Chapter 1 The Encirclement

The encircling players hadn't expected such a thing to happen. They clearly saw them being killed, but they didn't go to the resurrection point; instead, they went to prison. So, it turned out that Qianli Yizui's sword attacks, slicing through people like chopping vegetables, were part of a wanted mission. Had they known this, they wouldn't have calmly watched the scene. Frankly, although the encircling players had the advantage in numbers, they were still afraid because they knew very well what kind of experts were present. If pushed to this point, they would naturally fight back with all their might. This wasn't a city war; dying meant losing a level. Facing such experts, no matter how many people they had, they couldn't guarantee no casualties, especially with that Qianli Yizui. Who knew how much sacrifice it would take to eliminate him?

Losing a level wasn't just something that exceptionally powerful players feared; who in this game didn't fear losing a level? So, they were very happy to be able to strike at their opponents without any damage to themselves.

Sending them back to the resurrection point meant they would have to continue chasing and coercing, but that was the responsibility of other players. Whether they succeeded or failed, the risk of losing a level would never fall on the group of players doing the encirclement.

It was like kicking the ball, but Qianli Yizui was doing the work, so these people gladly accepted it. Until now, when they realized the situation was wrong, it was too late to regret.

Just as they were gritting their teeth, a new message suddenly arrived: "There's an exceptionally powerful person at the Priest Academy!!!"

"Really? Kill him, kill him one hundred and eighty times!!!" The encircling players had made a major mistake and were now filled with regret. Suddenly, they discovered there was still a target they could chase and kill. They immediately grabbed at it like a lifeline, not even thinking about how chasing and killing just one person could be considered coercion. Their plan to force exceptionally powerful players to leave the guild, even to the point of disbanding it, by threatening to kill them and make them lose levels, could now be said to have failed.

The players responsible for intercepting and killing at the resurrection point hadn't yet grasped the whole situation and were still diligently carrying out their mission. At the Priest Academy, the targets were all priests, and the work was easy and risk-free, so not many people came, and there weren't any particularly fierce individuals. When they saw the priest appear at the resurrection point, they were already prepared to intercept and kill him.

Like the people conducting the encirclement, they were also disguised with masks and didn't wear guild badges. For this kind of ambush, rogues were naturally the main characters. They were now lying in ambush inside and outside the Priest Academy gate, waiting for the priest to come out of the academy gate so they could swarm him and kill him.

However, Han Jia Gongzi strolled leisurely, as if admiring the scenery, to the outside of the Priest Academy gate. The rogues' hands gripping their daggers were sweaty. Just as this person was about to step out of the resurrection point, he suddenly stopped just one step away.

"Bang!" A loud noise rang out! It startled the large crowd of players passing by and setting up stalls inside and outside the Priest Academy, and they all looked over. They saw several rogue players under the left wall outside the academy gate, at a loss, their bodies sparkling with shards of glass.

"Oops, sorry," Han Jia Gongzi waved apologetically to the rogues.

The rogues who hadn't quite figured out what was going on, especially, saw Han Jia Gongzi speaking to them and quickly pretended to be fine, patting their bodies and saying, "It's okay, it's okay. We were in stealth, couldn't see!"

"Hehe, ambushing people? Must be hard work?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

The rogues chuckled, thinking they would give him a surprise as soon as he took the next step.

But then they heard Han Jia Gongzi say, "But I'm not going to take that step. Are you getting anxious?"

The rogues were taken aback, but the masks they were wearing helped conceal their expressions. Then one of them said, "What are you talking about? We don't understand."

"Which guild are you from?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"We are..." One of them blurted out three words before being kicked hard by someone next to him. Realizing his mistake, he quickly said, "We're not in a guild."

"Your acting is terrible," Han Jia Gongzi shook his head repeatedly. The hand he took out of his pocket suddenly threw something to the right of the gate: "Are there any over here too?"

"Bang!" The bottle shattered again, but this time it didn't reveal anyone.

"Did they move?" Han Jia Gongzi muttered. Suddenly, he took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and shook it in front of him like a magician.

