Three hours later, the first settlement point of the bounty event arrived.
A "settlement point" referred to a checkpoint where bounty points were settled.
During the bounty event, event points were not updated in real time.
After cases were reported, they needed to be repeatedly verified, so points could be undercounted, overcounted, or omitted.
For example, a case originally rated at 500 points might be upgraded during verification if new victims were discovered, or downgraded if the reporting team had greatly exaggerated the facts.
Therefore, points would not be displayed immediately after a case was reported. They had to be carefully checked, and only after everything was confirmed would the corresponding score be awarded.
The settlement cycle for points was three hours.
Every three hours, the staff responsible for settling points would publish all confirmed points for everyone to see.
The time when points were announced was also called a "settlement point."
Three hours after the bounty began, the first settlement point finally arrived!
On the public network's bounty event interface, the points of every team refreshed and were reranked, displaying the settled results.
Everyone had been waiting for this moment.
Once the time came, whether they were internal members like Luman and Bella, teams participating in the bounty, or ordinary residents merely watching the excitement, everyone immediately clicked in to see which teams had ranked at the top this time.
However, before long, thunderous cries of shock erupted across the various star zones:
"By Sheng Ge, Feige New Star is still in first place!"
"1,863 points! That's an increase of 952 points from the beginning."
"Didn't the teams from those major powers overtake them? Wait, Lemo Mercenaries is in second place, but they only have 1,150 points. They only gained 418 points since the first update? Why did they