Chapter 1 You Think Too Simply

"You think too simply." Han Jia Gongzi said, opening a newly purchased bottle of wine and handing it to Shui Wuhen. Shui Wuhen was about to refuse, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the wine Han Jia Gongzi casually offered was the legendary Erbai. Although the economic adjustment had reduced the price of alcohol by 90%, turning the legendary 200 into 20, no one would waste money on such things anymore. Thus, Shui Wuhen decided to cherish this opportunity and accepted the wine from Han Jia Gongzi, only to see Han Jia Gongzi open a bottle for himself as well.

There were quite a few brothers from Caiyun Inn around, all staring with greedy eyes. Han Jia Gongzi glanced at the crowd. "Want a drink?"

Everyone nodded vigorously.

Han Jia Gongzi stepped aside, revealing the door of the tavern. "Go in and buy your own."

Everyone immediately lost their desire to drink and silently stood aside.

Shui Wuhen felt a little embarrassed that he had wine while his brothers didn't, but he only had one bottle. It was impossible to share it among hundreds of people, and even more impossible for him to treat everyone to this wine. Since both were impossible, Shui Wuhen stopped worrying and drank as he asked, "How am I thinking too simply?"

"Didn't we already test it when we entered the city? Although the neutral system guards won't actively attack us, as long as we create any hatred towards them, they will kill us to the end. Now we are in the city, and although there are many of us, this is their territory. Guards, see them?" Han Jia Gongzi pointed to a team of system guards passing by in front of them and continued, "They are now part of the city's defense, so any attack we launch against them will definitely be seen as hatred by the system and they will attack us as well. So, don't think that just because there are many of us, we can take them down."

"You mean we have to find a place without system guards to attack? That's going to be difficult!" Shui Wuhen frowned. During this city war, the curfew in the city seemed stricter than usual. They had only been standing outside the tavern for a short while, and they had already seen four teams of guards, one of which had walked past them. Many people subconsciously became nervous, but luckily the system guards weren't intelligent enough to treat such nervousness as hatred.

"That's why we need to think of a way," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What way?" Shui Wuhen asked.

"You guys must have heard of that guy in this tavern, right?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"Xiao Lei? Of course, I've heard of him," Shui Wuhen said.

"Clearly, he must be a faction player, and I don't think he's joined Qian Li Yi Zui's group," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Oh, and then?" Shui Wuhen asked.

"Then? Then if he establishes a guild and we join it, wouldn't that guild be a city-defending guild? And then wouldn't we be able to freely attack those guys in the city?" Han Jia Gongzi asked in return.

"Ah... that..." Shui Wuhen never expected such a move.

"Has he agreed already?" Shui Wuhen asked Han Jia Gongzi.

"Not yet, but I don't think there's a big problem. I came out to inform you guys first, and take this time to choose people," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Choose people?"

"Choose 50 people, genius. It's a newly established guild. Do you think we can all join with so many people?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Oh, oh!" Shui Wuhen nodded quickly.

"No priests or knights," Han Jia Gongzi was about to enter when he suddenly thought of something and stopped to say.

"Why not?" Shui Wuhen was stunned.

"Both sides are city-defending players, and they're PK-ing each other. The system guards definitely can't judge hatred. If priests and knights only use auxiliary skills, they're still helping the city-defending side. I don't think the system can still determine hatred, so priests and knights don't need to take up slots," Han Jia Gongzi nodded in agreement, then entered Xiao Lei's Tavern again.

Xiao Lei was leaning over the liquor cabinet, continuing to mix his drinks. Suddenly, the door rang, and he looked up to see Han Jia Gongzi returning, unsure of his intentions. He looked at him blankly.

Han Jia Gongzi could confidently judge that Xiao Lei was a faction player, thanks to the binoculars he had repeatedly borrowed from Mang Mang. Xiao Lei had repeatedly come out to collect rubble during the city war pauses. Others couldn't see who it was from a distance, but Han Jia Gongzi recognized him as Xiao Lei.

No one would run to the city wall to pick up stones for no reason. There was no doubt that Xiao Lei was on a mission. If he was just a neutral player who had infiltrated the main city, he wouldn't be able to receive the mission. So, it was clear that Xiao Lei was also a faction player, just like Gu Fei and Jian Gui, initially assigned to the city-defending side. And before Gu Fei and the others formed a guild, Xiao Lei was picking up stones; after Gu Fei's guild was established, he was still picking up stones, which led Han Jia Gongzi to further deduce that Xiao Lei had not joined Gu Fei's group.

Seeing Xiao Lei looking at him blankly, Han Jia Gongzi simply got straight to the point. "Xiao Lei, what faction are you?"

"Business and Trade Alliance," Xiao Lei said.

"I see you want to earn some city war points and possibly get a piece of the pie in the subsequent distribution of power, which will be more conducive to doing business in the future, right?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"Yeah!" Xiao Lei said helplessly. He had originally agreed with a group of like-minded people to work together to earn some points. But now they were scattered everywhere. He was working hard, but he didn't know if the points earned by the city-defending side and the city-attacking side would be converted uniformly in the end.

