Chapter 287 Another Suggestion

Great Hero had another suggestion! Everyone felt a little nervous. This person was getting more and more gloomy today. What trick was he up to this time?

Everyone remained silent, looking at Great Hero and waiting for him to speak. Great Hero, however, looked at Yaxiaosuangen. “Boss Ya, what kind of people are the ones who develop the leveling-through-efficiency method? I think you and I should be very clear, right?”

“Oh?”

“Obviously, they are the same kind of people as Qianli Yizui.”

Yaxiaosuangen nodded. “So they can do the same things.”

“Then, what if two such people join forces to deal with Qianli Yizui?” Great Hero asked.

Yaxiaosuangen smiled again. “Boss Gai, you’re joking with me again. You know very well who my people are. Bashi Jinglun, he and Qianli Yizui are friends. Do you think he would make such a move?”

“Perhaps?” Great Hero said.

“I don’t think there’s a possibility,” Yaxiaosuangen shook his head.

“Boss Gai, if Bashi Jinglun isn’t good, there’s also your Chen Qiyi here. Maybe he’s no worse than Qianli Yizui?” Other bosses chimed in, relieved to find that Great Hero's suggestion was actually this.

“It’s a pity. If it were a two-person team, the chances of success would be greater,” Great Hero said.

So all the bosses turned their expectant gazes toward Yaxiaosuangen.

Yaxiaosuangen smiled wryly. “I can call him over. If any of you can persuade him, of course I won’t stop you.”

“We can try!” one boss said.

“I’ll contact him.” Yaxiaosuangen didn't say anything, sent a message, and soon after, those who had added Bashi Jinglun as a friend received a notification that Bashi Jinglun was online.

“He’s coming right over,” Yaxiaosuangen said to everyone.

The bosses were full of anticipation. Before long, the door was knocked. The first spokesperson quickly went up and pulled the door open, seeing a Fighter outside looking into the room with restraint.

“Bashi Jinglun? Please, come in, come in.” The first spokesperson warmly welcomed Bashi Jinglun in.

Bashi Jinglun stepped inside, looked around, saw Yaxiaosuangen, and quickly waved. “Boss, I’m here.”

Everyone present was a boss, and that address almost made everyone respond subconsciously. Immediately, many people stood up and brought stools to Bashi Jinglun. "You're here? Quick, have a seat, have a seat.”

Bashi Jinglun sat down blankly, finding that he was still quite a distance from his boss, Yaxiaosuangen! And these guys around him were incredibly enthusiastic, crowding around him, offering water, offering wine, and even taking out money bags to count gold coins.

“Boss, what did you call me here for?” Bashi Jinglun managed to contact Yaxiaosuangen through a gap in the crowd.

“These are all big shots in our industry. Everyone has something they want to ask of you. Listen to them!” Yaxiaosuangen responded.

Bashi Jinglun turned to the group of “big shots” surrounding him with a questioning look.

“Brother Bashi, hello, I’m the boss of Yingqi Studio, Great Hero,” Great Hero introduced himself.

“Hello,” Bashi Jinglun nodded to the person who spoke.

The bosses saw this reaction and immediately felt hopeful. Everyone knew that Yingqi and Qianli Yizui were enemies! This person, as a friend of Qianli Yizui, didn't have any special reaction when he heard Yingqi's name, either because he was very deep or because he didn't have a good relationship with Qianli Yizui!

“We invited you here this time because we have something we want to ask of you,” Great Hero said.

“Say it,” Bashi Jinglun said.

“Help us defeat Qianli Yizui,” Great Hero said.

“Oh?” Bashi Jinglun raised his eyebrows. The reaction was still not strong, and everyone felt even more hopeful. Many people turned to look at Yaxiaosuangen, revealing some dissatisfaction.

“The reward afterwards will definitely not be small! If you can kill Qianli Yizui once, I’ll give you 20,000 gold coins,” Great Hero threw out money.

“20,000, 20,000, we’ll each give you 20,000.” All the bosses echoed. This amount, which ordinary players could only dream of, was something these studio bosses could casually offer. They were indeed the richest people in the game. Xiyaowu and others were in another category altogether.

“Wow, so much.” Bashi Jinglun’s eyes lit up.

Everyone saw that they had won him over so easily, saying that it couldn't be done! So they turned to glare at Yaxiaosuangen again. Great Hero had already handed over a money bag. “Paid per kill, okay?”

Seeing that Great Hero dared to pay first, the other bosses also generously opened their purses and started taking out money. Those who didn't have that much cash on them immediately sent messages to their subordinates to have the money delivered.

Bashi Jinglun looked at the pile of money bags being handed over and swallowed. “But it won’t work!”

Everyone was stunned. “Why not?”

“I can’t beat him,” Bashi Jinglun shook his head, looking very regretful.

