Chapter 276 GM

Gu Fei sized up the person before him; this really was a guy appearing as a GM. Ye Xiaowu claimed to be a game worker, but his appearance in the game was a regular player account with a profession and skills, capable of being killed and losing levels. But the one before him, Gu Fei’s sword passed right through him, and now, trying an Appraisal spell, the place that should have shown a profession displayed the letters "gm264". The level showed as one, and there was no other information. The attire on this person also looked like game equipment, but under the Appraisal spell, there was no display at all.

"What did you say just now?" Gu Fei asked.

"It’s like this, due to the current chaotic situation in Cloudy City, coupled with your super-efficient completion of bounty missions, the Cloudy City dungeon is about to be filled up. And where will players be teleported to when the number exceeds capacity? The system doesn't have a response to this, which could lead to errors in the game operation. So, we have to ask you to wait a bit," gm264 explained patiently and in detail again.

"Then hurry up and expand the prison! You’re asking me to stop; that’s just a temporary solution!" Gu Fei complained.

"I know, I know. The planning department has already started working on this, but we need time! So we can only temporarily ask you to stop for a while," gm264 said.

"Just me stopping is enough? What about the others?" Gu Fei said.

"Your stopping is enough. There are still some empty spaces in the dungeon; it should be enough to handle the current situation..." gm264 said.

"What a mess. If I stop like this, what about my continuous missions? Won’t they all fail, and I’ll have to start over?" Gu Fei was mainly referring to the continuous completion of bounty missions needed to upgrade the Wind Chasing Boots. This was considered the most difficult to complete, sometimes failing due to some randomness. For example, the target just received had only one minute left before their PK value was cleared, or they just happened to log off... these were situations that even gods couldn't save. Gu Fei could be considered to have caught a good time; the players were fighting fiercely, the PK value would only increase, not decrease, and it was impossible to run offline in the middle of the battle. It was the best time to upgrade the Wind Chasing Boots, and speed was something Gu Fei liked very much.

gm264 was in tears. They were worried about the entire game potentially malfunctioning, but this person was talking to them about the continuity of his mission. Of course, gm264 had also learned about Qian Li Zui’s situation before entering the game. The game company didn’t say anything publicly, but they were paying attention to the game’s operation behind the scenes every day, and they also knew that this player was a unique outlier in the game. But the predicament he had created, none of the many people up and down in the game company had foreseen this problem. This person’s way of playing the game was beyond human...

Which person would love bounty missions with such high risk and low reward? Even a player who extremely liked PK should become a mass murderer who killed people in the streets. Such a violent person, yet with strong moral constraints, such a contradiction was something that ordinary people couldn't imagine.

Doing something occasionally wasn’t scary, but doing something persistently and unremittingly would produce different consequences. Gu Fei persistently completed bounty missions, so he received a series of rewards. He joined the faction, obtained a bounty license, and then the bounty license was unbelievably upgraded in the city war's unique grand prize. Little by little, various conditions gathered on Gu Fei, and he still insisted on bounty missions without wavering, catching up with the Cloudy City melee outbreak by chance. Gu Fei, with a set of gorgeous bounty equipment and abnormal skills, finally challenged the system’s vacuum.

The parallel world’s game operation could be considered fair. At this time, if they were to be despicable, they could forcibly cut off Gu Fei’s game. No matter how strong he was, he was just an ordinary member among tens of millions of players. He would inexplicably be unable to connect to the game, and he wouldn't be able to cause any trouble. But the game company now sent a GM to explain the situation to him, which could be considered very ethical.

"You can rest assured about the continuity of the mission; we will fairly guarantee the interests of every player. We’re making a special trip to explain this to you, and I believe you can see our sincerity, right?" gm264 tried to communicate with Gu Fei.

Gu Fei nodded; he could see the game company’s integrity. But given that Gu Fei felt he had no responsibility for this matter, he also regarded the game company’s integrity as a matter of course. He was still more concerned about the continuity of his mission, so he asked, "How do you guarantee my mission?"

"Uh? We will now cancel all your current unfinished missions, without counting them as failures. After the dungeon problem is resolved, you can re-accept the missions once again, so that no mission will fail due to your pause, causing your continuity to be destroyed. Is that okay?" gm264 said.

"Oh, that’s okay." Gu Fei was a reasonable person, and he was quite satisfied with the game company’s current handling methods. As long as it was a reasonable thing, he certainly wouldn't be unreasonable, let alone take the opportunity to make excessive demands.

gm264 completed the negotiation mission, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Gu Fei with a smile, "Thank you for your support of our work. Our game company has always rewarded players who discover game bugs. This can also be considered as discovering a game bug! We will contact you again after we finish processing."

"Oh, what’s the reward?" Gu Fei asked curiously.

"Cash reward," gm264 smiled. The game company wouldn’t issue virtual rewards within the game in this situation. Of course, if the player took the money and bought game coins or rewards, that was another matter.

"Oh. Wait a moment." Gu Fei saw that gm264 was about to leave and quickly called out, "How long will it take to fix it?"

"I'm not sure about this. Don't worry, we will contact you as soon as we have resolved the problem," gm264 said.

