Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1827: Who is his target?

The first day of the novice battlefield ended amidst constant slaughter.

For the entire trial, however, this was only the beginning.

Yaka withdrew her long blade from the corpse of a parasite, grinning with satisfaction as she saw her points increase a bit more.

Indeed, after stopping the pursuit of that damned guy, the feeling of gaining points was so wonderful.

The group had adopted a formation with some distance between them—not too far, not too close—as they advanced. This allowed them to maintain contact, provide quick support in case of danger, and hunt independently on their respective routes.

When they encountered lives on the list, they would gather to kill them together; the rest belonged to each individual.

The members of the squad were originally powerful, and with few people in this area today, this carpet-style hunting yielded substantial gains.

Yaka suddenly turned around and saw Wade walking towards her.

“What’s wrong? Why aren’t you staying in your own area and coming over here?”

Among the group, Hawkins and Aimusi were on the far left, the Netherrealm Star Domain native was in the middle, and Wade and Yaka were on the right side of the advance direction in sequence.

“We haven’t been chasing Ye Zhongming for several hours now, right?”

Faced with Wade’s question, Yaka nodded, not understanding what he meant.

“Do you think he’s behind us?” Wade asked with an inexplicable smile.

The little girl Yaka checked the corpse and, finding no valuable materials, replied, “Are you afraid?”

“Of course I’m not afraid. I even hope he is behind us.” Wade snorted, then looked at his companion and said, “But I have a feeling he’s not behind us.”

“I think so too. He’s injured, and his combat power has dropped sharply. He used a lot of his bloodline and skills in the previous battle—they were very powerful, but the cooldown period probably still needs quite some time. The wisest choice for him now is to find a place to recuperate or target some weak lives to gain points. Wait until the end of this small cycle in two days, return to the camp, and completely heal himself.”

Wade nodded. “Normally, your analysis isn’t wrong.”

“What do you mean?” Yaka sensed something more in her companion’s words.

“Have you seen Ye Zhongming’s points? They haven’t changed since we stopped chasing him.”

Wade’s expression was very serious. “Indeed, this might not mean anything. He could be healing, resting, or escaping.”

Yaka felt a bit confused by this and said impatiently, “What exactly are you trying to say?”

“I’m saying there’s another possibility.” Wade’s expression held something Yaka couldn’t quite decipher. “Ye Zhongming doesn’t dare chase us, at least for now. If he’s smart enough, he should see that we are actually a trap waiting for him to take the bait.”

“In that case, if he really wants to kill us, as Hawkins said, he would definitely choose one person as the target. Who do you think he would choose?”

Yaka paused. “Didn’t you just say we are actually a trap…”

She stopped mid-sentence, her eyes showing surprise. “You mean, the target he chooses wouldn’t be us, but…”

“Yes! It’s Kuma!”

Wade said very confidently, “If we can think of it, how could Ye Zhongming, the Cloud Peak King, not think of it? Wouldn’t he know that our best chance is during the transmission phase at the start of the second small cycle? He will definitely try to find a way to counter it. The best and most direct way is to have us all dead before that. If he can’t, then what is the most advantageous thing to do?”

“Right, that’s to get rid of Kuma first, the one who can track him. That way, even if we follow him through transmission, he has a great chance to shake us off.”

“If Kuma is with us, he naturally has no opportunity. But now, we’ve given him a perfect opportunity ourselves.”

Wade glanced ahead into the distance, where only a bit of combat movement could be captured, but no figures were visible, then turned back to Yaka and said, “We contacted Kuma to come and join us. This provided Kuma’s return route. And Ye Zhongming’s companion is also a ruthless person. You should know what happened just now: Kuma and the other were lured by someone using the rules to a place with a cruel guy who had killed five newcomers. One of them was killed, and Kuma, seeing the situation was bad, slipped away and no longer dared to chase the guy who had long since run off.”

“Now, he is alone, rushing towards us. And what likely awaits him is a deadly ambush! I hope Kuma has a sudden whim and can investigate Ye Zhongming’s traces. Otherwise…”

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s notify Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins quickly!”

After saying that, Yaka was about to run in that direction, but was stopped by Wade.

“What do you mean? No matter what, Kuma is our companion. If he dies, it’s not good for us, right?”

Although the little girl handled matters straightforwardly, it didn’t mean she was unintelligent. The importance of a team was self-evident.

“Let me ask you a few questions first. After you answer, if you still want to go, I won’t stop you.”

Hearing Wade say this, Yaka nodded.

“Is Kuma a main combatant in our team?”

“No, his abilities are mainly tracking, plus some support abilities.”

“If Kuma lives, will our points increase?”

“No, but in the future, when hunting listed lifeforms together, there would be a bit more.”

“If we kill Ye Zhongming, will we get points?”

“Of course we will, but can you stop saying such nonsense?”

“If Ye Zhongming kills Kuma, and we kill Ye Zhongming, will we get more points?”

“…Yes.”

“Tell me, is a Ye Zhongming who has lost an arm easier to kill, or are other lives with the same points as him easier to kill?”

“…Ye Zhongming.”

Yaka’s answers grew softer and softer. She understood what Wade meant.

“So, let’s not wait for the second small cycle either. Let Ye Zhongming kill Kuma, and then we kill Ye Zhongming. What do you think? He’s waiting for prey on Kuma’s route, but isn’t he also exposing his whereabouts to us!”

Yaka looked at Kuma’s points, then at Ye Zhongming’s points, and simply calculated how many points she would get if she killed Ye Zhongming.

It was basically equivalent to her current score; even if it was less, it wasn’t by much.

“You…”

“I just want Ye Zhongming dead. You help me, and then you complete the kill.”

“What about the Hawkins side…”

“Sometimes, things can’t always go their way, don’t you think? Also, strictly speaking, the higher-ups only asked us to cooperate with them, not to obey them. Don’t you think?”

“Deal!”

“Then let’s go. We need to find Ye Zhongming.”

The two specialty detoured and, without the others noticing, crossed their parallel lines, sneaking towards the place they guessed.

While running at high speed, Wade glanced sideways at the little girl, as if looking at a pile of moving points.