Chapter 49 The Weight of Self-Confidence

The online game studio of the Tyranny Club was shrouded in gloom. The staff, who worked day and night in reverse, should have been at their most energetic during these early morning hours, but upon realizing that their few days of comfort were about to end, many suddenly claimed to be tired and exhausted, abandoning their work for the night.

To get leave, of course, they had to go through Jiang You. However, taking advantage of Jiang You's heavy thoughts and lack of attention, the majority had successfully escaped.

Jiang You was staring blankly at his strategy guide.

This was his painstaking effort, a strategy he believed he had pushed to the limit, and he was confident, shamelessly displaying this confidence in front of others.

But now, Blue Brook Guild's record was like a slap in the face, making his cheeks burn.

Night Tide was still worried that Jiang You would order him around, making him embarrassed to negotiate with Lord Grim again. But at this moment, how could Jiang You have the nerve to talk to him?

Arrogance invites loss, humility receives benefit. Blue River now deeply understood what that meant; he had been too complacent.

But what was wrong with his strategy? Jiang You blankly opened a folder containing all his research data on the Underground Prison dungeon in Sin City.

He could only soothe his swollen face himself. Jiang You was now too embarrassed to face even his own Night Tide, let alone others. As a dignified guild leader, he cared a great deal about his reputation.

Where was the problem?

Jiang You was anxious, the more anxious he became, the more confused he got, and the more confused he got, the less he could see the problem.

Should he ask Blue Brook Guild instead of Ye Qiu? Jiang You even had such a thought. But then he realized that Blue Brook Guild was competing with them for the record! Would they tell him their record-breaking methods? Wasn't that idiotic? Jiang You realized that this thought was a sign of a drop in intelligence.

He could only rely on himself… Jiang You told himself. Night Tide hadn't come to ask him anything for the time being, and he was happy about that. What about Night Tide? Seeing that Jiang You didn't call on him, he was extremely relieved. The two didn't tacitly agree, but their actions just happened to coincide with each other's wishes.

Ye Xiu had already communicated with Misty Rain Guild's Misty Rain, and was mentally prepared for Tyrannical Ambition's approach. Unexpectedly, there was no response from them. Ye Xiu didn't know why, and simply assumed that Tyrannical Ambition people really held a deep grudge against him, so he ignored them.

On the Blue Brook Guild side, after successfully buying out the strategy, Blue River breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't relax.

He fully understood the value of the strategy. But as an online game expert, he could also see that this strategy wasn't something that only a top-tier player like Ye Qiu could research.

However, if they were to do it themselves, how long would it take to achieve this level of strategy? Blue River and the others couldn't estimate it. After all, they already had the strategy in hand, and all they could think was "Why didn't I think of that?" As for "How long would it take me to think of it without the strategy?", they couldn't estimate that at all.

However, after successfully refreshing the records of Misty Rain Guild and Tyrannical Ambition, Blue River at least knew that they were in a leading position.

A strategy can be compared to a technical research. And Blue Brook Guild, through purchasing it, was in a technologically advanced position. Misty Rain Guild and Tyrannical Ambition attempted to develop it independently, but couldn't reach the highest level in a short time.

It could be said that if it weren't for the successive creation of those two records by Tyrannical Ambition and Misty Rain Guild, Blue River might not have been able to make up his mind to buy it out. It was seeing the records of these two guilds that Blue Brook Guild realized the value of the strategy in their hands.

Although not absolute, and perhaps not the only way, at the moment, buying out meant leading.

This bought strategy, of course, had to be used to its fullest. The strategy and tactics were already being adopted by several elite teams of Blue Brook Guild, and Blue River asked everyone to pay attention to any areas for improvement during use. Blue River was preparing to use the power of everyone to try to maintain the leading edge in dungeon technology.

The night passed like this.

No matter how much Blue Brook Guild pooled their wisdom, they couldn't come up with anything new from the strategy that Ye Xiu had already pushed to the limit.

The Misty Rain Guild, knowing that it was impossible to obtain a strategy from Lord Grim again, felt regret at missing the opportunity to show their face in the record competition. With their strength, they were competitive, but it wasn't easy to frequently show their face in dungeon competitions, let alone stay at the top of the record. Such an opportunity was placed in front of them, but they didn't cherish it, and naturally regretted it after losing it.

As for Tyrannical Ambition, Jiang You insisted on not compromising and continued to work hard on research. However, from the fact that he was so confident and complacent about his own strategy, he knew that this was already his limit. Now, trying to break through his limit was not so easy. And because he couldn't save face, he was embarrassed to ask for help, and just stubbornly endured it alone. After a night, he was confused and got nowhere.

