Chapter 267 All Move Out

Gathering quickly, scattering even faster. Wu Shi zhi Jian and Ni Liu Er Shang hadn't anticipated that with just a few words from Black Finger, hundreds of guilds would dwindle, each expressing their stance upon leaving: "We'll wear the badges, but don't count us in on the hunt for Qian Li Yi Zui!"

"What's that Black Finger up to?!" Wu Shi zhi Jian angrily chopped down a small tree.

"Looks like he's deliberately trying to make us look like fools," said Ni Liu Er Shang.

"I really hope Qian Li Yi Zui gets a task targeting him; I'd like to see if he'd still dare say that," Wu Shi zhi Jian said.

"Sigh..." Ni Liu Er Shang sighed deeply, a rare moment of shared sentiment with Wu Shi zhi Jian. Looking around, they saw that the remaining guilds were all those with strong ties to their own. The nature of those ties was an open secret. These guilds were, in reality, supported behind the scenes by Zong Heng Si Hai or Dui Jiu Dang Ge. Since both of their main guilds had reached their member limits, but the massive main city still held endless talent waiting to be scouted, constantly kicking people and adding them wasn't ideal. So, they had established these smaller guilds, which also contained some experts. Once Zong Heng Si Hai or Dui Jiu Dang Ge upgraded and had more space, these experts would immediately be added to the main guild. The smaller guilds also had some newbie players; as long as they looked enthusiastic and showed potential, they didn't mind nurturing them from the start.

The guild leaders of these smaller guilds were basically reliable personnel dispatched from the two main guilds. Naturally, they would stand with their parent guilds. The players in the smaller guilds also knew that their guilds were, in essence, the reserve forces of Zong Heng Si Hai and Dui Jiu Dang Ge. Without a chance to join the two big guilds, being a reserve team was better than joining some garbage guild at random, so they accepted their status. Now, the two main guild leaders saw that, apart from their own reserve members, there wasn't a single extra guild. Filled with righteous indignation, they cursed these shortsighted and selfish ghosts. Since the establishment of Zong Heng Si Hai and Dui Jiu Dang Ge in Yunduan City, the two had never been so truly like-minded as they were today.

"So, after all that, we're still doing this ourselves. Xiao Shang has been chasing for so long; I wonder if she's found any clues. Let me ask," Wu Shi zhi Jian said, never missing an opportunity to contact Gu Xiao Shang.

Ni Liu Er Shang really wanted to mock him. How could the leader of such a big guild lose all composure at the mere mention of Gu Xiao Shang? He might enjoy it, but he had to think about his brothers! Ni Liu Er Shang couldn't understand; didn't Wu Shi zhi Jian's guild members feel embarrassed every time he wagged his tail around Gu Xiao Shang? Ni Liu Er Shang felt that alone was enough to tarnish Wu Shi zhi Jian's reputation as a guild leader. But now, Wu Shi zhi Jian was preparing to contact Gu Xiao Shang again, and Ni Liu Er Shang saw that Feng Xing, Dao Ying Nian Hua, and the others all wore expressions of utter normalcy.

"They're actually used to it... How did they get through this..." Ni Liu Er Shang marveled. He was a guild leader who placed great emphasis on his image and reputation, and would absolutely never behave like Wu Shi zhi Jian. He truly couldn't understand how Wu Shi zhi Jian had led Zong Heng Si Hai to where it was today, especially since it was even slightly ahead of his own Dui Jiu Dang Ge.

Gu Xiao Shang, being a warrior, wasn't moving very fast. Halfway there, she received a message from Wu Shi zhi Jian asking if she had any leads on Qian Li Yi Zui.

"You need leads too?" Gu Xiao Shang asked, surprised.

"Of course!" Wu Shi zhi Jian said.

"Have you forgotten? Qian Li Yi Zui still has a task to kill you. You don't need to find him; he'll come looking for you sooner or later," Gu Xiao Shang said.

"Ah... that..." Wu Shi zhi Jian had really forgotten about that.

"So, it's hard to say whether he'll come to our side or your side," Gu Xiao Shang said.

"So, let's gather together. That way, we'll be foolproof," Wu Shi zhi Jian said, trying his best to persuade her.