"Then, what if I want to wash my PK value during this time?" Gu Fei asked.

"Wash PK value?" gm264 asked, puzzled.

"Yes! You also saw the chaos in Cloudy City. It’s always inconvenient to have a PK value above 30. I have to wash it when it’s close to 30. Now I can’t do bounty missions; what should I do?" Gu Fei said.

gm264 obviously hadn’t prepared for this question. After a moment of daze, he said, "You can’t do missions in Cloudy City temporarily, but you can still do them in other main cities."

"Other main cities are very inconvenient..." Gu Fei said.

"How about this, the Wind Chasing Badge’s teleport function can’t cross main cities, but we’ll temporarily help you modify it so that it can cross main cities for teleportation. Would that be convenient?" gm264 said.

"Is that so... Then I’ll just make do with it!" Gu Fei accepted reluctantly.

"Then, thank you again for supporting our work. I’m GM number 264. Our conversation has been recorded on video and audio. If you have any comments, feel free to go to the official homepage or call the 24-hour service hotline. I wish you a pleasant game." After gm264 finished his last formulaic sentence, he immediately disappeared. Unlike players, who have a white light when they log off, he disappeared without a word, directly turning into air, very simply.

Gu Fei remembered something and opened the mission list to take a look. As expected, his unfinished missions had been temporarily erased. When the problem was resolved, he could start accepting missions again and continue the bounty hunting. The continuous record was still maintained, but he didn’t know when these people would solve the problem. Now was a great time for bounty missions!

While Gu Fei was thinking with regret, he sent a message to Han Jia公子, "Bounty missions can’t be done anymore."

"Why?"

"The GM found me, saying that the Cloudy City dungeon is going to be full. If it explodes, there might be errors in the game, and I don’t know what the consequences will be," Gu Fei said.

"Damn, really? You weren't fooled by some guy pretending to be a GM, right? Did someone named 'Game Worker' or something send you the message?" Han Jia公子 asked.

"No, it’s real." Gu Fei described the magic of that gm264 and what happened.

"So you’ve already agreed?" Han Jia公子 said.

"Of course."

"I’d really like to see what kind of error the game would have. Should we call on some people to do bounty missions?" Han Jia公子 said.

As a result, the game operation monitoring department immediately exploded, shouting everywhere, "Attention, attention, there’s another dangerous element here! There's another dangerous element here!"

The crisis created by Gu Fei this time was really taken seriously. When he first started frantically doing missions and washing away nearly 400 PK value, the people in the monitoring department who noticed the situation were still joking that the dungeon would be filled up if this continued. Who would have thought that after Gu Fei upgraded the Wind Chasing Badge, he began to carry out bounty missions more efficiently and more attentively. At this time, the number of players with PK value in Cloudy City was also soaring, and there were more and more players in the dungeon. The faces of the people in the monitoring department gradually changed. After passing a simulated data test, they found that the dungeon would really be blown up if this continued.

The news was quickly conveyed to the superiors, and emergency response plans were immediately proposed and began to be implemented. The game company's move to negotiate with Gu Fei face-to-face was more of a polite move before resorting to force. If Gu Fei refused the game company’s request and continued to do his own thing, the game company would definitely disconnect him from the game without hesitation, and at this time, the game company would occupy the moral high ground and have no worries.

Gu Fei had already agreed to the request in the negotiation with gm264, but this didn't let the game company relax its inspection of him. Moreover, the monitoring level was increased at this time. Gu Fei’s messages and words in the game were being closely watched. Of course, his messages with Han Jia公子 were seen. Seeing that this guy, Han Jia公子, was afraid that the world wouldn’t be in chaos, the comrades in the monitoring department panicked first. Someone proposed sending a GM to negotiate with Han Jia公子 immediately. But the leader was calm at the critical moment and waved his hand: "Also conduct special monitoring on this person, at the highest level. First pay attention to his actions. If he’s just joking, isn’t it a joke to send a GM to find him?"

Everyone listened and praised the leader’s decision as wise. They conducted all-round and top-level monitoring of Han Jia公子’s messages and words. Immediately, someone shouted, "This guy is really going to cause trouble; he’s writing a message."

"What?" The leader felt that there was a greater possibility that the person was just making a casual joke. Hearing this, he was also shocked, rushing up and shouting, "Cut off his message first. Where’s the GM?"

"Wait. He erased it again," the subordinate reported.

"What did he write?" The leader strode toward the monitor.

"He wrote that there are random grand prizes for bounty missions, and he told everyone to do them," the person reported.

"This lie may be a bit naive. He’s probably rephrasing it. Cut off his message first and continue to pay attention to his intentions." The leader said, already arriving at the monitor for Han Jia公子. But he saw that the person guarding the monitor had an extremely ugly face, turning the monitor so that the leader could clearly see the message Han Jia公子 had just written on it.

"Are you monitoring me? Hahahaha, just kidding, just teasing you."

The leader was stunned. Other colleagues realized that there might be something unusual here and gathered together, seeing the message on the screen that Han Jia公子 had clearly written for them.

