Chapter 17 "What's the meaning of young and poorly equipped?" Jian Nan You was puzzled by Yun Zhong Mu sending such a vanguard unit. Was it just to annoy them?

"I don't know... They look like a bunch of kids, and I can tell their equipment is trash without even appraising it," Hei Shui said. As a seasoned robber, he was, of course, well-versed in equipment.

"What are Yun Zhong Mu's movements?" Jian Nan You asked.

"I ran away. It didn't seem like they were going to chase," Hei Shui said.

Yun Zhong Mu and his men indeed didn't plan to investigate further. In this hotbed of Moon Night City, they had countless enemies. It was commonplace for a lurking thief to approach them. If they could catch them, they would kill them; if they couldn't, they would just let it go. If they dwelled on every little thing, they wouldn't be able to live.

So, after seeing Hei Shui flee like the wind, Yun Zhong Mu led his brothers to call it a day. The sudden appearance of a small-time thief was nothing more than a blip in his gaming life. He was still preoccupied with those brats who called him "Uncle," especially the one with a beard longer than his.

"Should I continue to watch Yun Zhong Mu or keep an eye on these kids?" Hei Shui asked Jian Nan You for instructions.

"Are those kids really that bad? Could they be deliberately wearing trash equipment as a disguise?" Jian Nan You said.

"They're really that bad! You wouldn't believe me if I told you, but some of the 26 are even below level 10," Hei Shui said.

"Below level 10?" Jian Nan You found the matter increasingly strange. The biggest advantage for players below level 10 was PK protection. Of course, they couldn't PK others either. Could there be a loophole in the rules being exploited?

"Which way should I go? I can barely see them anymore," Hei Shui said anxiously. Now Yun Zhong Mu's group and the student gang were heading in opposite directions, and both groups were about to disappear from view.

"Continue to watch Yun Zhong Mu. We'll take care of these kids," Jian Nan You said.

"Understood," Hei Shui responded and went after Yun Zhong Mu and his group. Knowing that they had anti-stealth abilities, Hei Shui didn't dare get too close. After changing his equipment, he planned to pretend to be an ordinary leveling player and simply keep them within his sight.

"What's Qian Li Yi Zui's situation now?" Jian Nan You asked Jiao Shui and the others.

"He hasn't reappeared since leaving the resurrection point," Jiao Shui replied.

"Oh..."

"Da Nan, what's the situation?" Jiao Shui and the others were also concerned about this. The past three hours had been uneasy.

"Hei Shui saw Yun Zhong Mu send a team to White Stone City from Moon Night City, but strangely, their levels and equipment are very poor. Some are even below level 10," Jian Nan You didn't hide anything.

"What's going on?"

"Not sure yet. Any thoughts?"

Silence fell as no one dared to make a hasty judgment.

"Then let's test their strength first before deciding!" Jian Nan You said.

"Da Nan!!" The others were alarmed. If the water was too deep, wouldn't they all be wiped out again?

"Screw it! I'll buy another teleportation scroll!" Jian Nan You gritted his teeth.

"It's not convenient for you to go to the auction house, is it?" Jiao Shui said.

"Yeah, who can go? There are still teleportation scrolls available. I saw them when I bought them before," Jian Nan You said.

"Then I'll go!" Wu Di Xing Yun Xing volunteered. He was the only one left in the current situation. Jiao Shui and the other two were guarded by Qian Li Yi Zui at the resurrection point and couldn't move. Dao Xiang Mu was still waiting for Yin Yue at the Thieves' Guild. No one else was available.

"Go quickly! I'll wait for you at the south gate," Jian Nan You said. The south gate was the direction to enter the city after coming from Moon Night City.

"Should we go take a look too?" Jiao Shui asked Huo Ran Yi and Lin Mu Sen Sen for their opinions.

"Is Qian Li Yi Zui still outside?" Huo Ran Yi craned his neck outside the gate. It was too late at night, and there were even fewer people on the street, but Qian Li Yi Zui's figure was still nowhere to be seen. Huo Ran Yi suddenly felt that it would be better for that annoying smiling face to just appear in front of them than to be left hanging like this.

