Hu Die Lan

Chapter 18 Crisis of Trust

After logging off, Gu Fei hurried off to his real career – physical education class.

Because there were only two PE classes a week, most PE teachers taught several classes at the same time. This afternoon happened to be Gu Fei's peak work period, with three classes to teach.

At this moment, Gu Fei was somewhat absent-minded. The guys he had just met, although different in personality, all seemed to be influential figures in the online game world. Speaking of which, his kung fu was first-rate, but his online game skills were still lacking. Learning from these top players might be a good thing for promoting his kung fu in the game.

As he pondered, he arrived at the playground, where the students were already lined up waiting. Gu Fei quickly gathered his thoughts and earnestly led the students through the class. At the same time, he couldn't help but think how well-behaved his students were! Then he thought of that guy called Yu Tian Shen Ming, who had no manners at all.

Just then, A Fa approached Gu Fei obsequiously, "Teacher, ha... hey..."

"What is it?" Gu Fei asked.

"What level are you?" A Fa whispered. Gu Fei had reminded him not to tell anyone that the teacher played games.

"Level 30," Gu Fei replied.

"Awesome!" A Fa exclaimed.

"Is that how you talk to your teacher!" Gu Fei's expression suddenly turned stern. He thought of the disrespectful Yu Tian Shen Ming. It turned out he had one in his own class as well.

A Fa looked aggrieved. He had carelessly treated the teacher like a brother.

"Do your exercises properly! Don't think about games all day. As students, you should focus on your studies, understand?" Teacher Gu Fei lectured.

A Fa was rebuffed and said "Understood" with a bitter face before hurrying away.

Gu Fei continued to teach his students with a serious demeanor. He taught three classes in a row, all the same. Although it was repetitive, it was much more boring than online games. Of course, teaching kung fu to the students was a different matter. At the end of the last class, after lining up the students, Gu Fei gave a short summary. Finally, he asked, "Are there any students who want to learn a few moves of kung fu with the teacher after class?"

"Huh..." All the students widened their eyes.

"There's hope!" Gu Fei's eyes lit up. After countless attempts, had he finally piqued the students' curiosity? "Ahem!" He cleared his throat and was about to say a few more words when the students suddenly scattered with a whoop. He heard someone shouting in the distance, "Breaking news, breaking news! Teacher Gu Fei mentioned his kung fu again!!!"

It seemed that kung fu really had no use in reality! Gu Fei was depressed.

After work, after dinner, Gu Fei returned to "Parallel World."

"We're all waiting for you! Same place." Jian Gui sent a message as soon as he logged in.

Gu Fei hurriedly headed from the logout area to Xiao Lei's Bar. The logout area was actually the safe zone. The game required players to log out in the safe zone. The reason was that there were many players in the game, and logging out was equivalent to saving the system. Concentrating in specific spaces could improve speed and reduce the burden on the server. However, you could also force a log out in non-safe areas, but if anything happened during the save, such as missing the best equipment you got today, missing the experience you gained today, or even missing your character, the official would not be responsible.

Some players complained: What if I'm kidnapped by bad guys in the mountains and can't die, and can't go back to the safe zone to log out? What should I do?

The system smiled: Online GMs are at your service.

Players cursed. Because veteran online gamers knew that the biggest feature of online GMs was that they were never online.

Gu Fei arrived at Xiao Lei's Bar, and Xiao Lei smiled, pointing to a private room: "Waiting for you in there!"

"Thanks!" Gu Fei hurried over.

The five were sitting upright in the private room, awaiting Gu Fei's arrival.

"Have you been waiting long?" Gu Fei asked as he sat down.

"Not too long," Han Jia Gongzi said lightly. "Just an afternoon."

Gu Fei was depressed. This guy was not only narcissistic, but also liked to sting people.

"Aren't we supposed to be discussing a quest? Let's discuss it!" Gu Fei said.

"We've already discussed it..." Han Jia Gongzi said. "We're leaving soon."

"Ah..."

"We've finished discussing what each of us needs to do. Your part in this quest is relatively simple, so we didn't wait for you," You Ge explained with a smile, looking like a good guy. "Gongzi, you and Qian Li should briefly explain it to him! Especially what he needs to do."

Han Jia Gongzi nodded and began to speak, "The quest is a bounty mission to capture So Tu, the leader of the Wulong Cave bandits. This is one of the most difficult daily refresh quests I know of. I once helped someone do it. A total of twenty-seven people went, twenty died along the way, and seven held on to the end, but still failed at the last moment. However, those were all ordinary people. With the current composition of our team, fewer people will be easier to coordinate. In the early stages of the quest, you won't have anything to do. You just need to follow us. It's not until the final confrontation with the bandit leader So Tu that you'll make your grand entrance."

