Chapter 30: 99.9% Mortality Rate…

“Since you asked, there’s no need to beat around the bush. We want to invite you to join us!” William smiled kindly, his gaze toward Ye Feng filled with anticipation.
“Your performance made us think you’re the perfect candidate,” Yi Fan interjected. “And this morning’s test only confirmed that you’re exactly who we need.”
“If escaping counts as good performance, then I have no idea what your standards are.” Ye Feng wasn’t satisfied with his morning performance, though it had been the only option.
“You’re wrong, young man. In our line of work, survival is the most important thing! Those with weak mental fortitude will give up when hope is slim—fear takes over their minds. But you, despite knowing the threat of death, reacted correctly. Escaping isn’t the best solution, but when you’re left with only escape or death, escaping is the wisest choice.” William still smiled; his words showed he had some appreciation for Ye Feng.
“How did you find me?” After getting the previous answers, Ye Feng raised his second question. He didn’t think his exposure was due to the murder case, as few people knew he was the killer.
“Because of this!” Yi Fan turned on a screen in the living room, showing a video of Ye Feng in the parking lot.
“This doesn’t prove anything…” Ye Feng tried to hide it further. In the video, his face was completely covered, making it impossible to tell who it was, especially since he was wearing a wig…
“Then look at this…” Yi Fan smiled nonchalantly and pressed a button on the remote.
Ye Feng was stunned. In the new video, the wig was removed, along with the sunglasses and scarf—revealing his face. It was the same video, but somehow all the disguises were gone.
“Don’t worry. There’s no need for you to fear we’ll reveal your secret.” Yi Fan knew Ye Feng still had doubts about them. “I restored this video just to find you and invite you to join us. That’s all. Now that we’ve found you, we can easily destroy this video.”

“How did you do it?” Ye Feng was filled with surprise. If Yi Fan could do such things, it meant others could as well. In that case, it was only a matter of time before people discovered he was the killer.
“If you’re willing to join us, I can tell you how I did it. If not, then this technique, which only I in the world possess, won’t be revealed to anyone. If you agree, I can even help you remove all the clothes in that video…” Yi Fan raised his eyebrows at Ye Feng. “By the way, if you want to learn, I can even teach you how to remove the mosaic from AVs…”
“Uh… no thanks…” Ye Feng looked at Yi Fan’s lecherous face, speechless.
“Our team is called the Judgers. Yi Fan is our squad’s strategist, planner of operations, and evaluator of targets. He’s mainly responsible for behind-the-scenes work and doesn’t participate in battles because his strength is too weak! He likes to make such jokes usually. Outside of mission times, you can completely ignore him.” At that moment, the tall Kristian spoke up.
“He… is the weakest?” Ye Feng looked at Yi Fan in disbelief.
“Hey, big bear, are you doing this on purpose? Calling me the weakest in front of a newbie!!! And telling him to ignore me??? That’s too much… Be careful, I might spread your nudes!!!” Yi Fan shouted at Kristian.
“Kristian is just stating the facts…” Kelly, who had been sitting in the corner, finally spoke for the first time since Ye Feng arrived.
Only then did Ye Feng notice that Kelly was actually beautiful, though her outfit resembled that of a man—short hair, leather jacket, jeans, and a healthy tan. Her face showed no trace of makeup, yet it exuded a wild charm. From the start, however, she had kept a tight expression, devoid of any emotion.
“Oh, dear Kelly, even you saying that really breaks my heart…” Yi Fan covered his face and collapsed on the sofa.
“Kelly’s responsibilities include light, exploratory attacks, as well as close-range intelligence gathering. This is because women might be needed at such times… To some extent, men have no immunity to women…” Kristian continued explaining.

“And I’m Kristin. I’m responsible for defense and drawing attention in the later stages. Simply put, after the mission is completed, I handle the cleanup and deal with the final tasks,” Kristin said, pointing at herself.
“William is the leader of our judges and our main combat force. He’s a seasoned gold-level hunter with extensive experience and combat skills, as well as the strongest combat ability in our group. If not for him, we might have died many times already.” After introducing William, Kristin turned to Ye Feng. “What we need now is a versatile fighter who can act as a sniper from a distance as well as engage in close combat. And in both aspects, you excel as a newcomer.”
“Could you explain more specifically what your profession is? Are you killers?” Ye Feng asked, expressing his confusion.
“Hehe, Kristin forgot that you’re a newcomer and don’t even fully understand what the HUNTER profession is. Let me explain. HUNTER translates to ‘hunter’ in Chinese. In fact, this profession covers a wide range of activities, including killing, treasure hunting, decryption, exploring unknown areas… As long as someone has a need and posts a task on the HUNTER official website, we can take on the task and receive corresponding rewards for completing it. As for the scope of the tasks, it depends on the imagination of the task issuer. In short, anything is possible, which is why most HUNTERS have high overall capabilities…”
“I see. It’s a job that meets the special needs of certain people in exchange for payment,” Ye Feng nodded. “But HUNTERS must be ranked, right? I heard Kristin mention gold level earlier. Are there other levels?”

“HUNTER is currently divided into five levels: Dark Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Different levels allow for different types of tasks. There are six task levels listed on the HUNTER official website, from highest to lowest: S-A-B-C-D-E. At the Dark Iron level, one can take E- and D-level tasks. Completing 100 E-level tasks or 10 D-level tasks allows one to upgrade to Bronze level, and so on, up to Gold level. There are also special requirements to advance from Gold to Platinum level: completing 1,000 B-level tasks or 100 A-level tasks. After completing tasks, there is also a strength assessment process. It is said that one must reach a certain level of strength to qualify for the Platinum title; the number of tasks completed is just a prerequisite. Although Platinum members are special and can take S-level tasks, they can only take one such task per year.” William knew these rules well, so he explained them in detail.

“If I join, I’ll be at the lowest level, Dark Iron, right?” Ye Feng was a bit speechless. “But with you all around, upgrading shouldn’t be too hard.”

“If that’s what you think, you’re wrong. Each level only allows one to take tasks of two corresponding levels. That means D-level tasks can only be completed by you alone; we can’t help you. If we intervene, it’s as if you give up on the task. For C-level tasks, both Kristin and I are at Gold level, so we can’t help you. Yi Fan and Kelly can assist, but they’ll take a large portion of the task’s contribution value. So if you want to work with us, hurry up and upgrade to Silver level,” William continued explaining.

“Okay, I roughly understand now,” Ye Feng nodded. “As for whether to join you, could you give me some time to think it over?”

“No problem. We’ll be in China during this time. Let us know if there’s any news. Suddenly being exposed to a new world might be hard to accept. Think carefully after you go back. No matter what choice you make, we’ll accept it and won’t cause you any trouble. Don’t worry,” William nodded.

“Yi Fan is your teacher now, so it might not be convenient for him to send you off. Let me drive you back to school!” Kristin closed her Bible and stood up.

Ye Feng was about to refuse but suddenly remembered something and nodded. “Thank you, then I’ll trouble you!”

Ye Feng took out the energy detector while Kristen wasn’t looking.
“Sorry, the sun is a bit strong…” Ye Feng successfully put on the detector disguised as sunglasses, glanced up at the sun in the sky, then turned to look at Kristen beside him.
Total combat value: 1000
Strength: 498
Speed: 329
Mental strength: 173
Victory rate: 0%, Death rate: 99.9%, Escape success rate: 0.1%…