"How did they know you were here and come all the way to ambush you?" Gu Fei asked.

"This..." Yun Zhongmu was a little embarrassed, but he still told the truth, "Our Ten Guild Alliance has more than four thousand brothers, but there are guys from other guilds mixed in among those four thousand. We've noticed this in several guild PKs. But we really can't find out who they are, so we just have to let them stay mixed in like that. It seems that Meiyan also has an insider in the guild. Everyone in the guild knows that we're inviting you guys over here to teach us efficient leveling methods. That guy probably got wind of it and came to ambush me again. That grandson has done this several times."

"If he knows so clearly, then he should have realized that you wouldn't be alone. But he only brought eight people. That kind of setup doesn't look like an ambush for a team. It looks like he thought you were here alone," Gu Fei said.

Yun Zhongmu was stunned. After thinking about it, he also felt that something was wrong. This guy brought eight thieves. It looks like they were planning to suddenly jump out, take a bite, and run. But Meiyan was originally someone who left the guild, so both sides know each other well. If he didn't think Yun Zhongmu was alone, he would never have used this kind of tactic. Because there are people in Yun Zhongmu's regular team who can detect stealth, sending eight thieves in such a uniform composition is just suicide.

Yun Zhongmu frowned and began to think. "If an insider gave him information, he shouldn't have made such a big show even if he wanted to ambush me; if no one gave him information, he shouldn't know where I am... Could it be that this guy was passing by and actually came here to level up?"

"He doesn't look like he just happened to run into you," Gu Fei said.

"That's right, who brings eight thieves out to level up together... What the hell is this grandson up to?"

"The one up to no good is probably not him," Gu Fei said.

"What do you mean, Brother Qianli?" Yun Zhongmu quickly asked.

"You just said it yourself! If he had intelligence, he shouldn't have this setup; without intelligence, he shouldn't have come. But now he's here, and he's got this setup, which only means one thing: he got false information," Gu Fei said.

"Are you two talking in riddles?" Bai Shi Jinglun asked, confused. No one paid attention to him.

"False information?" Yun Zhongmu muttered, "Could it be that someone is framing this grandson?"

"That's not clear. Maybe it's framing, maybe it's using him," Gu Fei said.

"Using him? Hmm, that idiot being used as a pawn really seems like his style," Yun Zhongmu muttered.

"Anyway, be careful. We're leaving!" Gu Fei patted him. He guessed this was just infighting between guilds in Yueye City.

"Take care." Yun Zhongmu didn't see them off. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Gu Fei said made sense. He was afraid that someone was plotting behind the scenes. As for the purpose of tricking Meiyan into fighting a losing battle, Yun Zhongmu didn't understand. He was even less clear about who was behind the scenes. Half of the guilds in Yueye City had entanglements with their Ten Guild Alliance, especially the larger ones.

Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun parted ways with Yun Zhongmu at the entrance of the valley and returned to the city. Yun Zhongmu went back into the valley. A group of high-level players who had even skipped dinner were still leveling up enthusiastically. Yun Zhongmu pulled a few of them out of the game and told them what he had just experienced.

"Strategist, what do you think?" Yun Zhongmu asked a mage among his brothers.

This strategist's name was Yi Dai Jun Shi (One Generation Strategist), which shows what this player likes. No matter whether the idea is good or bad, this guy can always come up with something, so he didn't get such a flashy name for nothing. Although the participation rate in his plans is not high, Yun Zhongmu and the others are still used to letting him speak first when discussing things. He gave himself such a name! You have to give him some face.

Yi Dai Jun Shi immediately cleared his throat and said, "Without a doubt, someone is definitely playing tricks behind the scenes. I guess it's either Za Mao or Ao Dan."

Za Mao and Ao Dan are the guild leaders of two level-five guilds in Yueye City. Being able to build two such huge guilds in Yueye City, where the Ten Guild Alliance can do whatever they want, these two people have worked very hard along the way. Now, they are working together, and they are clearly the peasant leaders of Yueye City who are fighting against the Ten Guild Alliance.

The way Za Mao and Ao Dan are called is similar to Yun Zhong Zhu. In fact, these two players are called Za Cao and Ao Huang, but in the mouths of Yun Zhongmu and the others, one became Mao and the other became Dan.

"Can you say something useful?" Yun Zhongmu rolled his eyes. When he realized that someone was plotting behind the scenes, he also thought of these two biggest guild enemies first. But this is also Yi Dai Jun Shi's style. His plans are always so superficial that everyone can think of them.

"Well, as for what these two grandsons want to do, I have to think about it," Yi Dai Jun Shi said.

"Okay, go think about it!" Yun Zhongmu waved his hand and looked at the other brothers, these are the ones who really come up with ideas.

"I think it should be for this, right?" A brother pointed his mouth at the Gongzi elite team and Jian Nan You who were leveling up on the side. Of course, he wasn't referring to these people, but the efficient leveling method they represented.

