Chapter 64 The Detour

Brother You's surprise couldn't compare to Jian Gui's excitement. In that instant, his eyes widened, "Really?"

"Just a rumor," Shui Shen said, regaining his composure.

"That's great!" Jian Gui was rarely so thrilled. In fact, the parallel world was a huge challenge for heavy smokers. Many players looked irritable and depressed, which was actually caused by nicotine cravings that couldn't be satisfied in the game. Non-smokers couldn't understand this kind of pain.

For Jian Gui, not smoking for 24 consecutive hours was even harder than grinding monsters for 24 consecutive hours. His former ID, "Yan Gui" (Smoke Devil), wasn't just for show. It was rumored that his computer keyboard often contained two *jin* (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 1.1 pounds) of ash, and that was just from accidental spills.

The once-renowned Jian Gui brothers in the online gaming world seemed somewhat depressed in the parallel world, and a significant reason was the inability to satisfy this small desire. To give me a cigarette – this was a dream that Jian Gui could never achieve in the game, so one could imagine how significant Shui Shen's news was to him.

"I'll inquire about it for you," Brother You said to Jian Gui.

Jian Gui nodded repeatedly.

The end of this topic meant that the mutual introductions and greetings were over. Shui Shen assumed the air of a host and waved his hand, asking, "What are everyone's plans for the evening?"

After a glance at each other, they said, "This main city looks even more dangerous than Moonlit Night City. It's better to be careful and stay low-key."

"Then I'll take you guys for a casual stroll, so your answers won't be too one-sided when someone asks you what Green Shade City is like," Shui Shen said.

"Is that necessary?" They were clearly not very interested in sightseeing.

"Don't you guys have nothing to do anyway?" Shui Shen said with a smile.

"Why don't we wash off some PK (Player Killing) points?" Yu Tian Shen Ming suggested. He had originally planned to run some quests, but he had randomly accepted one on the road, and the first stop required him to go to the forest to find a certain NPC. Yu Tian Shen Ming canceled it on the spot. Having just arrived in a new main city and already worried about getting lost on the streets, he would never come out again in his life if he went into such a vast forest alone.

However, this suggestion made Shui Shen's eyes twitch. Without a doubt, the PK points on these guys were all accumulated by killing their own brothers. Shui Shen had privately inquired about it, and his side had suffered a great loss in the encounters with these people. In addition, they had suffered a lot at the hands of Piao Liu. Besides that, he had heard of a female thief. Shui Shen didn't know who she was at first, but he finally understood when he was almost killed outside the resurrection point. The person was the real first person in the parallel world, Xi Yao Wu.

"How about it? How about it? Let's all go. Shui Shen can lead the way for us!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said eagerly.

"You're the only one who needs a guide, right?" Han Jia Gong Zi had already seen through Yu Tian Shen Ming's little scheme. This hopeless road idiot wanted to carry out such a difficult coordinate tracking activity for a wanted mission in an unfamiliar main city. How was that possible without a guide? So he was trying to trick Shui Shen into being a guide. He was really cunning.

"This guy is a road idiot," Jian Gui emphasized to Shui Shen. "If you let him do this kind of mission on his own, he'll definitely get lost."

"But if everyone goes together, we can't all target the same person!" Shui Shen said.

"We don't have to be together. You just take him, and we can handle it ourselves," Jian Gui and the others said.

With the discussion settled, everyone was ready to go, except for Han Jia Gong Zi, who remained seated.

"What about you?" Shui Shen asked, squinting at him. He knew some of this guy's bad habits. This guy probably didn't have any PK points.

Unexpectedly, Han Jia Gong Zi actually stood up. "I'm going to discuss how to deal with your broken guild tomorrow."

Shui Shen's eyes lit up immediately.

But Han Jia Gong Zi continued, "Don't try to get a thief to follow me. Look." Han Jia Gong Zi shook two cloth bags in front of Shui Shen's eyes.

Shui Shen had seen these kinds of cloth bags a lot. Green Shade City players would use these bags to bring back white stone powder from White Stone City.

"I just bought two bags on the street. I suggest you guys buy some too," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

Shui Shen was speechless. There were indeed people doing this kind of business in Green Shade City. After all, not everyone was so diligent to make such a long trip back and forth. So some people saw this player psychology and specialized in this kind of business. Frankly speaking, they didn't earn much. They were all poor newcomers who had no other choice.

As they spoke, they left the tavern and split into two groups. Han Jia Gong Zi left alone, while Shui Shen led the others towards the wanted mission location. The most excited one on the road was Brother You. For him, this was the first time. Before level 40, the knight class was like a priest, a support class, but after reaching level 40 and choosing the fork between light and darkness, it was one that would undergo the most significant changes.

