Truth Society, Combat Department.
Yu Wei, responsible for monitoring the Dark Web, logged into his Dark Web backend as usual after the meeting. The first thing he saw was his backend inbox, which already showed 99+.
For him, his primary job every day was to read the backend inbox, categorize the messages, and submit them to his superiors according to their importance.
Most of the time, the messages in the inbox were worthless and could even send the President's blood pressure soaring. For example, Lily's repeated thwarting of the Truth Society's assassination bounties recently infuriated the President and the Minister of the Combat Department, and consequently, even the minor grunts like them suffered.
Fortunately, Lily had recently fallen out with the Gene Primordial, so she probably wouldn't cause any trouble for a while. He temporarily didn't have to worry about news of Lily.
Temporarily... Temporarily my ass!
As he scrolled through the messages in the inbox, Yu Wei was horrified to see the name Lily appear on the screen again.
What a disaster.
Could it be that Lily had attacked another Truth Society base again?
Lately, the President had been constantly clashing with the Gene Primordial, making him moody and unpredictable. If news of Lily causing trouble reached the President's ears...
Yu Wei dared not imagine how he would be treated.
He tremblingly clicked on the new message. To his surprise, it was sent by a Dark Web A-level assassin codenamed Rattlesnake. The message was short but contained a powerful impact comparable to a nuclear explosion.
"I have killed Lily."
"Holy crap!"
Yu Wei shouted and stood up from his seat.
"What's with the craziness first thing in the morning?"
His actions quickly drew dissatisfaction from those around him, but once others came closer, they immediately let out the same exclamation as him.
"Holy crap!"
One "holy crap" after another. In this chain reaction, the Minister of the Combat Department, Bernardo, quickly sensed the abnormality.
"What are you all doing first thing in the morning... Holy crap!"
Looking at the message on the screen, Bernardo's eyes almost popped out.
Although the President had ordered him to stop the pursuit of Lily after she fell out with the Gene Primordial, how could the President not want to kill Lily, who had repeatedly disrupted the Truth Society's plans, if there was truly an opportunity?
Inoue's capture was a silent loss for the Truth Society. The destruction of the Bagaros Base and Gedo's death were like being fed a mouthful of shit by the Truth Society. These were genuine grudges.
If Lily was truly killed, it would be incredibly good news, worthy of an internal celebration.
"Bring me Rattlesnake's information."
Bernardo forced himself to calm down. He couldn't report it to the President immediately as he couldn't confirm the truth of the matter yet.
After reading Rattlesnake's introduction, he couldn't help but nod.
"No one has ever seen his true appearance, but he is a psychic ability user and an A-level assassin. With his ability, if it was a sneak attack, it is indeed possible that he could kill Lily. The possibility of this message being true is very high. Contact him and have him send some photos first!"
Yu Wei immediately complied.
About ten minutes later, "Rattlesnake" came online again and sent two photos.
One photo showed Lily pressing one hand to her forehead, standing in place, looking dizzy. The other photo showed Lily lying on the ground, eyes closed tightly, her abdomen soaked with blood.
"This face is indeed Lily's face." Bernardo had seen Lily's photos no less than a thousand times, so he recognized her at a glance. "Ask him how he killed Lily, and where he is now. Tell him that as long as he hands over Lily's body to us, the 800,000 will be immediately transferred to his account."
Yu Wei typed furiously on the keyboard.
"He said he was hired by a Wanderer organization in the Goli Desert. A few days ago, Lily had a conflict with that Wanderer organization. He recognized Lily, and then, while Lily wasn't paying attention, he launched a sneak attack with a psychic shock. Even so, he paid a considerable price to kill Lily. After killing Lily, he temporarily left the Goli Desert and is now near the Ilyanas settlement within the Railway Guild territory."
Railway Guild, huh?
Just by looking at the message from Rattlesnake, Bernardo couldn't find any flaws in his story.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Have Graham handle this matter. Make sure to bring Lily's body back intact."
"Yes!"
The Truth Society quickly sprang into action.
Bernardo looked around, feeling great.
Lily, oh Lily, this is the consequence of you opposing the Truth Society. What if you have great abilities? You still have to be easily crushed to death by the Truth Society.
...
Meanwhile, on the other end of the Dark Web, Lily smiled as she looked at the reply on the screen.
"It seems Little Yulia's intelligence wasn't wrong. There truly is a Truth Society base hidden near Ilyanas."
The reason she impersonated Rattlesnake to contact the Truth Society was, on one hand, to find out the location where Little Yulia said Graham was hiding, and on the other hand, naturally, for the bounty offered by the Truth Society.
Everyone wanted to use her life to exchange for a bounty from the Truth Society and the Gene Primordial. Coincidentally, she wanted to too!
That was 800,000! Even for her current self, it wasn't a small sum. There was no reason why others could earn this money but she couldn't.
To firmly secure this money, Lily began to plan after learning that Cui Jiming had once been a plastic surgeon.
Actually, even if Cui Jiming couldn't do it, it didn't matter. Finding any doctor in other settlements would have the same effect; it was just that having Cui Jiming do it could save some money.
Lily's plan was to have Cui Jiming perform plastic surgery on a player to make her look like Lily, and then use this player to deceive the Truth Society.
Before coming to the 5th Shelter yesterday, she shared her plan with the players. Of course, she deliberately omitted the goal of earning the bounty, only saying that she planned to use this method to lure out the Truth Society members hiding in the shadows.
Upon hearing that there was a task to do, and that this task would not only increase Lily's favorability but also give several thousand experience points as a reward, all the female players stepped forward.
Lily chose a female player named Patrick Star, whose figure was closest to hers.
While she was handling matters at the 5th Shelter, the players also escorted Cui Jiming back to the Red Sand Camp's laboratory for the surgery.
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