嘉世俱乐部, Liu Hao was comfortably watching a movie in his room.

Although he was filled with anger by Ye Xiu at the internet cafe last night, Liu Hao's mood quickly returned to pleasantness when he thought of that guy being so down on his luck that he had to work as an internet cafe manager.

Having driven away Ye Qiu, he was still the vice-captain of the Excellent Era team, and this situation made him very satisfied.

Now he could speak his mind to everyone in the club. That Sun Xiang was just a newcomer, and the team's affairs were entirely the responsibility of him, the vice-captain. That guy was just a greenhorn who was easily flattered, so he let him be a figurehead captain. If something went wrong with the team, the captain would be the first to take the blame. You go and die, I'll take the credit—a wonderfully harmonious duet.

Speaking of which, Ye Qiu was really difficult to deal with, refusing to be coerced or cajoled. It took a lot of effort.

Liu Hao was imagining the wonderful blueprint for the future when his phone suddenly rang. It was almost midnight, so it must be something urgent. Liu Hao picked up the phone and saw that it was Chen Yehui, the president of the Excellent Dynasty guild.

Liu Hao was a senior professional player and the vice-captain of the team. He knew the importance of the guilds supported by clubs in online games, so he had long been in cahoots with Chen Yehui, the president of the Excellent Dynasty guild.

Glory's competitive league is not completely independent from online games. Even the strongest god-level characters in the current professional league started as ordinary account cards, ordinary characters, and then leveled up and built up bit by bit. It is true that the club owns the account cards, but the terminal data of the characters on the account cards is still stored in Glory's online game database.

The club conducts various self-made equipment development and research, using the same equipment editor that everyone can use in the online game. A large amount of consumables used in the research process are also obtained from the online game.

For clubs, guilds are both a propaganda organization and a logistics support department. Sometimes they can discover good seedlings for professional players, and sometimes they are weapons to attack other clubs. All clubs will support their own guild forces in online games. Without a guild at all, not to mention anything else, all the materials for developing self-made equipment would have to be collected with currency. Once or twice is okay, but continuing to spend money like this is not the right way. Every boss runs a club to make a profit, not to pour money into it endlessly.

Chen Yehui is the president of the Excellent Dynasty guild. Although most of the guild members are ordinary players, the president's position is definitely held by someone with an employment relationship with the club. To some extent, Chen Yehui is also a manager-level figure in a department under the club.

Liu Hao picked up the phone, but his face showed an unpredictable expression. Chen Yehui's current respectful appearance in front of him seemed a bit too much. Although professional players can have some influence on the operation of the guild, the two are not in a superior-subordinate relationship. Accurately speaking, the two can now be said to be an alliance, but Chen Yehui's attitude is like that of his subordinate, which is worthy of consideration. This feeling is very similar to the way he deals with Sun Xiang.

With such thoughts in mind, Liu Hao answered the phone.

"Team Liu, are you resting?"

"Not yet, what's the matter?"

"The record for the Frost Forest dungeon has been broken," Chen Yehui said.

"Ah? Broken?" A look of surprise flashed across Liu Hao's face. It was just a small dungeon record, and he wouldn't jump up as if his eyebrows were on fire. The surprise was only because his result, although not his full strength, was at least achieved by a professional-level player. To break it again would require a certain level of strength. Could it be that another professional player had come?

"Which guild broke it?" Liu Hao asked. A guild meant the club behind it.

"Tyrannical Ambition," Chen Yehui replied.

People from Team Tyranny? Liu Hao was puzzled. Tyranny Club was the club behind Tyrannical Ambition, and its Tyranny Team was the team that狙击 (jūjī - sniped) Excellent Era's four consecutive championships. Tyranny Team's ace player, Han Wenqing, account Desert孤烟 (Damo Guyan - Lone Desert Smoke), class Striker, was known as the "Boxing Emperor" in Glory, one of the god-level characters like the "Battle God." Although Tyranny and Excellent Era were considered rivals, they wouldn't care so much about a small dungeon like Frost Forest, and specially find a professional player to come over for a difficult-to-break record, would they? That was unlikely! It would be barely acceptable if it was in the Heavenly Domain…

"The guild is Tyrannical Ambition, but the people who cleared the dungeon aren't," Chen Yehui said.

"What's going on?" Liu Hao didn't understand.

"Among the team that cleared the dungeon, there is a character called 君莫笑 (Jun Moxiao - Lord Grim). This person is quite famous in the tenth server. He got three first kills in the newbie village. He helped Blue Brook Guild set the record for the Frost Forest dungeon for a while. Then he led a team to snatch the first kill of the Blood Gunner from the three major guilds. Later, he helped Tyrannical Ambition get the first kill of the Goblin Merchant. Now, he has helped Tyrannical Ambition刷 (shuā - reset) the Frost Forest dungeon record. Of the five people in that team, four were temporarily added to Tyrannical Ambition. It seems that they were all helpers that this 君莫笑 (Jun Moxiao - Lord Grim) brought." Chen Yehui attached great importance to the server opening this time and personally directed the work. Several major guilds had people create alt accounts to sneak in, so he also knew some superficial information.

