Chapter 179: Chapter 154: Raising the Difficulty Chapter 179: Chapter 154: Raising the Difficulty After dealing with Li Yongzhen and the other two, Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong returned to the City Guard building with Zhou Bin and others to make a record.
Then they waited in the reception room for Zhou Bin to handle the remaining formalities.
Not long after, Su Yuan received the system notification of the academy task completion on his phone.
Su Yuan then retrieved his notebook from the ring and checked the academy intranet.
Sure enough, 96 academic points had already been credited.
Luo Bingtong also received 96 academic points; the system directly split the points earned from the task.
“Not bad, a great start for the first day…” Su Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, this time it went very smoothly.
Li Yongzhen and his two companions had already been locked in the vicinity of White Dragon River Resort by the Qingtan City Guard.
Once Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong came in, they quickly found the three of them.
If these three had escaped back to Tianmang Mountain from the White Dragon River Resort, it might have taken several days to find them.
Besides the good luck of the two, it also owed to the careful and attentive arrangement of Zhou Bin and the third squad.
“Given Luo Bingtong’s strength, the next task choice…”
Su Yuan looked at the two tasks he had marked on the computer screen.
Yesterday, they not only took Li Yongzhen and the other two’s task.
Based on the assessment of Luo Bingtong’s strength, Su Yuan picked out two tasks as backups.
If Luo Bingtong’s strength was “average,” similar to Xiang Dingqian and Xia Yue, they would do a moderately risky Silver Stage task.
If her strength was “strong,” similar to Su Yuan’s, they could take on a more challenging task.
“Now it seems to be ‘strong’…
So, it’s this task!”
Su Yuan’s gaze fell on the second task he had marked.
“Task Level: Second Stage
Task Introduction: In Wanzhou, Li Yadong and Luo Hui were recently discovered.
Experts are needed to eliminate them.”
“Name: Li Yadong
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Strength: Silver High Stage, Light Element, has a blue attack skill Photon Explosion.
He has killed one Silver High Stage and one Silver Early Stage City Guard member.
Reward: 60 academic points”
“Name: Luo Hui
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Strength: Silver High Stage, Dark Element, at least one blue skill.
Good at escaping and once escaped encirclement from three expert military members, heavily injuring one.
Reward: 68 academic points”
Even within the Silver Stage, the differences were significant.
Each of the three targets from Li Yongzhen and his companions had only about 30 academic points, while Li Yadong and Luo Hui had over 60 each!
Besides being Silver High Stage, the two were also more dangerous and harmful.
In Great Flame, the categories of fugitives were also varied.
Violators of the Great Flame’s regulations for Star Card Masters within the territory due to resources, grudges, or personal desires were ordinary fugitives.
Li Yongzhen, Nie Bo, and Wu Qiushi were such fugitives and the most numerous.
After all, Star Card Masters had strong individual strength and varied abilities.
Once they had a certain amount of power, they were prone to restless thoughts.
Besides, there were several types of Star Card Masters nationally wanted, though fewer in number, they posed a greater threat to Great Flame.
One type Su Yuan had seen before included Dou Xiao and Mo Wenwen, the Evil Card Masters.
Evil Card Masters killed far more than ordinary fugitives, not only Star Card Masters but also ordinary people.
Because many of the skills cultivated by Evil Card Masters harmed others’ lives, they could quickly enhance their skill levels and power this way!
Therefore, Evil Card Masters had a far more significant impact on national stability than ordinary fugitives.
They might not have killed, but they could influence people around them through various methods.
In recent years, they had recruited many low-stage Star Card Masters and ordinary citizens.
But those issues were not Su Yuan’s concern; higher-ups would naturally handle them.
By then, Zhou Bin had finished the follow-up matters and walked over with Old Lin, Qiao Kail, and other team members.
“Classmate Su Yuan, Classmate Luo Bingtong, thank you for helping us handle Li Yongzhen and his folks so smoothly!” Zhou Bin sincerely thanked Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong.
The surrounding team members also expressed their praises:
“Very impressive, two Bronze Level and actually defeated three Silver Stage!”
“Not just defeated, but took only a short while!”
“Geniuses from Demon Capital Academy, truly witnessing today!”
“…”
The team members had all seen Li Yongzhen and his companions’ bodies.
That moment of shock was indescribable.
All these team members came from second-tier academies, even lower-tier second-tier ones.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t be guards in a third-level city.
Two Bronze Levels killed three Silver Stages in just a short time!
Such an event, let alone seeing, they hadn’t even imagined it!
