Chapter 142 Crushing

Han Xiao watched with interest. "Dao Jian Xiao? Don't recognize the name. Probably didn't make a name for himself in *Galaxy*." Crazy Knife Angry Sword would be a God-level player in the future, but he was acting subservient to Dao Jian Xiao. This scene felt very familiar to him, and he inexplicably thought of his own experience. There was a period when his power-leveling business was flagging, so he had to find a way to generate income, joining a small studio to farm gold for them, earning some pay. That studio often delayed and deducted wages, always making excuses whenever he asked.

The studio boss relied on his "big business," putting on airs when Han Xiao argued with the studio for the ninth time about his wages, telling him to do it if he wanted, and if not, get lost. If he kept complaining, he would be hunted down until his level was zero.

What else could Han Xiao do? He was also desperate. He could only use his main account to let the boss know why the flowers were so red and why he was so flamboyant, directly bankrupting the studio for weeks on end, earning a large sum of reasonable compensation for mental damage... Extortion wasn't illegal in the game.

"Sigh, those happy days are gone forever." Han Xiao puffed on his cigarette, feeling a sense of melancholy, as if having seen the great ocean, all other waters were but streams, and having known the clouds of Mount Wu, they were unlike any others.

Crazy Knife Angry Sword could only agree to Dao Jian Xiao's request. He was level eleven, exceeding the average player level. Apart from the Mechanic's repair and enhancement skills, he only knew basic shooting and combat.

Han Xiao knew Crazy Knife Angry Sword's strength level very well. His eyes flashed, and he called out, "Come here."

Crazy Knife Angry Sword was puzzled and approached. Han Xiao took off an electric-heated cutting glove and quietly handed it to him.

Glancing at the glove's stats, Crazy Knife Angry Sword's breath hitched, his face filled with shock and surprise.

"Borrow it, you have to return it." Han Xiao dispelled Crazy Knife's unrealistic fantasies.

Crazy Knife Angry Sword was still very touched. He hadn't chosen the wrong thigh to latch onto! Was he afraid that he would lose and embarrass him?

Putting on the gloves, Crazy Knife Angry Sword felt confident. He stood fifteen meters away from Dao Jian Xiao, both men itching for a fight.

Nearby players gathered to watch the show, mainly curious about Crazy Knife Angry Sword, wanting to see how big the gap was between a professional player on the news and an ordinary player.

"Even for professional players, they should be about the same in the early stages."

"With only a few basic skills, it doesn't seem like they can show off any fancy moves."

"I think the ones with an advantage in the early stages are those who have practiced fighting or been in the army in real life, after all, the sense of control is so realistic."

The onlookers discussed in low voices.

With a low shout, Dao Jian Xiao took the lead, charging forward. With each step, the sand on the ground clung to his calves, like snakes and pythons, forming a gravel armor, covering his body.

"His pistol can only fire five shots at most, my ability can block it. As long as I close the distance, he's dead!" Dao Jian Xiao thought.

Players were all newbies, and their skill level was temporarily limited to the use and understanding of skills. Dao Jian Xiao's choice was correct. However, Crazy Knife Angry Sword's reaction surprised Dao Jian Xiao. He didn't retreat and kite him with his pistol, but instead charged up.

The two quickly collided. Dao Jian Xiao had no time to think. His fist, wrapped in rock, slammed down, and Crazy Knife Angry Sword's hand, wearing a black glove, met it head-on.

"Could this glove be equipment?"

As soon as this thought arose in Dao Jian Xiao's mind, he suddenly felt a burst of burning pain and was shocked to find that his health had dropped to zero in an instant.

Everything went black before his eyes, and he died...

The PK lasted only three seconds from start to finish!

Only Crazy Knife Angry Sword was left in the arena, the wind blowing the corner of his clothes, his face expressionless, radiating the demeanor of a lonely master.

The surrounding players were stunned, not having reacted yet.

"This, this is a one-hit kill?"

"Too fast!"

"So strong! No wonder he can be on the *Galaxy Times*!"

"Could the hidden storyline have given him such a big lead?!"

Everyone was a newbie, so their combat power should be about the same. It would take at least four or five shots to die with a pistol, and Dao Jian Xiao's ability was obviously to strengthen defense. Some players remembered Dao Jian Xiao's performance when facing the beast tide, how he could withstand the siege of two Gray Nightmare Wolves, yet he died with just one punch from Crazy Knife Angry Sword?

What kind of attack power was this?

Everyone looked at Crazy Knife Angry Sword's gloves with envy.

"This is high-level equipment!"

"Can Mechanics make this kind of thing? I thought they could only make guns!"

"I want it too..."

Before long, the resurrected Dao Jian Xiao ran over, his face ugly, and complained, "We agreed to a friendly sparring match, you, how could you..."

