“Could it be that if we let you confidently snatch back the socks, we’d just be okay with that?” Who Doesn’t Submit retorted. “Or are you going to say that if we cooperate a little, you’ll share some socks with us?”

Who Doesn’t Submit’s tone clearly indicated she didn’t believe this was possible. And Xiao Shiqin, indeed, found himself speechless due to this question. He had no pressure when it came to tactical scheming, but in such matters, he found it hard to go back on his word.

Using socks to bribe these two? Too few, and they definitely wouldn't care; too many, and why would they bother trying to snatch them from Ye Qiu's side? Practical operation wasn't feasible, and Xiao Shiqin couldn't bring himself to deceive them.

Thus, under the watchful eyes of Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward, the Excellent Era players completed a transaction, distributing Christmas socks to those characters that didn't have them. Then, the five of them decisively split up.

Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward were dumbfounded. All five of the opponents had socks. Anyone could have thrown away this abandoned pair. Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward were only two people. There was no way to confirm whose socks had been tossed aside.

But then, it suddenly dawned on them: in this situation, was there even a need to confirm whether to throw them away or not?

The two Sharpshooters quickly selected one of them and chased after him.

When the Excellent Era team was together, the two of them could only watch. But now, they had actively separated and were going solo. Would Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward still feel pressured? Of course not! The two of them even dared to challenge Sun Xiang. Which player on the Excellent Era team would they be afraid of when facing them alone?

They targeted Shen Jian, one of the five who had scattered. The two of them knew that the person they targeted definitely wouldn't throw away their socks, but this time, they weren't looking to pick up a cheap win. Instead, they were going for an outright snatch.

Initially, afraid that the opponents would see through their intentions, the two of them even made some hesitant moves to disguise their plan. Only after seeing the Excellent Era team completely scatter did they suddenly exert force and chase after him.

The system countdown continued. Excellent Era seemed to be planning to discard a pair of socks at the last moment. But Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward no longer cared about that. What they cared about was how to quickly catch up to Shen Jian's Striker to make their move.

Everyone's stamina control was equally superb. The distance that the two girls had pretended to be left behind to hide their intentions was now quite difficult to catch up with. Fortunately, Shen Jian's Striker's figure never escaped their sight. The two Sharpshooters used Flying Shot skills in coordination with sprinting to forcibly close the distance. At this moment, the system countdown had stopped, and the number of socks picked up had returned to 19.

The two girls weren't sure if Shen Jian's Striker had discarded the socks, but they clearly saw the route this Striker had been walking. If he dropped them, it would have been along this road, so continuing to chase wouldn't be wrong.

As they searched and chased, after confirming that Shen Jian had indeed not discarded the socks, the distance between the two sides had finally been reduced considerably. Shen Jian had also noticed the two people following him. He simply stopped his character, turned around, and began to await their arrival.

"As expected of a pro player, so confident!" Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward saw that this person seemed quite confident in being able to take on the two of them. He actually stopped to wait for them. Without saying much, the two of them immediately raised their guns and began shooting as soon as their characters entered attack range.

Bang!

However, the first gunshot didn't come from their guns.

Bang! Bang! Bang bang!

Their attacks hadn't even begun when they were interrupted by a series of shots. The two, who were quite experienced in actual combat, quickly determined the direction of the bullets from the trajectory. Turning left and right, they saw Xiao Shiqin's Mechanic and Wang Ze's Sharpshooter approaching from two directions.

Looking behind them, Sun Xiang's Battle Mage, Ling Fengwu, was as arrogant as ever, sending himself up like a bullet. The opponent's Cleric wasn't even positioned to support the entire team's recovery. This was clearly an offensive position, ready to add fuel to the fire of their attacks.

"A trap!" The two of them immediately realized.

They had thought that the Excellent Era players hadn't noticed their plan, but now they knew that the other side had long known they would make such a calculation. That's why they had intentionally set up such a trap for them to fall into.

Where were the discarded socks? The two of them had no idea.

Wanting to snatch the socks from Shen Jian's Striker? Now that had become wishful thinking. Right now, they should be thinking about whether they could escape the encirclement of the Excellent Era pro team.

The answer seemed to be no...

Five against two, a perfect trap, a thorough encirclement. If they couldn't eliminate two players without any professional competition experience in this situation, then Excellent Era would be undeserving of being called a high-level team in the pro circle.

"Don't come causing trouble again." Xiao Shiqin's words were a warning, but hearing them, the two of them felt even more that this was a threat. Then, the two of them were sent to the nearest respawn point.

The two girls were depressed!