"But how many points can you earn by going out to move stones again and again like that?" Han Jia Gongzi smiled.

"There's no other way!" Xiao Lei sighed.

"Actually, there is a way!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What way?" Xiao Lei asked.

"Just like Qian Li and the others, form a guild," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Form a guild?" Xiao Lei was stunned.

"That's right. The city war's points system is based on guilds. You're all alone right now. Even if you work hard, can you compete with a small guild of fifty people?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"We also have some people," Xiao Lei said.

Han Jia Gongzi was stunned. "What people?"

"Before the city war, we formed a guild together, but I was thrown into the city and can't contact them now," Xiao Lei said gloomily.

Han Jia Gongzi breathed a sigh of relief. "That's even more troublesome. They're attacking the city, and you're defending the city, which are completely opposed. How will the points you earn be converted? Added together... or should they be offset?"

Obviously, offsetting them was a more plausible argument. Xiao Lei had always been worried about this. But after hearing Han Jia Gongzi's words, he quickly turned his head around. "You mean we should disband the guild now and then I should re-establish a guild as the guild leader so that at least our efforts won't be mutually offset?"

"Smart," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"But I can't contact them at all now!" Xiao Lei said, distressed.

"That's why your intelligence isn't up to par yet," Han Jia Gongzi said as he sent a message. The tavern door was immediately pushed open, and a group of fully armed guys who didn't look like business players filed in. Xiao Lei stared blankly, hearing Han Jia Gongzi say from the side, "Look, I've already prepared it for you."

Xiao Lei wasn't stupid. Couldn't he see the signs? He said with a wry smile, "Did you prepare it for me, or am I, a ready-made faction player, prepared for you?"

"Whatever! Anyway, there are enough people here for you to establish a small guild," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"But of course you won't help me with the missions..." Xiao Lei said.

"Of course. You still have to do your own things. However, after we finish our business, we'll leave the guild and return to neutral status. Once we're out of the city with a neutral status, we can help you contact your friends. When the time comes, they can disband the guild and enter the city and continue to build your city-defending guild together. How about it?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Sounds good. But they've been operating outside the city for more than a day..." Xiao Lei was still hesitant.

"You obviously don't understand the situation outside the city. Missions are now more popular than bosses. With the small bodies of your business players, what missions do you think you can grab? You're more suited to doing missions in the harmonious and undisturbed environment of the main city. This alone can definitely move them. Even if it can't, we'll leave a few people behind to prevent your guild from disbanding. Even if we can't help you with your missions, it's good that your hard work won't be wasted, isn't it?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

Xiao Lei didn't respond immediately. After carefully calculating again, he finally nodded. "Okay!"

"That's ambitious. Now, take us to establish your guild!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

Xiao Lei nodded and walked forward, casually asking, "What are you planning to do with borrowing a guild like this?"

"What do you think?" Han Jia Gongzi smiled.

"I'd better not guess..." Xiao Lei wiped his sweat. Of course, he had already expected that Han Jia Gongzi was going to challenge Qian Li Yi Zui and the others. These two sides were not easy to provoke. Sandwiched in the middle, the wisest choice was to play dumb and pretend he didn't know anything, so that he wouldn't offend anyone.

"The guild hall is a bit of a distance away. What if we run into someone?" Shui Wuhen asked.

"We're going to run into someone sooner or later, so it doesn't matter. Don't worry about it," Han Jia Gongzi said indifferently.

"If we don't run into anyone, can't we catch them by surprise?" Shui Wuhen said regretfully, feeling that they should try to act secretly as much as possible.

"Catch them by surprise? If you kill one of them now, they'll all know there's a problem. Actually, compared to them now, what's our biggest disadvantage?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Not being city-defending players?" Shui Wuhen said.

"We're about to be, aren't we!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Uh... there's still a disadvantage?" Shui Wuhen felt that they would have a good chance of success in the future with their large numbers, fifty people attacking, priests and knights supporting, and others putting on a show of strength.

"We have a total of three hundred people. I'm asking you, do you three hundred people all know each other?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Of course, there are some we don't know," Shui Wuhen blurted out.

"That's our disadvantage. All of their combat personnel know each other! So, instead of worrying about that, why not take this time to get to know each other, everyone!" Han Jia Gongzi said irritably. Knowing each other or not was a big problem for team battles in Parallel World. In previous online games, the guild name was displayed on your head, and the opponent was red and your own was blue, which was clear at a glance. But in Parallel World, the system was extremely stingy and only provided a guild badge as an identifier. When a brawl broke out, everyone stared at the chest. If you encountered a guild like Rebirth Amethyst, regardless of who won or lost the PK, the charge of lewdness couldn't be escaped. Of course, this charge of lewdness was also intentional. If the opponent was Rebirth Amethyst, the girls' faces were easier to recognize than the badge. Staring at the chest to recognize the badge was definitely an excuse.

Han Jia Gongzi's words were reasonable, and Shui Wuhen couldn't refute them. He quickly organized everyone to get to know each other. It was quite embarrassing that everyone was in the same guild but didn't know each other. The three hundred people were now in a chaotic state. On average, each person knew one-third, had heard of one-third, and had no idea about the other third. During this process of getting to know each other, there were even dialogues like, "Oh, it's you! So you're also in our guild. I've never seen you wear a badge!" and "Haha, I don't usually like to wear it."

