Chapter 154 Neighborhood

Chen Guo had lived around Happy Internet Cafe for nearly thirty years and knew the area extremely well, but Ye Xiu had also been in the vicinity for almost seven years, so he wasn't completely unfamiliar either. Although he had mostly kept to himself during those seven years, Ye Xiu was still familiar with the Shanglin Garden residential area.

In the surrounding area, Shanglin Garden was considered a mid-to-high-end residential complex. Many members of Excellent Era Club lived in this area. The boss, Tao Xuan, even had a property in this complex and had once invited the entire team to his home for holidays. In the blink of an eye, things had changed, and Ye Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

"The apartment is scheduled to be handed over in April. Do you want to go and take a look, pick a room, and figure out how you want to decorate it?" Chen Guo pulled Ye Xiu back to reality.

"Oh, me? Whatever, I'll think about it later!" Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo was completely helpless. Clothing, food, housing, and transportation—these should be the most basic and essential issues in anyone's life, right? But for Ye Xiu, these things had all become insignificant trifles. Chen Guo guessed that he would be more anxious when he discovered he was out of cigarettes than when he realized he had nowhere to live.

"When is Steamed Bun coming?" Chen Guo asked again.

"Didn't he go to buy tickets?" Ye Xiu said.

"Still no news?" Chen Guo and Tang Rou had spent the entire day looking at apartments.

"Not yet!" Ye Xiu said.

"Could it be that he bought a ticket and went straight onto the train?" Chen Guo said.

"Well, it's possible with Steamed Bun," Ye Xiu said.

"What kind of people are these…" Chen Guo looked up at the sky speechlessly, suddenly feeling the burden on her shoulders was very heavy.

"Can we call Old Wei over too?" Ye Xiu asked the boss for permission.

"Call them, call them all. The apartment is already rented, it's a waste if no one lives there." Chen Guo remembered that Tang Rou had reminded her in the afternoon: renting such a large apartment could be a waste, because it was still unknown whether they could find more people to join. In addition, Steamed Bun Invasion had nonchalantly dropped the game to buy tickets, but people like Little Cold Hands and Boundless Ocean, who were university students, probably wouldn't be so carefree and would have to stay at school most of the time.

It was just a pity that Chen Guo was so satisfied with the apartment that she could barely move after entering. On impulse, she made a decision on the spot, so readily that the real estate agent almost laughed out loud. Although from Tang Rou's rational point of view, the chances of wasting space were indeed very high, Chen Guo felt happier knowing that she had finally done something concrete for the team. As for the money, Chen Guo didn't really care. She wanted to prepare everything so that the newcomers would feel at ease. Waiting until people arrived before making hasty arrangements seemed unprofessional. Thinking this way, Chen Guo felt that this expense was still very worthwhile.

Over at Ye Xiu's side, after receiving Chen Guo's approval, he had already started contacting Wei Chen.

"Oh? Is that so? I don't have any problems myself, but I have a bunch of brothers I usually play with," Wei Chen said hesitantly, but it was clear that it was just some regret for him. He knew very well that if they wanted to form a team, everyone would eventually have to gather together. No matter how reluctant he was to part with his friends, he couldn't ask them all to run around for his own professional aspirations.

"Alright, I'll make some arrangements here and come over as soon as possible." Wei Chen was also a decisive person and quickly gave an accurate reply.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Ye Xiu didn't say anything more.

In the following days, Ye Xiu didn't log on to Unrivaled Super Handsome's knight account again, and continued leveling up with Lord Grim. Unrivaled Super Handsome had disappeared. Jiang You knew, and some of the core members of Tyrannical Ambition around him also knew, but the other ordinary players didn't know anything about the situation. The team players of the various branches were still eagerly waiting for this super MT to help them overcome the difficult challenges they couldn't pass, but suddenly this person evaporated, leaving many players feeling regretful.

However, after all, it was an online game, and it wasn't too strange for some people to suddenly disappear. Unrivaled Super Handsome was simply getting more attention because of his extraordinary skill, which caused some widespread regret. After a few days without seeing this person, everyone slowly stopped thinking about him.

Ye Xiu leveled up with Lord Grim, and everything went smoothly. Besides the richer experience, the biggest advantage of leveling up in dungeons was that he didn't have to worry about being harassed by other major guilds. Although it had been quite a while since Lord Grim entered the Heavenly Domain, Ye Xiu didn't know what the major guilds' policies were towards him now. In any case, he still had to be careful, and the dungeon became a natural barrier. As long as he could get in, he wouldn't have to worry about any interference from outside players.

There were countless dungeons in the Heavenly Domain, and even more dungeon entrances. It was impossible to guard the dungeon entrances to catch people like in the normal server. Ye Xiu decisively grinded dungeons for a few days, and Lord Grim's experience soared.

Leveling up this way was faster than in the normal server. The rewards in the Heavenly Domain were richer than in the normal server, including experience rewards.

