Hunt Time

"Can you tell which ones are Deathmatch Participants?"

Liu Yue put her hands on her hips, scrutinizing every bystander outside the cordon line.

"Look, aren't those them?"

Zhuo Li pointed to several mangled corpses inside the cordon line.

When the displacement site descended into chaos, many Deathmatch Participants had tried to rush into the Research Center amidst the confusion.

However, judging by the crooked corpses inside the cordon line, their forceful entry had not been successful.

Snipers were stationed on the rooftops of the Research Center and the administrative building not far away.

It was like how, in the entire Handong Province, only Qi Tongwei, who wielded a high-precision sniper rifle, could effectively supervise Sha Ruijin.

Under the big sniper rifle, everyone was equal.

Many gunfight games actually downplayed the deterrent power of snipers on the battlefield.

It was not an easy task for Deathmatch Participants to storm the building under the blockade of several sniper rifles.

Perhaps only some Deathmatch Participants with special abilities could sneak in, but their numbers wouldn't be too large.

Liu Yue rolled her eyes at Zhuo Li and said indignantly, "I'm asking about the living ones."

"Just kidding."

Zhuo Li chuckled, unhurriedly pointing his finger into the crowd and tapping a few times: "This one, and this one, that auntie, and the receding hairline next to her, these guys are all them."

"But it's best if we don't act so conspicuously. Let's find those hiding alone first," Xiao Xueyin chimed in.

"Of course, of course."

Zhuo Li waved his hand grandly: "Follow me."

Zheng~

A flash of sword light cut through the tent, sharp as autumn water.

A figure slumped down without a struggle.

[Ding!]

[Points +1, Current Points: 17, Current Rank: 1/117]

Watching Lu Bai wipe the blood off his Eight-Sided Han Sword, Liu Yue proudly put her hands on her hips and said, "What do you think? Our group is pretty good, right?"

This was already the seventh Deathmatch Participant they had hunted.

Regarding the distribution of Points, considering that they couldn't cause too much of a stir, it was basically whoever had the opportunity took it.

After acting together for some time, Lu Bai had a good understanding of the roles of the others in the team.

Zhuo Li focused on intelligence gathering, Liu Yue provided crowd control when opportunities arose, and the Hoodie Man excelled at stealth and assassination.

As for Xiao Xueyin, who spearheaded the team's formation, with the existence of the Horde, he positioned himself as support, and no one objected.

Although Lu Bai had sparred with him and knew he was quite skilled.

Seen this way, the entire team was quite well-rounded in all aspects. The only slightly weak link was in direct combat.

But this weak point was compensated for by Lu Bai's addition.

Based on this, it was hard to say that Xiao Xueyin had just randomly assembled a team of Deathmatch Participants.

Lu Bai, looking at the seemingly frail Xiao Xueyin, asked with interest, "Were you really planning to invite Guo Mi to join at first?"

"Actually, I initially intended to ask you, but at the time, my intuition told me that if I said that, you'd probably have killed me on the spot."

Xiao Xueyin's reply sounded like a joke, yet it carried a strange sincerity.

Lu Bai rubbed his chin, recalling the situation at the time.

Given Xiao Xueyin's peculiar entrance and the fact that he had just dealt with Guo Mi, it seemed he would have struck first regardless of the circumstances.

The sky was dimly lit, and a faint pale blue began to appear on the distant horizon.

Five figures crept out of a tent. They noticed that many of the onlookers who had gathered in the aisle earlier had already sat down on the spot, starting to doze off.

After all, the chaos seemed to have been brought under control by the military. Since there was no danger, most people naturally wouldn't endure their sleepiness any longer.

Of course, a minority had chosen to return to their tents to rest directly.

"It's almost dawn."

Zhuo Li first looked up at the sky, then turned to the others: "Should we stop for now?"

Xiao Xueyin thought for a moment and said, "Let's continue looking for the next target."

"We've already taken down seven Deathmatch Participants. Continuing our actions seems a bit risky," Zhuo Li explained his concerns.

After all, they hadn't disposed of the corpses, and it was only a matter of time before they were discovered.

Xiao Xueyin glanced at the "node" position on his system panel, which remained unchanged, and retorted, "Since someone caused this chaos, do you think it will just end anticlimactically like this?"

As they were talking, a woman's scream suddenly came from not far away.

As they followed the sound, Zhuo Li even climbed onto a tent to his left. After observing for a moment, he said with some helplessness, "Oh, it's not that we might be discovered at any moment, it's that we've already been discovered."

The sudden screams jolted many civilians who had been dozing by the roadside awake.

Even more startling, some people instinctively started running as soon as they got up from the ground, only to stop awkwardly when their reason gradually returned.

"What's going on?"

"Are the infected attacking?!"

"It sounds like someone's screaming."

"Damn it, I was sleeping so soundly."

Soon, a troop of fully armed soldiers rushed towards the direction of the screams.

The leader was an old acquaintance. Judging from Zhou Zongming's tired expression, he clearly hadn't rested all night either.

Lu Bai frowned and retreated behind the others.

Likely due to lack of sleep, Zhou Zongming passed by without even noticing Lu Bai.

"Everyone, I have a feeling something isn't right."

After the troop of soldiers had moved away, Zhuo Li spoke up, "That woman who screamed... she seems to be a Deathmatch Participant?"

Hearing this, Xiao Xueyin's brows immediately furrowed.

"Are they trying to frame us?" the Hoodie Man asked, his face grim, looking like he'd stab someone at the slightest provocation.

"No, it shouldn't be. We didn't leave any clues that could point to us, and Zhuo Li confirmed that we weren't being spied on during our operation."

Xiao Xueyin's furrowed brows relaxed slightly. "If I'm not mistaken, someone is planning to get serious."

Tap! Tap! Tap!

As if to confirm his guess, the sound of dense gunfire shattered the silence of the night.

And it wasn't one-sided shooting; the concentrated gunfire clearly sounded like two groups engaged in a fierce firefight.

Without anyone needing to tell him, Zhuo Li quickly explained the situation: "One side is the troop of soldiers that just passed, and the other is the Survey Corps. What the heck, where did they get so many guns?"

"What's the point of this firefight?" Lu Bai asked, surprised.

"It's more like a distraction..."

Xiao Xueyin took over the conversation, but halfway through, he suddenly turned his head towards the Research Center.

The moment he turned his head.

BOOM!!!

The rooftop of the Research Center exploded violently, thick smoke billowed up, and a large amount of debris scattered everywhere from the blast.