Chapter 173 Plan

Another day passed in the blink of an eye. As soon as Gu Fei logged in, he contacted Jian Gui and the others to show his concern for the progress of the matter.

At Maple Leaf Tavern, Gu Fei saw Jian Gui and Lu Ke, both slumped on the table, listless. Gu Fei greeted them, but they only slightly lifted their eyelids, their eyes circled with black, as if Lu Ke had made them up with oily mud.

"You're here!" Jian Gui said weakly.

"You two are going to die!" Admittedly, Gu Fei's words were a bit direct, but looking at them like this, he really couldn't think of any other possibilities.

"Haven't slept all day, just got back from the leveling area, really about to die," Lu Ke said.

"What are you busy with?" Gu Fei asked.

"Busy with what? Farming, man! This kind of work should be done by mages!" Lu Ke used his last bit of strength to shout at Gu Fei.

"I can't do it... I'm very disciplined in the game, I already played too late last night!" Gu Fei said innocently, making Lu Ke want to kick him. As for what the two of them were farming, that was naturally beyond question.

"Did you get it?" Gu Fei wanted to know the result.

The two nodded heavily together.

Last night, after frequent inquiries and verifications, You Ge finally returned to the game with definite news. The "Memory Black Box" skill scroll was randomly dropped by level 50 humanoid monsters.

Afterward, everyone split into two groups. Xi Xiaotian went to the market to see if she could buy one, while Jian Gui, led by Lu Ke, went to the level 50 leveling area in LinYin City.

Xi Xiaotian, who was browsing the market, found nothing, and Jian Gui and Lu Ke were even more exhausted. The level 50 monsters were about ten levels higher than them. With Jian Gui's skill, he could usually efficiently solo monsters about five levels higher, but ten levels was a bit difficult. Adding Lu Ke didn't really count as a team, so it was still difficult.

Later, a few members of the elite group heard the news and came to help, just treating it as leveling.

Several top experts cooperating to farm monsters naturally greatly improved the situation, but LinYin City's terrible environment really limited their performance. Otherwise, why would so many players immigrate, leaving behind a land full of lurkers?

This all-night leveling could only be said to be barely making ends meet, and even more tragically, the sun had risen high, but the legendary "Memory Black Box" still only existed in memory.

I log off when the sun rises; this was the lifestyle habit of the masters. However, after logging off, Jian Gui tossed and turned and still couldn't sleep. This matter occupied too much of his emotions, and he couldn't stop thinking about it until it was resolved. So, he struggled to get up and climbed back into the game. It was early morning in the game as well, and under the warm sunlight, Jian Gui saw Lu Ke looking at him, revealing a tired smile.

"I knew you'd come back," Lu Ke said.

"You're the same," Jian Gui smiled. It was always a happy feeling to find a partner by your side in times of difficulty.

"Let's go!"

The two returned to the monster-infested land. Without the help of the masters, they returned to a state of being careful and strenuous. They farmed and farmed, until the masters woke up and logged back on, rejoining the team, and then until the sun was about to set, and even Gu Fei had entered the game, when finally, a monster happily dropped a "Memory Black Box" scroll. The two were relieved, and at that moment, they just wanted to collapse on the ground.

The other guys, with plenty of sleep, immediately bounced around and went to do their own things after completing their mission. Jian Gui and Lu Ke, however, were exhausted. The walk to the tavern felt like a dream.

"This, give it to Xiaotian when she comes," Lu Ke solemnly handed a magic scroll to Gu Fei.

"She's not here?" Gu Fei opened his friend list and looked; she really wasn't.

"It's up to you." Saying that, the two used struggling postures to get up from the bench. Lu Ke failed halfway, and quickly called Jian Gui: "Quick, help me up, I feel like these legs aren't mine anymore."

"Exaggerated," Gu Fei muttered, as he watched the two support each other towards the door.

"Really need to go to sleep, come back after waking up," Jian Gui patted him on the shoulder as he passed Gu Fei.

"When is that?" Gu Fei quickly asked. By the time these two had a good sleep, he wouldn't be online no matter what, right? If it was just a two- or three-hour nap, then he could barely accept it. They would probably start the action when they logged back on, and Gu Fei didn't want to miss the good show.

"Oh, right, you haven't heard the plan," Lu Ke seemed to remember something, but quickly waved his hand: "Ask Xiaotian when you give her the thing, we're leaving first."

The two left just like that. Gu Fei held the magic scroll, thinking about a very important question: If Xi Xiaotian never logged on, how long would he have to wait? This scroll really shouldn't have been given to him... Thinking of this, Gu Fei didn't chase after the two who were too tired to stand. He turned to the mailbox, ready to mail the item to Xi Xiaotian. Although he didn't want to miss the good show, it was more important not to delay the main event than being a spectator himself...

