Chapter 1 The Thrice-Cleared First-Line Canyon

It was almost four in the morning when they finished their third run through the First-Line Canyon. Ye Xiu stretched and got up to move his muscles and bones. He then saw Tang Rou get up to refill her water glass, taking the opportunity to stroll around the front desk.

"Those people aren't coming anymore?" Tang Rou asked as she drank her tea.

"Who knows!" Ye Xiu said.

"What's your grudge against them anyway?" Tang Rou asked. During the game, everyone had wondered who those people were, but Ye Xiu had casually brushed it off. Baozi Invasion was easy to fool, and Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian had always looked up to Ye Xiu, feeling that they were on completely different levels. So, although they were curious, they didn't ask too much.

Only Tang Rou, who was the most familiar with Ye Xiu, knew from a few words that they were the same group who had caused trouble at the internet cafe last time.

"How should I put it... I guess they just don't want to see me in front of them anymore!" Ye Xiu said.

"How did you offend them?" Tang Rou asked.

"I used to not want them to appear in front of me either," Ye Xiu said.

Tang Rou paused. Although she hadn't known Ye Xiu for very long, she thought of him as a very casual person. She found it hard to imagine such a person seriously targeting anyone.

"Can I ask why?" Tang Rou said.

"Because they weren't up to par," Ye Xiu said.

"Not up to par?"

"The guy we met tonight, in a way, I cut short his career as a professional player," Ye Xiu said.

"Why?"

"Didn't I say? Because he wasn't up to par," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh..." Tang Rou understood. "Then you weren't wrong."

"Of course," Ye Xiu smiled.

"You've already left, but they're still so worried about you, afraid you'll go back. Does that mean you were forced to leave?" Tang Rou said.

"Oh, you're quite smart!" Ye Xiu said in surprise.

"Looks like you didn't do a thorough enough job, leaving them the chance to bite you back. Otherwise, why would they be chasing you down and suppressing you now?" Tang Rou said.

"Yeah! I was too lazy, I should have been more diligent," Ye Xiu said.

"Maybe you just weren't thinking about being ruthless?" Tang Rou said, but she didn't wait for Ye Xiu's reply. She raised her right arm and waved it twice. "Graveyard of the Lost Lands, four more times!" She said as she walked back to her seat.

The night passed just like that. After dawn, they ate breakfast, discussed, and gave pointers. Then Chen Guo got up, saw the two guys treating the game like a career, and shook her head and looked down on them as she ate the breakfast they had bought. This had become a fixed routine in the daily life of Happy Internet Cafe.

After breakfast, the two went to rest. Tang Rou used to switch between the early and middle shifts, but because she was now gaming all night every day, if she was on the early shift, she would have to insist on finishing it before gaming. Chen Guo had seen her leaning against the front desk with a tired face several times, and couldn't bear it, so she simply changed all her shifts to the middle shift. Staying up late was fine! At least she had a stable routine.

Another day passed like this. At 11 o'clock, the internet cafe finished its busy day, and the two of them started their busy day in high spirits. Speaking of which, Ye Xiu's gaming time was actually a bit longer than Tang Rou's. After all, he spent a lot of his work time playing games, but when Tang Rou was working, the front desk wasn't that free. Her game leveling efficiency wasn't high. Most of the time, she was following Ye Xiu's instructions, looking at guides and videos, and she was frequently interrupted.

Close to midnight, the team gathered, ready to brush the Flowing Land dungeon record again. Maple Forest, the guild leader of the Moon Guild, arrived confidently, narrating how he had carefully trained that day and finally received confirmation from Senior Baozi.

But when the clock struck midnight, Su Mucheng still hadn't logged in.

"Where's Mu Mu?" Tang Rou asked Ye Xiu. After so many days of playing games, everyone was relatively familiar with each other. The way girls addressed each other always seemed more intimate. This one called that one Mu Mu, and that one called this one Rou Rou, regardless of whether others felt uncomfortable.

"I don't know!" Ye Xiu was also puzzled. Even if Su Mucheng wasn't coming, she would definitely leave him a message or something, but there was no message from her in the game or on QQ. As for cell phones... Ye Xiu didn't have that gadget. He didn't use cell phones.

"Could something have happened?" Ye Xiu muttered to himself, picking up the phone next to the computer and preparing to call and ask. Suddenly, someone knocked on the front desk. A customer had arrived.

"Internet." The person's voice sounded muffled. Ye Xiu looked up and thought, "Good heavens, how cold must it be today!" The person was wearing a fluffy coat, a fluffy hat, and a fluffy scarf that covered their face tightly, leaving only two eyeballs rolling around. The whole person was a fluffy ball.

Ye Xiu sighed and put down the phone. "You win. You've finally managed to make it so that even I can't recognize you."

"Really?" The person reached out and pulled down the scarf a bit. It seemed like this disguise was making her feel stifled too. "I also thought that it would be impossible for anyone to recognize me like this."

