Chapter 1 Gu Fei's Notes

Gu Fei not only listened attentively but also took out paper and pen to take notes. It was really effortless! He originally thought that to thoroughly understand these situations, he would have to lie on the wall for countless hours, but he didn't expect these eight brothers from the ruins to help. These guys had been secretly staring at this courtyard for who knows how long, and they knew the situation in such detail. Moreover, they not only understood the actions of the guard NPCs, but also regarded Misty Flowers as their main enemy, so after many days of observation, they had also summarized the activity habits of these players.

Gu Fei listened, nodded, and recorded frantically. Number Four, who was in charge of explaining, was obviously very satisfied with Gu Fei's attitude. The more he spoke, the more excited he became. Not only did he introduce the opponent's situation, but also, based on this understanding, he told Gu Fei some of the plans they had once made but failed to implement.

"Now the most troublesome thing is that we have no way of knowing how many stealthy thieves the Misty Flowers guild has left in this courtyard, so we can't launch an operation at all," Number Four said, very distressed.

"There's also this," Number Three, who was next to him, took the wooden stick in his hand and poked the back of the government building in the picture on the ground, "This is the backyard, but because it's blocked by the building, we don't know anything about what's going on behind it. My mission with Little Seven is to go to this backyard, so..."

"There's nothing in the backyard. There are no system guards, and no Misty Flowers players," Gu Fei said.

"You've been there?" Number Three and Seven asked excitedly.

"Yeah!" Gu Fei nodded.

"How did you do it?" All eight of them looked at him.

"Have you never thought about... climbing over the wall?" Gu Fei asked, looking back at the eight.

"Wall?" The eight muttered. In their minds, that wasn't a wall at all. It was more than ten meters high, which was like a building. When a four or five-story building is blocking you, would ordinary people think about climbing over it?

"Can you climb that wall?" The eight asked cautiously.

"I used some tools, but it's still possible," Gu Fei said.

"You climbed in from the backyard, so you arrived in front of the government hall without anyone knowing," the crowd said in surprise.

"Pretty much!" Gu Fei said, "But there's going to be a problem right now."

"What?" The eight looked at him.

Gu Fei poked the government building in the courtyard with his finger: "The government building is not open to players. You should all know that. Now, except for Ah San, Ah Qi, and Ah Ba, the mission descriptions of the remaining five of you are all inside the building, so are you sure that you have been temporarily granted access because of the mission?"

A look of grief and indignation appeared on the faces of several people: "We could have found out by trying it out, but because of those Misty Flowers guys, they wouldn't even let us get close..."

"So you don't know..." Gu Fei said.

The few people regretted it.

"But now that there's a way to climb over the wall into the backyard, what's there to worry about? Why not just go over and try it?" several people said.

Gu Fei shook his head and said, "That wall-climbing method might not work anymore."

"Why?"

"I suddenly appeared outside the government hall and was surrounded by people from Misty Flowers. Although they let me go recently, they didn't even ask how I suddenly appeared here. Isn't that a little unusual?" Gu Fei analyzed.

"That's true..." The few people were stunned.

"If they don't ask, there's only one possibility: they've already figured out how I got into the courtyard. At the very least, the unguarded backyard will definitely be noticed. From now on, they won't blindly believe in guarding the gate as the only way. Alas, it seems that my actions today have created even greater difficulties for our mission!" Gu Fei sighed.

"That makes sense. Liufeng San Tan is no simple character. He can definitely think of that," Number Three suddenly said.

"Oh? You know him?" Someone immediately asked from the side.

Number Three immediately shut his mouth.

"There's also another situation: at night in the game, the entire building is closed, and it doesn't seem to be open even to players with permission," Gu Fei said.

"How do you know?" Number Four asked.

"Because I'm a player with permission," Gu Fei said.

"You're Apple Cider??" Number Four exclaimed, and the others also seemed a little panicked, immediately distancing themselves from Gu Fei.

Gu Fei shook his head: "Didn't you all see that I'm from the outer city? How could I be Apple Cider?"

The few people calmed down a little. Gu Fei continued, "Speaking of which, since you know that Apple Cider is a player with permission, have you ever thought about asking him about the situation inside this building? Five of you are going into the building to complete your mission."

Number Four smiled bitterly: "It's not like we haven't thought about it. But if that Apple Cider guy could be found so easily, he would have been torn to pieces long ago. He wouldn't have survived to this day."

Gu Fei nodded.

"Now that it's night, we can't enter the government hall, but I think we can still use the method you mentioned to climb the wall and take a look at the backyard. After all, it's all just your speculation so far," Number Four said.

"Alright," Gu Fei nodded.

"Is there anything else?" Number Four asked finally.

"There is one thing," Gu Fei said, tugging at the raincoat on his body, "Who made this?"