Night Tide, although he didn't communicate with Jiang You, understood the overall situation. At this time, he also pulled some experts from the guild to study and improve their lagging strategy, but after a night, there was no progress, and everyone looked gloomy.

How could Ye Xiu care about these things? The strategy had already been bought out, and he was enjoying a leisurely life. He cleared all the must-do quests from levels 31-38 that night, and Lord Grim was almost level 39. And next, he was preparing to study the strategy for the next dungeon.

The highest-level guild players in the tenth server had reached level 39, and were about to reach level 40 and change dungeons. Due to the Christmas event, the Scarlet Forest and Sin City would almost pass by in a flash.

Ye Xiu sold the Sin City dungeon strategy extremely easily, at a price that even Blue River found unbelievable. It seemed that he could earn more by selling it all over the world, but that wasn't the case. Just like the major guilds didn't dare to ask Lord Grim to help them break records anymore, using the strategy to break records was something that could only be known to the guild, and it wasn't convenient to leak too much.

If all players knew that the major guilds were breaking records based on a strategy, then in essence, it would be no different from relying on Lord Grim to do it for them. Anyway, it wasn't their own ability, so the meaning of the record would be lost again.

In this way, the guild would be breaking the record in vain, and Ye Xiu would have no more business to do, which would be a lose-lose situation. Therefore, it was best to trade this strategy slowly in private.

If it was sent to all the guild leaders at once, who knew if someone with a deep mind would wait for another guild to use the strategy to break the record, and then make an exposure. Such a black-bellied method had to be guarded against. For example, during the process of Misty Rain contacting Ye Xiu this time, Ye Xiu didn't reveal the fact that the strategy was sold to Blue Brook Guild at all, letting Misty Rain guess, he didn't give the other party any excuse, just to prevent such troubles.

After all, this was the second time he was selling a strategy, not like the last time when he was still in the start-up phase.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Ye Xiu finished work and got off work. The record of the Sin City dungeon in the tenth server stayed at the situation at 1 o'clock. Blue Brook Guild, Misty Rain Guild, and Tyrannical Ambition were all working hard, but there was no breakthrough in the original results.

The next day, the third day, and the fourth day, Blue Brook Guild achieved results one after another. Some were announcements of breaking records, and some were just quietly on the list. These results were not much different, floating up and down the original record, but the records of Misty Rain Guild and Tyrannical Ambition, which were obviously a section behind, were gradually left behind.

From level 20, the competition for the dungeon record in the tenth server had been fierce. Whether it was between guilds or with the participation of Lord Grim, each dungeon was a wave of record breaking higher than the last. But this time, Blue Brook Guild was singing a one-man show. The other guilds seemed to have completely failed, leaving only Blue Brook Guild to entertain themselves. From the first day they broke the top record to the past four days, the top ten of the Underground Prison dungeon in Sin City were all teams from Blue Brook Guild, and not limited to one team.

Outside the top ten, the records of Tyrannical Ambition and Misty Rain Guild also had some breakthroughs, indicating that both sides had made progress in their strategy research. However, this progress had not reached its limit, and the records of both sides were still some distance away from Blue Brook Guild. And at this time, the players in the front of the tenth server had already crossed the level 40 mark.

Blue Brook Guild had gained great fame in the Sin City dungeon, and had tasted the sweetness of being in a leading position in dungeon technology. Now, as soon as they entered level 40, they couldn't wait to launch a challenge to the new dungeon. The first thing to do was to find Ye Xiu to discuss the strategy for the new dungeon.

"God!" Blue River came up with a worship expression.

"Hm?"

"The materials are all collected. How do I give them to you?" Blue River was talking about the materials for the last buyout price. In four days, Blue Brook Guild had finally collected the list of materials Ye Xiu listed in the Scarlet Forest.

"Just mail them to me." Ye Xiu said, the mailbox in the game could send almost anything except players.

"Okay, okay, and… uh, haha… you know." Blue River said with a laugh.

"The Thousand Wave Lake dungeon strategy?" Ye Xiu replied.

"Of course, of course." Blue River was a little nervous, fearing that there would be some unexpected answer here.

So what he saw was a list of materials, and at a glance, he was familiar with many of them, which were exactly from Sin City.

"Well, this… how do you say the buyout?" Blue River glanced at it. They didn't have all the items on the list. Although they had been farming Sin City for a few days, the problem was that there were few teams farming here. Each team only had three chances a day, and they had to encounter hidden bosses, so the output of materials was really not enough. However, considering his cooperation experience with Ye Qiu, Blue River didn't think it was a problem if there weren't enough, anyway he wouldn't renege, and the other party trusted him very much, so he directly asked about the buyout price.

"You want to buy it out again? This time, ten times the price." Ye Xiu replied.