Outside Quiet Night Valley, Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun, who had left, were rushing back to the main city, but they were stopped halfway. Gu Fei thought that it was that Meiyan who had gathered his men to come and take revenge. He was very happy and ready to defend himself, but the leading player greeted him with a smile: "Hello, both of you. Sorry to bother you. Let me introduce myself. I'm Ao Huang, the guild leader of Aotian Guild in Yueye City. This is Za Cao, the guild leader of Zaqibazza Guild. We have something to talk to you about. Are you two available?"

Gu Fei was a little disappointed to hear that they weren't going to fight. However, he certainly wouldn't refuse people just because he was in a hurry to eat dinner, so he immediately said, "What is it?"

"Hehe, it's like this. Haven't you two recently started a studio to teach efficient leveling methods? We're here because of that. We have something to discuss with you two," Ao Huang said.

Gu Fei smiled when he heard this: "Which leveling area do you want?"

Ao Huang smiled: "All of them."

Gu Fei was stunned: "All of them?"

Ao Huang nodded: "All of them means all the leveling areas in the game."

Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun looked at each other, a little confused about what this person meant.

"Hehe, actually, what I just said was just our player identity in the game. I have another identity that I haven't introduced to you two. Here, this is my business card." Ao Huang reached into his pocket and took out two badge-like things.

Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun took them with suspicion and found that they were business cards made of some unknown material, with the words carved on them: "Yingqi Studio, Yueye City Branch, Person in Charge: Ao Huang." In addition to this, there was also an email address. There was no other complicated information. In the game, an ID was enough to contact them. The email address was for contacting them offline if necessary.

"Yingqi Studio..." Gu Fei frowned and muttered twice: "I seem to have heard it somewhere. Do you know?" Gu Fei turned to ask Bai Shi Jinglun.

"No." Bai Shi Jinglun immediately shook his head. He and Gu Fei were equally bad at the game.

Ao Huang smiled and said, "In LinYin City, our branch had a little bit of contact with Brother Qianli."

As soon as Ao Huang said this, Gu Fei immediately remembered. When they were causing trouble in LinYin City, their camouflage equipment came from this studio. At that time, he and Jian Gui had stayed in their clothing workshop with Lu Ke.

"No wonder it sounds familiar!" Gu Fei said with a smile, putting the business card badge into his pocket. Ao Huang stared, wanting to say something, but finally held back. It was very difficult to carve such a delicate badge in the game. Ao Huang's business card was actually just for people to see. When others exclaimed "Wow, Yingqi Studio," he would take the opportunity to take the business card back. He didn't actually give it away.

As a result, not only did he fail to use their famous name to create momentum, but Gu Fei also confiscated his business card. Bai Shi Jinglun followed suit and put the business card away as well. Ao Huang lost two cards at once, which he felt very sorry for.

"The studio is looking for us. What's the matter?" Gu Fei asked.

"Uh, I wonder what you two think of the prospects of this efficient leveling method?" Ao Huang said.

"The prospects are good," Gu Fei answered, which was as good as not answering.

"Hehe, the prospects are certainly good," Ao Huang continued with a smile, "It's just that with your current operating model, it's a little difficult to maximize its potential!"

"Is that so? How do you say that?" Gu Fei asked.

Ao Huang saw that he had aroused Gu Fei's interest, and he immediately began to explain with great energy: "Then I'll be honest. There's actually nothing wrong with your operating model, but you have a fatal flaw, which is a shortage of manpower. This has led to the fact that although you have unlimited resources in your hands, you can't spread them to the entire game market on a large scale at one time. Currently, you have only developed the Wilderness Camp and Bai Mofang leveling areas in Baishi City. This slow pace has many hidden dangers."

Ao Huang paused slightly and looked at Gu Fei, but he didn't see any anxiety on his face because of the "hidden dangers." He was a little disappointed and could only continue: "First of all, let me make an analogy. The players who have mastered the efficient leveling method first and the players who have not yet mastered the efficient leveling method are actually equivalent to two groups with a wealth gap. The contradiction between these two groups is absolutely impossible to reconcile. In the end, the common vent point of this contradiction can only be the source that created this contradiction... Of course, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with the efficient leveling method, because this situation could have been avoided in the first place. But unfortunately, you don't have enough manpower, which has led to the emergence of this contradiction that is not conducive to further development. And according to my observation, another kind of contradiction has already arisen, which is that those who have mastered the efficient leveling method can't level up in peace because the leveling area is saturated. This is also a very unfavorable factor for development, and similarly, this situation could have been avoided if there were enough manpower."

"Hmm, there's some truth to that," Gu Fei nodded.

