The Great Era

"Bounty lists and an unregistered militia system? Are they planning to usher in an era of universal bounty hunting?"

Lu PingAn looked into the details and made two calls to ask around, more or less grasping the situation.

The True God Churches and the authorities were going to remain networked for the long term, offering hefty bounties for certain Transgressors.

"Wasn't that already a thing before? What's the difference?"

"Conservatively speaking, the rewards have increased tenfold. The previous rewards lacked any sincerity. Now, if you kill a Rule-level wanted criminal, you'll be rewarded with a Rule-level Taboo Item."

At the same time, many "low-threat offenses" that clearly would not have made the list before—such as having dozens of murders to one's name—had also been listed.

Previously, when facing those gray-area people who were "still redeemable," the authorities had mainly considered winning them over. Now, anyone involved in major criminal cases would be listed, with bounties directly marked in Credit Points to tempt superhumans into hunting them down themselves.

More directly, this round of wanted notices had outright stripped Wanted Criminals of their "human rights." In other words, anyone could kill them without committing a crime, handing the responsibility of hunting Wanted Criminals directly from law enforcement to everyone.

And with a simple application, one could receive militia-level intelligence support, greatly lowering the threshold for Bounty Hunters.

Even the first batch of the Wanted List was terrifyingly long. Lu PingAn could sense the authorities' attitude.

".Lei Huo Ren isn't on it."

After checking, Lu PingAn breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed the Lei Family's Older Brother had made some sort of deal with forces inclined toward the authorities. A "cleaner" like him, who handled dirty work, still had a certain degree of value.

Even so, Lu PingAn still felt somewhat