Chapter 18 Ambush

The next day, Gu Fei logged in relatively early, wanting to completely wash away his PK value. At seven o'clock that evening, everyone would be setting off together again, and if a PK battle were to break out on the road, it would be too restrictive. It was better to have a lower PK value for a less burdened experience.

Hurrying towards the wanted mission office, Gu Fei gradually slowed his pace before even reaching the entrance. His keen intuition told him that someone was watching him!

The wanted mission office in Linshui City was located close to the local player trading street. Due to lack of space, the players who set up stalls in the trading street had even extended to this area, making it a bustling and lively place. Gu Fei couldn't clearly identify anyone in the crowd, but he was certain that the person was being deliberate. The casual glance of two people passing each other, and the focused stare of someone paying close attention, were two completely different kinds of attention. The latter was what Gu Fei generalized as "killing intent," while the former was too weak and fleeting to be captured.

And now Gu Fei had already noticed someone was staring, and this feeling persisted, indicating that the other party was unaware that Gu Fei had already detected them. Gu Fei had experienced too much of this kind of bold surveillance in the game. Cloaked thieves were all so unscrupulous.

Unfortunately, Gu Fei couldn't clearly pinpoint the person in such a crowded place, but this also caused him to stop, pretending to admire the goods on the roadside stalls, while constantly calculating in his mind.

The visitor was definitely not friendly, that was certain. If they were looking for him for something normal, there would be no need for stealthy surveillance. They would have approached him immediately after seeing him.

As for who it was, it wasn't too difficult to guess. This main city's robbery business had even expanded to the water, could the land remain peaceful? Gu Fei estimated that this group was probably the same bunch from yesterday, not giving up their wicked intentions and coming to his door again.

Being targeted at the entrance of the wanted mission office shouldn't be a coincidence either. The other party had likely arranged people here to wait for him to appear. They anticipated that Gu Fei would definitely come to wash away his high PK value. However, there wasn't this arrangement when he logged off yesterday. Could it be that these guys had been patiently waiting here for him to log in, for an entire day and night? They really had perseverance!

However, now that he had been squatting for so long, why was the person watching him still the same one? Did they only intend to deal with him with this one person? Were they underestimating him too much! Or was this person on the street just a lookout, and the real ambush was in the place he had to go: the wanted mission office? Gu Fei thought, glancing back at the door of the wanted mission office.

What a familiar door! Just as tightly shut as usual. Gu Fei stared at it silently for a long time, but didn't see anyone going in or out. Gu Fei was familiar with this door, such few players entering or exiting was abnormal. This further convinced him that something was amiss.

But as the saying goes, those with great skill are bold. After confirming that the ambush was inside the room, Gu Fei prepared himself mentally and immediately walked towards the room. He was also eager to see what other tricks these guys had.

Arriving at the door, Gu Fei reached out and grasped the doorknob. The door was a large double door that opened to the left and right. Gu Fei stretched out his arm and only pushed open the left half of the door, continuing to hold the doorknob without letting go. He only stepped in halfway, holding his sword horizontally in front of him in a small sword incantation, so that whether it was slashing, cutting, stabbing, or picking, or casting spells in any direction, he could execute them at the fastest speed. It could be considered a starting sword stance that Gu Fei had created specifically for the game.

Just as half a foot stepped in, Gu Fei already felt a chilling killing intent. Especially on the right, where he couldn't see anyone, but the killing intent was the strongest. Gu Fei knew that this was a cloaked thief who was pouncing at him, but Gu Fei was prepared for this. After his left foot was firmly planted, his right foot, which was still outside the room, immediately pulled back, and the right half of the door was also pushed in.

The door was very agile, with an opening speed of at least 500. The rushing thief didn't expect this at all, and was hit squarely by the door panel with a "pa" sound, leaving only a cry of "Ouch."

If there were ambushes on the right, how could there be less on the left? While Gu Fei hooked the door over with his right foot, his left hand wasn't idle. He stretched out his left arm and slammed the door straight against the wall. The guys on this side probably saw the door open and were trying to go around to attack, but they didn't expect Gu Fei to open the door so excessively, directly opening it 180 degrees. After a cry of "Ouch," they went and stuck to the wall along with the door.

Of course, this was only temporary. If it were a powerful warrior, they might be able to hold the person behind the door like that until they died. Gu Fei was self-aware and didn't attempt this. After pushing the person with the door panel, he quickly pulled the door back, protecting himself on the left, holding the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword horizontally on his right, and said with a smile, "Why is it so lively?"

There were indeed many people in the room, all pretending to be queuing up to receive tasks. Little did they know that Gu Fei had been observing outside the door for a long time, and hadn't seen anyone come out for a while. The system's task distribution wasn't like a ticket window at a train station, only releasing tasks at a specific time. Not seeing anyone come out for so long, and then seeing a bunch of people queuing up as soon as he came in, this was too telling.

