Chapter 224 Going Home

Yin Sha Zhi returned to his hometown, a piece of news he was too ashamed to share with the other big shots. Thinking of his confident air in the discussion group at the time, Yin Sha Zhi figured that if those people knew, none of them would sympathize with him; they would only laugh at him.

Yin Sha Zhi could only analyze his situation alone, wondering how he had been exposed.

In reality, Han Jia Gongzi had discovered him using a simple method, one that could even be called idiotic: he simply waited at a choke point he was bound to pass. But it was this idiotic method that Yin Sha Zhi couldn't figure out for a time, leaving him scratching his head.

The other big shots were preoccupied with their own problems and didn't give a thought to Yin Sha Zhi, fighting a lone battle in Cloud City. Those who surrendered and went to jail were at peace. Those who didn't want to go to jail and chose to evade were mostly killing time, waiting for their PK value to disappear. A few, not caring about others' feelings, even thought of washing their PK value. They looked grand with so many guards, but the guards didn't think so; they were full of complaints but didn't dare voice them out of consideration for their reputations.

The players they were hunting were also terrified. What kind of ability did they have that required so many big shots from the main cities to deal with them? Most people's legs had already gone weak when so many experts approached. Washing the PK value was considered smooth sailing. Those who shamelessly asked so many people to accompany them to wash their PK value were freed quite quickly. They found it unbelievable how relaxed they felt without the PK value. Qian Li Zui had put too much pressure on everyone.

Compared to them, the group led by Yi Deng Di Wen was of course more relaxed. They had no PK value and were naturally not bothered by it. While others were tense and self-protective, they continued with their arrangements as planned. As it was inconvenient for them to carry out the assassination plan themselves, they ultimately decided to stay put and command, rather than rushing around with the assassins.

After finalizing the selection, they didn't bother those who had been frightened out of their wits by Qian Li Zui and contacted Yin Sha Zhi directly.

Yin Sha Zhi's reaction was strange; he told them to wait a moment. When asked why, he was evasive, either not replying or using vague reasons like "something came up."

"What's going on?" Yi Deng Di Wen muttered to himself and sent another message to Yin Sha Zhi, determined to get to the bottom of it.

Seeing someone digging so deeply, Yin Sha Zhi had no choice but to stop prevaricating. Fortunately, it was Yi Deng Di Wen who was asking, someone who seemed reasonable in the discussion group. Yin Sha Zhi stopped hiding the truth and revealed, "We were ambushed."

"How did that happen?" Yi Deng Di Wen asked in surprise.

"I don't know! At an intersection, we were suddenly attacked from all sides, front, back, left, and right. There were even people lying in ambush on the rooftops. It was obvious they were prepared. We didn't even have time to use teleport scrolls before we were all killed," Yin Sha Zhi said.

"What about now?" Yi Deng Di Wen asked.

"I teleported back to our main city. They were able to arrange things so carefully, so there must be an ambush outside the resurrection point. I can't get out," Yin Sha Zhi said.

"How could your movements have been exposed?" Yi Deng Di Wen asked, puzzled.

But how would Yin Sha Zhi know? He could only sigh and say, "I don't know either..."

"Then can we still proceed with our next step?" Yi Deng Di Wen asked.

Yin Sha Zhi was silent. The other side's methods were endless, some had been seen through, while others remained unknown. In such a situation, rashly attacking again felt like going to die.

"How are the others?" Yin Sha Zhi asked. He knew that Yi Deng Di Wen was a priest, so he was emotionally stable. The ones who had accumulated PK value were hard to say.

"They're all annoyed..." Yi Deng Di Wen said.

"I think everyone should rest well today, stabilize their emotions, and talk about it tomorrow," Yin Sha Zhi suggested. They had suffered one blow after another that day. Some were eager for revenge, while others were already afraid. In short, everyone's mentality was very unstable. Including Yin Sha Zhi himself, who was also disturbed by this inexplicable ambush. He felt he needed to rest as well.

"Alright, I'll try to persuade everyone..." Yi Deng Di Wen knew that Yin Sha Zhi didn't have a good impression with everyone, so it would be better for him to communicate with them.

The communication went smoothly. The big shots were all mentally exhausted and tired of staying in the game. They wanted to escape. Resting? What a great idea!

Just then, Ying Qi's people suddenly contacted them. Yongyuan of the Eagle Group, representing Ying Qi, came to ask about the progress of the matter.

Everyone was depressed! But they couldn't vent their anger on Ying Qi! And they were embarrassed to say anything. When they had gathered together, none of them had taken Fei Chang Ni Tian too seriously. But what about now? One by one, they were covered in dirt. Half of the thirty-one heroes had disappeared from the top of the level rankings, directly falling to the bottom of the mid-level players.

Now, facing the employer's inquiry, this group of prideful experts wished they could find a hole to crawl into.

"What's wrong? Is there any difficulty?" Yongyuan sent a group message, because the reaction of these thirty-one brothers was too consistent, although some of the messages simply couldn't be sent out.

"There is a little difficulty..." Some big shots replied intermittently, basically meaning the same thing.

"Is there anything we can help with?" Yongyuan asked.