He wanted to say, "How could you kill me?" but he felt that this sentence was too embarrassing to say.

Having defeated his old rival, Crazy Knife Angry Sword only felt elated, grinning, "Sorry, I didn't know you were so fragile."

These words made Dao Jian Xiao's chest feel tight with anger.

You died because I was fragile?!

"What a loss." Dying once cost a lot of experience. Dao Jian Xiao felt very sorry for himself. He originally thought the PK would stop when he tapped out, but he was killed in a second and couldn't even find a way to blame Crazy Knife Angry Sword, feeling very depressed.

After the crowd of onlookers dispersed, Crazy Knife Angry Sword obediently returned the gloves to Han Xiao, hesitated, and asked, "Han... Black Phantom, do you sell these gloves?"

Han Xiao glanced at him, directly opened the store list, added "Electric Heated Cutting Gloves", priced at 80,000, with fifteen points of favorability. These gloves were spoils of war he had seized from the Rose Militant. After learning the prerequisite basic knowledge, he had reverse-engineered the blueprints for the electric-heated cutting gloves. After spending some experience, he could already manufacture them himself.

Crazy Knife Angry Sword immediately felt motivated, clenching his fist excitedly. This kind of melee mechanical equipment was his favorite. "I can't afford it now, but I can buy it sooner or later!"

At this moment, Dao Jian Xiao suddenly approached, looking at Han Xiao with burning eyes, and asked, "Black Phantom, I heard that you are enemies with Germination. I want to join you."

During this period, all kinds of speculations about triggering Black Phantom's hidden plot had flowed out of the forum, believing that as long as one showed an attitude of being an enemy of Germination, there was a chance to trigger Black Phantom's hidden plot. Many players had guessed trigger lines, and Han Xiao had heard them all in the short time he was in Green Valley Town, and had refused them all. This finally gave the players a reliable guess... Black Phantom's hidden plot completely depended on chance, having a pale face (good luck) was the truth. At this time, Dao Jian Xiao was just trying his luck.

Han Xiao raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh... you seem pretty good."

"There's a chance!" Dao Jian Xiao looked surprised.

Crazy Knife Angry Sword's heart sank, and he became nervous, feeling a strange sense of green jealousy.

"But you seem to be a little short." Han Xiao suddenly changed his tone, waved his hand, and rejected Dao Jian Xiao.

Dao Jian Xiao couldn't catch his breath and didn't say a word for a long time, his expression annoyed, and he cursed inwardly, "That guy really has dogshit luck."

Crazy Knife Angry Sword breathed a sigh of relief and became happy again.

Han Xiao wanted to laugh at Crazy Knife Angry Sword's reaction. It was as if he had almost been cuckolded... Bah, what a bullshit analogy, what am I then? Han Xiao quickly shook off this dogshit idea.

The experience on the panel had accumulated a lot again. Probably by tomorrow, the players in Green Valley Town who intended to change jobs would be finished. Han Xiao planned to leave tomorrow.

While he was collecting experience, someone recorded the video of Crazy Knife Angry Sword and Dao Jian Xiao's sparring match and posted it on the forum.

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Luo Simen was a player born in Great Horn Mountain who won an internal beta opportunity through a lottery. He had been saving money without changing jobs, wanting the strongest job.

Until the public beta, he saw Black Phantom's performance and was immediately attracted. He was eager to change jobs to the Mechanic class. Some players used quests to improve Black Phantom's favorability, but Luo Simen couldn't bear it and directly spent money to raise five points of favorability. Among the five basic knowledge skills taught by Black Phantom, he learned the one with the most pleasing name, [Basic Weaponry].

But Luo Simen soon discovered that the Mechanic class was not as strong as Black Phantom had shown. After losing repeatedly in PKs, he felt that he had been deceived. This job was weak as hell! But he couldn't bear to part with his internal beta account. He asked customer service if he could change jobs, but of course, the answer was no, which made him furious.

What a waste of the luck of getting an internal beta opportunity! The account was ruined!

Luo Simen couldn't get over it and had to vent on the forum, spamming posts everywhere. No matter what the topic of the post was, he would copy and paste his comments trashing the Mechanic class, telling all players that the Mechanic class was trash!

Players argued in his replies, and Luo Simen felt satisfied. This was his original intention, to spread the word, and he liked the feeling of being taken seriously when he spoke.

ps: (If you say I'm a cliffhanger dog, I'll take it as a compliment ~ I also think that The Rap of China and Game of Thrones always end on cliffhangers, give me some patience, don't have so much negative energy, life is still full of sunshine. As for those who are angry about this, you should have a lot of pressure accumulated at work, it's okay, vent it on me, you'll feel better after venting)