The small cloth bag opened, and inside was the white stone powder originally produced in White Stone City. As soon as it opened, it rushed toward Han Jia Gongzi, and one of the rogues was immediately covered in it, looking like a dough figurine from head to toe. His brothers on his left and right weren't spared either, and they all revealed their positions.

"Oh, I'm really sorry. I didn't know you were so close to me," Han Jia Gongzi casually threw away the cloth. The rogues in front of him were less than three steps away. If Han Jia Gongzi stepped out of the resurrection point, they could stab him with one hand.

The rogue who was hit the most was now standing with his hands spread out, looking down at his white face, not knowing what to do. The other guys were also looking at each other, wondering how to continue.

Then they saw Han Jia Gongzi reach into his pocket again. When his hand came out, it was another wine bottle. Both groups of rogues were startled, thinking this guy was going to throw things around again, and they quickly prepared to dodge. But this time, Han Jia Gongzi just bit open the wine bottle and started drinking. He never wasted bottles that could hold wine.

"Is it just you guys? Are there any more people?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

Two groups of rogues, ten in total, five revealed by the shattered bottles and five revealed by the white stone powder, couldn't hide their embarrassment behind their masks. Seeing Han Jia Gongzi's arrogant appearance, they were a little indignant. Since their purpose had already been exposed, one of them couldn't help but say, "Come out if you dare."

Han Jia Gongzi took a sip of wine and ignored him.

"We're targeting Very Abnormal. As long as you leave Very Abnormal, we won't make things difficult for you." One of the guys finally remembered their real purpose. They should have delivered this line first. If the other party was willing to leave Very Abnormal, it would be more pleasing to them than killing them ten times.

"Oh? Can I join your guild if I leave?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"That can be discussed. You leave first," one of them said.

"Oh? What guild are you from?"

"We..."

"Damn it, idiot, shut up. Can't you see this guy is just playing with you?" Another rogue kicked the stupid thief hard, then turned to face Han Jia Gongzi, putting on a cold look: "If you have the guts, never come out."

"If you have the guts, never leave," Han Jia Gongzi took a sip of wine.

"Hahahaha, want to outlast us? We brothers will take shifts; we can guard you long enough," this person said.

"Oh? What time does your shift end?" Han Jia Gongzi suddenly asked.

"None of your business?"

"I advise you to leave quickly, or you'll be too late," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Tch, who are you bluffing?"

"Look over there," Han Jia Gongzi pointed.

"What a childish trick," this person sneered, but someone among the ten rogues couldn't help but look in the direction Han Jia Gongzi was pointing.

A black figure entered their eyes.

Black clothes, purple sword. Just this image made many people smell the aura of losing a level.

"Qianli Yizui!!" Someone finally cried out in alarm.

Gu Fei was already close, expressionless. He glanced at Han Jia Gongzi and then nodded his head at the ten rogues in front of him, asking for confirmation.

Han Jia Gongzi nodded.

Then, with a Blink, Gu Fei's figure flashed in front of the ten rogues, and the sword light ruthlessly swept away five of them. These assassins were good enough at bullying priests, but they were far from being able to deal with Gu Fei! Of course, they knew how difficult it was to deal with Qianli Yizui when dealing with Very Abnormal players, so they deployed their stronger forces at the Mage Academy. Who would have thought that Qianli Yizui wouldn't appear there at all? Gu Fei, who had carried out a large number of wanted missions, activated the Chase the Wind badge and flew directly back to the wanted mission office. After completing the mission, he quickly cleaned himself of PK points and then came to meet Han Jia Gongzi.

Han Jia Gongzi was a priest and had no PK value, so he couldn't be sent to prison with a wanted mission. He was surrounded so tightly that he didn't have time to play too many tricks, so Gu Fei simply killed him and sent him back. Anyway, he was going to lose a level. Very Abnormal was originally short of priests, and they relied on hiring people to complete battles during city wars. Just now, a large number of people had quit again, including all the few foreign priests.

Gu Fei killed those five people and turned to attack the other five. The five of them no longer had any intention of fighting. They turned around and ran. Gu Fei cast a Lightning Spell and struck down one of them, but he didn't bother to chase the others. He turned back to Han Jia Gongzi and asked, "Are there any more?"

