Hu Die Lan
Chapter 417 City-Wide Search Party
"What do we do now?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked after Han Jia Gongzi finished sending the letter.
"Watch the fun," Han Jia Gongzi said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a player hurried out of a system store near the mailbox and walked to the mailbox in two or three steps. The six made way for him, and the man opened the mailbox and took out a letter. He was still groping in the mailbox, but he didn't find anything. Then he tore open the letter, and a gold coin rolled out immediately. The man was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "Damn it!" He picked up the gold coin from the ground and took out the letter.
The five looked at each other, thinking it was really a coincidence to be able to watch the live broadcast of someone receiving this letter.
The man unfolded the letter and glanced at it casually, his expression changed drastically immediately. He hurried back to the store he had just come out of, and soon came out with two other people. The letter was now in the hands of those two, and they were staring at the few short sentences as if their lives depended on it.
"Who sent it?" the two asked the man who took the letter earlier after reading it.
"I don't know, it was sent anonymously." Letters in the game can be sent anonymously, but in this case, you can't receive a reply from the other party. To reply, you must fill in the player ID to send it to the other party.
"Notify the guild leader!"
"Okay!" The recipient stood still and sent a message. A moment later, he said in surprise, "The guild leader said he also received a letter with a gold coin just now. Could it be the same as this one?"
"Who could this person be?"
"I don't know, let's find some people to pay attention to the Qingxia Guild's actions first!" The three left while talking.
"How many people are in the city?" The last thing the five heard was such a murmur. Han Jia Gongzi was stunned after hearing this sentence, and then said, "I forgot something."
"What?" Everyone looked at him.
"Linshui City is a hellhole. People can't gather as soon as you say so. Those who go out to sea to level up have to wait for a ship to come back. Even if you tell the guilds now, they won't be able to gather many people in a short time," Han Jia Gongzi said.
"There will always be some, right!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.
"There will be much fewer," You Ge said. The main activity for players is leveling up and treasure hunting. The leveling area is the main place of activity. There are generally not many people active in the city.
"Jian Nan You, did this kid choose to be active in such a main city on purpose?" Han Jia Gongzi said.
"No, he was born here," You Ge said. He and Jian Nan You were old acquaintances and had added each other as friends long ago.
"Oh… then he's lucky," Han Jia Gongzi said.
"What about us now?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked again about what he had asked at the beginning.
"Let's wander around the city and check the work situation of the guilds in Linshui City!" Han Jia Gongzi said.
After breaking up, Jian Nan You and his seven companions deftly shuttled through the city. Their style of doing things was very similar. They all changed their equipment and walked through the streets with their heads down, avoiding face-to-face contact with anyone.
Splitting up was indeed an effective solution. In such a large main city, it's hard to find and bump into a specific person. Just think about how anxious Ni Liu Er Shang and Yun Zhong Mu Di were when they tried to find Gu Fei, and you'll know how difficult it is. They were discovered so quickly before because the group of seven was too conspicuous. Jian Nan You really regretted not making the decision to split up sooner. Fortunately, the loss wasn't too great. In the end, only Huo Ran Yi was sacrificed.
But… I wonder how the video mage is doing. Jian Nan You was worried about Gu Fei at this moment! Judging from the situation at the time, Gu Fei, as an ordinary player, definitely couldn't escape. Jian Nan You regretted that he didn't get to eat this fat sheep himself, but it fell into someone else's pocket. I hope he doesn't drop anything when he dies. Jian Nan You prayed for Gu Fei like this, wondering what Gu Fei would think when he found out.
Jian Nan You arrived safely at the east gate of Linshui City. This was not the closest city gate to their agreed meeting place, but at this time, he didn't have time to worry about distance. Naturally, he chose the safest route. He sneaked all the way down and approached this city gate.
The cautious Jian Nan You did not rashly step forward. He glanced casually at the city gate from nearby and couldn't help but curse inwardly. People from the Qingxia Guild were stationed at the city gate, carefully looking at the players entering and exiting. Wanting to sneak out… Jian Nan You didn't know if the other party recognized him. If they didn't recognize him, it would be fine. But if they recognized him, they definitely wouldn't let him pass so easily.
Even the resourceful Jian Nan You couldn't figure out a way after thinking for a long time. He contacted the other brothers, and they had all arrived at the city gate, except for Hei Shui Quan Ka. Only Hei Shui swaggered out of the city after sneaking in, and the others were still clueless.
"Which gate are you all at?" Jian Nan You asked everyone.
"I'm at the south gate."
"I'm at the north gate."
"I'm at the west gate."
"I'm also at the west gate."
"Ah, you're also at the west gate? Where are you? Why didn't I see you…"
"I didn't see you either…"
From this, it can be seen that the seven's disguise was still very successful. They couldn't even find their own people, let alone other strangers.
"Let's find a gate to meet up first!" Jian Nan You said helplessly, "It's too risky to go out like this."
"Which gate should we go to?"
"Let's go to Dao Xiang Mu's place!"
