Chapter 108 An Opportunity for a Breakthrough

Duanshui Jian was very anxious, extremely anxious. This situation was the one he least wanted to see. He didn't know whether Qianli Yizui was alive or dead, which ruined all his calculations. The task? It went against his original intention; not doing the task, Qianli Yizui didn't appear, so what else could he do if he didn't do the task? Han Jia Gongzi inconveniently pressured him again, making Duanshui Jian seriously suspect that those two guys were in cahoots.

"Uh, the task..." Duanshui Jian really couldn't fool them this time, so he had to say, "Then everyone hurry up and keep looking!"

"Looking for what?" many people asked.

"The groove for placing that thing! Everyone, please spread the word!" Duanshui Jian said.

"Still trying to delay?" Han Jia Gongzi sneered.

Duanshui Jian was speechless; his thoughts had been seen through by this guy.

"Is there really such a groove?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

Duanshui Jian was helpless: "As far as I know, there is."

"But the system has randomness, right?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

Duanshui Jian was speechless again.

"Search!" Han Jia Gongzi turned to Gu Xiaoshang and said, "Don't worry about any grooves or anything, just search everywhere that looks like it can be used for that thing. Ignore the searches of other guilds, just search on your own."

Gu Xiaoshang nodded and relayed the message. The remaining members of Caiyun Jian from before and those who arrived later all busied themselves. There were also a lot of people from Dui Jiu Dang Ge at this time, but their guild leader had actually been killed, leaving them without a leader. Ni Liu Er Shang inquired about the situation in the guild channel and was furious when he learned that Qianli Yizui had disappeared and they were continuing the task.

"Search!" Ni Liu Er Shang roared.

"We're searching," the players replied.

"I'm not telling you to search for the task! Find Qianli Yizui, find Qianli Yizui!" Ni Liu Er Shang roared.

"Where are we going to find him?" the others asked.

"You're in that place, and you're asking me where to find him?" Ni Liu Er Shang was clearly in a bad mood.

The players fell silent and started searching randomly for Gu Fei.

"Where's Shanzi Ling?" Ni Liu Er Shang asked.

"Here," Shanzi Ling floated to Ni Liu Er Shang's side.

"Damn, you're dead too," Ni Liu Er Shang said.

"I'm just unlucky..." Shanzi Ling said to himself.

Even the most trustworthy guy had died and come back, so Ni Liu Er Shang was helpless and had to find other core members who were present and carefully explain some precautions. After that, he immediately contacted Duanshui Jian: "Lao Duan, how's the task going? Is that groove you mentioned real?"

"It's real," Duanshui Jian replied.

"Damn, now that all the people from Caiyun Jian are here, won't they find it in that tiny place in the blink of an eye?" Ni Liu Er Shang was depressed.

"It's not that fast," Duanshui Jian said with a smile, "Tell your people to seize the time to find Qianli Yizui!"

"Oh, is there something strange?" Ni Liu Er Shang asked.

"I can't tell you that," Duanshui Jian said.

"Alright, I'll tell them to hurry up and find him. Drag it out as long as you can," Ni Liu Er Shang said.

These two guys hit it off immediately. So the underground space was divided into two factions: the people from Caiyun Jian worked hard to find the task, while the people from Dui Jiu Dang Ge pretended to look for the task but were actually looking for Gu Fei. As for the people from Zongheng Sihai and Heise Tongmenghui, they were so few that they could be ignored. Wushi Zhi Jian wasn't going to compete with Gu Xiaoshang for the task, so when he saw that many people from Caiyun Jian had come, he didn't call for his own people. As for Heise Shizhi, that guy had also died. He was currently at the resurrection point, staring at Ni Liu Er Shang in silence, tears streaming down his face.

The underground space was large enough to accommodate everyone from both guilds, adding up to about two thousand people. However, it was obviously much more crowded, and every time you turned around, there were people all around you. Of these two thousand new arrivals, an estimated one thousand were carrying torches. Parallel World emphasized realism! When one thousand torches burned together in this space, they generated a large amount of heat, and the temperature in the space rose sharply. The players were soon sweating profusely and their mouths were dry. This was an unprecedented experience in the game, but in this environment, the players were still working hard. Caiyun Jian searched every inch of the ground, while the people from Dui Jiu Dang Ge carefully studied every player around them, looking at their badges, appraising them, and studying the mages more closely...

