Doomsday Roulette

Others fell silent after hearing this.

Ye Zhongming had inadvertently touched on the hearts of these individuals by mentioning the allure of the tasks. This organization was high-end, filled with secrets, but one thing remained constant: they were all here for money and some things that money couldn't buy. The amount of tasks directly affected their earnings.

As founders and top-tier members, they could avoid simple or low-profit tasks, which had too low a cost-performance ratio. However, members of other ranks could not. As long as they completed tasks and made a profit, the organization would take a cut, including their dividends.

Who wouldn’t be happy to earn money without doing anything?

Once tasks were available, someone needed to complete them. The members here were all individuals of status in reality; they had numerous other matters to handle, and even gatherings were spaced out over time.

Thus, every member, when selecting tasks, was essentially choosing those with high cost-performance ratios, which also led to many published tasks remaining uncompleted. As Ye Zhongming said, an individual capable of completing a large number of tasks would be welcomed by the organization – no, they would be very welcomed.

Another point that stirred everyone's interest was Ye Zhongming's claim that he would publish a large number of tasks. Such occurrences were rare and only happened when significant events occurred within the members or founders themselves. Each time, these events brought substantial profits and increased intangible influence to the organization.

Moreover, the representative of Kunz座, a11, was among the earliest members to join the organization and was one of the most outstanding in that group, making his words carry great weight.

“Regarding number three, I chose him not because he stands out among the others, but because number one and number two are not necessary for us,” Ye Zhongming looked around the crowd, explaining his reasoning: “As senior members, they are qualified, even excellent, but I say they do not need to be top members because… what they excel at, I also excel at.”

Surprised murmurs rippled through the crowd as they revisited the information. They found that numbers one and two each specialized in different areas. Number one was very skilled in weapon trading, with such tasks accounting for forty percent of the entire organization’s output in the previous year.

Number two specialized in various bizarre tasks, which seemed difficult to understand at first. However, after Ye Zhongming reviewed his completed tasks, he confirmed that this was a knowledgeable person with deep research in many areas, capable of resolving many others' doubts and adept at using his knowledge to tackle tricky problems.

As for number one, Ye Zhongming crudely guessed he was a master craftsman or an agent of the Tarros Red Dwarf, though not of the top tier. Ye Zhongming felt the agent possibility was greater because the dwarves had very distinctive physical features.

There was a conflict between him and the Tarros Red Dwarf; Ye Zhongming naturally did not want such a person to join. Moreover, he could do what the dwarves could do, and he was not about to let a competitor in.

On the other hand, number two could either be an ‘All Races of the Universe’ individual who had lived for a very long time or someone supported by a team possessing extensive knowledge and technology. Such individuals were usually old monsters or high-ranking officials from super clans.

While Ye Zhongming knew he could not compare to such individuals, he had the Library Palace behind him. Who could match the depth of knowledge, the number of secrets, or the grasp of history that those scholars possessed?!

Thus, whatever number two could do, Ye Zhongming could do – and do better.

Eliminating the first two options made it clear who to choose.

Ye Zhongming's words clearly prompted everyone present to reconsider, including the ten founders, who had previously been in agreement; otherwise, they wouldn’t have placed numbers one and two at the forefront.