"What kind of help can you provide?" The big shots asked weakly.

"We certainly don't have any strength in combat, otherwise we wouldn't have to ask you. But we can provide you with the most favorable guarantee in terms of supplies," Yongyuan said.

"Oh?" The big shots suddenly perked up.

"Free?" Someone was naturally concerned about this issue.

"Well, if it's equipment, we hope you can pay a deposit. It's not that we don't trust you! It's just... I think you can understand, right?" Yongyuan said, and the big shots immediately understood. Saying that they didn't trust them was actually exactly what they meant. If the equipment was handed over and the people really didn't return it, there would be no way to do anything about it. Requiring a deposit for equipment was reasonable.

"As for other consumables, it's not convenient to provide them for free. But if you have any needs, our boss said we can give you a discount," Yongyuan said.

The big shots didn't say anything. They had already promised a high reward for doing things for them. Even if they didn't give these extra overdrafts, it wouldn't matter. Giving a discount was already showing consideration.

"If you have any needs, you can directly contact Director Wu Ye of Ying Qi. If he's not there, you can find me," Yongyuan didn't immediately ask the big shots for a reply and left this sentence before saying anything more.

In fact, how would Yongyuan not know what the big shots were like at this time? The studio didn't really have any combat power, but the studio's intelligence network was definitely unmatched by any guild.

Like the Gongzi Elite Team, which was established in the name of Qian Li Zui as a studio, or like Jian Nan You who seemed to have some studio form when they took on quests to explode equipment, they were actually just workers. A real studio would first do intelligence work, understand the power situation of the main cities, the direction of the professions, the output of equipment, the needs of the players, and so on. These trivial situations could be obtained from employees or temporary workers everywhere, but in the end, they needed someone to analyze them from a strategic point of view. This strategy was a business strategy, to control the market and control prices by understanding this wide range of information. The ultimate goal was to control the exchange rate between gold coins in the game and real currency outside the game.

There was too much to learn in a studio. It was still a long way off for Gu Fei and his friends to become a real studio!

Small studios focused on one or a few main cities, while a large-scale studio like Ying Qi could analyze the entire world. People like Wu Ye, who were at the director level, mainly did this kind of thing. The focus of procurement, the term of hoarding, the timing of the sale, and so on. They analyzed the direction of the market from a large amount of information, trying to earn the most gold coins from it. Those who could become directors were actually quite remarkable people.

Although the directors had all been lost, the people at the lower level who provided intelligence were still there. And Ying Qi's work network was constantly recovering. Now, analyzing things from a business perspective, Wu Ye alone might be a little overwhelmed, but it was easy to grasp some information, such as the news that the big shots were being beaten black and blue by Fei Chang Ni Tian. Especially those brothers with PK value, who were almost causing a storm in the city to prevent Qian Li Zui from chasing them. How could Ying Qi, whose business network spread throughout the main cities, not know?

At this time, Yongyuan finally took this step in accordance with Gai Shi Qi Ying's instructions. Yongyuan also confirmed that his guess was correct. Revenge? Eliminate Fei Chang Ni Tian? The studio boss would never be such a naive player. Fei Chang Ni Tian had now become a pawn in his hand. He wanted to use this pawn to start a world-class PK, taking the opportunity to make war profiteering. Profit, from beginning to end, was what he pursued. The anger he received from being PKed by players was probably forgotten after a sleep. What's more, in this world dispute centered on Fei Chang Ni Tian, the final outcome would not be good for Fei Chang Ni Tian. If it was revenge, then the goal had already been achieved.

However, players still had something that Gai Shi Qi Ying did not expect.

The big shots suffered great losses from Fei Chang Ni Tian again and again, which was exactly what Gai Shi Qi Ying wanted to see. The more they suffered, the more they wanted to retaliate, and the greater the power they would generate. Losses were inevitable in PK. If equipment exploded, it had to be replenished; life-saving scrolls had to be carried; and various other strange things, anything that could help with victory, would be in demand. Yongyuan even suspected that when the strength of this side became so great that Fei Chang Ni Tian could not resist, Gai Shi Qi Ying would think of some way to give Fei Chang Ni Tian some help, so that they could continue to be evenly matched.

Or, had he already found them? Yongyuan suddenly had a thought. News from Cloud City said that the two major guilds, Zongheng Sihai and Caiyun Jian, seemed to have begun to help Fei Chang Ni Tian.

Yongyuan originally thought that Fei Chang Ni Tian was actively seeking help, but now it seemed that Gai Shi Qi Ying had made some arrangements to help things along? Those who could work for Ying Qi were not necessarily people from Ying Qi. Like some friendly customers, some high-level players who were eager for money, anyone who could speak at this time could become Ying Qi's helper.

Yongyuan would not have been able to access so much of Ying Qi's network in the studio, but now Gai Shi Qi Ying really had no one else to use, so he became a person who ran around. In fact, it was very obvious that Gai Shi Qi Ying was not seeking revenge. If he was really seeking revenge, the thirty-one big shots each leading troops, plus the elite strength of their Eagle Group, would have a good chance of taking down Fei Chang Ni Tian. But the Eagle Group had not moved. Gai Shi Qi Ying's idea was to create more troublesome opponents for Fei Chang Ni Tian, and he did not hesitate to invest heavily in this. This was actually an investment. Gai Shi Qi Ying wanted to light a spark. Then, with a prairie fire, it swept the entire game.

