Chapter 117 One Against Two

Without Shen Jian's obstruction, Ye Xiu and Baozi's characters escaped particularly smoothly. However, they were now completely exposed to the view of the Excellent Era players. They were escaping, but escaping completely wasn't so easy. Xiao Shiqin's three characters followed closely behind, while simultaneously messaging Sun Xiang, telling him to watch their direction and see if he could intercept them.

Of the 20 pairs of socks on the whole map, Ye Xiu and Baozi had already snatched 11 pairs, immediately making them the top team on the map. This sudden rise and fall was exciting for the other players to watch.

Of course, since everyone was unburdened at the moment, if they encountered anyone with socks, they would try their luck regardless of how strong the opponent was.

Ye Xiu and Baozi's two characters ran in front, with Xiao Shiqin and his two teammates chasing behind. Along the way, they bumped into quite a few other players.

When the players saw these characters, they all belonged to teams on the leaderboard with socks. They didn't care who was running in front or chasing behind; they attacked whoever was closest!

So, some attacked Ye Xiu and Baozi, while others attacked the Excellent Era players. However, the ordinary players didn't have enough skill to pose any threat to either side. Neither side would stop to fight to the death with ordinary players, so gradually, Ye Xiu and Baozi's characters continued to run, and Xiao Shiqin's three characters continued to chase. Behind them, more and more players gradually followed, all of whom they had encountered along the way, failed to stop, and refused to give up.

However, ordinary players didn't have the professional skill to control their stamina. As they ran further and further, some began to fall behind. But they would always encounter others along the way to replenish their numbers. This situation lasted for a full five minutes.

Ye Xiu and Baozi's two leading routes were too erratic. Otherwise, Xiao Shiqin would have already sent someone to predict their movements and intercept them. But the way these two ran was completely random. They probably didn't even know where they were going next, so how could anyone make a judgment?

Unable to make predictions, Xiao Shiqin could only give Sun Xiang and Shen Jian, who weren't present, real-time coordinates. The real-time coordinates changed constantly, with no pattern to follow. It became troublesome for Sun Xiang and Shen Jian to find them, and they eventually ended up being part of the group chasing from two different directions.

Xiao Shiqin and his team couldn't make predictions, but this casual running style was simply a competition of speed. Ordinary players might not control their stamina well and be left behind, but no professional player was much better than another at this basic skill. So, Ye Xiu and his teammate couldn't shake off Xiao Shiqin and his team, leading to the bizarre scene of running for five minutes. Until a system message was issued, the 20th pair of socks had been picked up.

The 20th pair of socks had been refreshed in some corner and hadn't been discovered until now. Now that someone had picked them up, all 20 pairs of socks on the map had owners, and the system immediately started a 120-second countdown.

According to Excellent Era's usual tactics, if they weren't satisfied with their score when the countdown started, they would drop a pair of socks to slow down the time. But in the current situation, Xiao Shiqin's heart sank.

No one would stop them from dropping socks, but the problem was that other teams of players were tailing them. If they dropped them, someone else would pick them up immediately, and they wouldn't gain any time. As for dropping them and then picking them up themselves, this seemingly exploitable rule loophole had been specifically patched, and the system wouldn't fall for it.

"Is this also Ye Qiu's conspiracy?!" Xiao Shiqin was a little frustrated. No wonder the other side was running using such a low-skill method. It seemed that they were quite satisfied with their score of 11 pairs of socks and agreed to end this round of the event at this time. But while they agreed, Excellent Era couldn't agree! Two minutes to catch these two guys?

Forget about whether they could catch them or not, Xiao Shiqin wasn't even sure if they could end the battle in two minutes.

"Should I find a place to drop a pair of socks first?" teammate Zhang Jiaxing said, realizing their current predicament.

"It seems we have no other choice," Xiao Shiqin said.

"Okay, I'll go first," Zhang Jiaxing said, and his Cleric immediately separated from the two of them and ran to the other side.

The players tailing them saw that their target had split into two groups. Which side had the socks? The one running away was a Cleric, alone, so logically he shouldn't be the one protecting the socks. But what if it was a trap against common sense?

This kind of question, once you get caught up in it, becomes a never-ending cycle. The road was still ahead, and there was no time to think carefully. It was a simple true-or-false question, so some people chose "true" and others chose "false," and the players split into two groups.

The ordinary players who were chasing Xiao Shiqin and his team were able to keep up, largely because Ye Xiu and his teammate, who were leading, were too blatant. So, unless their stamina was completely exhausted, the ordinary players could keep them in sight. Zhang Jiaxing's current goal was to find a place where no one was around to drop the socks, so he wouldn't be so blatant. He attracted several players, then ran east and west in a planned manner. Soon, the players discovered that they had regretfully lost him.