The bosses were stunned again. What did this guy mean? Was he really being so honest, or was he just pretending to be stupid and teasing everyone? Before they could react, Great Hero laughed and said, “Don’t worry, we won’t let you fight Qianli Yizui alone. We’ll arrange a lot of help for you, and there will even be people as strong as you to join forces with you.”

“Isn’t that an unfair victory?” Bashi Jinglun said.

“This, does it matter? You still get the money,” Great Hero said.

“If it’s an unfair victory, I have to help him. He’s my friend,” Bashi Jinglun said.

The bosses were collapsing. They felt like they couldn't keep up with this person's thinking. Was this person doing it on purpose? Was he deliberately pretending to be stupid and making fun of them? Everyone turned to look at Yaxiaosuangen again. Yaxiaosuangen lowered his head, calmly pretending not to know anything.

“Brother Bashi, what do you mean? We don’t quite understand,” one boss asked.

Bashi Jinglun smiled. “I thought you were asking me to challenge him, but with your arrangements, you want to deal with him. How could I help you deal with my own friend?”

“Then challenging him… what’s the difference?” someone asked, puzzled.

“That’s a martial arts contest, very normal! If you want to sponsor me, of course I won’t have any objections. But you’re only going to give me money if I win, right? Would you mind if I lose?” Bashi Jinglun said.

“We would, we would!” The bosses quickly retracted the money bags they had handed out.

“Brother Bashi, you can reconsider. Money is definitely not a problem,” Great Hero said.

Bashi Jinglun smiled, stood up, and shook his head. “It won’t work.”

“You…” Great Hero was about to say something, but Bashi Jinglun suddenly took a step forward, reached out his right hand, and grabbed Great Hero’s throat with his five fingers spread. Then, he used the Fighter’s skill, Body Throw, didn’t throw Great Hero out, but instead grabbed him and flipped him to the ground. Then, a left fist slammed into Great Hero’s head. Amidst the bosses’ exclamations, left and right fists rained down, directly turning Great Hero into white light.

The bosses were so surprised that they didn’t know what to do. They all gaped, watching Bashi Jinglun stand up, shake his hand, and say, “It won’t work. You can’t deal with him. A hundred of you wouldn’t be enough.”

After speaking, he looked at Yaxiaosuangen. “Boss, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go wash off the PK and then continue working, okay?” (PK = Player Kill)

“No need, after you wash up, just rest!” Yaxiaosuangen smiled.

“Okay.” Bashi Jinglun responded, said “goodbye” to the other stunned bosses, opened the door, and left.

“This, this, this…” The bosses in the room said “this” for a long time without saying a word. Yaxiaosuangen sighed. “I told you it wouldn’t work, right? Look, a life wasted.”

“Boss Ya, tell us honestly, you didn’t order him to do that, did you?” one boss asked cautiously.

“Of course not.” Yaxiaosuangen was out of patience.

“Then what is he doing?”

“He’s Qianli Yizui’s friend! Boss Gai insisted on calling him over to bribe him to deal with Qianli Yizui. When the bribe failed, wasn’t he just beaten to death?” Yaxiaosuangen said.

“This, this…” The bosses started “thising” and “thating” again. According to Yaxiaosuangen’s explanation, Bashi Jinglun’s actions were indeed reasonable, but why did they feel so unexpected when it happened?

Great Hero soon returned, his face as black as could be. The bosses all knew better than to speak and sat silently. Someone noticed that Great Hero’s bench had flown to the corner of the room during the earlier flip, quickly ran to get it for Great Hero, and then sat back in his original place, continuing to remain silent.

Great Hero sat back in his seat and didn’t say anything for a long time, probably digesting his frustration. After a while, he still didn’t know what to say, so Yaxiaosuangen spoke first. “Bashi… everyone no longer has hope for him, right?”

Everyone immediately shook their heads like rattles. Great Hero’s face, already at its limit of blackness, became even blacker.

“Boss Gai, from what you’re saying, your Chen Qiyi can stand up and help?” Yaxiaosuangen said.

“Not a big problem,” Great Hero said after a long time.

“Then, we hope that Chen Qiyi can be with us at all times when he’s online. That’s not a problem, right?” Yaxiaosuangen said.

Great Hero understood the request. This was to prevent Chen Qiyi from using the guise of helping to secretly speed up the development progress.

“Bashi Jinglun is not allowed to go online. Can you guarantee that?” Great Hero said.

“Not a big problem,” Yaxiaosuangen also used those four words.

Great Hero seemed to have relieved some of his hatred and let out a long breath, unable to resist reaching up to touch his face. Those punches earlier, one on the left cheek and one on the right cheek, still felt a little numb.

Why am I so unlucky lately? Great Hero thought gloomily.

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