Chapter 55

Until the afternoon of the 10th, Ye Yun stayed with KULA. The two were very quiet and harmonious when they were together, and even some indescribable feelings began to sprout. However, they were ultimately from two different worlds. After witnessing the tyrannical and rampant behavior of the bandits, KULA might not dare to hope that the two could be together, and Ye Yun buried those faintly emerging feelings deep in his heart.

No matter what had happened before, the rehearsal in the afternoon had to go on. To prevent CT from suddenly making a move when escorting the girls, even Ye Yun did not take on the task of escorting the three girls to the Red? Gymnasium. Instead, a large number of gangsters under the command of the Earth Dragon were dispatched.

With the motherboard's ability to spy, Roger and his team easily saw that CT had spread throughout every corner of the Red?. This made the CT camp completely exposed, while T and the mysterious organization remained hidden in the shadows.

Of course, an hour before the concert started, the bandits were already scattered around the Red? Gymnasium. According to the tasks assigned by Roger in the meeting held three hours earlier, everyone was waiting for Roger's final notification to act.

It had to be admitted that this Colonel Roger was extremely generous. The 300 M16s and SK-3 combat suits he provided, according to the burly man with the mustache, nicknamed 'Atomic Bomb,' were worth 150,000 game points in total. And just before the mission was about to start, Roger directly provided nearly a hundred modified cars as tools to break into the gymnasium. The value of the modified cars was not mentioned, but just the external armor on the front of the cars, if exchanged in the game store, would cost nearly 70,000 game points.

...

Ye Yun's BMW was parked in the underground parking lot near the Metropolitan Building on the east side of the Red? Gymnasium, no more than a five-minute drive away.

In the car, only the motherboard and Su Ya accompanied him... Su Ya had always failed to keep up with Ye Yun's pace when accompanying him and Zhang Yafen, which allowed her to survive the battle with Nuya in the Line 3 subway tunnel, a stroke of good luck. As for the motherboard, since this was the final combat mission, even as a support player, he would eventually have to go to the battlefield. However, he was still sitting in the back seat fiddling with his computer, with a pile of signal transmitters beside him.

To prepare for this mission, Roger had already invested a great deal, and naturally, he would not allow any mistakes. Among the more than 300 players, there were three hackers who precisely controlled all the views within a one-kilometer radius around the Red?.

Even before the concert started, the cheers from the Red? had already reached the BMW like an earthquake. Seeing Ye Yun deep in thought, Su Ya asked curiously, "Boss, are you nervous?"

"No, I'm still thinking..."

Although the scholars under Roger had been sending people to investigate various intelligence and the temporary team leaders had been holding meetings to analyze the situation, CT's mysterious actions still eluded everyone's understanding. In the end, they concluded that CT's current leader must be a conceited and arrogant fool... otherwise, why would he place himself in the open, preparing to fight both T and the mysterious organization at the same time? Even if they won after a bloody battle, how many of their own people would be left?

Ye Yun was not just thinking about CT's odd behavior; he was also connecting his own mission and experiences, trying to dissect the entire situation. However, he was not a particularly wise person, at most someone with good observational skills and relatively sharp thinking. So, the more he thought about it, the more he felt like he was falling into a trap.

"...So, the key issue is..."

Ye Yun pinched his brow. "I haven't completed any of my faction's main missions!"

After previous inquiries, he had confirmed that, apart from the Shagui team, Ye Yun and Atomic Bomb, Cang Xing, and others had the same main missions... of course, they were slightly different from the other 300+ players.

But ultimately, everyone's final tasks were essentially the same.

Ye Yun's mission list showed:

Intervener (Total) Mission Objective: Block the actions of the mysterious organization. (Incomplete)

Intervener (One) Mission Objective: Investigate the number and location of Nuya in the mysterious organization, as well as the number and location of Nuya's controllers. (Incomplete)

Intervener (Two) Mission Objective: Protect the (mysterious organization's) mission target. (Incomplete)

Of the three faction main missions he had accepted, one main and two subsequent missions were all incomplete. Did this mean that everything would only be resolved after tonight? But the completion deadline for the Intervener (One) mission was 7 PM, before the concert started.

However, Ye Yun suspected that this mission was a trap. Even with the motherboard and the other two hackers using comprehensive cameras to search, it was impossible to find the hidden Nuya... let alone the Nuya controllers who looked like ordinary people?

The reason Nuya controllers were considered ordinary people was that when Roger went to capture Zhang Yafen, he discovered that this woman could command Nuya and direct their combat.

This was not important.

Based on Ye Yun's understanding of the system, the game's missions were never pointless. Each mission had a unique purpose. If the Intervener (One) mission was impossible to complete, what was its value?

Racking his brain, Ye Yun couldn't figure it out, so he started thinking about CT's purpose.

It was certain that CT's leader was not the so-called arrogant fool. So, what was their true purpose? What was the purpose of their actions?

Upon careful consideration, apart from Roger's Shagui team, most of the other factions' missions were the same. Could CT's actions be related to the missions received by the Shagui team?

However, considering the great sacrifices made by the Shagui team, if they succeeded, not only would the CT forces in all of Hong Kong be significantly weakened, but the Shagui team itself would also be greatly strengthened. At that time, the Shagui team would likely dominate Hong Kong—according to the burly man with the mustache, when a team's captain reached the rank of colonel, each member's regular missions would converge into a team regular mission, and the interval between each regular mission would change from one week to one month. Most importantly, at this level, the regular missions would begin to involve large-scale operations outside their region.

In this case, the Shagui team would want to first clear their base, Hong Kong, to ensure they could safely conduct cross-regional operations for each regular mission.

Now, if it weren't for the mysterious organization's interference, the Shagui team's grand plan would truly be a win-win.

"Wait a minute..." Ye Yun frowned, feeling like he had grasped something, but it slipped away as soon as he tried to recall it.

He was frowning, the motherboard was busy, and the only one in the car with nothing to do, Su Ya, was holding her chin and staring at the electronic clock, muttering, "It's about to start, I really want to go see it!"

"Chime!"

A light sound made the three people in the car jump.

"Main Mission: Intervener (One) deadline has passed!"

"Mission Difficulty: A-level."

"Mission Evaluation: Search for Nuya (30% completion), Search for Nuya controllers (25% completion)."

"Mission Reward: 1250 game points, 1 C-level Merit Badge."

"Mission Penalty: Deduct 500 game points."

"Mission Additional Reward: Unknown (sent)."

"System Message: This is a... game for the smart."

Su Ya tilted her head, her eyes flashing with confusion. A few seconds later, she cheered, "Yay! 1250 points rewarded, 500 deducted, so that's 825 game points in total!"

"It's 725 points..." The motherboard sighed, rubbing his forehead. "But why do I still feel something is off?"

"Ah, I see!"

Ye Yun woke from his silence, excitedly saying, "Ah, I see! I said every mission would have a purpose, and this is it! No matter how much of the mission is completed, the most valuable reward... that 'additional reward' is actually the 'mission evaluation'!"

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