"But don't you think you'll still attract attention sitting in the internet cafe like this?" Ye Xiu said.

"There's no one here right now anyway." Su Mucheng turned her head and looked around the internet cafe. The customers were sparse. The business at night couldn't compare to the daytime or evening.

"Not staying home properly, running over here so late at night."

"I was bored, so I came to play with you," Su Mucheng said.

"Let me see where you can sit..." Ye Xiu got up and looked around the internet cafe. The corner where Huang Shaotian had hidden last time was an area where no one sat at night. It was dark and cold without lights or air conditioning. Ye Xiu looked around, and then simply slapped the seat next to him. "Just sit here!"

"This is good!" Su Mucheng happily sat down.

Ye Xiu turned on the computer for her, and then reminded her, "This is a server, don't mess with anything, or the whole internet cafe's computers will crash."

"So fun?"

"Not fun at all!" Ye Xiu emphasized again.

"Hurry up and get in the game, everyone's waiting for you!" Ye Xiu said.

"Oh, oh." Su Mucheng didn't take off her hat or scarf, and logged into the game, all fluffy.

"She's here, she's finally here." Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was still with everyone. As soon as Su Mucheng's Cleansing Mist logged in, he heard everyone's delighted voices in his headphones.

"Yeah, I'm here." Ye Xiu said into the microphone, not mentioning that the person was right next to him.

"Where are you?" Su Mucheng turned her head to look at where Ye Xiu and the others were, and finally caught up after a moment.

"Sorry, I'm late," Su Mucheng greeted everyone.

"It's okay, being late is a woman's privilege," Baozi Invasion said. Coming from this kid, it was impossible to tell if he was being humorous, sarcastic, or flattering... or if he really took these words as the truth.

"Ahem, not much to say, let's start?" Ye Xiu said, putting on his headset.

"Enter the dungeon, enter the dungeon." Baozi Invasion now had the feeling that Ye Xiu was the main repairman, and he was the vanguard. He really liked taking the lead, and right now, he was the first to jump into the dungeon.

Soft Mist and Maple Forest also rushed in after him. Su Mucheng's Cleansing Mist was also about to enter when Ye Xiu called out to her.

"Take this." Ye Xiu requested a trade with her.

"What?" Su Mucheng confirmed the trade and saw a level 30 purple weapon hand cannon.

"You bought it for me!"

"Of course."

"How much money?"

"100."

"So cheap."

"It's not cheap in the new server!" Ye Xiu said.

"But you're very rich!" Su Mucheng said. Of course, she knew about Ye Xiu's bet with Tiny Herb, and that he had almost won their entire guild down to their underwear.

The two said as they entered the dungeon. The five of them teleported and officially began the battle.

The coordination between Ye Xiu and the other four was no longer a problem, and everything that needed to be explained to Maple Forest had already been explained. Fortunately, this person wasn't a noob, and was also very familiar with the dungeon. After Ye Xiu theoretically explained the strategy to him, he understood it quite quickly, but there were many shortcomings in the process of breaking it in. However, today Su Mucheng and the other three had all changed to purple weapons, and their output had significantly increased. As long as Maple Forest wasn't too outrageous, the output could basically make up for it.

As soon as the four of them entered, they each went to their respective targets. Maple Forest also immediately ran to the window to fly with his gun, as he had been instructed yesterday.

The five flying bullets from the flying gun were indeed not wasted, and were fired at the monsters that Lord Grim was about to pull. As a result, his character got on the window sill, and the little monsters that he had shot five times were already cursing and shouting as they chased after him.

"o..." Maple Forest only shouted half of "OT" because the little monster running towards him was instantly pulled back by Lord Grim's Circle Swing.

"Nice." Ye Xiu actually praised him for this OT.

Maple Forest shook his head. He reminded himself again that this wasn't an ordinary dungeon team, and that he had to abandon the vulgar concepts of an ordinary dungeon team. OT? What was OT? In this team, OT was nothing. He just needed to let loose and output as much as he could. The harder he hit, the faster the dungeon's progress would be. That was the idea.

Thinking this way, Maple Forest frantically attacked the four small monsters that Lord Grim was dealing with.

"So爽啊!" Maple Forest said. This was what he called output! Being able to unleash his maximum damage, instead of always having to take the MT's feelings into account, was really not cool enough! (爽 shuang - cool/awesome)

Maple Forest fired his gun happily, and the other monsters had already circled back. Cleansing Mist flew up to the high platform. Everything was the same as yesterday's strategy. However, today Maple Forest no longer needed Su Mucheng to guide him as to which two monsters were considered the center. After understanding the theory of the strategy, he had already judged where to attack.

Although it was said that he could output freely, he still had to follow the tactical cooperation! Free output didn't mean hitting whichever one he wanted.

This first wave of 12 small monsters was defeated with much greater efficiency than yesterday. When the last monster fell, Ye Xiu glanced at the time, and it was indeed very different.

"Everyone, work hard and break the record in one go," Ye Xiu said.

Hu Die Lan