Chapter 187 Yizhan Tianxia

The plan to lie in wait for Lord Grim in the game had miserably failed again. Meanwhile, the group led by Windward Formation continued their guerrilla warfare. These people were indeed getting weaker and weaker as the battle continued. However, the two teams, while not large, always exceeded the size of a standard team. Coupled with their flexible tactics and shameless style, they still caused considerable trouble for the major guilds. But the event that followed completely overshadowed the trouble Wei Chen had caused for the major guilds.

The follow-up to the three events on the forums brought about the major guilds’ long-awaited, devastating counterattack.

Yizhan Tianxia!

This guild, which had already officially announced the formation of a team, spoke as a club, vehemently denouncing the current commercial management of club guilds in the game. Furthermore, it resolutely declared that the Yizhan Tianxia guild would always be a players' guild, never a logistics base for a club's team, and would never treat guild players as slaves.

The major guilds all went crazy. Slaves? How could this be so easily misunderstood? Which club would dare to regard its supporters as slaves? Guilds did indeed obtain a large amount of materials from their members, but these weren't taken for free! The major guilds’ mature guild systems were established for this very reason. Everyone contributed various materials and received corresponding guild contribution points. The higher the contribution points, the greater the benefits. This was clearly a win-win situation. How could guild players be described as slaves?

But before these guilds could react, someone posted a detailed breakdown and comparison of the warehouse systems of the major guilds. Using a second-tier orange equipment item randomly selected from one guild as an example, the analysis pointed out that to exchange for equipment of this level, a player in that guild needed 150,000 contribution points. To accumulate 150,000 contribution points in that guild, excluding extra compensation from participating in daily activities, donating materials alone, based on the guild's standards, would require donating materials worth nearly 300,000 gold coins at market prices.

"If 300,000 gold coins were spent directly, how many pieces of this second-tier equipment could be obtained? Players in the Heavenly Domain surely know the answer," the analysis concluded. "In the guild, an investment of 300,000 gold coins only gets you the right to use these equipment. If the equipment is lost during use, there will be contribution point penalties. Furthermore, 150,000 contribution points aren't enough to equip a whole set of second-tier equipment. There is also a limit on the number of items allowed. The guild limits it to no more than four pieces…"

After such a lengthy explanation, the guilds were once again infuriated. This argument was somewhat of a distortion of the truth. While the equivalent exchange mentioned was correct, it intentionally ignored several facts.

First, the line, "excluding extra compensation from participating in daily activities," lightly dismissed the contribution points earned from daily guild activities, which were actually quite numerous. Players who participated in team dungeon activities every day received various contribution point compensations. Those who accumulated 150,000 contribution points would definitely not have done so solely by donating equipment.

Second, the other party deliberately ignored the value of second-tier equipment. Second-tier equipment was mostly level 70 orange equipment. How many pieces of this equipment could you get for 300,000 gold coins? It was really hard to say. Even if you wanted to buy, you might not find any for sale.

Third, the penalties for lost equipment and the limits on the number of equipment were necessary. Otherwise, if a spy joined, quickly accumulated contribution points, exchanged for equipment, then went out and got killed, returning to get more... how could the major guilds allow such a foolish thing to happen? Surely Yizhan Tianxia's guild warehouse system would also have these restrictions!

There were many such deliberate distortions in the analysis. Before the major guilds could even refute, Yizhan Tianxia stepped forward again, calmly explaining that the brother's words were misleading, and that some things were like this and that, such as the fact that quantity limits and loss penalties were definitely necessary. However, compared to others, Yizhan Tianxia's contribution point requirements were at least much lower, and so on.

The major guilds were still writing rebuttals and didn't expect Yizhan Tianxia to jump out and refute themselves. Looking closer, they realized that the person who analyzed the warehouses wasn't from Yizhan Tianxia, and hadn't claimed to be. Before everyone could react, that brother replied, praising Yizhan Tianxia for putting "righteousness" first. As a club guild that had just formed a team, its benefits were much lower than those of other major guilds, truly showing its dominance.

Then, Yizhan Tianxia quickly replied, saying, "Not at all, not at all. We're just a newly established grassroots team. How can we compare to these established teams with their deep foundations?"

These two went back and forth, chatting smoothly all the way. The major guilds couldn't even get a word in. Everyone was so angry they were spitting blood. It was obvious that the two were performing a duet! The major guilds had been kicked to the opposite side of the people, while Yizhan Tianxia appeared as a grassroots leader.

Grassroots team? Grassroots your sister! Yizhan Tianxia's guild leader was a well-known RMB warrior in the game. Without spending a lot of money, how could he support a large guild that could rival the club guilds? And this kind of person was pretending to be grassroots?