"I did!" Number Two among the eight raised his hand. "The idea for the clothes came from the Akatsuki organization in Naruto; the numbers embroidered on the clothes are imitating the captain's uniform in Bleach," Number Two said proudly.

Gu Fei nodded and said, "If you want to hide your identity, don't be too obvious about your preferences. That will reveal who you are."

Not only Number Two, but the others were also stunned when they heard this, and seemed to be examining themselves.

"Let's go!" Gu Fei stood up.

"Let's go!" Number Four pulled on his raincoat and called out to the others.

Gu Fei, wearing raincoat number nine, was now walking at the very end. He quietly continued to observe the eight people.

Cooperation is based on mutual trust. Gu Fei didn't have high hopes for this kind of cooperation that concealed even their identities and was only brought together for profit. The mission of the nine people was the two-way mission of Misty Flowers. This was their only common point. Other than that, the content was different. Imagine that during the process, someone's mission is completed in the first step, then can he continue to shoulder his responsibility to help others complete the mission smoothly? Gu Fei felt that this was a big question.

Gu Fei had come with a class with a faster movement speed, but this time he was returning with eight people. Obviously, there were slow-moving characters among them, and it took a lot of time along the way. Gu Fei looked up at the sky, thinking that at this movement speed, it would be dawn soon if they walked any longer. There really should be some suitable means of transportation in the game, otherwise it would be a bit unfair to these slow-moving characters, and it would take a lot of time to waste on the road just to level up.

Leaving the ruins and walking onto the main road, the eight people kept their distance from each other and no one spoke to each other. When approaching the main city, some people had already begun to take off their raincoats. This strange outfit was really attracting people's attention. Frankly speaking, people who were trying to do bad things in secret shouldn't wear such a distinctive outfit, and it was extremely stupid to require everyone to wear the same clothes. This should be a method adopted when conducting a public demonstration.

Gu Fei didn't care and continued to wear it, but Number Two seemed to appreciate his work very much. Everyone else had already taken it off, but he was still wearing it. Gu Fei slowly leaned towards him and asked softly, "Did you come up with this outfit?"

"Yeah! What's wrong?" Number Two asked.

"It's nothing. Our numbering..." Gu Fei asked, lifting the "Nine" on the corner of his clothes, "Is it arranged according to the order in which we joined?"

"That's right!" Number Two said.

"Then how many did you make in advance?" Gu Fei asked.

"Thirteen," Number Two said.

"Why thirteen?" Gu Fei was suddenly stunned. He remembered that Andrew Su had also mentioned the number thirteen in his diary. He said that his mission was 13 times short of being 200, and he also said that this number seemed unlucky.

"Uh, haven't you seen Bleach?"

"Alright, I know..." Gu Fei said. It seemed that this might just be a coincidence.

The nine people finally arrived outside the municipal compound. While confirming whether there were other players around, Gu Fei led the eight people to the wall of the backyard.

"Can we go up here?" The eight came up to investigate.

"I said I needed some tools!" Gu Fei took out a flying hook and skillfully threw it over the top of the wall.

"This... Where did you get this kind of thing?" The eight people who saw the flying hook for the first time immediately asked the same question as other players.

"I made it myself!" Gu Fei explained many times, feeling a little helpless. Why are the thinking of these game players so solidified? Are props necessarily provided directly in the game? Don't they know how to make them themselves? They clearly even sewed their own raincoats, so why couldn't they think of this kind of thing?

"Are we just climbing up like this?" Number Four came up and pulled on the rope to confirm whether it was strong.

"It might be a little difficult at first. Let's practice a bit first!" As Gu Fei spoke, he conjured up two more and threw them up. He really made a lot of these things in one go.

Suddenly, Gu Fei started a flying hook climbing course under the wall, but none of the eight people had Yan Xiaozhu's aptitude. They could barely climb a few steps, but they couldn't persevere to the end. They always made mistakes halfway. Either they lost their balance due to lack of strength, or they swayed and caused the flying hook to fall off. People on the three ropes were falling down like dumplings.

"Little Seven, don't push too hard against the wall with your feet! Your feet are just for stabilizing your body. Rely on your arms, your arms!"

"Number Four, why is your body always leaning to the left? Don't rely on just one foot for support. Both feet, both feet!"

"Number Three, don't be so anxious. Go up slowly. What? You don't have enough stamina? Then hurry up, gogogo!"

"Number Six, what are you doing? Get down! It can only support one person's weight!"

Gu Fei squatted lonely under the wall, occasionally pointing at a few people from time to time, and finally sighed: "It will be dawn in a while. If all goes well, we can go directly into the government hall after climbing over the wall."

"Okay, okay." The eight were sweating profusely and continued to practice hard.