Chapter 065: Three People in Pursuit and Flight

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After examining the four basic personal attributes, Qin Qing proceeded to open the tracking map.

She first checked the movements of the other two people in the city, finding, as always, that nothing had changed. After scanning the activity of all other Chosen Ones within a fifty-kilometer radius, she opened a survival video and set it to play automatically.

Having finished these tasks, she watched the video as she headed into the bathroom for a shower.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

In the spacious living room of the villa, Qin Qing lay comfortably on the soft sofa. About seven meters in front of her, a virtual screen roughly six meters long and three meters wide was displaying a science fiction film.

She watched intently, occasionally sipping red wine or nibbling on snacks, thoroughly enjoying herself.

It was now the tenth day since the gods had officially announced the start of the ten-year life-and-death hunting game.

Every day, she insisted on exercising for half a day. The remaining time was split: part for learning wilderness survival skills and knowledge, and the rest for entertainment and relaxation.

After all, with ample supplies and living in a villa, she could eat and drink whatever she pleased. The only inconvenience was the lack of attendants—everything had to be done by herself.

“Qing Qing, you have received information from the gods. One concerns a change in game rules; the other details the rewards for the victor of the ten-year life-and-death hunting game. Please check promptly.” Just as Qin Qing was enjoying her leisure, Mu Yinghua’s voice sounded in her mind.

A few days ago, she had changed her smart assistant’s voice to match Mu Yinghua’s exactly. After years of companionship, his voice brought her a sense of peace.

Qin Qing did not hesitate and immediately clicked to view.

The change to the game rules—while the first four rules remained unchanged from those initially issued by the gods—a supplementary rule had been added.

Qin Qing softly read aloud: “Rule Five: Each time a player successfully hunts ten others, they will receive a mysterious gift from the gods.

The gods remind you: do not hesitate, act quickly. The mysterious gift will make you stronger.

Note to Rule Five: Upon your first successful hunt, you will receive a mysterious gift, limited to the first time only.”

Having read this supplementary rule, Qin Qing thought to herself, “With this new rule, some previously silent Chosen Ones will likely begin hunting others, while most will become far more vigilant.”

The game had been running for ten days; aside from the initial elimination period before the game began, there had been no reduction in participants during these ten days. It was reasonable for the gods to issue a new rule.

With these thoughts, she opened the information regarding the rewards for the victor of the ten-year hunting game.

Having read through all ten rewards in one breath, Qin Qing gasped. Most were incredibly tempting, especially the one offering the chance to replace the gods and become a new deity—who could resist such a prize?

“To gain the mysterious gift, one must actively hunt others.” She considered this, then shook her head.

She opened her personal status panel.

Her four basic attribute values were as follows:

Physical Fitness: 92

Mental Strength: 171

Power: 80

Speed: 92

Overall Combat Value: 120

Compared to five days prior, though she had continued training, the main improvement was in physical fitness; the other three attributes had increased only slightly.

Due to the slow pace of improvement, she had begun exercising less, and today, she was watching a science fiction movie to entertain herself.

The gods’ mysterious gift was naturally tempting, but Qin Qing lacked the strength to pursue it.

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Given her personal circumstances, she had chosen to first enhance her mental strength.

This method of enhancement offered little improvement to combat ability; compared to those who had first strengthened their physical fitness, power, or speed, the Chosen Ones who chose mental strength were the weakest in overall combat value.

She quickly decided to lie low in the early stages, waiting for more eliminations, and only act once she had further strengthened her other attributes.

In the blink of an eye, twelve more days passed, bringing her to the morning of the twenty-second day since the game began.

Outside, in the villa’s courtyard.

Qin Qing was practicing archery with a compound bow.

The bow was a modern hunting compound bow, far more complex in structure than traditional bows, comprised of many intricate components.

The greatest feature of a modern compound bow was its use of pulleys to reduce the effort required.

She had discovered this compound bow a week ago, during a supply run to a shooting equipment store, where she found many types of bows and arrows. After careful consideration, she chose the hunting compound bow and took several dozen arrows.

