Chapter 55 What's He Doing?

"Who is that guy? What's he doing?" It looked like he was trying to say something to them, but the area was so chaotic they couldn't hear him. The guild leaders had already ordered everyone in the channel to quiet down, but this was a leveling area. The monsters wouldn't be quiet, and the moment they spawned, players found themselves in a crowd, slashing and killing. They couldn't just let the monsters kill them to maintain the silence; they had to fight back. As a result, the talking stopped, but the sounds of battle continued.

"Send a few people over to take a look," someone suggested in the core command channel, where the guild leaders and core members had a shared team.

"Could it be a trap?"

"With over twenty thousand people as backup, what kind of trap could it be?"

"I've already sent people."

A few players ran out from the crowd of twenty thousand towards Yu Tian Shen Ming.

Yu Tian Shen Ming jumped and shouted, but seeing that they obviously couldn't hear him, he ended up just watching a few idiots run towards him. Yu Tian Shen Ming was too lazy to shout anymore, so he just fired another arrow.

Everyone saw this attack, and who would believe he was a friend? But for one person to attack over twenty thousand people, he had to be crazy.

Someone still got hit by the arrow, not because Yu Tian Shen Ming was a master archer, but because the crowd was so dense that you could hit someone just by throwing a brick into it. The person who got hit cursed his bad luck, but then he saw a rolled-up piece of paper attached to the arrow. He opened it and saw a few crooked words: "Looking for Fei Chang Ni Tian, follow me."

The player quickly reported the situation to his guild leader, who immediately brought it to the command center for discussion. At the same time, a player in the level 40 leveling area provided a clue: "That person is Fei Chang Ni Tian's Yu Tian Shen Ming!"

"Damn, chase him!"

Yu Tian Shen Ming was already running away, and the guild leaders quickly ordered their members to pursue.

This shout immediately caused chaos. Over twenty thousand people rushed forward, and a stampede began. People couldn't hear the shouts, so they quickly sent messages in the guild channel. The guild leaders wiped their brows and quickly yelled "Stop!" in their respective guild channels.

"Divide up first, divide up first," the guild leaders ordered, pulling their guild teams apart and breaking up the two-thousand-person blob.

This was because players simply didn't have the ability to command tens of thousands of people. Most people could only effectively command a dozen or so people, and the exceptional ones could handle a hundred. For a guild of thousands, asking the guild leader to command everyone was too much for most to handle. This required military command skills, and how many players had that? Even if they found someone with the right skills, would they hand over the guild's command authority? Not many would be willing to. People became guild leaders to command everyone. Now that the guild was formed, why would they give the interesting parts to someone else? Even if you didn't usually let them, wouldn't it make the guild leader look incompetent if you let them at a crucial moment? So everyone knew there were solutions, but no one was willing to take action. Reality was contradictory!

Now that a battle seemed imminent, they couldn't just stand around like a tourist group. The guild leaders gathered their respective members and organized them according to their usual guild team arrangements. The two-thousand-plus people quickly split into twenty-six teams, and each team had its own sub-teams. Although it was still somewhat chaotic, it was significantly more organized than before.

Yu Tian Shen Ming had already run quite a distance, but the guys behind him hadn't chased after him for a while. He had no choice but to stop and wait. The guild leaders thought, this is too obvious, he's waiting for them to chase him. This must be a trap!

The command center immediately began actively discussing the situation. People like Bao Du Feng Shuang actively explained that the forces Fei Chang Ni Tian could mobilize were not limited to their few hundred guild members, so they shouldn't be careless just because they had more people.

"So what now? He's just standing there. Are we chasing or not? Wouldn't it be laughable if we didn't dare to chase?" someone said.

"We have to chase, but we have to chase strategically. Look at how patient he is, as if he's afraid of losing us."

"He's heading in that direction, looks like he's going into the city?"

"That's it, into the city!" someone suddenly interjected. "See, that's their trap. If we get into a street fight in the main city, our numerical advantage will be limited. They can use their familiarity with the terrain to divide and surround us..."

"Damn it, we're going into the city sooner or later. If going into the city is a deadly trap, I'll accept it."

The guild leaders and core members argued back and forth, unable to reach a consensus. This was an inevitable problem with temporary coalition forces. Yu Tian Shen Ming couldn't stand the loneliness of waiting, so he fired another arrow. This time, a heavily armored warrior blocked the arrow. There was another piece of paper attached to the arrow, and the warrior opened it to find the words: "What are you doing?"

This message was relayed to the guild leaders, causing another uproar. The cautious ones said it was a provocation, a further lure. The hot-blooded ones couldn't wait to send their troops to crush the arrogant kid.

