Chapter 1 The Imprisoned

The distance between Green Shade City and White Stone City wasn't far, but traversing it proved difficult. This was mainly because of the dense forest surrounding Green Shade City, which was home to countless lovely Lurkers. Especially as more and more players reached level 40, the Lurkers thrived, and it was currently peak server online time. The forest was practically covered in traps and pitfalls.

However, Ye Xiaowu's unparalleled game knowledge came in handy even in this situation. Although he couldn't know how the Green Shade City players had divided up the forest, he at least knew the distribution of monsters within it. No matter how erratic the players' traps were, they wouldn't be placed where there weren't even any monsters, right?

After zigzagging here and there, a lone level 36 priest managed to leave the Green Shade City forest without encountering any trouble at all. This was only the second time in Green Shade City history that this had happened. The first time was also Ye Xiaowu, when he had arrived.

Once out of the forest and onto the flat main road, Ye Xiaowu's rich knowledge couldn't change the fact that he had short legs. By the time he reached White Stone City, it was already quite late. Gu Fei, for example, had already logged off. Ye Xiaowu didn't stop at all, heading straight for the Knight Barracks upon reaching White Stone City.

At the White Stone City Knight Barracks, Silver Moon sat on a step inside the camp. How many days had he been trapped here? He couldn't even remember. He only knew that after being killed on the way to Green Shade City, he hadn't been able to leave the camp since.

The day he returned, he had discovered Yun Zhongmu and the others waiting outside the camp. How could Silver Moon not know what these guys were up to! They had actually been waiting here in advance, and Silver Moon had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Afterward, he tried to get Unsworn Blade to send aid, but received a cold reply. Then, the messages he sent were met with the system response: "The other party refuses messages from strangers."

Silver Moon felt like he had fallen into a bottomless abyss. With this avenue of assistance cut off, he couldn't think of any other helpers he could find. Thinking carefully about the whole process, the not-so-stupid Silver Moon suddenly realized that he had obviously been set up again. And this time, the setup was quite vicious. It wasn't just a simple matter of sending him back to the resurrection point for Yun Zhongmu and the others to camp; more seriously, all his escape routes and potential aid had been completely destroyed.

The boss of Across the World had even deleted him as a friend. Silver Moon no longer had any hope, but what about the brothers in his own guild? Although he had abandoned those guys on the road to make a quick escape, Silver Moon, with no other options at this point, still wanted to try shamelessly. However, before he could send a message, he received notices of guild members leaving the guild one by one. Some even left behind contemptuous and cursing words. In an instant, Silver Moon's Silver Moon Mercenary Group was left with only him. Silver Moon wanted to grab someone for a private chat, but like when he tried to find Unsworn Blade, all he got was "The other party refuses messages from strangers"...

"Young Master Elite Group!!!!" Silver Moon gnashed his teeth. Although he hadn't been able to figure out exactly how they had planned and arranged everything, he was certain that it was this group of people who were behind it.

This scumbag, who always abandoned his companions at critical moments, still didn't realize that his own actions had led to his isolation. He was still resentful of others for setting him up...

"I can only rely on myself..." Silver Moon thought for a full hour, but couldn't think of anyone he could use. He had even considered begging for mercy from Mang Mang's Recklessness, but ultimately gave up. It wasn't that this scumbag had any bottom line, but that he understood Mang Mang's Recklessness well enough. Apologizing to her now would only result in being spat on.

With no friends he could use, Silver Moon thought of compromising with his enemies. Yun Zhongmu was almost asleep guarding the Knight Barracks at this point. Silver Moon put on a harmonious smile and took the initiative to greet everyone. Silver Moon knew that Yun Zhongmu's team must place great value on the "King's Sword" in his hands. Perhaps these guys were relentlessly chasing him just for the "King's Sword." Silver Moon wanted to use this as a bargaining chip to resolve the matter harmoniously with Yun Zhongmu.

He slowly, smilingly, spoke of his plan. Silver Moon's eloquence was undoubtedly remarkable. "Let bygones be bygones," "A great man should prioritize the overall situation," "If we join forces, the world will be at our fingertips," all sorts of historical allusions, all sorts of nauseating compliments, all the nice words and pleasing words he could think of were thrown at Yun Zhongmu like sugar-coated bullets. After he ran out of words, Silver Moon, to show his sincerity, risked stepping out of the resurrection point to get closer to Yun Zhongmu.

Yun Zhongmu suddenly perked up at this moment. Silver Moon thought his words had had an effect and hurriedly reached out to shake Yun Zhongmu's hand.

As a result, Yun Zhongmu handed over a dagger, the blade aimed to stab Silver Moon's guts out. Yun Zhongmu's brothers instantly surrounded him. Silver Moon had nowhere to retreat and was heavily surrounded.

Massacre, this was a true massacre. These guys had been waiting for this moment for a long time and didn't want it to end too quickly. Everyone wanted to enjoy this moment. Apart from the first stab from Yun Zhongmu, the rest of the attacks saw everyone remove their attack equipment. Relying on the lowest damage, they surrounded Silver Moon and beat him to death.