A group of people looked at each other, speechless. Only the sound of the computer running, creaking, remained in the entire monitoring department.

But the words on the screen were still flashing. This line of messages was erased again, and everyone watched as another string of words jumped into their eyes: Well, I'm going to continue playing the game. I wish everyone a pleasant job.

The faces of the people in the room were ferocious, which could only be described as gnashing their teeth. The staff member sitting at the console was trying very hard to restrain himself from accidentally destroying the account with a slip of the hand. Everyone in the room was conceiving how to punish the player of this account to vent their anger. But the tragedy was that their professional ethics told them that they couldn't do this, so they could only enjoy it in their minds. Thinking of this, everyone was particularly heartbroken.

In the end, the leader, who had the most general-like demeanor, saw that Han Jia公子 was really writing a message again and waved his hand, "Release his message interception."

The staff member reluctantly complied.

"Should we continue monitoring?" someone asked.

A roomful of people suddenly became conflicted. If they continued monitoring, what if they were ridiculed and despised again? If they didn’t continue monitoring, what if this person really caused trouble?

But the leader had a businesslike look on his face: "Continue monitoring. All players who know about the current dungeon situation should be monitored."

"We should have asked Qian Li Zui not to leak the information," one person said.

"The matter was urgent, so we inevitably missed something," another person said.

"But Qian Li Zui doesn't seem like someone who would cause trouble," one person said.

"But what about that guy?"

"A beast," one person concluded, which was actively praised by all colleagues, and there was applause in the office.

In the game, Gu Fei was quite lonely at this time. He couldn’t do missions, and he couldn’t find a target for PK. Plus, with the few guilds that Ni Liu Er Shang had pretended to inadvertently mention, there were fewer targets for Gu Fei to kill. Especially now that no one was wearing a guild badge, Gu Fei went up and asked directly. The players who had opposed them were all feeling guilty. How could they tell the truth? As a result, after a few turns, Gu Fei couldn’t recognize any of the players at all. He wanted to ask Piao Liu for help, but this guy was determined not to serve Gu Fei anymore. He pretended to be dead and didn't reply to messages at all, so Gu Fei had no choice.

Gu Fei was only lonely. The most painful person in the game at this time was Ni Liu Er Shang, who was sandwiched between the walls and stabbed by people on both sides. Dui Jiu Dang Ge was increasingly unable to support himself. The players’ levels were dropping rapidly, getting weaker and weaker. Ni Liu Er Shang had no one to negotiate with. In the end, he was forced to order the guild members who entered the resurrection point not to come out...

With the retreat of Dui Jiu Dang Ge, the small and medium-sized guilds that he had covered also lost their momentum. They were also extremely embarrassed by being chased and killed, but they didn’t have no way out like Dui Jiu Dang Ge! Unable to support themselves, they quickly softened. For example, they firmly expressed to Wu Shi Zhi Jian that they would definitely stand on his side in the future. Wu Shi Zhi Jian was very receptive to this loyalty, so he sold favors and let them go. Gradually, the flames of war in Cloudy City became weaker and weaker. Outside the resurrection point, there were mostly verbal battles, because those who couldn’t beat them were completely unable to beat them and completely shrunk in the resurrection point without coming out.

Gu Fei turned around a few times and found this situation. He was anxious. The dungeon problem hadn’t been resolved yet. How could the great melee have a sign of ceasefire? Looking at the time, more than an hour had passed. What kind of work ethic did this game company have!

Gu Fei was annoyed! Lan Yi and Ying Zhai Yue Zai’s people, who had walked from Yueye City, finally arrived. These two guys said they were here to help Gu Fei, but they didn’t contact Gu Fei first. Instead, they looked for Mang Mang De Mang Mang. Mang Mang De Mang Mang didn’t understand and sent a message to ask Gu Fei what these people were doing.

"Oh? Are you back?" Gu Fei wasn’t thinking about this at this time.

"Yes, they’ve all arrived. What plans do you have here?"

"Plans? Ask that someone," Gu Fei said.

As a result, Han Jia公子’s message had also arrived: "There are a bunch of remnants left after the fight. We can clean up the trash."

"I’ve been turning around for a long time and can’t find an opponent," Gu Fei said.

"Find? Why don’t you ask Ni Liu Er Shang or Wu Shi Zhi Jian? They will clearly tell you," Han Jia公子 said.

"That’s right!" Gu Fei suddenly realized.

"Currently, Dui Jiu Dang Ge seems to have been defeated and has all shrunk into the resurrection point. Yun Zhong Mu Di and the others are organizing people. It seems that they are preparing to receive bounty missions and directly kill into the resurrection point to pull these people out," Han Jia公子 said.

"Can bounty missions be received?"

"They can always be received; you’re the only exception," Han Jia公子 said calmly.

"Damn, so many people are receiving them. Can’t they compare to me alone?"

"It seems that way. Am I right?" Han Jia公子 said.

"What’s right?" Gu Fei asked, puzzled.

"The last half sentence wasn’t for you," Han Jia公子 said.

"What?" Gu Fei didn’t understand.

The staff members who were still monitoring teared up again.

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