There was simply nowhere to hide in the space. If Qianli Yizui was hiding, it would only be by disguising himself among the crowd.

That was Duanshui Jian's idea, and it was also the judgment of the people from Dui Jiu Dang Ge. But after screening again and again, there was still no trace of him. Duanshui Jian was hot. He waved his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and with this one glance, he suddenly noticed a shadow flickering above the sewer entrance.

"Damn, he's up there!!!" Duanshui Jian trusted his eyes. There was definitely a person up there, and there was no other explanation besides Qianli Yizui. When did this guy go up, and how did he go up so fast? Duanshui Jian couldn't figure it out, but the person was indeed up there. Knowing this was enough.

Duanshui Jian quickly contacted the current commander of Dui Jiu Dang Ge in this area. This player was called Cang Yun, also a mage. After listening to what Duanshui Jian said, he immediately notified the entire guild. In an instant, all the people from Dui Jiu Dang Ge looked up, all staring at the hole above.

"Form up!" Cang Yun ordered the guild players. He was preparing to form a combat squad, with heavily armored warriors at the front and priests supporting from behind, to push forward in this way.

"Warriors can't withstand mages' attacks. Those attacks from the sky and the ground are useless even if you hold your shield in front of you," Duanshui Jian said.

"I know. We'll follow with mages and archers in the back. The warriors are just for simple cover. The space there is very narrow, and there's no way for him to dodge the attacks of the mages and archers. We'll just force our way in. We have more than three hundred mages and archers combined. Can't we push him to death?" Cang Yun said.

Duanshui Jian saw that this guy also had experience fighting with Qianli Yizui and had considered everything thoroughly. He was prepared for casualties on his own side if he wanted to take down Qianli Yizui with more than three hundred people.

"Then let's go!" Duanshui Jian nodded. Ni Liu Er Shang's team had also been organized, and the formation was the same as Cang Yun's: warriors in front, priests supporting, followed by mages and archers. There were steps winding down to the left and right of the hole. Cang Yun and Duanshui Jian each led a team, attacking from the left and right, slowly climbing upwards.

The two teams maintained the same pace, getting closer to the hole, and began to be careful. The archers with the longest attack range in the team were the first to launch attacks. Regardless of whether Qianli Yizui had shown himself, the arrows were fired first. As the teams gradually approached, the mages also entered the attack range, and fireballs were quickly thrown out. This was more satisfying than the archers' arrows. If Qianli Yizui was just standing in the hole hiding, the explosions of the fireballs could injure him.

Han Jia Gongzi noticed the actions of Dui Jiu Dang Ge, but of course there was no way to stop them, so he could only remind Gu Xiaoshang: "They've already discovered Qianli Yizui."

"What does that matter?" Gu Xiaoshang asked strangely. "The task hint has already been given. Even if they kill Qianli Yizui, we can continue searching, and the task can always be completed. Can he stop us?"

"It's not that simple," Han Jia Gongzi shook his head. "That guy only said this hint before, and there's been no change. I'm sure that we definitely won't be able to find the task based on this condition."

"Then what are we working so hard for?" Gu Xiaoshang asked, puzzled.

"Just trying to see if we can discover the task on our own," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Oh," Gu Xiaoshang nodded, looked around, "But it seems difficult." The thousand or so people from Caiyun Jian had been searching for a long time, but there wasn't a single clue.

"That's why that guy is so confident. Without a hint, this task seems really difficult to handle," Han Jia Gongzi frowned.

"Search the walls around too," Gu Xiaoshang shouted in the channel, so countless people ran to climb the walls.

While the two were discussing this, a person suddenly walked out from behind the bundle of water pipes in the center of them and waved at them: "Hi!"

The two turned around and saw that it was none other than Qianli Yizui! Gu Xiaoshang drew his sword and was about to charge, but Gu Fei quickly sidestepped to the side. Behind him, several people also chased out, all players from Caiyun Jian. As a result, they rounded the water pipes and were met by their own guild leader's charge, scaring them.

