Chapter 175

Silvermoon and his group strolled leisurely through the city, pointing and commenting like tourists. Gu Fei, on the other hand, was almost ready to log off, but wanted to witness Silvermoon's spectacular demise, so he postponed his departure.

As a result, the sneaky guys who were poking their heads out from behind Silvermoon were still there, but they just wouldn't attack. The Young Master Elite Squad couldn't hold back any longer and were about to message Yun Zhongmu when Yun Zhongmu's head popped out at a street corner. He scanned Silvermoon's movements, then turned and saw the six, waving at them.

So they didn't need to send a message. The six surrounded Yun Zhongmu.

"Why aren't you attacking?" the six asked, more anxious than Yun Zhongmu.

"It's troublesome!" Yun Zhongmu said.

"What?"

"Look," Yun Zhongmu pointed to the street leading to the Thieves' Guild, "It's full of people from Cloudrise City."

Indeed, mercenary players entering White Stone City first searched for this street to register at the Thieves' Guild, so it was filled with Cloudrise City players.

"It's not a good time to attack now!" Yun Zhongmu said.

"How many people did you bring?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked.

Yun Zhongmu glanced behind him, "Not many, about three hundred."

"Ah…" Yu Tian Shen Ming was disappointed, "Why only so few? Doesn't your Ten Guild Alliance have over four thousand?"

"It's just to take care of Silvermoon, we don't need that many, right?" Yun Zhongmu said. Actually, Yun Zhongmu would have loved to gather four thousand people to surround Silvermoon and scare him to death. But the truth was that after so much time, not as many people held such deep hatred for Silvermoon, and more people had no grievances with him at all. Traveling all this way for such a thing, many people might not be willing, so Yun Zhongmu didn't force anyone; those who came were volunteers.

"See, if you had brought all four thousand people, you wouldn't have to care about the Cloudrise City players on this street," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Little brother, you're ruthless… Come develop in our Moonlit City!" Yun Zhongmu exclaimed.

"You're the ruthless one!" Gu Fei said, "He means that if there were four thousand people, these people wouldn't dare to help. Did you think he meant to take care of them too?"

Yun Zhongmu had obviously misunderstood. The Moonlit City boss's way of thinking was so aggressive.

"Actually! Even though we all came from Cloudrise City, if a fight breaks out, these people might not help!" You Ge said.

"Yeah, we were only brought together for this mission, we didn't know each other before. Fellow players are enemies; who wants to help him?" Zhan Wushang also said.

"We can try a feigned attack to see how these people react, and then make a long-term plan if it doesn't work," You Ge said.

A group of guys surrounded Yun Zhongmu, giving him ideas like crazy. They just wanted to see Silvermoon's end quickly and didn't want to waste the evening patiently waiting for an opportunity to attack Silvermoon with Yun Zhongmu.

"Hmm… in that case…" Yun Zhongmu was finally persuaded and was thinking about a probing attack when suddenly a crowd of people emerged from the street behind them. Silvermoon went forward to greet the leader warmly, and the two groups merged.

Silvermoon's team instantly grew to hundreds, rivaling Yun Zhongmu's entire force.

"Oathless Sword?" the six from the elite squad exchanged glances.

"When did they hook up? They seem very familiar," You Ge said.

"No news in the channel," the spy Yu Tian Shen Ming reported.

"What's so strange about that?" Han Jia Gongzi said, "Silvermoon's skills can play a decisive role in large-scale group battles. How could Oathless Sword not try to win him over? And with Silvermoon's behavior, he can even be cordial with opponents. He'll definitely seize this relationship. Just watch, when he returns to Cloudrise City, he might be the fourth core figure of Zongheng Sihai."

"Can he even return to Cloudrise City?" the others asked, looking at Yun Zhongmu.

Yun Zhongmu hesitated, "We have to find an opportunity. This situation is a bit troublesome. He's with the leader of your mission; if a fight breaks out, everyone from Cloudrise City will take action, right?"

The six didn't speak. Of course, that was the case. If Yun Zhongmu attacked now, Oathless Sword's Zongheng Sihai would never stand idly by. If Zongheng Sihai got involved, they would definitely call all the mercenaries they hired to help. Yun Zhongmu's mere three hundred people, in this unfamiliar place, would be fighting against Cloudrise City's thousand; was that even a contest?

Don't think that the players of Moonlit City were reckless and loved PK without a brain. Yun Zhongmu, with his rich combat experience, had a more accurate estimate of the strength of both sides than the elite squad of experts. Even the passionate and bold Yun Zhongmu hesitated to attack, showing how low the chances of winning were.

