Chapter 177 An Intelligent Cheat

Only then did Xi Xiaotian understand that Gu Fei still wanted to check if she had really mastered this efficient fighting style to the point where she could teach it to other players. His previous cover-up was just to give her this one chance to prove herself. If she couldn't pass the test, the outcome would be the same as being thrown into that angry mob of players – death. Except this time, Gu Fei would be the one to do it.

"Give me the sword!" Xi Xiaotian reached out, and Gu Fei tossed her the broken sword he was holding.

The monster finally climbed onto the boulder and was immediately met with a head-on blow. This time, the monster didn't have much aggro to begin with. Xi Xiaotian quickly pulled the monster's aggro with a few attacks. After taking two steps back and glancing at Gu Fei, she said, "Watch closely, I won't reveal any flaws in this place." Then, she turned around and started attacking the monster, using the non-agility long weapon technique developed by Bai Shi Jing Lun. Moreover, her character was clearly built with agility like Gu Fei, but in order to demonstrate this non-agility technique, she suppressed her own attack speed.

Gu Fei's hand was already on his sword, because he thought that even if Xi Xiaotian could grasp the routine, she wouldn't be able to control her speed like that. It was easy to use all your strength, but to exert only one point while holding back nine required a certain level of skill. Gu Fei didn't expect Xi Xiaotian to be able to do it. It seemed that this guy had indeed made thorough preparations, just like she had carefully selected a bunch of low-level players who couldn't identify her class. She had also practiced this fighting style thoroughly, so as not to reveal any flaws.

Although annoying, he had to admit that this guy was very dedicated to deceiving people. And it was this dedication that always made Gu Fei feel a bit awkward when dealing with her, because this dedication was so similar to Gu Fei's own dedication to kung fu. Gu Fei sometimes couldn't help but feel a sense of resonance. Just like now, Gu Fei was no longer paying attention to how Xi Xiaotian was fighting the monster, because even her speed could be controlled, so there couldn't be any problems with the routine. As Xi Xiaotian knocked down the monster, Gu Fei's hand, which had been holding the sword, had already relaxed.

"How about it? Is it enough to teach those people?" Xi Xiaotian asked.

"Enough," Gu Fei had to admit, but his expression didn't improve much.

"But since you've shown up..." Xi Xiaotian said halfway, then reached into her pocket and handed a few money bags to Gu Fei.

Gu Fei took them and saw three 10,000-gold bags and four 1,000-gold bags.

"Is it all here?" Gu Fei asked.

"342 people, 99 gold coins each," Xi Xiaotian replied.

"Beautiful lady, you're too kind. Actually, you've worked very hard too." Han Jia Gongzi, who was under the boulder, suddenly interjected. He was quite surprised that Xi Xiaotian had taken the initiative to hand over such a large sum of money. More than 30,000 gold coins! Probably many people would rather die!

Xi Xiaotian gave a helpless expression: "If I didn't hand it over, I probably wouldn't be able to leave!"

"Well, I agree. This guy is just so rigid and ruthless at times," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"I've never seen you talk so much," Gu Fei jumped down and landed next to Han Jia Gongzi.

"Because if it were me, I might be willing to die once for more than 30,000 gold coins," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"You're just taking advantage of the loopholes in online games," Xi Xiaotian also came down from the boulder.

Han Jia Gongzi knew that she was referring to the fact that you could be resurrected in the game after death, but he shook his head repeatedly: "I originally admired you quite a bit, but I didn't expect that you would not only fail to use the rules, but would instead limit yourself. How boring."

"Games with rules are more interesting!" Xi Xiaotian said.

"Isn't resurrection after death a rule of online games?"

"It's just a rule of online games. In my game rules, survival is the top priority," Xi Xiaotian replied.

Han Jia Gongzi shrugged, giving Xi Xiaotian the contempt he always had, not being polite at all just because she was a beautiful woman.

"Can I go now?" Xi Xiaotian looked at Gu Fei.

"If you want to make money, maybe you can join us," Gu Fei suddenly said.

"No thanks, your content isn't my game," Xi Xiaotian said.

"Will you die if you don't lie?" Gu Fei frowned.

