Chapter 63 Countermeasures

With the general direction for dealing with Qianli Yizui settled, the next step was to select personnel and gather equipment, which weren't particularly difficult. Immediately, someone excitedly volunteered to take care of it.

Reflective gear was considered useless, so the price couldn't be high. But precisely because it had little value, it was hard to find on the market. Players with any sense wouldn't think of selling such equipment to make money. But right now, they were mobilizing the strength of thirty-one main cities, so it wasn't too difficult to scrape together a set. And considering that this kind of equipment was practically as cheap as white-grade gear, the big shots had their subordinates scour the markets. When the time came, they'd send up a few more people, and Qianli Yizui would die even faster.

As for who would wear the equipment, all they needed were characters with high health. There was no need to search specifically. The problem of dealing with Qianli Yizui was thus settled, and everyone felt relieved.

"Besides Qianli Yizui, did anyone else notice another expert?" Jian Ding Tianxia asked.

"Are you talking about that assassin?" Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"Who's that?" the others asked.

"I think that should be Jiangu, the heaven-defying guild leader of Feichang Nitian," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"Jiangu, huh..." That name also had quite an impact in the online gaming world.

"I heard he's a pretty good guy!"

"Yeah, I was in the same server as him when I played xxx before."

"You know him?"

"Not really."

"Jiangu is definitely an expert, but he's still far from Qianli Yizui. I think his skills are a bit scary, with damage even higher than Qianli Yizui's. However, such high-damage skills must have a long cooldown. As long as that skill is on cooldown, Jiangu doesn't have the heaven-defying abilities of Qianli Yizui," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"But… Jiangu is an experienced old player. He can't possibly ignore pre-battle identification, right? Our method of dealing with Qianli Yizui can't be seen through by him," Yi Deng Diwen said.

"More than just him! Which decent player wouldn't try to identify their opponent clearly before a battle?" someone said.

"That's right! Qianli Yizui is just too outrageous!" Everyone condemned him. Although the vast majority of people here hadn't directly fought Qianli Yizui, after hearing his powerful legend, they all felt uncomfortable with such a character, envious and jealous, experiencing all sorts of emotions.

"So this time, gathering such equipment won't be difficult at all. The difficulty lies in using it without being detected by others. Alas, if we had this preparation the first time we fought Qianli Yizui, when I was alone, without any helpers," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"There will always be opportunities!" someone encouraged everyone.

"Zai Lai Yici, what discoveries did the people you left behind make?" Bao Du Fengshuang asked Zai Lai Yici.

"I'll have to get into the game to know. However, if there's anything particularly noteworthy, they'll contact me offline directly. It seems there isn't," Zai Lai Yici said.

"Since we have a plan for dealing with Qianli Yizui, everyone should go back to the game and prepare, right? Everything else will be done according to what we discussed earlier," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"Okay, let's do it this way!" Everyone nodded and returned to the game. In this final discussion, thirty out of thirty-one people participated. The few who had originally planned to walk to Yun Duan City were persuaded by everyone to use scrolls together. The only one who didn't show up was that guy named Yin Sha Zhi. When Bao Du Fengshuang was negotiating with everyone earlier, this person was lukewarm and uncooperative. Now that the other big shots traveling on foot had arrived at the main city and logged off to participate in the discussion, this guy kept saying he was on the road. Now that the discussion was over, there was still no sign of him. Everyone was too lazy to pay attention to him. Thirty people, thirty-one people, the difference of one wouldn't have much impact.

Bao Du Fengshuang was persistent and sent a message to Yin Sha Zhi after logging in, telling him the results of the discussion, especially pointing out that the other walkers were preparing to switch to flying. As a result, Yin Sha Zhi replied with another lukewarm "Got it." So Bao Du Fengshuang pointed out again, "If you're any slower, everyone else will be done by then." The implied meaning of "done" was, of course, that Feichang Nitian would have been resolved by then, and Yin Sha Zhi wouldn't have participated. How would he go find Ying Qi to exchange for rewards? As a result, Yin Sha Zhi's answer was again just three words: "Got it."

"Damn it!" Bao Du Fengshuang closed the message chat in frustration. This Yin Sha Zhi made him feel like he didn't know what was good for him, even more annoying than Qianli Yizui.

After the big shots returned to the game, they personally directed the work, and everything was being implemented quickly. Private communication between the big shots was frequent, although it was a bit tiring, it was also to prevent any mistakes. Bao Du Fengshuang was now officially established as the commander-in-chief of the allied forces, and he was busier than anyone else in coordinating the operation.

When everything was ready, Bao Du Fengshuang finally issued an order in a mass message. Thirty groups of people flew to Yun Duan City at the same time.