Now, Qin Qing was aiming at a target about twenty meters away. She released the bowstring with her right hand, and the arrow flew swiftly, striking the target, though not hitting the bullseye.

Several arrows were embedded in the target, and a few more stuck in the walls around it.

She took a deep breath, satisfied with today’s performance, and prepared to aim again.

It had taken Qin Qing two full days to master the compound bow, then another two days to get a feel for archery, and finally, after two more days of practice, she achieved a hit rate of over eighty percent at twenty meters.

After an hour of practice, she felt tired and stopped.

Qin Qing opened her personal status panel once more to check her basic attributes:

Physical Fitness: 112

Mental Strength: 230

Power: 82

Speed: 108

Overall Combat Value: 138

Remaining full recovery treatments: 1

Now, all her basic attributes had surpassed the average for women on Earth.

As of this morning, over seventy participants had been eliminated.

Over this period, she had received five enhancement boosts and one full recovery treatment.

Each time she gained an enhancement boost, Qin Qing used it immediately rather than saving it.

Throughout this period, she had enhanced her physical fitness once, mental strength three times, and speed once—never power.

Because she had acquired the compound bow and determined her early-stage combat method.

Despite having fewer nightmares and improved sleep quality, she chose to use three enhancement opportunities for mental strength.

With a mental strength value of 230, she now needed only about four hours of sleep to fully recover from a day’s mental fatigue.

This gave her more than five extra hours each day, and her concentration and focus increased greatly no matter what she did.

Qin Qing had originally believed that enhancing mental strength first would mainly help her recover from the trauma of humiliation and murder, with little other benefit.

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But now she thought differently. In recent days, she had fully experienced the many advantages brought by high mental strength and deeply understood what her smart assistant meant when explaining mental strength.

Mental strength determines how long you remain clear-headed.

The compound bow did not require much power, but both prolonged archery and rapid shooting demanded considerable physical fitness.

As she practiced with the compound bow, Qin Qing discovered that her high mental strength allowed her to concentrate for long periods during aiming practice.

Enhancing physical fitness once was meant to help her body endure the strain of extended aiming.

She checked her personal information panel daily; after she started practicing archery every day, she unexpectedly found that her speed attribute improved more quickly. She realized that higher speed directly affected her skill and accuracy with the bow, so she used her latest enhancement boost on speed.

Afternoon.

While practicing archery, Qin Qing was interrupted by a reminder from her smart assistant.

Such reminders had occasionally appeared in recent days—another Chosen One had entered the alert range she set early on.

At first, she was nervous each time she checked, but as it happened more often and always turned out to be someone passing by, she became accustomed to these alerts.

Nevertheless, Qin Qing paused her archery practice and opened the tracking map.

Sure enough, a new blue light point appeared at the edge of the lower right corner of the map, not far from the other two red light points.

The two red points, marked as such from the beginning, were the other two Chosen Ones who had always stayed in the city—she kept them marked for vigilance.

“How interesting—meeting two others and not choosing to leave.” Qin Qing observed for a few minutes, murmuring in surprise.

She noticed the two red points were moving toward the blue point, while the blue point made no effort to avoid them.

This piqued her curiosity.

Qin Qing packed up her bow and arrows and returned to the villa.

Since the two parties would meet in about ten minutes, she prepared some food and drinks, enjoying them while watching the changing positions on the tracking map.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

The map clearly showed the two parties were now very close.

But on the next refresh, Qin Qing was completely puzzled: the two red points began moving away from the city in opposite directions.

A few more minutes passed, and after several map updates, the situation was clear—the two red points were fleeing rapidly, while the blue point pursued them.

“In such a scenario, it seems the encounter immediately settled the outcome, and one person completely overwhelmed the other two?” Qin Qing’s expression grew serious as she muttered to herself.

On the map, the chase soon left the central city, heading towards the Changbai Mountains.

She calculated the distance between updates and found that the pursuer would not catch up quickly.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Qing marked the unfamiliar blue point as green, so she could track this person in the future.

She kept the virtual screen on, ready to check the movements of these three people at any time, eager to see how this pursuit would end.