"What's with all the noise? Send a few thieves to sneak over and kill this kid," one of the guild leaders suggested.

This was the first proposal to be unanimously approved by the expeditionary force. Each guild leader sent an assassin, who stealthily moved towards Yu Tian Shen Ming.

But... before they arrived, Yu Tian Shen Ming turned and left. Everyone was stunned. What happened? Isn't he waiting for them? Why did he suddenly leave?

"Chase?" someone asked.

But that's been the subject of discussion all along! If there was a conclusion, would they be at this point now?

So, the final approved proposal was: "Let's watch and see."

As they watched, Yu Tian Shen Ming's figure disappeared, completely vanishing from sight. All the guild leaders were speechless, and the twenty-six thousand players from the twenty-six guilds were speechless.

"What's going on?" someone probed deeper into Yu Tian Shen Ming's sudden departure.

"I don't think we need to be so cautious," an impulsive guild leader expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Shouldn't we be cautious? Look, that kid clearly wants us to follow him. Tell me, if it's not a trap, why is he calling us over?"

"Then why did he suddenly leave again?"

"He figured we wouldn't fall for it, so he left?"

"Send a scouting team, scout the city. The main force will wait here?"

"Alright!"

This was another unanimously approved plan. The guild leaders all sent scouting teams to enter Cloud City first, to conduct a comprehensive investigation and see if there were any traps or ambushes.

"I say, everyone, this isn't working. I think we still need a unified commander," someone suggested.

The guild leaders were silent. They had actually discussed this issue before, but they weren't familiar with each other and didn't know who to choose. In the end, they used the excuse of "let's watch and see" to brush it off. They thought they would come to Cloud City to see the situation and see if it was necessary to choose someone for this role, maybe they could easily handle everything?

But after this, they were in such chaos over just one person, this unified command was really too necessary.

"If we really choose someone, can everyone unconditionally obey? For example, just now, if I were the commander, it would just be one word: chase! Would you chase?"

"Chasing is possible, but it has to be strategic."

"I give up!"

The situation was special! This wasn't like the previous alliance of Bao Du Feng Shuang and his people, those people weren't guild leaders after all, they were people who usually accepted commands. But what about these people now? Most of them were used to giving orders, not used to unconditionally listening to others. And they were strangers, who would obey whom?

"If we're not choosing a commander for now, shouldn't we clear out this team channel first? The more people there are, the more chaotic it gets. Just leave one person from each guild," someone suggested.

No one objected to this proposal. In the end, the command team was streamlined, and who was left? The guild leaders!

"Then let's not continue to pile up here. This is too passive, let's be proactive. First, let's divide up some people and go to the leveling area to investigate, regardless of whether there are people from Fei Chang Ni Tian or not, we have to do it, don't forget what we came here to do. Then, I suggest dividing the remaining people into four teams and blocking all four gates of Cloud City. We have to do something!"

"Alright, that makes sense." Everyone nodded and was preparing to make assignments when they suddenly received a message from the players they had just sent to scout: "That kid is back."

"Which one?"

"Fei Chang Ni Tian's, Yu Tian Shen Ming!" The scouts were advancing towards Cloud City when they saw Yu Tian Shen Ming returning from the direction of the main city, and they quickly reported back to the team.

"What the hell is going on?" The guild leaders were all at a loss.

"Kill him?"

"Don't panic, he's out in the open now, we can kill him whenever we want. Let's wait for him to come over and see what he's up to."

So the guild leaders ordered the scouts to keep an eye on him, but not to attack.

The twenty-six thousand troops waited quietly, and finally saw Yu Tian Shen Ming's figure. His movement speed was very fast, not inferior to anyone in their twenty-six guilds, as expected of a top player on the rankings.

No one moved, and no one even spoke. It was surprisingly quiet. Yu Tian Shen Ming approached, and seemed a little confused by the scene. After hesitating for a moment, he still took down his bow and loaded an arrow.

An arrow flew over, still with a rolled-up piece of paper attached to it. The person who picked it up quickly opened it, and the paper read: "Out of paper, does anyone recognize me? Message me."

The message was relayed to the guild leaders, and the guild leaders were stunned for a moment, then tears streamed down their faces. Now it seemed like they had a clue about the whole thing. This kid came over to say something, but didn't dare to get too close because he knew they were hostile. So he tried to shout, but it was too chaotic and noisy, and no one could hear him. So he wrote on paper and shot it over, but everyone started chasing him and got suspicious. This kid probably realized that he wanted to explain, but he reached into his pocket and realized he was out of paper, so he went back to the city to find some.

What is all this? Can't you be serious! Everyone didn't come here to play.

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