Chapter 81

All the online members were stunned after seeing the message addressed to everyone.

But soon, someone reacted.

[Ripe Tomato: Boss! Are we going to beat him up tomorrow?!]

[Laughing until my face collapses: What about the person who posted that? Great, please be sure to call me!]

[Knife hidden in crotch: Where's my 38-meter-long sword? Bring it to me now.]

[He Ye Xiaoxiao: Add me (raises hand)]

Seeing their enthusiastic response, but no one counting, Xia Mo curled his lips and said, "Start from the beginning, counting."

The members then yelled and reported their numbers one by one.

After a few minutes, the number stopped at 24, which was exactly the same as the number of people killed in the Tomb City dungeon.

This shows that the people willing to participate are still the same group. As for the rest, Xia Mo guessed that they either don’t have time or don’t want to get involved in the dispute.

Not wanting to delve into the thoughts of those who were online but didn't report their numbers, Xia Mo looked at the 24 people including herself and felt that it was almost enough.

Perhaps because she hadn't spoken in the guild, someone suddenly asked curiously, "Boss, what do you want us to do from 5:00 to 12:00 tomorrow?"

They were just talking big, but they had no idea what they were going to do in the end.

Xia Mo calmly replied: [Issued a challenge, the guild will declare war tomorrow]

Everyone: ???

What? ! ! !

One minute later, several people started talking frantically in the temporary private chat group.

[Ripe Tomato: I thought the boss was just going to take on a few people, but she actually wanted to take on an entire guild?! What should we do? With so few kills, we don't even have half the number of theirs. Isn't issuing a challenge like asking for death?]

[Laughing until my face is paralyzed: Go ahead and order the tomato. It's not even half of what others are offering, it's not even one-fifth. Here, take a screenshot and see for yourself.]

Everyone in the group focused their attention, and the next second, they almost couldn't catch their breath.

Ripe Tomato: Holy crap, their guild has 123 members?! We're done for! The 24 of us are definitely dead!

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: There's no need to be so pessimistic, right? Even though there are a lot of people on the other side, that doesn't mean all 100+ people will be online tomorrow night.]

[Laughing until my face is paralyzed: Huahua’s words make sense. I estimate that there are only about 100 people online at most.]

Ripe Tomato: Damn, 100 is a lot, right? Everyone, don't forget, there are only 24 of us! 24 of us! Oh, including the boss's little beast, that makes 25, exactly a quarter of what everyone else has (groundhog screaming.jpg)

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: Indeed, we have no advantage in numbers]

[Laughing until his face collapses: ...in terms of strength, it's not even that good... (whispering)]

Even if Qingyao reaches the top, it is still just a small level 1 guild with limited resources and operations. How can it compete with the level 3 guild that Mo Se mentioned?

Let alone competing with them, it would be a good thing if they didn't die too tragically.

After thinking about it, they really couldn't figure out how the boss was going to win back a game for Qingyao when there was such a huge gap in strength?

In addition to this, they were also curious about another point. It was obvious that the post was done by those people who had quit Qingyaozhishang. But why didn't the boss target those people, but instead issued a declaration of war to the guild?

After spending a whole night, the members of Qingyaozhishang accepted with trepidation that they would be fighting a level 3 guild the next day.

The next afternoon, Xia Mo planned to skip all afternoon classes and not attend any of them.

Seeing that she hadn't focused on her studies in the past two days, her roommate, Long Yue, couldn't help but worry about her: "Xia Mo, I heard that the teacher in class today is very strict. What if you're not there when they call your name, and it affects your credits? What if that happens?"

Xia Mo was just about to say that it was okay, even without the regular scores, she could definitely raise her total score based on the final exam alone.

But I could only think about these words in my mind, and when they came to my mouth, I changed them to: "It's okay, one or two times won't have much impact."

"Okay, if the teacher calls your name today, I'll answer for you first."

Xia Mo smiled gratefully: "Okay, thank you for your trouble. I'll treat you to a good meal outside the school some other day~"

Long Yue was born into a wealthy family and has been pampered since childhood. The food and accommodation she had were luxurious beyond the imagination of ordinary people. To outsiders, she must have lived a carefree life. However, only Xia Mo knew that Long Yue had actually always wanted to try ordinary food besides high-end cuisine.

So what she said just now hit the mark of Long Yue's thoughts. After hearing this, the latter's eyebrows relaxed and he revealed an extremely happy smile: "Okay, then I'll wait for your treat!"

Yi Qianqiu, who still looked at Long Yue with tinted glasses, clicked his tongue and walked straight to the classroom with his book in his arms without saying anything.

Hong Xinya followed behind her, looking very excited: "Qianqiu, wait for me!"

Seeing this scene, Xia Mo narrowed his eyes and quickly ran towards the laboratory building.

Today is the last half day of the bad luck debuff. Xia Mo logged in at noon. As soon as he logged in, he found that the annoying debuff had finally disappeared.

She looked up to the sky and sighed deeply, swearing that she would never set foot in the cathedral again!

She spent some time at noon to complete the task of arranging the bookshelves in the Royal Library, and successfully obtained this week's salary - 50 gold, as well as 200 points of daily experience + administrative experience.

