Chapter 16 Parallel World Monitoring Team

The comrades of the Parallel World Monitoring Team were repeatedly studying the recording of Gu Fei's completion of the quest chain. The battle with Soto when he first received the quest was nowhere to be found; Ye Xiaowu hadn't thought so highly of Gu Fei at that time.

"Here!" The recording paused. The monitoring team pointed to Gu Fei and Xiao Yu in front of the church and asked Xiao Wu, "What did he discover here? Then he ran to find Mophie?"

Ye Xiaowu shook his head, "I don't know."

"If he discovered a clue here, what should he do?" The comrades of the monitoring team didn't know the specific details of the quest chain.

"A high-level apothecary can discover from the traces of Mophie's blood on the ground that it isn't human blood," Ye Xiaowu said.

"He doesn't seem to have done that," said a member of the monitoring team.

"He didn't," Ye Xiaowu nodded.

"Besides that, are there any other suspicious points?" Everyone discussed.

"No, the data is all normal. Including the final battle with the Boss. All we can say is, this person is too skilled!" Someone reported.

"Then how do you explain this suspicious point?" The monitoring team looked at Ye Xiaowu.

Ye Xiaowu spread his hands, "Probably just luck! It's also possible that he just wanted to learn more about the deceased Mophie, without any particular reason."

The monitoring team watched the recording five more times, and found no violations. The only thing that was questionable was whether relevant personnel had given him tips about the quest. Everyone's eyes turned to Ye Xiaowu.

Ye Xiaowu looked relaxed and didn't feel any pressure. At most, he had let slip that the quest was in Nightglow Village, but that was something that Eddie would have said when assigning the quest anyway. It was just that Gu Fei hadn't paid attention at the time, and there was no way to investigate it afterward. What Gu Fei had discovered in the church, Ye Xiaowu wanted to know more than anyone else.

The monitoring team emphasized factual evidence and wouldn't wrongly accuse players in the game. Naturally, they wouldn't casually draw a conclusion about Ye Xiaowu. In the end, they just asked, "If we calculate by level tier, what level are the two pieces of equipment he got?"

"Around level 70," Ye Xiaowu said.

Everyone fell silent. He got level 70 equipment at level 30, and he was able to use it. Being able to easily deal with level 50 monsters wasn't hard to understand anymore.

"So, this is a level 70 difficulty quest chain? But it was completed by a level 30 person." The monitoring team's meaning was clear: the difficulty of this quest chain was unbalanced.

"Our quest chains are designed considering the abilities of ordinary players. Here! Do you think any random player could force the Boss to be unable to use the Wolf King's Fang? Don't even talk about level 30. Even if you use a level 70 account, try it. Do you think you can do it? Some people aren't ordinary people. They can do things that ordinary people can't do. Are you saying that we should base the difficulty of our quests on such superhuman standards?" Ye Xiaowu pointed to the repeated footage of Gu Fei's battle with Adrian and retorted.

Everyone was silent.

"I'm leaving if there's nothing else," Ye Xiaowu said as he left. It was strange. He had been hoping that this Gu Fei would be harmonized, but at a time like this, why did he still have a kind of expectation for this person?

In the game, outside Moonlit Night City at the entrance to Quiet Night Valley, a group of players from the Qian Chen Guild looked at a loss. The leader, Mang Mang de Mang Mang, seemed extremely frustrated. Not far from the entrance, there were many other players, pretending to deal with the sparse monsters around them while peeking over at them. Seeing the Qian Chen Guild making fools of themselves, everyone was secretly gloating. They were cooperating with great tacit understanding, chasing after a level 22 monster with five people, letting it escape multiple times in five minutes due to "negligence."

"Thieves can't sneak in either?" Mang Mang de Mang Mang asked the people around him.

A thief shook his head, "No, the monsters here are too high level. They easily see through our stealth. Four brothers have already died."

"Didn't even see that guy's shadow?" Mang Mang de Mang Mang asked.

"Didn't see it," the thief sighed.

The Qian Chen Guild had been tracking along the coordinates all the way here. At first, no one believed that Gu Fei would have entered Quiet Night Valley, but after circling around the valley and almost confirming all the surrounding coordinates, they had to accept the fact: Gu Fei's coordinates did indeed point directly into the valley.

Qian Chen tentatively organized a team of various classes, but they couldn't even take a few steps in. The strength of the monsters was too strong, the players' attack power seemed very insignificant, and their defense was too weak. The priests were working desperately, and it took two or three priests to take care of one person to save them. This kind of fighting could barely clear the monsters around them, but the consumption of health and mana was too great, and there was no time to recover. If they encountered a slightly denser area of monsters, the only way out for them was total annihilation.

They had just formed another team of thieves, trying to sneak in and find Gu Fei. Who knew that the highly perceptive monsters here could see through the thieves' stealth. Without the assistance of priests, the thieves seemed extremely fragile. Four of them died on the spot, and the rest had to run away at full speed to escape.

