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Qin Fang should indeed feel fortunate; had he tried to crack the password himself or sought Xiao Nan's help, a local or foreign assassin with considerable power from Dragon Country would have been crossing borders to hunt him down or Xiao Nan by the next day.

Chen Liang was already quite powerful; if Qin Fang hadn't resorted to a sneak attack tactic, the one dead now would be Qin Fang, not Chen Liang. However, in the Assassin's Alliance, Chen Liang was just a bottom-tier assassin, and there were countless others far stronger than him.

And the cleaning missions posted by such an assassin platform required a minimum of a Three-Star Assassin to accept, so Qin Fang could imagine the terrifying strength of anyone sent to kill him.

Luckily, he didn't rashly attempt or ask Xiao Nan for help; fortunately, he was able to find the laptop's startup password from Chen Liang's memory, so he could boot it up normally instead of forcefully cracking it.

That had saved his own life.

Even Qin Fang pondered whether Chen Liang's suicide was not simply because he had lost the ability to resist; perhaps he still harbored the intention of killing with a borrowed knife.

The Wu Family Members wanted him dead, which Chen Liang was very clear about, and Qin Fang's appearance had proven this point. With such a death, his possessions would inevitably be confiscated, and the laptop kept in the safe could fall into the Wu Family's hands.

If the unaware Wu Family Members attempted to crack the laptop, they would unintentionally bring the Scavengers dispatched by the Assassin's Alliance upon themselves. The Wu Family was extremely powerful, with many masters at their disposal, but compared to the worldwide reach of the Assassin's Alliance, they were merely a slightly stronger ant.

If one Scavenger wasn't enough, then send several more!

If Three-Star Assassins were insufficient, send Four-Star, Five-Star Assassins…

The Assassin's Alliance had such capability and had to maintain the honor of the Assassin's Alliance, but the Wu Family couldn't withstand such relentless onslaughts and would be annihilated before long.

Therefore, even if Chen Liang truly died, it would be tantamount to taking the entire Wu Family with him to the grave. Such scheming wasn't just typically venomous and profound.

Qin Fang sighed with relief that he had taken the laptop and it hadn't fallen into the Wu Family's hands; a catastrophe of annihilation disappeared into thin air.

It was yet another time Qin Fang saved the Wu Family, but sadly, this favor could only remain deep in Qin Fang's heart, never to be mentioned to the Wu Family Members.

Although his thoughts were numerous, because of Qin Fang's intervention, none of those potential realities came to pass. Chen Liang was dead, and the Assassin's Alliance transaction laptop ended up in Qin Fang's hands, sparing the Wu Family from disaster.

Now, Qin Fang's attention was focused on the assassin transaction platform in front of him.

Every assassin registered with the Assassin's Alliance would have their own codename, such as Chen Liang, who was called Poison Tiger, a rather tacky name.

Poison represented his method of killing—poison—and it also indicated his character—mean and venomous.

Tiger, that was much simpler.

The tiger was already the king of the jungle, ferocious and domineering; many liked to use such a codename. For instance, Tiger, whom Qin Fang knew. But Qin Fang figured the reason Chen Liang called himself that was more due to the Tiger Fist style he practiced.

The missions posted on the assassin transaction platform came with restrictions: the starting bid was one hundred thousand Euros, and the Assassin's Alliance would not accept any rewards below this figure, unless the employer hired assassins independently.

However, the risks of doing so were great: firstly, the assassin's proficiency wasn't guaranteed, and secondly, the employer's confidentiality couldn't be secured.

These two points are absolutely no problem at the Assassin's Alliance; all tasks confirmed by the Assassin's Alliance would be professionally assessed immediately to determine the difficulty level of the mission before it was made available for assassins to accept.

Of course, the missions were public, but assassins who didn't accept the mission were prohibited from revealing any related information to individuals outside the Assassin's Alliance; otherwise, they would be marked as targets for cleanup.

Don't doubt the power of the Assassin's Alliance because there once was a Seven-Star Assassin, almost hailed as the King of Assassins, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances, riddled with over two hundred bullets, almost turned into a sieve.

And since then, no one dared to do anything like that again, not even think about it.

There were even rumors of a special organization within the Assassin's Alliance called the Scavengers, in which everyone was a top-notch assassin, just not well-known by the Assassin's Alliance.

All this was unrelated to Qin Fang; he would never mention such a terrifying organization, nor did he want to put himself in danger or involve his family and friends.

