Chapter 114 All Thrown Away

For more than ten hours, a total of 774 valuable items were thrown out, all easily counted data. Even players who toiled for over ten hours without gaining anything had to admit, with a bellyful of dissatisfaction, that this was an unprecedentedly grand gesture. They could only blame their own bad luck, unable to find anything outrageously unfair. The way Very Heaven threw items in each round was also tallied one by one. Although the constantly changing methods were shameless, it had to be said that each approach was quite fair and just, without any favoritism. In such a situation, who could they blame other than their own luck?

Players who were lucky enough to pick up treasures were finally idle and began showing off on the forums. Someone even created a dedicated thread for these people to post in. Countless players salivated as they read the posts, cursing the lucky winners to an early grave. However, seeing that many players who snatched equipment unfortunately died in the ensuing chaos, accidentally killed by others, everyone felt a little comforted. Everyone knew very well that neither the chaos nor the accidental deaths were coincidental. After all, this was a game, with few constraints. In reality, without laws, a person who won five million on the street would likely have the money but not the life to spend it.

Very Heaven's feud with Yingqi Studio? No one cared about that anymore. Instead, some people were asking when Very Heaven planned to rob Yingqi Studio again, saying that the comrades were all looking forward to that day!

The game company also breathed a sigh of relief after the event ended. Although it had caused them a lot of trouble, no major incidents occurred, and the players' enthusiasm infected them as well. The big boss personally instructed them to learn from it! To learn how Very Heaven mobilized the players' emotions. The staff was speechless. Using such a method to mobilize players' emotions was easy for their game company, but they certainly couldn't do it. But if they couldn't do that, how could they learn? Adapt! Improvise! The boss left after saying a few words, leaving the employees feeling depressed.

And in those ten-plus hours, the one who suffered the most, who was most tormented, was of course Yingqi's boss, Gai Shi Qiying (Peerless Hero). Honestly, the guys from Eagle Regiment had no business relationship with his studio, so he only showed concern and anger on the surface regarding the goods being robbed; what he really thought was up to individual interpretation. So in the end, only Gai Shi Qiying, the true owner of these goods, was genuinely heartbroken and wanted to kill himself.

As a studio, he had received a notice from the game company temporarily banning the trading of teleportation scrolls. From this, he knew that the email issue was just a smokescreen from the game company, aimed at controlling the number of people who could go to the Cloud and Moonlit Night cities. As a result, Gai Shi Qiying was also controlled. Even if he had people and scrolls in these two cities, he couldn't send the scrolls over using coordinates. As the largest studio in the industry, he had some connections and channels with the game company, but the matter was urgent, and he didn't have time to smooth things over. Moreover, the game company's big boss had been personally overseeing the situation, so smoothing things over might not have been very useful anyway.

Gai Shi Qiying, gnashing his teeth, could only contact Very Heaven's low-level employees in these two cities as much as possible, promising generous rewards if they could retrieve the equipment. But even the rewards couldn't match the value of the equipment itself. These low-level employees didn't even have the right to enter the warehouse usually, so their trustworthiness was limited. At this time, not only was the hope of picking up equipment slim, but even if they did pick it up, selling it themselves would earn them more than turning it in to the organization for a reward. The studio system was such that the upper-level employees were very formal and constrained, but the lower-level temporary workers were hard to say. Those who wanted to pursue the studio as a career might turn in the equipment to earn merit and get promoted, but most people were just doing a part-time job, and they would do whatever made them the most money...

Although Gai Shi Qiying knew that such arrangements were more or less useless, he still held onto a glimmer of hope. As a result, with each passing hour and each item thrown, no news came from either city. His assets were being randomly discarded before his eyes, and each item thrown was his money! Fortunately, Gai Shi Qiying wasn't in the game this time but was watching offline, otherwise, he would have been forcibly kicked out by the system for sure.

