Pre-death assessment

Upon hearing this, Zhou Haonan shook his head: "But I've only seen those gangsters from Causeway Bay, I haven't seen any others."

"It's okay, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean others haven't."

Ling Wu smiled and looked at Zhao Yu and Guan Hao as he spoke.

"Captain, what are you looking at us for?" The two of them chuckled awkwardly.

"Weren't you guys thugs before?" Ling Wu smiled.

"Forehead……"

The two of them chuckled dryly.

To be honest, back when they were still in school, they were already considered troublemakers.

Back in school, I was someone who could do whatever I wanted.

"You've probably read quite a few Young and Dangerous comics or novels, so give him a chance to learn about them," Ling Wu continued.

"Hmm...that's a good idea. Back in junior high, I watched those kinds of things in class every day, so my grades weren't good enough and that's why I enlisted..."

The two of them chuckled dryly, then asked with some curiosity, "Captain, how do you know about our past?"

Ling Wu simply smiled and didn't say anything more.

He then turned his gaze back to Zhou Haonan: "How long have you been in this second level?"

"It's been almost a year!"

Zhou Haonan replied, "Unfortunately, we haven't been able to complete the test or kill enough hunters so far."

After all, if you summon a bunch of thugs, how will you fight back against the hunters?

He would avoid hunters whenever possible.

For him, completing the exam questions was relatively easier.

Therefore, he has always gotten along well with everyone and made friends whenever possible.

I just hope that if I ever encounter danger, I'll have friends who would stand up for me.

This is somewhat cruel.

On one hand, you want to make the other person your best friend; on the other hand, you want your friend to die for you in the end…

However, in this second level of the pre-death assessment space, whose test is not cruel?

Some of them are not only cruel, but also perverted!

"Oh, by the way, I saw those guns you guys had earlier... could they kill a novice hunter?"

Zhou Haonan's eyes lit up: "How about I get one too? If you guys give me one, I'll go through fire and water for you!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ming and the others gave a dry laugh.

You expect others to go to great lengths for you, how could you possibly go to great lengths for someone else?

"We have a limited number of these guns, so we can't give them to you right now."

Ling Wu continued, "But... if any of us kills enough hunters first, the gun will be useless, and then we can give it to you."

"Sure, sure, I'll wait until you've killed a thousand of them."

Zhou Haonan quickly nodded with a smile.

He would be absolutely happy as long as there was a chance to leave this second level.

He was completely helpless before, but now that there's a slight possibility, he's naturally happy.

"Also... this gun has limited energy."

Ling Wu continued, "Do you know where we can currently obtain high-energy materials for the second level of the pre-death assessment space? For example, the energy core of a hunter."

Zhou Haonan narrowed his eyes slightly and continued, "Yes! The island in the middle of the lake! There's a group of people there who work together to hunt down predators."

"They seem to have killed intermediate and advanced hunters before, and they have the hunters' energy cores in their possession."

"Take me to see it after the hunt is over," Ling Wu continued.

"Well... those people are not easy to get along with."

Zhou Haonan hesitated for a moment: "They are all quite arrogant and look down on the weak."

"To them, anyone who cannot kill the hunter is weak."

For example, he himself couldn't kill even the weakest novice hunter.

So in the eyes of that group of people, he was the weak one.

"But we can kill the hunters!" Ling Wu replied with a smile.

"Hmm... Although you rely on weapons, you are indeed able to kill the hunters."

Zhou Haonan nodded: "I'll take you to see them in a bit. The leader of that group is called Boss Lei. He's a lightning elementalist. His lightning is very strong and has the power to kill a beginner hunter."

"Is it also an elemental type?"

Liu Ruyan asked with some curiosity, "Which realm?"

"I don't know the specifics, but it should be the four realms, right?" Zhou Haonan guessed.

"A mere fourth-realm cultivator dares to call himself the boss? I'm also from the fourth realm, but I'm still just a little follower..."

Liu Ruyan smiled charmingly.

……

Soon, the group finished their meal.

Then Liu Ruyan kindly helped Zhou Haonan wash the dishes.

Not only is she beautiful, but she's also a fourth-level fire elemental expert, and so considerate and virtuous. Zhou Haonan was indeed somewhat tempted...

But then again, I felt that as an ordinary ability user, I wasn't good enough for her...

After the meal, the hour-long hunt was almost completely over.

The bodies of hunters who have died will remain in this space.

The hunters who do not die will be reclaimed by the space and disappear.

Ling Wu left Li Ming and the others inside the base.

Then, he took Zhou Haonan and Liu Ruyan to the so-called island in the middle of the lake.

……

In the middle of this vast, post-apocalyptic city, there is a lake.

And in that lake, there is an island.

The island has a huge and magnificent castle, which, unlike its dilapidated exterior, appears to be well-preserved.

