Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1831: Helsky's squad

The more complex the rules, the more one could find aspects within them that could be exploited.

For instance, this time’s novice battlefield.

Cooperation was allowed, mutual slaughter was allowed, and killing more than three people would also result in one’s location being published.

After three days of adaptation, many people began to have many, many ideas, and in the face of these ideas, many, many methods were derived.

Among them, one was hunting red names!

Those with red names had at least taken the lives of three novices; their points certainly would not be low. After all, those capable of killing three existences of the same level were necessarily highly skilled. The speed at which such lives earned points was definitely not too slow.

To some extent, the points gained from killing them were higher than killing many mutated lives or parasites.

Helsky’s team saw this point and thus began hunting red names.

“Hey, we’ve chased this far, delaying over an hour. Is this worth it? I think our points grow quickly when we cooperate to hunt those mutated life parasites. Doing this seems like the gain does not outweigh the loss.”

The person called “He” had very distinct European-American features and was a very handsome human from an ancient family in Western Europe.

He had once been a spokesperson for a major race among the universe’s races, and the relationship was very good at that. So after arriving in the heavens, Helsky not only received much care but also learned many little-known things.

For example, he knew that this time, the number of people coming from Earth exceeded twenty, the least among the major novice source planets. Even so, the majority had spokespeople who contributed effort; otherwise, there were only three or four people who relied solely on themselves to evolve to level nine and obtain an entry ticket.

He, Helsky, admired such people; at least he himself did not belong to this category.

But this did not mean he feared such people. On the contrary, when necessary, he found it very interesting to eliminate such people.

“Who told you to be better than me but not have higher emotional and intellectual intelligence?” Helsky often thought this way.

Just like now, he made a compelling person from Earth his hunting target: the strongest from the China region, Ye Zhongming.

Under normal circumstances, he would not actively provoke this guy, but now it was different because this number one from the China region had a red name, and coincidentally, he was not far from their area of activity.

“The gain does not outweigh the loss? No. Look at how many points Ye Zhongming has now? Killing him would yield over twenty points at once. Aren’t you tempted? We worked hard killing for two days; how many did you get? How many did everyone get?”

The fellow Earthling, who appeared to be of mixed race, frowned and said, “What you say is true, but that’s also because we have too few people gathered now. When there are more people and more races, our points bonus will naturally be higher, and the points will quickly rise.”

Helsky checked the recorder and, finding no changes, replied, “Kevin, tell me, is the foundation important?”

The mixed-race Kevin was somewhat unhappy but still answered, “Of course it’s important. A good start is half the success.”

“Correct!” Helsky snapped his fingers.

“Then tell me, what is a good start? Is our current average of fifty points a good start? Being ranked in the four digits a good start? We are friendly with everyone, persuading everyone we meet with earnest advice and smiling faces to join us, and so far we have less than ten people—is that good?”

The others listening looked slightly uncomfortable; they were those lives who had believed Helsky.

Kevin pressed his lips together and said nothing.

“No, even though we have worked hard, our points still haven’t risen. This is not what we want. If this continues, after the seven small cycles end, even if we don’t die, our ranking will fall behind. What meaning is there in that?”

“Then what do you suggest we do? Hunt red names? What if we become red names? Get counter-hunted? Also, these red names are all strong. Isn’t the risk very high for us to do this?”

Another life also had objections to this decision.

Helsky patiently explained to them, though in his heart he was already quite displeased. How did these people reach the top evolution level? Could they not understand such a simple matter?

“The risk is high, but that’s for us individually. Together, dealing with one red name—you’re not lacking confidence, are you?”

“Listen, there’s still some time before the first small cycle ends, about ten-plus hours. In this area, there are five red names. As long as we hunt them all, I’ve calculated we will gain over two hundred thirty points. Minimum! This already exceeds our previous efficiency, doesn’t it?”

The few of them had previously averaged close to two hundred total points per day. If they could really gain these two hundred thirty points in over ten hours, that would indeed be very good.

“And don’t forget, after over two days of hunting, the density of mutated lives and parasites here has decreased. Our efficiency in this final period will drop significantly. One decreases while the other increases—which do you think is more suitable?”

Hearing this, everyone really felt it made sense.

“What I mean by a good start is that by the end of the first small cycle, we obtain as many high points as possible. Then, when we return to camp, we can obtain better things. When the next cycle begins, our points earning speed can be faster.”

“As for us becoming red names, here’s what I think: we must avoid becoming red names. That is, each person can kill at most two people. We take turns; the seven of us can kill at most fourteen people. And I plan to use this quota fully. In the future, for every life that joins our team, this quota increases by two.”

Helsky’s words made everyone around fall silent.

“You know, when I studied in the China region, I learned a phrase: ‘Grasp both, and grasp both firmly!’ We must earn points by hunting mutated lives and also by killing red names. This is the best method for gaining points.”

“This is also the opportunity the rules leave for us!”

Helsky looked around and found that no one showed opposition; clearly, he had convinced them all. He smiled confidently.

“Alright, let’s kill this number one from the China region, who has average points among red names and should be relatively average in strength. He is right ahead.”

The seven people made slight adjustments to their direction and headed toward the place Helsky indicated.