Seeing the players happily discussing on the forums, Gai Shi Qiying was extremely depressed. He directed hired guns to infiltrate the forums and try to criticize the players from a moral standpoint, making them realize that they were making a mistake and were abetting a crime. The hired guns did as they were paid, writing whatever they were told, but in their hearts, they thought it was childish. If saying a few words could make the players who picked up the items return them to Yingqi Studio, world peace would have been achieved long ago.

As the hired guns expected, such persuasion was completely ineffective. The players didn't even bother to pay attention, at most despising them for sour grapes.

Gai Shi Qiying was furious and went to website reporters, asking them to criticize this behavior. As a result, the website reporters unhesitatingly stated that it was impossible to condemn such behavior. Their website relied entirely on these players' support. If they condemned everyone, how could the website survive? They even tried to comfort Gai Shi Qiying: Even if they did condemn it, what good would it do? You still wouldn't get your lost items back. How much is condemnation worth?

Gai Shi Qiying felt lonely, isolated, and hateful! The situation was completely beyond his control. People were throwing his things, snatching his things, happy with his things, discussing his things, but he himself didn't even have a chance to participate. Gai Shi Qiying almost crushed the mouse in his hand. Fortunately, Wu Ye, the instigator, wasn't by Gai Shi Qiying's side at the moment; otherwise, Gai Shi Qiying probably wouldn't have been able to control his emotions and would have kicked Wu Ye to death.

And so, Gai Shi Qiying stayed up with the event until one in the morning. How many things did Very Heaven have? Very Heaven knew, and Gai Shi Qiying also knew. After the throwing from twelve o'clock to one ten began, Gai Shi Qiying, who had been counting in his heart, knew that his assets would soon be irretrievably thrown away, leaving not a single hair behind. And he was clearer than anyone else: Very Heaven had really thrown away all the stolen items, not keeping a single thing for themselves. Gai Shi Qiying was surprised by this. These people were really making it their highest pursuit to infuriate him to death!

At one o'clock sharp, Very Heaven's You Ge announced the end of the event on the forums. The players began to savor and discuss it. Gai Shi Qiying hadn't received a single message. The matter of his own people picking up equipment and turning it in, which he had placed his hopes on, hadn't happened at all. Or rather, perhaps the equipment had been picked up, but turning it in definitely hadn't happened.

Gai Shi Qiying even entered the game. Wu Ye from the studio, Yongyuan from Eagle Regiment, and others were all online. Having suffered such a huge blow, they all guessed that the boss would retaliate madly. Eagle Regiment was already poised to attack, and Wu Ye... was just waiting to be kicked to death by the boss.

In the new warehouse, Gai Shi Qiying saw these loyal subordinates. The warehouse, which had been plundered by Very Heaven's guys, had been tidied up again. The warehouse seemed a bit empty, missing those 774 items. Wu Ye had thought about quickly replenishing the warehouse to restore it to its original state, but then he thought that such a childish thing seemed meaningless...

And Yongyuan was thinking more at this time. He thought about Gai Shi Qiying's refusal to reconcile with Very Heaven, the tough attitude that forced Very Heaven to continue opposing them, which led to such a tragedy. Based on Yongyuan's understanding of Gai Shi Qiying, he felt that Gai Shi Qiying's refusal to reconcile with Very Heaven was definitely not an act of spite but must have some plan or intention. But Very Heaven's strong counterattack was definitely beyond his expectations. Yongyuan knew the source of Gai Shi Qiying's confidence, which was that no matter how the players fought with their studio, it couldn't shake his foundations, but this time, Very Heaven had overturned this confidence. Completely shook his foundations.

And what about the previous poaching? Gai Shi Qiying had suffered repeated blows. Could this poaching be just a coincidence? If this was also instigated by Very Heaven in secret, it meant that this opponent had long understood that to confront the studio, a special approach was needed. Fighting and killing couldn't solve the problem fundamentally.

Now that things had come to this, what would Gai Shi Qiying's next plan be? Yongyuan kept thinking about this question in his heart. He himself had some ideas, but at this time, he didn't say a word. He just wanted to hear what Gai Shi Qiying meant.

