Chapter 166 He Knows

Most of the customers at Happy Internet Cafe had left. This time it wasn't like last time. Although they only got three points in the end, everyone was excited about Ye Xiu's one-versus-three performance in the team competition, which gave them hope. This time, they watched as a possible victory was ruined by an unnecessary mistake. Most people weren't in the mood to play any games and left one after another.

The internet cafe was a lot quieter all of a sudden. Chen Guo directed the staff to clean up, her face gloomy. Tang Rou didn't have any emotional leanings. She didn't care who won or lost, but she saw that Chen Guo was very unhappy, so she stayed by her side to coax her. The two beauties whispered to each other until the internet cafe was cleaned up, and Chen Guo's mood improved. After expressing her concern for the duo who were going to stay up all night, she went back to her room to sleep.

"When will there be another record to break?" Tang Rou asked Ye Xiu. For Tang Rou, breaking such records was the thing she was most interested in. She liked this kind of challenge.

"Tonight!" Ye Xiu said.

"Tonight? Which dungeon?" Tang Rou asked in confusion.

"Graveyard of the Undead!" Ye Xiu said.

"That Graveyard of the Undead dungeon… didn't you say it was almost there?" Tang Rou asked, puzzled.

"It was almost there yesterday, but who knows what will happen today?" Ye Xiu said with a smile.

It was already past eleven o'clock. The other staff members who had finished cleaning up had already gone back, and most of the customers who weren't planning to stay up all night had also left. The internet cafe was filled with the sounds of keyboards and mice, as well as the voices of Glory players communicating, some laughing and some cursing. Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from somewhere: "Damn, the dungeon record has been broken again! What kind of people are there in the tenth server???"

Tang Rou was startled and glanced at Ye Xiu. This exclamation also alarmed many players in the internet cafe. Some players in the tenth server were talking about it, chatting with friends in the game and other players in the internet cafe. Tang Rou took a quick look around and came back to Ye Xiu and said, "It's the Graveyard of the Undead dungeon record. It's that Jia Dynasty again."

"Oh? How much did they improve it by?"

"16 minutes 56.78 seconds." Tang Rou was very sensitive to records and remembered it after seeing it.

"Oh, not bad!" Ye Xiu said.

"What should we do?" Tang Rou asked.

"We'll刷 (shua - grind) it again tonight," Ye Xiu said.

"But, more than 20 seconds… what are we going to do?" Tang Rou only knew that there was a mistake made by Steamed Bun Invasion in their record. But even if that mistake didn't exist, the record would only be faster by three or four seconds at most. Now they needed to chase more than 20 seconds, and Tang Rou really didn't know where to start.

"Don't worry!" Ye Xiu seemed very confident.

Tang Rou was about to ask again when she suddenly saw a figure outside the internet cafe door, with hands in pockets, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, head hidden in the hood, body seemingly trying to shrink into a ball, looking around suspiciously as they walked towards the internet cafe. The figure looked like someone who had committed a crime and was trying to escape. Tang Rou quickly stopped what she was going to say and reminded Ye Xiu to pay attention to this suspicious person. As soon as her eyes met the person's, the person turned their head and ran away immediately.

"What guy?" Tang Rou was quite brave. She chased out the door and looked around, only to see that the guy was running far away and still looking back. As soon as he saw Tang Rou rushing out, he quickly turned around and ran again.

"Cough, what's going on?" Ye Xiu asked.

"That person is strange," Tang Rou said.

"Ran away?"

"Yeah."

"Then don't worry about it. Go log into the game and say hello to Steamed Bun."

"Okay." Tang Rou responded and went to her usual spot for staying up all night.

Ye Xiu continued to guard the front desk, not entering the game, seemingly waiting for something. After a while, the suspicious person wearing a hooded sweatshirt was seen loitering outside the internet cafe door again, until they saw Ye Xiu at the front desk. Ye Xiu nodded to the person, and they breathed a sigh of relief and walked in. But they were still very vigilant, huddling in their clothes and hiding their head deeply, sneaking up to the front desk.

"Just you?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Did you think I'd bring the whole team here!" the person said.

"Sneaking around like a thief," Ye Xiu said.

"Can I not be careful? This is an internet cafe, it's dangerous. I'm not like you. I have a lot of fans. You see, I almost got recognized just now. Good thing I ran fast," the person said.

"Come on! That girl is from our internet cafe. She only noticed you because you looked like a thief. If you were normal, no one would recognize you," Ye Xiu said.

"Really?" the person asked suspiciously.

"Should I call her over?"

"Forget it, forget it, keep a low profile! Keep a low profile!" the person said.

"Machine A1, a place where there's no one at all. Go sit there!" Ye Xiu said.

"What about you?" the person asked.

"I have to guard this place! It's my night shift!" Ye Xiu said.

"Why are you being so hard on yourself? Your level isn't so bad that you'd be reduced to this even if you retired, right? Besides, why did you suddenly retire?" the person asked, puzzled.

"Help me刷 (shua - grind) the record first," Ye Xiu said.

"Damn it, my net worth is hundreds of thousands per match, and I'm helping someone 刷 (shua - grind) the Graveyard of the Undead dungeon record. Don't tell anyone! If you tell anyone, I'll kill you," the person complained, cursing.

"Machine A1, over there," Ye Xiu pointed in the direction.

