Chapter 53 Trap

As Yun Zhongmu and the others had expected, the players who entered the city did not regroup; the hundreds of them scattered like startled birds. The vast majority headed straight for the nearest resurrection point. Yun Zhongmu was quite nervous; if Silver Moon was also among this half, they still wouldn't dare to act.

But good news came quickly. An energetic scout reported, "Silver Moon sighted!!"

"Which direction?" Yun Zhongmu asked hurriedly.

"Looks like he's going to the warehouse to tidy up," the scout replied.

"Keep an eye on him. Are the archers ready at the archery range?" Yun Zhongmu asked.

"Ready."

"Silver Moon is indeed going to the warehouse… but there are quite a few players here, and a lot from White Stone City. It's not convenient to make a move here," the scout reported.

"Just keep an eye on him. Everyone else, start gathering along the route from the West Gate warehouse to the archery range," Yun Zhongmu ordered.

"Understood!!"

"How many companions are with Silver Moon?" Yun Zhongmu asked.

"About forty or fifty people went to the warehouse together," the scout reported.

"That's quite a few…" Yun Zhongmu mused, "If they continue to travel together, we might have to wait until most of the 'Across the World' guild members log off." It wasn't that Yun Zhongmu wanted to give 'Across the World' any face, but because there were quite a few opponents. The battle probably wouldn't be short, and even though there were only forty or fifty people, Silver Moon's terrifying battle formation skill couldn't be ignored.

If they didn't wait for the main force of 'Across the World' to log off, and couldn't take them down quickly, it would be a wasted effort if the 'Across the World' people turned back to help. Moreover, if this strike failed, they would have already stirred up trouble. With Silver Moon's cunning, it wouldn't be easy to find another opportunity.

"One hit to kill, no mistakes allowed!" Yun Zhongmu clenched his fist. "The people at the archery range, give us a message when the Cloud's End City people log off over there."

"Roger that."

"Where did the leader of 'Across the World' go?" Yun Zhongmu asked the scout.

"Uh, I didn't pay attention!" the scout said.

"Except for the lookouts, everyone converge on the archery range. We will concentrate all our strength here for a full-force strike," Yun Zhongmu said.

"Silver Moon is leaving the warehouse!!!" the scout shouted urgently.

"Is he with others? Have the Cloud's End City people logged off?" Yun Zhongmu asked quickly.

"Some more people have scattered. Silver Moon and a dozen or so people are heading in one direction. I'm following him!"

"Not going towards the archery range?"

"No!"

"Report the coordinates! Everyone approach the coordinates, act individually," Yun Zhongmu said hurriedly.

"That bastard, can you tell where he's going?" Yun Zhongmu asked.

"This… I'm not too sure…" the scout couldn't answer. After all, this wasn't Moonlit Night City. He was still unfamiliar with the city structure, and couldn't judge where someone was going just by looking at their direction.

"Don't rush, don't rush!" Yun Zhongmu said to his brothers, also reminding himself to calm down.

"Silver Moon should also be in this main city for the first time," Yun Zhongmu analyzed, "We specially learned about the city structure in order to deal with him, but he's only staying here for a day, he definitely won't put in that effort, so he definitely won't know the way. If he wants to go somewhere, he'll probably have to ask the local players for directions temporarily. So, if you see him talking to someone, ask them after he leaves. You'll definitely be able to find out."

"Boss is brilliant! That guy is indeed talking to a player on the street," the scout said happily.

"Good job, Lao Yun!" Zhu Xian, who was next to Yun Zhongmu, slapped him heavily. "You think fast."

"Damn you, you're a pig, I'm not," Yun Zhongmu said, despising Zhu Xian while also moving towards Silver Moon's current coordinates with a few brothers, quietly waiting for news.

"Boss, we got it!!" the scout happily said, "Silver Moon and the others are going to the auction house!"

"Everyone, converge on the auction house, speed!!" Yun Zhongmu gave the order, and at the same time, he boasted to Zhu Xian beside him, "I knew that grandson wouldn't know the way."

