp. He tried to crawl away but was too weak to do so.
Seeing her so delicate and boneless made Chu Jue want to eat some chicken strips.
Seeing his pathetic state, Chu Jue casually lifted him up and wrapped him around the leather strap, showing little patience.
"What's the skill level of that green guy in your group?"
He provides the highest amount of merit.
Xiao Jia felt even more insecure during his close contact with his brother, and answered tremblingly, "Brother Green, he... he's very strong..."
His jaw was chattering as he spoke, and his voice was barely a whisper.
After offering some subjective and unhelpful adjectives, Chu Jue asked other questions.
Unfortunately, Xiao Jia, the "living witness," knew nothing when questioned.
...Never mind, maybe the less successful you are, the less merit points you'll earn.
Chu Jue was still thinking about her experience items: "Haven't you heard of anyone in your group possessing a spirit puppet?"
"I...I don't know." Xiao Jia honestly tried to recall the members he had seen before... Oh no, he couldn't remember where he had seen them before...
Besides Lou Ge and the group leader, who else has it? He doesn't know much to begin with...
Now is a critical moment of life and death. For Xiao Jia, fabricating stories about betraying others in order to survive is not even a consideration.
"We have a team leader, there definitely is a team leader, and there's also..."
The rest of his words were utterly off the cuff… no, they came out effortlessly. He rattled off a list of all his former brothers, those with whom he had good and bad relationships, as if reciting a menu.
While outwardly praising his brother, Xiao Jia inwardly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat fortunate. She had let him off the hook last time; just as the saying goes, women are most prone to being soft-hearted… She may be strong, but she is still…
Under Chu Jue's gaze, Xiao Jia withdrew his inner turmoil, his words and actions revealing a timid and hesitant demeanor.
He trembled as he explained the usual communication methods within the Lunar Eclipse Group, but his rank wasn't high enough. He only mentioned that among the existing corpses, the ant was considered a superior, and the man in green was second.
As a peripheral member, Xiao Jia was not qualified to gather information.
It's fair to say it's not very useful.
After confirming that he had nothing to add, Chu Jue saved time and left Xiao Jia a complete corpse... or half a corpse? before he died of old age.
Among those skinny brothers, the solid, reddish-brown Xiaojia looked like a sushi dish covered with salmon.
Chu Jue suddenly had a craving for sushi again.
After looting the corpse as usual, Chu Jue used the green-clad man's personal computer to send a message in their team's group chat.
"The enemy has been captured. Everyone who sees them gets a share. Come quickly!"
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"Tsk tsk, I always feel like you're more energetic every day than the day before."
Fang Zhiyi saw Chu Jue appear early in the morning looking radiant, as if he had had a good night's sleep.
"Mm." Chu Jue nodded.
Yesterday afternoon, the Eclipse Group's followers gave her a lot of merit points and spiritual power. After hearing that everyone who saw it would get a share, they appeared in waves, and she didn't leave until midnight.
This morning, the designer updated her stats after logging in, and it was a very rewarding experience.
[Main quest progress updated, merit points +1537]
Current total merit points: 1968
Main Quest (Advanced) Required Merit Points: 1968/5000
Although it was already good progress, Chu Jue always felt that the merit points calculated based on the number of people should be more than that.
She questioned the designer's statistics, and the designer responded using a system announcement:
[Target data detected does not match the judgment; merit points invalid.]
Chu Jue: ?
Give me a straight answer if anything is incorrect. Don't try to cheat me on this.
The designer pretended to be offline.
It seems I'll have to explore this myself again, Chu Jue sighed. Fortunately, the difference isn't too great, and it's within her acceptable range.
Let's just consider it a functional failure...
Aside from these, her mental strength is also recovering remarkably well.
Absorbing spiritual energy earns me money, as does looting corpses. With this morning's daily practice, I've already recovered to around 600 or 700.
