Am I a Wanted Criminal?
Amidst the endless clash of artillery fire, a cloud of blood mist quietly drifted across the battlefield, instantly altering the entire course of the battle.
The federal sergeants already held a slight advantage, and now with Major Qi personally intervening, the situation is becoming increasingly clear.
"A Lian! What's wrong?"
"Lina! Are you crazy?!"
The warriors of the Silver Mutual Aid Society are now embroiled in internal strife.
Lister now observes up close that the vast majority of warriors at level 13 and below are infected by the blood mist.
His eyes were bloodshot and bulged out of shape, and his face was filled with a crazed expression.
He was completely out of his mind and was indiscriminately attacking the people around him.
"Quick! Where's the medicine we prepared? Give them the injections!"
The entire defensive battle of the Silver Mutual Aid Society instantly descended into chaos.
Fortunately, the commanding officer remained calm under pressure, and the high-ranking soldiers quickly took out medicine and injected it into this group of crazed people.
The effect was quite good; the moment the medicine was injected, the group of frenzied warriors immediately calmed down.
His eyes quickly returned to normal, but he had only just recovered when his entire body was completely exhausted and temporarily unable to attack.
Unfortunately, the battlefield rarely offers anyone a chance to rest.
A sudden chill ran through me from the depths of my soul, accompanied by an increasingly intense feeling of impending death.
The higher the level of Class Holder, the more sensitive they are to danger.
Even if they lack sensory abilities, their personal sixth sense and ability to anticipate danger in extremely dangerous situations are incredibly sharp, which is key to their survival to this day.
More often than not, this realization comes too late.
Just like today, this warrior, who was trying to muster his willpower to stand up from the ground, only saw an unparalleled blade of light before him.
Carrying a black and silver energy vortex, it moved at an incredible speed.
The small space at the tip of the blade's edge was shattered, but it instantly returned to its original state after the blade passed.
The leader of the Silver Mutual Aid Society's expression grew increasingly grave as he immediately realized his miscalculation.
I thought the main threat wasn't just Major Qi from the Central Army, so I prepared a medicine to counteract the blood mist.
Who knew that the other side had such a powerful swordsman with unparalleled skills?
The silver-black blade of light finally pierced through thirteen defensive shields and Nen barriers, showing no sign of weakening.
Until the blade's edge finally swept into the distance, this place was completely reduced to a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with large amounts of blood spraying out and blending more and more with the surrounding blood mist environment.
The enemy's leading soldier was also at his last gasp after taking that blow.
His chest, streaked with white bone and fragments of internal organs, was struggling to inject himself with Heal medicine.
However, the next moment, a sharp, cutting sensation came from behind.
The instant he turned his head, the Shadowless Blade pierced right into his face.
Congratulations, you have gained 120,000 experience points.
"Another 500 military merit points, bringing the total to 19808."
Quite satisfied with drawing his sword, Lister was more concerned with military merit than the tens of thousands of experience points he had gained.
As they approached the core area, the military merit points of each member of the Silver Mutual Aid Society increased, with the military merit points for the leader at each coordinate rising from 30 points to 500 points.
I've accumulated nearly 20,000 points so far, and I'm getting closer and closer to meeting the 100,000 points required to become a major, especially since the majority of my military merits haven't even been counted from the overall conscription missions.
Just as Captain Boren estimated, his personal military merits will exceed 100,000 points after this conscription mission.
Reputation: 1417/50000 points.
I quickly checked my reputation, and sure enough, it had increased by another ten points.
It's highly likely that the civilization of the officers and sergeants currently aboard the warships added this to him.
Unfortunately, the reputation required for the Third Advancement quest is still a long way off.
Congratulations: Reputation +1600.
Current reputation: 3017/50000.
Just as Lister was still pondering and lost in thought, the reputation value in the task bar suddenly jumped up and down.
The fame he gained in that instant was more than he had accumulated over a long period of time.
While feeling delighted, my doubts also deepened.
He gripped the Shadowless Blade tightly once more, his figure darting across the battlefield, reaping kills.
These military merit points were originally intended for the soldiers.
After all, the majority of the military merits for the coordinate point missions are distributed among the officers, while the majority of the military merits for the soldiers come from killing enemies.
However, Lister was in a hurry to wrap up the battle and wanted to go back as soon as possible to reassess the large amount of fame he had gained.
This sudden increase of 1,600 reputations gave him new hope.
