Chapter 27 The Rooftop Acrobat

The highest point of Moonlit Night City was obvious.

Right in the central square where the Young Master Elite had just had drinks with Yun Zhongmu was an extremely tall tower. It was slightly taller than the Cloud Piercer City’s clock tower. And so as not to repeat the name, although this tower clearly had a large bell at the top, it wasn’t called the clock tower, but simply the tower.

Without further ado, Young Master Han immediately headed towards the tower, also calling Zhan Wushang along the way. In Moonlit Night City, a place where PK was rampant, lone priests were rare, as they were too easily bullied. Although Young Master Han thought highly of himself, he resolutely did not want to become a punching bag.

"Aaaah, I want to do something more meaningful!" Zhan Wushang was reluctant to be a bodyguard.

"Forget it, following them, do you have the speed?" Young Master Han pointed to Sword Demon and Yutian Shenming. Zhan Wushang was speechless.

Sword Demon and Yutian Shenming were left on the street to provide assistance at critical moments, while Youge went to the bounty mission office. After all, no matter how high the occupied high point was, it was impossible to see inside a room.

Gu Fei, who was still outside the city, received the signal that Young Master Han was ready and began to return to the city together.

In fact, Rebirth Amethyst also inquired about what had happened, asking if they needed help. But Gu Fei and Thin Waist Dance shared the same view: the girls really couldn't provide much help. During this time, Thin Waist Dance suggested whether the girls could use honey traps to divert the enemy's attention, but Gu Fei rejected it.

In Moonlit Night City, this hotbed for men, most players only had passion and slaughter in their eyes. One of the two characters they once hated the most, Mang Mang de Mang Mang, was a beauty. Yet, had anyone ever been soft-hearted? Thin Waist Dance herself was also a beauty. Which of the players who had just picked up the mission involving her had wavered?

Standing at the top of the tower, Young Master Han surveyed the land and nodded repeatedly: "The view here in Moonlit Night City is much clearer. Looking down from the clock tower in Cloud Piercer City, it's all cloudy and foggy."

"That's why it's called Cloud Piercer City!" Zhan Wushang stood next to him and, imitating Young Master Han, tried to look down on the land. He immediately felt dizzy, his heart and liver trembled together, and his whole body softened like a noodle, quickly hugging the sturdy stone pillar beside him.

Young Master Han looked at him askance. Zhan Wushang steadied himself and said, "I think I'm sick..."

"Hmm?"

"I suddenly feel like I'm very afraid of heights," Zhan Wushang said.

"I know, you had a hard time getting from Cloud Piercer City to Moonlit Night City," Young Master Han rarely sympathized with others. Just talking about those who fell off cliffs, death was death, and he heard it only cost them one level. Zhan Wushang didn't die, but the struggle on the brink of death twice formed an indelible psychological shadow.

This was very serious because psychological problems could be carried into reality. Maybe one day, Zhan Wushang would stand at the high-rise window of an office building and look down, and he would be just as useless as he was today, grabbing something to hold on to. If he accidentally grabbed someone, whether it was a man or a woman, who knows what would happen!

Zhan Wushang hugged the stone pillar and slowly moved backward, finally not standing directly at the edge like Young Master Han, and returned to the center of the tower.

Young Master Han had no time to pay attention to him, his eyes scanning the whole city like a radar, while communicating with the others in the channel.

The coordinates of the bounty mission office, Gu Fei's current coordinates, the direction of the players leaving the bounty mission office... these were all materials for Young Master Han to write his script.

However, just at this planning stage, Young Master Han paused slightly, then waved to Zhan Wushang and said, "Let's go downstairs."

"Hmm?"

"We don't need to point the way."

"Why?" Zhan Wushang asked, puzzled.

"He can get there himself," Young Master Han said as he went down the tower, sending a message to Gu Fei: "I don't need to point the way for you."

"Oh?" Gu Fei was puzzled.

"Thin Waist Dance can stealth, no problem. As for you, just walk on the rooftops," Young Master Han said.

"Rooftops... hmm, that's right!" Gu Fei also realized. It wasn't that the rooftops were particularly concealed, but that only Gu Fei could freely gallop on all the rooftops. Why? Because only Gu Fei could Blink! The rooftops couldn't all be connected, and there was no way to cross some of the larger gaps except with Blink.

In this way, it was impossible to catch up with Gu Fei on the rooftops; if you chased him on the street... Gu Fei could directly cross a street by stepping on the rooftops. Ordinary players would have to go around the intersection, so how could they possibly catch up?

