Chapter 19 Offline?

"Offline?" A bigwig sent a private message, figuring it was time for everyone to meet offline to discuss things. But this time, there was no reply. Unfortunately, the person he messaged had been killed twice in this campaign, and was currently in a foul mood, extremely foul. Any message was annoying.

Of course, this person wasn't the only one messaged. Others had replied, but they were all listless, asking for other people's opinions. Of the thirty-one people, half didn't feel like going offline for some useless meeting. One was still on the road, and another couldn't be contacted at all. That was their original commander, Baodu Fengshuang (Well-Read and Seasoned), who had been forcibly disconnected by the system. Everyone knew it was because he had been sent to the dungeon, and they all felt lost.

"I say, let's all meet offline to chat!" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) contacted everyone. He knew that everyone needed to calm down and comfort each other. Each was in their own main city, dwelling on today's setbacks, which only added to the frustration, and there was no one to talk to. An offline gathering was actually a good idea, since they were all fellow sufferers.

After much effort, a bunch of people logged off and gathered together. The discussion group was full for ten minutes, but no one spoke for a long time. The atmosphere was deathly silent.

"I say..." Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) spoke up. He had a lot of HP, so he hadn't been killed this time and had successfully teleported away, so he was naturally in a better mood than those who had died heroically. Most of those who had died heroically had PK (player kill) points, so you could imagine the consequences of dying. Even one PK point meant losing two levels!

"Everyone, cheer up!" Those who could still offer comfort were basically the ones who had survived and hadn't been killed.

"Sigh..." A chorus of sighs.

"We must get this back!!!" A guy said angrily. This person was called Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow), the king of tragedy among the thirty-one. The first time he came, he was ambushed and killed back to his city. This time, he was killed again, and with PK points. He was the only one who suffered the greatest losses. He dropped three levels and was now on the edge of level 40. One wrong move and he would fall completely.

"Definitely. We can't face the brothers if we don't make a name for ourselves," a bigwig called Sao Ba (Broom) seriously agreed. Everyone understood his thoughts. They thought this mission would be a guaranteed profit-making trip, and everyone had invited their best friends. Who knew it would end like this? He could take responsibility for his own level loss, but now he had caused so many good friends to lose levels, and he was a little embarrassed to face them. Especially those who had lost two or three levels back and forth, the bigwigs were too embarrassed to greet people when they returned to the main city.

"I don't see any good solutions! Let's call people, everyone call people, a hundred each, and drown Very Heaven and his gang," someone suggested.

"A hundred people, 25 scrolls, that's 50 scrolls round trip, this..."

"Who said we have to teleport? We're not in a hurry this time. Everyone be diligent and walk there. We'll agree on a time and calculate the route. We'll all arrive at Cloudrise City, then register our accounts, and we won't return to the city until we've leveled Very Heaven," Sao Ba (Broom) said, looking like he had already thought about it deeply.

"Won't the players in Cloudrise City come out to resist us if we make too much noise?" someone said.

"Why would they? The players in Cloudrise City hate Very Heaven even more than we do. Maybe they'll join us. Speaking of which, we should have contacted some forces in Cloudrise City this time. It's our fault for being too confident, thinking we could take down Very Heaven easily. Who knew it would be so troublesome? This time, we'll do some PR while we set out. I have some old friends in Cloudrise City. We haven't contacted each other much in this game, but we can still talk and they can help a little. I think everyone here has some connections like that, right? Let's all mobilize and work together from the inside and outside. I don't believe Very Heaven can really defy the heavens just because of Qianli Yizui (Drunken Miles)!" Sao Ba (Broom) said.

After a moment of silence in the discussion group, someone suddenly said, "Qianli Yizui (Drunken Miles) is indeed pretty heaven-defying..."

"Alright, everyone knows!" Sao Ba (Broom) was annoyed. How could he not know that Qianli Yizui (Drunken Miles)'s strength was truly heaven-defying? He was just strategically underestimating the enemy to encourage everyone. But there was always someone who didn't understand the situation and had to tell the truth.