How easy was it to recognize more than a hundred people in a short period of time? Almost none of the three hundred people present could do it. Shui Wuhen himself was also having a hard time recognizing people, but seeing Han Jia Gongzi walking leisurely in front with Xiao Lei, he felt resentful. If it came to not knowing people, he didn't know the most, yet he was letting everyone else suffer here while he was relaxing. Thinking this, Shui Wuhen hurried to catch up with Han Jia Gongzi. "Hey, you haven't recognized many people yourself, have you? Come and get to know everyone together."

"I'm different," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"How are you different?"

"First, I'm handsome enough. People who have seen me will immediately recognize me. Don't believe me? Ask the three hundred people. Is there anyone who doesn't know me?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

Although Shui Wuhen really wanted to punch him, he had to admit that he had only met Han Jia Gongzi once, but he could never forget him. He believed that the three hundred people were the same, so this was true. So, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not asking everyone to recognize you. I'm asking you to recognize everyone."

"Hehe, that's the second thing. Although I don't know you, I know all of our opponents. Conversely, the people I don't know are our own people. How about it? Are you convinced now?" Han Jia Gongzi said and continued on his way.

"Mary next door!" Shui Wuhen muttered to himself.

After all, the main city was very large, and there weren't many people from Rebirth Amethyst and Unrivaled Supernaturally. When the three hundred-person army arrived at the guild hall, they actually didn't encounter anyone.

"Those who want to join my guild, come over here!" Xiao Lei called out in front. Fifty of the most valiant guys among the three hundred people stepped forward and followed Xiao Lei into the guild hall.

Everything went very quickly. Xiao Lei's guild was called Xiao Lei's Tavern, and the guild badge directly used his tavern's signboard. The guys from Caiyun Inn felt awkward wearing a guild badge like this, especially when they saw Han Jia Gongzi beside them. There seemed to be a hint of teasing in his eyes. Everyone suspected that this guy had set them up, but no matter how they thought about it, they couldn't figure out what was wrong with this arrangement. So, they could only understand it as: This was a malicious guy who enjoyed seeing others embarrassed.

"Now everything is ready." After leaving the guild hall, Han Jia Gongzi began to speak. "Xiao Lei, you can continue your mission."

"Okay, good luck," Xiao Lei said nothing, asked nothing, and left immediately. He wasn't Brother You; he preferred to bury his thoughts in his stomach and speculate on his own. He didn't want to get involved in such a struggle. He could consider both sides as friends, but they weren't too deep friends. How could he be embarrassed to earn money from his deep friends' wine? Earning money from both sides was what Xiao Lei wanted; he didn't want to rely on either side.

"Next, it's up to us. Do the three hundred of you bosses all know each other?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"Not yet," everyone said shamefully.

"Then form teams with those who know each other."

So, there was a mess. This one knew that one, that one didn't know this one, and this one knew that one but didn't know that one. Han Jia Gongzi couldn't stand it anymore and shouted twice to stop. He pointed at Shui Wuhen and said, "You, find eight more people and have each of you choose 29 people you're familiar with to form a team."

"Wouldn't that leave thirty people?" Shui Wuhen said.

"Is it okay to leave the remaining thirty people to me, Math King?" Han Jia Gongzi rolled his eyes.

Shui Wuhen coughed up blood again. Being despised again and again was exactly what he did.

Han Jia Gongzi's method was effective. A person and the people he was familiar with were often a circle of friends, and then a few more were added to make up the number. After an introduction, it was quicker to get to know each other than to get to know more than a hundred people at once. However, at the end of the selection, the remaining thirty people were very awkward. Because during the process of choosing people, the people who were chosen would also recommend and introduce each other. Those who remained at the end without being chosen were really anonymous and transparent characters in the guild.

"Very good, now we have a total of ten teams, a role of thirty people. However, don't think that thirty people is a large number. Please make sure to see your opponent clearly before you take action. If it is Qian Li Yi Zui, please shout loudly and report your location. If I am nearby and have the opportunity to arrive, we will have a chance. If I can't arrive, please detour or die."

A sea of middle fingers.

"If it is Jian Gui, surrounding him is useless. His skills are enough to assassinate a small encirclement of thirty people. The smart way is to grasp the rushing distance of his skills and arrange a double-layered encirclement. I will say this distance later. Remember, even heavy-armored warriors should not try to stop his charge."

This time, there was no excessive talk, and everyone seriously memorized it.

"If it is Yu Tian Shen Ming, use the street terrain to turn a few circles. He will get lost, and then the assassin can sneak up and kill him; if it is a team of seven, contact the nearest team nearby and the two teams will surround and kill them, paying attention to the coordination of their warriors and mages; if you see a woman, please recall that there are no women among our three hundred people, so that is definitely not someone you need to curry favor with. It is an opponent, please treat it seriously."

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On this solemn day of the approaching mid-June, I continue to call for monthly tickets. Please treat it seriously.