Chapter 149 Dispersing the Worries

Apple Cider's death was as devastating a loss as everyone had anticipated. The advanced Assassin job was gone, the faction he could only join after advancing was gone, the Assassin skill "Shadow Footwork" (Ying Nong Zu) learned by joining the faction was gone, and the state skill "Assassin's Acumen" (Cike de Minrui), learned after advancing to the advanced Assassin job, which improved his combat abilities, was naturally also gone. In addition, Apple Cider's dagger originally came with the "Shadow Footwork" skill, but this skill was Assassin-exclusive, and Apple Cider had now regressed to a Thief, unable to activate it…

Apple Cider didn't need to look or calculate; he knew this bill clearly in his heart. Walking out of the resurrection point, he couldn't help but feel a bit dejected. Missing this level, he knew he wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning against a master like Sword Demon. Soon, he took the exact same action as Sword Demon: head held high, facing the falling leaves dancing in the sky, he plunged into the depths of the dense forest of LinYin City.

Quests, grinding.

The two most common modes of gaining experience in Parallel World. In comparison, more people preferred the former, which was at least rich in variety, not like grinding where you dryly stayed in a circle fighting monsters.

But for masters like Sword Demon, they mostly used grinding. With skills and equipment, their grinding efficiency was higher than that of ordinary players. Quests? Only when they were interested in the unique rewards of certain quests, or when they were really sick of grinding, might they use this method to adjust.

Finally, in the evening, the culprit of all events, the legendary balance breaker, Gu Fei, id Qian Li Zui, logged into the game. The system was fair, and this message was quickly conveyed to both sides online: Your friend Qian Li Zui has logged in.

Gu Fei, who had been offline for a day, had no idea that so many things had happened while he was away. His thoughts when he entered the game were still stuck on the misunderstandings and awkwardness with Shui Shen, Duan Shui Jian, and others. He was still thinking about how to deal with this matter when, as soon as he stepped into the game, messages poured in like a storm.

Channels, private chats, everyone was clamoring.

"What happened?" Gu Fei asked.

Everyone spoke at once, but Gu Fei finally understood the general situation.

"We have initially determined that this person, even if not from the game company, should have a great relationship with it. He possesses a lot of game information unknown to players, and this is his most powerful weapon. I have already reported this situation to the online GM and the game's complaint area, but I have not received any response yet," You Ge summarized.

"Hong Chen Yi Xiao?" Gu Fei asked.

"What?" Everyone didn't understand.

"The priest you're talking about, is his name Hong Chen Yi Xiao?" Gu Fei said.

"Ah? You know him?"

"I do know someone who claims to be from the game company, with the ID Hong Chen Yi Xiao. His job… seems to be a priest?" Gu Fei was recalling. The last time he met Ye Xiao Wu was a long time ago. At that time, Gu Fei's game expertise was even worse than it was now. He didn't have the awareness to use Appraisal, and he didn't have much of a concept of player equipment. Relying on the knowledge he had now, Gu Fei felt that Ye Xiao Wu's equipment was indeed the robes that priests often wore.

"Wait, that name sounds familiar." You Ge suddenly had an impression and quickly began to check his notebook. Soon, he found the name. A long time ago, on the leveling efficiency list, the one leading Qian Li Zui was this name.

"No wonder!" Now that he was so familiar with Gu Fei, You Ge knew how terrifying Gu Fei's grinding efficiency was. To be stronger than Gu Fei, and also a priest, You Ge had actually always been wondering what kind of god this ID was. So it turned out to be someone from the game company. Then it was no wonder, his familiarity with the data must have allowed him to easily find the fastest and most reasonable leveling route.

"Hey, he's online! Let me ask him!" Gu Fei suddenly threw out this message. Everyone was shocked. Damn, these two were friends???

"Long time no see, what's going on?" Gu Fei was simple and direct, greeting him while asking the question.

"As your friends have probably told you, your existence has caused a disruption to the game's balance, and I must stop it," Ye Xiao Wu replied.

"Then delete my account, what does it have to do with Sword Demon and them?" Gu Fei also already knew that Sword Demon had lost a level because of this.

These words undoubtedly hit Ye Xiao Wu's sore spot. If he could decide, he would have deleted Gu Fei long ago. As for being reduced to losing his job now? Because of this, Ye Xiao Wu was even more determined to harmonize Gu Fei, not hesitating to abandon the self-discipline he was so proud of.

Because, I am no longer a game worker. Ye Xiao Wu often silently said this to himself in his heart. He chose to resign because he felt that the identity of a game worker had become an obstacle to restraining Gu Fei. Abandoning this identity, for him, was like removing shackles.

Ye Xiao Wu thought a little too much for a while and forgot to reply to Gu Fei's message. Gu Fei waited impatiently and sent another message. Ye Xiao Wu opened it and saw a string of numbers.

"What?" Ye Xiao Wu was a little dazed.

"My coordinates, just come find me!" Gu Fei said.