Gai Shi Qiying walked around the room, his expression looking very calm. After walking around, he came to everyone and said, "The email issue hasn't been completely resolved."

"I know," Yongyuan nodded. Wu Ye didn't say a word. He already had a lot of courage just standing here, let alone speaking.

"This is just an official measure to limit this incident. There's definitely no real problem with the emails. But since it's a smokescreen, I think they probably won't announce the lifting of the fault immediately. It'll probably take a little longer," Gai Shi Qiying said.

"Mm," Yongyuan still nodded.

"How's the thing I asked you to do going?" Gai Shi Qiying asked.

"Not too smoothly..." Yongyuan said, "Especially after what happened today, these people know what's in our warehouse, and most of them said they don't want money but want specific equipment or items."

The corner of Gai Shi Qiying's eye twitched. Indeed, today's event was also an exposure of Yingqi Studio's bottom line. From the items being thrown out, discerning people could even see their Yingqi's operating strategies and marketing methods. Things that were priced but unavailable were now being thrown out in large quantities, naturally exposing that this "priced but unavailable" was deliberately created by the studio. As a result, calculating players would naturally think that Yingqi would have more of these kinds of things. With such things, people might not sell them to you even if you had money, so of course, it would be more valuable to directly name the items you wanted.

"What do they all want?" Gai Shi Qiying took a deep breath and asked.

"I've written it all down here," Yongyuan took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to Gai Shi Qiying.

Gai Shi Qiying took it and looked. The paper first introduced each person's information in detail, analyzed the person's value, and finally marked the person's requirements. These people came from the main cities of the parallel world. Their obvious common point was that they were all backbone members of powerful guilds in the main cities, had extensive friendships, and were well-liked.

"Are these people reliable?" Gai Shi Qiying asked.

"I've screened the people. They're all people who keep their word and value loyalty. I don't think they would use such a method to cheat us out of things," Yongyuan said.

"How many people are there in total?"

"Thirty-one people," Yongyuan replied.

Gai Shi Qiying looked at the information again in detail. There were thirty people, but their backgrounds weren't necessarily from thirty-one guilds. Some people had extensive friendships, and one person could involve several backgrounds, even people who could affect the entire city.

"Okay, give it to them!" Gai Shi Qiying gritted his teeth.

Yongyuan nodded and said, "Should we arrange for everyone to meet sometime?"

Gai Shi Qiying nodded: "You arrange the time. Give them what they want when we meet."

"Understood."

Gai Shi Qiying's gaze shifted, and he looked at Wu Ye on the side. Wu Ye lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake.

Gai Shi Qiying sighed and asked, "Have you found that kind of person yet?"

Wu Ye didn't dare to raise his head: "Not yet..." He had brought about a disastrous misfortune, and Gai Shi Qiying hadn't even directly scolded him. He had been instructed to do things, and Yongyuan's side was organized and done properly, but he still didn't have a clue. Wu Ye also felt very guilty.

"Why?" Gai Shi Qiying asked.

"We haven't been in contact with this kind of person, and we don't know where to start... I'm mobilizing people to work hard," Wu Ye said.

"As soon as possible!" Gai Shi Qiying said simply, without any scolding or encouragement.

What kind of person were they looking for? Yongyuan was muttering again in his heart. He had just learned that Gai Shi Qiying had given Wu Ye such instructions. He was increasingly certain that Gai Shi Qiying had some plan. This plan must have been decided when he decided not to reconcile with Very Heaven. The warehouse being robbed should be an unplanned event, but it didn't seem to affect the continuation of the plan. But what exactly was the purpose of this plan? Judging from what he was asked to do, it seemed like a revenge against Very Heaven, and it didn't seem to have anything to do with Yingqi's operations! Was this really a battle of spite? Yongyuan didn't believe it. He still didn't believe it. Because he could clearly see that Gai Shi Qiying's business sense was far greater than his identity as a player. His major decisions must be considered from a business perspective. He couldn't see it, perhaps because he was just a player! Yongyuan sighed, not asking or thinking any more.

