Chapter 15

In a five-versus-two battle, the five-man squad was ultimately wiped out by the duo. The crucial question of who held the socks within the five-man team became meaningless in the face of such a total defeat.

"Seizing the initiative, I like that style!" Ye Xiu praised.

The event continued.

The second pair, the third pair, the fourth pair…

Socks were continuously being picked up by players, and battles became more frequent as more and more people acquired socks. Amidst the continuous system notifications, Mo Gan Hui Shou and Shui Bu Di Tou were undoubtedly the most dazzling names, with the system constantly announcing their acquisition of socks. In comparison, the results of the Jun Mo Xiao and Bao Zi Invasion duo, who were slightly ahead of this pair on the team leaderboard, were simply unbearable to look at. To date, the duo's score was still zero.

But which players in the map would care about which of these two teams had better scores? They cared more about whether they could still get a pair of socks themselves.

At the snow hill in the northwest corner, a new pair of socks had just spawned. A squad happened to pass by and was delighted to pick them up, only to see the gun muzzles of two Sharpshooter characters spitting fire as they flew over, as if gliding on the snow. In the blink of an eye, they were already in front of them.

Before anyone could even pick up the socks, the battle had already begun. However, the five-man squad clearly had little interest in fighting. They just wanted to get their hands on the socks first. But Mo Gan Hui Shou and Shui Bu Di Tou had a clear and distinct strategy. The two never showed any intention of picking up the socks, but instead focused on attacking the squad.

With their dual guns combined, bullets flew in quick succession. This five-man squad was unlucky enough to not have a single Gunner class character. The attack speed of all five members was slower than that of the two Sharpshooters. Mo Gan Hui Shou and Shui Bu Di Tou maintained their distance and unleashed a fierce barrage.

The five-man squad ultimately picked up the socks, but what good was that? If they couldn't take down the opponents in front of them, the socks would eventually fall back to the ground.

The end result was tragic. The squad that picked up the socks focused all their attacks on the duo, but they were flanked by the two who had spread out, and they couldn't decide which side to attack first. The two, however, were extremely skilled in suppressing, switching targets, and focusing their bursts of damage. They eliminated their opponents one by one, picked up the dropped socks from the ground, changed direction, and left safely.

"Not bad at all."

As soon as the two characters left, a character jumped out of a small snow pit.

Ye Xiu rotated Jun Mo Xiao's view, scanning the battlefield where the battle had just taken place, as if savoring the fight. But soon, he chased after Mo Gan Hui Shou and Shui Bu Di Tou in the direction they had left.

At this time, Bao Zi was also crouching in a snow pit, but this time his view was no longer locked in one direction. Instead, he frequently rotated 360 degrees, watching out for anyone approaching.

Got it!

In a certain direction, a team of players was approaching, looking around warily. Bao Zi stared, stared, and as the team showed no sign of changing direction, he suddenly jumped out of the snow pit, did a forward roll, and turned around to run.

At the same time, the system announced: Bao Zi Invasion has picked up a pair of socks.

Others were not concerned with comparing which of the two-man teams had obtained more socks, but the two teams themselves were still quite concerned.

Seeing this system message, Mo Gan Hui Shou subconsciously opened the leaderboard and scoffed.

"Only one pair," Mo Gan Hui Shou said with a smile.

"Hehe, we have all the socks here. They'd like to have more," Shui Bu Di Tou said.

"I'm actually looking forward to them coming to our door," Mo Gan Hui Shou said.

"At least they still have one pair of socks," Shui Bu Di Tou said sarcastically.

After saying that, the two smiled and continued to fly through the snow, searching for socks or squads that had socks. They didn't realize that there was a figure following them at a considerable distance, appearing and disappearing in the snow.

Mo Gan Hui Shou and Shui Bu Di Tou continued to accumulate socks. They had completely become the target of everyone in the entire map. However, as dual Sharpshooter classes with long attack ranges and high mobility, they were able to gain the initiative in most battles, so they didn't seem too passive.

In the past, when they had picked up around 15 pairs of socks, all the socks on the map would likely have been picked up, and the 120-second countdown would begin. With 2 minutes left, most teams with so many socks would be eagerly waiting for the end, but these two were very unhappy with this setting. It was because of this countdown that they had repeatedly failed to find targets to steal socks from within the 2 minutes, preventing them from ever achieving a grand slam.

However, this time, when the two once again broke through the 15-pair mark, there was still one pair of socks that had not been picked up.

This unprecedented situation excited both of them. If they could continue to maintain this state, they would have a chance to get a grand slam. At this time, the two completely forgot about comparing themselves to the other two-man team and were actively searching for targets everywhere.

