Chapter 109 Waiting

With his account balance greatly increased, Xu Jingming was in an excellent mood. He smiled and said, "Elder Zhang, both of your transactions involved people offering themselves directly as sacrifices. It seems quite a few cosmic citizens directly purchase 'ten thousand gold' for sacrifices."

"Indeed, quite a few," the old man admitted. "The sacrifices in the Blood Rain World are an opportunity! A chance to ascend to the heavens in one step! Therefore, many talented cosmic citizens are willing to directly sacrifice ten thousand gold to try their luck. However, the amount of 'gold and silver' in the Blood Rain World is limited. Only in the Imperial Capital will you feel that gold and silver are relatively abundant… In ordinary cities, it's too difficult to gather ten thousand gold."

Xu Jingming understood.

"Cosmic citizen customers who want to buy ten thousand gold are all queuing up," the old man said. "What limits their 'sacrifices' is the scarcity of gold and silver in the Blood Rain World."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Perhaps, this is a deliberate limitation set by the Blood Rain World."

"It is."

The old man nodded. "The Blood Rain World officials are, after all, officials! If they want to flood the market with gold and silver, the amount will immediately increase. If they want to tighten the supply, the difficulty of players obtaining gold and silver immediately rises. Let me remind you… It's best not to carry more than ten thousand gold with you in the Blood Rain World."

"Understood," Xu Jingming certainly understood.

"Also, it's best not to have your cumulative gold and silver exceed one hundred thousand gold," the old man said. "Once you exceed one hundred thousand gold! You will be strongly targeted by the world, making it difficult to move an inch in the Blood Rain World."

"Cumulatively not exceeding one hundred thousand gold?" Xu Jingming understood.

This was information that even Pang Ze didn't know.

The old man chatted with Xu Jingming for a while before leaving.

…

Virtual World Network, Xu Jingming's personal space.

Inside a private living room of a spaceship, Xu Jingming sat on the sofa, drinking wine and watching the cosmic starry sky outside the spaceship's glass.

"The account balance is already nine hundred million. Gathering ten thousand gold is no longer difficult. I can easily complete a few assassination missions to gather enough," Xu Jingming clicked on his personal combat power panel, observing his own realm. "But my Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique is only at the sixth level, 98%."

After igniting the light of his heart, Xu Jingming practiced his spear technique diligently every day, and his spear technique was slowly improving, but it was obviously still some distance from the seventh level.

"Sacrificing ten thousand gold to obtain an opportunity can only be done once in a lifetime for each player in the Blood Rain World! I can't waste this precious opportunity. I must reach the seventh level before going to the mysterious place," Xu Jingming thought to himself.

Every step he took had to be cautious.

He was the number one genius of Blue Star! He was also the one who had gone the furthest on the path of evolution in Blue Star today.

If he squandered the opportunity too casually, it would not only affect his own future, but most importantly… it would affect the future of the entire Blue Star civilization.

Therefore, he had to be extremely cautious!

Xu Jingming gently clicked on his personal friends list and invited three friends.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three figures quickly arrived, namely Liu Hai, Tu Ling, and Zhang Qing.

"Masters, please sit," Xu Jingming said, rising to his feet.

Zhang Qing sat down on the sofa beside him with some curiosity, picked up the glass of wine in front of her, and said with a smile, "Why would our current Blue Star's number one expert think of contacting me, a newly promoted cosmic citizen?"

Liu Hai and Tu Ling also sat down, looking at Xu Jingming.

"I'm conducting a plan in the Blood Rain World," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "My master and Tu Ling are also helping me. I would also like to ask Sister Zhang for help. Don't worry, it won't take more than ten days! The employment fee is 1 million cosmic coins. Entering the Blood Rain World for the first time requires 100,000 cosmic coins, plus another 100,000 cosmic coins to enable 'smart auto-farming.' So, the actual amount Sister Zhang will receive is 800,000 cosmic coins."

"Master, Tu Ling, I will also need your hard work for the next ten days, also at a cost of 1 million cosmic coins each," Xu Jingming said.

"Xu-ge, aren't you hiring us?" Tu Ling asked.

"The next ten days will be very hard," Xu Jingming said. "It's a little different from the previous employment, so the price naturally has to be increased. Don't worry… I've earned a lot from this plan, so it's like giving you masters a red envelope."

"Mr. Pang gave me a red envelope, and you, Jingming, are also giving red envelopes. Okay, knowing that you've earned a lot, I'll accept it," Liu Hai didn't decline.

"Knowing that you and Mr. Pang are both very rich, I, a newcomer, won't be polite. I'll just take it as eating from the wealthy," Tu Ling said happily.

Seeing this, Zhang Qing didn't refuse anymore.

Xu Jingming said, "Let me talk about the tasks for the next ten days."

