Hu Die Lan
Chapter 462 Scavenging is Also Professional
By now, players already knew to be wary of being taken advantage of by scavengers. Sudden conflicts between players were one thing, but activities like fighting wild Bosses generally had people specifically assigned to keep watch, both to prevent troublemakers and to prevent scavengers from sneaking in.
The previous team was fine; it was clear that they weren't some team with a big background. The main team only had about ten people, so where would they find extra people to be responsible for these things? Finding an empty spot and seizing the time to start killing was the only sensible thing to do.
But things were different now. The news had been released to the world, and soon, the forces of the major guilds and more pioneers would arrive. Having a good hiding place was extremely necessary. When the time came, they could assess the situation. If there was chaos, there would be something to pick up. If there wasn't chaos, hiding here would allow them to retreat safely, wouldn't it?
Anxiang Shuying and the others denied the possibility that this person was the Great God Ye Qiu based on Ye Xiu's behavior. They simply watched the mysterious man, Jun Moxiao, for a while and didn't gossip too much. These people had sincerely come to scavenge and didn't want anything to go wrong.
"When there's a chance later, everyone rush out to pick things up, but don't hold each other back!" Anxiang Shuying mainly said this to Ye Xiu and Chen Guo. The five of them were a group, so they naturally had an understanding.
"Then give me a spot too!" Ye Xiu said. Seven people was a bit crowded in this place, especially in the area where they could observe the outside. Five people were constantly there, so where would there be a spot for Ye Xiu?
"Give him a spot." Anxiang Shuying seemed to be the leader of this small team. After saying this, someone took two steps back, letting Ye Xiu's Jun Moxiao come up.
"Damn it, that's my spot! Move, move!" After finishing, Anxiang Shuying realized that he didn't have a spot, so he started yelling again, snatching the spot next to Jun Moxiao.
The Wilderness Bandit idly wandered outside. This kind of summoned Boss would keep wandering around like this forever until it was killed.
"No one's here yet," Ye Xiu said.
"It's far away. You have to give people some time! Who wanders around here every day for no reason? Chack, the town chief of Chack Town, was already killed earlier this week," Anxiang Shuying said. The implication was that the wild Boss here was already gone this week, so the hunting teams of the major guilds wouldn't be stationed in this area either.
"You know quite a bit!" Ye Xiu said.
"Of course. Scavenging also requires information," Anxiang Shuying said. The somewhat unwelcome and wretched business of scavenging had a professional air coming from his mouth.
"Then how much longer do you estimate?" Ye Xiu asked.
"It'll be about half an hour from when that message was put on the world channel. As for now, maybe ten more minutes," Anxiang Shuying said. "A level 65 Wilderness Bandit! It's quite competitive. I hope the scene is as lively as possible!"
Ye Xiu understood as soon as he heard this. This scavenging operation shouldn't rely on the Boss's power. With the strength of the major guilds, destroying a level 65 Boss was completely possible. What they should rely on was the infighting that would occur when everyone fought for the Boss. This kind of great chaos was the best time for scavengers to strike.
"Was that world message put out by you guys?" Ye Xiu asked. Although the names didn't match the five people in front of him, there was such a thing as a small account, a disguise.
"No," Anxiang Shuying said.
"So, there's at least one more person, or even a group of scavengers, who hasn't appeared yet," Ye Xiu said.
"So, we have to ambush in a good place, observe carefully, and act when the opportunity arises!" Anxiang Shuying said seriously.
"What if he also sneaks through that hole and comes here?" Ye Xiu asked.
"Needless to say." Anxiang Shuying, who liked to show off his skills, didn't make a mistake this time. Using a series of changes in his attacks, he accurately completed a sword-drawing and neck-slitting motion.
"Oh, then I'm really lucky I didn't get killed by you guys," Ye Xiu laughed.
"How dare we!" Anxiang Shuying said casually.
This guy! Ye Xiu muttered to himself. This person definitely noticed his name as soon as he fell in and jumped out to stop his companions from attacking. Someone who could defeat Huang Shaotian was definitely not someone that five ordinary players could deal with, not even those in the Realm of the Gods.
But then this guy pretended to have just noticed that it was Jun Moxiao, covering up their sinister intentions to kill him from the start. As a result, he accidentally revealed their plan…
"This scavenger who hasn't appeared yet should be quite extraordinary," Ye Xiu said. This person hadn't shown his face since he released the message. Was he also, like himself, watching to see if there were any other scavengers? Ye Xiu wondered.
"Who cares? Anyway, everyone's here to scavenge. We shouldn't offend each other and should seize the time to pick up as much as possible. Since this guy is extraordinary, he should understand this principle even more," Anxiang Shuying's tone suddenly became old-fashioned again.
"Is that so? Do you have any specific plans?" Since he had nothing to do, Ye Xiu chatted with him.
