Chapter 2586: The Illusionist suspected of cheating

After listening to the information narrated by Sibelle, Su Xiao basically understood the situation on the Illusionist's side.

The Illusionist came from Apocalypse Paradise. The other party originally formed a temporary team of five, but when they were preparing to rush to the Tiger Bee area, they accidentally saved a primitive native.

That native came from the Rain Throat Tribe, which was the primitive tribe that controlled the water source area. Through the negotiation of a charisma-type contractor, the Illusionist's team successfully joined the Rain Throat Tribe faction and learned a piece of information: in the central area of the adjacent swamp area, a giant ape lived.

As a contractor, the Illusionist learned one thing from the shaman of the Rain Throat Tribe: the giant ape in the swamp area was very powerful, and its heart was what the Lord of Tiger Bees craved.

The Illusionist already knew about the existence of the Bee Queen. The other party craved the giant ape's heart but had not taken action yet, which already indicated that the giant ape was also a Hegemon-class creature. Plus, there were many poisonous insects in the swamp area, so the Bee Queen would not easily take action. After all, there was still the Rain Throat Tribe, a great enemy, nearby.

From the fragmented information, the Illusionist summarized three things: 1. The giant ape was a Hegemon-class creature, and there would be massive rewards after killing it; 2. The giant ape's heart might involve a hidden quest; 3. This was a good opportunity to gather manpower.

The Illusionist did not hide this matter and immediately searched everywhere for traces of other teams to share this information with them.

It didn't take long for the Illusionist to gather 32 contractors. After all, the larger the team, the less afraid they were of encountering hunters. Even if hunters mixed in, they wouldn't dare to take action easily. They not only had many people but also the advantage of the Rain Throat Tribe.

Being able to form such a team, the Illusionist's personal charisma and leadership ability were beyond doubt. If he were allowed to continue developing, he might even create a team of over 50 people, or even a hundred.

After Tank Man learned of this news, he went directly to the door, intending to wipe out the Illusionist to prevent the other party from really gathering a large army.

The result was that Tank Man almost lost his life. Mu Xiao was actually a survivor, not a hunter. With her strength, she should have been a hunter; almost everyone thought so, but she wasn't.

After thoroughly verifying this point, the Illusionist almost laughed out loud and had a face-to-face talk with Mu Xiao, deciding to let Mu Xiao become the temporary leader, with the Illusionist willing to assist Mu Xiao.

Mu Xiao refused because, in her view, she did have combat power, but her eloquence, which would end a conversation in three sentences, was not suitable for leading others, while the Illusionist's behavior made Mu Xiao feel that this was not an arrogant and selfish person, so she strongly supported the Illusionist.

One is not afraid of a team of rabble; what one is afraid of is a group of people with strength and clear goals gathering together. The team the Illusionist had built now was exactly like that.

The Illusionist did not set any rules; his only requirement was that there must be no infighting. Those who engaged in infighting would be attacked by everyone. Other than that, there were no requirements.

The Illusionist was the core that united everyone, Mu Xiao was the combat power representative, and other members performed their own duties. They welcomed everyone to join and would use various methods to test them later.

So far, two hunters had died at their hands, and the survivors who killed these two could complete the quest with a high evaluation. However, they did not leave. They all knew that with the Illusionist's ability, he would soon be able to gather more people. At that time, they could use the power of the Rain Throat Tribe and their own combat power to occupy the supplies dropped every day. After 14 days, these supplies would be divided equally among everyone.

Hearing this news, Su Xiao frowned. If the Illusionist were allowed to continue developing like this, the situation would become very bad. In a few days, a large group of survivors would gather together to search for hunters everywhere.

The Illusionist planned to gather manpower tomorrow morning to besiege that Hegemon-class giant ape. This siege of a Hegemon creature had extraordinary significance for the Illusionist. He wanted to let everyone taste the sweetness, so as to recruit more survivors.

And the team Sibelle was in had received the news and was preparing to go to the Rain Throat Tribe to meet with the Illusionist and join the Hegemon creature crusade tomorrow morning.

"How did you get this news?"

"A crow found us and told us this news."

"Summon?"

"No, it was a contractor's avatar ability. He seems to be able to split his own flesh and blood and then turn into a crow."

"Is that so."

Su Xiao frowned and pondered. For some reason, he always felt that this matter was wrong. The contractor named Illusionist had too strong a cohesive force.

More importantly, the other party's series of behaviors were like cheating. First, he accidentally saved a member of the Rain Throat Tribe, and then used this as an opportunity to quickly recruit multiple teams.

Saving a member of the Rain Throat Tribe could be seen as good luck, but quickly recruiting other teams was not something that could be done just by having good luck.

Su Xiao had previously let Bubu Wang and Baja search for a long time but did not find other contractors in the Wild Forest. If it weren't for the previous supply drop, he wouldn't know when he would find traces of survivors.

The Illusionist's side continuously found several teams in a short period of time. Given the vast range of the water source area, this in itself was something that didn't make sense. If it were a perception-type contractor completely opening up the perception range, one wouldn't know how many extraordinary creatures in the range would be angered, which would cause a big commotion.

Looking at the Illusionist's side, they gathered more than thirty people silently, as if they possessed a 3D map of the Wild Forest, and it was the kind of 3D map that marked the location of every contractor.

Su Xiao's feeling was that the Illusionist had suddenly cheated before, but not long after, that 'cheat' expired. The Illusionist couldn't do nothing, and his previous series of means had even stunned someone as strong as Mu Xiao.

So the Illusionist chose to go to the swamp area with the fewest contractors to kill a Hegemon creature there, distribute benefits to other contractors, let the contractors taste the sweetness first, stabilize people's hearts for a period of time, and then wait for the 'cheat' to be reactivated before proceeding with the next step of the plan. This was more stable.

The Illusionist might have an item or ability that could overlook the overall situation, but the usage interval of 'that thing' was very long, or it was very unstable, unstable to the extent that it couldn't be revealed to others, otherwise all his previous efforts would be taken over by Mu Xiao.

Even, the Illusionist might lose his life because of 'that thing'. Mu Xiao was not a gentle woman. The other party had previously competed with Su Xiao, Gourmet, Tank Man, Gask, and others for supply boxes and successfully seized a white supply box.

The Illusionist was originally a very capable person, and with the help of 'that thing', he took off directly on the spot. Going to kill the Hegemon giant ape was also a very wise decision. It could stabilize people's hearts and also try to unite with the Bee Queen through the giant ape's heart.

Once successful, the Illusionist's rise would be unstoppable, even if he could no longer activate 'that thing' later. It could be said that the Illusionist simply had a dream start.

Thinking of these, Su Xiao decided to go to the swamp area tomorrow morning to see what the situation was. After all, the treasure chest dropped by a Hegemon-class creature was quite good, and the giant ape's heart was something that must be seized. ===== CHAPTER 2587 =====