Mang Mang de Mang Mang was going crazy, "How is he, a mage, alive in there?"

No one could answer this question. No one knew that Gu Fei, as a mage, already had the strength of a level 50 player. It could even be said that he was stronger. A level 50 mage would never have Gu Fei's speed, but their magic attack power was comparable.

Inside Quiet Night Valley, Gu Fei was asking Coward Savior, "When you came in before, were there a lot of Qian Chen people outside the valley?"

Coward Savior nodded, "A lot."

"Why didn't they give you a hard time?" Gu Fei asked strangely.

"I was wearing a mask!" Coward Savior said, "A lot of people outside were wearing masks. All the people chasing you were wearing masks."

"Oh, afraid of my revenge!" Gu Fei smiled wryly. It seemed that his image in this game had already been set.

"When you came in, didn't they stop you?" Gu Fei asked.

"Stop me from what? They all thought I was going to die," Coward Savior said. In the end, he added with lingering fear, "If you hadn't come to meet me, I would have died for sure."

"Easy, easy," Gu Fei said, "Look, I've written another letter. Come on, I'll send you out."

Before he could give it to Coward Savior, Gu Fei realized, "No, if you go out unscathed now, they'll definitely be suspicious."

"Yeah! They were suspicious when I went out the first time. I pretended not to know that this was a level 50 training area and acted like I was scared out of my mind," Coward Savior said.

"You're pretty smart," Gu Fei laughed. After saying that, he added Coward Savior as a friend, "This is me."

Coward Savior was so excited that he didn't know what to do, and just kept muttering, "Great, great..."

Seeing him like this, Gu Fei felt a little embarrassed. This Coward Savior, other than being a bit annoying with his constant chatter, was otherwise pretty good. Especially, he seemed to be really interested in kung fu.

"Have you really studied Praying Mantis Kung Fu?" Gu Fei asked.

"Researched it," Coward Savior said.

"How did you research it?" Gu Fei asked.

"By reading books," Coward Savior said.

"Oh..." Gu Fei understood, "No wonder you don't understand footwork. Most published kung fu manuals don't teach footwork. Heh, kung fu learned that way is about the same as calisthenics."

"Can you teach me?" Coward Savior asked expectantly.

"Uh, I'm not very familiar with Seven-Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu either. I practice Six-Harmony Praying Mantis Kung Fu. The difference between that and your Seven-Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu is pretty big. I think you already have some basic knowledge of the style, so it would be too difficult to switch to Six-Harmony now. Wait until I go back and study Seven-Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu more, and then I'll teach you!" Gu Fei said.

"Thank you! Thank you so much," Coward Savior nodded and bowed.

"Do you really like kung fu that much?" Gu Fei also liked kung fu and didn't hide it, but compared to Coward Savior, Gu Fei suddenly realized that he was very reserved.

"With kung fu, there is no coward," Coward Savior clenched his fist.

Gu Fei laughed. When he talked about kung fu, he also became more talkative, dealing with the monsters that would occasionally spawn around them while talking non-stop with Coward Savior. Coward Savior also realized that Gu Fei was a professional player and couldn't help but be curious, "Then why did you choose a mage in the online game?"

Before Gu Fei could answer, he realized, "Oh, I understand. It's for better cultivation, right?"

Gu Fei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Online games can indeed accumulate some practical experience, but in fact, the attacks of NPCs are mechanical, and most players don't understand the routines and techniques of kung fu. Whether it's fighting monsters or PK, this experience is only slightly better than nothing. I came to the online game just to find a place to show my talents. If I can find a way to improve my kung fu in the process, that would be an extra reward!"

"Did you find it?" Coward Savior asked.

Gu Fei nodded. "I've found some. For example, grasping the strength, judging the attack position, mastering the timing of the attack, choosing the attack route, etc... However, these still need to be integrated and understood by oneself. Online games are very different from reality. Due to the different classes and stat distribution methods, the difference in speed, strength, and even vitality between people is very large. This is impossible in reality. In an online game, if you want to kill someone, even an ordinary thief needs three or four hits. In reality, one move is enough..."

Gu Fei was shocked by what he said. He didn't expect that after playing online games and then connecting it to reality, he had begun to study ways to kill people. It seemed that killing people left and right in the game had stirred up a bit of bloodlust.

Coward Savior obviously didn't think so deeply, and just listened to Gu Fei, nodding repeatedly, "Then the skills you learn in online games may not be usable in reality?"

Gu Fei nodded, "The most important thing is that your own speed and strength in the online game are completely different from reality. If you really want to use the online game to help improve your kung fu, first adjust your stat distribution to match your real abilities!"

"Are you doing that?" Coward Savior asked.

"Me?" Gu Fei smiled, "You're confused. I came to the online game with kung fu as the priority and training as a side benefit. I only need stat distribution that can fully display my kung fu, so I don't need to be so demanding. And now I find that magic can also be used as a kind of kung fu."