Chapter 1 Calm Lake

The edge of the Cloud Suburb Lake was peaceful. The few people lying in the grass dared not move. The two players next to Gu Fei were staring at the strange smile on his face.

"Thousand Miles Drunk, I was impolite just now..." Gu Fei said to the two of them.

The two looked at each other.

"I'm Fei Lian," said the one on the left.

"I'm Yu Hua," said the one on the right.

"Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!" Gu Fei reached out and shook hands with both of them.

The two also didn't know each other, so they "met" each other in turn. The grass rustled as the three shook hands. From a distance, it looked very impure. June Rain, hiding behind the wooden stake, had a pure heart, but still couldn't help asking curiously, "What are you three doing? Don't fight!"

"It's nothing, we're fine. Who has time to fight now?" Yu Hua, in the middle of the three, shouted while waving his hand towards June Rain.

But his arm was raised too high, like a guiding light. With a "whoosh," an arrow struck again.

"Damn!" Yu Hua reached behind and touched the arrow stuck in his waist. He glanced at his life points. "I'm dead," he said, and then he really died.

"Get out of here!" Gu Fei shouted at Fei Lian.

"Why are you cursing?" Fei Lian was stunned, but then saw Gu Fei rolling rapidly to the side, and he realized what was happening. He also dodged to the side, but was a little slow to react. A whistling arrow hit his right arm. And it wasn't over. Whoosh, whoosh, several more arrows shot into the grass where they had been.

Gu Fei lay still, tilting his head slightly. "How are you?" He had already seen the damage from the Snipe skill. The two people who had been hit by arrows in a row were instantly killed.

"I'm fine!" Fei Lian answered through gritted teeth. "This arrow wasn't a Snipe; the damage isn't that high."

"Oh? Why isn't he using it?" Gu Fei asked.

"The Snipe skill has a long cooldown time. It's impossible to shoot two arrows in a row," Fei Lian said.

"You know quite a bit!" Gu Fei said.

"I'm also an archer," Fei Lian replied.

"Oh? Then you snipe him!" Gu Fei said.

"I'm not level 30 yet!" Fei Lian said regretfully.

Gu Fei could only sigh.

"Also!" Fei Lian hadn't finished speaking. "Just from this ordinary arrow he shot at me, you can tell that his damage is very high. His equipment must be top-notch."

A level 30 player with a full set of top-quality equipment. This was the strongest possible character in the game right now. It seemed they had encountered a tricky and powerful enemy today. Gu Fei glanced at the distant hillside. Apart from the sudden first arrow, Gu Fei had seen the subsequent attacks. Although the arrows were fast, they were still no match for Gu Fei's eyes.

However, because he could see clearly, Gu Fei knew very well that Snipe not only had a long range, but its firing speed was also faster than a normal attack. Moreover, the person's normal shots had all landed here, indicating that he was not attacking from the maximum range of Snipe. A close-range Snipe would be even harder to dodge. If it was a normal shot, Gu Fei was confident he could dodge it, but Snipe… Gu Fei shook his head.

"What's the cooldown time for Snipe?" Gu Fei asked Fei Lian.

"The official time is 45 seconds," Fei Lian replied. "But it's hard to say for individuals. I don't know if this guy has equipment that reduces cooldown time. There are also rumors recently that adding spirit can shorten skill cooldowns."

"45 seconds..." Gu Fei murmured. It had long since been 45 seconds since the last Snipe. If he stuck his head out now, he would definitely be killed instantly.

But Gu Fei needed this arrow. He needed to see another arrow to judge the person's specific location. Only by knowing the target of the shot in advance could he use the trajectory of the arrow to determine the opponent's position. Listen to the wind to identify the location? That could only identify the four cardinal directions. Gu Fei now needed a precise location.

"Little Rain," Gu Fei added June Rain as a friend and whispered to her.

"What?" Little Rain replied.

"What's your defense?" Gu Fei asked.

Little Rain gave him the number. "Why are you asking?"

Gu Fei didn't answer for now. He turned around and asked Fei Lian, "What was the damage from that ordinary attack just now?"

Fei Lian checked his injuries and gave him the number, also asking, "Why are you asking?"

"How much damage does Snipe add?" Gu Fei asked.

"Initially, it's double the damage of a normal attack. In addition, there's also a critical hit chance," Fei Lian replied.

"Critical?"

"Ignores defense and directly deducts a percentage of the target's health. The Snipe skill initially has a 10% critical hit chance and a 10% critical hit severity. I don't know how much the effect will increase after the skill level increases," Fei Lian explained.

Gu Fei frowned. He had forgotten that skills had levels. That is, without knowing the other party's skill level, it was impossible to accurately calculate the damage of this move. If calculated according to the highest level... "Parallel World" had just started, and the official data only provided the initial level. No players had yet reached the higher levels, so Fei Lian naturally didn't know.

"Little Rain, how much health do you have?" Gu Fei asked again.