"Don't panic! Don't attack!" Gu Fei shouted. Gu Xiaoshang's charge missed, and then he saw his own brothers running out, so he quickly canceled the skill and stopped himself. The few guys who had chased out were about to attack Gu Fei, but Han Jia Gongzi had already spoken: "Don't attack."

After speaking, he quickly stepped forward. Gu Fei also understood and followed him, returning behind the water pipes.

This was the only place in the entire hall that could block the line of sight. And the two of them standing like this were blocking the people from Dui Jiu Dang Ge who were climbing the steps. Gu Xiaoshang was stunned by the actions of the two, and then he understood their intention, so he chased after them. The few guys who were chasing Gu Fei still didn't understand and opened their mouths to shout, but Gu Xiaoshang noticed them early.

"Shut up!" Gu Xiaoshang shouted.

"We haven't even spoken yet..." the few people said aggrievedly.

"We don't need to attack him," Han Jia Gongzi explained.

"You're still quite sensible," Gu Fei smiled.

"I didn't expect you to have such a clear head," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Gu Fei had already turned around and was scolding the players who had attacked him: "Isn't attacking me just courting death?"

mLgB!!! Han Jia Gongzi cursed in his heart. This guy was on a completely different wavelength than him.

"How did you get down?" Gu Xiaoshang asked curiously.

"Teleportation scrolls. I have more than a dozen of them!" Gu Fei reached out and wiped his face. "It's so hot! Why is it so hot? There are too many torches. Can't you put out a few? Is it necessary to carry so many?"

No one paid attention to him. Was this the time to talk about this?

"What's the point of you running down?" Han Jia Gongzi asked. This guy led Duanshui Jian and Ni Liu Er Shang up, but he didn't take the opportunity to slaughter them. Han Jia Gongzi felt that he must have a purpose.

"What information did that guy Lao Duan give you?" Gu Fei asked.

"What's the situation with you?" Han Jia Gongzi retorted. After all, Gu Fei wasn't like them. He had come all the way through the plot under normal circumstances. Although the system was shameless, it would definitely give the hints that should be given. It couldn't just let the players guess the task themselves.

"There must be something strange about this place, but what is it?" Gu Fei said as he patted the water pipes beside him. "What's this thing?"

"What exactly are you doing? Aren't you here for the task? Stop dawdling. Where's your task?" Han Jia Gongzi said angrily.

"Hey, hey, if his task is completed, we'll be defeated. Why are you urging him?" Gu Xiaoshang said helplessly.

"I don't know! I came here all the way based on the clues, but I don't know what to do here. What is this?" Gu Fei patted the water pipes again.

"You brat! You didn't get enough task hints yourself, and you want to get information from us?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"You saw through me?" Gu Fei's smile was a little awkward.

"Nonsense. You're a noob. Do you know how to do tasks? All you do is use your imagination, right? Have you found all the NPCs you should have found? Have you asked all the questions you should have asked? Someone must have told you about this place, so you didn't ask what you could do here or what you needed to do, and you just ran down here, right?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Uh, they just told me about the entrance to this place," Gu Fei said.

"And then?" Han Jia Gongzi's face was dark.

"And then I came here. Didn't you guess it all?" Gu Fei said.

"Waste, you're a complete waste!" Han Jia Gongzi cursed.

"What about you? Do you have any clues?" Gu Fei asked.

"No, we only know about an entrance too!!!" Han Jia Gongzi roared.

"Louder! Lao Duan and the others are on the steps over there. They might not be able to hear you," Gu Fei said.

"Hey, hey!!" Gu Xiaoshang persuaded the two, but at the same time, she felt a little strange. What was going on? These were two groups of people on a two-way task. Why were they gathered together to discuss the continuation of the task? And they were all expressing great dissatisfaction with the other party's lack of task information. If it was really a competitive task, shouldn't they be very happy that the other party didn't have enough information?

The players who had chased after Gu Fei when they saw him teleporting here were also standing aside at this time, staring at each other in confusion. Since Gu Xiaoshang had forbidden them from making a sound, only they knew that Gu Fei had suddenly slipped down. Other players were watching their guild leader talking to someone and didn't suspect that this person was actually Qianli Yizui.

"I thought Lao Duan brought you here for the task, so you knew everything!" Gu Fei said.

