Chapter 1 Output Statistics

Output statistics could be refined at each stage. Generally, when measuring skill level, it was usually taken from the Boss fight stage, not including the output from clearing small monsters. Unless those small monsters posed a certain challenge, demanding a certain level of teamwork, it might be included for consideration.

The output statistics that Ye Xiu was showing at this moment were specifically from the fight with the Guardian Chief, Sha Biao. At the top of the list was Wu Chen's Xiaoqiang, followed by Tang Rou's Han Yanrou, and then Baozi and Baozi Invasion. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, who usually established aggro through output, was ultimately listed as fourth in the output statistics.

In this situation, the top three did not generate an over-aggro (ot), obviously because their output exceeded Lord Grim's, but their aggro had not reached the standard to cause an ot. On Ye Xiu's side, if he could have output more, he certainly wouldn't have held back. However, this time it was indeed because the Boss had a shield for cover, causing some extra trouble for him, who was directly facing the Boss. But clearly he had calculated that this trouble wouldn't affect the stability of his aggro, so he didn't instruct everyone to restrain their output. Now that the statistics were out, Wu Chen was immediately nervous when he saw the data. His data was just a little bit away from causing an ot. He hadn't noticed it himself, and Ye Xiu hadn't reminded him. Was it because he had calculated it wouldn't happen? That God's level calculation and control of the situation was just too terrifying.

Ye Xiu didn't care about these things at all, and didn't say anything about it. After glancing at it, he once again called out to those behind him: "Ahem, what's going on? Deception, your output this time is even worse than last time!"

It was indeed worse. This time, not counting the cleric Little Cold Hands, Deception's output ranked second to last, only higher than Flowing Clouds. It was even a little worse than Luo Ji's Steamed Bun.

What was Luo Ji's level? Everyone was quite clear. No matter how bad Mo Fan was, he shouldn't be this bad. When these output statistics came out, everyone was shocked. Wei Chen, who always speculated about Ye Xiu with the most malicious intentions, even sent Ye Xiu a private message: "What tricks did you play?"

"Scram!" Ye Xiu replied without hesitation.

"That's impossible!" Mo Fan, who was usually silent, couldn't help but shout out at this moment.

"You can check it yourself." Ye Xiu didn't explain much. These output statistics were a built-in function of the Glory system, and it wasn't only Ye Xiu who could use them. At this moment, everyone opened the output statistics, selected the Guardian Chief, Sha Biao, stage and looked at it. It was exactly the same as what Ye Xiu had sent out. Deception was second to last on the output list, even worse than Steamed Bun. Although the difference was only marginal, during the first Boss, although he, Steamed Bun, and Flowing Clouds all seemed to be paddling, he was still a notch higher than Steamed Bun and Flowing Clouds. This time he paid even more attention, but not only did he not improve, he had fallen to the same level as the two of them. No wonder he found it unbelievable.

But the system statistics were cold, hard facts that had to be accepted no matter what.

"I say, lone wolf, you're being too weak! Hurry up and think of a way," Ye Xiu said with a hint of sarcasm. But those with a bit of brains could hear the implication in those words. Lone wolf? Was he saying that Mo Fan's Deception had been wandering outside the team all along?

As soon as he thought of this, a veteran like Wei Chen immediately reacted. He hadn't noticed it before because he hadn't paid attention to this kind of thing. Now, after hearing what Ye Xiu said, he immediately understood the reason.

"So that's how it is," Wei Chen sent Ye Xiu another private message.

"That's right," Ye Xiu replied, and the two were talking in riddles.

Mo Fan wasn't stupid either. Hearing Ye Xiu's sarcastic "lone wolf," he was stunned. Was it because of this reason? Because of this reason, his hard work was just a waste of time?

"Continue." Ye Xiu didn't say much to him, and didn't waste time on him. He continued to kill towards the depths of the Yishan Bandit Stronghold.

Along the way, the small monsters were still not much of a challenge. Soon, the third Boss appeared, the Yishan Bandit Stronghold's strategist, Leng Ying.

Leng Ying's robe fluttered, and he didn't have any equipment in his hands, making it impossible to tell his class. But just looking at his clothing, it would be more appropriate to think of him as a mage.

Everyone knew the routine, but as Ye Xiu instructed, each character stopped outside of an area, waiting for Ye Xiu's Lord Grim to test the waters first.

Of course, Ye Xiu did the same. As soon as Lord Grim stepped into the Boss's aggro range, he immediately received Leng Ying's warm greeting. He flicked his sleeve, and before anyone could see his hand, a star suddenly lit up in the air, and a ray of light struck over.

Witch skill, officially named Magic Ray, always lit up a star when fired, so players were more used to calling the skill "Star Ray."

It really was a mage class.

The moment Lord Grim entered the aggro range, Ye Xiu was already on guard. Although Magic Ray was fast, it wasn't enough to hurt him. Lord Grim turned his body, and the ray missed.

