Chapter 暂缓 What Doesn't Count As Destruction

"Boss, this doesn't really count as sabotage, does it? It's just a slight delay," Wu Ye offered from the side.

Yongyuan was also present, but remained silent. He understood player psychology even better. Sometimes, people rely on a surge of impulse to see things through. Bao Du Fengshuang and his group had suffered loss after loss in their struggle against Fei Chang Ni Tian, accumulating their rage until they finally mobilized everyone they could to launch this expedition. Who would have thought that something like this would interrupt them?

Learning the efficiency leveling method might be quick, but maintaining a stable and harmonious leveling area was definitely not a matter of a day or two. Yongyuan was sure that these people suddenly returning to the main city wasn't because they were in a hurry to learn the efficiency leveling method. The main reason was that these people were elites who needed to go back and manage the overall situation. Once that situation stabilized, wouldn't the accumulated impulse dissipate?

It seemed that Gaishi Qiying understood this principle quite well, hence his worried expression. He didn't even hear Wu Ye's consolation. He turned to Yongyuan. "Yongyuan, get in touch with them and see what their attitude is now."

"Alright," Yongyuan responded. He could already guess what these people were feeling, but since the boss had ordered it, he still had to ask. As he expected, Bao Du Fengshuang and his group had no desire to retreat if it were up to them, but they were helpless. They didn't have strong control over the team, just like Yingqi Studio, which, while technically hiring them, didn't actually have any control either.

Gaishi Qiying's face was extremely unpleasant. He figured that this time, he would end up empty-handed. Although he hadn't suffered any losses, seeing his competitors in the industry rushing to grab the "gold" of the efficiency leveling method while he could only watch was a major setback.

Gaishi Qiying's eyes shifted, and he suddenly glared at Wu Ye. Wu Ye instinctively shrunk his neck because he already knew what the boss was going to say.

"Where are the people? Where are the people? The people I told you to find? You kept saying you had leads, so why haven't you found them yet?" Gaishi Qiying finally lost his composure and roared.

Wu Ye shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything, although he felt quite wronged. It hadn't been that long since he had taken over this matter. It wasn't that slow, but unfortunately, their competitors were one step ahead.

Yongyuan watched from the sidelines and suddenly understood something. He knew what kind of person Wu Ye had been looking for under Gaishi Qiying's orders. It seemed to be quite an important role. Now it seemed that the person Wu Ye was looking for might have something to do with this efficiency leveling method. After all, the world was so big, it wasn't possible that only Qian Li Yizui had this talent.

Thinking of this, Yongyuan had a deeper understanding of Gaishi Qiying's plan. Provoking player battles to profit from the war by selling equipment and materials was one aspect. On the other hand, this guy had been thinking about the efficiency leveling method. Messing around with Fei Chang Ni Tian allowed him to keep Qian Li Yizui busy and prevent him from cooperating with others on any efficiency leveling methods.

Truly a businessman! Yongyuan couldn't help but sigh. He hadn't thought of any of this.

"You can't even handle this little thing. What are you good for?" Gaishi Qiying completely lost his temper and his scolding of Wu Ye became increasingly harsh. Yongyuan couldn't bear to listen anymore. It was true that when you worked for someone, your status in front of the boss was quite low. Fortunately, he was only semi-professional. Gaishi Qiying had always been polite to him. At least he wouldn't be so rude no matter what.

"I don't think we can count on you for this matter. Hand it over to Yongyuan!" Gaishi Qiying suddenly said. Yongyuan was stunned. His job was to be Gaishi Qiying's fighter in the game. Recently, Yingqi had been quite chaotic, so their Eagle Team had also helped Gaishi Qiying with some business matters, such as moving warehouses. However, they weren't happy to do these things. Seeing this, it seemed that Gaishi Qiying was going to stuff more and more things into his hands...

"Yongyuan, come here." When Gaishi Qiying turned to Yongyuan, his tone immediately changed. Wu Ye felt depressed, but he couldn't show it on his face. He also knew that their identities were different. He relied on this for food and living, while the other guy was probably just earning some pocket money.

"Tell Yongyuan what's going on with your side." Gaishi Qiying was forcing Wu Ye to hand over the matter that he hadn't been able to complete to Yongyuan.

Wu Ye quickly said, "We've already found out who the person is. His name is Chen Qiyi. He's an assassin in the main city of Senia. His level is currently 42, not very high. We can confirm that he's the person we're looking for, but he hasn't been online these days. We can't find any way to contact him in reality." After Wu Ye finished speaking, he glanced at the boss, using this opportunity to clarify his innocence: the person had been found, but the other party wasn't online, so there was nothing he could do!

