“Heh.”

Kuáng Rán Huǒ wasn't too keen on Fú Xiǎo. With his hands crossed behind his head, he said with some disdain, “So, you're rushing to form alliances now?”

Fú Xiǎo, Zzízhuāng Tónggòu, and Dà Hēitiān were from the European Heavy Industries Group. Yàbó and Gāiyǐn were from Prometheus. Dàwèi and Aim were from the Special Accidents Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Including the people following behind, there were about seven or eight factions of players who had appeared here.

And the commonality between these factions…

They were all based in Europe and the Americas, with deep connections to the consortium behind the European Heavy Industries Group.

It was easy to understand. If they found allies in the current stage, discussed not fighting each other after entering the [Lost World], but instead formed a group and used their numerical advantage to hunt down lone players,

It was very likely that they could gain an advantage in the early stages and eliminate threatening opponents ahead of time.

Although everyone guessed that the [Lost World] stage might introduce various rules to restrict group behavior...

But maybe not?

Dreams always have to be had.

Faced with Kuáng Rán Huǒ’s contempt and ridicule, Dàwèi smiled slightly, not caring, and said cheerfully, “Yes, the Syndicate is stronger in this regard, occupying nine seats in the top 100.

If we don't team up, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to compete with you, the Special Affairs Division, and Michael.”

“Tch, cowards.”

Kuáng Rán Huǒ curled her lips dismissively. Since the other party had willingly admitted that they were teaming up for warmth, there was nothing more for her to say.

“I feel like Senior Sister Kuáng Rán is a little hostile towards these people…”

Shíjiàng covered his mouth and said softly to Lúyú, “Isn’t she usually dismissive of everyone else?”

“You don’t know about this,”

Lúyú also half-covered his mouth and whispered back, “Her hostility isn’t towards Dàwèi and the others, but towards [Fú Xiǎo] alone.”

Shíjiàng widened his eyes, “Ah? Why?”

Lúyú glanced in the direction of Kuáng Rán Huǒ, made sure she wasn't paying attention, and said softly, “Actually, Kuáng Rán Huǒ is also an amateur YouTuber and Bilibili up-loader in the real world. She doesn't show her face and occasionally posts works of painting, cover songs, cooking, editing, piano playing, etc.

However, her level is average, her ability is limited, and the number of her fans is not very high. She also posted some sarcastic remarks mocking Bilibili, which led to her being traffic-limited…

A few days ago, [Fú Xiǎo] opened a Bilibili account and only posted a video of greeting netizens and showing off a mecha, and it gained more than a million fans—and it wasn't even posted by herself, but by the marketing studio arranged for her by European Heavy Industries Group…

So she's especially angry.”

“Ah, this.”

As an American, Shíjiàng only vaguely knew that Bilibili was a video platform and didn't know much about it—probably similar to YouTube? YouTube can also be pretty fierce.

“Then why doesn’t Senior Sister say that she is a player?”

Shíjiàng scratched his head, “I remember there are many uploaders on YouTube who show off their extraordinary abilities, right? With her strength, wouldn't she be able to become popular quickly?”

“You don’t understand,”

Lúyú grinned, “If she showed her face and acted cute, or performed chest-breaking rocks, single-handedly splitting bullets, or road roller weightlifting, she could gain fans, but what’s the difference between that and a clownish joker?

It’s better to eat large intestine sashimi.

The more setbacks, the clearer, harmony in diversity.

That’s called the persistence and pride of a strong person.”

“Oh, oh.”

Shíjiàng nodded as if he understood, then suddenly seemed to think of something and asked subconsciously, “Wait, how do you know so much, Senior Brother? You wouldn’t be secretly following her account behind Senior Sister’s back, would you?”

“Cough, cough, cough.”

Lúyú hurriedly coughed, glanced around guiltily, and said softly to Shíjiàng, “Keep your voice down! Don’t you know anything?

The teacher told us to be united and friendly,

As an honest and loyal junior brother, I must do my part to give Senior Sister a wave of attention with ten alt accounts.

When Senior Sister turns on her voice changer to live-stream games, I must also do my best to send gifts and send barrages to make the live broadcast room lively.

These are all things that a junior brother should do, so don't tell anyone else."

In fact, in addition to Kuáng Rán Huǒ, Lúyú also followed hundreds of up-loaders, including soft girls who play the piano, film critics who talk about movies, strong men who teach fitness, and even Chūyīn from the Special Affairs Division—the latter has recently been hesitating whether to tell her fans that she is actually a player.

“Achoo!”

Kuáng Rán Huǒ sneezed inexplicably. Lúyú and Shíjiàng behind her immediately closed their mouths, for fear of attracting the attention of this grumpy and powerful blonde junior sister.

“Ahaha, everyone, sorry, my junior sister doesn't actually mean to ridicule anyone. She's just straightforward and says whatever she thinks.”

As the eldest senior brother, Tàihào smiled and scratched the back of his head, stepping forward to smooth things over, "If there's nothing else, we'll leave first."

“Wait a moment.”

Behind Dàwèi, a tall and strong man wearing a skull mask, a red and gold robe, and long red hair,

Said in a deep voice, “I don’t think it’s cowardice to adopt some more stable plans in order to pursue the ultimate victory.

On the contrary, you from the Syndicate should also be very clear about what kind of monsters the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth places on the rankings are, right?

Aren’t you considering joining forces?”

The man speaking was Ājiāléisī from Gen-sys Biotechnology Company, ranked twelfth in individual combat power.

Join forces?

The faces of the onlookers changed slightly. If the European Heavy Industries Group and the Syndicate joined forces, then things would really turn upside down.

If they dared to do that, the Special Affairs Division would dare to go to Michael and turn the [Lost World] into a multi-factional melee.

“There’s no need to join forces.”

Shīkòng glanced at them indifferently and said coldly, “Our duties and goals are different from yours.

Moreover, we have the confidence to win this competition.”

"Really?"

Behind [Ājiāléisī], a taciturn young man with gray eyes, bare upper body, long black hair, and olive skin covered with strange patterns suddenly said, "Sù Níshēng is very strong, no weaker than you."

He was [Yàbó] in eighth place, from Prometheus. The Sù Níshēng he spoke of was the mysterious player from the Different Society in sixth place.

"Oh?"

Shīkòng looked at Yàbó, "You've met her?"

"In the Realm Corridor."

Yàbó nodded slowly, expressionless, "Players outside the top fifty might not even be able to touch her."