After Gu Fei finished speaking, the room was silent. Only a "squeak" was heard, as the right half of the door, without anyone holding it, closed on its own. Behind the door, a thief covered his nose, glaring fiercely at Gu Fei.

"Are you okay?" Gu Fei asked, "I don't know if this door has any attack power. Did your HP decrease?"

"Ya!!" The thief roared, gripping his daggers with both hands and about to rush towards Gu Fei, followed by another "bang." The right door panel was flashing in and out. Gu Fei shook his head repeatedly: "No improvement, no improvement! You can be hit by the same door twice. Did you figure out how much damage it did this time?"

At this moment, the thief on the left had gone around from behind the door, stabbing with his dagger. Unexpectedly, Gu Fei shrunk back, bringing the left half of the door back 45 degrees, and the thief stabbed the door. Gu Fei then pushed it out again, and with another "bang," the thief on the left also retreated, covering his nose.

"Look, this door is movable!" Gu Fei pushed it back and forth, like pulling a bellows. The two thieves almost cried.

"What are you dawdling for! Attack!" Those guys finally stopped pretending to queue up. After uttering fierce words, a group of ferocious people immediately attacked. Spells, arrows, charges, shooting stars on horseback, even a priest's Holy Light Ball, everyone bombarded Gu Fei together. As a result, Gu Fei took half a step back and gently pulled the door shut.

A violent vibration came from the hand holding the doorknob. One could imagine how much impact the door was receiving, but it was not damaged in the slightest. Gu Fei behind the door wasn't harmed at all. This level of cover and defense was so powerful that all the top-grade equipment in the game paled in comparison.

Gu Fei released the door and jumped off the steps. With a backhand wave, a wall of electric current had already gathered tightly against the wall. At the same time, the door was pulled open by the angry ambushers. Gu Fei glanced at them and saw the two thieves from earlier, one on the left and one on the right, both preparing to jump out of the door as if they were about to spread their wings and fly. As a result, with a "zzzt" sound, they were inlaid on the wall of electric current, trembling non-stop in the flickering light. The one on the left even lost his grip on the dagger in his hand, dropping it to the ground.

Gu Fei shook his head repeatedly. Today these two were destined to be unlucky; there was no way to avoid it!

Thinking this, Gu Fei turned and ran.

From the beginning, he had no intention of fighting the other party in the room. The space inside the room was limited, and a few mages' spells could cover the entire area. In that kind of situation, no matter how good one's skills were, there was nowhere to hide.

Gu Fei had pushed the door open just to see if there was a suitable opportunity to accept a mission and run. Although the two thieves on the left and right of the door had been ridiculed badly by Gu Fei, the other party's arrangement in the room was very thorough, which could be seen from the positioning of their people. Therefore, Gu Fei didn't get too entangled, provoked them slightly, and then left. By the time the electric current wall's time effect disappeared, Gu Fei had already turned a corner on a street and disappeared.

Unable to do wanted missions, Gu Fei found that he didn't know what to do.

Grind and level up? It seemed like that was the only option. Gu Fei thought, pulling a nearby player to ask for the location of the level 50 grinding area in Linshui City.

"Level 50?" The player looked at Gu Fei in surprise, secretly casting an Appraisal spell on him.

Currently, being able to fight monsters ten levels higher was only possible for very strong teams. Solo players could at most fight three to five levels higher. This guy in front of him was alone, and he opened his mouth to ask about level 50. What kind of concept was that?

This person was very gossipy in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at the time and said, "The ship to the level 50 grinding area might have already left. It won't be until an hour later."

"You have to take a boat to go to the grinding area?" Gu Fei opened his mouth wide.

Gu Fei opened his mouth to ask such a basic question about where the grinding area was, and this player already guessed that he was from outside the city. Now that these words came out, there was no doubt. He said patiently, "Didn't you see that Linshui City is surrounded by water on all sides? The grinding areas are all small islands on the water. There are boats at the pier at fixed times to go to the various grinding areas. So when grinding in Linshui City, you have to keep track of the time!"

"So troublesome!" Gu Fei muttered, "Didn't players think of their own ways?"

"At the beginning, I seemed to hear that some people made their own boats, but they were often stolen or broken. There's no way, you can't put that thing in your pocket! Actually, there are ships to each grinding area every hour, as long as you pay attention to the time, it's not that troublesome. You'll get used to it, so gradually no one made boats anymore."

"Oh..." Gu Fei understood the local customs of Linshui City. After saying goodbye to this person, Gu Fei went to the pier.

If he couldn't go to the level 50 grinding area, he would see if there were any to other levels. Anyway, there were ships, so there was no need to find them himself.

Gu Fei thought, suddenly feeling that it would actually be very good for Yu Tian Shen Ming to live in this place. When going out, he didn't have to find his own way. There would be a ship to take you to the correct and appropriate grinding area, and then a ship to pick you up. This was too convenient for a hopeless case of directionless!

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I've gradually found my rhythm in writing these past two days, but I'll have to go back to Beijing next month... Will I have to choose a seat again then??