Hu Die Lan

Chapter 887 Players Fear the Difficulty of Long Expeditions

“Everyone, Qianli Yizui's strength is not as simple as you think.” It took Yongyuan quite an effort to stop these people from dismissively discussing Qianli Yizui. He was also filled with emotions. From the beginning, he never underestimated Qianli Yizui, but Qianli Yizui's strength still exceeded his expectations. His skill, reaction speed, and combat techniques were on a completely different level from ordinary players. Because of this, ordinary people simply couldn't realize what a powerful opponent he was, because his power was completely beyond the scope of ordinary people's thinking.

“Oh, so what's so amazing about him?” someone asked.

“This… I can't really describe it clearly. I can only remind everyone to be careful of this person. He has the strength to cripple an entire guild by himself,” Yongyuan said.

“Are you talking about the Thousand-Man Slayer thing during the city war? Haha, I've heard about that. I specifically looked into it, and there was no Thousand-Man Slayer at all. Isn't this Qianli Yizui an Agility build? He was running away at the time, and that guild chased after him. They were a little careless and spread their formation too thin, giving him a chance to pick them off one by one. And he didn't kill that many people, just took out the faster Agility classes. Later, when that guild stopped scattering, Qianli Yizui couldn't do anything to them. Thousand-Man Slayer? There's no such thing, hahaha." One of the thirty-one people laughed.

“In short, everyone, don’t be careless,” Yongyuan sighed. He knew he didn't need to worry about these people's carelessness. Gaishi Qiying wasn't expecting them to do too much. He just wanted to use this group to provoke more troublesome opponents for Feichang Nitian. Their embarrassing defeat was actually what they wanted.

“Besides this Qianli Yizui, is there anything else we need to pay attention to?” another person asked.

“Jian Gui, Jiu Gui, Yutian Shenming, Zhan Wushang, Piaoliu, Jiannan You, Yun Zhong Mu, I don't think those names are unfamiliar to anyone, right?” Yongyuan said.

“Oh, they're all experts!” someone nodded.

“However, experts are experts, but that was in past online games. Now it's a completely new mode, and it's hard to say who's better. Besides, even if they're experts, how much better can they be? There are so many of us here working together. It's enough to take care of a few experts. Anything else?”

Yongyuan agreed with the other person's argument this time. Jian Gui and the others were experts, but not the kind of freakish experts like Qianli Yizui. They weren't that much better. It was just a matter of you being eight *liang*, and me being half a *jin*. Now that I have two half *jin*, that's ten *liang*. Dealing with your eight *liang* still leaves me with two to spare. Unlike that Qianli Yizui, whose strength he really didn't know how to measure. Would using tons be too exaggerated? Yongyuan was lost in thought.

“Also, there's this group that Yun Zhong Mu recently brought into Feichang Nitian. They're all from the former Ten Guild Alliance of Yueye City. Their style is very tenacious, and they're all lunatics when they PK. Their combat style might be slightly different from what you guys are used to seeing,” Yongyuan said.

“Heh, no matter how crazy they are, two hundred *dian* of strength can't turn into four hundred." One person replied.

Everyone laughed again. Listening carefully all this way, they gradually felt that Yingqi Yiqi had exaggerated things by hiring thirty-one of them. Perhaps he just wanted them to have overwhelming numbers, so they could crush Feichang Nitian with thunderous force?

“Yongyuan, tell us everything at once!”

“That's all…” Yongyuan said.

“Is that so? Then, everyone, let's make this first collaboration a good show, shall we?” The person who asked the question shouted loudly at the other thirty people.

“No problem!!” Obviously, the other thirty people were very confident.

“But it’s best if we get to know each other well first.” This person then suggested with a smile.

“Hahaha…” Laughter filled the air.

“Come, come, everyone open your friend lists and add each other.” As he said this, the scene immediately became lively. It seemed that they didn't consider eliminating Feichang Nitian to be a difficult task. Yongyuan glanced at Gaishi Qiying. Gaishi Qiying gave him a slight nod, indicating that this was fine.

Yongyuan didn't say anything more. However, he understood in his heart that if he was sincerely reminding these people of Feichang Nitian's strength, there was one very important point he would definitely say: "Be careful of Jiu Gui, also known as that guy Han Jia Gongzi now."

In terms of overall strength, even with Qianli Yizui, Feichang Nitian was at an absolute disadvantage, so emphasizing these experts was no different than not saying anything at all. Only this sinister and cunning guy was the most dangerous figure in this situation where Feichang Nitian could only win by outsmarting their opponents… Yongyuan didn't say this. He also knew that he didn't need to say it, because sending these people over was originally meant for them to fail.

