Three minutes passed in a flash, and everyone received a notification on their phones.
"Welcome, Accelerators, to the Ultimate Acceleration Race! The game officially begins. Remaining time: 120 minutes. Four Hunters have started their pursuit. Victory Coins will increase at a rate of 100 per second."
Yi Xing, who was still strolling down the street, was a bit dumbfounded by this notification. He was currently on a wide street with no cover around, and it was accessible from all directions. If a Hunter appeared near him, he wouldn't know where to hide.
It wasn't that he hadn't found places to hide, but with a large group of people following him, he always let others go in first to hide, while he searched for the next spot. Only when there was no one behind him did he have the mind to consider his own situation.
Just as he feared, four Hunters didn't appear together, but entered the game area from various directions. Directly in front of Yi Xing stood a Hunter who had just been released.
The opponent immediately locked onto him and rushed over. At this moment, Yi Xing was still staring at his phone. When he looked up and saw a figure running towards him, he quickly turned and ran backward.
To start with such an intense situation, was he even allowed to live? Although it was a straight road with many houses nearby, taking advantage of the distance between him and the Hunter, he ran into a house and hid behind the door.
If he were caught like this, there was nothing he could do. He had tried his best to hide well. The Hunter, following the last visible trace, also entered the house. After searching around fruitlessly, he prepared to leave.
Yi Xing, hiding behind the door, was about to let out a sigh of relief when the phone in his hand suddenly rang. The nearby Hunter immediately followed the sound and easily discovered the person hiding behind the door.
"Hello there, how are you? Have you eaten? If not, would you like me to treat you to something here? We've worked together, after all. Won't you even give me this much face?" He chuckled awkwardly, speaking rapidly.
His only response was a pair of merciless hands placed on his shoulders, followed by a cold and indifferent Turn around leaving him alone, slowly sliding down the wall to the ground.
He lowered his head and gave a bitter smile, never expecting that he would one day be the first to be caught. He reluctantly accepted this reality, picked up his phone, and wanted to see who the culprit was.
However, he found that it wasn't a message or a call from anyone, but a notification about Mission One being released. This made it impossible for him to blame anyone. He walked dejectedly towards the Termination Area, having lost all interest in the released mission.
"Inside General's Residence, there is a Time Reduction Device. Activating this device will instantly reduce the Accelerators' game time by 20 minutes and simultaneously increase Victory Coins by 120,000."
"To activate this device, you must go to the jewelry shop to buy a hairpin and give it to Wang Yi at General's Residence. However, the hairpin costs 40,000 to buy. Accelerators, go earn money in the city!"
Ju Jingyi, hiding in a small corner, read the newly received information and asked a profound question: "How do you earn money in the Qin Dynasty?" Then, her phone rang again, scaring her so much she almost threw it away.
Even after recording so many episodes, she still couldn't quite get used to the ringtone the production team provided. Seeing the information displayed, she couldn't help but widen her small mouth: "Yi Xing eliminated, 19 people remaining. Why would Yi Xing be eliminated?"
She wasn't the only one with this confusion; almost everyone collectively looked at the camera with bewilderment. Some even felt that even if they themselves were eliminated, Yi Xing could not possibly be the first to be eliminated. This was his reputation among everyone!
Yi Xing cannot be absent from the acceleration, just as the West cannot be without Jerusalem.
Everyone was worried about how to proceed with the mission, not knowing where to find places to earn money. In contrast, our Yi Xing stood in the Termination Area, holding yogurt in his left hand and chocolate in his right, thoroughly enjoying himself!
Normally, when he was eliminated, it was either in Mission Four or during the final countdown, so this could be considered his first experience of the treatment in the Termination Area. After finishing what he had, he turned around and grabbed another bag of snacks to continue eating.
It was completely different from when he was still alive. In private, he was actually a foodie. If there was food nearby and it wasn't something he disliked, his mouth basically wouldn't stop.
He hadn't even finished the bag of snacks in his hand when the phone on the table rang repeatedly. He casually wiped his hands on his clothes and picked it up to check the received messages. Someone must have come to join him, and by the frequency, it was probably more than one person.
However, Yi Xing expressed great understanding. This terrain was too unfriendly for them; it was almost all straight roads, with very few places to hide. It was understandable that they were caught so quickly.
When he saw Ada Choi, Jia Ling, and Zhang Xinyu being caught, the smile on his face wouldn't stop. It was definitely not because he was happy that someone came to accompany him, definitely not!
When Zhang Xinyu was caught, Ju Jingyi was right beside her. Both of them were hiding in a cave in a rockery. Due to the former's taller stature, she immediately became the Hunter's target when he arrived, becoming the fourth eliminated person.
"Xiao Ju, you do your best. I'm going back to the Termination Area to rest." Before leaving, she reached out and stroked the head of the person squatting in front of her.
"I will work hard for both of us."
After the Hunter and Zhang Xinyu had both left, Ju Jingyi crawled out of the rockery. She saw two NPCs arguing not far away, and figured she could get money from them.
"Ladies, hello. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"This young lady, it's like this: my daughter is approaching marriageable age, and she has taken a liking to a young master from a certain residence. However, since ancient times, there has been no tradition of the woman's family actively proposing marriage. We would like you to go to that young master's residence and introduce my daughter."
"My daughter has been extremely intelligent since childhood. She could walk at three and read at five. Everyone who has met her has praised her, believing her to be a rare genius seen only once in a hundred years. But ever since she met Bai Zihua from the Bai Residence, she has been constantly troubled, not eating or drinking, and has almost become skin and bones."
An older woman introduced the specific details, pulling the hand of the young woman beside her as she spoke. Ju Jingyi was completely stunned by what she said. Whose genius child only learned to walk at three?
"Is this lady next to you your daughter?"
"Precisely, my humble daughter."
For the first time, she had a new definition for 'skin and bones.' Even two of her combined probably wouldn't have a waist as thick as the other person's. After composing herself mentally, she said, "I will deliver your message and tell them that your daughter is as beautiful as a flower and a breathtaking wonder!"
"Then I thank you, young lady."
Ju Jingyi accepted this, the only money-making mission she had encountered. However, an even more troublesome issue arose: she couldn't read the map! She didn't know how to get to the Bai Residence. Before, Yi Xing was always by her side.
Now that he was gone, she felt a bit lost. After a moment of silence, her gaze gradually firmed. She could complete the mission independently. So, she walked in the direction she believed to be correct.
(Tomorrow, the family starts spring cleaning. Anyone who has cleaned knows the weight of this statement. The update time might be uncertain, but I'll update once I'm done.)