Everyone in the Group is a Main Character, Except Me Who's the Villain

77: What is the group owner’s task triggering mechanism?”Let’s leave it at that. I have some things to handle on my end, hanging up now.”

Knowing that Chu Yao couldn’t possibly agree immediately, Qin Xiao hung up the phone directly after saying those two sentences.

Under the night sky, the open-air swimming pool shimmered with light.

He leaned back in his chair, casually tossing his phone onto the rattan coffee table by the pool. Watching the warm yellow light reflected from the second floor of the villa, he muttered to himself.

”Chu Yao...”

Since his rebirth, except for Mu Qingxue, all major events had been following the script he foresaw.

Only this woman was like a sudden line of garbled code on the script of fate; every time he was about to succeed, she would escape in all sorts of inconceivable ways.

And Chu Yao? Although the general direction hadn’t changed, he always felt this girl was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

Therefore, the repeated failures on Mu Qingxue’s side had caused him to lose his original patience with Chu Yao. He had directly set up this trap for Chu Yao’s gambling-addict uncle, Liu Qiang.

”This time, it should finally work, right?”

Qin Xiao stared at the swaying moonlight in the pool, his gaze gradually turning cold.

Three hundred thousand.

To an ordinary college student, this was an astronomical figure.

To a degenerate uncle addicted to gambling, this was the final straw that broke the camel’s back.

Chu Yao didn’t know any other wealthy people; she could only come to find him.

Would she come to find him? She definitely would.

Qin Xiao could even imagine her biting her lip, her eyes red as she struggled to keep from crying.

”It really makes one look forward to it!!”

...At the same time, in a gym near the Xingfuli Residential Area.

At 9:30 PM, there were already few people left in the equipment area.

Fang Ming lay on the bench press rack, hands gripping the barbell, his chest heaving violently with his breath.

”Huff... Huff...”

110 kilograms—this was the weight he could now bench press stably.

Although his body hadn’t been enhanced by drugs, there was still a certain gap compared to true professional athletes.

However, the Grandmaster Level Combat Technique had improved his physical fitness across the board, and he already had a habit of working out.

Therefore, his strength was quite a bit higher than that of an average adult male.

Ding-dong!

A message notification sound suddenly appeared in his mind.

Fang Ming hung the barbell back on the rack and checked the message while stretching his arms.

Currently, the only people who could send him messages through the consciousness space, besides the members of the Chat Group, were three: Chu Yao, Mu Qingxue, and Shen Wanyin.

He clicked it open: Chu Yao!

[Chu Yao]: ”Mr. Ming... something happened to my uncle. He owes three hundred thousand in gambling debts and is currently being held at home...”

Chu Yao straightforwardly explained the situation.

Although the fact that Fang Ming had a girlfriend made her very sad, his surface identity was, after all, his brother’s friend. Her trust in Fang Ming was, in any case, greater than her trust in Qin Xiao.

After reading Chu Yao’s account, Fang Ming’s brows furrowed slightly.

Uncle? Gambling debt? Three hundred thousand?

The combination of these keywords almost instantly made him smell a conspiracy.

”Is it Qin Xiao??”

Fang Ming hadn’t been involved in this, so it was likely Qin Xiao had sent someone else to do it.

[.]: ”Does your uncle usually gamble? Owing this much isn’t something that happens in a day or two.”

[Chu Yao]: ”He... is indeed fond of gambling and has owed money before, but the most was only a few hundred. Owing three hundred thousand this time is truly ridiculous.”

[.]: ”Send me your uncle’s address. Leave the rest to me.”

[Chu Yao]: ”Just the address?? I don’t need to go along??”

[.]: ”No need. Do you still not trust me??”

Seeing this message, Chu Yao bit her lip, wanting to say something, but in the end, she said nothing and decisively sent Liu Qiang’s address over.

Fang Ming stood up and stretched his whole body. He didn’t rush to leave but first went to the gym’s shower room to bathe. At the same time, he sank his consciousness into his mind and opened the Chat Group interface.

The group had been very quiet lately.

The Soldier King Chu Feng seemed to have taken on a tricky mission in the Middle East and hadn’t popped up for two days.

The Divine Doctor Lin Chen was still in the mountains learning pharmacology from the old man, occasionally posting some landscape photos of the mountains.

The Top Student Gu Bai had been helping people with tutoring recently to earn some pocket money.

As for Ye Nuannuan... her case was still going through the procedures. The Lu Family’s influence was too great, so it would be hard to have a result anytime soon.

[Nameless Guide]: ”@Soldier King Lone Wolf, are you there? I have something to discuss with you.”

After the message was sent, he waited for about half a minute.

[Soldier King Lone Wolf]: ”Just got back to camp. What’s up?”

Fang Ming’s reply was very direct.

[Nameless Guide]: ”There’s another problem on your sister’s side. Your uncle owes three hundred thousand in gambling debts and is being held at home. The other party specifically named your sister to bring the money to ransom him.”

[Soldier King Lone Wolf]: ”...”

[Soldier King Lone Wolf]: ”My uncle? You mean, Liu Qiang??”

[Nameless Guide]: ”Yes. The situation is very obvious now; someone is setting a trap to force your sister to comply. I’m planning to head over and settle this in your name.”

[Nameless Guide]: ”First, send over your photo, height, weight, and other basic information.”

[Soldier King Lone Wolf]: ”Alright, wait a moment.”

Perhaps due to the trust established between the two parties during this time, the Soldier King didn’t ask what Fang Ming wanted this information for.

[Ding!]

[Detected that group member ’Soldier King Lone Wolf’s’ closely related person ’Liu Qiang’ has fallen into a major crisis. The source of the crisis is highly related to group member ’Soldier King Lone Wolf’s’ sister ’Chu Yao’. Triggering group owner Exclusive Mission.]

[Mission Name: Lone Wolf’s Relative]

[Mission Description: Chu Yao’s uncle Liu Qiang is trapped in a gambling debt snare. The opponent’s target is directed at Chu Yao. Please intervene with a reasonable identity to resolve this crisis.]

[Mission Reward: ??? (Settled after mission completion)]

[Accept? Yes/No?]

Just as the Soldier King sent the information over, the group mission appeared. Fang Ming raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

”A second mission can actually be triggered??”

He had previously thought each group member could only trigger one mission. He hadn’t expected to be able to do it a second time.

Awesome!

However... what was the trigger mechanism for this group owner Exclusive Mission?

Fang Ming wiped off the water on his body, his thoughts spinning rapidly.

Judging from the previous few situations, it should be when a group member’s relative encounters danger. But thinking carefully, it wasn’t just encountering danger.

It should also involve a request from a group member or the content of the Chat Group conversations??

He remembered when Gu Qinghe and Shen Wanyin were in danger; if Lin Chen or Gu Bai hadn’t asked for help in the group, he wouldn’t have known they were the relatives of these two group members at all.

In that situation, the mission likely wouldn’t have been triggered.

This time was the same. If he hadn’t posted about this matter in the group, would the mission likewise not have been triggered??

”When a protagonist’s relative encounters danger, I can post the situation in the group to trigger a group owner Exclusive Mission? Then can the villains be treated as NPCs for repeatedly triggering missions??”

”That works, that definitely works!”

Discovering this mission mechanism, Fang Ming was a bit excited, but he didn’t have time to think carefully. He quickly grabbed his clothes from his backpack.

About five minutes later, he left through the back door of the gym and hailed a taxi by the roadside.

”Driver, to the Eastern Suburbs Shantytown area, over by Jinxiu Road.”