Memories of names from previous lives were not necessarily accurate.
The reason was simple: not everyone was consistently strong.
Take Bai Ye himself. In the early stages of the World Battlefield in his previous life, Bai Ye was a total weakling, surviving purely by luck.
After scraping through the early phase with sheer luck, he had accumulated some capital. Thus, like most people, Bai Ye lived a mediocre existence, barely surviving the mid-early stages.
He participated in Restricted Zones, but mostly just reaped small rewards. Quests were almost irrelevant to Bai Ye. If he was lucky, he might occasionally pick up Restricted Zone Quest One or Restricted Zone Quest Two. The ultimate Restricted Zone Quests, however, remained beyond his reach.
By the mid-World Battlefield, Bai Ye's strength had improved slightly, climbing from the bottom to the lower-middle tier. This was thanks to obtaining a red-quality flying sword through a hidden quest.
But that was about it. It wasn't until the mid-to-late stages of the World Battlefield that Bai Ye, by relying on a temporary, significant combat power-boosting item, achieved Mechanical Reconstruction. He then relentlessly leveled up his Mechanical Reconstruction proficiency and began frequenting the Future Technology region, which finally turned his fate around.
At that point, Bai Ye had reached the threshold of being considered semi-elite. Then, by chance, he acquired the Gachapon Machine and, exploiting a bug within it, obtained the Mechanical Heart. This finally propelled him to soar, becoming one of the few renowned experts.
After occupying the East District and monopolizing its resources, he earned the moniker "Twin Whites of the East District." Only then did Bai Ye become one of the peak powerhouses in the late World Battlefield.
Therefore, if Bai Ye were to encounter his past self at the current stage...
He could simply beat him up however he pleased, crushing him flat.
However, Prince of Vampires Hamir was an exception. This guy was strong from beginning to end.
Firstly, the title of Prince of Vampires...
Hamir was truly a vampire!
Hamir hailed from a world of fantasy. He wasn't human; his race was vampire. He was already powerful upon entering the World Battlefield.
This was similar to many chosen ones from worlds of superpowers or Xianxia.
But there was an issue here. In Xianxia worlds, there were many types of cultivators: sword cultivators, Dao cultivators, body cultivators, with numerous cultivation methods. Those who didn't cultivate their physical bodies were not much stronger than ordinary people. Stab them through the heart or slit their throats, and they would still perish.
In his current life, Bai Ye had defeated such cultivators as soon as he entered the World Battlefield. They could wield swords and employ magical arts, possessing formidable skills, but their weak physical bodies made them vulnerable.
In fact, unless they were disciples of renowned sects with profound cultivation like Situ Chicheng, ordinary cultivators might not necessarily fare better against a machine gun.
They still held an advantage over chosen ones from most other worlds, but it didn't make them impossible to kill.
Hamir, on the other hand, was the type who gave chosen ones from other worlds no chance once they engaged in combat.
Vampires possessed an innate, powerful regenerative ability. They could reattach a severed head or heal a pierced heart. Such beings entering the World Battlefield in its early stages were essentially a bug.
Their only weakness was holy items, but in the early World Battlefield, how could one possibly acquire such a specifically targeted item?
Thus, Hamir was strong, and had always been strong.
This continued until he fought Huang Quan for control of the West District, where he was ultimately overwhelmed by Huang Quan's undead army.
Even the strongest regenerative ability was useless against a dense swarm of undead. One sip of their saliva was enough to drown Hamir.
Without a doubt, besides Li Jiayi, Hamir Lexus was the second strongest individual in Bai Ye's eyes.
This was partly because Bai Ye had not yet fought Hamir in this life. Otherwise, Bai Ye felt that based on Hamir's strength in his previous life, he might not have been weaker than Li Jiayi.
However, after Li Jiayi and Hamir, the skill level dropped significantly.
The remaining two names Bai Ye recognized...
Wei Zhuxie, a sword cultivator from a Xianxia world, reputedly a disciple of the Qionghua sect under the Queen Mother of the West. He was considered a legitimate lineage within the cultivation world, and then...
This guy ended up becoming Situ Chicheng's enforcer.
In Bai Ye's previous life, Situ Chicheng was indeed very strong. In terms of cultivation world terminology, he was a subordinate, but plainly put, he was someone who ate off Situ Chicheng.
Bai Ye knew of Wei Zhuxie not because his name sounded impressive, nor because of his strength, but purely because he was associated with Situ Chicheng.
His skill level was roughly at the border between semi-elite and elite.
The last familiar name Bai Ye recalled was Lancegard. He would eventually join the Evil Spirits organization. He likely wasn't part of it yet, as the organization was in its nascent stages and hadn't yet garnered enough reputation to recruit experts of Lancegard's caliber.
Even within the current Evil Spirits organization, the Lancegard Bai Ye remembered was merely one of their elite team leaders, not as formidable as Yiqila, whom Bai Ye had encountered previously. Yiqila, after all, would eventually become one of the Twelve Evil Spirits, considered the most powerful contingent of the organization.
As for the other four, Bai Ye had never heard of them.
It wasn't entirely unexpected, as the selection criteria for this Wish Mission seemed a bit flawed.
Hunting Quantity referred to the eight individuals who hunted the most creatures in dangerous zones.
One could argue they possessed strength, as surviving repeated expeditions into dangerous zones and hunting numerous creatures required considerable skill.
However, to consider this the primary criterion for judging strength was certainly not applicable.
Frankly speaking, while navigating dangerous zones was inherently risky, the ability to descend to suitable hunting grounds based on one's own strength meant the danger wasn't that great.
Therefore, a high hunting quantity didn't necessarily signify anything.
In fact, if Bai Ye hadn't initiated this Wish Mission, he wouldn't have qualified to participate.
The reason was simple: Bai Ye rarely ventured into dangerous zones, his focus always being on Restricted Zones or hidden quests.
To put it more bluntly, Bai Ye played in the high-stakes games, while hunting in dangerous zones was considered the low-stakes game.
As for why powerhouses like Li Jiayi and Hamir were involved...
Bai Ye could only say that these two guys were truly shameless, powerful figures descending to the low-stakes game to bully beginners, showing absolutely no restraint.
Bai Ye pondered for a moment, assigning Number One to Hamir, Number Two to Li Jiayi, Number Three to Lancegard, and Number Nine to Wei Zhuxie. Bai Ye took Number Eight for himself. The remaining four individuals were assigned Numbers Four, Five, Six, and Seven.
This Wish Mission had a very challenging aspect: participants could only kill their pursued targets. The pursued party could fight back or escape, but direct killing was forbidden, as it would result in immediate disqualification.
Therefore, the two individuals Bai Ye considered the most troublesome naturally had to face off against each other.
Secondly, Bai Ye believed Li Jiayi was slightly stronger than Hamir and was someone on Bai Ye's "notepad" as having a bright future and thus needing to be eliminated.
Following this order, Li Jiayi couldn't make a move on Bai Ye until he dealt with Hamir. Conversely, Bai Ye could engage Li Jiayi after defeating the lesser targets.
Weighing the options, which was more difficult: killing Hamir, or killing several minor targets?