Dao Xiang Mu was at the west gate, so the others began to move cautiously in that direction. People from the Qingxia Guild ran past them in groups of three or five from time to time, startling them into a cold sweat, but they were never exposed.
Jian Nan You and the others were still secretly feeling fortunate about this, but they didn't know that his return trip gave Han Jia Gongzi's gold coin letter plan time to develop.
Of the 20 guilds in Linshui City, 17 responded to the gold coin letters in the first instance. The person who took the letter was either the guild leader himself, or a core member of the guild. In any case, the message had been conveyed.
Among the 17, 6 were more casual guilds. They had no greed or desire for this and laughed off the news, not taking it seriously. But the remaining 11 guilds paid great attention to it. As Han Jia Gongzi and the others had seen earlier next to the mailbox, they immediately summoned the manpower they could summon and began to inquire about the situation.
The Qingxia Guild had hundreds of people. Some were flying around in the city, some were stationed at the city gates, and some were stationed in the safe zones, especially the heavy troops at the Priest Academy. This would easily be noticed by those who were interested. As a result, it was naturally determined that the news was not false. Although they still had doubts about the source, they immediately launched a summoning order for the leveling players on the leveling islands.
It takes time to return by boat. Jian Nan You and his seven companions gave them time by wandering around the city. While the other party's manpower outside was rushing back, they also began to collect intelligence information about Jian Nan You and his group. The more people, the greater the power. If the Qingxia Guild couldn't recognize all seven of them, now that the net was spread so wide, the guilds knew a little bit about the situation in groups of three or five. Although they didn't exchange information with each other, from an overall perspective, the seven were already in a transparent state.
Each guild showed its strengths. Those who knew Huo Ran Yi led the team to search for this face; those who knew Dao Xiang Mu looked for this face. Everyone acted separately, and the search teams in the city suddenly became many.
The seven sensed this situation. Jian Nan You quickly reminded everyone, "The news may have spread, everyone be extra careful!"
"Damn it, how could it be so fast?"
"I don't know…" Jian Nan You couldn't figure it out. From the perspective of his professional robbery gang, the Qingxia Guild would never leak such information. The ordinary player audience at the Sandy Tavern was not enough to make the news spread so quickly! Of course, Jian Nan You couldn't guess that it was the Gongzi elite group who were acting as an afterthought.
While the seven were aware, Dan Qing Xia Ying, the guild leader of the Qingxia Guild, also noticed it.
How did the news spread so quickly? The first thought that flashed through his mind was also this. Seeing the search teams of three guilds one after another, and the knowing expressions on the faces of the team leaders when they looked at him, Dan Qing Xia Ying was sure that the other party's purpose was the same as his.
"Hey, hey, how is it on your side?" Dan Qing Xia Ying began to call the personnel left behind at the Priest Academy. He predicted that this would be the main battlefield.
"Suddenly a lot of people have come, from all the major guilds…" The players at the Priest Academy replied while wiping their sweat. In fact, the situation here was already a bit tense. More and more guilds were gathering here, and there wasn't enough room to stand. No one spoke on the surface, but the obvious hostility between each other scared many players who had just logged in at the Priest Academy and they quickly logged out again.
"Damn it, these guys are cunning enough!" Dan Qing Xia Ying was of course familiar with the fact that it wasn't easy to gather people in Linshui City. These guilds were probably short of manpower at this time, so they gathered at the Priest Academy, determined to pick up a bargain there.
"What should we do?" The people at the Priest Academy were also helpless.
"Wait, I'll be right over." Dan Qing Xia Ying sighed. Now that so many guilds were eyeing this thing, it didn't seem right for everyone to rush up and snatch it. It seemed that they needed to get together and discuss it.
On Gu Fei's side, the people of Eternal Blossom were completely unfamiliar with Jian Nan You and his seven companions. At this time, they were walking separately, so they wouldn't recognize them even if they stood in front of them. Naturally, they gained nothing. However, the commotion in Linshui City had already caught their attention.
Gu Fei, Bai Shi Jing Lun, and several people from Eternal Blossom happened to meet near the Priest Academy. Seeing the scene at the Priest Academy, Gu Fei's blood was boiling, "Hey, it looks like someone is going to be killed?"
"Can a priest attract so much hatred?" Bai Shi Jing Lun was surprised by the scene. It was indeed difficult for a priest to cause any trouble.
"Hehe, of course they can." Gu Fei smiled thoughtfully.
"Hey, what are you laughing at?" Mang Mang De Mang Mang was very dissatisfied.
"Uh… I didn't mean to imply you…" Gu Fei wiped his sweat. It turned out that the priest who could cause this kind of pursuit was standing next to him. But the priest Gu Fei was thinking of was indeed not Mang Mang De Mang Mang.
"These people don't seem to be from the same guild! So many guilds are guarding here, it's like waiting to brush a Boss!" Ying Zuka Yuezai said.
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Will there be a melee in the next chapter? Won't there? Will there? Won't there?