Chapter 45 Fan Tang

Gu Fei looked in surprise as Lu Ke turned around, casually greeted two more people, and then left. He looked at Jian Gui beside him... tragic, with such a painted face, Gu Fei couldn't tell if Jian Gui's expression was surprise or composure. Gu Fei had already experienced the horror of this disguise: the face was so unevenly colored and asymmetrical that any obvious emotions were reduced to one word: grotesque.

Seeing Duan Shui Jian approaching, Gu Fei quickly messaged Jian Gui, "What if he wants to add us as friends?"

"Of course, we reject him..." Jian Gui replied while giving Gu Fei a strange look. What a dumb question! If they added him as a friend, their IDs would be exposed, wouldn't that give them away?

"Reject... wouldn't that be too suspicious? What excuse can we use?" Gu Fei asked.

"Friend list is full," Jian Gui replied.

"Uh? That works?" Gu Fei asked, astonished.

"Of course, the game has been out for so long, it's rare to find someone whose friend list isn't full..." Jian Gui said.

Gu Fei felt inferior; he didn't even know there was a limit to the number of friends.

Duan Shui Jian stopped in front of them. This was the second time the three had met in a short period, but it should be a completely unfamiliar encounter.

"Duan Shui Jian!" Duan Shui Jian introduced himself concisely and forcefully, standing in front of the two. Actually, it shouldn't have been necessary, since everyone in the Extremely Cold Deep association knew him, but he still did it, treating it as an opening to signal Gu Fei and Jian Gui to introduce themselves.

Gu Fei had already considered the issue of using fake IDs when proposing this plan. "Zui Fei (Drunken Fly)," he had already created one with his real name and game ID and was about to blurt it out when he was lightly touched by Jian Gui. As Gu Fei paused, a message arrived from Jian Gui: "You're called Fan Tang (Rice Soup)."

"What a terrible name!" Gu Fei replied to the message, while Jian Gui was already introducing himself: "Bai Sha (White Sand)."

"Fan Tang," Gu Fei didn't dare reveal any flaws, so he could only say what Jian Gui told him to.

"Xiao Ke (Little Ke) gave the name," Jian Gui replied at this moment.

Gu Fei immediately understood. Fake names? How could they just use random fake names when infiltrating someone else's association? Everyone's ID would be clearly logged in the association list. If someone had nothing better to do and just flipped through it, "Zui Fei? What Zui Fei? There's no Zui Fei!" Wouldn't that quickly expose them? He hadn't even thought of that. Gu Fei felt ashamed, he always overlooked simple game rules, he was indeed not as good as Jian Gui and those other old game ghosts.

Since the name was given by Lu Ke, it must be someone in the association, the profession and level should match. As for whether it was real or fake, Gu Fei guessed that the girl had considered it before choosing the name, so he shouldn't worry too much.

"I hope we have a pleasant collaboration." Duan Shui Jian extended his hand to the two.

Jian Gui shook it first, followed by Gu Fei. Duan Shui Jian's strength was still so measured, while Gu Fei deliberately added a little more force. He didn't know if Duan Shui Jian had the same judgment as him when they shook hands before, but it was better to be careful, these details should never be taken lightly.

Moreover, Gu Fei could recognize Duan Shui Jian from his figure, but he believed that Duan Shui Jian could not recognize him. Because Duan Shui Jian's thick waist, legs, and neck were rare features, while Gu Fei's figure was the common, well-proportioned type. Only when wearing close-fitting clothing would people notice that his body was exceptionally strong and sturdy. The mage robe was a good disguise, this lazy, bathrobe-like attire would never expose his muscles, let alone wearing another robe over it. If it was the Fighter's signature fitted battle qi outfit, that would be the end of it. That equipment loved to highlight human muscles, causing many male players with bad figures who chose Fighter to give up on picking up girls.

The greeting ended there, without any extra nonsense. "Follow me!" Duan Shui Jian turned and moved forward.

"He's quite decisive," Gu Fei actually admired this type of person who didn't talk much but clearly had the ability.

"Yeah, he's a bit like a soldier," Jian Gui said.

"Uh, I don't know, I've never dealt with soldiers," Gu Fei said.

"Okay... me neither, I'm just imagining it," Jian Gui said honestly.

Most ordinary people didn't have this kind of experience. Even if they had seen them, they were mostly veterans who had been retired for many years, their edges worn away by life, no different from ordinary people. Everyone's impression of these people mostly came from movies and TV. From this perspective, Duan Shui Jian fit the image of a resolute and decisive soldier, his every step giving people a clean and neat feeling.

"Don't talk too much, let's keep up!" Gu Fei and Jian Gui ended their private chat and followed Duan Shui Jian's footsteps.

Deeper into the jungle, this seemed to be the official training base of the Extremely Cold Deep association. Gu Fei could feel the killing intent beside him from time to time, often appearing and disappearing quickly, obviously a glimpse of someone rushing past. There was also the sound of arrows whistling through the forest from time to time. From the side of Duan Shui Jian's face as he turned to look, Gu Fei saw that whenever this sound rang, he would involuntarily frown slightly. No matter how flowery his face was painted, at least he could see him frown.