"So Tu is in a small wooden house built deep in Wulong Cave. The space in this wooden house is small. There's no way we can run around with so many people inside. If we're not careful, we'll get stuck in a dead end. Although the area outside the house is flat and wide, as soon as So Tu leaves the house, he'll immediately blow his whistle, and all the bandits in Wulong Cave will come to help. Therefore, we must block So Tu inside the door, and then you release the mage's level 30 skill, Lianzhu Fireball (rapid fireballs). Lianzhu Fireball has an area-of-effect damage. Although So Tu will be blocked in the door by us, you can't attack directly, but as long as you release Lianzhu Fireball into the room and let it explode, So Tu will naturally take damage. It will definitely be slower this way, but So Tu doesn't have any skills or equipment to recover health, so we'll definitely be able to grind him to death. If the situation is stable, everyone can just consider it burning through skills."

Everyone laughed.

"How is it? Your task is simple, right?" Han Jia Gongzi asked Gu Fei.

Gu Fei nodded.

"Alright, then let's set off! I arranged for the player who accepted the quest to be at the entrance of Wulong Cave at 7 o'clock. It's about that time now."

"Okay, you go first, I'll be there soon!" Gu Fei stood up.

"What? You have something else to do?" Han Jia Gongzi frowned.

Gu Fei nodded. "I'm going back to the mage school to learn the level 30 skill, Lianzhu Fireball." After saying that, Gu Fei turned around and rushed out. He was in a hurry!

Everyone in the private room was stunned by Gu Fei's last sentence. After a long while, everyone's eyes fell on Jian Gui. Their eyes were full of suspicion, negation, and rejection.

Jian Gui picked up his wine glass and pretended to be nonchalant, but Han Jia Gongzi snatched the glass away.

Jian Gui didn't say anything.

"Jian Gui, you misjudged this time, didn't you?" Yu Tian Shen Ming spoke first.

Jian Gui said, "I have confidence in his skills."

Yu Tian Shen Ming snorted coldly, "Believe in someone who's level 30 and hasn't even learned his skills?"

Jian Gui also snorted coldly, "If you can defeat my level 25 thief with a level 10 mage, I'll believe you too!"

"What?" The other three were hearing this for the first time. After all, this wasn't something to be proud of, and Jian Gui didn't want everyone to know that he had suffered such a defeat. Unfortunately, the four of them were very unconvinced with the Gu Fei he recommended, so Jian Gui had no choice but to reveal his shameful record. A level 10 mage defeating a level 25 thief, and one under the command of the number one online game player Jian Gui, if Jian Gui hadn't said it himself, probably no one would have believed it.

Faced with the four people's reactions, Jian Gui smiled bitterly, "I didn't want to either, but losing is losing, and I lost convincingly."

"Level ten mage? Only knows Fireball and Forceful Fire Ring, how can you fight?" Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered to himself. Although he hadn't chosen a mage, it was clear that he paid close attention to mages. When he heard that something like this had happened, he immediately began to think about what tactics a mage could use.

"His Forceful Fire Ring is a very high level, you can't get close?" Yu Tian Shen Ming began to guess.

"He didn't even use Forceful Fire Ring," Jian Gui shook his head.

"Fireball is super high level, wears equipment that enhances fire spell damage, and instantly kills you?" He continued to guess.

"He only used Fireball as a diversion twice," Jian Gui said.

"Then what did he use to hit you? Don't tell me it was a mage's fist!"

Jian Gui sighed, "If you think there won't be any more operations in a fully immersive online game, then you're wrong. Once you guys see Qian Li fight monsters, you'll know what extreme operation is."

"Extreme operation?" The four were puzzled. This was just a name Jian Gui had given it. Even Gu Fei himself didn't know that his kung fu was regarded as operation, and even extreme, in the eyes of top online game players.

Jian Gui nodded, "What do you think his ranking on the efficiency chart came from? It's all thanks to operation."

The four continued to be stunned.

After a moment, You Ge spoke first, "Interesting, I want to study this Qian Li Yi Zui carefully."

Yu Tian Shen Ming, however, still had a face full of suspicion, looking like he wanted to point at Jian Gui's nose and call him a liar. If this Qian Li Yi Zui was really as powerful as Jian Gui said, he would be the most unhappy. Because he thought his mage skills were unparalleled and the pinnacle of perfection, that's why he switched to another class. Who knew he would encounter a strong character so quickly, a master who even the number one online game player Jian Gui admired. This was absolutely impossible! It was an illusion, Jian Gui must be hallucinating. Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered to himself.

Zhan Wu Shang didn't say anything, with neither You Ge's eager look nor Yu Tian Shen Ming's complex mental activity on his face.

Han Jia Gongzi just looked at Jian Gui and said, "I know you never joke."

"Of course!" Jian Gui said.

"Hopefully this time isn't one either. Let's go!" Han Jia Gongzi stood up.

"Very good!" Jian Gui replied. The five legendary masters of the online game world set off with doubts about Gu Fei.