Ao Huang seemed to be encouraged and was very happy. He continued: "Another point is probably the pressure from the game company. Although the efficient leveling method is a skill developed entirely by players, which is just a monster-killing guide, according to my observation, it's actually a relatively mechanical monster-killing method. At first, you'll feel very interesting because of the rapid growth of experience, but after you get used to it, the mechanical repetition will greatly increase fatigue, which will lead to a desire to avoid leveling. Then, it won't be long before you leave the game. This is definitely not what the game company wants to see. What's more important is that the efficient leveling method speeds up the leveling speed of players, and the increased leveling speed of players means the acceleration of the game process, which means the shortening of the game's lifespan. For example, if it was originally planned that players would reach level 50 in two years, but because of the popularity of the efficient leveling method, players reached level 50 in one year. Then, what means will the game company use to attract players to continue to struggle in the game for the extra year? If there's no effective game content to attract players, it will inevitably cause a large number of player losses. Therefore, this obviously increases the game company's work pressure and burden. So, they will definitely not sit idly by and watch things that disrupt the game's operating rhythm. I estimate that they should already be secretly evaluating this efficient leveling method. Once they determine that it's harmful, they will definitely try to eliminate it by any means. This is a business that can't last long. What's needed is an imposing manner that is either silent or astonishing. As soon as you make a move, you spread the efficient leveling method to the entire game and maximize your profits at one time. This way, even if the game company makes any adjustments, our profit loss will be minimized. But if you still operate like you are now, it's okay now, but when you develop three or two more leveling areas, the game company will definitely take action. At that time, you can only watch as a large amount of business disappears."

Ao Huang didn't pause this time and finished speaking in one breath. This was the longest discourse Gu Fei had heard since entering the game. He looked at Bai Shi Jinglun next to him, who seemed to be falling asleep.

Ao Huang saw that these two people looked a little dazed and thought that they were shocked by his wonderful long speech. He licked his dry lips and said with unfinished interest, "There are also..."

"There are also?" Gu Fei was shocked.

Ao Huang saw his reaction and felt that he was already tired of listening, so he quickly changed his words and said, "There's no need to say too much about some trivial things. In short, just these few hidden dangers are enough to cause the efficient leveling method to not be used to its full potential! You two probably can't bear to see your great talents just get off to a good start and then be unable to be used because of a moment of carelessness, right? All of this can actually be completely avoided, as long as there are enough people!!!" Ao Huang was spitting and gesticulating, with a face of heartache, as if the efficient leveling method was going to destroy the earth if it was allowed to be run carelessly by Gu Fei and the others.

"Thank you for your concern," Gu Fei smiled.

"You're welcome. I just can't bear to see you two inadvertently ruin such a good opportunity to make money!" Ao Huang said.

"Money, are we talking about making money?" Bai Shi Jinglun asked in surprise. Ao Huang's long speech was too uncommon for a guy who didn't know much about games. Even Gu Fei was a little confused, let alone Bai Shi Jinglun, who was a little pedantic.

Ao Huang was also very panicked after hearing Bai Shi Jinglun's words. He was really afraid that the two of them hadn't heard anything he had said after saying so much, so he quickly said, "Brother Bai Shi, didn't you hear clearly? Do you want me to repeat it again?"

"No need!" Gu Fei quickly said. He saw that Bai Shi Jinglun was about to nod, but fortunately, he was quick enough.

"Then, what do you two think?" Ao Huang felt that Gu Fei was still a relatively sensible person and probably understood his intentions. There was no need to say anything too clearly.

"Well, we're leaving. Goodbye," Gu Fei said.

"Ah..." Ao Huang was stunned. What did this mean? Could it be that he hadn't expressed himself clearly enough? Ao Huang looked blankly at Za Cao next to him. Za Cao was also a member of Yingqi Studio and was a formal employee. According to the company's position, he was Ao Huang's assistant. The higher-ups attached great importance to this matter of efficient leveling methods, and the branches in each main city were also actively trying to compete. Ao Huang personally led the assistant this time, originally determined to win. Otherwise, he wouldn't have easily exposed his studio identity for such a big business.

He had spent so much time talking, but these two guys didn't seem to care. He didn't even know if they understood what he was saying. Ao Huang was in a bad mood at this time. Looking at Za Cao next to him, he suddenly felt that this guy didn't even come up to help him when he was working hard to win business. He was really angry, completely forgetting that he had told Za Cao not to interrupt.

The relationship between these two was not the game relationship between the guild leader and the member, but a real superior-subordinate relationship. Seeing that his leader's face was not good and he seemed to want to vent his anger on him, Za Cao cursed inwardly, but he had to take the initiative to find something to do. He quickly caught up with Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun, who had already set off: "Please wait a moment, both of you."

"What else is there?" Gu Fei asked.

"You two don't seem to understand what we mean." Za Cao despised Ao Huang. He clearly wanted to poach people, but he was pretending to be noble and talking nonsense, letting others understand his intention to cooperate on their own. As a result, people didn't understand, and he had to make up for it himself. Za Cao was depressed and went straight to the point: "Actually, what we mean is that you have the technology and we have the manpower. It's a match made in heaven. It's great to work together to maximize the benefits of the efficient leveling method!"

Gu Fei scratched his head and said, "I understand what you mean, but you don't seem to understand what I mean!"

"What do you mean?" Za Cao asked blankly.

"I said we're leaving. Goodbye. What I mean is that I'm not interested in this cooperation," Gu Fei said.

"Why... why?" Za Cao said.

Gu Fei smiled: "I'm a fighter, not a professional player."

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The first update in April is here! It's April Fool's Day, but Hu Die is still honestly and reliably updating the usual 5,000 words. Are you all particularly touched? Quickly throw out the monthly tickets in your hands! The growth of monthly tickets on the first day is really refreshing! It would be great if every day was like this...