However, the days between levels 50-55 were too difficult. Ye Xiu's few days of frantic leveling wouldn't be enough to catch up with those who were at the same level in the normal server back then. In the tenth server, the top-tier players had already reached level 67 and were starting their final sprint towards the maximum level of 70. Characters like Tang Rou's Soft Mist, who had also started in the top-tier group, had gradually been left behind during this period. After all, she wasn't like the guild characters who were running 24 hours a day. The advantage gained through time couldn't be made up for by Tang Rou's powerful skills.

But all of this didn't matter anymore. After Ye Xiu's Lord Grim entered the Heavenly Domain, the battlefield where they needed to work hard had already shifted. Although there were still many resources worth competing for in the normal server, after the Heavenly Domain, many things in the normal server became cheap, and it wasn't worth investing the main effort there. Moreover, Ye Xiu's forces hadn't fully formed yet, and with limited energy, they should focus on the Heavenly Domain. Even if they won something there, it would be worthwhile to trade it for things in the normal server.

As for what to compete for? Currently, it was of course to improve Ye Xiu's Myriad Manifestations Umbrella and Wei Chen's Death's Hand. This was a targeted approach, and at least the two of them knew what they needed.

As for other opportunities, they would definitely seize them if they could. After all, it was unrealistic to conquer the world with just two silver weapons. The other equipment on their bodies also needed to be improved, and the other characters in the team needed suitable equipment to arm themselves. No matter what materials, they could never have too many. Even if they weren't useful, they could be used as bargaining chips for exchange.

Ye Xiu had only been leveling up these past few days and hadn't launched any attacks. On the other hand, Wei Chen was arranging the matter of coming over while continuing to thrive in Samsara.

His rise to power was actually very similar to Ye Xiu's Unrivaled Super Handsome. It just wasn't as dramatic as Unrivaled Super Handsome, who completed the promotion in a few moves. He had slowly become an elite who could follow the main force of the Samsara guild during the two weeks when Unrivaled Super Handsome was infinitely popular in Tyrannical Ambition, starting from a newly joined member.

After all, his skill was there, and the major guilds wouldn't ignore such a talent. However, right now, he was just an elite. Saying he was a core member was still far off.

It was like Ye Xiu's Unrivaled Super Handsome's situation in Tyrannical Ambition. Even if Jiang You hadn't seen through his identity, this newbie who had just joined for a few days could only be a coolie who sold his strength first. To become the core of a guild, skill wasn't the key, trust was.

The difficulty of being an undercover was also in this. If it was as simple as having strength to rise to the top, then they could just send experts to immediately become golden undercover agents. Speaking of which, Ye Xiu's experience as a coolie with Unrivaled Super Handsome wasn't unique. There were many undercover players who had been seen through, but the guild pretended not to know and used them as coolies. The undercover brothers were unaware and worked hard to gain trust, and because they were strong, people used them with complete peace of mind. When it came to the critical moment, they would pull a counter-espionage move, and there was no undercover more tragic than that.

Wei Chen had been playing Glory for so many years that there was practically no trick he didn't know. This time, he honestly demonstrated his good skills in Samsara, but he didn't dare to show too much. Displaying excessive skill like Unrivaled Super Handsome would undoubtedly label him as Ye Qiu in the current environment of the Heavenly Domain.

Therefore, Wei Chen had also criticized Ye Xiu's shortcomings during his undercover work. His meddling made everyone's work very difficult.

However, with Wei Chen's ability, just showing a few points of his strength was enough to stand out from the crowd of players. Having strength would arouse suspicion, but it would also attract attention, which was a double-edged sword. It was too slow to rise to the top without relying on strength, and other guilds could wait, but Ye Xiu and the others didn't have that time. So Wei Chen still swung this double-edged sword.

In the battle of the North Bridge Mage, Wei Chen had already appeared in the Samsara camp. He was definitely not the core of Samsara yet, but reaching this step was enough for Ye Xiu and the others. Perhaps Samsara was also suspicious of Wei Chen at this time, using him as a useful thug, but for Ye Xiu and the others, reaching this step was enough.

Because in terms of power, they were not in the same weight class as the major club guilds. The major club guilds might need more important information, but for Ye Xiu and the others, being a coolie would allow them to participate in the major Boss battles, which would also mean they could know the respawn situations of the major Bosses.

If it weren't for this, with Ye Xiu's current manpower, how could they guard the randomly spawned wild Bosses every week?

"I'll come over tomorrow, give me an address." On April 1st, at eight in the morning, Wei Chen suddenly sent Ye Xiu this message on QQ.

Just fifteen minutes later, Steamed Bun Invasion's Steamed Bun avatar suddenly popped up: "Boss! I bought the ticket, I'm on the train now, I'll be there soon!"

"Steamed Bun, it took you so many days to buy the ticket?" Ye Xiu asked.

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