Damn, you noob… Ye Xiao Wu was speechless. You don't even use a comma to separate the coordinates? A long string of numbers like a phone number.

"I know you're very strong," Ye Xiao Wu replied. "In a one-on-one PK, no one has the confidence to beat you."

"It doesn't matter, come ten, twenty, or even more," Gu Fei said.

Ye Xiao Wu really wanted to curse. Look, how arrogant! How can such an unbalanced thing not be harmonized. Thinking this, Ye Xiao Wu angrily closed the chat window with Gu Fei. He had his own plans on how to harmonize him, why should he listen to his instructions?

In fact, in a contest with ordinary players like Sword Demon, Ye Xiao Wu could play a big role by understanding the skills. But this ability of his didn't work at all on Gu Fei. Although Gu Fei also used the skills in the game, the techniques he used were unconventional, and the skillfulness had already surpassed the thinking of game designers like them. For example, using Double Flame Slash in conjunction with stepping, turning, and swinging his arm, making it like Whirlwind Slash… Ye Xiao Wu had never had such a concept in his mind. How could he reveal the flaws in Gu Fei's skills like he revealed the weaknesses of Sword Demon's Misty Shadow Assault?

Gu Fei's strength, the biggest advantage, was his kung fu, definitely not anything else.

Ye Xiao Wu's advantage was his understanding of all aspects of the game. As for kung fu, his understanding was zero.

So, for the time being, he really didn't dare to crudely compete with Gu Fei in a PK. To put it bluntly, to deal with Gu Fei, he could only outsmart him, not fight him head-on.

Ye Xiao Wu was thinking about these problems, and Gu Fei sent several more messages, but he ignored them all. What he was more troubled about now was Apple Cider's level loss. No one understood the huge difference between level 39 and level 40 better than Ye Xiao Wu. Apple Cider was now obviously only able to temporarily retreat from the front line. Although he weakened Sword Demon by one level, the more important combat power on his side was lost.

Over here, Gu Fei called out a few more messages and didn't see Ye Xiao Wu reply. He said to the elite group with a frustrated look, "He's ignoring me."

"You guys… are friends?" Everyone asked in surprise.

"We know each other, we've met a few times before," Gu Fei said.

"What exactly is his background?"

"I heard him say before that he's from the game company," Gu Fei said.

"How is it possible for someone from the game company to play the game?" Everyone couldn't understand.

"Could it be that Parallel World is really so innovative, that it feels Qian Li is unbalanced, doesn't delete his account, but sends someone in to fight him?" Yu Tian Shen Ming fantasized.

"Idiot!" This time, it wasn't just Han Jia Gong Zi, everyone collectively despised him.

"The problem is, he came to me, why is he looking for you?" Gu Fei was rather annoyed by this. What's more, it was even Sword Demon, who was always the most upright and steady, who was implicated. If it was Han Jia Gong Zi who had lost a level, it was more likely that everyone would be secretly laughing at this moment.

"Could it be that he didn't tell you that because of your imbalance, a chain reaction was produced, so we were also made a little unbalanced by you?" Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"What a load of nonsense," Gu Fei said.

"In short, you have to be careful, this guy seems to have really latched onto you," You Ge said.

Gu Fei was silent for a long time, finally saying, "The ones who should be more careful are you guys, right?"

Everyone was shedding tears. The most hurtful thing was always the truth. Although the other party's main target was Gu Fei, since they also said they would deal with them incidentally, then they were indeed more dangerous than Gu Fei, after all, their strength was not on the same level.

You Ge had already begun to feel nervous. He didn't have much confidence in combat, so he immediately suggested, "Why don't everyone try to stay together recently?"

"Logically, the game map is so big, it's not that easy to find someone. But those guys might have some special means, such as tracking Sword Demon before, they must have used some method we don't know. This is what we should pay attention to," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"Is this the advantage that guy brings?" You Ge murmured.

"Where's Sword Demon? Why isn't he talking?" Gu Fei asked. Sword Demon had been silent in the channel.

"He went to level up, he probably turned off messages!" Han Jia Gong Zi replied.

Gu Fei tried to private message him, and sure enough, the other party's messages were off. Sword Demon was leveling up with great focus, it seemed he was preparing to stand up again in the shortest amount of time.

"Well, now that we know that guy's name, I'll go clearly complain about him again," You Ge said.

"I'm afraid it won't be of any use… that guy couldn't have not thought of this, and he's still so open about it, it seems he's fearless," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"What to do then?" You Ge asked.

"You can continue to try your way. If it succeeds, we'll be happy to relax. If it doesn't work, we can only spend a little effort and clean them up one by one. Currently, Apple Cider has been taken care of. The known helpers around him are that Duan Shui Jian," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

On the other side, Ye Xiao Wu finally received Duan Shui Jian's message: "The people who need to be contacted have basically all been contacted."

"Yeah, me too," Ye Xiao Wu responded.

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After fighting and killing for a week, it's the weekend. Everyone needs to rest. The characters in the novel also have human rights!