Chess became a staple of the team. During breaks, they would set up the chessboard and play for a while, and the results were quite remarkable.
People say that chess character reflects personality, and there is some truth to this. By watching chess, one can more or less see each person's personality.
For example, Feng Qingxuan and Xia Hanhai both used their ultimate moves right from the start, winning and losing quickly, with no discernible strategy. Bai Yu, on the other hand, was much more composed, thinking ahead, constantly developing new ideas and incorporating established tactics. As for Zhao Wenhan, despite being a woman, she possessed a remarkable understanding of the overall situation. Piece exchange was her favorite tactic, often clinching victory with only four or five pieces remaining. She also had the highest win rate against Yang Jia, aside from Li Bai.
Because of this, the atmosphere in the team seemed to be much more lively, and several new teammates who had originally felt a little alienated were finally able to successfully integrate into the team.
After integrating, even the team's coordination during dungeons improved significantly, barely meeting Yang Jia's expectations. Only then did the team finally let go of the poor boss, Yuan Hai, and began to explore deeper into the wilderness.
However, this kind of exploration wasn't much better than grinding dungeons. Collecting new species to fill out your atlas and slaying wild monsters was a bit exciting at first, but it eventually became quite tedious. However, everyone treated it as a quest, so the resistance wasn't that strong.
But even so, when Zheng Yizhao sent a message saying that he had reached an agreement with Liu Chang on cooperation and was preparing to attack the City Lord's Mansion, and asked them to go back for reinforcements, everyone in the team seemed very excited.
Except Feng Qingxuan.
The girl, still wearing her usual bad girl vibe, had surprisingly adapted to life outside the city. She was even delighted to find lots of fresh experimental materials, spending her free time tinkering with her experiments. Occasionally, a completely unexpected explosion would occur, startling everyone.
But it was obvious that Feng Qingxuan had a special way of dealing with this kind of problem, so he was not hurt at all. After a long time, everyone got used to it.
Occasionally, when she was lazy, she would try to set up various traps, gather all the prey together, and then let her do it. Of course, this way, the benefits of touching the corpses were lost, and most of the experience points went to Feng Qingxuan. But it was precisely because of this that her level was not left behind by others.
And having her around made things much easier. After all, although they'd collected materials before, they didn't really know much about them themselves; they'd just mindlessly gathered them by comparing them with illustrated guides, and at most, they'd get a little more of what the factory could currently use. But now, with Feng Qingxuan as a professional, she knew most of the plants and minerals, and knew exactly what each one could be used for.
Once you know what these things are used for, the rest of the process becomes much easier. After all, even if you don't need them now, you can still make a judgment based on their future development prospects. If you don't need them right now but might be useful in the future, don't collect them. Mark the location and save it for later.
This greatly improved the efficiency of their exploration.
Therefore, in this environment where he can fully utilize his strengths, Feng Qingxuan feels at home and naturally has little interest in returning to the city.
However, after receiving the news, the seven-member team quickly rushed back to Phoenix City. After all, the upcoming event had a significant impact. Although it seemed to only concern the Nirvana Guild and had little impact on their factory, everyone was currently on the same page. According to Yang Jia's plan, the two parties would likely remain tied together for a long time to come, making the Nirvana Guild's future prospects crucial.
After giving the letter to Zheng Yizhao last time, Yang Jia hadn't asked about it. After returning to the city, he learned that Zheng Yizhao had gone all out, changing identities countless times and using countless tricks before finally getting close to Liu Chang, convincing him that he had no ill intentions. Then, using the information in the letter, he reached a cooperation agreement.
Things like this are more complicated than they seem, so they naturally had to be dealt with quickly. So, the two sides hit it off immediately, quickly reaching a cooperation agreement. Of course, there was also some wariness between the two sides. Therefore, after several rounds of negotiations, it was finally decided that the Nirvana Guild, which held the City Lord's Seal, would be responsible. Liu Chang would send his men to assist, distracting the City Lord and, ideally, diverting them. Then, Liu Chang's men would serve as the main force in storming the City Lord's Mansion.
Of course, Zheng Yizhao couldn't give them all the benefits, so after careful consideration, he asked for a place in a team and stuffed Yang Jia and others in.
