Chapter Nine
Seeing that Liu Yun ultimately died from Red Belt Jia Na's berserk skill, the members of Happy unanimously expressed their contempt for Ye Xiu's behavior of not even sparing children.
Zhou Qiao: "No bottom line!"
Wei Chen: "Disgusting!"
Ye Xiu: That's enough.
Because Lu Hanwen triggered the BOSS's berserk state and accumulated a large amount of hatred, Ye Xiu successfully took over the BOSS. After that, although Zhang Xinjie did not give up directly, and Lu Hanwen repeatedly rushed in to try to take revenge on him, the four guilds still successfully defeated the BOSS, and Ye Xiu also collected all the materials needed to upgrade the Thousand Chance Umbrella to level 55.
Just as Wei Chen and Zhou Qiao were discussing whether Ye Xiu should perform a ritual before starting to level up—and Zhou Qiao was about to connect her computer to Bluetooth and play "Good Luck"—Su Mucheng and Xiao Shiqin suddenly appeared at the training room door.
Upon seeing the two appear, Chen Guo became very nervous—mainly nervous about Xiao Shiqin.
Zhou Qiao decided to stop playing music and tormenting everyone. She stood up, jumped in front of Su Mucheng, and looked up at her, saying, "Mucheng, kiss me!"
Amidst the background noise of Wei Chen vomiting, Su Mucheng pressed her cheek against Zhou Qiao's: "Sniffle and smile."
"Hehehe." Zhou Qiao hugged Su Mucheng and rubbed against her. She let go of Wei Chen's increasingly loud vomiting and turned to Chen Guo. "Guoguo, give Lao Wei an extra meal tomorrow. He's getting on in years; he's practically an elderly pregnant woman."
"Hey, you brat!" Wei Chen slammed his hand on the table.
Having accidentally stumbled upon a scene of infighting within Happy, Xiao Shiqin was completely bewildered and didn't immediately realize how Su Mucheng addressed Zhou Qiao.
"Alright, Xiao Wusui, stop messing around with Lao Wei." Ye Xiu smoothed things over, and Su Mucheng stood behind Ye Xiu. "Are you getting equipment?"
"Yeah, upgrading to a silver weapon. Xiao, sit down by yourself." Ye Xiu casually gestured.
This time, Xiao Shiqin caught the nuance of the nickname. He adjusted his glasses, which had slipped down to the bridge of his nose, and sat down at the computer next to Zhou Qiao, his eyes probing.
Under Xiao Shiqin's intense gaze, Zhou Qiao turned her head expressionlessly: "Have you developed some new problem?"
"You're really Xiao Xiao?" Xiao Shiqin was even more surprised. "How come you're with Senior Ye Qiu?"
"I've never been with him."
"...That's not what I meant by being together."
Zhou Qiao and Xiao Shiqin were chatting idly when Ye Xiu successfully leveled up his Thousand Chance Umbrella to level 55. At the same time, he received a message from his guild informant that another BOSS had spawned.
So Xiao Shiqin, who was half-dazed by Zhou Qiao's words, was then lured into working for Happy by Ye Xiu's few sentences.
Marquis of Nevernight: What's wrong with Xiao Shiqin? Isn't he one of the Four Great Hearts? How could he be so easily tricked into coming here?
God said, "Let there be light": This is the guild channel; He can see it.
Zhou Qiao smiled emotionlessly at Xiao Shiqin: "I didn't mean anything by it."
Xiao Shiqin: "..."
God said, "Let there be light: Xiao Wusui, you should follow Xiao Xiao."
God said, "Let there be light: Stop slacking off."
Marquis of Nevernight: ?
Marquis of Nevernight: If you call me that again, I'll show you what it means to really slack off.
Xiao Shiqin looked at the channel: "..."
Why is he always the one who gets hurt?
The Overbearing Ambition faced a two-pronged attack from two guild teams, each commanded by Alliance tactical masters Xiao Shiqin and Ye Xiu respectively. Wei Chen, who had infiltrated the Samsara Guild, successfully rose to become the leader of the second team and was also waiting for an opportunity to create conditions for Happy.
Faced with the powerful offensive of the four guilds, the elite team of Overbearing Ambition quickly dispersed into small teams of ten people each. Despite being scattered, they remained organized and successfully blocked the first wave of attacks from the four guilds.
Xiao Shiqin exclaimed, "This isn't Zhang Xinjie's style."