Total socks on the map: 20 pairs, Unpicked: 1 pair, Mo Gan Hui Shou's team has 16 pairs;

Total socks on the map: 20 pairs, Unpicked: 1 pair, Mo Gan Hui Shou's team has 17 pairs;

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The two became more and more excited and nervous as they picked up a new pair of socks.

"Don't let the last pair of socks be picked up so quickly!" the two prayed silently.

Eighteen pairs! Only two pairs left! One pair unpicked, and the other pair, the two didn't even need to check the leaderboard to know where they were: Jun Mo Xiao and Bao Zi Invasion's duo.

"Do you think they'll let us find them?" Mo Gan Hui Shou said. As the targets of everyone in the map, they had faced all the teams in this round of the event, except for this rival they had originally valued the most. However, they had seen this duo on TV a few times, and they still only had one pair of socks, which meant they had been robbed. Having been robbed and not daring to come to them to snatch socks, Jun Mo Xiao and Bao Zi Invasion were increasingly despised by the two.

Even those without any socks dared to ignore the gap in strength and come to snatch, since there was nothing to lose from dying. But these two didn't dare. In Mo Gan Hui Shou and Shui Bu Di Tou's opinion, it was because they valued their face and were afraid of losing to them and losing face.

"Great God! If he really wants to hide, I don't think we can find him!" Shui Bu Di Tou said.

"Hehe, we'll see if they dare to come!" Mo Gan Hui Shou said, and actually sent a message to Jun Mo Xiao, directly stating their location.

"So polite? Taking the initiative to invite us over?"

They didn't receive a reply, but they heard someone speaking. The two were shocked, and their characters jumped to two different positions, forming a pincer attack towards the source of the sound. Their ability to locate sounds was quite accurate.

"Shouldn't you be very welcoming of me?" Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao emerged from behind a small snowdrift, holding an umbrella in his hand. Standing in the snow, he had a demeanor that other characters lacked. It was just that his equipment was too colorful and disgusting. This was the first impression of Jun Mo Xiao that the two had at close range. "If only he had a trench coat…" The two were thinking. Yes, Sharpshooter players generally had this aesthetic: trench coats were the most beautiful, the most handsome, and the most elegant. A Sharpshooter who didn't wear a trench coat wasn't a good Sharpshooter, and a player who didn't appreciate trench coats was definitely a noob.

However, after looking over Jun Mo Xiao's equipment, the two's thoughts finally returned to the main topic.

"You've been right next to us all along?" Mo Gan Hui Shou said. As soon as the message was sent, the person arrived. There was no way it was that coincidental. It was obvious that this person had been next to them all along, paying attention to them. Was this… preparing to ambush them? It seemed that Jun Mo Xiao wasn't as cowardly as they thought.

"That's right! I've always been here, but never this close. It wasn't until now that I realized that you two are actually girls," Ye Xiu said.

Although he had followed them before, he had been too far away to hear them talking. Only this time, at the very end, had his Jun Mo Xiao completely stuck to them, and he had only heard their conversation just now. He had also been stunned. These two had chosen male Sharpshooter characters, and their names were quite arrogant and domineering. They were the dual-gun combination that had amazed everyone in the event. But their voices were completely those of two girls.

"You've been following us all along!" The two were more concerned about this point and didn't react much to knowing that they were girls. Although the two had chosen male characters, they hadn't made any attempt to hide their voices, and they clearly didn't want to hide their gender. There were fewer men playing female characters in Glory, but there were quite a few women playing male characters. Sometimes, girls would choose male characters because they liked a certain look or style.

"That's right!" Ye Xiu said.

"What do you want?"

"What else? Of course, I want to snatch socks," Ye Xiu said.

"Despicable!" The two couldn't help but understand now. This person was planning to have them sweep the entire map first, and then directly snatch the socks from them.

"Dealing with two people is always easier than dealing with forty-eight people," Ye Xiu smiled.

"Just you?" The two also began to sneer.

"Of course not, I have a teammate too. Bao Zi!" Ye Xiu called.

"Coming!" Bao Zi's response was from outside the game, but the two in the game didn't know that. Hearing such a realistic shout, they quickly defended in all directions, but they couldn't see Bao Zi Invasion anywhere. They only received a system announcement: Bao Zi Invasion has picked up a pair of socks.

The last pair of socks had also been picked up, and the 120-second countdown began.

"You want to defeat us in two minutes!" The two felt looked down upon.

"You're overthinking it!" Ye Xiu said, and with a wave of Jun Mo Xiao's hand, a pair of socks was dropped on the ground. The countdown disappeared, and the number of unpicked socks changed to 1 again.

"Don't pick them up yet, so everyone will have more time," Ye Xiu said.

The two were completely speechless.

"Bao Zi, hurry! They're waiting!" The two heard Ye Xiu shout again.