After all, such a large increase must indicate something is wrong.
He speculated that there might be other, more efficient methods, or methods he was unaware of that could increase his reputation.
Completing the Third Advancement task as soon as possible is the most urgent task for Lister at present.
By the time the battle was over, the debriefing meeting concluded, and the preliminary allocation of military merits was determined, several hours had already passed.
Having completed all tasks at the mid-range coordinates, the battle is about to enter its most challenging core area.
Prior to this, Lister had a short period of free time.
He sat quietly in the room, constantly flipping through the historical records of his increasing reputation.
The only thing he was certain of was that the slight increase in his reputation was indeed of his own making.
The source of this large increase of over 100 points is truly unclear.
Upon closer inspection of the Third Advancement mission, it was clearly stated that it was his own act of intimidation against the Galactic Federation civilization.
Although he had some guesses in mind, he was currently on a recruitment mission and could not communicate with the Galactic Federation to verify them.
"Jiji ~!"
At this moment, it seems that the Jiji on my shoulder has reached its daily activation time.
This instantly reminded Lister, who immediately opened his palm.
Jiji, quite intelligently, flapped its wings and jumped off its shoulder, only to tumble down again.
Before it could vent its anger, Lister's finger was already pressed against its forehead.
Jiji, upgrading Chirp was difficult, and considering the time constraints, I didn't give it to Powell for forging and upgrading before the mission; instead, I forged the Shadowless Blade first.
The idea was that Jiji could Jiji unlock her second-stage ability during intense battles.
Surprisingly, it's its still-developing communication capabilities that have come in handy!
The projected image instantly appeared in his eyes.
This is the result of the pre-upgrade program that Kavin gave to Jiji, except that it added projection dialogue.
The real increase in communication methods and various upgrades will have to wait for Powell to help him build them.
A dozen seconds later, the projector was switched on.
As expected of a communication tool produced by Kavin, its independent communication channel can bypass the Galactic Federation's signal shielding.
However, due to the current special circumstances, the signal is somewhat weak, and the projection keeps flickering like arcs of radio waves.
The screen returned to normal only after Kavin pointed forward on the other side.
"Lister."
After a brief greeting, I waited for him to speak.
"Kavin, I need your help."
"I'm currently on a recruitment mission in the Federation Military District. Could you please help me search for information about myself and our Merrick Civilization within the Galactic Federation?"
Nodding silently, Kavin then began searching on his own, before speaking again a few minutes later.
"There has indeed been a lot of news about you lately; it seems you're wanted by multiple civilizations."
"Me? Wanted?"
Upon hearing this, Lister found it unbelievable.
As a captain in the Arcane Army Group of the Federation Military District, he had always worked for the Federation Military District and the Arcane Civilization, so how could he be wanted by other civilizations?
"I've already packaged the details and asked Jiji to send them, but it seems it hasn't been modified yet, so the Information Transmission will be a bit slow."
Notification: You have a new file to receive.
Another ten minutes or so later, the file finally arrived.
Lister hurriedly flipped through the contents.
The first part of the report contained positive information, namely the joint operation between the Thirty-Ninth Army Group and the Arcane Army Group against the Silver Mutual Aid Society.
This message was conveyed among civilizations in the Galactic Federation that are located in star systems similar to WA.
The main subject of the propaganda was Lieutenant Colonel Weiss, Lister's name appeared only once, mentioned in passing.
Furthermore, the information disclosed in this mission was already a month old, which is clearly unrelated to the recent surge in reputation, and doesn't even match the timing of the previous surges of hundreds of points in reputation.
The content that followed was entirely negative.
Delin Civilization (Level 2) Class D wanted criminal, White Fang Civilization (Level 2) Class C wanted criminal,..., Dawn Civilization (Level 3) Class A wanted criminal.
He was wanted by seven civilizations in a row, especially the Dawn Civilization's Class A wanted notice, which was just issued a few hours ago.
This perfectly corresponds to his reputation after the stock price surged by 1600 points.
The previous wanted notices also matched.
Lister's initial suspicions are now becoming increasingly certain, after all, his old friend Wang Yue is currently serving as a councilor in the Dawn Civilization.
"Kavin, can you take a look at the map for me? Are these civilizations that have issued warrants for my arrest located very close to the Dawn Civilization? Or are they connected in some way?"
"The Dawn Civilization is a superior civilization to other civilizations, and they all reside in nearby star systems."