"Why don't I go? My speed is comparable to his. Even if I run into him, I can escape," Jiao Shui said.

"He can teleport instantly," Huo Ran Yi reminded.

"Instant teleportation has a range, doesn't it? Can you see his figure within ten meters of the door?" Jiao Shui said.

"No."

"So, I'll just run out the door. Even if he sees me, what can he do?" Jiao Shui said.

Huo Ran Yi and Lin Mu Sen Sen nodded, but they didn't have the speed, so they wouldn't participate. The two solemnly escorted Jiao Shui to the entrance of the resurrection point. Jiao Shui also nodded solemnly and dashed out.

Gu Fei, on a rooftop far away, simply raised his eyelids at what was happening. When he saw that it wasn't Yin Yue, he didn't pay any attention to it. Instead, he stretched his head in another direction, "Are you done yet?"

"Almost!" A player under the eaves was tending to meat skewers over a fire. Barbecuing wasn't exclusive to Linshui City. It was just that stepping on the beach, listening to the waves, and watching the crowds made it more romantic. But in reality, the stalls set up on the street were closer to real life. When Gu Fei came over from the resurrection point again, he accidentally discovered a chef player selling food in the corner and immediately patronized him heavily.

"This kind of life is really good." Gu Fei held a book in one hand and took the freshly grilled meat skewers with the other. He also sent messages to A Fa and the others, "How's it going? Where are you?"

"So far..." The students were groaning. They had spent the entire night gaming just traveling. The first half was fine because it was new, but in the second half, everyone wanted to die. Eighty percent of them were already regretting playing such a boring moving game. Most of their energy was now spent tracking down the culprit who came up with this terrible idea.

"Keep going, almost there," Gu Fei had no idea where the students were and comforted them randomly.

"Keep going, the teacher says we're almost there," A Fa was also clueless and just passed on the comfort to everyone in a serious manner.

The road from Moon Night City to White Stone City was straight and flat, much shorter than the road from Cloud End City to Moon Night City. After about two hours, the students finally saw the magnificent White Stone Main City and were moved to tears.

At this time, it was almost seven o'clock, the legal logout time for those who stayed up all night. Players emerged from various leveling areas one after another and walked towards the main city, creating a brief moment of liveliness. Outside the south gate, in a patch of weeds, Jian Nan You, Jiao Shui, and Wu Di Xing Yun Xing were lying prone, nervously watching the passing players.

"Is that them?"

"Is that them?"

"Twenty-six people, can you count carefully before speaking?" Jian Nan You was annoyed.

"People are in groups, who knows who's together?" Jiao Shui was annoyed.

"They should be coming from the main road!" Jian Nan You said.

"Then that's them." Jiao Shui casually pointed to a group of people staggering over on the main road. The mage at the front was carrying a flag on his shoulder.

"1, 2, 3, 4..." Jian Nan You counted carefully.

"26! It's them!" At the same time as he finished counting, Jian Nan You shrank back and checked again to see if the three of them were hidden enough. Jiao Shui and Wu Di Xing Yun Xing were also carefully observing, studying what kind of sacred beings this team invited by Qian Li Yi Zui and personally escorted by Yun Zhong Mu were.

"Oh my, this equipment, can I call them cavemen?" Jiao Shui exclaimed first.

"Appraisal skill... I don't think it's necessary," Wu Di Xing Yun Xing said. Like Hei Shui, they could tell what the equipment was just by looking at it.

"What's written on the mage's flag? 'Three'? What does that mean?" Jiao Shui saw the "Three" flag carried by A Fa.

Jian Nan You and Wu Di Xing Yun Xing scratched their heads.

"And it's strange to make a mage do this, isn't it? Even if it's not a warrior carrying it, it shouldn't be a mage, right?" Jiao Shui said.

"Yeah, it's a bit abnormal." The three of them could see clearly that the other team of 26 had all kinds of professions.

"Could this mage be like Qian Li Yi Zui, with an unconventional stat build?" Jiao Shui speculated boldly.

"Qian Li Yi Zui has agility, did he add strength?" Wu Di Xing Yun Xing said.

"How else can you explain a mage doing manual labor?" Jiao Shui said.

