Unknown Footprints

Under the shade of a tree, Chen Piaopiao yawned and listlessly kicked at the gravel by her feet.

"This evacuation point is completely empty, not a single person in sight. Waiting around like this is way too boring. I say we stop camping here and go snatch Treasure Chests instead! If we save up more Soulstones, the final settlement rewards won't be bad either."

Smiley glanced at her, his tone cold. "Don't forget why we entered this challenge in the first place. Even if we take first place in this Public Challenge, how many Sea Shells can the system's reward possibly be worth?"

"Ling Chu is Rank One on the server-wide Wealth Ranking. Her assets, plus the Islands under her name, are worth more than the combined Wealth Points of everyone from second through tenth place on the Wealth Ranking!"

"Our only mission this time is to guard the daily refreshed evacuation points to the death and never give Ling Chu any chance to evacuate!"

"Captain is right."

Juliet spoke up. "Ling Chu will be the fattest target for us to rob. Compared to her, the rewards from this Public Challenge aren't worth mentioning at all."

The purple-scaled giant python was coiled at her feet. Juliet casually stroked its cool scales and said regretfully,

"It's just a pity that, in order not to expose my abilities too early, I never released Chocolate when Ling Chu was around. Otherwise, if Chocolate had remembered her scent, we wouldn't have to wait around here. We could track her down directly."

"It's fine. As long as we keep watch over the evacuation points at all times, we'll definitely catch Ling Chu."

Smiley made the arrangements. "Juliet, go find some food and water with Flower Plucker. We'll camp here today and guard this place for