Manager Missions were difficult; everyone knew that. But they should not have been difficult to this extent—not so difficult that Hou Guisheng had his skull crushed before he could even use a single cursed item.
Therefore, Fate's interference had to be part of the reason. On top of that, this Manager Mission was entirely unfamiliar and operated in an independent execution mode, while the rules remained under suppression.
After pondering for a moment, Ji Li turned his gaze back to Gu Xingjian.
Hou Guisheng's death was a painful blow to everyone, but to Gu Xingjian, it seemed more like an unforeseen variable.
Gu Xingjian would not restart a Manager Mission without reason. He certainly intended to be the one who initiated the ultimate stage, but he undoubtedly had other objectives as well.
Ji Li could more or less guess what that objective was.
Gu Xingjian wanted to emulate Ji Li of the past and step onto the gambling table. To do that, he needed the stakes to open the game.
Based on the fragmented information obtained from the last Manager Mission, Gu Xingjian had somehow acquired four of the seven heads from back then.
He still needed three more.
Fifty years ago, Ji Li had used a mysterious ritual, still unknown for the time being, as a doorway. With seven special heads as keys, he had opened the gambling game.
Whether that ritual still existed, and where it might be, remained unknown.
But Gu Xingjian apparently did not care much about the ritual. What he wanted was to imitate Ji Li of that time and gather all seven special heads.
Thus, it could be deduced that Gu Xingjian intended to find the remaining three special heads during these two restarted Manager Missions.
Hou Guisheng... had likely been part of his