"A businessman..." Yongyuan sighed, a terrible businessman. In such a storm, perhaps countless players would be grateful to Ying Qi Studio for its help in the crisis, but who would have thought that all of this was provoked by this guy? When the flame was completely ignited, no one would be able to stop it, not even the system that was omnipotent in the game. The system could stop the game, but it could not extinguish the fire of PK in the players' hearts.

"What will happen?" Yongyuan shook his head and walked alone on the street.

The big shots, although they suddenly received such words from Ying Qi Studio, did not change their original intention of preparing to rest. Everyone went offline one after another to seek calm. But everyone knew that they only needed to calm their minds, so as not to make wrong decisions in impulsiveness, anger, and depression. But their hearts for revenge on Fei Chang Ni Tian would not cool down. This was no longer for the reward, not for themselves, but for the brothers who had died with them because of this.

At this time, Gu Fei had already obtained a new list, a new batch of big shots exposed by You Ge in various ways. Gu Fei patted You Ge on the shoulder to express his appreciation for his work, but for this batch of lists, search one, offline, search one, offline, search another one. Still offline.

"They're all offline..." Gu Fei was puzzled.

"They're all scared, went offline to hide?" Yu Tian Shen Ming guessed.

"I don't object to this possibility," Gu Fei said.

"..." Everyone was speechless.

"In that case, let's take a break for now? This matter is definitely not over," You Ge suggested.

"This Ying Qi Studio is really endless."

"No, even without Ying Qi Studio, this matter is already endless," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Why?" Zhan Wu Shang asked.

"If your friends around you lost levels in helping you in PK, would you just let it go?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"That depends on who it is. If it's you who lost a level, then do I need to say it! Not only would I let it go, I would become sworn brothers with them!" Zhan Wu Shang said.

"Even if you lose ten levels, I may not lose one. Don't dream," Han Jia Gongzi mocked.

"You mean, now Ying Qi has already withdrawn and is waiting for a good show?" You Ge was the one who brought the topic back when everyone was going off-topic.

"It's obviously already like this," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"In that case, when will this end?" Jian Gui frowned, "These people..." Jian Gui took the two lists that had been searched out from Gu Fei's hand, looking at their information thoughtfully.

"Negotiate with them? Analyze the sinister intentions of Ying Qi Studio to them?" You Ge asked.

"What sinister intentions?" Han Jia Gongzi asked him, "Ying Qi brought them here, definitely gave them a reward that was enough to move them. Thirty-one big shots from various main cities, dealing with nothing more than a newly established guild with two hundred people, is this like a high-difficulty task that would send them to their deaths, and then make things bigger?"

"This..."

"It's our fault for being too strong!" Han Jia Gongzi sighed. This time, shamelessness finally included everyone, and everyone suddenly felt it was easier to accept.

"These guys are all offline at the moment. It seems they are adjusting some new strategy," You Ge said.

"New strategy? Tsk..." Han Jia Gongzi dismissed it, "Compared to this, I'm more concerned about whether Ying Qi will have any small moves."

"Is anyone there?" Just as they were talking about this, the door rang. After having a stronghold, everyone rarely went to taverns to discuss things. In their own stronghold, even if they were standing to hold a meeting, it would be more professional!

The player by the door opened the door, and everyone saw that Wu Shi Zhi Jian had come uninvited.

"Yo, everyone's here! Hey, Qian Li, long time no see! I haven't had time to thank you yet!" Wu Shi Zhi Jian finished speaking and entered uninvited. Feng Xing Dao Ying Nian Hua was behind him, and everyone didn't stop them, and there was nothing to stop them.

"Thank me for what?" Gu Fei asked, puzzled.

"Thank you for not taking the quest to arrest me!" Wu Shi Zhi Jian was still immersed in being fooled!

"Oh? You have PK value?" Gu Fei took out his wanted warrant. Wu Shi Zhi Jian's face changed. This situation seemed a bit wrong? Wu Shi Zhi Jian reacted quickly and immediately said, "No, no, not now, I mean before, I had a lot of PK on me, you didn't take me, so I have a chance to thank you now."

"What day was it?" Gu Fei's serious appearance made Wu Shi Zhi Jian really want to slap him, but how would he dare? He had to bite the bullet and continue to make up, "What day was it? Three days ago or five days ago? Look at my memory."

"Three days, five days..." Gu Fei actually started to think. Wu Shi Zhi Jian was sweating, and Han Jia Gongzi finally came to help him out, "Enough, enough, when will you finish talking about such a small thing?"

Damn it, I was almost killed by Qian Li Zui, is this a small thing? Wu Shi Zhi Jian was quite unhappy, but when he saw that Gu Fei really stopped thinking, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"President Wu Shi, what's the matter?" Jian Gui asked.

"I just came to ask, what are those bastards going to do next?" Wu Shi Zhi Jian said.

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