I looked at my current administrative experience value: 800 points, which is still a long way from reaching level 2.

But it doesn't matter. This is just like completing city quests. Although it is tedious and the rewards you see in the early stages are not much, as long as you stick with it, the rewards will snowball.

Oh, speaking of snowballing, Xia Mo thought of the three royal bonds he had bought before. He wondered how they had risen in the past few days.

Click on the [Investment] panel and find the bond column. The trend charts of the three bonds are clear at a glance. All of them are rising and none of them are losing money.

Xia Mo raised his eyebrows and closed the panel with satisfaction.

She looked at the time in the upper left corner. It was almost time. She walked out of the library, turned and went into the alley. After twists and turns, she stood in front of the city hall ten minutes later.

"Hello, I need to sign a guild challenge."

Sitting in front of the window, Xia Mo spoke frankly.

At this time, players were coming and going in the city hall. Many people heard the words "challenge" when passing by the window and couldn't help but glance sideways.

And when they saw who was sitting in the seat, the city hall instantly became boiling!

Holy shit, the world's number one ink color? Oh my god, who offended her? She actually declared war!

For a moment, the players showed their eagerness to watch the fun and opened the world channel one after another.

[Friends, breaking news! Mo Se has come to the City Hall to issue a guild challenge!]

[What the hell? A guild challenge? What's going on? Did someone offend them?]

When it comes to offending Qingyaozhishang, everyone's first reaction is the post that accused them yesterday.

However, that post was clearly written from a personal perspective, without any reference to any other guilds. So why didn't Qingyao and the others target the poster, but instead challenged other guilds? Could they have missed the point?

Everyone was confused, but still couldn't help but want to join in the fun.

[Qingyao is desperate, hahaha. They can't find the poster, so they just randomly pick another guild to vent their anger? It's just like what the original poster said, their entire guild is crazy.]

I find this quite outrageous. It's obvious from the post that it was posted by the same people who quit the guild at the time. Couldn't they have just resolved the issue privately? Why did they have to deliberately create such a big drama? Who were they trying to impress?

[Guys, that's not the point. The point is that Qingyao is only at level 1 in the guild, with 38 members. That's it? They dare to declare war? Are they afraid they haven't lost enough face already? Hahaha.]

"Now that you mention it, I'm really getting more and more curious. Which guild are they going to challenge?"

The players were chatting happily when suddenly, several crimson messages appeared above their heads.

Guild [Qingyao Zhishang] has declared war on Guild [Zuijiuxiaohongchen]! Those targeted by the declaration should prepare for battle!

Guild [Qingyao Zhishang] has declared war on Guild [Zuijiuxiaohongchen]! Those targeted by the declaration should prepare for battle!

Guild [Qingyao Zhishang] has declared war on Guild [Zuijiuxiaohongchen]! Those targeted by the declaration should prepare for battle!

Three messages in a row continuously scrolled across the top, temporarily suppressing all other messages.

In the city hall, inside the royal city, outside the royal city... all the players who saw this news widened their eyes.

[What the hell? They're going to go to war with that level 3 guild? This is insane!]

Everyone stared at the news in shock, unable to believe it. Were they crazy, or was Qingyao crazy?

That's the level 3 guild ranked 10th on the list. Where did Qingyao get the courage to go straight to this small level 1 guild?

If the players around the world were surprised from a distance, then the players in the city hall who watched her hand over the bet and sign the declaration of war with her own hands were all stunned in place as if struck by lightning.

Should we say that this is the courage that only the number one in the mainland can have?

But, but, even if she is very strong, she can’t withstand the strength of the guild behind her!

If you put the four words "Qingyaozhishang" into the guild search bar, you will find that they are only ranked 38th.

38 and 10, there is at least a galaxy-sized gap between them. What on earth was she thinking? How dare she bet the reputation and resources of the entire guild?

You should know that issuing a challenge is not as simple as just signing your name. The initiating party needs to pay a lot of money and guild reputation as a bet. If you win, you can get it all back and get rewards. However, if you lose, all of it will be allocated to the other party, commonly known as giving it away for free.

Players know that the stakes charged by the Town Hall are very high.

For a large guild, it might just be a small loss that can be earned back soon, but for a small guild, it is tantamount to gambling its entire fortune. In the end, victory or destruction depends entirely on the performance of the small guild on the battlefield.

Few small guilds are willing to risk bankruptcy by declaring war. If they win, everything is fine: reputation, prestige, money... all can be doubled. But if they lose... they will really lose everything.

The players in the city hall didn't dare to speak. They all stared with surprised and puzzled eyes, watching her calmly leave the hall after issuing the challenge.

Qingyao went straight to the guild, and everyone found that just after the challenge was issued, someone else had quit the guild.

Ripe Tomato was furious: "What ungrateful bastards! Qingshui didn't mind their low level at all and took them in. Now, when the war is about to start, they all run away without a word! I shouldn't have taken them in! This is so pissing me off!"

Latiao Xiaohuahua comforted him: [Look at it from a bright side, at least they're showing their true colors now. It's better than letting them take advantage of the benefits later, right?]

