These two points are completely different.
An additional reward is when, during the final distribution, the employer or someone else voluntarily adds a portion for each person due to the number of participants.
For example, if the original mission reward was ten million after completion, but two people completed it simultaneously or collaboratively, then under specific conditions, the employer or a third party would voluntarily add ten million per person.
However, an additional payment is different.
This is when someone adds other rewards on top of the original. This additional reward can be the same or different, but its total value will not be lower than the original reward!
Moreover, this addition can be made by anyone and does not require the employer's consent.
After all, people want the mission to be completed, and this situation is equivalent to "many hands make light work."
After being stunned for a while, Liu Tixing realized that someone from the country must have intervened!
As he had suspected, shortly after he posted the mission, many people in China received the news.
"Quick, check the dark web, someone has posted a bounty on Li Chonglou!"
"Is there really such a brave soul? No, I have to add to it too!"
"Hahaha, finally someone can't resist taking action. Who is this big shot? Is it from the Civilian Association or the War Association? Never mind, as long as someone posts a bounty! Count me in!"
Thus, the reward, which was originally only Liu Tixing's personal funds, soared to become the most lucrative bounty on the dark web that day within a few hours.
Moreover, the situation continued to escalate, attracting the attention of criminals worldwide.
The dark web, in foreign countries, is the darkest corner of human depravity.
To enter it, one must have at least taken a life.
And this is only after receiving a mission through an introducer. Generally speaking, those who can enter are sinners who deserve to die.
However, the situation is somewhat different in China. It is unknown whether it is due to its founder or China's strict crackdown in this area, but the dark web's entry requirements in China do not include this.
Therefore, the Chinese circle alone accounts for a quarter of the total membership!
However, apart from those who are already part of that circle, the rest are either desperate or inherently corrupt.
Southern Shangjing.
The company of the Fourth Master of the Green Gang.
As one of the prominent figures of the Green Gang, he was also a member of the dark web. However, his primary purpose was to check if anyone had posted missions targeting him.
This night, he habitually opened the dark web to check. The dark web was currently the most free and popular of all assassination websites, and he had formed a habit of checking it before bed.
This time, he still didn't see any missions related to him, but he was unexpectedly attracted to a mission with an unprecedentedly generous reward.
"Li Chonglou? This name sounds familiar?"
When he clicked to view the mission, tasks usually came with a picture of the target to avoid misidentification, but this one only had a text description and was very brief.
Even basic information such as height, strength, and living habits were not filled in, only mentioning "a person of realm."
For Fourth Master, who had been active on the dark web for a long time, he certainly knew what a "person of realm" was.
He also finally remembered why the name sounded familiar.
"It seems that Xiaoxia had someone with good skills who was also named this."
Shaking his head, Fourth Master did not make any further connections.
Because in his understanding, the Li Chonglou who worked under Li Meixia was merely a martial artist with good skills, still a considerable distance from being a "person of realm."
He then skillfully deleted his browsing history and went to bed peacefully.
Similar scenes were unfolding in other parts of China.
Whether it was Li Chonglou's bad luck or something else, those who saw the news either didn't associate it with him, or didn't know him at all, or even wanted to get involved and share in the reward.
Meanwhile, abroad, due to the multitude of similar organizations, the situation was still developing.
Execution Branch Base.
Lin Guang, who was about to sleep, suddenly received a call from above.
"There's a temporary mission that requires new trainees to participate?"
Lin Guang immediately sat up. However, before he could ask for more information, the call had already been disconnected.
"There's no reason for this. Don't new recruits have a seven-day rest period? There shouldn't be any designated missions during this time."
According to past practice, after new recruits joined, they were given a seven-day grace period because they still had many rules and situations to understand.
During this period, not only were they made to feel the benefits of the General Bureau's execution, but it also gave them a buffer time. After all, the examination missions were not easy.
More often than not, after this period, there was another half a month to a month of systematic training to help the new recruits grow before they were assigned monthly missions.
As for the weekly small missions, they would only begin after half a year.
The General Bureau Execution Department, as the most formal organization in all of China, naturally had to appear humane.
This was why Lin Guang was confused by the call.
"Moreover, wasn't the person who spoke just now my superior?"
It seemed to be his superior's superior, meaning this call was an urgent, cross-level assignment!
As he was thinking, the mission details were also sent to his phone in a timely manner.
After reviewing for half a minute, Lin Guang's brows had already furrowed slightly.
The mission was not particularly difficult; it was the usual type of either eliminating criminals, rescuing people, or capturing territory. It could be described as simple and direct, requiring only obedience.
However, what was different was that this mission was a transnational operation that required action abroad.
Under normal circumstances, new recruits would not be sent abroad for their missions in the first year, as many of them were undergoing systematic training for the first time, and it would take at least half a year to a year to see satisfactory results.
Suddenly, the confused Lin Guang had a figure flash through his mind.
Li Chonglou!
"Could this be related to him this time?"
The more Lin Guang thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, everything would appear too sudden!
"But aren't they afraid of being investigated?"
This was too obvious!
On the other side, the man who had just spoken with Lin Guang gloomily put down his phone and said in a deep voice to a corner of the dark room, "Everything has been arranged as you said. Can you tell me where the person is now?"
A neutral voice, neither male nor female, emanated from the darkness.
"No hurry, wait until they are all gone, and the person you want will naturally return. I keep my word."
The man said nothing more, but his gloomy eyes stared intently ahead as if they could pierce through the darkness.
"Lord Feng, your gaze is truly formidable. I should leave now. Don't worry, it's the General Bureau, after all. I understand."