The sudden appearance of the strange space did not startle Bai Ye.
It was just the Wish Stone space, wasn't it? He had been in it before in his past life!
Unlike wish tasks generated directly, wish tasks using the Wish Stone required random selection of the task content, participants, and rewards.
Therefore, after the Wish Stone shattered, it would first enter the Wish Stone space for selection.
As expected, the white space soon presented a series of light screens, revolving around Bai Ye's body.
"Please randomly select wish task content."
After Bai Ye chose to stop, the surrounding light screens gradually ceased their rotation, finally settling on one that displayed a vast expanse of tall buildings.
"Wish Task Content – Full City Pursuit!"
"Please randomly select the basis for participants."
"Participants for this wish task: The eight individuals with the most hunts, excluding the initiator of the wish task."
This was a nine-person wish task. Bai Ye pursed his lips; the number was decent, as wish tasks generally involved seven to twelve people.
Of course, there were occasional situations 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 type of 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 wish for a weapon, but he couldn't specify a particular type of weapon.
For instance, Bai Ye wishing for a sword would not be allowed.
The rule appeared simple, just meet the conditions. However, there was skill involved, much like how Bai Ye obtained the Phoenix ability, which was an item obtained beyond the rules within the reasonable framework.
Bai Ye's original intention was still reinforcement; the reason he sought wish tasks was to further strengthen himself, and the wishes in wish tasks had a high probability of yielding what Bai Ye desired.
However, Gao Ming had not yet delivered the cellular gene modification fluid...
And due to the sudden acquisition of the mechanical regeneration 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 a sub-category, but also not a traditional broad category. Most importantly, Bai Ye's wish did not explicitly state what he wanted to obtain.
Therefore, the wish met the rules and could take effect.
And in reality?
Bai Ye was unsure about others, but he guessed some would find this reward to be a scam, thinking anyone who made such a wish had water in their head.
This was because, without an item requiring ability enhancement, it meant this wish reward would yield nothing.
For Bai Ye, the only abilities he could enhance were the Phoenix and mechanical regeneration. Steel Slime and Treasure of Kings 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 was excellent; upon obtaining it, 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 the proficiency of his mechanical regeneration...
The former "One-Man Army" Bai Ye would return to the world.
The "god" from that future technology zone would reappear!
And after completing the wish reward...
"Full city pursuit for nine days. Each participant will be assigned 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. 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 any target that is not your designated pursuit target. Doing so will result in direct elimination and the termination of the wish task."
"In addition to participant pursuits, the native inhabitants of the designated area will hold a villain pursuit event, targeting all participants without number restrictions."
"Method One for winning the Full City Pursuit: When all other eight participants have been successfully pursued, the last remaining individual automatically wins."
"Method Two for winning the Full City Pursuit: The Full City 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 while being pursued. If the number of hunters killed is still the same, it will enter a duel mode, and the winner will receive the reward."
"You have used a Wish Stone and can assign numbers to other participants."
The rules and background were explained briefly, followed by the initiator's second small benefit.
As the initiator of the wish task, having a slight advantage over others was normal.
Just like in the Holy Grail War, the initiator could obtain the Grail in advance, while others could only passively compete for it.
However, such advantages were usually not significant. In the Holy Grail War, what was the use of obtaining it early? It was certainly useful, but in reality, when the time came, the location of the Grail would be revealed.
This way, although early preparations could be made, one would still have to face the combined assault of all other participants, making it perhaps easier to sing a mournful song of broken hearts 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 was the use of just knowing a name?
But the problem was...
Because it was Bai Ye, this benefit became useful.
With the memory of his past life, Bai Ye could infer an opponent's strength just by looking at their name.
If Bai Ye didn't recognize any of the names, it would likely mean he was about to face a group of weaklings.
A moment later, a light screen displayed nine names along with nine number plates.
Bai Ye scanned the names. Excluding his own, among the remaining eight names, Bai Ye recognized four.
The most familiar one...
Li Jia Yi!
Bai Ye was dumbfounded. Was this a fated encounter from heaven, something he couldn't escape or refuse, and could only undress?
How many times had this happened? Why did he keep running into this guy no matter what he did?
Was this the legendary destined match, a person fated by destiny?
However, regardless of anything else, with Li Jia Yi's name appearing, Bai Ye automatically classified him as the primary threat, his greatest enemy in this wish task.
The second name he recognized was Hamil Rexas.
This guy was also a super formidable individual in Bai Ye's past life.
Back then, in the later stages of the World Battlefield, among the top experts in the four zones of East, South, West, and North, the ruler of the West Zone was named Huang Quan. His undead army had repeatedly clashed with Bai Ye's mechanical army, and each time, it was a hard-fought battle.
And before Huang Quan dominated the West Zone, the ruler of the West Zone was Hamil Rexas.
The Vampire Prince, Hamil!