"Isn't the auction house next to the central plaza in all main cities? Did he really need to ask? Could it be a trap?" Zhu Xian said.

"Damn it! Do you think you have God's perspective! If I threw you into any corner of the city and told you to go straight to the center, could you find it? Damn you, you're just scared of being killed by Silver Moon, it's a trap! I spit on you!" Yun Zhongmu scolded him.

Zhu Xian didn't dare to say anything. He was quite famously afraid of Silver Moon among their old brothers. He could never beat Silver Moon no matter how he played, he was always destined to be bullied, and he had a psychological shadow.

Urged on by Yun Zhongmu's "speed, speed," everyone except the ambush troops reserved at the Knight Camp had gathered at the central plaza of White Stone City—the location of the auction house.

Silver Moon and his party were walking leisurely, but Yun Zhongmu and the others were secretly quick-marching. Some classes with outstanding speed had arrived ahead of Silver Moon. Even warriors and priests wouldn't be much slower than Silver Moon and his group.

"Lao Yun, it's a bit hasty to make a move directly, if we're not well-prepared, that guy might slip away. How about letting him wander around inside first, and we use the time to set up outside?" someone suggested.

"Yeah, that's a good idea, are the people who should be logging off over there almost done?" Yun Zhongmu asked.

"They've logged off, the ones who came to the archery range have logged off," a player over there reported.

"Did you see their guild leader, a warrior, uh…" Since the brothers didn't recognize Unsworn, Yun Zhongmu was thinking about how to describe him when he heard the brothers over there reply, "Yeah, there was one. He brought everyone to the archery range and even gave a speech, he definitely seemed like the guild leader!"

"Oh…" Yun Zhongmu thought it was strange. He was also a guild leader, but he didn't have the habit of giving a speech every time he led everyone to log off.

In the meantime, Yun Zhongmu and his group had arrived near the auction house. They had also arrived early. Seeing the brothers who had arrived earlier pretending to be nonchalant and wandering around the plaza, Yun Zhongmu was very satisfied, thinking that everyone was doing a good job of hiding their intentions. Of course, people like Yun Zhongmu and Zhu Xian, who were old rivals and acquaintances of Silver Moon, couldn't be strolling around like this. These people were now hidden in the streets. When Yun Zhongmu saw this situation, he didn't need to make any more arrangements. There were people in every street, and when Silver Moon came out of the auction house, they would directly surround him. He would have nowhere to go except up to the sky or down to the earth.

"When will Silver Moon arrive, I think we can…" Yun Zhongmu was still typing a message when he suddenly felt a flash of light in front of him. Silver Moon's dazzlingly bright silver knight armor had already appeared in Yun Zhongmu's eyes. Silver Moon and his mercenary companions were walking towards the auction house.

"Damn it! You're so arrogant, you'll be crying later!" Yun Zhongmu cursed inwardly, while notifying his many subordinates: "Silver Moon has arrived, anyone who hasn't arrived, hurry up."

Such a simple command was very troublesome for Yun Zhongmu to issue. Because they were the Ten Guild Alliance, members came from ten guilds. Even if they were one family, the system didn't provide an alliance channel. So Yun Zhongmu was followed by members from the other nine guilds. When Yun Zhongmu said something, the other nine channels broadcast it live, and then any feedback was notified to Yun Zhongmu by the nine people around him.

This was indeed extremely troublesome, but the Ten Guild Alliance had been established for some time, and everyone had basically gotten used to it.

At this time, it wasn't just the three hundred or so people in White Stone City who were in a tense atmosphere. All the Ten Guild Alliance players online in Moonlit Night City knew that the guys who went out to hunt down Silver Moon were about to reap the rewards. Everyone consciously kept the guild channels clean, quietly waiting for the broadcast.

The Silver Moon group of twelve people passed through the central plaza and entered the auction house. The people from the Ten Guild Alliance exchanged glances, not revealing the slightest flaw.

