Lin Ling was clearly a bit dumbfounded. "She...should start as a team member."

Fang Yue was personally appointed by Han Daren, who would dare disobey?

But Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu...to become a vice-captain, she really could only start from the bottom and slowly work her way up.

"Alright."

And so, the matter was settled. Although Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu pouted and acted spoiled, she was directly ignored by Fang Yue and Lin Ling, those two straight men.

Seeing that his cultivation progress was slow, Fang Yue logged out of the game.

He opened the forum after a long absence and found that Jing Yan's character profile video had also been posted online.

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Amidst a wave of positive comments, Fang Yue felt that his reputation among the players had increased significantly.

However...it was also possible that many players had quit, making the 'old' players seem particularly noticeable.

Indeed, the number of posts and views on the forum was decreasing significantly every day.

Many players seemed unable to endure the game's high difficulty and were giving up.

Those who remained were either masochists...

"Could it be that you guys are suppressing and controlling the number of players?"

"Not at all. It's simply that this game's entry barrier is too high."

"I see...then don't the people at Tengli Group know about the magical aspects of this game? Don't they play the game themselves?"

Fang Yue still remembered that his question made Guild Leader Qian stare at him with a strange expression before slowly saying,

"You don't know that Tengli Group is the asset of the [Cheaters]?"

Fang Yue: ???

He had never heard of such a thing! Before meeting the Shadow Society, Fang Yue didn't even know what a [Cheater] was!

"Then aren't the [Cheaters] creating the game themselves, then playing the internal beta test, and then manufacturing the game devices...what are they trying to achieve?"

Guild Leader Qian: ???

"You misunderstand...a big misunderstanding. *Blue Sea* was not created by Tengli Group. The game watch was not manufactured by them either. To be precise, they are just porters of nature."

"What do you mean?"

"When the [Cheaters] play *Blue Sea*, they don't use a game watch, but a thread. Our Joint Guild calls it the [Mystic Thread]. As far as we know, the [Mystic Thread] is the beginning of everything. It appears silently and is implanted into the brains of the [Cheaters], or rather, because of the Mystic Thread, they became [Cheaters] and were able to enter the *Blue Sea* game.

Afterwards, when the internal beta ended, the Mystic Degree line opened, and more Mystic Threads floated over from the cracks. Combining with our era's technology, led by the Cheaters, and using Tengli Group as a facade, they created the current game device, which is the game watch you're wearing."

Ah, this...

Strange knowledge increased!!

Fang Yue was a little confused. He didn't expect Guild Leader Qian to talk about such secretive things.

"So, Tengli Group is actually just an empty shell? They provide as many game devices as there are Mystic Threads?"

"Yes. Our Joint Guild is responsible for collecting Mystic Threads from all over the country and sending them to [Tengli Group]. This is one of the things we cooperate with the Cheaters on. Of course, Tengli Group needs a certain level of manufacturing expertise to make good game devices, so efficiency is not high. Besides the problem of Mystic Thread supply, there are other factors as well."

"Wait! So, is there now a thread in my head..."

"Yes."

"..."

Fang Yue was stunned. Somehow, a thread had been implanted in his head by this game watch. It was a bit scary.

But thinking about his experiences in the game, and the bizarre things like the parchment, Fang Yue suddenly felt that having an extra thread in his head wasn't that big of a deal.

He went to see Bai Xiaoya, who was still diligently training every day, and earnestly playing the game at night, her life becoming extremely regular.

Yuan-jie was still lazily slacking off, dragging her feet at work. When she saw Fang Yue, she even poured him a cup of tea like an old man in his seventies or eighties, living a comfortable life.

Fang Yue was enjoying a rare and comfortable vacation with Yuan-jie when Qiu Dugu, carrying a stack of documents, suddenly appeared at the door.

"What's the matter?"

"The person you were looking for has been found."

The person I was looking for?

Fang Yue, who was in a relaxed state, took a while to react.

"You found Bai Su'e's hiding place?"

"Yes."

"Where?" Fang Yue quickly asked, but Qiu Dugu glanced at Yuan-jie.

"...Let's talk outside."

Leaving Yuan-jie with a puzzled expression, Fang Yue followed Qiu Dugu into the hallway.

"Bai Su'e is hiding in this underground bar."

Qiu Dugu handed over the documents.

Fang Yue glanced at them, his expression turning grim.

Qiu Dugu provided a lot of information, including Bai Su'e's final destination, as well as a detailed report of a series of tracking locations, target's psychological analysis, and other detailed information.

These resources were all investigated and collected by the Joint Guild itself.

The Joint Guild had top-notch investigators, far superior to the investigators of bounty companies, their strength almost a world apart.

All of these materials were first-hand information, and if they were put up for sale, they would definitely fetch a sky-high price.

And now, just because of one sentence from Fang Yue, they had all been investigated and placed in front of Fang Yue.

This treatment was definitely worthy of the title of a formal employee of the Joint Guild.

Besides Bai Su'e's whereabouts, what made Fang Yue's face gloomy was...

"After investigation, it has been confirmed that your previous home was indeed destroyed by Bai Su'e's men."

That's right, the documents also showed various evidence of Bai Su'e sending people to destroy the Clear Water District, basically confirming it without a doubt.

"What are you going to do? If it's too much trouble, I'll have the security personnel take action and help you deal with Bai Su'e."

The Joint Guild was composed of multiple guilds: the Transportation Guild, the Bounty Guild, the Security Guild...

Each guild brought together the best talents in the industry, and then combined them in an orderly manner to form the Joint Guild!

Therefore, the security personnel of the Joint Guild were also top-notch, their skills going without saying.

However, this proposal was rejected by Fang Yue.

Revenge was something that only felt good when handled personally!