The sudden, bizarre space did not startle Bai Ye.
It was just the Wish Stone space, wasn't it? He had entered it before in his previous life!
Unlike wish tasks generated directly, wish tasks using a Wish Stone required random selection of the wish task content, participants, and reward content.
Therefore, after the Wish Stone shattered, one would first enter the Wish Stone space to make a selection.
As expected, the white space quickly displayed screens of light, rotating around Bai Ye's body.
"Please randomly select the wish task content."
After Bai Ye chose to stop, the surrounding screens of light gradually halted, finally settling on one screen. The image on the screen depicted a vast expanse of high-rise buildings.
"Wish Task Content – Full Pursuit!"
"Please randomly select the basis for participants."
"Participants for this wish task: excluding the initiator of the wish task, the eight individuals with the highest number of hunts."
Nine-person battles for wish tasks, Bai Ye pursed his lips. The number was acceptable; generally, wish tasks involved between seven and twelve participants.
Of course, there were occasional instances with fewer than seven or more than twelve participants, but they were rare.
"Please randomly select the winner's reward content. You may specify one category for the wish, but you cannot specify an item or a sub-category."
This was a small benefit for the wish task initiator. The inability to specify an item was understandable. The meaning of "sub-category" was that Bai Ye could specify "weapons," but he couldn't specify a particular type of weapon.
For example, Bai Ye specifying "sword" would not be allowed.
This rule seemed simple enough – just meet the conditions – but it actually had its nuances. Just like how Bai Ye obtained the Phoenix ability, it was an item obtained beyond the rules within the reasonable framework of the rules.
Bai Ye's original intention was still reinforcement. The reason he sought wish tasks was to further strengthen himself, and the wishes from wish tasks had a high probability of yielding what Bai Ye desired.
However, Gao Ming's cell gene modification fluid had not yet arrived...
And due to the sudden emergence of his mechanical reconstruction ability, Bai Ye decided to temporarily change his approach.
"I wish to upgrade existing ability items."
"Wish successful."
Bai Ye's wish encompassed all categories of items, not including sub-categories, but it wasn't a traditional broad category. Most importantly, Bai Ye's wish did not explicitly state what he wanted to obtain.
Therefore, the wish complied with the rules and could take effect.
But in reality?
Bai Ye wasn't sure about others, but he guessed some would find this reward very disappointing, thinking anyone who made such a wish must have had water in their head while showering.
This was because if there were no items requiring upgrades, it meant this wish reward would yield nothing.
For Bai Ye, the only abilities he could upgrade were the Phoenix and Mechanical Reconstruction. Steel Slime and King's Treasure were items, not abilities.
Therefore, Bai Ye could only obtain one of two things.
Either the Phoenix Feather or the Mechanical Heart.
The Phoenix Feather would be excellent; upon its acquisition, the Phoenix would become a complete golden-quality form. As for the Mechanical Heart, although he couldn't use it yet, it represented that as long as Bai Ye increased his proficiency in Mechanical Reconstruction...
The Bai Ye who once formed an army alone would return to the world!
The "god" from that future technological region would reappear!
And after completing the wish reward...
"The city-wide pursuit is designated for nine days. Each participant will receive a number. Number 1 pursues Number 9, Number 9 pursues Number 8, Number 8 pursues Number 7, Number 7 pursues Number 6, and so on, forming a cycle."
"Upon completing a pursuit, the order will advance to the next person. If Number 1 successfully pursues Number 9, they can continue to pursue Number 8. If Number 8 has already been pursued, they will proceed to Number 7, and so forth."
"It is forbidden to kill targets who are not designated pursuit targets. If a target is killed, the perpetrator will be directly eliminated and the wish task will end."
"In addition to pursuits between participants, the indigenous inhabitants within the designated area will hold a 'Villain Pursuit Convention,' pursuing all participants without regard to numbers."
"Method One for winning the city-wide pursuit: When the remaining eight participants have all been successfully pursued, the last person automatically wins."
"Method Two for winning the city-wide pursuit: The city-wide pursuit will automatically end after nine days. If multiple participants survive, the winner will be determined by the number of successful pursuits. If the number of pursuits is the same, the winner will be determined by the number of hunters killed during pursuit. If the number of hunters killed is still the same, a duel will commence, and the winner will receive the reward."
"You have used a Wish Stone and can assign numbers to other participants."
After a brief explanation of the rules and background, came the second small benefit for the wish task initiator.
After all, as the initiator of the wish task, it was normal to have some advantage over others.
It was like the Holy Grail War, where the initiator could obtain the Holy Grail in advance, while others could only passively compete for it.
But such advantages were usually not significant. Speaking of the Holy Grail War, was obtaining it early useful? It certainly had some use, but in reality, when the time came, the Holy Grail's location would be revealed.
This way, although one could make arrangements in advance, one would still have to face the siege of all other participants, and it might be easier to sing a lament of "melancholy moonlight causing heartache"...
The benefit Bai Ye received now was the ability to know the participants' names in advance and to assign them numbers.
But, was it useful?
It wasn't particularly useful. What was the use of just knowing names?
But the problem was...
Because it was Bai Ye, this benefit became useful.
With the memory of his previous life, Bai Ye could infer the opponent's strength just by looking at their names.
If Bai Ye didn't recognize any of the names, it would mean Bai Ye was very likely to encounter a group of weaklings.
A moment later, a screen displayed nine names and nine number plates.
Bai Ye glanced at the names. Excluding his own, among the remaining eight names, Bai Ye recognized four.
The most familiar one...
Li Jiayi!
Bai Ye was speechless. Was this a fated encounter, something he couldn't escape or refuse, only to willingly undress?
How many times had this happened? Why did he run into this guy doing anything?
Was this the legendary destined pair, the person fated by heaven?
However, regardless of anything else, with Li Jiayi's name appearing, Bai Ye automatically listed him as the primary threat, the biggest enemy in this wish task.
The second name he recognized was Hamir Rexas.
This guy was also a super fierce individual in Bai Ye's previous life.
Back then, in the later stages of the World Battlefield, among the top experts in the four zones of East, West, North, and South, the master of the West Zone was called Huang Quan. His undead army had repeatedly clashed with Bai Ye's mechanical army, and each time the outcome was a draw.
And before Huang Quan dominated the West Zone, the ruler of the West Zone was Hamir Rexas.
The Vampire Prince, Hamir!