Hu Die Lan
Chapter 247 Keyboard and Mouse
The seven great guilds had come to chase after Jun Mo Xiao, but where was Jun Mo Xiao now? They no longer cared. Their eyes were only on the Flame Witch Kasha.
The players around the Boss were fiercely attacking the Boss to steal output; while the players around them were fiercely attacking them to steal position. Everyone wasn't wearing guild tags, and sometimes it was hard to remember if the guy next to you was from your own guild. So they didn't care and just attacked! Anyway, if they were from the same guild, there would be damage immunity.
Boss-snatching was common, but it was rare to see it descend into such a chaotic mess.
With years of experience in struggle, the major guilds like them had long stopped using such simple and crude methods of fighting and killing in Boss battles. But this time, the event was sudden, and the final evolution into such a situation was something no one had anticipated.
The players didn't want to stabilize the situation, but at this point, if you didn't kill others, they would kill you, so no one dared to easily retreat from the front lines.
Tactics? Command? They were useless at this point. Players were fighting on instinct.
Some people wanted to command, like Chen Yehui, but they were already knocked to the ground, with their vision filled with feet and legs. What could they command? Plus, he had done the most to stir things up and said the most, so at this time, he suddenly became the target of public criticism. Capture the leader first, a bit of battle awareness that the players still had.
Chen Yehui, who fell a second time, couldn't stand up again. In this chaotic army, even a god would have to go through a survival test, let alone Chen Yehui with his limited skills.
No one could predict how the chaotic battle would develop, not even Ye Xiu.
However, as players continued to fall, and the number of people decreased, the battlefield became clearer. Those who survived at this time were mostly not experts, but were lucky or had kept a low profile. Those who actively rushed to the Boss to grab output always died more actively.
With fewer people, the scene became less chaotic, and with less chaos, organization and coordination became apparent.
A leader like Chen Yehui might be gone, but there would still be a spokesperson on the guild side.
The battlefield that had been a chaotic mess suddenly became organized again. The seven guilds, seven teams, were clearly sorted out.
Equally clear were the actions of the Boss, Flame Witch Kasha.
Kasha waved her staff and smashed a large fireball at a player next to her.
This large fireball was truly a catastrophe.
It wasn't because of its power, but because this attack made everyone clearly see where Kasha's aggro was directed.
Maximum aggro meant being in a leading position in the Boss fight. How could this guild not become the target of the other six guilds?
A catastrophe, therefore, was imminent.
In the blink of an eye, a team was wiped out because of this. Ye Xiu and the other two hiding to the side couldn't even tell which guild this team belonged to for a while.
The fighting after that was no longer chaotic. Each family seemed very careful and showed enough patience.
As this situation continued, the number of deaths gradually decreased, and the number of survivors increased.
Reinforcements from the major guilds began to arrive one after another, and the presidents of the major guilds also personally came to the battlefield. Those who met on the road had already begun various treacherous and scheming exchanges regarding this Boss event.
"We should go," Ye Xiu whispered.
"Huh?" Steamed Bun Invasion didn't react.
"Let them kill each other!" Ye Xiu said. In his plan, he hadn't included the idea of taking back the Boss at the end. With so many guilds fighting together, there would be chaos and infighting at first, but in the end, the situation would stabilize, and the major guilds would use some smart methods to grab the Boss while minimizing casualties.
Ye Xiu had guessed that the initial rough melee couldn't last until the end.
Steamed Bun Invasion thought about a bunch of people killing each other until they were all dead, leaving them three with the lonely Boss. It was too simple and naive.
"Aren't we going to kill them?" The innocent Steamed Bun Invasion was still asking.
"It's not our turn to kill them," Ye Xiu said.
"Why?" Steamed Bun Invasion asked.
"Because they have more people," Ye Xiu said.
Steamed Bun Invasion looked around. This bit of math was still easy for him. The other side did have more people, and the scenario he had imagined of everyone dying seemed unlikely to happen. Now, these guys were all shamelessly circling the Boss slowly, looking around extremely cautiously.
"Why don't we take advantage of their busyness here and go be busy with our own things," Ye Xiu said.
So the three of them detoured and left the Linyin Forest.
The three of them wouldn't know how the battle would develop. But they could see the ending. The hidden Boss's heroic death would be broadcast on the system TV.
The three who left the Linyin Forest went to First Line Gorge. As expected, they had been temporarily forgotten. There were no longer any fools standing guard at the entrance of First Line Gorge.
The three entered the canyon and went to the dungeon. They had only cleared First Line Gorge twice last night, and the three of them still had one chance each! They randomly grouped up with two players and started clearing the dungeon.
After this dungeon run, there was still no news from the Linyin Forest. The situation seemed to be quite deadlocked. It was almost eleven o'clock. Ye Xiu temporarily quit the game to go to the front desk to change shifts. Chen Guo and Tang Rou finally came back with big and small bags at this time.
