Hu Die Lan
Chapter 213 A Match with a Foregone Conclusion
But at this moment, he was behaving with extreme rationality towards Ye Xiu.
Liu Hao had made him realize this.
He had once instigated Liu Hao to accept the main quest of overthrowing Ye Qiu, viewing Liu Hao as a pawn.
They had ultimately completed this quest, and they had completed it beautifully.
Chen Yehui was naturally very excited about this.
Leveraging the relationship he had built with Liu Hao through this main quest, he had even obtained the services of a pro player as a substitute in the new server. Liu Hao continued to seem like a good pawn.
Until they once again encountered Ye Qiu.
At this point, suppressing Ye Qiu was merely a side quest, but the two of them felt it was more appealing than the main quest they were supposed to be doing, and they both accepted it without hesitation.
The pawn excitedly stepped forward, and Chen Yehui excitedly watched the show.
But the pawn was defeated, and defeated quite miserably.
Chen Yehui didn't take it too seriously; it was just a pawn after all!
Afterward, he also tried to take a shot, but it didn't go smoothly. However, he discovered a new direction, a new line of thinking, and he quickly went to find the pawn. Then, he discovered that the pawn had made a splendid transformation, and he didn't even have the space to make such a transformation himself.
Chen Yehui finally realized.
The pawn in his hand had gained far more benefits from the main quest of overthrowing Ye Qiu than he had.
It seemed that Chen Yehui was the true pawn.
Liu Hao had turned around to do his main quest, leaving the side quest to Chen Yehui. And Chen Yehui couldn't get rid of this side quest, because it was already intertwined with his main quest. His main quest was pioneering the new server, and Ye Qiu was a mountain standing in the way.
Liu Hao didn't have to do this task. But if Chen Yehui completed this task, he could still enjoy the benefits.
Did he turn around so stylishly for that very reason?
Even if Chen Yehui knew this clearly, he couldn't do anything about it. The only thing he could be relieved about now was that he had finally come to his senses and wouldn't continue to lose sight of what was important.
Since Ye Qiu was intertwined in the main quest, he might as well make good use of him!
And this top-tier god in Glory really didn't disappoint him.
Attacking with fewer against many, resulting in the wipeout of a 32-man team, Gu Yin's voice even sounded like he was gritting his teeth. Because of this, the major guilds would definitely mobilize even more forces, right? They would definitely be even more dissatisfied with those indifferent major guilds, right? The situation in the tenth server was truly complex because of Ye Qiu's existence; he definitely had to see things clearly.
Chen Yehui pondered these things in his mind, while on the surface, he was discussing the current whereabouts of Lord Grim with Ye Du Han Tan and Gu Yin.
However, the three guild leaders were only directing their respective subordinates. At this moment, there were still players from four other guilds who were ignoring them, scurrying through the forest in search of Lord Grim and the others.
"Fucking idiots! Do you think people are going to stay here waiting for you to kill them?" Gu Yin was very annoyed as he watched these figures darting around.
"People coming from all directions haven't discovered their tracks. Using the process of elimination, we can roughly determine their possible destinations. If they're simply trying to avoid us, then any of the possibilities are possible," Ye Du Han Tan said.
"But they definitely won't just waste time meaninglessly like this. Eventually, they'll have to go somewhere," Chen Yehui said.
"Hollow Point, Desolate Land, or Graveyard of the Fallen. If they go to these places, they're sure to be exposed. The only places they can go are First Line Gorge or the higher-level Scarlet Forest," Ye Du Han Tan said.
"It's also possible that they're doing quests in the villages outside Hollow Point," Chen Yehui said.
"We can send people to wander around and take a look," Gu Yin said.
The three of them discussed and could only send players from their respective guilds to do things. They didn't know who the leaders of the other four guilds were. Gu Yin was already quite critical of the lack of unified coordination. In his opinion, the disastrous defeat in Hollow Tree Forest was largely due to this reason.
"First Line Gorge... huh..." Ye Du Han Tan stopped mid-sentence.
"What's wrong?" the other two asked.
"Just received news, they've gone to First Line Gorge," Ye Du Han Tan said urgently.
"Where did the news come from?"
"A player who was on a quest in Hollow Tree Forest. They encountered them on the road. They're definitely heading to First Line Gorge," Ye Du Han Tan said.
"First Line Gorge, they're not still thinking about running the dungeon, are they?" Gu Yin was very depressed. He had been so busy that he hadn't even had time to run the dungeon. They had casually overturned their 32-man team and then gone to the dungeon. It seemed like their busyness had no effect on Lord Grim and his group at all. Nothing was more disappointing than this.