Six o'clock in the morning.

Three figures appeared suspiciously on a street in LinYin City. This was the time of day when there were relatively few people in the game. The all-night night owls and the working game players would cause a bit of a gap during this shift change period due to early departures and late arrivals. At this time, the street was quiet. The street surface, usually covered with muddy footprints, had been completely refreshed by the system.

The three walked from the east end of the street to the west end, and then from the west end to the east end. After observing for a while, one pointed to the roof of a building next to him, and one person flashed and appeared on the roof, while the other gradually disappeared into the air.

Instantaneous Movement, Stealth.

These two people were of course Gu Fei and Jian Gui. Last night, Gu Fei ran into the girl logging on while on his way to mail the magic scroll to Xi Xiaotian. He immediately learned of their plan and finally decided to comply with their schedule. Gu Fei didn't play the game that night, but went offline early to rest, in exchange for an early rise, and thus appeared on this quiet street at this time.

"Hey!" Gu Fei, who had gone up to the roof, poked his head out again, "Are you sure he'll come this way? There won't be any accidents, right?"

"Not sure. This is just the closest road to the logout area. If he doesn't plan to log out immediately and has other things to do, then of course he won't come this way," Lu Ke, who was still on the street, answered Gu Fei. According to the logout habits of normal all-nighters, they usually log out around seven o'clock in the morning. Lu Ke and the others had made arrangements to come early at six o'clock to prevent any accidents.

"I hope he comes soon," Gu Fei muttered, shrinking his head back to lie on the roof to reduce his profile.

"Call me when he comes," Gu Fei shouted.

"Okay!" Jian Gui, who had already disappeared into the air, replied.

"Then you two wait here, I'm going to prepare too," Lu Ke said and left the street.

Lying flat was the most Gu Fei could do to hide himself, and Jian Gui, who had dealt with Gu Fei, knew that stealth was not reliable at all. Seeing a large pile of sacks stacked outside a room, he flashed behind it, only occasionally sticking out half his head to pay attention to the movement on the street.

Xi Xiaotian's plan was a bit more complicated than they thought. It wasn't as simple as her getting the scroll and immediately looking for Duan Shui Jian under the banner of a studio to perform her acting skills. Gu Fei originally thought that this part of the work had nothing to do with him. The scene he wanted to see was her finding Shui Shen after getting the image of the information she had gotten. This was completely confusing the priorities. How to design the situation to get information from Duan Shui Jian was obviously the focus.

Trust. The first thing to do was of course to gain Duan Shui Jian's trust.

Duan Shui Jian would certainly not rashly reveal the plan he was secretly carrying out to a stranger he was wary of, so he had to eliminate his wariness first to have a chance.

This was originally a rather tricky problem, but Jian Gui and Gu Fei's assassination of Duan Shui Jian provided an opportunity. At this time, Duan Shui Jian naturally understood that Jian Gui did not intend to consider Shui Shen's ideas and was determined to kill him to the end. If there was a first time, there would of course be a second time, and this second time became a link in Xi Xiaotian's play.

Gu Fei and Jian Gui's assassination this time was just acting. Xi Xiaotian would take action at a critical moment to save Duan Shui Jian.

"Brilliant, too brilliant!!! In this way, approaching Duan Shui Jian would be a natural thing!" Xi Xiaotian's opportunistic use turned Jian Gui's first assassination of Duan Shui Jian into the first link in the action, drawing praise from Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wu Shang. These two guys had already lost their position when they saw it was a beautiful woman.

"It's not that simple," Xi Xiaotian said, "After all, I will talk to him about serious matters later, and he will immediately understand that my saving him is not just a random encounter. But since he has already received my kindness, his heart will always become softer, so that there is a chance to knock on his heart of vigilance. There are many more things to do after that, but I will do those! You just have to play this scene well."

There were slightly fewer people to co-star in such a play, so Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wu Shang were also pulled in to act as strong men. They would play the rescuers together with Xi Xiaotian. After all, the strength of Gu Fei and Jian Gui, who played the assassins, was obvious to all. It would be too much to just have a character come out and defeat the two.

In the meantime, everyone also considered whether, with Gu Fei's strength, adding two more helpers would still make him lose too falsely? In the end, Gu Fei patted his chest and assured him that he would definitely lose without any leaks. This was actually a skill. Gu Fei was no stranger to it. He often used this trick when sparring with people, especially with his elders. The lowest level was of course blatant concession, which was more painful than directly defeating the opponent; a higher level was to make it so that you know and I know, but the audience doesn't know. What the audience sees is a tie, but the people in the game know the outcome in their hearts; and Gu Fei has now reached the highest level, and can even deceive his opponents, making people win with complacency, unaware that Gu Fei is secretly conceding.