"No, but it would probably be like you not being able to use kung fu," Xi Xiaotian said.

Gu Fei was depressed. What he hated was this sense of mutual appreciation with Xi Xiaotian to some extent, but it always happened like this.

"Bye-bye," Xi Xiaotian waved her hand and left.

"That woman is sick," Han Jia Gongzi concluded.

"Very clearly," Gu Fei agreed.

"You're the same," Han Jia Gongzi didn't let Gu Fei off the hook either.

"I see you don't want to split the money, do you?" Gu Fei waved the more than 30,000 gold coins in front of Han Jia Gongzi's eyes.

Han Jia Gongzi waved it away and snorted coldly, "Petty profits, do you think this little bit can corrupt this young master?"

After the money bag was taken away, what appeared in front of Han Jia Gongzi was the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword.

"Okay, let's get moving," Han Jia Gongzi nodded.

"Where are we going next?" Gu Fei asked.

"Let's go see if those kids are working hard," Han Jia Gongzi said.

The "kids" in Han Jia Gongzi's mouth didn't slack off in their work. After all, everyone was quite motivated to make money. Except for Yu Tian Shen Ming, who had some difficulty distinguishing the direction of the roads, resulting in some inefficiency, the other three were already investigating the data in each leveling area according to the divided areas.

In the second half of the afternoon, Bai Shi Jing Lun finally showed up. This guy had hung out with You Ge all night last night. You Ge couldn't wait to return to the game early, but this guy slept soundly. Like Gu Fei, he also paid great attention to maintaining his body.

"Do you know how much money we made last night!!!!!!" Bai Shi Jing Lun privately messaged Gu Fei as soon as he went online.

"I heard," Gu Fei replied.

"1841 people, 99 gold coins each, tell me how much is that in total!!!!!" Bai Shi Jing Lun said.

"Are you sick?" Gu Fei asked.

"182259 gold coins!!! How is it? Do you also like seeing this number? It's scary, isn't it? Did it scare you?" Bai Shi Jing Lun said.

Gu Fei took a deep breath. Although he felt that Bai Shi Jing Lun was a bit too neurotic, this number was indeed a bit scary. Gu Fei's Dark Night Flowing Light Sword, which couldn't be any more awesome, was auctioned off, and Xi Yao Wu's bid of 20,000 was considered a sky-high price that only she could afford. The huge amount of 180,000 gold coins might not even be within the players' awareness yet.

"Is the money all with you?" Gu Fei asked.

"Yes, You Ge told me to collect it all first. He's really a good person." Bai Shi Jing Lun's words were full of happiness.

Gu Fei smiled bitterly. Of course, You Ge wasn't a bad person, but he wasn't necessarily that good. He was just very clear about the importance of Bai Shi Jing Lun and Gu Fei in this deal. The two of them were the absolute technical core. Without them, nothing would work. So it was necessary to give the two of them huge benefits. Gu Fei didn't want to analyze friends from such an angle, but there was no way, things would always be like this when it came to interests.

"Cough, so he told you that we would find some people to cooperate with, right?" Gu Fei asked.

"Yeah!"

"Now our strategy has been adjusted a bit." Gu Fei told Bai Shi Jing Lun about Han Jia Gongzi's improved and formidable plan.

"Awesome!!" Bai Shi Jing Lun admired him to the point of prostration and deeply felt how unprofessional his "sales" were at the beginning.

"So what do we do now?" Bai Shi Jing Lun was now full of energy and high spirits.

"Around the Wilderness Camp, do as much as you can," Gu Fei said.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

After Gu Fei and Han Jia Gongzi circled around the other leveling areas, they finally returned to the Wilderness Camp and occupied the 9527 stone for recruiting students, which no one dared to occupy except him. The impact of the pirated versions was indeed very fierce. Countless self-proclaimed professional masters had now appeared in the Wilderness Camp, fiercely competing for students. Gu Fei and his team stuck to the price of 99 gold coins and didn't waver, which was unique in the Wilderness Camp. As soon as Gu Fei stood there, nine out of ten players who came over were only there to admire the legendary Qian Li Zui. The remaining one asked about the price, and after seeing the desertedness here, they also hesitated and left.