"You're too naive, right? If we knew everything, and you ran down to ask, would we tell you?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Tch, I saw you guys searching around like idiots up there, obviously not knowing anything, so I came down to communicate with you," Gu Fei said.

"Lao Duan is just delaying. His purpose is just to kill you. In fact, he doesn't want to give us the task information," Gu Xiaoshang said.

"Hehe, I thought so. That guy always says he's very disciplined. Of course, he can't just say anything about the game," Gu Fei said.

"So the situation is a bit awkward now. Logically speaking, we should surround you and kill you now. But if you die, Lao Duan won't give us the task. Wait, if we kill you and don't say anything, Lao Duan won't know whether you're dead or alive! If he doesn't know if you're dead or alive, he'll eventually have to reveal the task, right?" Gu Xiaoshang suddenly realized.

"Wow, the most poisonous heart belongs to a woman!!" Gu Fei exclaimed in horror, his hand already on his sword: "Are you really going to do it?"

But Han Jia Gongzi smiled bitterly: "Lao Duan can't possibly not know."

"Why?" Gu Xiaoshang said.

"Because if we fight with this guy, there will be a lot of noise. Even a blind person would notice," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Well, I'm confident in that," Gu Fei agreed.

"Oh, then we'll talk about it later," Gu Xiaoshang said.

"What's going on?" Gu Fei said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He also felt strange about the fact that the opposing sides were tangled together discussing the task.

"Since you came here for the task, and your information is incomplete, why don't you go back and find the NPCs to get more information?" Gu Xiaoshang asked.

"I used up the item. If I leave for a while, I won't be able to come back," Gu Fei sighed. After sighing, he suddenly thought of something, raised his head in surprise, and looked at the hole that Gu Xiaoshang and the others had come through: "Where did you guys come in from?"

As soon as this question came out, everyone's expression changed, especially figures like Han Jia Gongzi, who had quickly realized that Gu Fei had found the breakthrough point for the task!!!

This guy lacked task information, but in fact, he had a way to obtain information. It was just that for the original him, there was only one chance to reach this place. Leaving meant that he couldn't come back. But now, the route that Duanshui Jian had guided other players to take pointed out another way out for him. And this route didn't seem like a road that could only be taken once. He could calmly walk out, find out the information he needed, and then swagger back...

"I have something to do, so I'm leaving!" Gu Fei had already teleported away in an instant. A Caiyun Jian player who suddenly appeared beside him was stunned and immediately attacked him when he saw that it was him. Of course, Gu Fei wouldn't be polite either. He raised his hand and instantly killed the person, aiming for the route to rush out. Just as Gu Xiaoshang was about to command an interception, Han Jia Gongzi pulled her to the side.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xiaoshang asked, turning her head.

"Let him go," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Huh?"

"His breakthrough is our breakthrough!" Han Jia Gongzi said with a smile.

Gu Xiaoshang was stunned, but suddenly understood what Han Jia Gongzi meant.

"Let him pass," Han Jia Gongzi said to Gu Xiaoshang.

"Isn't that too shameless?" Gu Xiaoshang asked suspiciously.

"Taking Duanshui Jian's information is already shameless," Han Jia Gongzi didn't think so.

In the end, Gu Xiaoshang finally ordered not to intercept, and although the Caiyun Jian players were confused, they were very obedient. Gu Fei quickly rushed to the bottom of the stone steps and ran towards the other exit.

As for Dui Jiu Dang Ge, they had also rushed to the hole, but they didn't see Qianli Yizui. They didn't know that Gu Fei had already teleported away, and they were searching along the passage. Until Gu Fei was on the stone steps all the way up, a Dui Jiu Dang Ge player finally discovered him and cried out in surprise.

"Crap!!!" Duanshui Jian slammed his thigh heavily when he heard the news.

He suddenly realized that his previous deduction might not have been wrong. This Qianli Yizui really didn't know how to proceed with his task. If he had known this, he wouldn't have bothered with him. Even if he racked his brains, he wouldn't be able to find a clue in this space. And once he left to collect clues, it was impossible for him to come back through that entrance a second time.

But now, they had helped Qianli Yizui open another entrance. This was definitely a case of being too clever for one's own good.