"There should be," Han Jia Gongzi looked around, including inside the Priest Academy.

"Where are Daoxiang Mu and Lin Musensen?" Gu Fei asked. These two, along with Han Jia Gongzi, were the last three priests remaining in Very Abnormal.

"I didn't see them. Either they've logged off or they've already sneaked out. Don't worry about them. How rich is their experience? They're the type to ambush others, how could they be ambushed by others? If this Young Master wasn't too talented and couldn't disguise myself well, I would have sneaked out by now," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Gu Fei resisted the urge to vomit, looked around, and couldn't determine who the ambushing assassins were. Han Jia Gongzi had thrown wine bottles and sprinkled white powder, and Gu Fei had killed six people as soon as he arrived. The eyes of the whole street were drawn to them.

"Except for you three and me, everyone else is in prison," Gu Fei said.

"How did you do it?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"With this wanted license of mine, when searching for player names, as long as they have PK value, I automatically receive the mission. I just received them based on the guild list," Gu Fei said.

"Oh, that's convenient," Han Jia Gongzi nodded.

"Who exactly are they?" Gu Fei asked.

"I don't know now, but it's not difficult to find out," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"How?"

"How can an event with so many people participating not leak any information? Do they think no one will know just because they wear masks and remove their guild badges? It's really funny. When has a secret operation ever been carried out by tens of thousands of people?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"That makes sense," Gu Fei nodded. "But there are also their people in our guild."

"You saw that?"

"It's too obvious. They said that you can leave if you quit the guild, but how do they confirm whether you really quit or not? Guild badge? What if I take it off myself? So it's obvious that they have people in our guild. They're looking at our guild list, so they can naturally confirm whether the people leaving are really quitting or pretending to quit," Gu Fei said.

"So you started killing people without saying a word because you were afraid that if you explained it beforehand, that guy would send the message out," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Gu Fei nodded: "After that, he went straight to jail. Even if he wanted to say something, he couldn't send the message."

"Then, did you let Zisheng Zijing and Huacongzhong Yongsheng leave on purpose?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"Yeah."

"Well done," Han Jia Gongzi nodded.

"But there was also a mistake," Gu Fei scratched his head.

"Oh?"

"Shuishen, Lu Ke, Baisheng Jinglun. These people didn't need to be killed. They weren't originally in our guild. If they wanted to leave, the other party shouldn't have made things difficult for them. I was just killing smoothly at the time and forgot," Gu Fei said.

In the underground prison of Cloudend City, the players of Very Abnormal were gathered together. After the bonfire party, the guild collectively came to squat in prison. This activity was really very unique.

When they were first attacked by Gu Fei, everyone was puzzled. After resurrecting in prison, they immediately understood what was going on. Most people were happy because some of them didn't actually have a high PK value. They could just spend a few hours in prison. It was much better than being killed and losing two levels.

"Damn, so that's what Qianli meant. He didn't say anything. Really," Yutian Shenming smiled. Compared to avoiding losing a level by being in prison, he realized that Gu Fei was actually doing them a favor by chopping them down, which made him even happier. He was furious when Gu Fei suddenly attacked him and killed him instantly.

"Jian Gui, Jian Gui, are you there?" Yutian Shenming shouted loudly. Although the Cloudend City prison was large, each cell had a limit of 25 people. Very Abnormal, plus Shuisheng, Luke, and Baisheng Jinglun, had a total of 51 people sent to prison, requiring two cells, with one person left over. Yutian Shenming was the first to be killed, and Jian Gui was the last, so the two of them were naturally not assigned to the same cell. Yutian Shenming didn't see Jian Gui in his room and immediately shouted.

"Don't shout, he's opposite you!" Jian Gui replied.

"How are you?" Yutian Shenming continued to shout.

"Same as you!" Jian Gui said.

"How can it be the same? Your PK value is over 20! Even if you're wanted, you'll still lose two levels!" Yutian Shenming shouted.

"It's nothing, it's good that everyone is okay," Jian Gui said softly, his tone actually filled with relief.

