Global Game: Ten Billion Spirit Energy Coins From The Start
Chapter 1389 - Chapter 1389 The times have changed

Chapter 1389: The times have changed Chapter 1389: The times have changed As Su Yu contacted Simon Herag, it just so happened that the Adventure Group Simon Herag belonged to–the “Fugue Nova”–was also holding a meeting to discuss this very bounty.

Although the amount of the bounty reward had not been announced yet, as an official event rarely held by the authorities, the prize was bound to be substantial!

Moreover, the key members of “Fugue Nova” had just returned to the Fige Hub and were not in any other Star Domains, so it was the perfect opportunity for them to partake in this bounty!

Two days ago, the leader of the Adventure Group, Janet, had already taken a tally of the members’ willingness to participate, and many expressed their willingness to join.

Thus, as soon as the bounty was published today, Janet organized the 6 core members with Eighth-order peak strength of the Adventure Group to discuss the issue of forming teams for this bounty.

In a virtual network meeting room on the public network, Janet’s 3D projection was chatting candidly with the projections of the core members of the Adventure Group, including Simon Herag.

Simon Herag himself possessed Eighth-order peak strength and was an early member of the Adventure Group, essentially one of its veterans.

After Janet finished her opening remarks, it was Simon Herag’s turn to speak.

Simon Herag did not refuse and immediately shared his thoughts: “I think we, the six with Eighth-order peak strength, should lead different teams, each leading one team.”

He glanced at the Adventure Group’s panel statistics and continued: “There are 63 of us in the Adventure Group willing to participate in the bounty, and among us are six at the peak of Eighth Order. If each of us leads a team, we can each form six teams of ten to compete together.”

“Oh, is that what you think?” As soon as Simon had finished speaking, Janet looked at him incredulously.

Though Janet’s name leaned towards being feminine, its real form was a hermaphroditic creature somewhat resembling a Blue Star sea otter.

Hearing Simon’s suggestion, it said in surprise: “You actually want us to lead separate teams? Shouldn’t we six team up, with the stronger members pairing with the strong, and the weaker with the weak, to have a better chance of ranking highly?”

“Yeah.”

“The leader is right.”

“I agree with the leader’s idea, too.”

At this point, the other key members expressed their agreement in turn.

The one standing beside him even explained to him: “Simon, don’t forget that the top ten teams get extra rewards!

All six of us being Eighth-order peak, and with a few more from the higher echelons of Eighth-order, our strength will surely be no less than any team in the Hub. If we give it a shot, we might even make it into the top ten!”

“Exactly. Even though the reward hasn’t been announced, the rewards for the top ten will definitely not be small.”

“Let’s just team up. Then, we’ll pick out a few more reliable higher Eight-orders.”

Everyone supported the idea of their leader, Janet.

But, Simon Herag didn’t see it that way.

He swept his gaze over the attendees and shook his head: “Everyone, you are actually very mistaken, and quite spectacularly so!

I dare say, if we team up, we will certainly not make it into the top ten! Not even the top twenty!”

“Why?” Janet’s face was full of questions.

She knew Simon to be quite normal, so why did he seem like a completely different person today?

The other core members also looked perplexed, not understanding why he was suddenly so pessimistic.

Once everyone’s gaze had focused on him, Simon Herag sighed softly: “Ah, folks, the times have changed!”

He explained: “Everyone’s thinking is still too naive.

If it were the old days when the hymn was still around, there would be no issue with us forming a team, as the hymn would ensure the fairness and justice of the bounty.

But it’s no longer the Era of Holy Songs now, how could we, the naive youngsters, possibly compete with those ‘fully-prepared’ teams?”

“You mean…”

The members of the Adventure Group present were no fools; with just a hint from Simon Herag, they immediately grasped the crux of the problem.

“That’s right!” Janet came to a realization: “How did I not think that there would be cheating!”

“And… cheating seems pretty easy, within the rules.” Another core member tried to analyze:

“According to the current rules, hiring outside help for bounty teams is not forbidden.

For example, if the Fig Guard wants to send out a 10-person team, even though only those 10 members are official, they could hire hundreds of people to aid them in the search for the criminal!

Once those hired find criminal activity, the official 10-person team could immediately rush to the scene to intervene, wouldn’t their speed of acquiring ‘bounty points’ be terrifyingly fast?”

“Yeah.” Simon Herag snorted: “That’s why I said times have changed.

Under the current bounty rules, we can’t compete with the teams dispatched by those major powers.

So instead of us six forming a team, it would be better to spread out and lead separate teams, each trying our luck at earning points.”

“Sigh, you’re right.”

“Simon, you’re correct.”

“Times really have changed!”

“Without the ‘Mother’ hymn, we infants must face the harsh realities.”

The meeting room was filled with sighs, each member feeling despondent.

In their previous lives, the hymn always brought fairness, giving them an equal competitive platform against others.

It was only now, with the hymn gone, that they realized how hard-earned fairness was.

Janet also helplessly lowered its head, speaking listlessly: “Then let’s go with Simon’s idea, the six of us each leading a team, and then…”

Before it could finish speaking, a “beep beep beep” alert sounded from where Simon Herag was situated.

This alert was so swift and loud that it interrupted its speech.

Looking at Simon Herag, Janet realized Simon was equally baffled.

“Is that alert… a ringtone for an incoming call?” Simon Herag, with a ghost-like expression, said: “But I turned off the ringtone as soon as I got the bracelet, didn’t I?”

Simon Herag returned to the Fige Hub four days ago, when he also received the bracelet issued by the Defense Force, just like the one Su Yu had.

However, unlike Su Yu, he had changed the settings for incoming calls to vibrate instead of a “beep beep beep” sound as soon as he received the bracelet, which was his personal preference.

He had received messages in the past two days as well, but it always vibrated; why did it suddenly start ringing?

“Sorry, everyone, the technology of the Defense Force is really crap!”

Simon Herag apologized quickly, and hastily exited the network meeting room to turn off the call alert.

But after exiting, he discovered–the caller was none other than “Su Yu”?

Was it that native powerhouse he met at the transfer station?

And unexpectedly, the call interface showed that it was directly connected! He could talk to Su Yu right now!