Chapter 1 Unbelievable

Chen Guo couldn't believe any of this was real. After hesitating over the keyboard for a while, she stood up abruptly and walked quickly behind Ye Xiu.

And then she saw...

It was real, it was all real! This guy was already in contact with Zhan Lou Lan on QQ.

"This is so shameless!" Chen Guo cried, tears streaming down her face.

"Did you see the joint statement from the major guilds?" This was how Ye Xiu greeted people.

"Saw it, hahaha, we brothers are only worth a hundred yuan each? Tied together, we're only worth one of you, so depressing." Zhan Lou Lan replied. He was someone who knew how to find fun, and was now agonizing over his own worth!

"We're all just supporting characters. Look at that statement, HUi Ren Bu Juan is the one sticking his neck out," Ye Xiu said.

"Haha, that's true, he should be the one sticking his neck out to crack down on item scavengers. But their focus is still on you. They're afraid everyone will ignore you, so they gave you a price of 500 as well." Zhan Lou Lan was pretty clear about the inner workings.

"I'm looking for you because I want to discuss this matter properly," Ye Xiu said.

"Yeah, this is a problem. All of our accounts are wild accounts, so we can just not use them, but yours is really hard to deal with!" Zhan Lou Lan lamented.

"No, I mean, I want to earn this money," Ye Xiu said.

The other side was silent for a long time. Zhan Lou Lan understood the situation so well, he obviously understood Ye Xiu's intentions at a glance. He must be hesitating over the keyboard right now!

Ye Xiu saw that there was suddenly no response and gave a QQ shake.

"God, you really are..." Zhan Lou Lan could only use ellipses. He was too embarrassed to use derogatory words, and couldn't think of any complimentary ones.

"The key now is that my account really can't be replaced. I don't know if you're interested. If you're interested, then forget it. If you're not interested, I'll trade five wild accounts in my hand for those five wild accounts in your hand," Ye Xiu said.

"Trade for what? You can just take them if you want." After a long silence, Zhan Lou Lan said bluntly.

"That's great! Do you want a share of the profits?"

"No need, no need!"

"You're also an investor, and you have quite a few shares!" Ye Xiu said politely.

"No need, really no need!" Zhan Lou Lan hurriedly declined.

"You're too kind," Ye Xiu said.

"Hahaha, actually, I don't really care about this little bit of money. Really, believe me!" In order to avoid getting involved in this matter, Zhan Lou Lan would rather create an arrogant image of himself as being rich and looking down on everything.

"Okay, okay, if you're not willing, then I won't force you," Ye Xiu said.

"Uh, but speaking of which, although the bounty has been issued, maybe we're just going through the motions. Look at the bounty he issued, it clearly states that it will only be兑现 (dui xian - fulfilled/cashed) if the kill is successful. If he deliberately throws the game, you really won't get the money." Zhan Lou Lan decisively skipped the previous section and quickly steered the topic towards a deeper discussion.

"Yeah, I thought of that too, but since I'm in control, why would I let them kill me? I can just play around with it myself and record a video for them," Ye Xiu said.

"But if it's always the same person, wouldn't that be too fake?" Zhan Lou Lan said, "Even if you disguise yourself in the game, the account used to make the payment can't be constantly changing, right?"

"You're right, that's why I said I still need some collaborators. What about you?" Ye Xiu said.

"Oh, my mom's calling me for dinner, I have to dash! Leave me a spot, I'll mail you the five accounts later, that's it, I'm off!" Zhan Lou Lan quickly logged off.

"Despicable, utterly despicable!" Chen Guo muttered from behind.

"Who should I look for to collaborate with so that it won't raise suspicion?" Ye Xiu wondered.

Chen Guo watched the chat between Ye Xiu and Zhan Lou Lan, despising them, but also couldn't help but start thinking.

Contact some friends for help? That was Chen Guo's initial thought, but then she thought again, no matter how many friends she had, it wouldn't be enough! To kill all five characters all the way down, it would take 1750 times in total. Even if one person stepped forward ten times, it would still require 175 people, and ten times was already quite suspicious.

The God Domain could be said to be the ultimate destination for all players from the ten normal servers. One could imagine how large the map area was, given that it could accommodate so many people. Finding one specific person was like searching for a needle in a haystack. Why else would so many club guilds jointly issue a bounty? They were already the most powerful force in the online game.

Chen Guo couldn't come up with a reliable idea after thinking for half a day. But when she looked at Ye Xiu in front of her, his computer screen was searching for online game studios.

"You're planning to find a studio?" Chen Guo blurted out.

"A studio is reasonable, right?" Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo thought about it and agreed. If it was a studio, they would put a lot of effort into completing such a deal. Let alone ten times for one character, they could get even more. Especially killing themselves and recording videos, which was even more like something a studio would do.

"Dream Weaver Studio is pretty good," Chen Guo said, sitting on the side again. She saw Ye Xiu browsing the studio information and recommended one of them.

"Is it?" Ye Xiu clicked on the detailed introduction of Dream Weaver Studio, looked at it, but then closed it.