"Everyone, don't be impulsive! We still have some problems to solve!" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) saw that some people were about to immediately mobilize troops and return to Cloudrise City, and quickly reminded them.

"What problems?"

"This ambush! If the other side was smarter and saw through our plan to use their trick against them, and turned the tables on us, I think that's understandable. But today's process was a little strange, wasn't it?" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said.

"Tell us, tell us." The bigwigs, who had all suffered the same fate, knew each other a little better. They had noticed which people were more resourceful and which were more impulsive. Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) was obviously one of the more careful and resourceful ones.

"Judging from the other side's posture of being surrounded and holding out for reinforcements, it's clear that they didn't see through our plan. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so passive. Everyone agrees with that, right?" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said.

"No objections," everyone said.

"Then, in such a short time, Very Heaven gathered almost two thousand people. This is very inconsistent with what we know about Very Heaven's background. Hasn't anyone thought about this?" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said.

Everyone fell silent. Such an obvious question, but everyone hadn't even thought about it.

"If our judgment is wrong, then how wrong are we? Very Heaven could have two thousand helpers this time, so what about next time? Will it be four thousand, six thousand, or even eight thousand? Is Very Heaven's foundation in Cloudrise City really as shallow as we think it is? We're each sending a hundred people, which is only three thousand in total, but we've already seen Very Heaven mobilize almost two thousand people today. Someone just suggested finding people in Cloudrise City to work with us from the inside and outside. Can everyone find absolutely trustworthy people? Even buying scrolls from Yunteng Workshop has become a loophole that Very Heaven can exploit. Will our inside-outside operation be exploited by Very Heaven again?" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said in one breath, waiting for the listeners in the discussion group to react.

"This... is indeed a big problem." Sao Ba (Broom) finally realized that he hadn't considered the problem thoroughly. "Even if we've seen all of Very Heaven's forces, that's still two thousand people. And I think these people are very coordinated and skilled. Even if we each bring a hundred people, these three thousand temporary recruits may not be a match for their two thousand, not to mention how familiar they are with the terrain. The more people in a group battle, the more important the terrain becomes!"

"So, are we really helpless against Very Heaven?"

"Diwen, what do you think?" Sao Ba (Broom) didn't think Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) was just analyzing the problem to make everyone see reality. He had analyzed so much, so he must have some ideas.

"Form an elite team," Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said.

"Elite team?"

"That's right. We always thought we could defeat Very Heaven in one go, but the fact is that before we completely understand Very Heaven's strength, it's too dangerous to do so, and we've suffered a lot of losses as a result. So I suggest that we don't act so blatantly as a group next time. Everyone should bring elite personnel who are good at independent combat and sneak into Cloudrise City. Don't engage in any direct conflicts with them, just carry out scattered ambushes and assassinations. If you can't kill a master like Qianli Yizui (Drunken Miles), then avoid him for now and attack the enemy's weaknesses. Create panic and shadows within their guild. Let the ordinary members of Very Heaven know that masters like Qianli Yizui (Drunken Miles) can't protect them at all, and instead put them in a situation where they are implicated and hunted down all the time. When that happens, can Very Heaven not collapse?"

Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said all of this, and after reviewing it himself, he felt that this strategy was very correct. Just as he was waiting for everyone's reaction, a system notification suddenly appeared. It was a system message that the discussion group had disappeared. When he opened it, he saw that someone had applied to join, name: Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper).

Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) was stunned. This discussion group was created by Baodu Fengshuang (Well-Read and Seasoned) before. Baodu Fengshuang (Well-Read and Seasoned) was still in prison and couldn't get messages, so he couldn't come. But this Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) completed his long trek while everyone was carrying out this plan to use their trick against them. This guy must have received the group number that Baodu Fengshuang (Well-Read and Seasoned) sent to everyone when he created the discussion group. He probably ran to this offline discussion group when he arrived in Cloudrise City and found that everyone was offline.

After Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) let Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) in, the bigwigs were all stunned. They had almost forgotten about this person. While they were being tossed around, this guy insisted on walking to Cloudrise City. So, he finally arrived? The bigwigs obviously didn't like this guy very much. Seeing him come in, none of them greeted him.

"Hi, how are you guys doing!" Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) took the initiative to greet everyone.

Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) was now acting as the moderator in the discussion group. Seeing that no one else was paying attention to Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper), he had to greet him: "You finally arrived?"

"Yeah, I arrived. What about you guys?" Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) asked.

"Damn, us? I've been killed twice while you were sightseeing, and I've lost three levels!" Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow) said angrily.

"Oh, who was so cruel? Was it Qianli Yizui (Drunken Miles)?" Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) asked. The way he spoke was strange, making people feel like he was making sarcastic remarks, and Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow) immediately became even angrier: "What's it to you? Aren't you not participating in everyone's group action?"

"I'm not not participating! I just haven't arrived yet," Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

"You still have the nerve to say that," Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow) shouted.

But Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) always seemed calm and composed: "Now that I'm here, what's the next plan?"

Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) was also a little helpless with this person, so he had to copy and paste the message he had just sent again. After reading it, Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) immediately said: "Great minds think alike, that's what I think too."

"Oh?" No matter what, Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) still welcomed people who supported his views.

"So the people I brought are all archers and assassins," Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

"But there are still some details to consider. For example, how do we recognize the players from Very Heaven? Although we've had two encounters before, it doesn't seem like we can remember many faces based on memory alone. If the other side doesn't wear guild badges, then it won't be easy to recognize them. For example, in the previous encounters with them, those guys weren't wearing guild badges," Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said.

Wushi Zhi Jian (Oathless Sword), the old fox, knew that these opponents were all from big backgrounds, so he consciously didn't let the ambushers wear badges. He didn't want to attract a bunch of enemies like Very Heaven. If he wasn't afraid of being too obvious and being seen by the people of Very Heaven, Wushi Zhi Jian (Oathless Sword) really wanted to make a batch of fake Very Heaven badges to wear. His little cleverness was undoubtedly seen through by Han Jia Gongzi (Young Master Han), but unfortunately he was hoping that Wushi Zhi Jian (Oathless Sword) would do so. Wushi Zhi Jian (Oathless Sword) was once again being schemed against and was still smug in his heart.

"Everyone can just use their own methods!" Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

"Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper), you seem very confident. Share some of your methods with everyone!" Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said.

"Uh, you said they don't wear badges, so the people who wear badges are excluded, right? Then compare their classes and levels, and you can eliminate some more. Then you can pay attention to the faces you've dealt with before. These people and their companions are all possible clues!" Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

"Hmph, I thought it would be some good method!" Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow) still didn't like Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper).

"There are also heroic methods, but I'm afraid you won't dare to use them," Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

"I'm angrier than anyone right now, what wouldn't I dare to do?" Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow) said.

"You can stand on the street and shout for the people of Very Heaven to get out, and maybe a few will really come out for you to kill!" Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

Ningmeng Huang (Lemon Yellow) was furious. This method did have some theoretical feasibility, and it was extremely heroic. But the problem was that he really didn't dare to do it. He had already said that he wouldn't act blatantly and would play dirty, but running out alone and acting arrogant was obviously not going to kill people, but to find death!

After thinking for a while, Yi Deng Diwen (First Class Low Temperature) said: "I suggest that we divide our actions into two steps. The first step is to completely confirm the identity of Very Heaven players, using levels, classes, and all other available clues. Then everyone exchanges information, and only after we have a complete understanding do we start the next step of assassination, how about that?"

"That's right! That's more reliable! Putting familiarizing ourselves with the other side as a separate step will make it much easier. For example, we can spend money to hire people to help us recognize people," Yinsha Zhi (Printing Paper) said.

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