Just now, being surrounded by Excellent Era, they were beaten without any resistance. They had truly experienced the level of a professional team. But because of the existence of this professional team, their future was about to be clouded. Taking zero pairs of socks for two consecutive rounds, their results today would definitely be disastrous. If they were regarded as a flash in the pan by the major teams, then everything they had been looking forward to would likely fall through!

"What do we do?"

"At least we can't let them have it easy!"

Knowing that it would be quite difficult to achieve good results in this round, the two girls had decided to completely stir up the situation.

So Ye Xiu's Mechanic, Lord Grim, received a message from Who Doesn’t Submit: "Let's team up!"

"Oh?"

"Team up against Excellent Era, four against five," Who Doesn’t Submit said.

"And then?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Let's snatch their socks first, and then talk about it," Who Doesn’t Submit replied.

"Haha, I appreciate your 'then talk about it'."

"Let's join forces and strike against the biggest threat first!" Who Doesn’t Submit said.

"Alright, do you know where they are?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Just left the coordinates 124, 45," Who Doesn’t Submit sent over the information.

"Well, their current target can only be our team, so we can completely find a place to set up a careful ambush and then wait for them," Ye Xiu said.

"You're right."

"Like this, come to the area around 186, 151."

"See you in a bit," Who Doesn’t Submit replied.

Near the coordinates 186, 151, Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward arrived and, as expected, saw the Mechanic Lord Grim and the Brawler Steamed Bun Invasion, who had arrived earlier. Without any concealment, they were blatantly looking around, waiting for someone. Seeing the two of them come over, the two characters turned around one after another and then welcomed them.

"You're planning to set up an ambush here?" Who Doesn’t Submit carefully observed the terrain of this area. This was a ruin covered in snow, and it was unclear what it was. But if you brushed away the snow, you could see many scorched marks caused by burning. It seemed to have been buried by a sea of fire, but now it was being covered by snow again.

"Our four-person combination has three gunners. This place has many covers, which is perfect for long-range encirclement. But we can't fight Excellent Era in a war of attrition because we don't have a healer, so we have to find a way to separate them and quickly eliminate them one by one. This terrain is also suitable for doing this," Ye Xiu said.

"Hmm..." Who Doesn’t Submit listened to Ye Xiu's detailed explanation, unable to find anything wrong with it.

"From their starting point that you revealed earlier, let's analyze the problem of their direction. Their pursuit target is me, so they will also first set a starting point for us. What they know is, of course, where we picked up their pair of socks. Starting from there, our possible action trajectories are..."

Ye Xiu talked eloquently and analyzed the situation. During this time, a large number of coordinates and analyses kept appearing, making Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward feel all kinds of confused.

"So, generally speaking, I think they might pass through this area from a direction that is slightly east of due south," Ye Xiu finally came to a conclusion after a thorough analysis.

"Just who are you?" Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward were already shocked.

"An expert," Ye Xiu answered calmly.

"..."

"Next, let's arrange the initial ambush positions and some possible movement changes during the battle. I know that the cooperation between the two of you is quite skilled and tacit, but remember, now there are four of us, so all cooperation and operation must be considered from the perspective of four people. Maybe you can't change your habits overnight, but try your best to overcome them. If necessary, I will remind you." Ye Xiu said.

"..."

After a while, the tactical explanation was over. It wasn't too profound, but it could be seen that the use of the terrain here was quite sufficient. Afterwards, everyone had distributed themselves according to the initial ambush positions. Steamed Bun's Brawler Steamed Bun Invasion was a melee class, but he wasn't at the forefront. Instead, he was ambushed in the deepest part of the area. Who Doesn’t Submit and Dare to Go Forward, who were inseparable, were scattered by Ye Xiu this time. Dare to Go Forward was also ambushed closer to the inside, while at the forefront were Ye Xiu's Lord Grim and Who Doesn’t Submit together.

Several people were lurking in their respective positions, waiting for the arrival of the Excellent Era players. Who Doesn’t Submit turned her perspective and saw Lord Grim on the side constantly playing with the automatic pistol in his hand, knowing that this was the other party doing some repetitive operations out of boredom.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

A long time passed. Even two sock exchanges occurred in this process. Of course, these were killings between ordinary player teams, but the Excellent Era team still hadn't shown up.

"I said..." Who Doesn’t Submit couldn't help but open her mouth, seeing that Lord Grim was just playing repetitive operations without saying a word.

"What?"

"Aren't you afraid that we're actually tricking you into meeting us and then taking the opportunity to snatch your socks?" Who Doesn’t Submit said.

"Not afraid," Ye Xiu said.

"So you trust us that much?" Who Doesn’t Submit said.

"It's not trust." Ye Xiu said, "It's just not being afraid."

Who Doesn’t Submit was stunned, and then reacted. This guy meant that he was confident that he could defeat the two of them, so he wasn't afraid of them tricking him at all.