"What's wrong?" Chen Guo wondered. Dream Weaver Studio was a fairly reputable online game studio with a wide range of services and a good reputation. Chen Guo didn't understand what Ye Xiu was dissatisfied with.

"Let's look again," Ye Xiu continued to search.

"Bright Prospects is also good," Chen Guo recommended again. As a long-time player, she knew a little about studios, at least the more famous ones.

But Ye Xiu went in and looked at it, and then rejected it.

"What kind are you looking for?" Chen Guo asked helplessly.

"Find someone I know," Ye Xiu said.

"You... you still know someone?" Chen Guo asked in surprise.

"I've been playing Glory for ten years, who don't I know?" Ye Xiu said nonchalantly.

As they were talking, he finally clicked on the introduction of a studio himself. Chen Guo glanced at it and saw that the studio had a low star rating and a mediocre customer satisfaction rating. In the eyes of the average player, this would be considered a scam studio, and they wouldn't dare to do business with them. But Ye Xiu didn't even look at these details. His mouse finally scrolled to the contact person. He was really looking for someone he knew, not looking at anything else, just the name.

"Mo Qiang, I hope it's not a common name..." Ye Xiu muttered, while borrowing Chen Guo's phone.

Chen Guo handed over the phone and saw Ye Xiu quickly dial the contact number of the studio called "Little Strong Studio."

"Hello, is this Lao Mo?"

"Who is this?"

"Can you tell who I am?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Can't tell. This is a work phone, say what you need."

"Is your QQ number xxxxxxxx?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Yes!" The voice on the other side was a little doubtful.

"I'll talk to you on QQ." Ye Xiu hung up the phone.

"Why did you call if you know his QQ?" Chen Guo wondered.

"How would I know he's doing this now? I'm just confirming his identity by phone," Ye Xiu said, while finding the QQ number he just mentioned and messaging him.

"!!!!!!" The reply was five exclamation marks.

"Was that you who called just now?" He asked after a moment.

"It's me."

"You're still alive!"

"Of course..."

"If you're alive, why did you retire??"

"..."

"We'll gossip later, tell me what's up," Mo Qiang asked.

"Did you see the bounty statement from the major guilds?" Ye Xiu replied.

"Of course. Oh! 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao - Lord Grim) is really you?"

"It's me!"

"Damn, are you planning to sacrifice yourself to give us brothers some money to spend? Let me calculate, 500 yuan per death, enough for five deaths per level, 70 levels is 175,000. We can also bring a priest to revive you, so the profit can be doubled, which is 350,000. And this is still in the God Domain. You can pretend to run back to the normal servers, we'll go back to the normal servers to kill you, and that'll double it again, 700,000! Damn, you're giving us brothers 700,000, you really are a God in the circle, your awareness is high!" Mo Qiang said in succession.

"Have you finished calculating?" Ye Xiu said, laughing and crying. Chen Guo was completely stunned. This was really specialization! Look at how the studio maximized profits. Ye Xiu and Tang Rou's calculation of 175,000 was simply too weak.

"Of course I know you're not giving it away for nothing, tell me, what are your conditions?" Mo Qiang asked.

"When did I say I was going to give you 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao - Lord Grim) to kill?" Ye Xiu said speechlessly.

"Then why are you telling me this?" Mo Qiang was baffled, as if it would be against all reason if Ye Xiu wasn't talking about this.

"I need to use the account 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao - Lord Grim)! But I can provide the other five accounts from this bounty," Ye Xiu said.

"Those five accounts? Are you talking about the five that are worth one hundred each?" Mo Qiang said.

"Yes..."

"Those five, that's much less. Together, they're only worth one... What about that 毁人不倦 (Hui Ren Bu Juan - Deception)? Can you get him?" Mo Qiang asked.

"Can't..."

"Too bad," Mo Qiang said.

"Can you do it?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Can do, of course can do. But you have to tell me the details of the matter. I'll analyze it and see how to do it," Mo Qiang asked.

Ye Xiu roughly explained the situation. After Mo Qiang listened, he revealed some disappointment: "I see... then these accounts are obviously just for show. With those guys' cunning, you won't be able to get the money if you just provide information. Even if we do it ourselves like this, they'll definitely announce the cancellation of the bounty at a certain point, so we won't earn the theoretical amount."

"Yeah." Ye Xiu wasn't too surprised, he had basically expected this.

"Killing all the way until it's useless, that's very fake... But this little bit of money is nothing to them, and there are so many clubs together. Do you think they'll really argue and haggle over this?" Mo Qiang asked.

"Probably not," Ye Xiu said.

"Then let's do it like this! Let's skip the priest revival, it's too much, they probably won't like a sucker being too big, let's leave them some face." Mo Qiang seemed to have made up his mind.

"Then it's settled?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Settle what? How much are you going to give me?" Mo Qiang asked.

"I'll give you half," Ye Xiu said.

"Okay, okay, God is God, you have guts. Then I'll take care of this matter," Mo Qiang said.

"Yeah."

"Okay, now it's time for gossip. Why did you retire?" Mo Qiang asked.