Li Si suspected the latter more.
Because the Dungeon System wasn't active right now, there were basically no widely available ways to enhance oneself on Marvel Earth. Even if there were, they couldn't possibly be perfectly suited for balanced development; they could only provide a stronger boost or be more specialized.
Besides, when the Achievement Shop had first opened in his previous life, the Hound Organization had been far too powerful. Their overall attributes had utterly overwhelmed many ordinary players.
The Hound Organization hadn't just hunted NPCs. After the Achievement Shop opened, they were also the first to hunt players. It could even be said that they had started the trend of players hunting one another.
The powers players initially brought back weren't all that strong, and the three federations on Earth-3 had all tried to win them over and keep them calm. As a result, there hadn't been much unrest at first.
It was only when the three major Hound Organizations began hunting players on a large scale in the real world that the situation was thrown into chaos. This also awakened the greed in many people, leading countless players to join the ranks of those hunting others.
A large part of the reason Li Si had been driven into a corner in his previous life was the Hound Organization.
With the strength he'd had back then, even without bringing Infinite Rage out, ordinary players and even players from the Hound Organization had basically posed no threat to him.
The Angus Hound Organization had tried to surround and kill him several times, but in the end, a bizarre team had appeared.
He wasn't sure whether that team was under the Angus Hound Organization, but its members were an odd bunch. None of them were players, yet they had the