Entering the venue for the wish mission, Bai Ye was slightly surprised.
When Bai Ye was looking at the light screen, he thought the venue for this wish mission should be a scene of modern civilization, after all, it was all modern-style tall buildings.
However, upon entering, Bai Ye found many suspension bridges in the air, which could hang in the air without supporting pillars.
Besides that, aircraft were constantly flying by, and the cars on the ground were full of technological sense. There were some trash can robots by the roadside, which would automatically move to people who needed to throw trash, or pick up trash on the ground and throw it into their bodies.
Bai Ye did not rush to act, but first opened the light screen to take a look.
As expected, this was an era of future technology.
However, it was in its early stages.
Simply put, it was a stage where modern civilization was transforming into future technological civilization, with some future technological equipment and techniques already present, but the gap with modern civilization's technological level was not very large.
Robots were already in use, but they were limited to garbage robots, cleaning robots, and robots for simple jobs, or semi-robots.
For example, construction robots were present on construction sites, but they could not completely replace manual labor, and still required human supervision and a certain degree of operation.
In addition to this background, there was a profession called Hunter in this world.
Hunters were also known as bounty hunters. Their job was to apprehend fugitives and bring them to justice, for which they would receive a reward. They held weapon permits and could use weapons, and had a certain degree of immunity from killing.
Under normal circumstances, hunters could only apprehend criminals, not kill them. However, if there was a threat to life, hunters could shoot their targets.
Of course, their portable pursuit recording devices must record the moments when they were threatened with their lives. Without relevant video evidence, killing people would still be illegal, which was a high-level permit for self-defense.
Bai Ye and the other eight participants were currently the nine fugitives with the highest bounties in this city. The bounty amounts were so high that a hunter could live a luxurious life without working for several lifetimes.
Therefore, every hunter in this city wanted to arrest these nine people.
After reading this information, Bai Ye felt that this wish mission was relatively less cruel and bloody.
Compared to the simple and direct "only one left to survive" rule of the Twelve Great Battles, being pursued throughout the city could allow one to survive without obtaining mission rewards, similar to the Holy Grail War.
Of course, the degree of cruelty and killing was higher than the Holy Grail War.
Because the ultimate goal of the Holy Grail War was only to obtain the Holy Grail, not to kill people. Theoretically, it was possible for the wish mission to end without anyone dying.
The city-wide pursuit was definitely not like that. The best case scenario was that only one person died, and then after nine days, the person who successfully pursued the most would win.
The worst outcome was that after nine days, no one completed the pursuit, and then a final battle would be triggered, where the nine people would fight directly. After only one person was left dead, that person would be the victor.
Bai Ye thought as he walked along the street, pulling up his collar and looking around a bit, before entering a clothing store.
A moment later, screams erupted from the clothing store, and customers kept fleeing out.
On the other side, Bai Ye also quickly broke open the back door and grabbed a scarf from inside, tying it over his face.
This was really awkward. Bai Ye had no intention of robbing the clothing store. He just thought that since he was currently wanted, walking on the street openly was not good, and he wanted to find something to cover his face.
As a result, as soon as he entered, the large screen was playing information about wanted criminals, and his own face appeared on the screen.
Then he stared at the store's greeter for half a minute, after which she almost sent Bai Ye away with a high-pitched scream.
Exiting the alley, Bai Ye quickly moved away to the side.
As he moved forward, Bai Ye realized his situation, or rather, the situation of the nine participants was not good.
The screens by the roadside and the billboards were all regularly broadcasting news about the nine wanted criminals.
The reason was...
The Villain Pursuit Tournament in the Wish Mission!
This was an annual event in this city. A large number of hunters would pursue the nine wanted criminals who were selected and had the highest bounty amounts.
And the already high bounties would be directly doubled during the Villain Pursuit Tournament, naturally driving the hunters into a frenzy.
At the same time, the entire city would broadcast information about the wanted criminals to assist the hunters.
"Damn it!"
Upon learning of this situation, Bai Ye couldn't help but curse.
Let alone this life, even in his previous life, the core of the wish missions Bai Ye had participated in was the competition among the chosen ones. This was the first time the chosen ones hadn't fought each other, and they might have to deal with the natives first.
Just then...
*Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff...*
A continuous burst of gunfire suddenly sounded. Bai Ye quickly ducked his head and instinctively leaped, rolling to take cover behind a car.
"Are you kidding me? They came too fast!"
Although he had been exposed, being chased by hunters right after leaving the clothing store was a bit too efficient.
But after the gunfire, Bai Ye found no further movement.
This made Bai Ye a little puzzled, and he couldn't help but poke his head out from behind the car and walk towards the corner where the gunshots came from.
And just as Bai Ye reached the corner, a figure suddenly darted out.
*Bang!*
"My nose!"
Bai Ye and the other person simultaneously covered their faces, instinctively retreated, and then looked up.
"Damn!" The figure that darted out was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "It's you again!"
Bai Ye glanced sideways, and it was Li Jiayi, who else could it be?
The next moment, Li Jiayi directly swept a leg towards Bai Ye. Bai Ye quickly raised his arm.
*Bang!*
The two collided. Li Jiayi's palm trembled, and then a large burst of white light erupted.
Bai Ye felt a sharp pain in his eyes, and then his vision went black.
Bai Ye cursed inwardly, a blinding status effect!
In the darkness, Bai Ye felt a blow to his chest, and he was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the car on the side, causing it to dent.
The blinding effect did not last long, and Bai Ye quickly regained his vision. He then saw Li Jiayi deliver a fierce knee strike towards him.
*Bang!*
Bai Ye crossed his arms and blocked another blow.
"Stop hitting me!" Bai Ye cursed, "Are you after me? Go find Number One!"
"How do you know I'm Number Two?" Li Jiayi was stunned for a moment, then became even more enraged, roaring at Bai Ye, "Did you, you bastard, start the wish mission? Pay me back my Zouwou!"