CHAPTER 441: CHAPTER 237 IS IT REALLY THAT PERVERTED? (2.5/5)_2

"Our seniors have already told us: the person we need to kill this time is the mysterious zeroth-transition expert who has supposedly just awakened and appeared in the Battlegrounds event. We must be especially wary of his Teleport ability. Although we brought cursed Tools with us, just to be cautious, it would be more direct to use the Rule Power to seal his Teleport ability."

"But then, won’t we lose track of where they are? This instance seems quite vast; it’ll probably be hard to find them."

"That’s not a big issue. Typically, as the mission progresses in these instances, the freely accessible area will gradually shrink. He’ll have to meet us eventually, even if he doesn’t want to! Coordinate sharing isn’t actually that useful. Our curse demonization effect will remain active as long as the instance isn’t over, no matter how much time passes within it. The instance’s internal time doesn’t affect our curse demonization effect—the Lord mentioned this before. So, we can afford to drag this out."

"The captain is right; we should indeed opt to restrict Teleportation."

Once everyone agreed to restrict the Teleport ability, the discussion immediately shifted to whether they should lie in wait or take the initiative.

However, while they were discussing, they suddenly received The Heavenly Path’s Hint.

The appearance of this message from the Heavenly Dao made all one hundred of them feel astounded.

They were astounded because they received news that the people from the Solar System side had chosen the coordinate-sharing rule.

This utterly shocked them.

After all, from any normal person’s perspective, choosing this rule seemed to favor their hundred-man team, no matter how you looked at it.

For the other party to choose this rule... it felt a lot like they were courting death!

Of course, that would apply to ordinary people.

But their enemy this time was no ordinary person.

Before entering the instance, their seniors had repeatedly warned them not to underestimate the enemy and to use their full strength to kill when confronted.

And now, they fully understood what their seniors meant.

If the opponent dared to choose such a seemingly suicidal rule, then apart from truly courting death, there was only one other possibility: they possessed absolute confidence.

They were confident enough to take the initiative and attack, which is why they chose coordinate sharing—to charge directly at us.

"Is this person from the Solar System really that monstrous? So arrogant that they dare to choose this rule?"

"Since they chose this, it proves our seniors’ speculations were entirely correct. This fellow must be the zeroth-transition individual who appeared in the Battlegrounds event. To dare enter an event filled with second-transition, full-level-full-star experts from the Milky Way... That just shows they have absolute confidence in their own strength!"

"But we’re quite formidable ourselves! As intruders, they should be able to see our attributes clearly. Yet, even after seeing our attributes, they still dared to choose coordinate sharing. What are they relying on? This is truly unbelievable."

"Hmph, never mind what they’re thinking or what strength they possess. The only thing we need to do is go all out against them! Since they chose such a rule, it’s actually a good thing for us. It saves us the trouble of deciding. We can just wait for them to come to us. They can see our attributes, but they can’t see the cursed Tools hidden in our inventory. Those are our real trump cards. Their misjudgment is definitely a great thing for us!"

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Once Alina finished making her choice, a hundred coordinate points representing the Yongming Star System immediately appeared on the map.

Chen Mo estimated their distance on the map. "They’re in the Imperial City Center, quite far from us. We probably won’t encounter them for a while. I guess we should just proceed with the mission normally for now."

Alina nodded. "That’s good too. Since we’re playing with our cards open now due to coordinate sharing, we can prepare in advance if they head our way."

As they spoke, the instance’s main storyline began to progress.

A cute little boy ran into the tent, saying, "Commanders, the Chief Commander sent me to invite you."

The boy wore a tattered, gray cotton robe that looked rather dirty. His trousers were also made of ragged cotton, their cuffs frayed and worn. A hole in one of his shoes revealed two small toes.

His hair was messy, a long portion of it falling across his face, almost veiling one eye.

The child’s face was somewhat haggard, yet he maintained an innocent, bright smile that radiated a unique Tenacity.

As Chen Mo and Alina looked at the boy, they immediately received information about him from the Heavenly Dao.

This little boy’s family had also been victims of the Empire’s persecution.

His older sister was abducted by the Imperial Prime Minister. After being returned home, tortured and covered in wounds, she took her own life not long after.

His father went to demand an explanation but never returned, presumably murdered by that brutal Prime Minister.

The little boy had only survived thanks to members of the Rebel Army, who rescued him after learning of his family’s tragedy.

Although he appeared young, a deep-seated hatred had already taken root in his heart.

"Are they showing us a child like this right at the start to stoke our hatred?" Chen Mo said, glancing at the little boy as he walked out of the tent.