Some people hadn't arrived yet. While Yun Zhongmu urged them on, he also arranged manpower on all the streets connecting to the central plaza, waiting to surround Silver Moon when he came out. Then, he recruited a few thieves to lurk outside the auction house, to temporarily block the door when he came out. The auction house was also a safe zone where you couldn't PK, so they couldn't let Silver Moon escape back inside.

If Gu Fei were in this central plaza at this time, he would definitely be able to feel the strong killing intent coming from all directions.

The only small regret in Yun Zhongmu's heart at this time was that the Cloud's End City Young Masters elite group weren't here to enjoy this grand spectacle of surrounding and killing Silver Moon.

"Everyone, be careful, Silver Moon is coming out!" a brother who had followed into the auction house sent a message.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the auction house opened, and Silver Moon and his party walked out happily, their faces clearly showing the words: "Worth the trip."

"Heh, I'll let you know what is truly worth the trip soon," Yun Zhongmu thought to himself. Suddenly, he was stunned, seeing a flash of fire swirling over Silver Moon's head. A mage's Heavenly Fire Wheel instantly formed and fell straight down without hesitation.

"What the hell, who's being clumsy?" Yun Zhongmu roared in anger. According to the plan, they were supposed to wait for Silver Moon to leave the auction house for a while, then the members pretending to be bored in the plaza would attack first, and then the people hidden in the streets would come out, small encirclement, large encirclement, inner and outer layers, leaving Silver Moon nowhere to escape.

But this Heavenly Fire Wheel did hit Silver Moon, but it also blasted all the lurking thieves out.

Silver Moon, having been attacked by a mage, and then seeing several thieves suddenly appear beside him, immediately realized what was happening. He turned his head and tried to rush back into the auction house, but the thieves could only desperately step forward to stop him.

At this time, Silver Moon's party had all come out, but the auction house door hadn't closed. Several ferocious warriors rushed out. The thieves didn't recognize them and hurriedly waved their hands to defend, but the thieves who had already been hit by a Heavenly Fire Wheel were really no match for the warriors in a head-on confrontation.

Yun Zhongmu, of course, didn't bother investigating who had been clumsy at this time, and had already led all his brothers to rush out as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the doors of the banks, exchanges, and so on located in the central plaza all opened, and large groups of players rushed out.

"What's going on?" Yun Zhongmu was a little dazed.

"Damn, it's Lan Yi, Lan Yi!!!" Zhu Xian roared wildly.

Hearing the sound, Yun Zhongmu turned his head and saw a mage in a water-blue mage robe. It was Lan Yi, the former vice-leader of the Dust Before Dawn guild.

"Damn, is it really a trap!" Yun Zhongmu looked around, and there were indeed quite a few players rushing out of the buildings. Banks and exchanges were large buildings, and the space inside could easily accommodate hundreds or thousands of people. And the Heavenly Fire Wheel from before naturally had an explanation: it wasn't thrown by their own people.

Yun Zhongmu had long suspected it. How could his battle-hardened brothers do something so nonsensical during a battle?

"Let's retreat first!" Zhu Xian trembled a little. As soon as he heard that it was Silver Moon's trap, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Retreat your ass, you grandson, you don't look like you're with me. There are 4487 brothers in the Ten Guild Alliance, and you're the only one who wants to be a grandson at a critical moment!" Yun Zhongmu roared at Zhu Xian, turned around, pulled out his dagger, and pounced towards Lan Yi.

This was the spirit of the Moonlit Night City players. Before the battle, they would have negotiations, plans, arrangements, traps… but once the fighting started, they would always go forward without hesitation. It was just four words: kill them all! When they had the upper hand, they would kill the opponents without mercy; when they were at a disadvantage, they would fight until they were killed by the opponents.

Never retreat, never evade. Yun Zhongmu had always firmly believed that these were his true brothers.

"Damn it, let's fight!!!" Zhu Xian, who had been thrown behind by Yun Zhongmu, suddenly roared, waved his giant axe, and rushed out after Yun Zhongmu.

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