"A strength mage?" Wu Di Xing Yun Xing muttered. With Qian Li Yi Zui as the trailblazer, they didn't dare to casually say that mages who didn't add intelligence and spirit were trash...

"Damn, there are really people below level 10, that guy is only level 7." After the other team entered the range of the appraisal skill, Jiao Shui couldn't help but throw one out, and immediately hit the jackpot, finding a level 7 rogue. His equipment wasn't even complete, wearing clothes without a belt and a hat without shoes.

"Isn't it strange? Even if they're new to the game, they shouldn't have such incomplete equipment with so many companions, right? And Parallel World equipment has no level restrictions. Even a level 0 player's equipment doesn't necessarily have to be bad," Wu Di Xing Yun Xing said. This was also based on experience. They had once seen a level 9 player swaggering down the street with a superb weapon, attracting a bunch of red-eyed rabbits who followed him all the way, but this guy just didn't level up, wearing the PK protection halo and driving the robbers crazy. In the end, before he could complete his leveling career, the robbers had infighting and suffered heavy casualties. It was this incident that made Jian Nan You feel that robbing wild monsters was unreliable, so he embarked on the current path of accepting targeted employment from clients.

"Are you saying they're pretending to be weak to lure us in?" Jiao Shui said.

"Maybe, look at how stupid they look. Don't you feel the urge to bully them?" Wu Di Xing Yun Xing said.

"Could they be in the same business?" Jiao Shui said. There were various methods in the robbing industry. Some robbers would use their superb equipment to lure other robbers and then counter-rob them. This often happened when a team had just successfully completed a robbing mission and was returning with goods and PK value, making them extremely valuable targets. And if you found a dim-witted player on the way back who was solo leveling with superb equipment, as a quality and responsible robber, you would inevitably have the idea of swiping something. Tragedy often happened in that one thought.

This kind of robbing method belonged to the grab-and-go type, without focusing on the target and entangling endlessly. Success or failure was determined in one battle. Therefore, the perpetrators often hit and run, moving from place to place, exploiting the hard work of the robbers, and were robbers that were despised even by other robbers.

And these kids in front of them, although they didn't show any superb equipment, they looked cowardly but extremely tempting, maybe it was a new robbing strategy. Robbers also need to survive and develop! How can they do it without new ideas?

"Da Nan, what do you think?" Jiao Shui and Wu Di Xing Yun Xing muttered back and forth, but Jian Nan You didn't say a word, watching the group of 26 walk past in front of them.

Jian Nan You still didn't speak, just pursed his lips in a certain direction, signaling the two to pay attention to that side.

The two looked in that direction and saw another group of players, about ten or so, scruffy and unruly, pointing and mocking the group of 26. However, they weren't hiding in the bushes like Jian Nan You and the others, but standing openly on the side of the road, laughing at the 26.

The three looked at each other. There would never be a shortage of guys who enjoyed bullying others, especially in online games. Having such a group of people at this time was a godsend litmus test. Whether this group of 26 was deep or shallow would soon be revealed.

The three were excited, watching the group's actions without blinking. What would their reaction be? Would they change their equipment? What wonderful uses would those below level 10 have in PK? Jian Nan You was especially concerned about this question.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey..." The "hey" was not to call people, but an exclamation from Jiao Shui. The twenty-six not only didn't lash out at the group who were already blocking the road and mocking them, but were actually walking around them.

"No way! So cultured, young people these days are really amazing." Jiao Shui exclaimed. These were obviously just teenagers. Weren't they supposed to be extremely rampant and unbridled, relying on their familiarity with the "Law on the Protection of Minors"? The media was just talking nonsense.

However, things didn't end there. The unruly group couldn't be avoided, and when they saw the twenty-six walking around them, they actually chased after them to harass them. The archer in the group even fired tracking arrows to tease the young girls in the twenty-six.

"That's too much, they can still endure this." Jiao Shui was dumbfounded.

The answer was obviously no. The twenty-six glared and shouted loudly. Wu Di Xing Yun Xing was also excited and almost jumped out of the bushes: "The strength mage is going to attack! Uh, although it's a sneak attack."