At this moment, Silver Moon regretted his view of Yun Zhongmu, regretted his adventurous move, and regretted adding points to his physique... This beating went on and on, lasting for several minutes. Even so, there were still many who were squeezed out of the outer circle and couldn't get a hit in, and they even got anxious with their own people.

Before dying, Silver Moon was spat on by Yun Zhongmu: "Damn you, so much nonsense!"

Silver Moon, who had died and returned, was filled with grief and indignation, but he didn't dare to leave the resurrection point again. He stood in the circle and argued with these guys for a while before logging off helplessly.

Silver Moon had realized that Yun Zhongmu's hatred for him had surpassed the material and was completely spiritual. It was absolutely impossible for him to stop after killing him once. The next day, Silver Moon carefully watched the inside and outside of the resurrection point, but found nothing.

Silver Moon could not possibly be willing to just huddle in the resurrection point forever. Although he knew it was dangerous, he had to take the risk. So he boldly stepped out of the resurrection point, safe! It was actually safe. Silver Moon, who was ready to immediately retreat back to the resurrection point, was not attacked at all. Silver Moon was surprised and happy.

However, when he had taken only three steps away from the resurrection point, a large number of lurking thieves appeared. His retreat was blocked. Surrounded, again surrounded.

Silver Moon fought bravely, but Yun Zhongmu and his brothers repeated their old trick, taking off their equipment to slowly torture Silver Moon. However, some people went too far. Taking off their weapons was one thing, but they actually took off all their clothes and wanted to take advantage of Silver Moon while naked. How could Silver Moon's attack power, with the level 70 cross-level equipment King's Sword, be a joke? A naked thief was actually killed by Silver Moon.

This naturally aroused public anger. In the cries of "How dare you resist, you grandson," the ravaging became even more inhuman. Before Silver Moon died, he was covered in who knows how much saliva. Everyone was not satisfied with just punching and kicking, they also had to spit. Silver Moon finally knew fear. He didn't dare to take any more risks. He was afraid that next time these guys would even use their noses and spit snot on him...

For the next few days, Silver Moon did not log on. He hoped to wear down these guys' patience. Afterward, he didn't dare to leave the resurrection point in a grand manner. He changed his equipment and put on a mask. After preparing everything properly, he took three steps out the door, surrounded, inhumanly surrounded, Silver Moon cried. He knew that it was impossible to walk out like this.

So be it! Then let's see who lasts longer! Silver Moon gritted his teeth and began to compete with these guys in patience. He didn't know where he had found a vest from inside the resurrection point, and he sat there every day, right on the line separating the safe zone, leisurely sunbathing. Yun Zhongmu's brothers were naturally annoyed by this, but they couldn't even spit on him since he was inside the resurrection point. Silver Moon acted as if he didn't see them, fiercely provoking these guys.

Silver Moon finally let out a small breath, but afterward, he thought that his actions were really unwise. Slowly wearing down these guys' patience was the only way he had a chance to get out of this predicament. He was just being impulsive and provoking them, wasn't he making things difficult for himself?

After thinking this through, Silver Moon didn't do anything like that again. He began to deliberately control his online time, only showing his face for a short while each day, taking a look at the situation, and then logging off.

As a result, the situation became worse and worse. Originally, it was just Yun Zhongmu's people, but after a few days, Silver Moon didn't expect his old colleague, his old subordinate Lan Yi, to come looking for him with people as well. Of course, Lan Yi wasn't here to rescue him. That day when they met, he fiercely listed Silver Moon's despicable past. Silver Moon logged off in a hurry at the time, but Lan Yi's mouth didn't stop. The next day when Silver Moon came back online, he found that many people he didn't even know were looking at him with contempt. Even more, there were many grassroots organizations that spontaneously wanted to take him down appearing outside the resurrection point. Silver Moon cried again.

Silver Moon also thought of other methods. He tried to contact some professional players from studios through some means to help him out of his predicament. Unfortunately, he was now notorious and had been hailed as the number one bastard in Parallel World. With such a big name, even studios wanted to avoid him. Studios were out to make money, and their image was very important. How could they dare to stand on the side of the number one bastard? Of course, if Silver Moon was willing to pay a high price, some people would risk it anonymously for profit, but the problem was that Silver Moon wasn't Xi Yao Wu. Apart from being a bit of a bastard, he was just an ordinary person and couldn't afford to spend much money...

Abandon the King's Sword?

This was Silver Moon's last bargaining chip. He believed in the value of this thing, enough to drive a lot of people. But this was Silver Moon's bottom line when he was really out of options... This state of affairs had lasted for so long that Silver Moon was increasingly considering this bottom line. But just in these past two days, a guy named Duan Shui Jian suddenly sent him a message.

This message wasn't even a game message. Silver Moon had no chance to access the game mailbox at all. Fortunately, he had left a lot of his contact information everywhere, calling for help. As a result, most of what he received was Parallel World players' contempt and abuse. Just when Silver Moon had already become disheartened, he suddenly received this message from a player named Duan Shui Jian.