After receiving the data and doing a little calculation, he sighed. It seemed that Little Rain's equipment wasn't high-level stuff. In the current situation, if the opponent's Snipe triggered a critical hit, Little Rain would definitely die. If not, she might survive with a sliver of health. And if the opponent's skill level was relatively high, and the damage increased by more than 100%, reaching 118%, Little Rain would die even without a critical hit.

"What, you want to block an arrow for him?" Fei Lian guessed Gu Fei's intentions at this time.

"It's not me blocking, it's her blocking," Gu Fei said.

"And then?" Fei Lian asked.

"And then? Then I'll know his location, and then I'll take care of him," Gu Fei said.

Fei Lian looked at Gu Fei in disbelief. Listening to his tone, it was as if as long as he knew where the archer was, he could easily take care of him. Hadn't he just told him that it was a level 30 archer with top-quality equipment? What's more...

"You still have to get close to him! Your mage skills have a much shorter range than an archer, right? Now, if there's any rustling, he'll shoot an arrow over. How can you move?" Fei Lian asked.

Gu Fei smiled. "It's when the wind blows and the grass rustles."

Fei Lian was puzzled. Gu Fei didn't rush to explain to him. On the other side, Little Rain kept urging him, "Why are you asking about my defense? Why are you asking about my health?"

"It's like this!" Gu Fei explained. "I calculated his damage, your defense and health. There's a 90% chance you can withstand his Snipe attack, and a 10% chance you'll be instantly killed by him."

"Oh, then I'll rush up and kill him! Anyway, he can't kill me in one hit. I'll go up and chop him with my axe," Little Rain said.

"How would you have a chance to get close? If he doesn't kill you, he'll shoot another arrow at you, and you'll die," Gu Fei said, wiping his sweat.

"That's right!" Little Rain said. "What should I do then?"

"You attract his attention, and I'll take the opportunity to sneak around from the other side and ambush him," Gu Fei said.

"You're despicable!" Little Rain said.

"What's despicable! This is tactics. Do you understand diverting attention?" Gu Fei said.

"What if he kills me instantly?" Little Rain asked.

Gu Fei was afraid of this question. He said embarrassedly, "Then I'll also know his location, and I'll go up and avenge you."

"Okay! Let's do it that way!" Little Rain replied.

This girl was really simple. If it were anyone else, they would definitely question how Gu Fei, a mere mage, could be so confident in taking down a level 30 archer with top-quality equipment. Gu Fei had been racking his brains on how to convince someone, but who knew that everything would be so simple with Little Rain.

"Wait for me to say 'move,' then stand up for a moment," Gu Fei said.

"Understood."

The surroundings returned to silence. Gu Fei quietly lay in the grass, waiting for an opportunity. Fei Lian, of course, didn't know that Gu Fei and Little Rain had already discussed their tactics. He whistled softly at Gu Fei, and Gu Fei turned to look at him.

"What are you planning to do?" Fei Lian asked.

"Just stay there and lie down!" Gu Fei smiled.

At this moment, ripples suddenly appeared on the calm lake surface. The mountain wind, which would occasionally blow, suddenly picked up, blowing from the lake towards the rocky shore. The dense grass began to shake under the wind.

"Stand up!" Gu Fei sent a message to Little Rain.

With a "whoosh," Little Rain stood up. The sound of a cold arrow whistling immediately rang out. Although Little Rain tried to quickly shrink back down, she couldn't avoid it. Unlike Gu Fei and Fei Lian, she was hiding behind this wooden stake. The opponent knew her location clearly, so he was always ready.

"Oh, she..." Fei Lian turned his head and shouted at Gu Fei, "Huh, where's he?"

Gu Fei, who had been nearby, had disappeared, leaving only a patch of trampled grass swaying in the wind. Fei Lian suddenly understood what Gu Fei meant by "riding the wind and rustling grass." Only by moving at this time could the opponent not determine his location based on the shaking of the grass.

However, using this opportunity, he could have taken the chance to leave. Why did he still want to challenge a level 30 archer with top-quality equipment? Fei Lian's eyes turned and finally landed on Little Rain. It seemed Little Rain hadn't been unlucky enough to trigger the 10% chance; this Snipe hadn't killed her. At this moment, she had returned to hiding behind the wooden stake.

Fei Lian's mind raced. They, lying in the grass, could indeed take advantage of the wind and rustling grass to crawl away, but the area around that wooden stake was open. This warrior couldn't use this method. It seemed that Gu Fei wanted to solve this archer mainly to help this warrior escape. However, on the one hand, he was helping the warrior escape, and on the other hand, he was making the warrior a bait with uncertain life and death. Wasn't this person too contradictory?

The contradictory Gu Fei had already made a circle and circled behind the hillside. He had seen the arrow clearly just now and had already determined the opponent's location. He was also very relieved to see that Little Rain was still alive. At this moment, all he had to do was approach this cold-blooded archer and take care of him.

Gu Fei had already seen the figure swaying among the trees on the top of the mountain. This guy actually knew to shoot and change locations. He was really cunning enough. It was a pity that an even more cunning guy had already circled behind him.