The flag-carrying mage quietly put away the flag, sneaked to the side, and suddenly pulled out a staff and raised it while people weren't prepared. The combination of "Heavenly Fire Wheel" and "Flame Tree Thousandfold Flames" was instantly summoned and smashed accurately on the group.

Looking at the guys who were hit by the spells, it was as if nothing had happened. A warrior stepped on the sea of fire and strode forward, wielding a giant sword in both hands...

"Where is he?" Wu Di Xing Yun Xing asked.

"It seems like he was knocked away..." Jiao Shui missed his Eagle Eye. If Eagle Eye was still there, he would definitely be able to see where he flew.

"What's the situation?" Wu Di Xing Yun Xing was confused.

"What else can it be? A bunch of noobs." Jian Nan You said unhappily.

"Uh, the sneak attack was still successful, at least those people didn't notice, did they..." Wu Di Xing Yun Xing said.

This sneak attack was obviously a fuse. In the time it took to say a few words, the two sides had already started fighting. In an instant, the group of 26 had become a group of 23. Jian Nan You didn't see any wonderful use of "PK protection". The players below level 10 were like outsiders, left out of the battle, waving the messy things in their hands and shouting curses.

The remaining fighters were obviously no match. They were beaten to pieces as soon as they came up, but no one retreated. Everyone consciously protected the few young girls in the team.

"Damn, I can't stand watching this," Jiao Shui said.

"Yeah!" Jian Nan You had already drawn his sword, and Wu Di Xing Yun Xing began to apply blessings to the three.

Jiao Shui jumped out of the bushes, cleared his throat while drawing his bow, and prepared to speak.

"Damn, lie down!" Jian Nan You suddenly jumped up and pushed Jiao Shui back into the bushes.

"What the hell, what's wrong?" Jian Nan You used so much force that Jiao Shui's head was almost stuffed into the mud. He struggled to lift his head and saw a ring of fire descending from the sky, and half of the guys who hadn't rushed into the battle disappeared instantly. Then a black figure suddenly flashed into their formation, and two streaks of fire flashed wildly, and the other half vanished.

The people in the melee were stunned, but this person didn't hold back at all, rushing into the chaotic battle and picking out and killing each of these individuals. In less than a minute, the team of ten or so who had been flaunting their power was reduced to only three. The three had long been scared out of their wits and were running around with their heads in their hands.

But they were not spared either. One was granted a lightning bolt, another was chased by a small fireball, and the third was honored to be chased down by the person himself. The person was obviously out of mana at this time, so he started punching and kicking. The "bang bang" sound of the punches hitting flesh was truly unforgettable. The surviving guy was beaten crookedly. Jian Nan You and the other two also shrank lower and lower. Jiao Shui's head was about to be stuffed back into the mud again.

"Worthy of being Qian Li Yi Zui..." Wu Di Xing Yun Xing's face was pale.

"Shh!" Jiao Shui said with his head buried in the mud.

The last survivor was finally beaten to death. The group of noobs surrounded him, as if seeing a relative, some laughing, some crying, and some cursing the enemy who no longer had a body.

"Teacher, you lied to us. The uncles in Moon Night City are kind, the people here are too bad," a student cried.

"The uncles in Moon Night City?" Gu Fei was confused. He thought, could they be talking about Yun Zhong Mu? Kind? I... Gu Fei almost cursed in front of the students.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go into the city first," Gu Fei said.

"Da Shuai, Xiao Wu, and the class leader were killed back to the city," a student said.

"It's okay, it's okay, we'll get a scroll later and teleport them directly over," Gu Fei said.

"Then why didn't you teleport us earlier?" a student asked.

"Where would I get so much money!" Gu Fei was angry. These students were only thinking about taking advantage of him.

Gu Fei led the students into the city. After a long time, Jian Nan You and the other two finally poked their heads out of the bushes.

"Oh damn, where is everyone? Why didn't they wait for me?" Suddenly a voice came, scaring the three back into hiding. They secretly peeked out and saw the mage who had launched the sneak attack earlier crawling out of the bushes, holding his waist. Jian Nan You and the other two looked at the sky and rolled their eyes.