Chapter 102 Whispers
As a player with an average rating above S-rank, Li Ang was quite confident in his strategic skills. At worst, he figured he wouldn’t instantly doom anyone seeking his help in a rescue mission... probably.
Hmm... based on the intel currently available, the majority of SOS Signal items circulating on the market are the ’SOS Signal·Phone Booth’ variety. The more practical and powerful ’Body Rent’ and ’Reinforcements Arrive’ are almost all picked over by the financial conglomerates and state apparatus.
With his hand propping up his chin, Li Ang mumbled, "Players have already started to set up Strategy Workshops on the forum, tackling issues and completing rescue missions for others, huh? That makes sense. Those who accept SOS Signals not only receive a hefty sum before the mission, but they can also share the script mission’s Experience Points and Game Coins 50/50 with the player who sent the SOS signal. No matter how you slice it, it’s a good deal. If they are over two ranks higher than the person who issued the SOS Signal, their own safety is also somewhat assured."
Unfortunately, in the current early stages of the killing game, most players were still at lower levels. They couldn’t even withstand a grenade blast and had no real power to resist armed factions with ulterior motives. Consequently, vigilance remained high. This meant that such privately established Strategy Workshops likely struggled to recruit at this time—after all, if one were lured by financial powers into an unscrupulous workshop, it would be game over.
City schemes run deep, I long to return to the countryside, yet the roads are too slippery there, the human heart too complicated.
Li Ang shook his head and found the official account of the Special Affairs Bureau on the forum. He submitted a set of data to their customer service using an anonymous account. The content of the data was about the Datura organization and some of the compounds they produce.
Supporting the relevant work of official departments is what a contemporary youth with ideals, morals, culture, and discipline ought to do. Besides, it didn’t take a genius to figure out that what the so-called ’Apex-elite’ Datura organization was scheming surely wasn’t anything beneficial for the world’s people. Naturally, their plans needed to be disrupted.
As to why Li Ang waited several days after the script mission to report to the customer service of the Special Affairs Bureau...
This was mainly out of fear of exposing his identity. If the aftermath of a revolt in Malawi City, Philippines, was quickly followed by the submission of a process flow diagram for a compound produced there, it could reveal that he had participated in the Malawi City incident. He had also acquired a good amount of gear from the Malawi City SWAT special operations unit during the mission. If it were confirmed in some script mission that ’Player Li Rising participated in the Malawi City event,’ drawing the Datura organization’s attention directly to him, that wouldn’t bode well. It was better to delay action until the dust settled.
Remaining hidden, staying undercover, is always the primary rule for players.