Unfortunately, the opponents were all of low spirit level and did not possess divine artifacts like spirit puppets. Killing them was like going to work – it took a long time but yielded little reward.
"Are we going to bait the nest again today?" This was a new phrase that Fang Zhiyi had learned, and she thought it was very fitting for Chu Jue.
Chu Jue honestly replied, "It should be difficult; they will be on guard."
She needs to think of another way to get them to keep sending them up.
Although Fang Zhiyi didn't know why Chu Jue was so obsessed with chopping vegetables, she still offered her a suggestion: "Why don't you just go and call them?"
Chu Jue certainly wanted to do that, but the men of the Lunar Eclipse Group were like electronic cockroaches, scattered everywhere.
We need to find an opportunity to wipe them all out.
[Your friend [Yun Qiandu] has sent you a call invitation. A call connection is being established.]
[Regional link successful.]
After Chu Jue cleaned up the quantum computer belonging to the ants, she requisitioned it and added several people from Group 111 as friends.
A message popped up from Yun Qiandu, and the computer automatically answered after detecting her intention.
Good morning, Chu Jue.
Yun Qiandu's voice sounded somewhat distorted, probably because he was some distance from the sound source. Chu Jue was able to catch the sounds of Jiang Tianjiao feeding Dahuang from the background noise.
"Good morning," Chu Jue replied.
"The Lunar Eclipse Group is talking about you on the forum again." She seemed to be eating breakfast, and as soon as she discovered the information, she rushed over to inform Chu Jue. "But this time the situation is a little different... Go check the forum."
"good."
After the call ended, Chu Jue logged onto the forum.
The previously popular bounty post is still floating at the top, along with a casual chat thread in the discussion section titled "Enter the derivative discussion next door".
[1L][Anonymous User]: Has anyone else received the "share for all" message? How did you fare?
[2L][Anonymous User]: I received it, but I'm too far away, so I sent a teammate who's nearby. But it's been two hours now, and I haven't heard back from him.
[3L][Anonymous User]: There are two traditions, and if too many people go, there might not be enough to go around.
[4L][Anonymous User]: Haha, are there any backstabbing or double-crossing within the group? We're all family here.
[5L][Anonymous User]: That's not right. It's been four hours now, and his computer's location hasn't changed, but he can't establish a connection.
[6L][Anonymous User]: Unable to establish? Isn't that only possible when the vital signs of the bound person cannot be detected?
[7L][Anonymous User]: ? ? ?
As more and more similar messages appeared, the members of the Lunar Eclipse Group gradually realized the seriousness of the situation.
[48L][Anonymous User]: ...It really can't be detected anymore, which is terrifying to think about.
[49L][Anonymous User]: Killed by his own brother?
[50L][Anonymous User]: No, my brother is dead too... Wait, who sent that message?
...
[138L][Anonymous User]: Does anyone know how to check if those idiots from the Co-Prosperity Sphere have set up some kind of trap to try and trick us?
[139L][Anonymous User]: If the inside has been infiltrated, then we're really doomed.
[142L][Spreading the Great Cause of Co-prosperity]: ? You're the idiot upstairs, just trying to piggyback on the Co-prosperity group. There must be a mole in your group, you've probably ruined your own group, haha.
[143L][Anonymous User]: To be honest, it's really strange. How is this woman so amazing? It shouldn't be like this. So many people have tried and failed to win her over?
[144L][Kyoei Group is a dog]: The upstairs guy is throwing bricks and barking like a dog.
[145L][Anonymous User]: I had a Tier 3 teammate go there, but I haven't heard from him since.
...
[250L][Dude's really strong]: Tsk. You underestimated me. I'm Tier 4, look at how cowardly you guys are.
As a result, news broke that this fourth-tier male spirit master had also died.
As a result, the winds of change became even more out of control. The members of the Lunar Eclipse Group initially suspected Chu Jue, but quickly changed their focus and began to suspect the Prosperity Group.
