Go find the next one—
That sentence itself could be interpreted in many ways.
As they walked, Feng Ling asked Li Qing beside her, "What do you think? What does 'the next one' refer to?"
Li Qing pondered for a moment before replying cautiously, "The Maze."
"I think so too." Feng Ling nodded slightly.
"Why?" Huangfu Miaomiao circled around the two of them and asked, "Why couldn't it mean the next Inspector?"
Feng Ling said, "I can't think of how targeting Inspectors like this benefits them. Of course, it's not that there's no benefit at all. What I mean is... was there really a need to go this far? They painstakingly collected Cards, loaded them into a Squirrel, and carried out a suicide attack. Then what? What did they gain?"
Huangfu Miaomiao was somewhat confused as well. "...Uh, for Points? A Contaminant that has lost its mind should be easier to kill than Ye Zheng herself."
"But they didn't kill Ye Zheng." Feng Ling thought for a moment. "And if 'go find the next one' means dealing with the next Inspector, I think that's a little unrealistic, because for the Squirrel plan to succeed, at least three conditions have to be met—"
Feng Ling held out her fingers and listed them one by one. "First, Star Society has more than one Squirrel Card. Second, Star Society knows the personal information and movements of the Inspectors. Third, Star Society has collected enough Cards capable of corrupting Inspectors. I think that last point is the hardest to achieve."
Li Qing nodded beside her. "That's right. If they choose the wrong Cards, or there aren't enough of them, and the Corruption Value doesn't exceed 50%, the plan won't succeed. Besides, Cards are resources themselves. Using all of them to corrupt an Inspector would