Liu Hao pondered over what Chen Yehui said, and his expression changed drastically: "You mean…"

"Could this 君莫笑 (Jun Moxiao - Lord Grim) be Ye Qiu?" Chen Yehui said.

That was exactly what Liu Hao was suspecting. He suddenly remembered that the computer that guy was playing at the internet cafe that day was showing the Glory screen?

"That day Ye Qiu was playing Glory, didn't you notice his character name?" Liu Hao asked.

"I paid attention… but I couldn't see clearly," Chen Yehui said regretfully.

"I can't go to that place, and you shouldn't show your face either. Just find someone that guy doesn't know to go and see. It shouldn't be too difficult to see his character name, right?" Liu Hao said.

"I've already arranged it, and someone is going there now," Chen Yehui said.

"Okay… then let's find out first," Liu Hao said.

"Wait for my call," Chen Yehui said.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Hao was in no mood to watch any more movies. Ye Qiu had been driven away, but whenever he heard this name, he would always feel a trace of unease in his heart. Especially when Ye Qiu and Glory appeared together at this time, he felt even more panicked.

"Damn it!!" Liu Hao got up and ran to the bathroom to wash his face fiercely.

This was just a suspicion, and he was already so worried? Even if it was really Ye Qiu, so what? He had already retired, playing Glory was just to pass the time, right? Otherwise, what else could that guy do besides playing Glory?

Liu Hao kept thinking like this in his heart, but for some reason, the words Ye Qiu said in the conference room before leaving kept swirling in his mind.

"I haven't reached the point of despair yet, I will be back."

Liu Hao was restless in the room, opening the window because he felt the air was not fresh, drinking some water because he was thirsty, and turning on the air conditioner because he felt too hot. After tossing and turning for a long time, his phone finally rang again, and he couldn't wait to answer it.

"It's Ye Qiu…" The voice on the other end of the phone was like a basin of cold water poured directly on him.

Liu Hao immediately forgot all the comfort he had just given himself and quickly lost his composure: "Damn it! This guy, why is he so haunting! Even in this state, he still wants to target me, right? I understand! He saw us that day and immediately thought that we had刷 (shuā - set) the Excellent Dynasty guild record, so he immediately joined Excellent Era's archenemy Tyranny's guild and then刷 (shuā - reset) our record again. He's really got some skills! But is this guy's brain broken? It's just a Frost Forest dungeon record, do you think I care that much?"

"But if he keeps targeting us like this…" Chen Yehui said.

"Don't worry, what's the new record he刷 (shuā - set)?" Liu Hao asked.

"13 minutes, 05 seconds, 47," Chen Yehui said.

"Hahahaha," Liu Hao laughed loudly after hearing this result: "This isn't that great! I thought he was so amazing. Don't worry, I'll刷 (shuā - reset) it back right away. We didn't take it seriously last time, and the classes weren't the best combination for刷 (shuā - resetting) the Frost Forest dungeon."

"Then what are the best classes for the combination? I'll choose a set of accounts for that," Chen Yehui said.

"No need, just use the last one," Liu Hao said.

"But the last accounts are already over level 25…" Chen Yehui said, "I'll find another one!"

"By the way, you said that four of the people in that team were temporarily added to Tyranny? Besides Ye Qiu, who else are they?" Liu Hao asked.

"I'm not sure who they are. One is a Battle Mage called 寒烟柔 (Han Yanrou - Soft Mist), one is a Brawler called 包子入侵 (Baozi Ruqin - Steamed Bun Invasion), and one is a Launcher called 风梳烟沐 (Feng Shuyanmu - Wind Combing the Poplar)." Chen Yehui said.

"Launcher!!" Liu Hao emphatically confirmed this, and he had already thought of someone in his mind, but there was no evidence, and he wasn't too sure.

As for the other two, he really couldn't think of any clues. In his opinion, to break their record, the helpers had to be at the professional level, otherwise it would be impossible for Ye Qiu alone, no matter how capable he was.

"By the way, what class is Ye Qiu playing this time?" Liu Hao suddenly asked.

"No class."

"No class?"

"Level 25, no job change."

"What is this guy doing?" Liu Hao was puzzled again. Could he be playing a hybrid class? That's impossible! Although the level cap of hybrid classes at level 50 can theoretically be broken through now, it has long been concluded in the professional circle that hybrid classes have no value. In addition to the weight of carrying weapons, there is also the cooldown of switching equipment, the redundancy of skills… Hybrid classes were originally a trick created by players themselves, not a class designed in Glory. Many places have insurmountable obstacles, and the game company will not make any adjustments for this class that is not in the design, so there is no future!

However, if there is one person in the Glory circle who can play the hybrid class well, the first name that pops up in Liu Hao's mind is Ye Qiu. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel uneasy again.

"Hey, Team Liu, are you still there?" Chen Yehui asked repeatedly on the other end of the phone.

"Yes… um, help me get another account, preferably one that hasn't joined a guild, around level 20, any class will do," Liu Hao said.

Chapter 1 The Beginning