Chapter 31 Good Evening

"Good evening!" Gu Fei and Jian Gui waved to You ge.

You ge's mouth dropped open, and it took him a long while to reach up and push his jaw back into place. He hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Just wandering around. What about you? With a city war this big, shouldn't you be studying up? Why are you so relaxed, leveling up?" the two asked.

"I'd like to, but there have to be conditions, right? It's a chaotic mess, with stones falling from the sky. I'm exhausted just running to the respawn point!" Players called the act of respawning and returning to the battlefield "running to the respawn point," though the literal meaning wasn't quite accurate.

Gu Fei and Jian Gui chuckled. "You died?"

"Didn't I just!" You ge said, dejectedly.

This wasn't hard to understand. Although players would spontaneously form some cooperative efforts after a melee began, this was usually an emergency measure. For example, if your own small team's healer died, and there were other unfamiliar healer players nearby, you'd ask them to help heal you. That was understandable. But this kind of cooperation was passive; there was no conscious effort to actively coordinate. True cooperation was still based on pre-arranged teams.

As a result, someone like You ge, a lone wolf without a guild to rely on, found himself in a difficult position. Everyone else was in organized groups, rushing into battle in formation, while he charged into the battlefield alone. The system clearly didn't consider these third-party characters to be good friends either, and attacked them all the same. With You ge's skills, how many attacks could he withstand?

"How many times have you died?" Gu Fei asked. He still had some faith in You ge's persistence; dying only once probably wouldn't dampen his enthusiasm for gathering intelligence.

"Five times..." You ge replied.

"That's rough." Gu Fei sighed.

"Hey, but I did discover a setting that many people might not have noticed yet," You ge said.

"What?"

"Most people probably still think that dying just means going back to the respawn point, getting back to the battlefield as soon as possible, and repeating the cycle. Heh, they'll find out after they die five times," You ge said, shaking his head mysteriously.

"What happens after you die five times?" Gu Fei asked.

"After dying five times, the respawn camp will temporarily prevent players from leaving the respawn point. The plot explanation is that you're too seriously injured and need to rest. The time is five minutes," You ge said.

"This... it's not hard to understand that there's such a setting, but you're not a guild player. Even if you accidentally got into the city war, and accidentally died five times, you still have to follow this setting?"

"Of course, it wasn't me," You ge said quickly. "It was players who, like me, had been killed five times, complaining in the respawn camp that's how I heard it. I'm guessing that five times and five minutes is just the beginning. After dying ten times, maybe it'll be ten minutes or something. So I just waited in the respawn camp, and I really did find someone who had died ten times! They really did need to rest in the camp for ten minutes!" You ge said.

Gu Fei and Jian Gui exchanged a look. They both thought, this setting was definitely unknown to the main force of the Cloud Piercers guild at the north gate. Thanks to communication and coordination between the large guilds, the guilds gathered in the direction of the north gate accounted for the majority of the participants in the city war. They had effective organization, so no one was running around and charging recklessly. After careful planning, they had only just launched their second wave of formal attacks. Obviously, no one could have died more than five times yet. But the consumption tactics they were using, as Jian Gui had previously explained to Gu Fei, hinged on infinite respawns! If respawning was actually restricted by rules, then their tactics could be said to have been shattered. And the information You ge had about ten deaths definitely didn't come from the north gate.

As expected, it turned out that You ge had reached this conclusion on the south gate, the battlefield on the opposite side of the north gate. The sieges in the west, north, and east were being fought with great enthusiasm, but because their strength was indeed insufficient, and because they were playing too casually, they hadn't made any breakthroughs so far. Their repeated deaths were automatically leading them to a cycle of consumption through respawns, but this was quickly interrupted by the rule of five times for five minutes, and ten times for ten minutes. And these circumstances were unknown to the luxurious army at the north gate!

As Jian Gui was lost in thought, You ge suddenly became excited, pulled out a small notebook, flipped through several pages, picked up a pen, and asked, "How did you two get into the city? Tell me quickly."

Gu Fei was about to speak when Jian Gui suddenly turned his head and said, "If that's the case, this wave of attacks will definitely be repelled. Even Wuqi Zhi Jian might die. We can go camp at the respawn camp."

"What do you want to do?" You ge asked, puzzled. He didn't believe that these two had just wandered here. Listening to Jian Gui's words, it sounded like they had some designs on Wuqi Zhi Jian.

Gu Fei sighed. "Jian Gui, you're really a good guy. I was thinking, why don't we just have You ge ask where Wuqi Zhi Jian is? We'll just wait for news."

"How did you come up with such an evil idea!" Jian Gui was speechless.

"You gave me inspiration when you said that the third force might have some tricks," Gu Fei said.

"Wait, wait, wait, what are you two talking about? Tell me properly," You ge interrupted the two.

"It's like this, You ge. In short, because we two have a faction, we are now regulars of the system's army. These guilds and whatnot are bandits, they are rioters. For example, the original ranking of the top 100 guilds in the main city is now a list of the top 100 wanted criminals. We two have chosen Wuqi Zhi Jian, the leader of these 100 wanted criminals, and came here specifically to rid the people of this scourge," Gu Fei summarized in highly generalized terms.