So, in their eyes, Silvermoon and the Zongheng Sihai people gradually moved away, further and further away…

"Just let him go like that?" the elite squad members were quite displeased.

"I sent a brother he doesn't know to follow him," Yun Zhongmu said, "I won't follow; I'm afraid Silvermoon will accidentally turn around and spot me."

"I see… Then we'll go do our own thing; contact us if there's news!" the six said.

"Okay, okay, you guys go ahead. I'll definitely call you to watch if there's a show!" Yun Zhongmu smiled.

Both sides tacitly avoided mentioning things like helping. It was difficult to help, after all, the Young Master Elite Squad and the Cloudrise City players came together, and any past grudges shouldn't be resolved at this time. During this mission, everyone was a genuine companion. If someone attacked a companion, not helping or informing, but waiting on the sidelines to watch, was already a bit much; helping would be outrageous.

Yun Zhongmu obviously understood the others' difficulties, so he didn't mention helping at all, only saying he'd let them watch the show. The others, of course, understood his meaning and nodded with an expression of "understanding is everything."

Yun Zhongmu went to arrange his affairs. The six split into two groups. Five of them faced Gu Fei: "You're logging off, right? Heh, if there's a show tonight, you won't be able to see it!"

Gu Fei had so little game time, yet his skills were so good, his equipment was more perverted than theirs, and his level wasn't much lower… This kind of anomaly in the online game world made these online game experts feel very uncomfortable. They were all looking forward to the day they could force Gu Fei to play all night, which was the quality a real online game expert should have!

Who knew Gu Fei would just wave at them, "If I can't see it, so be it. I'll cut him down myself when I have time." Then he turned back the way he came and went to the Thieves' Guild to log off.

As a result, Silvermoon spent the night with the Zongheng Sihai players, finding a place outside the city to level up. The brother Yun Zhongmu sent to monitor them ended up falling asleep on the grassy hillside. When he woke up, it was already morning in the real world. He opened his eyes and saw the same scene as when he fell asleep: the same group of people was leveling up. But it was obviously time to withdraw. Everyone looked tired after staying up all night, and after clearing the last round of monsters, they began to prepare to return to the city.

"The opportunity is here, the opportunity is here!" the monitoring soldier, refreshed after a night's sleep, shouted.

"What's wrong?" Yun Zhongmu's reaction was quick; he had been waiting for this opportunity all night.

"They look like they're about to log off," the monitoring soldier reported.

This was indeed an opportunity. After staying up all night grinding and leveling, players would usually clean up their gains before logging off, such as consigning equipment, depositing money in the bank, organizing their warehouse, repairing equipment, or even going to the tavern for a drink to relax. With so many different plans, it was easy to predict that the players at this moment would hardly be able to act collectively. It was indeed a rare opportunity.

"Continue monitoring and report their position," Yun Zhongmu said, gathering his brothers while also perking up. He was also very tired after staying up all night.

"The target is returning to the city, entering through the West Gate with the team," the monitoring soldier reported.

"Which safe zone is closest to the West Gate?" Yun Zhongmu quickly asked.

A brother who had studied the city's terrain reported, "The Archer's Target Range."

"Set up an ambush in front of the target range, prepare for battle. Gather the guys from the Knight's Camp! Leave unfamiliar faces to monitor the main street leading from the West Gate to the target range. Station people at the nearest taverns, warehouses, blacksmith shops, tailors' shops, general stores, fruit stores, bakeries, appraisers, and healers. Also, send someone to the bank, auction house, and exchange," Yun Zhongmu instructed skillfully.

"Boss, is that necessary? I'm following them from behind!" the monitoring soldier said.

"It's easy for you to keep an eye on them when they're in a group now, but when they enter the city and the hundreds of people scatter, can you quickly find Silvermoon? Everyone's tired after staying up all night. You might lose him if you're slightly careless," Yun Zhongmu said.

"Hmm, the boss is right…" the monitoring soldier was too embarrassed to say that he had been lying on the hillside sleeping all night and was in good spirits now.

Time passed little by little. Yun Zhongmu and his subordinates, while yawning, prepared their ambush.

"Attention, attention, they're about to enter the city," the monitoring soldier reported.

"I'm staring wide-eyed at the West Gate, I'll definitely catch Silvermoon!" Although he had made arrangements everywhere, it was still safest to keep the enemy in his sight. Yun Zhongmu's fighting experience was truly abundant.

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