Light Knights continued to focus on blessing skills, even having some of the healing abilities of a priest. In addition, the most anticipated thing was the team blessing skill – Battle Formation. Besides that, they would only have some simple combat skills.

Dark Knights, on the other hand, embarked on a path of slaughter from then on. They no longer had beautiful blessings, and their skills were filled with the scent of death and cruelty, making them an unadulterated combat-focused class. Brother You, who had become a Dark Knight, could no longer stay in the back of the battle. This large-scale expedition, the battle in Green Shade City, allowed Brother You to acquire his first PK points.

Although this matter was full of violence, the first time was always wonderful, so Brother You was inevitably a little excited.

At a certain corner, Shui Shen stopped and stuck his head out to look outside the wall. Then he pointed his finger in that direction and said, "It's over there."

They all poked their heads out and looked in the direction he was pointing. That place was still five hundred meters away from here, but Shui Shen didn't seem to want to move any further.

"We see it. Let's go!" they called to Shui Shen.

"You guys go. I'll wait for you here." As he spoke, Shui Shen looked around at the passing players.

"What's wrong?" The four of them were puzzled.

"This time... that place is quite sensitive. I better not show my face. You guys be careful too," Shui Shen said.

"What's going on?" The four of them wondered.

"It's all because of our mission," Shui Shen said with a wry smile.

As soon as they heard this, the four of them immediately understood. A large-scale battle had just broken out, and countless people had PK points on them. At this time, when the battle had subsided slightly, everyone would be thinking about washing off their PK points. No one knew when another battle would break out, and washing off PK points would make it easier to fight.

And at this time, Shui Shen, as the leader of one side, was bringing the enemy's people to wash off PK points. It wouldn't be good for either side to see this. Although Shui Shen had already shown that he was acquainted with Jian Gui and Han Jia Gong Zi in the forest, he shouldn't be in contact with them now.

If the Green Shade players saw it, they would feel that their boss was helping the opponents, and they would inevitably feel unfair. And if the Cloud Piercer City players saw it, given Wu Shi Zhi Jian's attitude towards the Young Master's Elite Team, they would definitely suspect these guys. These few might be innocent and not care about Wu Shi Zhi Jian's opinion, but Shui Shen was a boss carrying responsibility, so he couldn't be so carefree. That was why he chose to stop five hundred meters away.

"Five hundred meters, you're not going to get lost, are you?" Shui Shen said with a smile to Yu Tian Shen Ming.

"I should... maybe... no problem!" Yu Tian Shen Ming stared intently at the wanted mission location five hundred meters away. Even though he had it in sight, he still didn't feel safe.

"It's not like we're letting you go by yourself. We'll go together to receive the mission." Jian Gui grabbed Yu Tian Shen Ming, waved to Shui Shen, and the four of them left.

"I'll wait for you," Shui Shen waved his hand and retreated from the corner, leaning against the wall. He was squinting his eyes, wondering what he was thinking, when suddenly his shoulders shrugged violently, and his body seemed to be lifted up and thrown away from the wall. Then, with a backhand flick, the white stone powder he had somehow pulled out of thin air was scattered. A red figure seemed to appear behind him, but it only appeared for a moment before disappearing again.

"Why is it you again!" Shui Shen blurted out.

There were quite a few people coming and going on the street, and when they saw Shui Shen jumping, shouting, and scattering white stone powder, they immediately realized what was happening. There was a thief lurking nearby! Everyone vigilantly looked over here. Some were already preparing to leave quickly, while one person quickly rushed to Shui Shen's side and asked vigilantly, "What's going on?"

Shui Shen recognized that it was someone from his own guild. He pulled him back while preparing to explain. Unexpectedly, a red figure suddenly appeared in the midst of the spreading white stone powder and dashed over with a "swoosh." It was heading straight for the player with Shui Shen. The speed was far beyond ordinary people's imagination. That guy didn't even have time to react before that person was already by his side. He was killed with regret before he could even put up much of a defense.

The person who appeared was naturally Xi Yao Wu. She put away her dagger, glanced at Shui Shen, and said disdainfully, "Why are you yelling? I'm not looking for you."

Shui Shen opened his mouth wide. He did think Xi Yao Wu was here to cause trouble for him again, so he had been dodging diligently and hadn't paid much attention to reminding his brother to be safe. As a result, by the time he realized that Xi Yao Wu's target was actually that person, it was too late.

With his own brother killed right in front of him, Shui Shen had to entangle with the other party. Just as he was preparing to make a move, Xi Yao Wu flashed with a white light and disappeared again.

Shui Shen was dumbfounded. He thought to himself that this was indeed the richest person in the game. She used teleportation scrolls whenever she wanted!