You ge listened blankly, and finally said, "Is that how it's announced on your side? I also heard the mobilization outside the city. They said that your system is a brutal regime, and the guilds are rebel armies trying to overthrow you!"

"Each serves his master, each serves his master," Gu Fei said.

"What a mess..." Jian Gui was in despair.

"Jian Gui, you explain it..." You ge felt that Gu Fei might be exaggerating a bit.

"This... it's pretty much like that..." Jian Gui thought that Gu Fei's description sounded very absurd, but on closer thought, it seemed that everything really did come from the system, but Gu Fei adopted terrifying pejoratives such as "bandits," "rioters," and "top 100 wanted criminals" in the summary process, which made people feel that something was wrong.

"It seems that this city war is like a large-scale plot, even though there's no background or anything," You ge said with emotion.

"Anything new?" You ge asked.

"Right, Xiao Lei also has a faction, the Commercial Trade Alliance. He joined over at the chamber of commerce in a daze, and this kid isn't even level 40 yet!" Jian Gui said.

"Really? We previously judged that it might be possible to trigger a faction after reaching level 40," You ge said while recording.

"Could it be that his faction is more special? Looking at the city war now, the tasks we received are all combat-type, but he's just running errands, moving things around in the city, like a logistics officer," Jian Gui said.

"You have tasks too?" You ge was surprised.

"Of course. This assassination of Wuqi Zhi Jian was an unexpected discovery for the two of us, and then we teamed up to take it. In fact, we each have faction-related tasks on us! By the way, Xiao Pinggai, do you know this person, You ge? Should also be a guild leader," Jian Gui said.

"Xiao Pinggai? Let me see..." You ge took out another notebook and opened it. Gu Fei and Jian Gui both looked at You ge with admiration. It was really amazing, recording everything and carrying it with him. This was a hobby that had transcended form; it was a consciousness. It's said that You ge summarized and recorded the information of the Cloud Piercers guild, but in fact, it had no practical use for him. In general, people wouldn't run to him for consultation. This was a hobby, a true hobby. The process of collecting data was beautiful, and the result of completing the data was fulfilling!

Flipping through page after page, Gu Fei and Jian Gui waited patiently, until You ge flipped to the last few pages, and finally found the answer: "Damn, I thought I had heard this name before. It turns out it was only recently recorded. So this is what I collected after we returned to Cloud Piercers, it's newly established. Let me see, uh, this is a level 1 small guild, the guild is called Daydreamers, the number of people is currently 37, the guild leader is Xiao Pinggai, level 35, knight."

After You ge finished speaking, he looked up at Jian Gui. Obviously, this was an extremely inconspicuous, tiny, tiny guild. Placed in such a large scene, it was really just a daydreamer, just like its guild name. He didn't know why Jian Gui wanted to inquire about such a person in particular.

Jian Gui was also very depressed. He didn't expect it to be such a super small character, which made it really difficult to find. With Jian Gui's experience as a guild leader, he was sure that no one in the likes of Zongheng Sihai and Duijiu Dange would know of the existence of this Daydreamers guild. Even if they knew, they wouldn't consider bringing such a burden when forming alliances. The greatest possibility was that Xiao Pinggai was dying and struggling with his Daydreamers guild in one of the three doors of east, west, and south.

"Give up!" Gu Fei patted Jian Gui and said, "This task is too difficult, much more difficult than killing Wuqi Zhi Jian."

Jian Gui was in tears.

"This is a task?"

"Yes, this is our personal task. Jian Gui is going to kill this, I was sent to Yun Jiao Lake to investigate. We have each completed a task once before," Gu Fei said.

"Oh, what is it?" You ge asked, digging to the bottom.

Gu Fei briefly explained it like this, and finally added: "Say hello to Young Master Han for us."

"Hahaha, why bother!" You ge said, but acted as if the world was not chaotic enough, and sent a message to Han Jia Gongzi: "Gongzi, Qianli and Jian Gui asked me to say hello to you!"

"What?"

"Hey, they're with me now!" You ge said.

"What's going on?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"Said they came out for a walk..." You ge also used the original words of the two.

Then Han Jia Gongzi didn't reply. Gu Fei began to instigate You ge to carry out his evil thoughts: "Quickly, You ge, find out where Wuqi Zhi Jian is!"

"Where can I find out..." You ge said.

"Ask Yutian!" Gu Fei said.

"This...this is not very good, it's too cheating, it's better not to embarrass Yutian..." Jian Gui said.

With Gu Fei's plan, it was not difficult to ask. As long as Yutian Shenming shouted in the guild, where is the guild leader's coordinate, would anyone who knew keep it a secret? It's just that with the relationship between Yutian Shenming and Gu Fei, Jian Gui and the others, after Gu Fei and Jian Gui succeed, anyone with a brain will think of Yutian Shenming's move, then he will fall into a situation of being spurned.

