Bai Liu did not stay for long. He quickly wrapped Tavel's body and put it on the cart as if nothing had happened. He turned around and looked at the people behind him. He had a fake smile on his face that could be seen by Mu Sicheng, Mu Ke, Liu Jiayi and Tang Erda. Then he said softly:
"Now, let us overthrow this evil rose factory."
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Game hall, graveyard disco area.
No matter how hard Mu Ke and his friends tried to hold on, no matter how they stopped passers-by and asked them to like or collect Bai Liu's work, under the high-pressure blockade of the foreign guilds, Bai Liu's small TV inevitably fell into the disco area at the grave.
No matter it is Mu Ke, who was born in a privileged family, or Mu Sicheng, who has always had a relatively privileged family situation and has never bowed his head since childhood and even in the game, now they have given up their self-esteem and face, and are attracting passers-by one by one, trying their best to help Bai Liu delay time.
After seeing the game finally come to an end on Bai Liu's small TV, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
——In this tug-of-war, facing an opponent like the King's Guild, they had a very hard time fighting.
But now, they can allow Bai Liu to fall into the small dark room once, and then pay the ransom to get Bai Liu out. The time during this period should be enough for Bai Liu to pass the level.
"… Queen, if this continues, Bai Liu might actually be able to pass the level smoothly…" Someone whispered to the Queen with an unpleasant expression, "It's the cheering season now, and we failed to block the enemy twice. This is… too embarrassing. Our guild's team support rate will be affected…"
"We won't fail." Hong Tao crossed her arms and slowly glanced at Bai Liu's small TV. "This blockade will be over soon."
The person next to Hongtao was stunned.
Soon, someone trotted over with excitement on his face, stopped in front of Hong Tao, bowed respectfully, and then looked up and said, "Queen! Our team's [Shield] just passed the game and left the pool! Should we ask him to come over now?"
Hong Tao nodded slightly: "Let him come over."
The team member who was worried before suddenly changed his expression. He looked at Hongtao in disbelief, then approached the team member who came to report the news and asked again, with a look of joy on his face: "He is a regular member of the team. Does [Shield] want to come over?"
The team member couldn't hide his joy and nodded repeatedly: "Yes! As soon as I got out of the pool, I rushed here! I'm already on my way!"
"Once the [Shield] arrives, this siege will be over immediately!"
Mu Sicheng frowned and looked at the members of the King's Guild who were starting to make a fuss in the small TV area: "What are they shouting about? Are they going crazy because they can't stop Bai Liu?"
"That shouldn't be the case." Mu Ke had a bad feeling in his heart, "...they are all laughing."
Mu Ke didn't expect these members of the King's Guild to tell them what they were laughing at. He quickly opened the system panel, opened the forum, and quickly searched for the information he wanted -
——Soon, a popular post attracted his attention.
——【(Shield) from the King's Guild has left the game pool and seems to be joining the siege team. This time, Red Heart is really going too far!】
"...What is [shield]?" Mu Ke asked back with a frown.
Mu Sicheng also opened the forum. The moment he saw the title, his face darkened. He quickly explained to Mu Ke, the newcomer, "It's a job title in the team."
"The usual functional divisions of a five-man team in the league are [Attack], [Shield], [Roaming], [Control], and [Tactician]."
"I haven't watched the King's Guild's games, but I heard that their team is a double [control] team. Both [control] players are extremely good. One of the [control] players is Heart, and the other one this year is said to be Little Witch."
"It's hard to find good [attacking] players. Red Hearts has never been able to find a suitable rotation. The quality of their team's [attacking] players is very poor—"
Maki Shicheng raised his gloomy eyes: "——But to make up for this shortcoming, this team's [Shield] is extremely strong."
A heavy stomping sound came from a distance. Mu Ke turned around and looked. The expression on his face and his breathing paused for a moment.
A huge strange man appeared, so tall that Mu Ke couldn't even see his head when he looked up. This man wore heavy brass armor on his hands and feet, and several circles of spiked anklets on his wrist bones. As he walked, the spikes collided with each other and the rings made noises. When he walked, it seemed that the dimensional space separated by the system was shaking.
This man had extremely long arms and legs, and he could wave away the spectators and the crowd that tried to block his way as easily as he could wave away ants or the grass growing on a country road. No one could stop him at all.
Then he slowly walked to the red heart in the center of the small TV, bowed his head and placed his left hand on his chest to salute, then knelt on one knee with a loud bang. The sound was deep and resounding, like the buzzing of a cannonball, making people want to cover their heads and kneel down:
"Queen, Τιτν (Titan) is here."
Hongtao lifted the hem of her skirt, bowed slightly in return, then placed her hand on Titan's huge fingers, allowing Titan to kiss her back awkwardly.
"Τιτν, do me a favor." Hong Tao turned to look at Mu Ke who was standing at the edge, lowered her eyes and smiled, "Beat them, as usual."
At this moment, her smile was indescribably similar to Bai Liu on the small TV.
Titan stood up and turned to face Mu Ke and the others. He stretched out a palm as big as an adult's head and looked down at the retreating Mu Ke and Mu Sicheng with their eyes open.
"Yes, my queen."