"We'll all go to the bounty mission office to keep an eye on things for you," Young Master Han said.

"Got it," Gu Fei replied.

At this time, he and Thin Waist Dance were already on their way back to the city. The land outside the city was vast, and Gu Fei had plenty of experience being wanted, so he knew how to avoid the opponent's coordinate refresh every five minutes.

However, in Moonlit Night City, a main city where the bounty mission market was booming, some fierce players had reached 100 PKs, which meant they had also received the "Wind Chasing Badge" reward for bounty missions. A coordinate refresh every minute was quite troublesome. Fortunately, there weren't many such great players. Knowing that they were doing this mission purely to wash PKs... having washed more than 100 times, there really weren't too many such heroes.

But with Gu Fei and Thin Waist Dance's movement speed, other professions besides thieves and archers were basically eliminated. In such a large-scale pursuit, their footsteps were not enough. Even for these two major professions, it depended on the stat distribution and equipment... if they were extremely strong, Gu Fei might be in suspense, but Thin Waist Dance was still fine. After all, she was the real number one player in the current parallel world.

If they took a roundabout route, they might accidentally bump into someone. The two resolved the matter casually, and their PK value was already over 20. Did they care about one or two more points? They gradually approached the city gate, where there were more and more people gathered. Players were constantly walking from the city to the outside, and the two didn't know which ones were chasing them and which ones were just going out to level up peacefully.

"Let's split up here and go our separate ways!" Gu Fei said to Thin Waist Dance.

"Okay, be careful yourself!" Thin Waist Dance nodded.

"You too," Gu Fei said.

Thin Waist Dance immediately used Stealth, and Gu Fei also stepped towards the city gate, his eyes fixed on those players leaving the city, any of whom might be temporary constables who wanted to capture him.

Sure enough, as Gu Fei rushed to the gate, the gazes of three people immediately landed on him, and they took out their weapons. That wasn't all. These three had accepted the mission, so they saw the number branded on Gu Fei's body by the system at the first moment. Others were their helpers, who didn't bother to pick up the mission at the bounty mission office and just followed them directly. They didn't know the number, so their reaction was slow. But after hearing their friends' reminders, in an instant, one-fifth of the players entering and leaving the city gate rushed towards Gu Fei.

"Not a few..." Gu Fei muttered to himself. Fortunately, he was prepared and fast. Before the other party could even get into formation, he had rushed into the gate like a gust of wind, and one who was a little closer to him was also knocked down by Gu Fei's sword for safety.

"27," Gu Fei counted his PK value. After entering the city gate, even more players were pointing at him and shouting. Gu Fei didn't rush to the bounty mission office, but found a small, deserted alley and rushed in. The players chased after him. Gu Fei looked back and saw that his speed was superior, so he didn't need to worry for the time being.

However, he didn't run far before a group of players suddenly emerged from the intersection ahead, blocking Gu Fei's path. There were people in front and behind, and everyone felt that Gu Fei had nowhere to escape. So, hostility began to arise among them.

There was not enough to go around! So many people had all accepted the same mission to capture Gu Fei, but only one person could complete it. Now that they felt Gu Fei couldn't escape, they immediately began to be wary and guard against each other for who would grab this mission.

Gu Fei smiled, gathering everyone on one street, which was exactly what he wanted. He waved goodbye to everyone in front and behind, flicked his fingers, used Blink, and went up to the roof.

The roof was high! So high that ordinary players couldn't possibly climb up. Gu Fei ran freely on the roof, while the players on the street below were stunned for a long time. Finally, they reacted, and their clever tricks emerged one after another. For example, strong warriors threw people up, or grapplers used body throws, or they piled up layers upon layers! In addition, there were also ranged professions launching attacks, chasing Gu Fei while running under the street.

Gu Fei had long anticipated these. The first rooftop wasn't far from the starting point. Gu Fei was running on the top, waiting for the cooldown of Blink to end. After those players finally managed to climb up after racking their brains, a minute had long passed. Gu Fei rushed to the end of the street, ran directly out, and used Blink in mid-air. The eight-meter-wide street was directly crossed by Gu Fei.

The players were completely dumbfounded. As Young Master Han and Gu Fei had predicted, there was no way to catch him. Some players ran to the front of the rooftops, climbed up early, and ambushed, wanting to wait for Gu Fei, but who told them that Gu Fei had to walk in a straight line? In the end, that rooftop could only be climbed in vain.

Countless players who had already been left far behind could often see Gu Fei accelerating, running, jumping, and stepping higher from a distance. That look was really like the TV game they played in childhood - Super Mario.