"Uh, that's true." Gu Fei was too eager and ignored this. At this time, after the honest Jian Gui reminded him, he realized that this matter really can't be done, it's too wronged others.

"Or, let's just go to the three respawn points and guard it!" Jian Gui said.

"There are three possible respawn points around here, let's each take one." Gu Fei said.

"..." You ge was very speechless, he was too invisible, right? Without even asking for his opinion, he was already included. These two have tasks on them, and they will get rewards later. He is purely doing voluntary labor!

"Hey hey!" You ge finally couldn't help it.

"What's wrong?" The two turned their heads and looked at You ge with bright eyes.

You ge had the script to his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't know how to say: "How do I contact you two?"

"This is strange! You are a third party, that is, the two are irrelevant! Why can you send messages to the people in the guild, but you become enemies with us?" Jian Gui puzzled.

"Who knows?" You ge spread his hands.

"If you do this, wouldn't you also assign you to the guild side? There are quite a few people without guilds!" Jian Gui said, and subconsciously sent a message to You ge. Unexpectedly, this time there was no system prompt to ban the message. While he was stunned, You ge was also surprised: "Hey? What's the matter, did you send it?"

While You ge was surprised, he sent a message back smoothly, and Jian Gui also received it smoothly. Both sides were at a loss. Their memories have not blurred, and they clearly remember that both sides clearly sent messages to each other after the war started, but the system told them that they were hostile forces.

Speaking of studying settings, You ge's skill is deeper. After thinking about it, he said: "Try to send messages to Gongzi and the others?"

The two tried, shaking their heads: "No."

You ge analyzed: "This may be the privilege of the third party. The opposing sides are absolutely divided, but for our third party, the message may be regional. If we are in the city, we can send messages to the players in the city, and if we are outside the city, we can send messages to the players outside the city. Apart from this, I can't think of any other explanation."

"This can be explained... but, what is the significance of creating such a setting?" Jian Gui puzzled.

You ge was even more tangled, yeah! What is the purpose of this setting? Parallel Worlds always likes to play guessing games with players, and players like You ge are really tortured badly.

"I'll try if the channel can be used." Gu Fei suddenly remembered the mercenary channel, so he sent a message in the channel, but it could not be used.

"This is unfair! The channel is a public channel. Since we can't use it, why can the guild side people use it?" Gu Fei said.

"Who knows..." You ge thought hard.

"Don't think about it, hurry up and go to the three respawn points and guard! It's been so long, I guess someone here should have died five times, right?" Gu Fei's mood for hacking people is always the most urgent.

"Let's go, I'm east, you are west, You ge is in the middle." Jian Gui said.

The three chose the direction to go, keeping in touch from time to time. At this time, the luxurious battle situation in front of the north gate really had some problems because of this setting that everyone did not know in advance. The first to explode was the cannon fodder army. This part of the weaker players was unilaterally crushed by the system. Soon someone died five times and experienced the five-minute recuperation setting, and this situation was quickly reported to the guild leader, and the guild leader reported it to the guild leaders, and soon the several big guild leaders of the highest leadership knew about it. This was really a bit caught them off guard.

This is the real hand of God.

The creator of the rules is always above the rule followers. In this world, the system is the creator. Fortunately, this system is still serving the people, and creating rules is also to make the followers more entertained. If you really want to play with the players with the rules, then the players' chances of winning are absolutely zero.

Even so, at this time, everyone felt that they had been hit head-on by this unknown setting, which was a direct insertion into the dead point of their infinite refueling tactics!

The guild leaders urgently passed down the order, telling everyone not to carry out fearless consumption, to treat everything carefully, and to survive as much as possible, so that the five minutes could be consumed in the cycle. For these powerful players, this is really not too difficult, but for the cannon fodder army, a mere five minutes is a bit fatal. But fortunately, this part of the army is also the largest number of people. At the beginning, they did not know that there was this setting, and they did not have any effective organization on their side. Anyway, it was just a suicide, and everyone went up and died casually, and the number of people could ensure that they would not die. But with the five-minute setting, this unbridled death would not work. The big guilds realized that the cannon fodder army had become the key to victory, and no longer let the cannon fodder army fight and die randomly, but quickly planned and organized them, with layers and rhythms to die.

There are still quite a few people in each guild who are good at organizing and commanding. At this time, working together, the cannon fodder army was really quickly organized by them. Everyone was extremely proud, feeling that this was the legendary turnaround. Which thought the bad news came at this time: someone took the lead in breaking through ten deaths, recuperation time, ten minutes.

Everyone was shocked. This was a challenge for the regular army, not to mention the cannon fodder army. The guild leaders once again sweated on their foreheads. Ten minutes may still be able to support, but the rules of this setting are already obvious. With every five deaths as a ladder, the recuperation time increases by five minutes every five times. Continue to consume, pass ten minutes, can you pass fifteen minutes? If you consume fifteen minutes, can you pass twenty minutes? Consumption will definitely not win this war.

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