The reason for this careful consideration and decision was Zheng Yizhao's confidence in Li Bai's strength and Yang Jia's good luck. Currently, the Nirvana Guild was at a disadvantage in their partnership with Liu Chang, and naturally wouldn't gain much. Liu Chang could bring his men, but not too many. Rather than sending twenty or thirty elite members, it would be better to send Li Bai and the others. With fewer men, the enemy would be less wary, making it easier to exploit opportunities.
Of course, there would be many restrictions, and the difficulties would increase. After all, this was a fight to the death. Besides the inherent dangers of the game, Liu Chang's attitude couldn't be ignored. Perhaps, seeing their small numbers, they'd consider annexing them?
Therefore, the contribution of the guilds participating in this mission is quite generous.
However, the Nirvana Guild was currently penniless, so no matter how many contributions were made, they were all empty and useless. However, data recording was still very rigorous, and Zheng Yizhao even recruited computer experts specifically for this purpose and developed a specialized database to record guild contributions.
It hadn't been available the last time I came here, so Yang Jia was quite interested in the system and even went to check it out. The Nirvana Guild had even applied to the authorities to be linked to the game server. This way, they could use their ID cards as display terminals, checking their contribution points at any time, making it easier to redeem items in the future.
However, the application was rejected on the grounds that it did not comply with the procedures.
Zheng Yizhao speculated that these permissions wouldn't be unlocked until he became city lord. Besides this, there were many other issues that were currently hindering him. This was one of the reasons why Zheng Yizhao was so anxious to resolve the current issue.
The team members gathered and held a meeting. Zheng Yizhao explained the arrangements and then solemnly asked his teammates to do their best, because this was the best opportunity for Phoenix. If they missed this time, no one knew whether there would be another opportunity in the future.
Then came the planned day.
The time was set for the evening. After all, most NPCs had regular schedules. Although the City Lord's Mansion was more heavily guarded at night, there were fewer people, and there were many places to hide in the darkness. It was hard to say what Liu Chang's men would do, but Yang Jia's seven men could easily seize the opportunity to slip in directly.
Yang Jia and the others could have chosen to enter on their own, which would have made it easier to hide. But after careful consideration, they decided to follow Liu Chang's men and try to take advantage. The City Lord's Mansion was in crisis, so having these people help scout the way was a good option.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the seven people were ready and drove to meet near the City Lord's Mansion.
Yang Jia acted quickly, buying the car as soon as he said he would. Unfortunately, without anyone specializing in car modifications, he had to rely on others with relevant knowledge to slowly figure things out. The progress and results were less than satisfactory. But after some hesitation, Yang Jia finally drove over. This thing would be much more useful if he had to escape.
Just like Zheng Yizhao personally led people to attract the city lord's attention, Liu Chang also led the team personally here, which shows his courage.
However, what surprised Yang Jia was that Liu Chang didn't bring many people with him. There were only about 20 of them. Of course, he couldn't have only these people. There were more hiding nearby, waiting for the many steps in the City Lord's Mansion to be launched before they could take action.
Even so, the enemy could easily outnumber his own group, both in numbers and equipment, so Yang Jia remained very low-key. After the meeting, Liu Chang seemed quite interested in Yang Jia, seemingly puzzled as to why Zheng Yizhao would send such a person. But he didn't show any disdain, and stood up, saying, "Everyone's here. We can begin."
Yang Jia had expected a small, controlled conflict to follow, but the situation turned out to be unexpected. Liu Chang didn't move after the conversation ended, and not long after, an iron gate at their location suddenly opened.
This was naturally arranged by Liu Chang's younger brother Liu Shun, to help everyone get in. There would be more arrangements inside, but compared to the City Lord's Mansion, these arrangements were still a drop in the bucket and the impact they brought was minimal.
But they had originally sneaked in secretly and acted in a low-key manner, so unscrewing a screw without leaving a trace was the best way. No one wanted to use a killing move unless it was absolutely necessary.
Following Liu Chang's men, they slowly walked in. The first part of the journey was very smooth, but the enemy's reaction was also very quick. It didn't take long for them to find their traces and then issued a mission to kill them. So the guards who remained here attacked the group.
The first wave of attacks would not be very fierce, just a test of each other's strength, so Yang Jia and others also seized the opportunity and went forward to meet the enemy. At least they had to get an impression of the strength of the remaining guards before deciding on the next response.
Obviously, the elite troops had been transferred away, so the guards here were not particularly strong, but being blocked by them would definitely waste a lot of time. And if the elite troops had all gone to Zheng Yizhao's side, it meant that he probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
We have to hurry up.
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