NOVEL WEB Chapter 152 - Crimes
Mai Dongzi had participated in even more challenging survival live-streaming games, so she naturally wasn’t afraid of wilderness survival training.
However, she was unaware of the various details regarding the wilderness survival training at the Imperial Capital University, so after arriving at the training site, she needed time to observe and analyze the rules.
This could likely cause the Phantom team to enter the training state slower than other teams; sometimes, being one step slow can lead to falling behind in points without realizing it.
But now that the Moonlight faction member and Durant had joined their Phantom team, they were all on the same front, and they no longer concealed anything from each other.
“In fact, the other teams might also be a bit confused because the rules this year are different from last year. Last year, we were allowed to bring one weapon and nutritional supplements for the wilderness survival training, but this year we can’t bring anything, so this year’s survival training will definitely be very difficult. This gives our captain an advantage, so other teams are quite wary of our captain,” Durant said.
Everyone looked at Mai Dongzi, filled with confidence in her, as their captain had participated in survival live-streaming games.
Regarding this year’s competition, Mai Dongzi had heard many times about the differences compared to previous years.
Previously, she even suspected that there were reincarnators around King Gujia or Prince Arthur, which would explain the rules that were beneficial for improving human survival chances.
Now Mai Dongzi was more inclined to think that although Prince Arthur was reborn five years ago, he only began to gain the trust and authority of King Gujia this year.
Therefore, starting this year, the training model of the army has changed, and the rules for student training have also changed.
As for changes in society, Mai Dongzi recalled the rise of survival live-streaming games in the past two years.
She had once heard Vice Admiral Chen say that half of the survival live-streaming games in the Blue-Black Empire were funded by Prince Arthur’s commercial team, meaning that this industry was thriving due to the efforts of Prince Arthur’s commercial team.
Survival live-streaming games were not only popular in the Blue-Black Empire; they had also gained popularity in countries friendly with the Blue-Black Empire.
Since the survival live-streaming game Mai Dongzi participated in achieved explosive viewership ratings, Water Blue Star had become a paradise for adventurers, and almost every live-streaming platform had hosted survival live-streaming games there.
Those who participated in survival live-streaming games and those who frequently watched these games had learned some wilderness survival knowledge.
In the future, during the great purge of the apocalypse, their chances of survival would ultimately be higher than those who lacked this knowledge.
The meeting lasted for a full two hours before dispersing.
Since they were not allowed to carry anything for the wilderness survival training, they had nothing to prepare, and even though they were set to depart for training tomorrow, everyone continued to train as usual.
Early in the morning, the Phantom team gathered again in the training room. After completing their regular training, Chen Xinhe moved closer to Mai Dongzi and started gossiping with her:
“Captain, let me tell you something. Bai Zhizhi was taken away by the security department last night.”
“How do you know?” Mai Dongzi asked “in surprise.”
“Her dormitory is right across from mine. After we finished the meeting yesterday, I happened to run into it. One of the people who took her away is someone I know from the security department,” Chen Xinhe said.
Being taken away by the National Security Department indicates that Bai Zhizhi had committed a serious offense.
Mai Dongzi actually knew about this because Bai Zhizhi’s emotional fluctuations were significant last night; she exhibited a fear that Mai Dongzi had never felt before. So, she immediately used her mental power to “look” at Bai Zhizhi.
She “saw” two men restraining Bai Zhizhi, much like police arresting a suspect.
Although the two men were dressed in plain clothes, they were definitely government personnel since they could enter the Imperial Capital University to apprehend someone.
Bai Zhizhi looked pale but did not struggle.
Within Mai Dongzi’s “field of vision,” there was also no conversation with the two men, so she didn’t know why Bai Zhizhi was being taken away by the authorities.
It’s important to note that Bai Zhizhi was not just an ordinary female student. The government wouldn’t take her away without solid evidence.
“Do you know what crime she committed?” Mai Dongzi asked softly.
“I don’t know. I didn’t dare to ask, but the fact that they sent that person means it must be a serious issue,” Chen Xinhe replied even more quietly.
Mai Dongzi thought of Zhao Fanni and her brother, who were also taken away by the security department. Those two never returned and were said to have committed treason, receiving a sentence of five hundred years in prison.
“This isn’t our business; we should just stay out of it,” Mai Dongzi said.
She said that, but deep down, she felt connected to the incident.
Chen Xinhe nodded and didn’t mention the matter again. The reason she brought it up with Mai Dongzi was that she knew Bai Zhizhi had been targeting Mai Dongzi.
Mai Dongzi’s feelings were not wrong; by evening, she received a message from Prince Arthur.
To prevent Prince Arthur from knowing that she had discovered his secret, Mai Dongzi kept all her communications with him unchanged.
The day before, after returning to school, she even pretended that nothing had happened and sent him a thank-you message.
Prince Arthur’s reply was that when he received the distress signal that day, he happened to be nearby, so he came over; there was no need to be polite.
Although Mai Dongzi knew this was not the truth, the message represented Prince Arthur’s attitude, which calmed her somewhat turbulent emotions.
The message Prince Arthur sent her succinctly explained Bai Zhizhi’s crimes.
It turned out that Bai Zhizhi had already started taking action.
The exposure of the false heiress incident, as well as the online harassment of Little Lucy, was all orchestrated by Bai Zhizhi.
Little Lucy’s purchase of fake ability enhancement potions from the Star Network black market was a trap set by her.
It could be said that Little Lucy died at the hands of Bai Zhizhi.
The girl who received money from Bai Zhizhi and encouraged Little Lucy to buy enhancement potions on the black market was also a victim of Bai Zhizhi’s plan to silence her.
Mai Dongzi’s earlier experience of being attacked and kidnapped by unidentified assailants, as well as her recent encounter with a human bomb terror attack, were both related to Bai Zhizhi.
Half a year ago, shortly after Mai Dongzi returned to the Imperial Capital Star from Water Blue Star, Bai Zhizhi injected fifty million credit coins into the bounty for Mai Dongzi’s assassination.
This led to Mai Dongzi’s bounty entering the top twenty on the dark market’s reward list, attracting powerful killer organizations.
Using her family’s connections, Bai Zhizhi learned about Mai Dongzi’s training in the Central Forest and immediately sent this information to the killer organizations.
Prince Arthur’s people found Bai Zhizhi based on this information and dug deeper into her background, uncovering all her crimes.
At the end of the message, Prince Arthur clearly stated that Bai Zhizhi had other crimes that could be enough to sentence her to a thousand years in prison.
These pieces of information from Prince Arthur purely stated the facts of Bai Zhizhi’s crimes, aimed at informing Mai Dongzi that they had already resolved the assassination bounty issue.
The message did not mention Bai Zhizhi’s motives for her actions.