This is the regular stronghold of Boss Lei and his gang.

They occupied the island in the middle of the lake, and no one in the second level of the pre-death assessment space dared to provoke them.

When faced with hunters, even novice hunters usually do not choose to flee or hide, but rather confront them head-on.

Their entire team has already killed quite a few hunters.

For example, during the hunt just now, they killed dozens of them.

"Damn it, if a large number of hunters hadn't run off in one direction, we could have killed even more."

At this moment, in front of the black castle on the island in the middle of the lake, lay the mangled corpses of some novice hunters.

These dozens of novice hunters are their spoils from just one hour ago.

In the second level of the pre-death assessment space, most people are afraid of the hunters.

But they are different; they wish every moment were a hunting opportunity.

That way they can kill more hunters.

Of course, this only applies to beginners…

"Since hunters are converging in that direction, it naturally means that... someone has also killed hunters in that direction."

Standing at the very front of everyone was a man with long hair tied back and wearing a suit.

And he, of course, was the leader of this gang of "bandits".

That is, Lei Zhenyu, whom people call Boss Lei!

"Interesting. I wonder what kind of powerful expert he is?"

Lei Zhenyu gazed into the distance, then smiled faintly: "If we can win them over, that would be best; if we can't... then it's best to eliminate them."

Because they don't need competitors.

The strong are either teammates or opponents.

Competitors and mortal enemies are still opponents, and they all deserve to die!

"Um?"

Just then, as Lei Zhenyu was looking into the distance, he suddenly saw a boat sailing towards the island from the edge of the lake.

"Someone actually dares to approach the island in the middle of the lake? Are they courting death?"

Behind Lei Zhenyu, several of his teammates' expressions turned slightly cold.

This land belongs to them, and they have clearly informed everyone that no one is allowed to approach it.

And now, someone actually dares to come here so blatantly in a boat?

Are you new here? Don't you know the rules of the second level of the pre-death assessment space?

Now, their island in the middle of the lake is the rule of this assessment space!

"I blasted them all with one shot."

One of Lei Zhenyu's men picked up a rocket launcher.

But then Lei Zhenyu waved his hand: "Let them come over. Maybe... they're new here. Let's see if they're of any use."

If someone is useful, recruit them into your ranks.

Upon hearing this, his men behind him all abandoned their intention to kill him.

Under their watchful eyes, the ship soon arrived at the island in the middle of the lake.

Then, Ling Wu and the other two came down from up there.

Zhou Haonan walked behind Ling Wu and Liu Ruyan. It was obvious that he was quite afraid of Lei Zhenyu and his group.

After all, he had dealt with these people before, and he had only wanted to make friends with them, but they looked down on him completely...

"Zhou Haonan? I think I told you before not to bother me, right?"

When they saw that it was Zhou Haonan, Lei Zhenyu's men immediately frowned.

This kid wanted to join them before, but they rejected him.

After all, that kid's summoning ability is completely meaningless.

At this moment, Lei Zhenyu waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to be quiet.

He glanced at Ling Wu and Liu Ruyan, then smiled faintly: "You two... look unfamiliar!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Ruyan a few more times.

It's quite obvious that Liu Ruyan's charm had a certain attraction for him.

But then his gaze fell on Ling Wu's hand.

Ling Wu was holding a very strange gun, which looked very high-tech and was clearly not in the same league as the rifles and machine guns they were carrying.

"Just arrived!"

Ling Wu replied indifferently, then strode forward with his gun in hand.

He walked up to the corpses of the novice hunters.

Then he raised his gun and fired a shot at one of the corpses.

A laser beam shot out and pierced the hunter's chest.

Upon seeing this, Lei Zhenyu and the others narrowed their eyes slightly.

Do they actually possess weapons capable of directly killing hunters?

interesting!

"I heard you've killed intermediate and advanced hunters?"

Ling Wu then slowly said, "How about... we make a deal? One high-level hunter energy core in exchange for a gun!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately understood that they were there to discuss business.

"Interesting. The three of you, armed with a gun, come up to me wanting to make a deal?"

Lei Zhenyu's lips curled into a slight smile: "If I were to kill you all directly, wouldn't this gun... be mine?"

"That's certainly interesting. You think you have an advantage just because you have more people?"

Liu Ruyan smiled charmingly, slowly raised her hand, and flames ignited at her fingertips.

"Do you also have elemental abilities?"

Lightning flashed in Lei Zhenyu's eyes: "I wonder what realm you are...?"

The two locked eyes, the air seemed to freeze, and it looked as if they were about to start fighting.

But at that moment, Ling Wu suddenly spoke up again: "Let your leader come out and speak."

Upon hearing this, Lei Zhenyu frowned slightly.

How does this guy know he's not the head of the household?

Yes, although he is called Boss Lei, he is not the real leader of the island in the lake.

The real boss is his sister!