As soon as they arrived, Bao Du Fengshuang quickly formed a team and then received the application requests from the other twenty-nine big shots. He handled them in less than half a minute. The team channel was immediately enabled, and Bao Du Fengshuang's first order was issued: "Proceed according to plan."

The big shots led their subordinates and rushed to their destinations according to their plans.

"Don't get too close yet. Observe after reaching the outer circle," Bao Du Fengshuang said in the team chat.

"Okay."

This time, each group came with twenty people, unified and orderly. The big shots who had been ambushed and annihilated before were very angry and were preparing to invite more people from their hometown to come and take revenge. But after participating in the discussion group meeting, they still gave up on this impulsive idea. More people were a high-investment plan, but the returns were not necessarily guaranteed. In the discussion group, everyone worked together to develop a targeted layout, which was obviously a more economical and effective solution. So these people finally took action according to the deployment like everyone else.

"Report coordinates after reaching your positions," Bao Du Fengshuang sent a message after reaching his designated location. The twenty-nine people then successively reported their coordinates. Although they weren't familiar with the terrain of Yun Duan City, with the coordinates, they could judge the approximate position and distance of the others.

"I suggest sending someone to scout first," Yi Deng Diwen said.

"Yeah, let the stealth enhancement people go!" Bao Du Fengshuang said. This time they carefully prepared and gathered talents from all aspects. Stealth enhancement was a passive skill, the description was just a sentence: "Less likely to be detected by enemies." There was no specific data, but testing showed that it effectively enhanced stealth. People who would have been seen through by anti-stealth skills before had a much lower chance of being detected after equipping stealth enhancement equipment. If they also had the career bonus after advancing to the Thief class, it would be even more powerful.

At this time, the ones who went out to scout were four Thief players equipped with stealth enhancement. After leaving the team, they quietly snuck into the area ahead. Thirty groups of people waited in ambush outside the circle, waiting for news.

"Each team send out one more person to expand the scouting range. Pay attention to our rear!" Bao Du Fengshuang suddenly said.

"Are you afraid that the other side has ambushes outside the circle?" Yi Deng Diwen said.

"That's right. We're using a counter-plot, so we have to guard against the other side using a counter-plot on our counter-plot," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"Wouldn't that be endless?" someone said.

"It won't. With their manpower, they can only do so much," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

So each team sent people to scout around their teams and behind them according to his instructions.

News! Come quickly! Bao Du Fengshuang gave the order calmly, but he was also anxious in his heart. Before finally receiving accurate scouting news, whether their plan could succeed was unknown. He couldn't help but worry.

"There are ambushes inside the circle!!!" Finally, Bao Du Fengshuang waited for the news he wanted. Four Thieves who had sneaked into the front from different directions sent back intelligence.

"Mark the coordinates, determine the range, and the number of people," Bao Du Fengshuang said.

"Later." The four Thieves were reporting the results to their respective leaders, and the leaders were telling everyone in their team channels.

Everyone either discussed it, or Bao Du Fengshuang directly made a judgment, and everything was proceeding harmoniously.

"The other side's ambushes are obviously aimed at our designated locations. The manpower is all ambushed in the surrounding alleys. I think there should be stealthed Thieves observing on the outer streets. Our four people will be responsible for the four directions: east, south, west, and north, to determine the other side's manpower and distribution." The four Thieves had also formed a small team to cooperate, with the captain collecting the results and reporting them upwards.

"Okay, be careful," the big shots instructed after receiving the report.

"What's the situation on the periphery?"

"The range is large, and the target is not easy to determine. It is recommended to send additional manpower." A team was also formed on the periphery, and the captain reported the news at this time.

"Send out another team," Bao Du Fengshuang said without hesitation, knowing the importance of intelligence work.

So each team sent out another team, and a total of sixty people were invested in the reconnaissance of the periphery, which was much more impressive than the four Thieves in the inner circle.

After another period of agonizing waiting, the four-Thief team finally reported the news first: "Reconnaissance is over. The other side is ambushing the expected location as follows: five teams in the north, about fifty people, four teams in the west, sixty people, six teams in the north, about sixty people, four teams in the south, about sixty people, the distribution of each team is as follows…"

The Thief's report was relayed into the big shots' channels word for word, and everyone had a sinister smile on their faces after reading it.

"Where's Qianli Yizui? Have you found his location?" Bao Du Fengshuang asked.

"Not yet, we're continuing to pay attention," the Thief team replied. Finding Qianli Yizui's location was also one of their key tasks. This determined which direction the armed reflective damage personnel would be deployed in. If they didn't go in the right direction, by the time they rushed over, Qianli Yizui might have killed enough 29 people to go wash off his PK points. This guy's killing efficiency was really too high.