"Oh? We're by Yun Jiao Lake," Gu Xiao Shang said.

"Yun Jiao Lake!" Wu Shi zhi Jian was ecstatic. That was a sacred place! His greatest dream was to stroll along Yun Jiao Lake hand-in-hand with Gu Xiao Shang. He hadn't expected the opportunity to come so quickly, catching him completely unprepared.

Wu Shi zhi Jian's excited expression quickly showed on his face. Dao Ying Nian Hua, Ni Liu Er Shang, and the others were all staring at him. Feng Xing, being straightforward, asked directly, "What are you so happy about?"

"Yun Jiao Lake, hand-in-hand with Xiao Shang, oh, no, teaming up!" Wu Shi zhi Jian said excitedly.

"Why go there?" Everyone was confused. It was far from the city battle battlefield.

"Probably because the environment is nice?" Wu Shi zhi Jian was practically drooling; his thoughts were completely disconnected from everyone else's.

Dao Ying Nian Hua and the others rolled their eyes.

Meanwhile, Gu Fei, seeing that the entire city was targeting him, even changing their equipment to highlight his black-clothed attire and isolate him, happily took off his equipment and continued to blend into the ocean of people. But this situation didn't last even a few minutes. Before long, everyone miraculously changed back into their equipment and, more importantly, carefully put on their guild badges.

"Brother, which guild are you in?" A well-meaning player saw Gu Fei standing there in a daze and came over to talk to him.

"Huh?" Gu Fei looked at the player.

"Hurry up and put on your badge! You're a mage; if you don't wear a badge, you'll be mistaken for Qian Li Yi Zui, and you'll have no one to complain to if you die," the player said.

"I am Qian Li Yi Zui," Gu Fei said.

The player stared blankly at Gu Fei, his hand, which was in the process of putting on the guild badge, stopped in mid-air. After a long pause, he softly said, "Big brother..."

"What big brother!" Gu Fei was exasperated.

The player didn't say anything, slowly, step by step, retreating backward, his eyes still fixed on Gu Fei.

Gu Fei took two steps and caught up with him, asking, "I'm asking you, what's with the equipment being taken off and put back on, and the idea that anyone not wearing a badge is Qian Li Yi Zui?"

"This isn't my business!" the player said anxiously.

"I know, I'm just asking," Gu Fei said quickly.

"It's the idea of those big guilds, Zong Heng Si Hai and Dui Jiu Dang Ge. They want to pull us in to deal with you. We don't want to, but they still want us to cooperate, telling us to take off our equipment one minute and wear our badges the next. I think it's all to find you," the player said.

"These people are so baffling," Gu Fei said. "When I was fighting Dui Jiu Dang Ge just now, they were the ones who ran away. How did they suddenly turn around and want to find me? It's strange."

"This isn't our business, really," the player said.

"I know, I know. What's your name?" Gu Fei asked.

"I... I'm called Xiao Pinggai. I'm just here to buy soy sauce," the player said.

"Xiao... Xiao Pinggai?" Gu Fei was shocked to hear this. While saying, "Wait a moment," he quickly messaged Jian Gui: "Did you abandon your task?"

"I abandoned it. What's up?"

"Tragedy! I met Xiao Pinggai," Gu Fei said.

"Damn it!!!" Even someone as decent as Jian Gui couldn't endure how fate was playing with him. "How did you meet him?"

"Just randomly met him on the road. Sigh, you're really unlucky," Gu Fei said.

"I'm convinced," Jian Gui accepted his tragic fate.

"What are you doing?"

"After abandoning the task, it takes some time before I get a new one. I'm waiting!" Jian Gui said. "Weren't you going offline?"

"Oh, right. Did you get the system notification just now?" Gu Fei asked.

"System notification? About occupying some camp?" Jian Gui asked.

"Yes. You saw it?" Gu Fei said.

"Yeah, did something else happen again, I wonder?"

"What is it? It's me!" Gu Fei said.

"Huh?"

"Didn't I go offline with Gui Tong and Xiao Zhu just now? As soon as I stepped into the resurrection camp, that notification appeared," Gu Fei said. "By the way, we can't log off outside the camp."

"Wait, wait, you're saying it said you occupied the moment you stepped into the resurrection camp? That shouldn't be! We were in that camp before, how didn't we get that notification?" Jian Gui asked.