"Come and help!" Chen Guo summoned Ye Xiu, who was waiting for his shift at the front desk.
Ye Xiu didn't dare to be negligent and hurried up to help carry the bags. When he saw what Chen Guo was holding under her arm, his eyes lit up: "Yo, Blue Classic."
"Oh, you're quite the connoisseur!" Chen Guo said.
"So-so," Ye Xiu smiled. Blue Classic was a gaming keyboard, and also the keyboard that Ye Xiu was used to. The keyboards and mice in Chen Guo's internet cafe were already quite good, but they were still a lot worse than this professional classic.
"Since you're such a connoisseur, I'll reward you with one!" Chen Guo gestured for Ye Xiu to take the keyboard she was holding under her arm.
"Really?" Ye Xiu had actually seen the same keyboard. The two of them had brought back three together.
"Buy three and get a discount. It's cheaper for you," Chen Guo said.
"I see," Ye Xiu accepted the keyboard.
"There's also a mouse," Chen Guo took out a box from the big bag and gave it to Ye Xiu.
"Um, this..."
"What's wrong?"
"I'm not used to this," Ye Xiu said.
"What's not to get used to?" Chen Guo said.
"Too heavy," Ye Xiu said.
The mouse Chen Guo bought was called "Heavy Metal". It was big and heavy, very sensitive, and was favored by many game players.
"Heavy?"
"Yeah, too heavy. It's too tiring to use," Ye Xiu said.
"How lazy are you?" Chen Guo said.
"But thanks anyway," Ye Xiu still took the mouse.
"What are you used to using?" Chen Guo asked.
"Light Wind Seventh Generation," Ye Xiu said.
"That? Isn't that what women use?" Chen Guo also knew this model. As she said, this mouse was small, delicate, flexible and light, and was indeed more popular with girls.
"It's good to have something that suits you. What's the difference between men and women?" Ye Xiu smiled.
At this time, Chen Guo took out another mouse from her bag, which happened to be the Light Wind Seventh Generation.
"Oh, what a coincidence, you have it? Come, I'll trade with you," Ye Xiu handed back the hefty "Heavy Metal".
"Get lost, who wants to trade with you!" Chen Guo said.
"This is more suitable for you," Ye Xiu recommended "Heavy Metal" to Chen Guo. "With your skill level, you're suitable to use this heavy mouse to help improve the accuracy of your operations."
"Keep making things up," Chen Guo said with a look of disbelief.
"You'll know if you try it," Ye Xiu stuffed "Heavy Metal" back into Chen Guo's hands.
"Should I install this keyboard on the front desk computer?" Ye Xiu waved the "Blue Classic" in his hand and asked the boss for instructions.
"Install it!" Chen Guo approved.
"What about yours?" Ye Xiu asked the two while changing the keyboard at the front desk.
"Uh..." The two of them hadn't even thought about this question yet. Although there were many computers in the internet cafe, even the boss, Chen Guo, didn't have a dedicated machine. It would be too much trouble to change the keyboard and mouse every time they came down to use it. It would be too unworthy to directly change it on a machine and then be ravaged by customers.
"This is a problem," Chen Guo said.
"Think about it slowly!" While Ye Xiu was talking, the "Blue Classic" had already been replaced. Touching it, that feeling was so familiar. He had been using this keyboard for five years.
"Never mind, let's just find a place to try it out," Chen Guo was a little impatient at this time. She didn't want to plan for the long term and just wanted to enjoy the moment first. She randomly found an empty machine and was busy changing the keyboard and mouse.
Compared to her, Tang Rou was much more reserved. She knew to take her things back and put them down first. She didn't just stay at the front gate of the internet cafe like Chen Guo did. Chen Guo ran up and down twice before she finished carrying her things. When two girls went shopping, how could they not buy ten or eight bags of clothes and cosmetics? Would that be women?
Ye Xiu changed the keyboard, but he still had to serve the customers who were logging off and on at 11 o'clock. Chen Guo finished and immediately started using it. She entered the game and quickly entered the arena, as if she had two magical weapons and was about to be invincible. As a result, she was beaten in the first match, and beaten again in the second match.
Chen Guo immediately felt like she had been splashed with cold water and sat there motionlessly.
"I said, do you think changing your keyboard and mouse is like turning on a cheat?" Ye Xiu was busy greeting customers while keeping an eye on her.
Chen Guo turned her head, but Ye Xiu was busy finding change for a customer, while saying, "Technique is the key. If you want to improve, changing the keyboard and mouse is really not as good as playing the whack-a-mole I gave you!"
"Who are you talking to?" the customer asked in confusion.
"That newbie over there," Ye Xiu replied.