"In this day and age, scavenging isn't easy. Those wild cards who wear garbage and charge into battle with their heads covered, counting it as a profit if they pick something up before dying and writing it off if they die without picking anything up, won't succeed. That's not professional. These days, when you scavenge, you have to have a certain amount of fighting ability yourself, and you have to know how to assess the situation before you act. If it's too chaotic, there's no distinction between friend and foe, and you'll be hit by spells, artillery fire, and blades everywhere. There's no way to pick anything up. If it's too stable, the big guilds have experts watching the field, and trying to sneak in is just asking for death. So, this thing has to be about being on the scene. You're asking me for a plan now, but of course, I don't have one. I'll wait to observe the specific situation before making a decision."
Ye Xiu greatly admired Anxiang Shuying's scavenging experience. Truly, there were champions in every profession! Moreover, hearing this person say that they needed to have a certain amount of fighting ability and seeing the composition of their five Sword Masters, Ye Xiu suddenly asked, "Actually, there should be six of you, right?"
"Good eye, worthy of being an expert! You guessed it!" Anxiang Shuying was surprised. "Indeed, there are six of us, but one person isn't here right now, which is a bit troublesome!"
"It doesn't matter. When necessary, I can help you guys as a guest player," Ye Xiu said.
"Oh?"
"I'm an unspecialized class. Of course, I also know the skills of a Sword Master," Ye Xiu said.
"But you only know the skills below level 20!" Anxiang Shuying said.
"That's enough."
"How can that be? Do you know what you're supposed to do?"
"I know, the Sword Formation of Six. Do you know who invented the Sword Formation of Six?" Ye Xiu replied.
"Ye Qiu," Yuèzhōng Mián said.
"That's right. I'm Ye Qiu. Didn't I tell you just now?" Ye Xiu said.
"Cut!" Before Anxiang Shuying could answer, everyone else who had been watching the two of them chat in the channel booed.
"He really is Ye Qiu…" Chen Guo interjected.
"He even brought a shill!" Everyone continued to boo.
"What a sin!" Chen Guo sighed to the heavens. Doing such a wretched thing was truly ruining his image. Now, Jun Moxiao was Ye Qiu, which was such a big cry, but when these guys saw Jun Moxiao running to scavenge, they immediately denied it completely. It was clear how unpopular this matter was. You had to know that these guys were professional scavengers, and even they didn't recognize that a great god like Ye Qiu would do something like scavenging.
"Alright," Ye Xiu said after a moment of silence. "Actually, I'm also very knowledgeable about the Sword Formation of Six. Anyway, you can't set up the formation with just five people, so why don't you let me try?"
"Are you really confident?"
"Anyway, you don't have a better way, do you?" Ye Xiu said.
After thinking for a while, Anxiang Shuying dropped the sentence, "Let's take another look!", and stopped speaking.
At this moment, another person in the group of five suddenly said, "If you're Ye Qiu, then is this person Su Mucheng?"
"Hahahaha, how annoying! How could I be Su Mucheng." This was in the game. Outside the game, Chen Guo directly grabbed Ye Xiu's arm and continued to laugh, "Hahahaha, they actually said I'm Su Mucheng."
"Quick, let go. If you keep pressing on my arm, I'm going to walk out." Ye Xiu quickly broke free. His hand had been on the keyboard, and Chen Guo's hand had pressed down on the forward key, almost making him run out.
Of course, Ye Xiu didn't have time to type in this situation. He spoke directly, and the others in the game naturally heard him through voice chat. After a moment of silence, Anxiang Shuying said again, "Well, no matter what, you're a great expert. When the time comes, let's act according to the circumstances together!"
"Okay," Ye Xiu agreed.
Afterward, everyone didn't say much else, just silently and wretchedly squatted down to wait. Chen Guo had done scavenging before, but only occasionally when she passed by, doing it as she went. She had never waited for the chance to scavenge by guarding the Boss like this. At this time, she felt both fresh and wretched.
"Someone's coming. Everyone, don't speak out loud again. Don't use text bubbles in the public channel!" Anxiang Shuying quickly reminded everyone. If a scavenger was discovered, it was death.
"Okay!" Everyone responded. Outside, amidst the chaotic footsteps, a voice shouted, "It's over here. Damn it, how did they run over here?"
Compared to the coordinates revealed to the world, this place was indeed slightly off.
"The other guilds will definitely find it soon. Quickly find a place to lure the Boss away," a voice said.
"No need. There's a spot here. If the Boss can be sent inside, it can be stuck in there. It'll be very convenient to kill, and people outside definitely won't notice it unless they specifically look!"
"Oh? There's such a place?"
"Yeah, right over there!"
"The place they're talking about… where is it?" Someone in Ye Xiu's team asked. At this moment, the seven of them were a little dumbfounded. The place they were talking about to trap the Boss, why did it feel so similar to the place where the seven of them were squatting?