"You think it's because of the system guards before?" Gu Fei asked.

"Oh? That makes sense! The system guards are all wiped out, the camp enters an occupied state. According to the previous notification, as long as you survive inside for five minutes, that camp will be abandoned..." Jian Gui pondered.

"Now neutral players are also using the resurrection points outside. If all seven are abandoned, how will so many people log off? Is this a bug?" Gu Fei was now a pro; he could even say 'bug'.

"If they're all occupied, maybe that means the city defense army won? Could this be the standard for city war victory?" Jian Gui said excitedly.

"Ah, that must be it!" Gu Fei also realized.

"I can try! If I'm in stealth, maybe no one will notice me for five minutes?" Jian Gui said.

"That makes sense! I'm too conspicuous right now. I just heard that Zong Heng Si Hai and Ni Liu Er Shang have decided to treat any mage not wearing a badge as me and kill them!" Gu Fei said.

"Not wearing a badge? Guild badge? You have that thing too!" Jian Gui said.

"Yeah, so I'm also very confused. I'm hesitating whether to wear it or not. If I wear it, no one will kill me. Won't that be lonely?" Gu Fei said.

"I'll go take a look outside. Which camp did you go to just now?" Jian Gui didn't want to keep Gu Fei company in his loneliness. He felt that he hadn't reached that level yet and should just play the game steadily.

"The one to the due north," Gu Fei said.

"Okay. I'll go take a look."

"After our mess that time, it seems like there aren't many NPCs in the northeast camp, right?" Gu Fei said.

"I don't know; I didn't turn around to look," Jian Gui said.

"What about You Ge? Tell You Ge to go take a look," Gu Fei said.

"Private messages are still disabled," Jian Gui sighed.

"Can't use the mercenary channel; it's too exposing," Gu Fei said.

"Of course."

"I'll go take a look myself!" Gu Fei said.

"Be careful then," Jian Gui said.

"Who needs to be careful is hard to say!" Gu Fei said.

"..."

Zong Heng Si Hai and Dui Jiu Dang Ge led their vassal guilds to Yun Jiao Lake in a grand manner. Gu Fei and Jian Gui, however, were sneaking towards two resurrection camps again.

The danger of resurrection camps being occupied again, this setting, once exposed, should have alarmed the guild players. But because they were so disunited and only cared about their own interests, after that one rescue, no one brought it up as an issue. After the discussion about Qian Li Yi Zui broke down, everyone went their separate ways. This setting, which had once caused everyone extreme panic, didn't receive the attention it deserved.

Jian Gui had always been the most patient. To be cautious, he activated stealth as soon as he left the north city gate and slowly moved toward the due north resurrection camp. Gu Fei was as arrogant as ever, changing back into his equipment and not wearing a badge. He wished he could crawl on all fours on the road. Passersby avoided him one after another; the fear of Gu Fei had reached its peak at this moment, especially among the teams.

Gu Fei thought someone would draw their sword against him on the road, but no one did. Absolutely no one did. Everyone who could recognize him even avoided eye contact. The people who really wanted to kill Gu Fei had all run to Yun Jiao Lake. Gu Fei didn't know this and went to the northeast camp by the shortest route. Jian Gui, who was in stealth, saw this guy walking arrogantly and was full of admiration.

Gu Fei was fast and arrived at the northeast camp first. He walked around and didn't seem to see any system guards, but as soon as he entered, he heard that familiar roar: "There's a spy!"

Gu Fei looked around, still not seeing any system guards. This was the system being shameless, discovering players from a god's-eye view. There were also many players in the resurrection camp. Gu Fei was so arrogant and didn't hide, so everyone was watching him! Now that he had openly entered their territory, the system was angry. The players looked at each other, not knowing whether they should step forward.

All day long, for this Qian Li Yi Zui, the guild orders were constantly changing. This high degree of attention brought a high degree of caution. Now that Gu Fei had set foot in their camp, the system had issued a warning, but the players were still choosing to watch.

Gu Fei also waited for a long time and finally saw the system guards rushing out.