As he spoke, a map of the Yang residence and the surrounding streets and alleys appeared beside him.

"This is the scene around the 'Yang Residence' in the Imperial Capital of the Blood Rain World," Xu Jingming said. "From today onwards, we need to monitor the large teams coming out of the Yang residence. The Yang family's team has only two key exits, one is here, and the other is here."

Xu Jingming pointed to two street intersections.

"My master and I will monitor during the day, each monitoring an intersection," Xu Jingming said. "Tu Ling and Sister Zhang will be responsible for monitoring at night. It's actually easier at night because the city gates are closed! There are fewer people on the road at night, so it's not suitable for the Yang family's team to hide. So, it's unlikely that they will leave the Yang residence at night. But we still have to be cautious and ensure that someone is watching day and night."

"These are the personnel to watch out for," Xu Jingming took out some video images of people.

The information in these video images was purchased from the Virtual World Network and obtained from interrogating Yang Liao.

"My target this time is the team led by Yang Liao," Xu Jingming said. "The list of 80 people under his command that I can confirm are all here!"

…

Yes.

The reason why Xu Jingming let Yang Liao live was because Xu Jingming thought that 'Yang Liao' was an easy target, and he also chose Yang Liao's team as his target.

"The Yang family doesn't trust these guards and even restricts them to the Yang residence temporarily, for fear that these guards will leak information. Once they act… even if the guards are separated, they should be divided into teams of dozens of people. Too small teams are easy to lose control of," Xu Jingming was in a rented house on the second floor, and the window of the house happened to have a view of the intersection.

Xu Jingming quietly waited.

There was no need to pay attention to three or five pedestrians. Only slightly larger teams needed to be checked.

Xu Jingming locked onto the list of 80 people! He had video images of each person.

Monitoring was very boring! Those hired players were getting fixed remuneration, and Xu Jingming couldn't guarantee whether they would be diligent or not. That's why he asked his masters Liu Hai, Tu Ling, and Zhang Qing for help.

As for not having 'smart auto-farming,' it was because the 'images' recorded in the Virtual World Network, the AI did not know. 'Smart AI' could accept commands, and it knew everything that happened in the Blood Rain World. But it did not know some experiences in the Virtual World Network, and 'it' could not identify those 80 people.

It was getting dark.

"Xu-ge," Tu Ling came with some food and other items, "I'm here to take over."

"Thank you," Xu Jingming also packed up some food that he had eaten during the day and walked out with the basket.

…

Xu Jingming and Tu Ling were stationed at a fixed monitoring point, and Liu Hai and Zhang Qing were stationed at another fixed monitoring point.

The Yang family's team had to pass through one of the intersections.

"The Yang family has had teams going out occasionally recently," Liu Hai said, eating a pancake and watching patiently, "but I haven't found any of the 80 people who need to be monitored."

Just then—

A team of eighty or ninety people passed by the intersection.

"Hmm?"

Liu Hai suddenly had a jolt. Reaching the level of cellular control, his vision was amazing. At a glance, he found that more than thirty people in this team were from the images Xu Jingming had given him.

It was possible to miss one or two people, but with more than thirty people, Liu Hai noticed them with a sweep of his eyes.

"They're out," Liu Hai was a little excited.

Liu Hai immediately disconnected from the Blood Rain World and instantly sent a message to Xu Jingming: "Jingming, I found a team, estimated to be 89 people, of which 35 are on your list."

"Master, carefully follow them, don't let them find you," Xu Jingming also sent a message online.

"Don't worry."

Liu Hai was quite confident. He immediately left his residence and followed carefully.

******

Imperial Capital, on an official road in the south city gate, Xu Jingming, Tu Ling, and Zhang Qing all rushed here.

"The Yang family's team is going to the Eastern Region! To go to the Eastern Region, they must head south, and they will most likely pass through this official road," Xu Jingming said, "but this place is too close to the city gate, it's not suitable to take action. Once we do, it will attract the Imperial Capital's city defense army."

"Tu Ling, Sister Zhang, you two wait here and be responsible for cooperating with my master," Xu Jingming said.

"Don't worry."

"We will definitely keep a close eye on them."

Zhang Qing and Tu Ling were very confident.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly and set off alone along the official road towards the south. He needed to meet with his team! Before monitoring the Yang residence, he had already transferred all the cosmic citizen players he had hired out of the Imperial Capital and arranged them in a place more than a hundred miles south of the Imperial Capital, where the players collectively logged off! Waiting for his call at any time!

…

A merchant team of nearly three hundred people left the south gate of the Imperial Capital. The team had carriages, trucks, and a large number of mounted merchant guards. However, most of these horses were small, obviously ordinary horses.

Although the endurance was good, the speed was average.

"We're out of the Imperial Capital."

Inside the carriage, Yang Liao sat in it, his wife and concubine accompanying him.

