Hu Die Lan
Chapter 925 I Am the Cicada, You Are the Shell
Coincidence? Or Ye Qiu's design?
Xiao Shiqin preferred to believe it was the latter, because the timing of their appearance was too clever, right when their Team Excellent Era was in the most inconvenient situation, these two roadblocks suddenly appeared.
Of course, Xiao Shiqin wasn't afraid of Who Dares to Turn Back and Don't Dare to Lower Head, but how could he waste time on two characters without any socks? Excellent Era's players could easily break through and leave behind other ordinary players they happened to bump into, but what about these two?
Both sides exchanged fire.
All four characters were Gunners; three Sharpshooters and one Mechanic. The battle was a hail of bullets, like a shooting game. Neither side got close, instead shooting at each other while running. Xiao Shiqin wanted to shake them off as soon as possible, engaging in technical exchanges while also trying to negotiate.
"We only have six pairs of socks here; those two have eleven pairs," Xiao Shiqin went straight to the point. Currently, of the twenty pairs of socks distributed, the Ye Qiu duo had eleven pairs, Xiao Shiqin and Wang Ze's characters had six pairs, Zhang Jiaxing's Cleric had two pairs, and another player team had one pair. Six versus eleven, the difference was obvious.
"But they are still only two people, and you are rare to be two people." However, Who Dares to Turn Back and Don't Dare to Lower Head replied to Xiao Shiqin from a mathematical perspective as well.
A normal Excellent Dynasty team would be a team of five, and the Who Dares to Turn Back duo wouldn't dare to confront them directly, so they wanted to seize this opportunity to grab the socks from this side first. The Ye Qiu duo would always only be two people, and it wouldn't be too late to find another opportunity later.
Hearing what the other side said, Xiao Shiqin immediately knew that these two weren't here by coincidence. They were taking advantage of the fact that Xiao Shiqin and Wang Ze were isolated; someone must have tipped them off. And that person could only be Ye Qiu. Because only those in the lead could know in advance where they would be going, and could send such accurate information.
"I've been calculated by this guy!" Xiao Shiqin was depressed.
"What do we do now?" Wang Ze asked.
"Don't get surrounded, let's run and shoot!" Xiao Shiqin turned his view to look at the other players rushing up from behind, feeling even more helpless. Who Dares to Turn Back and Don't Dare to Lower Head were staring at them, and the players chasing after them were also targeting them. Ye Qiu's golden cicada cast off its shell was actually using them as that shell.
"Wang Ze and I are trapped. Leave Ye Qiu to you guys," Xiao Shiqin helplessly instructed in the team channel. After exchanging gunfire with Who Dares to Turn Back and Don't Dare to Lower Head for several rounds, Xiao Shiqin had naturally seen their level. It wasn't impossible to break through their blockade, but even if they did, they wouldn't be able to eliminate or shake them off. If they were pursued by these two, and then Ye Qiu suddenly came back for a surprise attack, they would probably be finished. To be honest, Xiao Shiqin deeply believed that this was probably the ultimate goal of Ye Qiu's series of plans.
So Xiao Shiqin restrained his impulse, and he and Wang Ze fought and retreated, decisively no longer getting entangled in chasing Ye Qiu.
Of course, Ye Xiu, who had run far away, still saw his actions and was disappointed. Xiao Shiqin was right; escaping wasn't Ye Xiu's ultimate goal. His ultimate goal was to have the opportunity to snatch the remaining socks as well. Seeing that it was almost the final moment, Xiao Shiqin finally didn't fall for it. Ye Xiu was also very regretful. Who told him that his opponent was Xiao Shiqin? If it were Sun Xiang, he would probably have charged in for a face-to-face confrontation and then been attacked from the front and back by four people.
Since Xiao Shiqin and the others didn't actively chase after them, Ye Xiu and Baozi weren't able to conveniently welcome them back either. Because there were several other teams of players over there, and if the two of them with eleven pairs of socks showed up, they would definitely replace Xiao Shiqin and the others as the main target of pursuit. So at this time, they could only watch.
Sun Xiang and Shen Jian, who had arrived at the prepared location according to Xiao Shiqin's speculation, were turning around and around in their respective positions, but they never saw Ye Qiu and the others show up.
"They don't seem to be on this line," Xiao Jian reported first.
"They haven't come to my side either," Sun Xiang added.
This guy!
Xiao Shiqin immediately broke out in another cold sweat, quickly turning his character 360 degrees, scanning in all directions.
Did Ye Qiu not take the escape route he predicted because there were no pursuers, so he was no longer taking that kind of escape route, or had these two turned around and were now hiding nearby, waiting for an opportunity to act?
With Ye Qiu's boldness and courage, Xiao Shiqin estimated that this guy's choice was definitely the latter. He must still be thinking of muddying the waters, seeing if he could find an opportunity to snatch the socks here...
"Come and meet up!" Xiao Shiqin quickly instructed everyone. Continuing to wander around was no longer a solution; it was more important to gather together and deal with this possibility.
"Be careful, Ye Qiu might be nearby," Xiao Shiqin reminded Wang Ze beside him.
Gunshots rang out.
