’I hope I’m just overthinking this.’
Qin Feng sighed softly to himself.
He opened his personal terminal and pulled up his friends list.
He hadn’t wanted to get involved in other people’s business.
Everyone has to walk their own path.
Everyone has to slay their own Heart Demon.
But Shi Dang was now on the same team as Shi Potian and Xiong Yanfu.
Qin Feng could ignore his own safety.
But he couldn’t ignore the safety of his friends.
During a high-intensity, life-or-death mission, a teammate whose mind was straying and whose perception had become distorted was a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment.
After a moment of contemplation, Qin Feng’s fingers danced rapidly across the light screen as he sent an encrypted private message to Shi Potian alone.
[Something’s off with Shi Dang. Be careful and keep an eye on him.]
He didn’t go into detail or draw any conclusions.
He believed that with Shi Potian’s intelligence and composure, he would naturally understand the meaning behind his words.
Almost the instant the message was sent, Shi Potian’s reply popped up.
It was in his usual terse style.
[Roger.]
Seeing this simple reply, Qin Feng felt half-reassured.
He knew that Shi Potian had taken his warning to heart.
After some thought, Qin Feng decided to copy and paste the same message and send it to Xiong Yanfu, Lei Meng, and Tie Mu as well.
Although these three might not be as meticulous as Shi Potian, it couldn’t hurt to give them a heads-up.
Having done all this, Qin Feng finally felt completely at ease.
He pushed all thoughts of Shi Dang to the back of his mind and refocused his attention on his own cultivation.
’I’m still about seven thousand Contribution Points short of what I need to cultivate the Great Sun Acupoint Opening Method to the Perfection Realm.’
’In that case, my next goal is clear.’
Qin Feng opened the Empire’s mission system.
The densely packed list of missions unfolded before his eyes like a starry sky.
Instead of trying to find a needle in a haystack himself, he gave a direct command to his S-class Subspace Intelligent Assistant, Hammer.
"Hammer, filter the missions for me."
"The criteria are as follows:"
"First, the mission type must be ’Solo’ or ’Small Team,’ with no more than four people."
"Second, the difficulty should be suitable for a Martial Artist with a life force index of around 1,500 points."
"Third, the rewards should primarily be Contribution Points and Fearless Warband Reputation."
[Command received. Performing multi-dimensional intelligent filtering...]
Hammer’s efficiency was astounding.
In just over ten seconds, it had finished filtering, comparing, and categorizing millions of mission entries.
Finally, an optimized and sorted list of missions that best matched Qin Feng’s requirements appeared before him.
Qin Feng’s gaze swept rapidly over the list.
Soon, a mission highlighted in red by Hammer caught his full attention.
[Mission ID: WZ-7734-Alpha]
[Mission Issuer: Fearless Warband]
[Mission Rank: High Risk]
[Mission Objective: Travel to the "Grama" star system, Death Planet "K-7," and retrieve a Martial Artist’s "Primordial Acupoints."]
[Mission Briefing: One year ago, the Sixth-Level Soaring Martial Artist "Lorin" was gravely injured during a secret mission. He drifted through space for a year before landing on planet K-7. After his death, his "Primordial Acupoints" were left behind and, due to the special environment, have remained stable.]
[Mission Details: You are to lead a team to secretly infiltrate planet "K-7." Using the precise coordinates we have provided (Longitude: 127.33, Latitude: -45.89), find the remains of "Lorin" and retrieve his "Primordial Acupoints" intact.]
[ATTENTION! SPECIAL WARNING!]
[According to a reconnaissance report from the Imperial Star Realm Army one year ago, the planet’s surface is occupied by large-scale "Green-skin" tribes.
In the vicinity of the target coordinates, there is confirmed to be a large Green-skinned Warband led by a "War Lord."
This "War Lord’s" life force index is estimated to be around 1,500 points (this data is from intel that is one year old; its current accuracy is not guaranteed).
Due to the region’s complex terrain and the Green-skins’ dense anti-aircraft fire, neither orbital bombardment nor large-scale ground forces from the Star Realm Army have been able to effectively penetrate the area.]
[Recommended Team Size: 4 people (Team leader’s strength must be 1,500 points or higher)]
[Time Limit: 3 months]
[Mission Reward: 3,000 Contribution Points]
[Warband Reputation Points Reward: 3,000 points]
Looking at this detailed mission brief, Qin Feng’s eyes flashed with a bright light.
Three thousand Contribution Points! Three thousand Reputation Points!
The reward could only be described as generous!
Moreover, this was a four-person team mission. According to the rules of Cannan Star Martial Arts University, the mission rewards were distributed based on performance.
In other words, if they completed the mission successfully, he would receive at least 750 Contribution Points and 3,000 Warband Reputation.
If he could complete a few more missions like this one, he would soon have the seven thousand Contribution Points he needed to go into seclusion and break through to the Qi Meridian Realm!
’Green-skins... War Lord...’
A battle-hungry smile touched the corners of Qin Feng’s lips.
An opponent with a life force index of around 1,500 points was the perfect whetstone to test the fruits of his twelve years of arduous cultivation!
Without a shred of hesitation, he pressed the [Accept Mission] button on the light screen with a firm tap.
[Mission accepted! You are now the captain for this mission.]