"Alright, you all go and get busy!" Gai Shi Qiying waved his hand, and Yongyuan and Wu Ye left.

Cloud City, Very Heaven's base. One room couldn't hold all the members of the guild, so the bases in all the districts were opened, and everyone almost moved the tavern to the guild base. Celebrations were held simultaneously in different places. With a common guild channel, common communication could be carried out here.

"So happy, really fucking happy, hahahaha!!!" Yun Zhongmu (Cloud in Dusk) waved his wine bottle and shouted. The action ended at one o'clock, and it was now ten minutes before two o'clock. Yun Zhongmu's alcohol tolerance wasn't outstanding, but he was already drunk so quickly, which showed how excited he was at this moment. And his brothers were generally of the same temperament as him. In fifty minutes, most of the heroes from the Ten Guild Alliance were already drunk. Those who weren't drunk were either those who hadn't drunk or those who had a slightly higher alcohol tolerance, but it was estimated that they would fall drunk within half an hour. They had been severely suppressed by Yingqi and Eagle Regiment, and the pent-up anger in their chests was finally vented fiercely today. For these heroes of Moonlit Night City, who valued pleasure and revenge, there was nothing more enjoyable than this.

"Hahaha, it would be even better if there were a few girls at this time!!" The drunk Zhu Xian (Pig Immortal) became even more unrestrained in his speech.

"Your grandpa, you hooligan, get out of here, don't embarrass yourself here," Yun Zhongmu shouted at Zhu Xian even in his drunken state, it was a kind of familiarity that was deeply rooted in his bones.

"Eh eh, there are beauties here..." Zhu Xian was staggering as he walked.

"He's really drunk, really..." Two of Yun Zhongmu's brothers who hadn't drunk quickly came over to drag Zhu Xian away. That bastard, he couldn't even recognize Han Jia Gongzi (Young Master Han), and he wanted to flirt with him. They were half-awakened by his drunkenness.

You Ge, Zhan Wu Shang (War Without Injury), Yu Tian Shen Ming (Imperial Sky Divine Cry), and others huddled in a corner, secretly observing Han Jia Gongzi's reaction, but they were very disappointed. Han Jia Gongzi didn't react at all.

"Didn't he notice?" Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered.

"Impossible," Zhan Wu Shang affirmed.

"I thought there would be a good show to watch!" You Ge closed his laptop with regret.

In another corner of the room, Piaoliu (Drift) was holding a wine glass and talking to Jian Gui (Sword Devil): "Leader Jian Gui, seeing the brothers so happy, do you still think my plan was too much?"

"These are two different things," Jian Gui replied calmly. He was probably the only one in the room who was completely sober despite drinking. Obviously, Jian Gui didn't feel excited about this matter.

"What a pity, I should have put two pieces of equipment in my pocket when I was throwing them today," Piaoliu said.

"As long as people are still playing the game, there will be opportunities to get any equipment," Jian Gui patted him.

"Well said, well said, I'll toast you one," Piaoliu said and finished his glass. Jian Gui also cleared the little bit of wine at the bottom of his glass in response.

"I have something serious to tell you," Piaoliu said.

"What is it?" Jian Gui asked.

"Will the organization reimburse me for that teleportation scroll?" Piaoliu asked.

Jian Gui smiled: "Of course."

"Hahaha, I'm just joking. That thing is nothing," Piaoliu said.

"Hehe, that's certainly not what you really need," Jian Gui said.

"What do I need then?" Piaoliu asked.

"I don't know, but I saw it," Jian Gui said.

"Saw what?" Piaoliu asked in confusion.

"You know what I saw," Jian Gui said.

Piaoliu's face suddenly changed.

"You still have good friends in Eagle Regiment, right?" Jian Gui said.

"Uh, there are also good friends here, where's Qianli (Thousand Miles) today? I haven't seen him all day," Piaoliu looked around.

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