He smiled gently and said, 'The martial world is full of dangers.'

Chapter 1 The Beginning

How could Young Master Han possibly have the patience to explain Xi Xiaotian's idea to everyone? In the end, it was Gu Fei who was kind enough to explain it, even demonstrating with a piece of paper like Xi Xiaotian. Anyone who wasn't an idiot basically understood. Those with a strong sense of crisis, like Brother You, were already secretly reminding themselves to be careful and thorough in future market transactions. And those who were more despicable and shameless had already retreated to a corner to discuss how they could manipulate things in this area.

The topic also expanded from there, with everyone exchanging stories of scams they had seen in online games. Brother You loved chatting about these gossip stories the most, becoming the most active of the masters.

Meanwhile, Duo Mu Mu Duo's interview was almost finished. Jian Gui was the one who avoided the most attention in this incident, spending almost the entire time in prison. Although he was the guild leader, he couldn't offer a perspective as a participant, especially since he couldn't provide any exciting details. In addition, he wasn't good at gossip, and his concise answers quickly dealt with most of the questions Duo Mu Mu Duo had prepared.

Duo Mu Mu Duo couldn't develop any new questions from Jian Gui's brief answers. After asking the last question, the two reporters' eyes began to wander over the other masters, looking like players who had spotted a Boss loaded with money.

But realizing that these guys were completely ignoring them, Duo Mu Mu Duo wisely didn't take any further action. Although professional reporters needed to be thick-skinned, the key was that it was useless at the moment. This was a game, and there was no way to hang around. This was someone's private residence, and they could just revoke your permissions, forcing you to leave without much fuss.

"Can you answer one more question for us?" Duo Mu Mu Duo asked before leaving, still trying to get something.

No one answered, but they all looked at the two reporters.

"Yingqi Studio is being heavily poached by Yunteng Studio. Is this related to the conflict between you and Yingqi Studio?" Duo Mu asked.

"Of course it's related," Young Master Han answered, and Duo Mu's eyes lit up.

"The conflict between Yingqi Studio and us revealed their despicable and shameless nature. Such a contemptible and shameless group is bound to be punished. Look, the retribution came quickly," Young Master Han said.

Duo Mu smiled wryly, realizing that the other party was just joking with them. He suspected that the two events were related, but unfortunately he couldn't get verification. Now that these people didn't seem willing to reveal anything, Duo Mu had no choice but to nod helplessly, say "I see," and leave with Mu Duo.

"Alright, alright, now that the preparations are in place, everyone step up your practice," Young Master Han began to direct the work. The portal frames were brought out again, and everyone practiced diligently while waiting for Xi Xiaotian's final results.

Time passed slower and slower, and the monotonous practice made everyone more and more listless. This was a time when they needed some uplifting news. Finally, they waited for Xi Xiaotian's return.

"Come, take a look!" Xi Xiaotian showed her credentials as soon as she entered the door.

It was a reporter's pass, exactly like the one Duo Mu Mu Duo had shown earlier. Relying on his eagle eyes, Yu Tian Shen Ming was good at capturing information. He immediately scanned the name on it and asked excitedly, "Sister Xiaotian, is this your real name?"

"No, Xi Xiaotian is my real name," Xi Xiaotian replied.

"Uh? Then this?"

"Made it up." On Xi Xiaotian's fake reporter's pass, the real name was fake, and the game ID was the real name. At this time, someone who used Appraisal Technique was shocked: "How did you do this?" In the appraisal results they saw, only the words "reporter's pass" and a string of numbers were displayed. The result like "a piece of paper" that Gu Fei had demonstrated earlier was nowhere to be seen.

"What else are you holding in your hand?" Gu Fei suddenly asked.

Xi Xiaotian was surprised: "How did you know?"

"I can tell from the shape of your hand," Gu Fei's observation skills in this area were unmatched.

"Amazing..." Xi Xiaotian had to admit.

"What's wrong with the hand shape?" The others were still confused, but Young Master Han had already seen the clue: "There's something else blocking it, replacing the appraisal of the fake reporter's pass?"

Xi Xiaotian nodded.

"Self-made equipment?" Young Master Han continued to deduce. Hearing this term, the others also reacted. In the game, equipment made by players using life skills was called self-made equipment. And the biggest feature of self-made equipment was that the creator had the right to name it, which was a manifestation of personalization in the game. Therefore, don't be too surprised if a low-level white board greatsword is called something like "World-Destroying Earth-Shattering Godly Sword". Players can't make world-destroying attributes, but they can give it a fancy name to satisfy their desires. And the thing in Xi Xiaotian's hand was obviously named "reporter's pass g29000548114685".

"Why can't we see it? Is this equipment invisible?" Some people wondered. Everyone present was a knowledgeable master. Invisible equipment? Unheard of.

"Only temporarily," Xi Xiaotian said.

"Oh, skill equipment?" Everyone realized.