Facing this scene, Han Jia Gongzi said nothing, just sneered. On the other hand, after Bai Shi Jing Lun arrived, he was very unaccustomed to the desertedness, which was very different from the bustling scene last night. He was very anxious: "Why is it like this? Why is no one here?"

"Now even the price of 20 gold coins has come out," Gu Fei said.

"Hmph, that's why I say that these people won't be able to achieve anything. Besides lowering the price, they can't even think of any other ways to strengthen their competition. A bunch of idiots," Han Jia Gongzi said contemptuously.

"What other methods are there?" Gu Fei asked.

"For example, that beautiful woman just now, disguising herself as you would be a very effective method," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Then what do we do now? Do we also lower the price?" Bai Shi Jing Lun asked anxiously.

"No need," Han Jia Gongzi said calmly, "The Wilderness Camp is already a farce. Our appearance is just to make a gesture. Don't worry, our real market is still behind!"

"It's indeed very chaotic," Gu Fei stood on the 9527 stone and could see farther. He muttered to himself, "The Wilderness Camp is too lively now."

Compared to the impact of the pirated versions on Gu Fei and his team, the impact of this leveling method on the entire leveling area was even greater. After yesterday, the news had already spread in White Stone City. Players above level 40 were now flocking to the Wilderness Camp. As long as they mastered this leveling method, the Campfire Patrol Soldiers would be equivalent to having two or even three times the experience. How could players not care? Those players who were used to grouping up and didn't even look down on this kind of solo leveling area were now squeezing their heads to get here.

Han Jia Gongzi was standing next to Gu Fei at this time. With his telescope, he had a deeper understanding of the scene in this leveling area than Gu Fei. Most people were still in the learning stage, and the teaching demonstration only required a small monster. Most people were just watching. When everyone mastered this technique and everyone started using it, it would really be lively. "Now, I think about three or four monsters can be enough for a player to level up continuously, but after mastering this method and improving the efficiency, I'm afraid it will take seven or eight or even more to satisfy one person's appetite, and the number of people has increased so much..."

"Looking at this lively scene, maybe we should speed up the progress of our business! It doesn't look like anything will happen here, so why don't I stay here and you guys take advantage of this time to study how to deal with other monsters!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What if someone else comes!" Bai Shi Jing Lun was still a little unwilling. He couldn't believe that the business that was crowded with people last night had become so deserted overnight.

"Then I'll call you back urgently," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Okay," Gu Fei nodded, and the two of them flashed away.

"How are you guys doing?" Han Jia Gongzi sent a message to Jian Gui and the others again.

"Almost done, where are you?" Jian Gui asked.

"Near the 9527 stone," Han Jia Gongzi replied.

Soon, he saw Jian Gui, Zhan Wu Shang, and Yu Tian Shen Ming walking towards the 9527 stone through his telescope.

"You've worked hard." After the three approached, Han Jia Gongzi, who was sitting on the boulder, expressed his condolences to them.

Of course, the three of them wouldn't like Han Jia Gongzi's tone. They greeted him randomly and climbed onto the boulder one by one, looking at the surrounding scenery. Four people, but no one spoke, and the scene was a bit deserted for a while.

"Don't you think that the method of fighting monsters created by Qian Li is like something?" Finally, after watching for a while, Jian Gui suddenly spoke.

Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming looked at each other. Obviously, they already had the answer in their hearts, or rather, they already had this feeling of Jian Gui, but Jian Gui spoke first.

"Are you saying..." Neither of them answered directly, but left it to Jian Gui to say first.

"A cheat," Jian Gui wasn't as modest and polite as the two of them.

The two were silent. Obviously, this was the answer they had in mind.

"Of course, this is not a cheat in fact, absolutely not. But I don't know why, I just couldn't help but think of a cheat," Jian Gui said.

"That's right," Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming nodded. They were all veteran experts and had a deep understanding and experience of online games. To some extent, their thinking was the same.

"What do you think?" Jian Gui looked at Han Jia Gongzi.

"Absolutely not a cheat," Han Jia Gongzi said, "But because this is definitely not a cheat, it's even more terrible than a cheat."