[System prompt: Player Titan uses personal skills (dimensional shield) on the entire Bailiu small TV space area]
[After using this skill, different spaces will be split into different time and space dimensions. No living or non-living things can enter another space. Light and sound can no longer be transmitted. The space where the skill is implemented will no longer be integrated into the same multi-dimensional space (including the game lobby)]
[Time limit: one dimension clock]
In just a moment, the entire area where the Bai Liu small TV was located in front of Mu Ke disappeared out of thin air, leaving only a dark, unapproachable sphere.
The pure black sphere, which is as big as the viewing area, contains many tiny, twinkling star particles suspended and rotating, like a corner of the universe.
Mu Ke staggered back two steps, with an unconcealable look of despair on his face - one dimension minute, without any external support from them, was enough for Bai Liu to fall directly into a no-man's land!
Unless Bai Liu clears the level before he falls in...there's nothing they can do.
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Gamblers Club Guild, President's Office.
Charles closed his eyes and leaned back in a large executive chair, his hands loosely resting on the leather armrests on both sides of the chair. He seemed to be thinking about something. The index finger of his right hand, which was wearing a shining big diamond ring, was bent and tapping on the armrest from time to time, making a regular and dull tapping sound.
Wang Shun sat opposite Charles awkwardly, his hands placed neatly on his knees, his body leaning forward - this was a very standard posture for asking someone to do something for you, and being in a weak position.
As the person being asked, Charles's relaxed posture showed that he did not think about Wang Shun's request seriously.
"President Charles." Wang Shun raised his voice a little, trying to wake up the president who seemed to be falling asleep. "I have just shown you the video recordings of Bai Liu's games. He has great potential and strong strength. He also meets your requirements for selecting a dark horse. Please consider it!"
Charles lazily opened one eye and looked at Wang Shun, the smile on his face was obviously teasing: "He is indeed my type. If it was ten minutes ago, I might have been convinced by you - but now?"
He slowly sat up straight, raised his index finger and shook it left and right: "Nonono, I do like dark horses, but I don't like horses that have already been bet on."
——Hidden stakes mean that someone has done something to the horse before it enters the race, such as putting nails in the horseshoes, which prevents the horse from running well on the track or even from entering the race.
For Charles, Bai Liu's current situation was like a hidden trap set by the King's Guild.
With a slight regret, Charles looked through the information about Bai Liu that Wang Shun had sorted out for him on the table, caressed Bai Liu's face twice lovingly, and then threw it into the trash can under the table without mercy.
"I won't tell your boss Hong Tao that her confidant came to me to promote a newcomer." Charles glanced at the nervous Wang Shun with a half-smile, and slowly crossed his fingers in front of his lower abdomen with his white-gloved hands, and added the second half of the sentence, "- a newcomer who is being targeted by her."
"But you almost wasted me..." Charles raised his hand to push away the end of his glove and glanced at his watch which was also inlaid with diamonds. "It took me thirty minutes to convince me to accept a newcomer who would soon be completely worthless."
"My time is very precious. You will have to pay a price for wasting it so casually." Charles looked up at Wang Shun. He raised his walking stick beside the chair leg, stood up slowly, walked behind Wang Shun, who had a stiff back, and then placed his gloved hands on Wang Shun's shoulders and slid them down, saying ambiguously, "No one can come to my place and leave nothing behind."
"——Give me some information that only you know, my dear Mr. Know-it-all."
The cane got stuck on Wang Shun's neck at some point, and Charles's slow upward movement made Wang Shun feel suffocated, and he couldn't help but want to struggle - but Wang Shun controlled himself from tearing off the cane.
Now he is just being threatened. If you touch him, you will really die here today!
Charles really hates others touching his accessories and magic props - such as diamond watches, rings, and the custom-made civilized cane made of some rare wood on his hand.
"Ahem..." Wang Shun's eyes were bleeding from the cane. He tried his best to lean back on the chair to reduce the pressure of the cane on his trachea. "You really won't regret investing in Bai Liu..."
"I know a prophecy of an anti-Christian about White Willow—"
The civilized stick was taken away in an instant, and Wang Shun covered his neck and coughed violently.
Charles took out a silk scarf from his pocket that looked very finely made and wiped the cane that had been strangled by Wang Shun from head to toe. He threw it aside and then turned to look at Wang Shun thoughtfully: "——Anti-Crusader? The guy ranked third on the points list? I remember his original name was——"
"【Judge of the Rebellious God】——this year, cough cough, he changed his name to 【Anti-Crusader】after transferring from the sixth guild 【Deer Hunter】 to the first guild 【Killer Order】." Wang Shun wiped away the tears that were strangled from his eyes with his palm, took two deep breaths, and then he came to his senses and looked at Charles, "You know what the skills of this player 【Judge of the Rebellious God】 are, right?"
Charles glanced at Wang Shun calmly: "Prophecy."
"To be exact, his skill is called [Listen to God's Words]." Wang Shun panted, "I discovered a prophecy in his heart before, which is related to Bai Liu."
Charles touched Wang Shun's chest with his stick, made a gentlemanly gesture of invitation, and smiled harmlessly: "I'd like to hear the details."
The author has something to say:
Offensive skills cannot be used in the lobby, such as +1 [Poison and Antidote], 4 [Monkey's Paw]. These skills cannot be used in the lobby, but 6 trade skills and Mu Ke's flash can be used.