Vast Star Sea.
A D-class spaceship detached from the Dark Universe, appearing in the Star Sea, then accelerated towards a distant green life planet.
Inside the spaceship, Ender sat cross-legged on the ground, the bright light of the light screen illuminating his face. "This trial mission is a planetary Hunting Mission!"
On the light screen was a rotating green planet, the life planet Qikunli Star. This planetary Hunting Mission would take place on that planet.
Qikunli Star had not been modified, maintaining its original ecological environment, though the environment was relatively harsh, making it difficult for life below Planetary Level to survive there.
At the same time, Qikunli Star had many low-intelligence Ferocious beasts, which were the indigenous inhabitants of the planet. Due to regular clearings, the highest Rank among them was only Stellar Ninth Order.
Scrolling up with his finger, Ender finished reading the information on Qikunli Star, then flipped to the criminal information.
"This trial mission has deployed 30 Stellar Rank criminals, including 1 Stellar Ninth Order, 2 Stellar Rank Eighth Stage, 3 Stellar Rank 7, 4 Stellar Rank Sixth Order, and the remaining 20 are Stellar Rank Fifth Order and below."
With a tap of his finger, he opened the criminal information of the Stellar Ninth Order individual.
A new light screen popped up, and the first thing that caught his eye was a portrait.
It was a man with a scar on his left face, smooth blue skin, and sharp, saw-like teeth.
Below the portrait, the man's information was written in the Universe's common language.
Nahoon Gul!
Martial Artist, Stellar Ninth Order.
Sentenced to ten thousand years in prison for crimes such as slave smuggling and instigating coups.
Grover Kasmu...
Ender read through all the criminal information one by one, memorizing the appearance and characteristics of each criminal.
These criminals would become his enemies in the upcoming trial mission. Having this information would give him an advantage.
Buzz!
Suddenly, Ender's communicator on his wrist vibrated slightly, indicating a new important message had been received.
"Finally."
He opened it to find that the message was from the Stellar Training Camp, detailing the points reward system for this trial mission.
"Basic mission: Hunting Ferocious beasts. Killing one type of Ferocious beast earns 5 points, up to a maximum of 150 points."
Ender read carefully, "Additional mission: Hunting criminals. Killing one criminal earns a base of 25 points, with an additional 2 points for each Rank above Stellar Rank First Order."
"For example, killing a Stellar Ninth Order criminal will earn a base of 25 points plus an additional 16 points, totaling 41 points."
"Note: All criminals will be equipped with a First-Order Force Weapons or Spirit Weapon, and can form teams of up to four people."
"These criminals are cunning and ruthless, equipped with First-Order Force Weapons and Spirit Weapon, and can even form four-person teams."
Ender shook his head slightly, "Compared to the risks these criminals pose, the points gained from killing them are a bit too low."
Looking at the 30 different Hunting targets in the basic Hunting Mission, he chuckled, "They've even released the activity maps for all 30 Ferocious beast targets. This is encouraging us to complete the basic mission."
"Wait!"
As if he had thought of something, Ender re-examined the information about this trial mission. "There's no prohibition on students forming teams! Nor is there any prohibition on students fighting each other!"
"This is very contradictory!" He was a bit puzzled. "What is the Stellar Training Camp Dispatch Department thinking?"
If they encourage students to form teams, they would definitely prohibit students from fighting each other.
But without prohibiting fighting, it means they don't encourage students to form teams, yet criminals can form teams, which is very contradictory.
"I know too few people in the Stellar Training Camp. Since there's no prohibition on students fighting, there's no need to team up," Ender mused to himself. "With my strength, even if I encounter that Stellar Ninth Order criminal, I am confident of winning."
"After all, I have the Blood Edge Blade, a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon, while the opponent only has a First-Order Force Weapons and no Force Armor for protection..."
"No!" His expression changed slightly. "Criminals might also possess Force Armor. If they kill a student from the Stellar Training Camp, they can obtain the equipment on them!"
"The Stellar Training Camp only stated that criminals are equipped with First-Order Force Weapons and Spirit Weapon; it didn't prohibit criminals from acquiring student equipment."
He looked down at the communicator on his wrist, "What if criminals can also use students' communicators..."
"Criminals were deployed to Qikunli Star before the Stellar Training Camp students arrived."
Thinking of this, Ender's scalp tingled. "This is getting too serious..."
The criminals arriving at Qikunli Star first meant they had the upper hand; they could explore the environment of Qikunli Star and set up their plans!
At this moment, he understood why the death rate for planetary Hunting Missions was so high!
With the Stellar Training Camp designing it this way, if students don't have trustworthy teammates or sufficient strength, it's very difficult to survive the planetary Hunting Mission!
Thinking of the difficulty of this trial mission, Ender felt a bit heavy-hearted. "It's a good thing I used my points to improve my Gene Energy Rank first, otherwise..."
If he had used his points to buy secret technique scriptures instead of improving his Gene Energy Rank, perhaps he would also have to think about how to survive this trial mission.
"It seems I can only act alone in this trial mission."
With no prohibition on students fighting each other and no constraints from the Stellar Training Camp, Ender couldn't trust anyone else.
"With my strength, there shouldn't be any problem getting through this trial mission."
He planned, "The time limit for this trial mission is three months. To be cautious, I'll only use one month to complete the basic mission. After one month, no matter the completion rate, I'll find a place to hide!"
If it were other students, completing the trial mission in one month would be very risky, as they wouldn't know when criminals might acquire students' communicators.
But Ender was exceptionally strong and considered himself unrivaled in this trial mission. Completing the basic mission in just one month was already very cautious.
Having decided to act alone, he sighed softly, "I hope more students survive this trial mission."
...
Qikunli Star, the sky was gloomy.
Boom!
Electric snakes danced in the clouds, and heavy rain poured down!
In the dense forest, raindrops hit the leaves, finally sliding onto the ground covered with fallen leaves.
Slap!
Under a large tree, Nahoon Gul reached out and caught a drop of water falling from above. With his mouth full of sharp teeth, he looked at the twenty-odd people divided into two groups.
Aside from him, the Stellar Ninth Order, who had several of his clansmen following him, the other two Stellar Rank Eighth Stage individuals had each rallied about ten people.
So the thirty people here were divided into three groups, confronting each other, with a tense atmosphere permeating the air.
Nahoon's eyelids drooped. He asked impatiently, "So, you don't agree with the area I've delineated?"
"Why not!"
A Stellar Rank 7 roared, "In terms of numbers! We have more than you! Why can you few people occupy such a large area!"
"Why?"
Nahoon stood up, picking up the First-Order Force Weapons battle-axe beside him...