Xiao Shiqin and the others' gun battle with Who Dares to Lower Head was still fierce. The two sides were shooting at each other while maintaining a high-tempo movement. At first, Xiao Shiqin's movement was aimed at shaking off some of the pursuers, but to guard against Ye Qiu, these ordinary players were also very useful, so Xiao Shiqin and the others were now not in a hurry to escape, allowing these many players to hang around them.
"This guy is indeed difficult to deal with!" Ye Xiu, who was indeed waiting for an opportunity nearby, completely saw through Xiao Shiqin's intentions, but was also helpless. When both sides had insight into each other's concerns, they could only watch each other, waiting for an opportunity to strike. There was no better way.
At this time, Zhang Jiaxing had already dropped a pair of socks. The 120-second countdown ended, and he was quickly rushing towards this side according to the information Xiao Shiqin had given him.
Who Dares to Lower Head and Don't Dare to Turn Back, who had been invincible all along, after scoring zero in the previous round by Ye Xiu, were now once again experiencing the strength of professional players.
With a large group of ordinary players harassing them from the side, Xiao Shiqin and Wang Ze fought against them without any chaos. Finally, Sun Xiang, Shen Jian, and Zhang Jiaxing, the Excellent Era players, arrived one by one. Among them, Sun Xiang was the most ferocious, knocking over several ordinary players along the way. When he got close and saw Who Dares to Lower Head and Don't Dare to Turn Back, he didn't say a word.
Once the Excellent Era team gathered, their combat power increased exponentially. With several waves of concentrated fire, countless corpses had already fallen on the ordinary players' side. The advantage of numbers seemed to not exist at all. If they continued to kill like this, it would obviously be an ending with total annihilation.
If it weren't for the fact that barefoot people aren't afraid of those wearing shoes, the ordinary players would have scattered long ago. Even so, after killing for a while, many people were too lazy to continue their completely meaningless actions.
They were too lazy to continue, but they were also too lazy to leave. One by one, they began to stop and become spectators. In the end, only Who Dares to Lower Head and Don't Dare to Turn Back were still persisting in the battle.
These two girls knew from the beginning that they didn't dare to directly confront the Excellent Era team of five, so they both engaged in tracking and sneak attacks. Now that they saw that the situation had turned into this, they immediately didn't want to continue and began to withdraw.
Excellent Era also had no intention of getting entangled with the two of them. Only Sun Xiang's Ling Fengwu chased out a few more steps, but at this time, a system message popped up: Player Yinuo picks up the 20th Christmas sock.
"I'll go!" Zhang Jiaxing almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
He had dropped the socks and rushed back, and it hadn't been long, but someone had actually picked them up, and it was so coincidental, it was Ye Qiu?
Looking at the 120-second countdown, Xiao Shiqin suddenly reacted and immediately slapped his forehead in annoyance.
"Careless! Too careless," Xiao Shiqin sighed.
"What?" The others hadn't reacted yet!
"Ye Qiu and the others are nearby, so they saw you come back," Xiao Shiqin said to Zhang Jiaxing.
"Ah?" Zhang Jiaxing was stunned, seeming to have thought of something, but it wasn't very clear.
"Seeing clearly your direction, seeing clearly your speed, and combining that with the time you took to put down your socks and change the statistic data, wouldn't he be able to figure out roughly where you put the socks?" Xiao Shiqin said.
"I'll go!" This time, Zhang Jiaxing seemed like he was really about to vomit blood, his face turning completely red.
"Hurry up and drop another pair of socks," Sun Xiang said. He was very dissatisfied with the current score, especially after discovering that this round was a direct competition with Ye Qiu, he was determined not to lose, not even a little bit.
There were still players standing around watching, and although they weren't coming up to fight anymore, of course they couldn't just throw the socks away here, so the Excellent Era team quickly transferred. 120 seconds, not long, not short. The group moved quickly, looking for a place. They shook off ordinary players quickly, but soon, they discovered that there were two people who were not so easy to shake off.
Who Dares to Turn Back, Don't Dare to Lower Head.
"We should have killed those two guys just now!" Sun Xiang said angrily. This time he really hit the nail on the head; Excellent Era really shouldn't have let those two leave so easily before. Now, if they wanted to attack again, there wasn't enough time. If they wanted to completely kill them, they would have to throw down a pair of socks now and stop the countdown. But even so, the two in front of them were Sharpshooters, who didn't need to get close to fight in the first place, and had distance to maintain. If they wanted to run, it would be relatively easy. These two weren't bad technically either. If they played a split-up, the situation would be awkward again.
"The two of you, you're aware of the current situation, right?" The rules were fixed, but people were flexible. If they couldn't change the rules, they could only negotiate with people. The two sides were dozens of body lengths apart, and they had to shout to talk. Xiao Shiqin shouted loudly to negotiate with the two of them: "If we don't drop a pair of socks as soon as possible, this round of activity will end soon. But your actions now are really making it impossible for us to do that with peace of mind!"
"If you don't do it, will you be willing to accept that?" Who Dares to Lower Head also responded loudly, her voice crisp. If you were to imagine her based solely on her voice, you would probably be willing to think that she was a beauty.