"It seems like he's not very satisfied with this training... this guy, does he really take this seriously?" Gu Fei thought to himself.

"Profession!" Suddenly Duan Shui Jian stopped and turned around to shout.

"Ah?" Gu Fei and Jian Gui were startled by his sudden stop.

"Report your professions," Duan Shui Jian repeated.

"Mage."

"Thief."

The two answered.

"Oh." Duan Shui Jian responded, then his eyes began to wander over the two again. The two were already feeling a little guilty, and they couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they were stared at so intently. Just as they were feeling uncomfortable, they suddenly heard Duan Shui Jian say, "You two aren't wearing badges?"

Gu Fei was shocked, he didn't expect this guy to notice so quickly. Just as he was thinking of an excuse, he heard Jian Gui already answering, "We agree with your opinion, we want to hide ourselves better in this forest, the badge must be hidden."

"Well said." Duan Shui Jian actually nodded in approval.

Gu Fei was greatly surprised, because Jian Gui was really getting into character quickly. But on second thought, he realized that something was wrong, Jian Gui's words clearly sounded like he had heard Duan Shui Jian speak before, which was of course impossible. So he quickly sent a message to inquire.

"Xiao Ke told me, if he asks about the badge, answer like this, this guy doesn't agree with wearing the badge in a conspicuous place," Gu Fei said.

"When did she say that? How come I didn't know?" Gu Fei asked.

"Private chat. Safe," Jian Gui said.

Gu Fei could understand this, like the two of them were now communicating right under Duan Shui Jian's nose, private chat was so safe. But: "Why didn't she tell me?"

"She doesn't have you as a friend," Jian Gui said.

"Add her!"

"Her friend list is full."

... The excuse that Gu Fei had just been taught, he had already experienced so quickly.

"You two, follow this group." Duan Shui Jian, of course, didn't know that Gu Fei and Jian Gui were frantically communicating privately, and had already begun to deploy the two.

At Duan Shui Jian's call, several players emerged from the forest and came to Gu Fei and Jian Gui. Gu Fei immediately became nervous again, because he knew that Duan Shui Jian was just a new recruit who had just joined the association, it was easy for the two of them to fool him, but now they really had to mix with other people in the association, this was a bit troublesome. Even Lu Ke had said that their association was very harmonious, unfamiliar faces were very dangerous. Although they had this method, everyone had become unfamiliar faces, but the past friendships had not disappeared. At this time, when dealing with them face to face, what if the few people in front of them had run quests, killed monsters, drank, and hacked people with Fan Tang and Bai Sha before? Wouldn't they be exposed on the spot?

Just as he was worried, those guys had already come up to look at the two of them, cautiously asking, "Who are you?"

Since everyone had this disguise, no one knew each other unless they were extremely familiar.

"Fan Tang." Now that things had come to this, Gu Fei could only bite the bullet and go for it, praying that these guys were not familiar with Big Brother Fan Tang!

"Bai Sha," Jian Gui also answered.

"Oh!!" One of the people on the opposite side chanted for a long time, making Gu Fei's heart jump, and then he saw him clap his hands and say, "So you are the two new recruits who recently joined, welcome, welcome!!!"

"Uh?" When Gu Fei heard that the person he was pretending to be was also an unfamiliar newcomer, wouldn't that be just right to play it freely? He was overjoyed, and when he looked at Jian Gui again, he was also relieved like him, and sent Gu Fei a message: "This woman, she had arranged everything so properly, and didn't tell me anything, scaring me."

"Be content! At least she told you something," Gu Fei replied, thinking back and forth, Jian Gui at least knew the fake name, at least knew how to explain the badge, if the two of them had to go their separate ways, wouldn't he be finished?

"A Yi is the leader of this group, you guys follow him and learn first." As Duan Shui Jian spoke, A Yi, who he was referring to, was the one who had just clapped his hands to welcome the two.

"Hello, hello." Gu Fei and Jian Gui quickly pretended to be humble and cautious newcomers.

"A Yi is ranked twenty-first on the archer rankings!!" A player next to A Yi proudly announced.

"Awesome, awesome!" Gu Fei and Jian Gui praised.

"Besides the association leader, A Yi is the most skilled trap technician in our association." Another player promoted his friend.

"Admire, admire!" Gu Fei and Jian Gui continued to praise.

"Hahaha, frogs in a well, a bunch of ignorant kids!!" Suddenly a voice came from the forest. Gu Fei, who had special training in identifying sounds, accurately looked in the direction of the sound while others were still looking around asking, "Who is it, who is it?" A group of people walked out from behind a tree. To be honest, there was nothing to describe, everyone knew what they were wearing, all the same.

"Yo, who is it? So it's that someone from the Yu Lin Seven Idlers!!" Someone next to A Yi looked at this group of people with a sarcastic tone.

Jian Gui and Gu Fei exchanged glances, Gu Fei sent a message to Jian Gui: "You still say this is a harmonious association?"

"There's the martial world wherever there are people," Jian Gui replied.

"Observe."

"Agreed."

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The chapter numbers have been wrong for three days, what a tragedy, why didn't anyone notice? Comrades, you've disappointed me too much...