As for Yizhan Tianxia's low warehouse contribution requirements, that was natural. The resources in Yizhan Tianxia's guild warehouse were definitely not as abundant as those in the major guilds' warehouses. The major guilds were well aware of this. After all, wild field Bosses and dungeon record rewards were basically rotated among the major guilds. Yizhan Tianxia couldn't get these things even with money. With no good stuff in the warehouse, the contribution requirements were naturally low. Yizhan Tianxia didn't mention this, but instead flaunted their low welfare requirements, taking advantage of the previous screenshots of the major guilds' inventories to create a false impression.

The major guilds all frantically replied.

One explained the contribution point allocation method of their guild in detail.

Another promoted the rarity and difficulty of obtaining high-end equipment, saying it was hard to buy on the market.

Still others pointed directly at Yizhan Tianxia, saying, "Dare you show us your warehouse? Your warehouse has no goods at all, of course the contribution requirements are low."

Some even had spies take screenshots of Yizhan Tianxia's guild warehouse. As expected, the high-end equipment was not as plentiful as in the warehouses of the major guilds.

As a result, Yizhan Tianxia laughed and said, "Our contribution requirements are low, so many people have already reached them. The equipment is all on the players now, of course you can't see it in the warehouse. Unlike you guys, you set such high requirements that the equipment is all left in the warehouse to lay eggs. Shame."

For a time, the forums were filled with flame wars, with Yizhan Tianxia single-handedly battling on all sides without losing ground. The players were amazed, their eyes couldn't keep up.

Chen Guo was idly browsing the forums again when she discovered this major battle and quickly pulled Ye Xiu over to watch. After Ye Xiu saw it, he couldn't help but praise Yizhan Tianxia's skillful move.

"Isn't this too much of a provocation?" Chen Guo asked. This time, Yizhan Tianxia directly challenged all the clubs, appearing to be the target of everyone's criticism.

"What's there to be afraid of? Their previous publicity has always been strong, and they have already provoked everyone. Now, they are directly dividing themselves and other club guilds into two opposing sides. This is very clever, you know? Because they know that it is basically impossible to directly snatch fans from the major teams. So, they simply create a situation where they are opposed to all the major teams. Players will always waver in such a dispute. Even if not many supporters stand on his side, he only has one choice! Unlike the other side, where there are so many teams to choose from. If you're on the opposite side, there's only one Yizhan Tianxia. Do you know how much popularity he can get with this?"

"But isn't it bad to have such strained relations with all the clubs?" Chen Guo said.

"Well, it's definitely not as good as being on good terms with everyone. But the problem is, think about the other party's background. That Zhan Loulan, as you said, is the most famous RMB warrior in Glory right now. He supported a large guild that can compete with club guilds with money and even directly invested in the alliance to form a team. His family background must be extraordinary. He has the confidence, he has the possibility of soaring to the sky in one step, so why bother dealing with the major guilds with polite words and various schemes? It has to be said, rich people are powerful and domineering!" Ye Xiu said with emotion.

After saying that, Ye Xiu casually clicked the refresh button on the post and then clicked on the new content that had just appeared below: "Look, look, we can't do these kinds of things if we started from scratch!"

Chen Guo also refreshed and saw that Yizhan Tianxia had already posted, saying that many new players had applied to join, but because the guild was full, they had decided to open a branch guild. The branch guild's warehouse would also be quickly established, but the guild level needed players to work hard and so on.

Chen Guo looked at how Yizhan Tianxia had become so successful in such a short period of time since revealing their intention to form a team, while they were taking every step with difficulty and making all sorts of calculations. She couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and deeply hated her own lack of strength.

As a result, Ye Xiu's QQ rang. It was Wei Chen with a message, also having seen Yizhan Tianxia's blatant challenge to the major clubs on the forums.

"Damn, this Yizhan Tianxia is domineering enough! I heard a long time ago that the guild leader is a big tycoon, but I didn't expect him to have the ambition to form a team. Speaking of which, didn't your Lord Grim join them? Could this guy be our behind-the-scenes boss?" Wei Chen asked.

Seeing Wei Chen say this, Chen Guo felt even more ashamed. Then she saw Ye Xiu quickly reply: "No, our boss is that woman you mocked the other day!"

"Damn, then do I still have a chance? I think I'll pack up and go join Yizhan Tianxia?"

"You want to go undercover in Yizhan Tianxia? No need, didn't you just say that my account is in Yizhan Tianxia?" Ye Xiu replied.

"Damn, deep planning, you saw the potential of Yizhan Tianxia early on?" Wei Chen exclaimed.

"Not at all, not at all, pure coincidence," Ye Xiu said.

"Coincidence also needs to be used well, I know how shameless you are. But speaking of which, I was originally looking for you to say something, but I've forgotten," Wei Chen muttered, but he seemed to be quickly reminded and immediately added a message: "Right, I received the account card you sent, why isn't there a knight?"

"Oh, I kept the knight, I have a use for it, think of a way to get the one you're missing yourselves!"