"Get me something to eat. I didn't even eat a late-night snack," the person said.

"Come, come, take a packet of pickled mustard tubers to eat!" Ye Xiu threw a packet of pickled mustard tubers over.

"Damn it!" The person slapped the packet of pickled mustard tubers back.

"Sausage?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Forget it, forget it." The person gave up hope, turned around, and went to the A area to find a machine.

The smoking area of the internet cafe was usually more lively at night, while most of the customers in the non-smoking area were arranged in the C area. The A area was usually not open at night, and even the lights were not turned on at this time. After this person ran over, it was so dark that they couldn't even see the machine number, and they ran back to Ye Xiu to complain.

Ye Xiu carried a flashlight and went over to find the machine for the person.

After the person sat down, they looked around. There was indeed no one around, and they felt a little relieved. The person stretched their neck and no longer hid so much. The computer turned on, and the monitor lit up the person's face. If any Glory fan saw this face, they would immediately recognize the person: the top Glory swordsman, Huang Shaotian.

Swiping the card, the game they entered was also in the tenth server. Using a level 27 account, they submitted a friend request to Lord Grim and continued to complain: "I'm helping you 刷 (shua - grind) the record, but you don't even have an account, and I have to go get one."

"It's easy for you to get an account," Ye Xiu replied in a message.

"Level 27 Swordsman… I won't use it again after this. I can't leave any evidence. It's embarrassing, too embarrassing," Huang Shaotian sent a message.

"Play by yourself for a while. We don't have any more tries here. I'll call you at 12 o'clock," Ye Xiu said.

"Play? What's there to play?" Huang Shaotian replied.

But this time Ye Xiu didn't bother with him anymore. Huang Shaotian took his level 27 Swordsman and wandered around, not knowing what he was doing. He casually opened the dungeon record榜 (bǎng - list) for the new server and was also shocked. The record for the Frost Forest was fine, but the record for the Graveyard of the Undead was too strong! Even the main team of Blue Rain might not be able to do it.

He quickly sent a message to Lord Grim: "Damn, how was this record刷 (shua - grind)ed? How is it so high?"

"New method," Ye Xiu replied.

"New method? What new method?" Huang Shaotian asked.

"The new method for the Graveyard of the Undead dungeon."

"There's still a new method for this? Who's so bored that they're still researching new methods for this dungeon?"

"…"

"Hahahaha, it wouldn't be you, would it?"

"…"

"You've fallen! You've completely fallen! Running to the new server to搞 (gao - do) dungeon records and researching new methods? Are you too闲 (xian - free; unoccupied)?"

"You talk too much."

"Hey, hey, am I safe here? Will there be other customers coming later? Now I'm not afraid of being recognized. If people find out I'm 刷 (shua - grind)ing the Graveyard of the Undead, how am I supposed to混 (hun - get by)?" Huang Shaotian's messages were extremely fast. A professional expert's hand speed far exceeded their mouth speed. Chatting with messages was faster than using voice chat directly.

But Ye Xiu ignored him again. Ye Xiu was also busy! As soon as he logged in, Blue River sent a message expressing his incomprehension about the birth of the new record. He really couldn't imagine how such a superhuman record could be surpassed by more than 20 seconds.

"We'll刷 (shua - grind) it back again," Lord Grim's answer made Blue River even more崩溃 (bēng kuì - collapse). What, could it continue to be improved?

On the other side, Liu Hao, who had finally waited for Lord Grim to log in, was now pretending with his Distant Cry, secretly suppressing the excitement in his heart and sending a message to Lord Grim: "大神 (dà shén - expert), did you see that the record was broken?"

"I saw it."

"Our record was already very high. How could it be broken?"

"You don't know?"

"I don't know!"

"Because you didn't try your best!"

Liu Hao was stunned. In that instant, an electric-like tingling sensation extended from his fingertips all the way to his scalp.

"I tried my best…" Liu Hao typed this message very reluctantly.

"Hehe, using a Berserker, hiding your strength? Do you think I can't see through it? Liu Hao, have you forgotten who taught you?"

"I操 (cāo - fuck)!!!!!"

It broke! The new keyboard he had just changed a few days ago was broken again. What broke was the small支脚 (zhī jiǎo - supporting leg) that propped up the angle. At the same time, Liu Hao's teeth were almost broken. He couldn't believe it was true.

He had painstakingly pretended and painstakingly leveled up his 24th level broken account to 27th level, to the point of being mentally distracted and losing the official match. What he had originally looked forward to was this moment of revealing his identity, looking forward to Ye Qiu's surprise and anger, looking forward to stepping on this person and never letting him turn over…

But what was the result… did he already know? When did he know? How did he know? Liu Hao wanted to know, but how could he ask? The message that Lord Grim had sent was frozen there, with no further explanation.

But even so, how could he improve that dungeon record? What else could he do to improve the time? Liu Hao didn't think so. He was also a professional player, and he had enough skills to research such a small dungeon, but he just hadn't done it. In his opinion, this new method was already the ultimate. He couldn't see what tactical changes could be made. What could be improved was technology and equipment.

Equipment could not be improved in a day or two under the conditions of the new server. As for technology… Liu Hao's professional team had already performed to the limit! Even the Zombie Baylor was successful in one go. Even if Ye Qiu could replicate their performance, it would be an up-and-down situation. Where did he get the confidence to be sure of surpassing this new record?