Ripe Tomato: I know what you said, but I'm still pissed... I feel a little sorry for Shimizu.

[Mo Se: It doesn't matter what's worth it. People come and go everywhere. If you can't stand it, why not find a way to improve the guild's strength? When the guild becomes stronger, it will naturally attract more outstanding talents.]

Riding a Donkey and Watching a Turtle, who had just joined the guild yesterday, pursed his lips in relief at her words.

He was not wrong about the person.

With a vice president like her in charge, how could Qingyaozhi be easily defeated by rumors?

Ripe Tomato: Boss, you're right. We shouldn't complain, but improve ourselves! When Qingyao reaches the top, I wonder how many people will rush to join us. Humph!

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: Come on, let's talk about the summit later. @Mo Se, I see there's a lot less stuff in our warehouse. Did they use it for gambling?]

【Ink color: yes】

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: If I lose, will I be unable to get everything back? ]

【Ink color: yes】

The two consecutive "yes" made everyone's heart hang in the air.

They worked hard to complete quests and dungeons to collect these good things. If they lose this battle, they will really lose everything.

Seeing that no one answered the call, Xia Mo calmly typed two lines.

【What, are you all scared? 】

[If you are afraid, you can raise it now, so you don’t have to join the battle later]

The channel was silent for a while, and then Latiao Xiaohuahua suddenly asked her: "Mo Se, can you tell us why you're going to war with Zui Jiu Xiao Hong Chen? Is it related to yesterday's post?"

Xia Mo thought for a moment: [Yes]

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: Is there any definite evidence?]

Xia Mo: Yes

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: Okay, with that in mind, I'll definitely go to this guild war today!]

Because they were unsure before, they opened a small group to chat privately, but now that their doubts have been answered by Mo Se, La Tiao Xiao Hua Hua no longer has any concerns and is the first to express his opinion in the guild.

Inspired by her words, others also raised their hands.

【I'm not afraid, I want to join the battle! 】

[Me too, I'm not afraid of anything! Playing games is all about fighting, so if you lose, you can just start over! We at Qingyao Zhishang can afford to lose!]

[That's right, we're being bullied now, we can't just be cowards! Count me in, Mo Se, I want to go too!]

Messages came one after another, and Xia Mo raised his eyebrows with relief.

Suddenly, Qilukanwangba, who had just joined the guild, also sent a message: [Um, is it too late for me to sign up now?]

Xia Mo smiled: [Of course there is still time]

[Ride a Donkey and Watch a Turtle: Okay, yesterday and today, I can provide 10 bottles of antidote potions, 8 bottles of ice resistance potions, and 2 bottles of heat potions. @Ink Color, how do you think we'd divide them up?]

Everyone in the guild was stunned when they heard his words.

So Mo Se hired a pharmacist?! Doesn't that mean they won't have to rush out to buy supplies anymore and can achieve internal self-sufficiency?

Oh my god, just thinking about this scene makes me feel so good!

*

While discussions were raging outside, the atmosphere within a certain guild had cooled to the extreme.

"Isn't this an anonymous post? How did they know it was us?"

At the end of the long table, Zhuye's drunken face was extremely pale.

He had been thinking about it for a long time since he received the declaration of war from the other side.

What went wrong? The post was clearly anonymous, and the content clearly pointed to a single player's dissatisfaction with Qingyao Zhishang. If they wanted to settle scores, they would definitely go after the players who had quit the guild. Why would they bypass that group and go directly to them?

Zhuye Zuijiu couldn't figure it out no matter what, and he felt so angry that his chest was congested.

In the meeting room, several core members looked at each other, all of them looking clueless.

Finally, Pastor Xuandie stepped forward and cautiously asked, "Drunk, could it be that those people sold the news to Qingyao?"

Zhuye Zuijiu looked at her, and was amused by her ridiculously naive words. "Do you think someone who broke up with the guild before leaving would dare to go back and tell them, 'Come and see, someone instructed me to post this.' Who's so stupid?"

Xuan Die was stunned for a moment and silently retreated back to the crowd.

Vice President Xiao Hongchen looked around at everyone and sighed softly at the end: "Forget about getting drunk. The most important thing now is not to find out the reason, but to think about how to respond to their declaration of war."

"A declaration of war? Hahaha." Upon hearing Xiao Hongchen's words, Zhuye Zuijiu laughed unabashedly. "They're just a small level 1 guild. Can they really crush our level 3 guild?"

That being said, the gap between level 1 and level 3 is indeed not small. For example, in terms of the number of kills, Qingyao is no match for them at all.

If we take equipment scores and warehouse resources into account, Qingyao would be crushed to the point where nothing is left.

To be fair, Xiao Hongchen really felt that Qingyao had no chance of winning if she went straight up.

But what he was worried about was that the opponent on the opposite side was the world's number one Mo Se.

That female star official whose moves didn't follow any routine at all, her technique was superb, and her output was fierce. Knowing full well that there was an irreparable gap between her and them [Drunken Laughing in the Red Dust], she still risked her entire fortune to declare war. It was really hard for him not to think too much...