Chapter 1 Wan Li Fengdao

“…”

Mule, wearing a BoJack Horseman mask, walked into the Ken Maihua Restaurant, saw Li Ang and Liu Wudai sitting across from each other, raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and walked straight over, sitting down at the table.

“This is the information merchant…”

“No need, we know each other.”

Li Ang interrupted Liu Wudai's introduction. He was slightly surprised that Liu Wudai actually knew Mule and invited him to join the newly created guild.

He felt that Mule didn't seem like the type to get to know other players deeply.

Moreover, even if he wanted to join a guild for protection, he should look for large forces like the Special Affairs Bureau or the Global Supernatural Alliance. There was no need to join a small guild that was still in its infancy.

Or was Mule like him, temporarily joining the guild, planning to team up to complete script missions and earn experience rewards...

“Is that so.”

Liu Wudai nodded, equally surprised that Li Ang knew Mule.

This was the downside of being a lone wolf player.

Every lone wolf had to be wary of all other players. Even if they knew each other, they couldn’t develop further into friends or trusted companions.

Vigilance, suspicion, caution,

Like some kind of dark forest that had fallen into social atomization.

Ding-dong—

The door was pushed open again, and Wan Li Fengdao, wearing sunglasses and his signature beach shorts, walked in.

“Yo, Brother Xiaodao.”

Li Ang waved to him. Wan Li Fengdao gave a helpless grin, walked over and sat down, picked up the glass of plain water on the table, took a sip, and asked Liu Wudai, “Just the four of us? Is everyone here?”

“Two people declined the invitation, so there are only four of us for now.”

Liu Wudai said calmly, “If you have any suitable candidates, you can recommend them.”

No one spoke.

It wasn’t like the early days when the game plaza had just launched. Many of the stronger lone wolf players had already joined guilds and societies, and there weren't many who still chose to wander alone.

Besides, participating in script missions wasn't child's play. Each teammate had to be carefully selected—every additional person increased the difficulty of the script mission. Bringing a weak teammate wouldn’t reduce the difficulty but would create a greater burden.

“Four people is fine. It’s better to have a few elites than a large group.”

Wan Li Fengdao shrugged. He didn’t know Mule, but since Liu Wudai had invited him, he should be reliable. “When are we establishing the guild?”

“Let's do it now. Missions can be issued at any time. It’s best to complete it as soon as possible and resolve any future concerns.”

Liu Wudai took out a guild establishment application form from his inventory and spread it out on the table. “The guild will be temporarily named Hannya (寒鸦, Crow), and I will be the guild leader. There will be no vice guild leader appointed until the next script mission is completed.

Is that okay?”

“It’s your guild, you decide.”

Li Ang spread his hands, not objecting.

He didn’t have the stubborn idea of rather being the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. He wasn't a special occupation player, so why bother being the head of a chicken?

Besides, it was uncertain whether he would remain in this guild in the future. He was just earning experience points and leveling up.

Seeing that no one objected, Liu Wudai signed his player ID on the application form,

Then put down the pen for the others to sign.

Li Ang glanced at it, confirmed that there were no problems with the clauses in the application form, and signed his ID as well.

[You have joined the level 1 guild “Hannya”. You can check the relevant information in your personal panel-guild.]

The system notification sounded in his ear. Liu Wudai put away the scroll and led the three out of the restaurant.

After the guild was established, it needed a fixed location to serve as an office address.

Poorer guilds would buy a fifty or sixty square meter property,

And even poorer ones would find some two-story shops and rent the upper floor as their base... It had the feeling of an unlicensed cosmetic surgery clinic.

The place where Liu Wudai brought the three players was a modern high-rise building of nearly one hundred floors.

“…”

Wan Li Fengdao looked at Liu Wudai with a shocked expression. He knew the Liu family was wealthy, but he never expected them to be wealthy to this extent.

Opening a one-hundred-story building in the game plaza... How many small goals would that take?!

“This isn’t my family’s.”

Liu Wudai glanced at Wan Li Fengdao and explained casually, “This is an office building built by a commercial alliance composed of dozens of multinational companies from different regions.

I only have the right to use a few floors inside.”

The right to use a few floors...

Wan Li Fengdao took a deep breath, trying to suppress his envious expression and maintain a high-profile demeanor, but inwardly, he was complaining,

Damn it, why am I not rich? Would I be like this if I were rich?

Liu Wudai led the three into the building, ignored the bowing waiters on both sides of the entrance, took the elevator to the fifty-fifth floor, and tore off the guild application form in a corridor with an office building decoration style.

He confirmed that this floor would be set as the base.

Several more system notifications entered his ears,

Guild managers can set the internal decoration of the base themselves.

The guild can provide more than 50 free storage grids for members to use.

Any level of guild can provide players with a small buff, such as an increase of 20 to the sanity value limit, and an increase of 1% to the spiritual power recovery speed.

The higher the guild level, the more the number of buffs, and the stronger the effect.

The buffs take effect at any time, whether in script missions, the plaza, or the real world.

Since Hannya was a level 1 guild, the buff provided to members was an increase of 1% to running speed—better than nothing.

“By the way, what kind of decoration style do you like?”

Liu Wudai turned his head and asked casually.

He saw Mule standing with his arms crossed, leaning against the wall at the elevator entrance,

Li Ang and Wan Li Fengdao were scrutinizing the art paintings hanging on the wall together—mainly discussing whether the painting was a genuine masterpiece and how much money it could be sold for.

Li Ang heard Liu Wudai’s question and casually said, “Something that looks good.”

Liu Wudai nodded and snapped his fingers. The simple and unadorned decoration style of the original office building immediately turned into a low-key, luxurious, and restrained ancient style.

(The conversion of the guild base's interior decoration, like a store, can be completed with money. Ordinary guilds usually find someone to come to the door to do the decoration. Liu Wudai, who is rich and powerful, simply changes the outfit with one click to save trouble.)

The players present didn't need public storage boxes, nor did they really need buffs. Liu Wudai went straight to the topic and used his authority as the guild leader to issue a call in the Hannya guild,

Inviting members to participate in the next script mission together.

The guild allowed players below Lv20 to team up together, but all participating members could not differ by more than two levels, to prevent a situation where a Lv19 player angrily carries ten Lv1 players.

The three players clicked the button in their field of vision, confirmed that there were no errors, and then chatted a few words in the base, briefly introducing their equipment, props, and expertise, so that they could cooperate in the next script mission.

After that, they went offline and waited for the system's notification.