"Is that so..." Jian Gui said, "You have this feeling because although it's not a cheat, the impact it has on the game is actually the same as a cheat?"

"No, I said this is even more terrible than a cheat. The official can take many measures to block and restrict cheats, but what can the official do about this? Take back all the monsters and remake them? What a joke. With the current technical strength, it's already the limit for the monsters to have this level of intelligence. No matter how they change, Qian Li can still find this efficient way to fight." Han Jia Gongzi said.

"In this way, isn't there some truth to what that Hong Chen Yi Xiao said about harmonizing Qian Li?" Zhan Wu Shang said.

Jian Gui and Yu Tian Shen Ming were silent, as if thinking about this question, but Han Jia Gongzi was already sneering: "There's no reason at all. Qian Li is a person, not a machine. It's their game that's too damn garbage. If you want to harmonize, you should harmonize their game."

The three wiped their sweat. They had just said that the game had already reached the technical limit, so saying that was like saying that even a clever woman couldn't cook without rice, but then they turned around and scolded the game for being too garbage...

"You Ge originally made this matter very simple, but you raised it to another level. Are you actually challenging that guy?" Jian Gui said.

"Nonsense, is that idiot worth me deliberately challenging him? This is just us making money on the bright road, and by the way, letting him die without a burial place," Han Jia Gongzi said.

The three wiped their sweat again.

"Also!" Han Jia Gongzi stared at Jian Gui with a menacing gaze: "Is my plan just raised to another level compared to You Ge? One?"

"Why aren't you dead yet?" Jian Gui asked with a dark face.

"Qian Li shouldn't know about these things, right?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked.

Han Jia Gongzi nodded: "That guy doesn't have such a deep understanding of the game. He definitely won't realize so much for a while. You guys should also be kinder and don't mention it to him. Who knows what kind of crazy actions that guy will take when he's not normal."

"It's you who's often crazy, right?" The three said in unison.

"Damn it, have you guys finished compiling the information on the leveling areas that I told you to compile?" Han Jia Gongzi changed the subject.

The three took out the information they had compiled on the other level 40+ leveling areas in White Stone, while talking about what they had seen. Due to the impact of the Wilderness Camp, the major level 40 leveling areas in White Stone City had all shown a certain degree of desolation. The players who were still leveling there generally felt that there seemed to be fewer people today. Of course, these people were all players who didn't know what was going on in the Wilderness Camp. The people who knew about the situation here had already run over here, not wasting a second.

"Currently, this impact is only within the scope of White Stone City. Uh, but I guess it will soon spread to the world. You Ge is online," Jian Gui said.

"Brothers, I'm back!" You Ge was in high spirits. It seemed that the promotion on the forum was very successful.

"You've worked hard," Han Jia Gongzi sent a message. You Ge could imagine the style of this guy when he said these three words, and he felt uncomfortable for a while. Anyone who had this kind of boss in reality was undoubtedly a tragedy. He would kill your sense of accomplishment at work at any time and make you regret your efforts.

"How is your progress?" You Ge asked.

"Everything is going smoothly," everyone said. Everyone tacitly didn't mention the cheat-like matter they had just discussed in the channel. Gu Fei could also see the chat in the channel.

"What's Qian Li doing?" You Ge asked.

"Doing development!" Gu Fei replied to him.

"Where?" You Ge asked.

"Sand Cliff," Gu Fei replied to him. Sand Cliff was another major area outside White Stone City. A group of Sand Cliff bandits roamed here. Unlike the Campfire Patrol Soldiers, the Sand Cliff bandits had the same name but different versions, covering all professions. They were scattered on the Sand Cliff, sometimes alone, sometimes in groups, and the best time was when the professions were matched, like a team composed of players. This leveling area was mainly for team leveling, and it would be quite difficult to survive here alone.

"That's where..." You Ge obviously knew the situation in this place: "The monsters there are multi-profession, which one are you fighting?"

"What's there to choose? Just study each one!" Gu Fei said.

"Look!" Han Jia Gongzi also said to the three beside him: "What an intelligent cheat."

You Ge was still analyzing from a business perspective in a methodical manner: "This kind of team leveling area can be put aside for now. Let's develop the solo leveling area first, such as the White Mill."

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