After the thirty-one people made a final ruckus in the tavern, they each returned to their hometowns to make some preparations. Yingqi was responsible for all of their teleport scrolls for traveling there and back, but after that, Yingqi made no indications regarding travel to Cloudrise City (Yun Duan Cheng). They needed to resolve that issue themselves.

Most main cities were very far from Cloudrise City, taking days to walk there. Using teleport scrolls, one scroll could only transport four people. Ten scrolls was only forty people. Although the game company had lifted the restriction on teleport scroll trading for studios, relying on scrolls to fly over was a considerable investment, and these guys probably wouldn't be willing to spend the money.

“I wonder how they’ll get there,” Yongyuan said. He had suggested that Gaishi Qiying give a little less for the initial greeting gift, but undertake the expense for these teleport scrolls. Gaishi Qiying hadn't accepted. Now, hearing Yongyuan say this, Gaishi Qiying brought up the matter again: “Do you know why I didn’t agree with your proposal back then?”

“Real money in hand is more motivating. With the money, they can overcome the problem of walking themselves?” Yongyuan said. This was his thought.

“That’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is that we don’t have many scrolls left. They are for a more important use,” Gaishi Qiying said.

“Oh?”

“Think about it carefully, you’ll understand,” Gaishi Qiying’s smile was extremely cunning.

Yongyuan paused, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized. Giving money and promising even better rewards had already motivated these people. Since they had already agreed, how they got there was their business, and there was no need to worry about it. And the long journey might just limit them. Using scrolls, they would be reluctant to spend too much money. Walking, some people might not be willing to travel such a long distance. So fewer people would go, and the fewer people who went, the greater the chance of failure. Defeat, this was exactly the result that Gaishi Qiying wanted this group of people to achieve. These people were specifically chosen so that after they lost, they would go looking for a fight. So they would seek help from their guilds, their teams, and their friends. Then, more people would start causing trouble for Feichang Nitian, and Gaishi Qiying’s goal would be achieved.

But… the teleport scrolls' important use… Uh, more people would have to go to Cloudrise City. That's when Feichang Nitian's real trouble would begin. That's when teleport scrolls would be valuable.

But… Yongyuan changed his mind and suddenly thought again. At this time, the other side also had to go, and Yingqi wasn't obligated to provide scrolls anyway. So, the great use of the scrolls was… to sell them?

After Yongyuan thought of this, a question that had been bothering him for a long time suddenly surfaced in his mind, vaguely, as if he had already seen a glimpse of it.

The thirty-one people returned to their respective main cities and began to prepare. Afterward, they contacted each other and complained to each other about only one thing: the journey.

The farthest among them was even on the opposite diagonal line from Cloudrise City. Calculating the journey between the two cities at about three hours, even walking non-stop would take almost two days. Calculating it by daily online time, it wouldn't be a problem to walk for three to five days.

“This is terrible. I think I’ll just get some scrolls and fly directly!” In the game, you had to walk to level up, you had to walk to do quests, you had to walk to find people, you had to walk to do everything. The life without public transportation or taxis had already made players very tired of walking. The low drop rate of teleport scrolls caused the price to be high, which players had been protesting for a long time. Everyone had been asking the game company to make teleport scrolls as cheap as the cheapest wine in the tavern, and available for sale by the beggar NPCs on the roadside.

“Scrolls aren’t cheap now!” someone said.

Because of the Feichang Nitian's previous equipment-throwing event, although the scroll trading was eventually banned due to mailbox issues, the teleport scroll business ultimately failed to become popular. But just before the official made a move, the scrolls had already begun to be snapped up, and the price had been raised. The event had just ended, and the price had dropped immediately, but it was far from being that quick.

“If we ask Yingqi, can we get a cheaper price?” someone suggested.

“If he was willing to offer a cheaper price, he would definitely mention it to us proactively. He’s deliberately keeping quiet, as if he’s pretending to forget about it. Let’s not create an awkward situation,” of course, there were also understanding people.

“Actually, there are only two hundred people on the other side. Even if we each bring ten brothers, we’ll have about the same number of people.”

“Are you saying we should still use scrolls? Then bringing four people per scroll, it'll be twelve at the very least, why ten!”

“How much is a scroll now?”

“Damn it, I just went to look, they’re listing them for three thousand at our auction house!!”

“Damn, is anyone even buying them for three thousand? I have four on hand, help me list them in your main city later!”

Walking or flying, how many people to fly if they fly? Everyone discussed these questions back and forth. This person asked that person, that person asked this person, this person asked that person again, asking each other back and forth, but in the end, everyone made their own plans.

Those who were willing to spend money had already begun looking for the cheapest scrolls to buy. Those who really didn't want to spend money had already begun to recruit brothers who were willing to join them on a long expedition.

The world-class campaign to subjugate Feichang Nitian had officially begun.

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A new round of bloody storms ah…