"These guys aren't still thinking about breaking the record, are they..." Ye Du Han Tan was also very exasperated. Their guild's captain, Jiang You, was personally leading the guild's experts from the Heavenly Domain and researching First Line Gorge, preparing to break a sensational record to salvage the guild's image. His duty was to work with the other guilds to hinder Lord Grim's progress, but the man wasn't feeling any pressure at all. He was running the dungeon as usual.
"Too arrogant!" Gu Yin was furious. He was caught in a dilemma. It annoyed him that Lord Grim and the others were hiding and not showing themselves; it also annoyed him that they were exposing their whereabouts so blatantly and ignoring them. Either way, he was unhappy.
"First Line Gorge has 50 dungeon entrances. It's not easy to block them all..." Chen Yehui said.
"They have to go in and out three times. We can confirm their location first, and then mobilize our forces," Ye Du Han Tan said. He was very anxious at this time, really afraid that Lord Grim and the others would immediately create an insurmountable record.
"What's the point of saying more? Directly to First Line Gorge." Gu Yin had obviously already issued instructions, and the players from their Samsara Guild had already begun to set off towards First Line Gorge.
First Line Gorge, inside the dungeon. Ye Xiu and the others were advancing like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. But unfortunately, this run would definitely not break the record. An initial mistake had made the result irreversible, so everyone stopped fussing and just played casually.
Tang Rou was playing especially unrestrained, obviously bringing her PK mood into the dungeon. However, after passing the first Boss, Tang Rou gradually began to lose interest, obviously losing the enthusiasm she had at the beginning. The same situation also happened to Steamed Bun Invasion. Both of them went from hot to cold, finally reaching this careless and casual state.
"Hey, hey, you two." Ye Xiu greeted the two of them, "Cheer up! Steamed Bun, sing a song for us to listen to."
"Don't sing!" Su Mucheng and Tang Rou shouted in unison. Ye Xiu felt like he heard this sound from two different time periods. Many customers in the internet cafe also looked in a certain direction.
Tang Rou was as if she had been intimidated, and perked up for a while. But the good times didn't last, and she soon appeared listless again.
"What's wrong? Do you find it boring?" Ye Xiu said.
"Yeah..." Tang Rou said.
"It's normal." Ye Xiu smiled. He had watched Tang Rou's entire gaming journey. Dungeon records... this kind of thing was a pretty numb concept for a new female player who wasn't very enthusiastic about the game. What Tang Rou liked was the competition that existed within it. But where was the fun in this indirect competition of scores, compared to the direct clash of PK between players?
Tang Rou had experienced some PK, but today's battle was very different.
In ordinary confrontations in the arena, the gap between ordinary players and Tang Rou was too large. There was no difficulty or challenge, and it was easy to crush people, so there was no sense of satisfaction.
Confronting the players of Team Tiny Herb was too difficult and challenging for her. She tried her best, but she couldn't win, so there was no way she would feel any satisfaction.
Only today's battle, the breakout from Hollow Point, had difficulty and challenge. And she had done it with 120% of her normal ability. This was a fulfilling victory. Although she hadn't killed anyone, this was the first time Tang Rou had truly felt the joy of playing Glory, the satisfaction and joy after success that she had never experienced before.
Even taking a dungeon record, which seemed more impressive to other players, wasn't as meaningful to her as this thrilling breakout.
She carried this excitement for a long time, and now it was gradually returning to calm. And in contrast, the dungeons seemed so dull and tedious.
PvE could never compare to PvP, even in places like breaking records where you also needed to concentrate and perform perfectly.
In PvE, concentrating was to ensure that the mechanical operations weren't done incorrectly. Like Mo Guang's idiot guide, it truly embodied the tediousness of PvE to the extreme, and the regrettable thing was that the best results in PvE were achieved in this tediousness.
And in PvP, concentrating was for better observation and better judgment. This kind of battle, full of unknowns at every moment, was the essence of confrontation.
The most disappointing thing about PvE compared to PvP was that once you mastered the method, there was no suspense. Mobs? Boss? Dungeon? No matter what you did, you already knew the ending: defeat the monster or clear the dungeon.
A game where you know the result will always be boring.
PvE was a game like this.
Even Ye Xiu wouldn't find PvE very interesting, and he wouldn't try to make Tang Rou find joy in PvE. For Ye Xiu, PvE was just a way to improve his PvP skills. And Tang Rou was just improving herself in this kind of practice without even realizing it.