"That's not right either! Even if it's self-made equipment, after appraisal, it shouldn't be a blank except for the name information! What about the equipment type? Weight? Attributes?" Someone said.

"Display settings... You can choose what to display... Leaving only the name is possible," Brother You had already thought of it, and took a deep breath.

"You're right," Xi Xiaotian nodded. At this time, the skill time of the thing in her hand seemed to have passed, and its true form appeared. It was actually a shield. The fake reporter's pass was blocked by it, and there was no angle that could be appraised. Although using the skill would make it invisible, it couldn't fool Appraisal Technique. As a result, it cooperated with Appraisal Technique to create a flawless deception.

"Truly brilliant," everyone nodded. Self-made equipment, additional skills, display settings when setting up a stall—all were reasonable functions in the game. Under effective allocation, they produced such a realistic effect.

"With this kind of trick, there's no way to see through it!" Everyone thought about it from their own perspective and felt it was very scary.

"As long as no one touches the shield," Xi Xiaotian said. Everyone looked again and felt that this possibility was basically non-existent, because the shield itself was very small. It was impossible to touch it without reaching towards Xi Xiaotian's body. But obviously no one would do such a thing, because a reporter's pass was a non-tradeable item. You could just hold it in your hand for people to see, and there would be no such handover process.

"Is the attached skill 'Stealth'?" Brother You liked to investigate and confirm.

"Yes, do you know?"

"Of course. It lasts for fifteen seconds, and the cooldown time is three and a half minutes. Even if you touch it during the skill time, it won't be interrupted immediately like a thief's stealth or vanish skill. If it's attached to a weapon, many people regard it as a god-level skill. But so far, the weapons with this skill that have appeared in the game have had very mediocre attributes, so there is a god-level skill, but there has never been a god-level item... You have this skill enchantment scroll, and you actually attached it to a shield. It's such a pity," Brother You shook his head repeatedly at the end, and the others sighed along with him.

"Who said I attached the skill! Self-made equipment often comes with random skills, don't you know?" Xi Xiaotian said.

"Ah? Is that so?" Of course everyone knew, but Xi Xiaotian went out and brought back such a prop, so everyone thought she had it specially customized. Naturally, they thought she had attached a "Stealth" enchantment scroll that so many people dreamed of to a shield. After all that, was this shield a ready-made item? But even so, it was still worth feeling sad about. The system sometimes did such a thing, putting god-level skills on useless or limited-value things, making people want to die in regret.

"I've basically finished preparing on my end, and I can contact the other party at any time. How are your preparations going?" Xi Xiaotian asked.

"Almost there. Through the portal, at least eight people can enter at a time, so the speed is no problem. We just hope you can find an opportunity to buy us some time so we can get another eight people in," Young Master Han said.

"How much time do you need?"

"Three seconds," Young Master Han said.

Three seconds was of course a very short time, but revoking permissions could be done in one second. In comparison, three seconds became a very long time. Waiting those three seconds might very well result in them being kicked out directly as a team because the other party had completed the revocation of permissions.

"I'll find an opportunity," Xi Xiaotian said.

"Do we need to start now?" Young Master Han looked at everyone.

"We're ready," everyone said.

"What about the target of contact? You haven't told me yet," Xi Xiaotian said.

"I've already arranged this. It's the director of Yingqi Studio in Dan Moss City. This person's name is San Miao Qu (Three-Second Zone). You'll find him through the following relationships," Young Master Han said, handing over a piece of paper. "These relationships are all real, and they'll say hello to him for you when the time comes. You'll directly arrange to meet San Miao Qu, and then it's up to you."

The layers of relationships that Young Master Han created were of course arranged through Yunteng. A large number of Yingqi people had gone to Yunteng, but their relationships with the players who remained in Yingqi were still there. This San Miao Qu was one of the people who did not choose to jump ship in this talent exodus. Young Master Han didn't choose him randomly either. Through Ya Xiaosuan Gen (Nitrite Radical), he thoroughly understood the relationships of the remaining staff at Yingqi.

In Yingqi's structure, only a few of the directors in the main cities could directly contact the boss, Gaishi Qiying (Unparalleled Hero). This process necessarily had to go through the supervisor. But their supervisor only had one person left at this time: Wu Ye (Five Nights).

Among the directors under Wu Ye, there were also some who remained. But Young Master Han neither chose Wu Ye's subordinates nor chose the directors who could directly contact Gaishi Qiying. He chose this San Miao Qu. Through San Miao Qu's network of relationships, they could also contact Gaishi Qiying all the way. Compared to going through Wu Ye's subordinates, going through a director who could contact Gaishi Qiying, although it would take many more steps, was more logical. Young Master Han wasn't in a hurry. He needed absolute certainty and stability.

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October has passed just like that. It turns out that whether it's full attendance or breaks, Hu Die can do it quite well... Could it be that I am the legendary comprehensive talent?