Both cells were originally celebrating their escape from death, but after hearing this shout, they suddenly fell silent. They had all forgotten about this PK rule. At the same time, everyone realized a problem: Jian Gui wasn't with them.

"Jian Gui, where are you?" Voices rang out from both cells at the same time.

"I'm right next to you," Jian Gui replied.

After calculating for a while, You Ge slapped his head and said, "Each cell has 25 people. We should have 51 people, so there's one extra person... Jian Gui, you wouldn't be that one person, would you?"

"Hehe, I was the last one to come in," Jian Gui said with a smile.

"Jian Gui..." Those who had just joined the guild, who hadn't quit at that moment, or who wanted to quit but hadn't had time to quit, were all moved. The punishment Jian Gui received was much heavier than anyone else's. Most of them had a PK value in the single digits, and even if they were killed outside, they would only lose two levels. But now, Jian Gui had to accept imprisonment and suffer the penalty of losing two levels. In addition, there was a very important issue.

"Jian Gui, you wouldn't be in a single cell, would you?"

"I am!" Jian Gui said.

Everyone fell silent again. Jian Gui's PK value was 21. He had said this before. He would be in prison for 42 hours, and he would be alone. What about them? There were 25 people in each cell. Some people had already gathered playing cards and dice. If they hadn't heard the news about Jian Gui, they would have started playing by now.

Everyone was silent. Finally, someone suddenly shouted indignantly, "We must avenge Jian Gui when we get out."

"Yes, avenge, avenge!" There were many responses. Although Jian Gui was sent to prison and lost a level by Gu Fei, this revenge should of course still be directed at the guys who organized the encirclement.

"Hehe, thank you everyone," Jian Gui said with a smile.

"Jian Gui, who do you think those guys are?" Being in different cells couldn't stop You Ge's gossipy heart. He was now shouting to discuss it with Jian Gui.

"Let's talk about it when we get out!" Jian Gui replied.

"When will you get out..." You Ge shouted, and after shouting, he realized that many people were glaring at him. These people clearly thought that You Ge was rubbing salt in Jian Gui's wounds. You Ge was stunned for a moment, but suddenly felt relieved for Jian Gui. Don't look at how Jian Gui suffered a heavy loss this time, but this time he completely made these new people admire him. Although there weren't many people, cohesion always spreads gradually from small to large. Jian Gui's incident would probably be talked about in their Very Abnormal guild for a long time, letting everyone understand what kind of person their president was.

Lu Ke came to You Ge's side at this time and tugged at him, saying, "Don't shout."

"Oh?" You Ge saw that Lu Ke seemed to have something to say, and Shuisheng also walked over solemnly.

"Is there a problem you haven't noticed yet?"

"What?"

"There's a spy in your guild," Shuisheng said with a gnashing of teeth.

"A spy?" You Ge was stunned.

"Think about it. They claimed that they would allow you to leave if you quit the guild, but how do they confirm whether you really quit or pretended to quit?" Lu Ke said.

"The badge!" You Ge pointed to his chest. "After you quit the guild, the badge disappears."

"Yeah, but what if I take it off myself?" Lu Ke said.

"Keep a close eye on it!" You Ge said.

Lu Ke looked at him without explaining.

"Uh... okay, there's probably a spy," You Ge nodded.

"Jian Gui should have noticed it too," Lu Ke said.

"Even if he hasn't noticed it, someone will know, and then they will definitely tell him," Shuisheng said.

You Ge knew who he was talking about, so he didn't ask any more questions. Then he suddenly thought, "Qianli also knew, so he started killing without saying hello. He was afraid that if he said it in the guild channel, it would be spread out."

"Not bad," Lu Ke nodded.

"Who is this spy?" You Ge gasped and looked at the players in their cell.

"What about that Ling Gu Feng? The studio guy. Where was he the whole time after the fighting started?" Shuisheng suddenly asked.

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Today I started writing 5,000-word chapters again. Suddenly, I feel that 3,000-word chapters are easier to write. What do you guys think of the two different chapter lengths? Do you have any special preferences? Please tell Hu Die while casting a monthly vote~