Chapter 160 A "Guest" from Another Region
They didn't plan to retreat. As for the players, they packed up and left, giving Rong Yi and the others over a thousand insect crystals as a thank you gift for their help.
During this period, Huaan City issued a notice asking people from towns and villages around the city to go to the inner city.
Given its proximity to the border, this notice naturally caused panic among the public.
Many people are packing their belongings to move away from the border. If they really can't hold the line, they'll suffer just as much if they live in the city.
Despite this situation, Hua'an City continued to build underground shelters.
Conversely, while ordinary people who could afford it flocked inland, players traveled from all directions to various border regions.
Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing had originally planned to go tomorrow, but today they would rest more while listening to the faint sounds of bombing coming from the border.
However, this abandoned village was visited by a group of unfamiliar players at dusk.
Hearing the commotion, Rong Yi was the first to stand up and saw a group of about fifty players looking around.
One of them was clearly more imposing than the other players. They must have been through a great battle; some had holes burned in their clothes, and some had their hair cut short.
The man in the lead was wearing a white trench coat, the kind of coat that gets dirty easily, with a turtleneck underneath. His hair was tousled and neat, and he had handsome features.
Rong Yi: "..." Is this a fashion show?
The other person also saw her, gave her a gentle smile and waved, and the other players all looked over when they saw this.
Wei Yanqing walked up behind her. "It seems like he is Pei Jiang."
Rong Yi looked at him. "How did you know?"
Wei Yanqing pointed to what was in front of him, “The barrage of comments.”
As Pei Jiang's group approached, he turned on the live chat and learned from the viewers that it was he who was leading the group.
"Hello, I didn't expect that people would still live in this abandoned village. My name is Pei Jiang."
Pei Jiang's tone was as gentle as his smile, but Rong Yi could see the indifference in his eyes, a kind of nonchalant indifference.
"Hello." Wei Yanqing nodded nonchalantly, his right hand resting on the doorframe. "There are plenty of rooms; pick any you like, except this one."
Rong Yi glanced at the players watching behind him. There were quite a few houses. This place had been in disrepair for many years, and many houses had long since collapsed, leaving only one or two walls. There were only five or six houses with roofs, and the best-condition one was occupied by the two of them.
Pei Jiang stopped laughing at some point and carefully looked around the room behind them. "I think this one is very good."
He didn't even look at them while he spoke, but his teammates behind him echoed his words.
"It's not bad, there's even a fire inside."
Even though they were the ones who started the fire, these people ignored them along with Pei Jiang.
Rong Yi felt a fire rise in his heart.
"There's also a reclining chair, and a fire in the middle for warmth and to roast some meat."
"Shall we have grilled pork belly slices later?"
"Boss, what do you want to eat?"
Pei Jiang was pleased by her teammates' cooperation, and her smile returned. "Eat whatever you want. We earned a lot of insect crystals today, so let's celebrate!"
As soon as he finished speaking, something flashed before his eyes, and then tears streamed uncontrollably down his face. A sharp pain shot through his nose, and Pei Jiang stumbled back a few steps and fell to the ground.
"Boss!"
The team members rushed over to help him up, pointing at Rong Yi, whose fist was still clenched, and yelled, "Are you crazy? How dare you touch Boss Pei!"
Rong Yi looked disgusted. "What 'Boss Pei' and 'Boss Jiang'? If you want to fight, then fight. There's no need to drag this out. Stop with all this nonsense."
Pei Jiang touched her nose and, sure enough, it was bleeding. Blood smeared on her philtrum and lips, making it look like a bloody mess.
"You actually..."
Before she could finish speaking, a force grabbed everyone and threw them away. Pei Jiang quickly steadied herself.
He remembered that Wei Yanqing had a mental talent, but judging from what the audience said, he was only around level three in the last dungeon, so how come he seemed to have made rapid progress?
Wei Yanqing stepped over the threshold. "Either you find another place, or you can stay in those rooms and don't bother us."
Pei Jiang wiped the blood from her face, realizing that both of them had greatly improved their strength. "Let's go!"
Anyway, he completed his mission.
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Rong Yi had thought he could have a big battle to loosen up his muscles, but the group left so easily, especially the vain Pei Jiang, who left so decisively.
What are they after?
Does getting a straight punch cause a nosebleed?
Wei Yanqing could no longer see those people; they were running very fast. "It must be a test. That Pei Jiang might not be the leader of the main team, but rather the leader of a sub-team."
Players don't have a penchant for showing off or humiliating each other. Given that players can freely kill each other, no one wants their resources to become a stepping stone for others, especially at this level.
"They handled it very well, letting us know that their team is large and that we won't easily decide to confront them. Their provocations are only superficial and don't involve resources or interests, so it's likely that they'll just have a minor skirmish and move on."
After listening to Wei Yanqing's analysis, Rong Yi nodded in understanding, "How annoying, not staying at the border, but coming here specifically to pick on us."
"Did those lackeys tell them we were here, so they came to test us?" The lackeys Rong Yi was referring to were the group of spectators.
Wei Yanqing pursed his lips at the term "lackey," and said, "Pretty much. The border is inherently dangerous, and any player who dares to come and try to get a share of the pie will definitely want to know the situation thoroughly to avoid increasing the number of enemies in a dangerous environment and being attacked from both sides."
He then said to Rong Yi, "Although some nobles have said they want to protect you, the overt targeting may be gone, but the covert targeting will not be less, which is commonly known as a test."
Rong Yi just wanted to roll his eyes and say, "Idiot."
Wei Yanqing: "So now, shall we go straight there?"
Anyway, that group of people came to test the waters, then retreated without saying anything or giving any warnings.
"Yes, of course I have to go. I've had enough rest."
Rong Yi's hands were itching, so he started playing with the molten metal he had taken out, and the more he played with it, the more comfortable he became with it.
During the previous attack on the ferocious insects, it was able to pass through the insects at her will and return to her hand; even a boomerang wasn't as accurate as it.
The two rode their mountain bikes through the forest. From the moment they encountered the group of refugees, they could hear explosions coming from the border, indicating how fierce the fighting there was.
As they drew closer, the sounds of bombing grew clearer.
Suddenly, several fighter jets flew overhead, their engines roaring past, clearly heading to support the border.
From a distance of one kilometer, one can see the bombed swarm of ferocious insects and the group of players in the distance.
The number of ferocious insects along the border exceeded their expectations; they piled up three or four meters high, menacingly trying to enter this "paradise."
Many players wield guns that fire laser beams, piercing through all the gnats they encounter, severing countless gnats in half. This type of weapon is the most common.
Someone was holding something in their hand, doing something, and after finishing, casually threw it out. The thrown ball automatically turned and landed in the pile of ferocious insects, exploding with a bang and tearing them into several pieces.
Someone else took out a strangely shaped gun, aimed it at the swarm of ferocious insects, and they began to stagger and sway as if about to fall to the ground. The team members next to them then dealt the damage, firing a huge bullet that exploded in the swarm, reaping another batch.
(End of this chapter)
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