With a few quick steps, Lord Grim quickly closed in on Leng Ying. Then Leng Ying's performance was even more amazing. He flicked his sleeve again, as if he had lifted the bottom of his robe. He still didn't see his hand, but immediately afterwards, Leng Ying's legs were off the ground, and he was riding on a broom.

The broom sprinkled with starlight, symbolizing that this was not a street-sweeping broom, but the most powerful magic tool in the hands of a witch.

The starlight sprinkled all the way, and the third Boss, Leng Ying, actually walked away wiggling his butt.

"What's the situation?" Everyone crowded around, asking.

"As you can see," Ye Xiu said.

"Are you still in combat?" Wei Chen asked.

"Yes."

"There's a conspiracy," Wei Chen said.

"Of course," Ye Xiu replied.

"What should we do?"

"The most shameless thing about dungeons is that they bully players who know that there's a trap, but have to break through it in order to clear the dungeon," Ye Xiu said.

"You go, we'll cover you." Wei Chen wasn't ambiguous at all.

Ye Xiu also agreed with his unambiguous suggestion. Lord Grim chased after Leng Ying in the direction he escaped, while the other nine people maintained a considerable distance behind him.

Not too far away, Leng Ying reappeared. The left and right sides were dense forests, a good place to ambush and hide people. The system was taking advantage of the fact that players had no choice, and the schemes were so crude. When Leng Ying turned around and saw Lord Grim following, he waved his sleeve again without showing his hand. Fireworks flashed in the sky, and a group of Yishan bandits shouted from the surrounding forests, killing their way out.

Ye Xiu quickly manipulated Lord Grim to retreat. He didn't want to solo this large group of Yishan bandits. When he fired his gun and retreated, he counted them: ten! A full ten Yishan bandits, more than any wave they had encountered. And the class composition was particularly reasonable, with melee and ranged attacks, a shield-wielding captain in command, and a pious-looking cleric holding a cross.

A cleric also acting as a thief… It was funny to even say it, but it was just a game class, and no one cared about it.

Clerics in a group were always considered important attack targets, whether in pve or pvp. Without Ye Xiu's command, everyone behind him had already locked their targets on the cleric-class Yishan bandit.

For Ye Xiu, pve didn't require too much brainpower to think about tactics. What was more important was how to command and coordinate the whole team to cooperate. They hadn't dealt with waves of ten monsters before, but the technical foundation of the Excellent Era team was here. Those who didn't have the ability and were self-aware wouldn't take on that difficult task, so the team was particularly harmonious. Mo Fan's Deception was an exception, but this guy came from picking up trash, and self-preservation in a mixed battle was his strength, so there was no need for anyone to worry about him.

"Han Yanrou, block those two gunners, Baozi, block those two swordmen, Old Wei, use Death's Door, Steamed Bun, use summons to bite those two ranged attackers, One Inch Ash, Ice Boundary, the two Launchers suppress with firepower, I'll grab that cleric back." Ye Xiu quickly made arrangements. His Lord Grim had already launched a counterattack. Facing a team of ten, it would be too cumbersome for him to pull all the monsters by himself. So this time, Ye Xiu simply took advantage of the strength of their team, which was that most people could stand alone. They simply didn't need a dedicated mt to pull aggro. Those with strength were all mt, and they all found monsters to tank first. And his Lord Grim, in the ten-person formation, went straight for the cleric monster.

With a few skills, the cleric monster was thrown out of the formation, alone and unprotected.

In the blink of an eye, the cleric monster fell under everyone's concentrated fire. After that, the more annoying ones were the ranged Yishan bandits. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim rushed up again and sent the two ranged Yishan bandits back. After these two were killed, there was no need to pursue the order of the remaining seven. They just attacked whichever was convenient. After a while, the ten-monster team was wiped out. Leng Ying saw this and rode his broom and flew away again. The group hurriedly continued to chase. Ye Xiu looked at everyone's condition and reminded them, "Pay attention to combat endurance, don't waste it."

No one knew what the next situation of the second Boss, Leng Ying, would be. If it was really a series of ambushes like this, the consumption would probably be more severe than that of Sha Biao, who had high defense and health.

"Do you think this plot might be related to the flare released by the old one when he died?" Wei Chen said at this time.

"Well, it's logically plausible, but it might also be a fixed plot," Ye Xiu said.

A fixed plot meant that the flare fired by the old one at the time of his death was protected by the system, and it was not something that players could prevent in order to change the dungeon's progression. This kind of plot was just to make the entire dungeon in a logical storyline.

Each dungeon was linked to the task story of the entire Glory world. It wasn't just a pure data existence where you came in and were presented with a pile of monsters to kill. It was just that many players were only willing to regard these as data and had no intention of tasting the plot within.

Ye Xiu and the others were exactly that kind of person. Analyzing this issue now was not out of interest in the plot, but just to know if it was possible to prevent the signal flare at the beginning, so that the dungeon process could be different. Logically speaking, preventing that signal flare should reduce the difficulty of the dungeon, right?