The sudden, strange space did not startle Bai Ye.
It was just the Wish Stone space, wasn't it? He hadn't entered it before in his previous life!
Unlike wish tasks that were generated directly, wish tasks using the Wish Stone required random selection of task content, participants, and rewards.
Therefore, after the Wish Stone shattered, one had to enter the Wish Stone space to make the selection.
As expected, the white space soon 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 displaying a vast expanse of tall buildings.
"Wish Task Content – Full Pursuit!"
"Please randomly select the basis for participants."
"Participants for this wish task: The eight individuals with the highest hunting count, excluding the initiator of the wish task."
Bai Ye pursed his lips at this nine-person battle wish task. The number was acceptable; wish tasks generally involved between seven and twelve people.
Of course, there were rare occasions with fewer than seven or more than twelve participants, but they were uncommon.
"Please randomly select the winner's reward content. You may specify one type of wish, but you cannot specify an item or a sub-category."
This was a small perk for the wish task initiator. Not being able 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, if Bai Ye specified "sword," that wouldn't be allowed.
This rule seemed simple enough – just meet the conditions – but it actually had its nuances, much like how Bai Ye obtained the Phoenix ability, which was an item that surpassed the rules within the realm of reasonable regulations.
Bai Ye's original intention was still strengthening. The reason he sought wish tasks was to further enhance himself, and the wishes granted by wish tasks had a high probability of yielding what Bai Ye desired.
However, Gao Ming hadn't sent the cell gene modification fluid yet...
And due to the sudden emergence of the mechanical replication ability, Bai Ye decided to change his approach temporarily.
"I wish to enhance existing ability items."
"Wish successful."
Bai Ye's wish encompassed all categories of items, not specifying a sub-category, yet not being a traditional broad type. Most importantly, Bai Ye's wish did not explicitly state what item he wanted.
Therefore, the wish met the criteria and could take effect.
And in reality?
Bai Ye wasn't sure about others, but he suspected some would find this reward extremely disappointing, thinking that whoever made this wish must have had their head submerged in water while bathing.
This was because if there were no items whose abilities needed upgrading, it meant this wish reward would yield nothing.
For Bai Ye, the abilities he could enhance were only the Phoenix and Mechanical Replication. Steel Slime and the King's Treasury were items, not abilities.
Therefore, Bai Ye could only receive 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 raised the proficiency of Mechanical Replication...
The "White Night of One Man Army" would return to the world.
The "God" of that futuristic technological region would reappear!
And after completing the wish reward...
"Full city manhunt for the Nine Heavens. Each participant will be assigned a number. Number 1 pursues Number 9, Number 9 pursues Number 8, Number 8 pursues Number 7, and so on, forming a cycle."
"Upon completing a pursuit, the order will advance to the next. If Number 1 successfully pursues Number 9, they can continue to pursue Number 8. If Number 8 has already been pursued, they will move on to Number 7, and so forth."
"It is forbidden to kill individuals who are not your pursuit targets. Doing so will result in immediate elimination and termination of the wish task."
"In addition to the pursuit among participants, the native residents within the designated area will hold a Villain Hunt, pursuing all participants without restriction on numbers."
"Method One to win the Full City Manhunt: The last remaining participant after all other eight participants have been successfully pursued will automatically win."
"Method Two to win the Full City Manhunt: The Full City Manhunt will automatically conclude 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 while being pursued. If the number of hunters killed remains the same, a duel will ensue, and the winner will receive the reward."
"You have used the Wish Stone and can assign numbers to other participants."
After a brief explanation of the rules and background, came the second small perk for the wish task initiator.
It was only natural for the initiator of a wish task to have some advantage over others.
Just like in the Holy Grail War, where the initiator could obtain the Grail in advance, while others could only passively compete for it.
However, such advantages were usually not significant. Speaking of the Holy Grail War, was obtaining it early useful? It certainly had some utility, but in reality, when the time came, the location of the Grail would be revealed.
This meant that although one could make preparations in advance, they would still face the combined assault of all other participants, making it perhaps easier to sing a mournful tune under the moonlight...
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 use was it to just know a name?
But the problem was...
Because it was Bai Ye, this benefit became useful.
With the memories of his past life, Bai Ye could infer the opponent's strength just by looking at their name.
If Bai Ye didn't recognize any of the names, it would mean Bai Ye was very likely to encounter a group of weaklings.
Moments later, a screen of light displayed nine names, along with nine number plates.
Bai Ye glanced at the names. His own name was not included. Among the remaining eight names, Bai Ye recognized four.
The most familiar one...
Li Jia Yi!
Bai Ye was dumbfounded. Was this a destined encounter from heaven, something he couldn't escape or refuse, and could only surrender to?
How many times had this happened? Why did he keep running into this guy no matter what he did?
Was this the fabled union made in heaven, the destined person?
However, regardless, with Li Jia Yi'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 Hamill Rexasus.
This individual was also a formidable figure 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, South, and North, the ruler of the West Zone was called Huang Quan. His undead army had repeatedly clashed with Bai Ye's mechanical army, with each encounter ending in a draw.
And before Huang Quan dominated the West Zone, the ruler of the West Zone was Hamill Rexasus.
The Vampire Prince, Hamill!