Qin Fang flipped through some missions, which described the assassination targets and related difficulty evaluations; for more detailed information, however, only the assassin who officially accepted the mission would gain access.

A mission could only be accepted by one assassin, with a maximum period of one month and a minimum of three days. Failing to complete the mission within the time limit would be deemed as a failure, deducting three times the points earned from accepting the mission.

The punishment was quite severe; failing once meant losing three times the points. If their current points were not enough to cover the loss, the registered assassin would be disqualified and wiped out.

If a mission failure resulted from elevated difficulty, the Assassin's Alliance, after review, would increase the mission's difficulty. If the hired assassin was indeed incapable of accomplishing such a challenging mission, the Alliance would not deduct any points but would simply acknowledge the mission failure.

But no one wished for this to happen, as ensuring a high success rate significantly benefitted point accumulation. This was because the points awarded for mission completion were multiplied by the success rate.

Only by finishing with a hundred percent success could one receive full points, while a lower success rate meant fewer points, which easily led to assassins being wiped out...

Just as Qin Fang was reviewing information about the Assassin's Alliance and the assassin trading platform, an unexpected notification almost made him feel as if the sky were falling.

"You have received a task: King of Assassins!"

Another task, and an ultimate one at that!

If the difficulty of the task Qin Fang previously received, which involved training Song Dao Cainaizi to take over the Shiling Group, was akin to scaling the heavens, then this "King of Assassins" task was like shattering the void.

The King of Assassins, the ten-star assassin situated at the very pinnacle of the Assassin's Alliance, was also the king of all assassins and the supreme ruler of the Alliance.

It also represented a goal that all members of the Assassin's Alliance strove for yet could never reach, as its accomplishment seemed nigh impossible from the day he rose to the top, with the success rate still being one hundred percent.

Why was such a task deemed impossible?

Because starting from seven-star tasks, the assassination targets were all leaders of significant nations, and the most challenging nine-star tasks required one to obliterate a country single-handedly...

Moreover, the King of Assassins was required to defeat all challengers of six stars and above.

In reality, ten-star experts were a legendary tale. Since the founding of the Assassin's Alliance, the strongest was only ever an eight-star expert, and there had only ever been seven of them.

No nine-star expert had ever existed, let alone a ten-star.

Qin Fang didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this point...

Crying because the task seemed unachievable. Missions of seven stars and above were exceedingly rare, and their difficulty level had already left Qin Fang agape.

As for eight-star or nine-star tasks, those weren't something ordinary prodigies could complete.

To ascend to ten stars and strive for the title King of Assassins, one would need to successfully complete ten nine-star tasks to accumulate enough points and defeat every assassin of six stars and above... Only then could one truthfully claim the crown of the King of Assassins.

Of course, there was only one outcome if the mission failed—erasure by the system!

In fact, the system wouldn't even need to intervene personally; merely facing those high-star tasks would be enough. Any slip-up would undoubtedly cost Qin Fang his life.

The reason Qin Fang felt like laughing was that he now had a viable path for advancement laid out before him.

Because of the mission issued by the system, for every assassin task Qin Fang completed, in addition to the experience provided by the Assassin's Alliance, the system would also reward experience and proficiency.

The greater the difficulty of the assassin's mission, the more points earned, and similarly, the richer the rewards from the system, thus Qin Fang no longer had to worry about the slow pace of his level progression.

This was the aspect that Qin Fang found very user-friendly; at least now he could level up faster. The higher his level and the stronger his power, the greater the chances of completing tasks and the probability of survival.

This task was a forced one by the system, and Qin Fang had no possibility of refusal. Once it appeared, it was automatically bound to Qin Fang himself.

"Change registration information!"

Now that the task had been accepted, Qin Fang could only grit his teeth and press on, then look at the assassin trading platform and modify the registration information under Chen Liang's profile.

The Assassin's Alliance did not mind the replacement of assassins. However, once the registration information was changed, the login validation password for this laptop was also automatically replaced.

Each assassin could only bind a unique validation password, so it was not possible for two people to use the same laptop simultaneously.

Qin Fang quickly modified the relevant information, erasing all of Chen Liang's data, and entered his own information, including his alias, star level, bank account number, etc. This process was not too lengthy and was completed rather quickly.

About three minutes later, an assassin codenamed Supreme officially registered with the Assassin's Alliance! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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