After shaking off the players, Zhang Jiaxing's next step was to find a slightly out-of-the-way place to drop the socks. He couldn't drop them where they would be found quickly, or the time gained would be meaningless.

Zhang Jiaxing hadn't even dropped the socks yet when Xiao Shiqin suddenly noticed something strange.

The Ye Qiu duo, who had been running in a particularly crude manner all along, seemed to have suddenly changed their strategy.

"Keep an eye on them!" Xiao Shiqin reminded Wang Ze, who was still with him. But as soon as he reminded him, he suddenly realized that something was wrong!

After all the twists and turns, Excellent Era's original five-man team was now just him and Wang Ze facing Ye Qiu's duo?

"Wait, something's wrong!" Realizing this, Xiao Shiqin quickly stopped Wang Ze again.

"What is it?" Wang Ze's Sharpshooter had been moving with flying shots, and rhythm was very important. He was maintaining it perfectly, so he stopped with some regret when Xiao Shiqin suddenly called him to stop.

"Something's not right," Xiao Shiqin said.

"What's not right?" Wang Ze said.

"If we continue to chase, we might be in trouble," Xiao Shiqin said, quite confident in his judgment. Would Ye Qiu be afraid to fight them two-on-two with his guts?

The instant kill of Shen Jian showed that Ye Xiu had a great psychological and technical advantage against Excellent Era's players. While his side seemed to have two people, maybe in Ye Qiu's eyes, they were only 1.5 people? Or 1.2 people?

"If we don't chase, we'll be caught up," Wang Ze said, looking ahead. Ye Qiu's duo was getting further and further away, and looking behind, the smaller teams of players were getting closer and closer.

Xiao Shiqin also turned around and looked back after being reminded, and his headache worsened.

In their eyes, there was Ye Qiu's duo ahead, but in the eyes of these players, the target was probably just him and Wang Ze. Chasing now might lead them into a trap set by Ye Qiu. Not chasing meant they had to find a way to get rid of these people, and while it wasn't much pressure, it would still take some time. In the meantime, might Ye Qiu have some other tricks up his sleeve? Even if he didn't have any designs, that time would be enough for him to disappear.

The more difficult the choice, the faster the decision needed to be made. Xiao Shiqin was well aware of this and quickly calculated before finally gritting his teeth and saying, "Continue chasing!"

Ye Qiu wasn't the only one with guts. Xiao Shiqin led Thunder, a team with mediocre strength, but was able to repeatedly enter the playoffs. Their journey was never smooth. Their achievements always came from taking risks. And Xiao Shiqin was the one who issued these risky instructions under pressure every time.

In comparison, just one round of an event was nothing.

Once Xiao Shiqin made up his mind, he had no more hesitation. A Mechanic, who was also a Gunner class, could also use flying gun techniques, but knowing that there might be a problem on Ye Qiu's side, the flying gun's way of flying backwards and not being able to pay attention to the front was a bit reckless. Xiao Shiqin immediately started running with his legs. Wang Ze was still using flying guns backwards, right in front and behind Xiao Shiqin, surveying the overall situation.

"Turn! Avoid their line of sight."

Ahead, Ye Qiu's duo disappeared from everyone's sight for the time being by turning a corner. This was a common way to shake off pursuers, but the two of them had rarely used it before. If he had known they would do this, Xiao Shiqin would have paid attention to the terrain and been able to make some predictions. Now, he still had to make judgments, but more importantly, he had to be careful himself.

Both professional players had very good awareness and weren't completely unprepared when they reached this turn. Both characters were holding guns. Wang Ze's Sharpshooter led the way, leaping out and firing wildly regardless of whether he saw the target or not, covering the Mechanic behind him. At this time, the Mechanic used Spiral Flight to reach the sky, coordinating with the Sharpshooter from above and below. As a result, they rushed out and saw that the other side had no ambush and was running for their lives! This was also using the terrain to make it easy to escape. Whether or not the escaping party had an ambush, the pursuers had to be wary. Guarding against it once delayed them a little, and guarding against it again and again might lead them to discover that the target had disappeared.

Xiao Shiqin wouldn't be so rigid. He glanced at the terrain here, and Excellent Era had been here before. Tactical masters were extremely sensitive to terrain. Xiao Shiqin quickly outlined some possible choices the other side might make in his mind and quickly sent the message to the team channel so that others could support him as quickly as possible. Having the possibility of 5 against 2 was better than going to fight people 2 against 2. This was never Xiao Shiqin's combat philosophy. Being obsessed with this kind of equal competition meant that Thunder, with its middling strength, would probably never achieve such results.

"Received!" In the team channel, Sun Xiang, Shen Jian, and even Zhang Jiaxing, who had gone to drop the socks, responded.

Xiao Shiqin had just felt a little relieved when suddenly two figures jumped out from the right. Before they could see who it was, the guns fired without warning, directly attacking.

Who's Not Down.

Mo Gan Farewell!