Now, looking at Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong, there was no trace of doubt, only admiration and envy!
Even though Luo Bingtong didn’t say a word and seemed very cold, the third squad’s members felt that it was the aloofness top geniuses should have.
Zhou Bin said, “Su Yuan, it’s almost dinner time.
I’ve called Hongyun Tower in the city center.
Let’s have dinner together tonight and express our gratitude!”
Su Yuan shook his head with a smile, “Thank you, Captain Zhou, but no need.
We have to head to Wanzhou soon for another task.”
“What, another task?” Qiao Kail and others were surprised.
“You just killed three Silver Stage fugitives and are rushing to Wanzhou overnight; is it so urgent?”
Su Yuan nodded, “If we go today, we can understand the situation and start acting tomorrow.
So, we need to hurry.”
Qiao Kail clicked his tongue, “It seems you academy students work even harder than us!”
Zhou Bin said, “Top-notch talents, even in the academy, aren’t more relaxed than us.
Besides talent, extraordinary effort is key to becoming strong.”
Zhou Bin looked around at his team, “So, you and I, we are not just losing talent, we are also not trying hard enough.”
The team members smiled wryly, acknowledging Zhou Bin’s point.
If they had given their all, their strength would surely be more than it was now.
But “giving it all” is not something everyone can do, especially difficult for ordinary people.
One can imagine that a genius’s effort yields a proportional reward.
Ordinary people might need to put in multiple times, even dozens of times the effort, for the same reward, sometimes getting nothing at all.
Low rewards heavily hit confidence and positivity.
So, for ordinary people, it’s much harder to go all out compared to geniuses.
Even if not fully committed, there’s no need to blame or ridicule them.
After all, not every Star Card Master aims to be the strongest.
Those sticking to their posts and protecting people with their power, no matter how strong, are already realizing their value, just to varying degrees.
Zhou Bin spoke this way, a slight reminder to his team.
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Su Yuan, of course, wouldn’t respond.
Zhou Bin told Su Yuan, “Then how about this, when are you leaving?
I’ll have Kail drive you to the airport or station.”
Su Yuan laughed, “We’re leaving now, then please have Brother Qiao take us to the airport.”
It was already dusk.
Wanzhou was near the central area of Great Flame; flying was the better option.
Qiao Kail laughed heartily, “It’s my honor to escort two top genius experts!”
…
Past nine in the evening, Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong arrived in Wanzhou.
It was late.
Su Yuan found a hotel, booked two rooms, and planned to rest for the night.
At ten, a message was suddenly pushed in the class group, showing the academic points earned by all groups in the top three classes so far.
“1st Place: Su Yuan, Luo Bingtong: 96 points.”
“2nd Place: Ye Qing, Xiang Dingqian: 64 points.”
“3rd Place: Luo Yun, Zhou Shouxin: 28 points.”
“…”
“8th Place: Liu Chunlan, He Jie: 16 points.”
“9th-48th Place: 0 points.”
“Indeed, searching for the target is the most time-consuming part, followed by traveling, then fighting.” Su Yuan nodded.
On the first day, out of 48 groups, only eight had points.
In Class One, besides his group, only Ye Qing and Zhou Weimin had points.
This didn’t mean the other groups lacked strength but just hadn’t found their targets yet.
Zhang Tai: “Wow, how did Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong get 96 points already!”
Du Tao: “The gap is this big on the first day, we haven’t even started.
What task did you take?”
Mu Qingyu: “I want to know too.”
Lu Yingying: “tql…”
Shang Baiyu: “No wonder, Su Yuan!”
Xia Yue: “Impressive.”
As the message spread, the class group exploded.
Su Yuan didn’t hide the truth, saying they took a task involving three Silver Stage fugitives.
Everyone was surprised and admired their courage to take such a challenging task on the first day!
Most people would start with a slightly difficult Level One task for safety.
Even people like Xia Yue and Zhang Tai selected simpler Level Two tasks, targeting only one Silver Stage, early or intermediate.
At that moment, Xiang Dingqian looked at the academic points and felt fortunate.
Luckily, he had prior Level Two task experience and Ye Qing’s help, picking two Silver Stage targets at the same location.
With Ye Qing’s Storm Elf searching from above, they quickly found and dealt with the targets.
“Don’t underestimate him; he still scored more than me now…”
Xiang Dingqian looked at Su Yuan, ranked first, feeling pressured.
After a moment of thought, he patted Ye Qing resting on the next bed.
“Ye Qing, tomorrow’s task points are a bit low.
Let’s reassess and pick a more challenging one now!”
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