"Hasn't been online?" After hearing this, Gaishi Qiying's tone lowered somewhat. He had been roaring when talking to Wu Ye earlier.

"Hasn't been online. We contacted some of his friends in the game that we found out about, but none of them have his contact information," Wu Ye said.

"In that case, it seems like there's no other way. We can only wait, right?" Yongyuan said. Of course, Wu Ye couldn't express his opinion. He just continued to shrink his neck and remain silent.

"The game is so big, haven't you found a second one besides him?" Gaishi Qiying was now trying to find a reason to vent his frustration, even if there wasn't one.

"Not for the time being," Wu Ye said truthfully.

"Who exactly is this person..." Yongyuan wanted to confirm his guess.

"Like Qian Li Yizui, he's said to be someone who knows kung fu," Gaishi Qiying said.

That he knew kung fu. Gu Fei had never hidden this fact and never pretended to be a pig to eat a tiger. If anyone asked him why he was so strong, he would definitely tell them the truth. It was just that this answer was hard for people to accept, just like what Gu Fei had experienced in life. When he told his students that he knew kung fu, they all thought he was a martial arts novel addict...

This answer that people didn't take seriously, most people would take it as an excuse for Gu Fei to hide his skills. But as people became more familiar with him, the truth would eventually be accepted. Even Gu Fei himself might not know that he knew kung fu, something that he had said himself, was now being increasingly accepted by players in the game.

This was undoubtedly a special thing about Qian Li Yizui compared to ordinary players. So why could he create the efficiency leveling method while others couldn't? The reason was obvious.

Yingqi Studio was the first to try to contact Qian Li Yizui and get the business of the efficiency leveling method, but unfortunately, they failed. But it was that failure that made Wu Ye discover that the efficiency leveling method didn't seem to be Qian Li Yizui's patent. Because in that incident, Qian Li Yizui didn't seem to want to get involved from the beginning. He was always fighting for Bai Shi Jinglun.

Qian Li Yizui wasn't the only one, so the efficiency leveling method wasn't indispensable to him. After realizing this, Yingqi had already started looking for players who could replace Qian Li Yizui.

However, shortly after that, there was a major currency adjustment, city battles, and a series of major events. The focus of the studio's work was constantly shifting. After that, there was a major personnel change. A bunch of things slowed down their progress on this matter. Finally, Wu Ye found such a person, but the person wouldn't go online. As a result, in the blink of an eye, Yunteng Studio had already launched the efficiency leveling method.

"This Chen Qiyi, is that his ID?" After thinking about these things and feeling depressed for a while, Gaishi Qiying finally spoke again.

"Yes," Wu Ye nodded quickly.

"Sounds like a real name," Gaishi Qiying said.

"I'm not sure about that," Wu Ye said. Few people in online games would use their real names as their IDs, but having a surname and a given name did make it sound like one.

"Just keep an eye on this. He'll come online eventually," Yongyuan said. Gaishi Qiying needed a way out at this time, because it was obvious that whether Wu Ye or Yongyuan did it, there would be no difference. Everyone could only wait for the person to come online. Yongyuan's gentle words covered up Gaishi Qiying's impulse to hand the matter over to him earlier. After Gaishi Qiying nodded, he didn't say anything else. The matter of handing over was dropped.

"Yunteng is doing leveling. Should we go mess with them?" Wu Ye asked tentatively.

"It's useless," Gaishi Qiying shook his head. Judging from the situation in Baishi City, it would be quite easy to create some trouble. But the problem was that creating some trouble wouldn't fundamentally solve anything. If Yingqi were exposed, they would cause a stir.

"Then what should we do now..." Wu Ye asked tentatively. He didn't want the boss to think that he was a very opinionated person, but in the current situation, he really didn't have any ideas. He felt that Yingqi's current situation could be described as being surrounded by enemies on all sides, with no good way out at all.

"Although many people are involved in the efficiency leveling method, there won't be many core developers, so the progress won't be very fast. If we can contact this Chen Qiyi in the next two days, we can still occupy a part of the market. As for Fei Chang Ni Tian, it's best to maintain those people's emotions towards them. Yongyuan, what are your thoughts?" Gaishi Qiying asked.

"We can try to create some rumors in their main city. They gathered experts for an expedition, but they came back halfway. Although there are special reasons, it's somewhat embarrassing. Create some ridicule against them, against their people, and expect it against their guild. Anyway, say anything unpleasant. Maybe in the end, the accumulated power will be more terrifying than it is now," Yongyuan said.

"Good!" Gaishi Qiying nodded.

"Also, on the forum, you can find some people to impersonate Fei Chang Ni Tian's identity and ridicule them in the forums of these main cities," Yongyuan said.