[431L][To be honest]: This sounds a lot like a scheme orchestrated by the Co-Prosperity Sphere. The group leader who was talking about the Yin-Yang Lunar Eclipse not long ago must have planned this all along.
[432L][Rational Guest]: That's not necessarily true. Did the War Axe Group just go into hiding? The War Axe Group secretly developed itself while the Cosmos and Lunar Eclipse were in conflict. If the Cosmos Group did it, they wouldn't have any reason to deny it.
[433L][Spreading the Great Cause of Common Prosperity]: That's right, who is it that dares to do it but not to admit it? Could it be that the Lunar Eclipse Group is staging this themselves?
[434L][Kyoei Group is a dog]: It barks again.
[435L][Anonymous User]: 432, what kind of scumbag organization is this, stirring up trouble here and hiding? I'll wipe out your whole family.
[439L][Rational Guest]: Are they from Zhanji? He didn't deny it, so it seems they were the ones who did it.
Chu Jue: ...
The drama of men biting men unfolded too quickly; Chu Jue had only killed someone once in a single night, yet the forum was already in such a state of uproar.
Chu Jue quickly skipped the useless bickering, only to find that there was basically no information afterward; it was just pure bickering.
The members of the Lunar Eclipse Group initially suspected that the Prosperity Group had set a trap to lure them there and kill them, but the members of the Prosperity Group argued that it couldn't have been the Warspear Group that did it.
The members of the War Halberd Group got angry and retorted, saying that gentlemen are open and honest, unlike you who are so shady.
The Co-Prosperity Group seized the opportunity to continue blaming the War Axe Group and made the person who initially spread rumors about them apologize.
The Lunar Eclipse Group made sarcastic remarks, suggesting that their two organizations would eventually be defeated by their own.
There are also some small groups that come specifically to watch the spectacle, stirring up trouble everywhere and acting as a scapegoat.
The conflict raged on for over a thousand floors, and by the end, nobody cared whether the members of the Eclipse Group were alive or dead, not even the members of the Eclipse Group themselves.
They are determined to find out who is behind this attack on their entire organization, and the Eclipse Group will not tolerate this; they will defend the organization's honor to the death.
That's pretty much the end of it; this chaotic battle was quite novel.
“I told you they had a bad relationship. They started fighting on their own without anyone provoking them.”
After finishing breakfast, Yun Qiandu continued to send messages to Chu Jue.
The person involved, Chu Jue, commented: "He's very good at adding drama."
Jiang Tianjiao was also learning about the relationship between these organizations for the first time, and she was somewhat puzzled: "Weren't the two major organizations supposed to unite against a common enemy? Why are they starting to fight each other now?"
Yun Qiandu's expression was intriguing: "There's a third party taking advantage of the situation and stirring things up."
"Hmm." Ying Yi nodded, pointing to one of the anonymous users and explaining to Jiang Tianjiao, "This is me."
Jiang Jingshu also tapped the screen: "Me too."
Jiang Tianjiao: ……
The adult world is so complicated; Da Huang can no longer understand it.
"Huh? Didn't you finish arguing? Why are you arguing again?"
Noticing the rapidly increasing number of replies in the post, Yun Qiandu, always eager for excitement, continued to follow up.
Her gaze quickly locked onto a post that had seen a surge in likes, and she shared it with a few people:
"Good heavens, the leader of the War Halberd Group has actually appeared! On the 1477th floor! Look, look!"
Chu Jue also refreshed the page, searching for floor 1477.
The floors were being added too quickly, and she flipped through them several times, not quite familiar with them, until she finally found the legendary statement from the leader of the War Axe Group:
[1477L][War Axe]: On behalf of the War Axe Group, I declare that I take responsibility for this incident.
Chu Jue: ?
What did she see?
She didn't care whether the murder scene was made public or remained a cold case. But why are organizations vying to take responsibility for the killer's identity?
Is this really something to be responsible for?
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