Zhou Qiao found a high vantage point to observe the battlefield early in the morning. The Tyranny Guild broke into smaller groups and joined the four guilds that were charging forward. They then reunited as a whole, which actually cut off the hundred-person group of the four guilds and cleverly neutralized the attacks from Xiao Shiqin and Ye Xiu from two directions.
Unnight Marquis set up his sniper scope and searched for a long time before spotting several people standing on the opposite rooftop—Salty Not Sweet, You Fengdian, Wangshan Yunwu, and the magic scholar standing next to Wangshan Yunwu.
The Undying Marquis: [Gazing at the Mountain Clouds and Mist][Snowflakes Floating on the Green Pool]
Marquis of Nevernight: Shall we fight?
God said, "Let there be light": Can we break through it?
Marquis of Nevernight: We can fight them; they're on the roof.
God said, “Let there be light.”
The battle mage charged forward, brandishing his spear, while the gunner's artillery shells provided timely cover, catching the enemy off guard. The satellite beam struck, and Bitan Piaoxue, unable to dodge in time, took the full brunt of it. Wangshan Yunwu retreated to outside the range of the smaller beam and began casting a healing spell. Just then, Shen Shuo Zang Guang rushed onto the roof, his spear thrusting out to interrupt the healing.
The "Looking at the Mountain Clouds" instant healing skill landed on "Bitan Piaoxue," a flash of white light, and Bitan Piaoxue's health bar dropped instead of rising—"Buyehou" sniped her. The double control skill's cooldown was lifted, and he set up the sniper again, this time successfully taking down Bitan Piaoxue.
Wang Shanyunwu lowered his hand that was holding the cross, and at the same time, the gunner's heat missiles landed in front of him, followed by another barrage of bombardment.
Although Ye Xiu was puzzled by Zhang Xinjie's quick surrender, he didn't stop his actions and quickly eliminated the priest.
*
The Tyranny Guild's online game studio was extremely quiet at this moment. Jiang You even held his breath, regretting that he was the guild leader and could not get up and leave.
Liu Shaoyou smiled and looked at Zhang Xinjie: "Deputy Captain Zhang, you're out of pay this month."
Zhang Xinjie: "...There is no salary during the summer break anyway."
The meticulous Zhang Xinjie reminded the other party of this fact.
Liu Shaoyou nodded: "That's why I said year-end, deducting 10%."
Zhang Xinjie: "..."
Liu Shaoyou then looked at Jiang You, still smiling, but Jiang You wished he could disappear from his seat immediately—he was afraid that the other party would also deduct his salary for "not protecting the boss well".
Fortunately, Liu Shaoyou didn't say anything, but stood up and took back the account card: "It's more difficult than I imagined."
Jiang You wanted to say that the opposing commanders were suspected to be Ye Qiu and Xiao Shiqin. Boss, if you hadn't been attacked from behind, the outcome would have been uncertain, but he didn't dare to say it.
If Liu Shaoyou thinks that commanding is so simple and sets a goal of getting 60 wild map BOSSes every week, he'll have nowhere to cry.
Zhang Xinjie: "How did you die?"
Liu Shaoyou: "You were sniped to death, right? Two shots."
Although her skills were lacking, her eyesight was excellent. When she saw flames coming out from the opposite rooftop, she realized that a sniper was hiding there.
She looked at Zhang Xinjie: "Is that mechanic on the other side Xiao Shiqin? Let's give him a call and ask."
Liu Shaoyou and Zhang Xinjie left the studio side by side. Jiang You let out a long sigh of relief, his posture relaxed as he leaned back in his chair.
The guild elites who had just been hiding behind the monitors looked up one after another: "The atmosphere just now was too tense."
An intern who had just started working at the studio during the summer vacation asked the senior colleague at the next workstation, puzzled, "Who is this guy? Why would he deduct Team Leader Zhang's salary?"
The senior colleague whispered, "It's our boss."
Wow, is the boss so young?
"Young and rich," the senior sighed. "I don't want to work hard anymore. I just want to be kept by my boss."
"Ahem." Jiang You coughed heavily, and the other person immediately sat up straight, acting as if nothing had happened.
After a brief exchange with Xiao Shiqin, Zhang Xinjie, having figured out why Xiao Shiqin was acting as a commander in Happy Guild, asked him, "Do you know who your sharpshooter is?"
“It’s Xiao Xiao.” Xiao Shiqin’s voice clearly conveyed his inner turmoil.
Zhang Xinjie was surprised: "Xiao Xiao? Why is she playing Sharpshooter?"