Pitiful! Such a large resurrection camp, and there were only four system guards left. The rest had been killed when Gu Fei and Jian Gui stirred things up last time. The players were happy to see the system guards take action. This way, they could just watch the show. If the system cuts you down, you can't blame any guild, right?

The system guards defending the resurrection point were much weaker than the system guards maintaining security on a normal day, basically on par with the strength of the city defense guards. For current players, they were difficult but not unbeatable. Otherwise, there would be no point in fighting the city war.

And for opponents that ordinary players could only defeat with a group assault, Gu Fei could naturally handle them alone, but there were four guards at the moment. Gu Fei tried a few strikes and felt that the situation wasn't optimistic. Not to mention the strength of the system guards, their health was always very high. Gu Fei could only slowly wear them down, but now all the surrounding players were enemies. Even if they didn't move now, who knew when they would go crazy and rush up all at once? He would definitely be busy for nothing. Gu Fei didn't want to do this kind of useless work, so he feigned a few attacks and ran out.

The guild players were still staring blankly. The system guards chased bravely, but Gu Fei tried to lead these four guards away. As a result, they stopped and didn't chase after running ten meters out of the camp. They turned back and stood guard.

"Oh dear, I can't lead them out!" Gu Fei looked at the people watching him, felt quite embarrassed, and said self-deprecatingly.

The players didn't know what to say. What was going on? This person is the enemy! The enemy! The enemy! But why are we all just watching, watching him tease our NPCs in front of us? What's the point?

Thinking this, several hot-blooded heroes couldn't hold back and suddenly attacked. Gu Fei didn't hold back and counterattacked quickly. Fire swept through, and several lives were lost. Some of the others who were about to move quickly stopped, and more people secretly rejoiced: "Good thing I didn't attack!"

Gu Fei looked left and right. No one was attacking, and there was no way to deal with the four guards. After thinking about it, he turned around and went to the due north resurrection camp.

Jian Gui had been stealthily dawdling and was finally about to arrive. The due north camp was initially where many large guilds were stationed, but now several large guilds were no longer here, making it seem much thinner. Jian Gui walked cautiously among the people in stealth, and found that no one had noticed his existence, and gradually relaxed. The camp was right in front of him, one step, two steps, three steps, Jian Gui stepped on it.

System notification: Successfully occupied enemy camp, maintain for five minutes, camp will be abandoned.

Correspondingly, the content of the prompt naturally also appeared in the system prompts of the attacking players. The people of Zong Heng Si Hai and Dui Jiu Dang Ge were walking on the way to Yun Jiao Lake at this moment, and as soon as they received this message, they immediately realized that Qian Li Yi Zui was now targeting their resurrection camp. How could they forget such a big loophole! The guild channel was filled with exclamations of "damn it," and some people spontaneously wanted to rush back.

"Only five minutes, we won't make it," Ni Liu Er Shang sighed.

"Who's over there?" Wu Shi zhi Jian asked.

"Who knows," Dao Ying Nian Hua spread his hands.

There really weren't many people in the due north camp. The two main guilds had left, Black Finger had taken people away, and Yun Zhong Mu Di hadn't been stationed here from the start. There wasn't really a single guild that could take charge here. At this moment, they suddenly heard the system notification and were shocked, frantically searching the camp in a panic. This time was different from last time. Last time, Gu Fei openly walked into the camp, and everyone ignored him, only focusing their attention on him. As a result, as soon as the system prompt was issued, it was like an attack order was given, and everyone immediately opened fire together.

But this time, everyone ran around, but couldn't find this figure.

Jian Gui was depressed, very depressed.

The moment he entered the camp and the system issued a prompt, his stealth state disappeared. This was obviously a forced setting by the system, not allowing him to occupy the camp in this hide-and-seek way. But the problem was, Jian Gui was now standing on the edge of this camp, but no one paid attention to him. Countless players came and went from him like passing flowers, and no one even spared him a second glance. In everyone's minds, they were only thinking of that figure in the black mage robe. Jian Gui was experiencing what it was like to be a nobody.

Three mages wearing black mage robes had been killed by everyone one after another just in case, but the system alert still hadn't been cleared. Every minute, the system would issue a prompt. In the last minute, it even started a 60-second countdown.

Jian Gui was still standing stupidly on the edge of the camp, counting down the seconds with the system.