Yang Liao was both nervous and expectant.

"According to my father's arrangement, the destination of my team is 'Qu Lan City' in the Eastern Region. In the future, my team… will be the Qu Lan Yang family," Yang Liao was quite looking forward to his future life. "I am also the head of the Qu Lan Yang family, and I have the final say on everything!"

"I heard that it's very chaotic outside, with bandits rampant," Yang Liao's wife said with some worry. She was also from a large family and now had to follow her husband to the Eastern Region.

"Don't worry, we are perfectly disguised as ordinary merchants on the surface, even the carriages and horses are purchased from merchant teams," Yang Liao said. "Bandits also have their code of conduct. By paying some protection fees, we can still arrive safely in the Eastern Region! Even if we really fall out… heh heh, we are more than ten times stronger than ordinary merchant teams."

These guards were all top-notch experts.

The team was moving forward.

Whoosh.

On the vast earth, Liu Hai followed distantly behind.

The short horses were not fast, but the speed of top-notch experts was amazing, able to keep up easily! It was just that the energy consumption of top-notch experts when using their movement techniques was also high. Fortunately, it was only enough to follow for an hour or two. If he had to follow for a day or two, Liu Hai would be exhausted.

"Before leaving the city, this team turned left and right in the Imperial Capital and even changed their costumes, disguising themselves as merchants. Fortunately, I remembered all 80 people clearly," Liu Hai followed carefully, and Tu Ling and Zhang Qing were following further away.

******

More than a hundred miles outside the south gate of the Imperial Capital, in a mountain forest.

Xu Jingming also summoned all the cosmic citizen players.

"Everyone."

Xu Jingming looked at the three eighth-level experts, sixty first-rate experts, and one hundred second-rate experts, and said with a smile, "This hiring plan, today is the last day. After completing today's mission, the mission will officially end."

These cosmic citizen players all showed joy.

The mission was quite easy. It was said to be hiring for a month, but it was actually not a full month.

Moreover, the key actions were robbing Yicui Tower, attacking Cheng Yanran, and this time dealing with the Yang family's team! There were not many requirements for the players.

"In about five minutes, the target team will pass through the official road in front of us," Xu Jingming said, "I will briefly talk about the action plan."

All the players listened.

The last action of the mission still had to be done beautifully.

"Okay, that's it." After Xu Jingming finished speaking about the plan, he said, "Disperse first and lie in ambush."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh, the team immediately took action and quietly ambushed in the mountain forest beside the official road.

Xu Jingming and the three eighth-level experts were together, also patiently waiting for the arrival of the Yang family's team.

"I see them."

Xu Jingming saw the team from afar. The Yang family's team was riding horses, even short horses, and it only took a minute to go from a distance to close range.

"Action."

Xu Jingming sent a message to the hired players through the Virtual World Network.

Silently!

All the players received the order and acted at the same time, swish swish swish! Each turned into a shadow and rushed out.

…

The Yang family's team, a mighty group of nearly three hundred people, was moving forward.

Suddenly—

A group of people rushed down from the mountain forest next to them. They blocked the front of the team, the back of the team, and the side of the mountain forest.

"There are bandits!"

The people in the Yang family's team were also shocked.

"May I ask which side of heroes are you?" An elderly man from the Yang family said loudly, "Our merchant team is doing some hard business, willing to offer some money to all of you heroes, please let us leave."

"What's going on?" Inside the carriage, Yang Liao's wife and concubine were both shocked.

"It's okay, it's normal to encounter bandits outside the city," Yang Liao said. "Those bandits will also weigh things and will not easily fight."

But at this moment, three terrifying mental powers spread out.

"Neigh, neigh, neigh~~~"

Many horses were terrified and retreated. The Yang family's team immediately dismounted and tried to hold the reins. If they didn't hold the reins, these horses would probably be scared and run away.

"Not good." The Yang family's people also felt uneasy.

Only four figures walked out of the mountain forest.

Walking in the front was Xu Jingming, wearing a human skin mask, holding a long spear, with three eighth-level experts beside him.

The mental power of the three eighth-level experts Xu Jingming hired was strong, but simultaneously covering a team of nearly three hundred people could only make those horses terrified, and the impact on first-rate experts was much weaker!

If they were only targeting a few people, the mental power threat would be much greater.

The so-called mental impact was also a kind of 'mental confrontation.' The weak needed to resist the strong! If a large number of weak people resisted together… the effect was much better.

"Young Master Yang the Second, long time no see, how have you been?" Xu Jingming's voice resounded around.

Young Master Yang the Second?

The Yang family's team couldn't help but panic. These bandits knew that they were the Yang family's team and also knew that the leader was Yang Liao?

"This voice sounds so familiar?"

Yang Liao carefully lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw those four familiar people walking over.

"It's you?" Yang Liao had a jolt.