Exploiting a Bug

Afterward, Zhang Ping and Liu Sishan spent an hour bringing the people imprisoned by the Mourning Crone Bird out of the tree hollow one by one. It took them quite a while longer to get everyone back to Zhuyuan Village.

The villagers were still unconscious, so after discussing it, the group stayed in Zhuyuan Village another night.

In truth, Zhang Ping and the others had completed their mission the moment they killed the Mourning Crone Bird in the village.

They rescued the villagers because they wanted to, not because they had to.

The next day, once the villagers woke, they set off for home under Zhu Zhu's reluctant gaze.

Lying on Big One's back and gazing at the clear blue sky, Zhang Shouzhong sighed. "Seven scenarios left. I hope the next missions won't be too hard."

"This mission wasn't that difficult," Liu Sishan said calmly. "We knew nothing about the Mourning Crone Bird, so we had a few setbacks."

This sort of mission was the Investigation Team's specialty.

To them, it might have been no different from an ordinary investigation.

"Captain, has every full member of the Investigation Team completed a mission like this?" Cheng Xuejie couldn't help asking.

Situ Shibai's voice came from the bracelet. "Yes. But candidates taking the test don't have to deal with the Mourning Crone Bird. That's the captain's responsibility. Candidates only need to uncover information about it."

"Oh, that's a relief," Zhang Shouzhong said.

He had thought every full member of the Investigation Team was capable of killing a powerful Mourning Crone Bird.

So candidates only had to investigate, not fight.

Thank goodness...

Mingzhu City's power balance hadn't been turned on its head.

Half a day later, the group rode Big One back to the boundary.

When Zhang Ping tossed the Mourning Crone