"Aren't you surprised that she's with Senior Ye Qiu?"
Zhang Xinjie wasn't so surprised by this. He told Xiao Shiqin about the team competition he played with Ye Qiu in the online game last December.
Xiao Shiqin tried to gossip with him about the reason why Xiao Xiao suddenly retired and is now teaming up with Ye Qiu. After listening to several stories speculated by Xiao Shiqin, Zhang Xinjie said that he would not make unfounded guesses about things that had no basis.
Xiao Shiqin: "Your sister!"
Zhang Xinjie hung up the phone without hesitation.
Zhang Xinjie looked at Liu Shaoyou: "That sharpshooter is Xiao Xiao."
Liu Shaoyou wasn't surprised at all. Instead, he asked, "Do you think I can bring her over?"
Zhang Xinjie thought of something: "The Snow-Covered Bridge is..."
Liu Shaoyou nodded: "It was tailor-made for her."
Zhang Xinjie stared at Liu Shaoyou, who didn't look away. Instead, he couldn't hold back any longer and turned his head to the side, pushing up his glasses: "How did you do that?"
Whether it's easily taking command of a 400-person team or the prescient Xiao Xiao's job change and comeback.
Liu Shaoyou explained for the hundredth time: "Because I am a Taoist priest, the kind with a certificate."
Zhang Xinjie: "..."
Zhang Xinjie did not believe Liu Shaoyou's excuse, which was inconsistent with the core socialist values.
*
The formidable strength displayed by the Tyranny Guild instilled fear in Ye Xiu. Fortunately, Zhang Xinjie's regular schedule allowed them to avoid facing him due to this external factor, leading the Happy team to live a life of reversed day and night. However, the press conference the following day, where Lin Jingyan joined the Tyranny team, explained why Zhang Xinjie was so diligent despite it being summer vacation.
Ye Xiu couldn't help but sigh, "It seems Tyranny is going to make a big move this time."
Following Zhou Qiao, who had been working day and night for several days with a pale face and dark circles almost reaching her chin, she said, "If they came to recruit you, that would be a big move."
At this point, Zhou Qiao's memory was triggered: "Ah, I know who the commander of Tyranny was that day."
"who?"
"...You don't recognize him?"
"How would I know him?" Ye Xiu was speechless.
Zhou Qiao's eyes darted around: "Uh... do you know who the owner of Tyranny is?"
"That boss who was supposedly kicked out of the meeting room by Han Wenqing? I don't know him." Ye Xiu shook his head.
"Emm, never mind then."
Ye Xiu clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction: "What's wrong with you, only saying half of what you mean?"
So Zhou Qiao leaned close to Ye Xiu's ear and whispered, "That commander is the owner of Tyranny, her surname is Liu."
Ye Xiu remained completely unfazed: "How do you know the owner of Tyranny?"
"We met because of a series of coincidences," Zhou Qiao changed the subject. "Ah, it's almost time, I have to go."
Zhou Qiao's summer social practice will begin next week. She has been staying up for almost half a month, which has disrupted her biological clock. She plans to go back to school early to adjust her biological clock.
After sleeping for more than three hours, Zhou Qiao got up to catch the train. She planned to take a nap on the high-speed train, but she was woken up by a phone call as soon as she closed her eyes.
It's an unknown number.
Zhou Qiao hesitated for a moment before answering the call.
"Good afternoon! Did you have fun fighting for the BOSS last night?" The light tone and clear voice made Zhou Qiao immediately recognize the other person's identity. She asked in confusion, "How did you get my number?"
Liu Shaoyou: "Hmm... I made use of my connections a little."
"Isn't this illegal?"
"Actually, I asked Xiaoyezi for it."
Zhou Qiao replied indifferently, "Oh."
Liu Shaoyou invited: "Come join the Tyranny team, I've saved a spot for you."
Zhou Qiao: "Is Ji Leng?"
Liu Shaoyou: "No, he's a sharpshooter named Xue Duanqiao."
Zhou Qiao was taken aback: "How did you know... Don't tell me you figured it out."
Liu Shaoyou: "So you already knew. That's why you're coming."
Zhou Qiao: "I'm not going."
Liu Shaoyou: "..."
Zhou Qiao: "I can't coexist with your dog."
Liu Shaoyou: "Oh, goodbye then."
Liu Shaoyou hung up the phone immediately. Zhou Qiao was speechless for a moment. After saving Liu Shaoyou's number, she put her phone on silent, hugged her schoolbag, and fell asleep.
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