Chapter 640
Sword Demon and the others were all veteran gamers, while Southern Lone Blade and his crew were larcenists who caused pain and resentment upon their victims . Why would lodging a complaint to the GM scare them? Everyone had felt this disgusting chill pass them when Ye Xiaowu threatened to report the matter to the GM, it was as if the adult disagreement they were having was suddenly interrupted when someone childishly spat, "I'm going home to tell my mother!"
Everyone continued to look at the man with a goading expression . War Without Wounds had even more brashly called out, "Go on then! Lodge a complaint! I haven't seen a real GM after playing for so long; I can't wait to meet one . I just happen to be thinking of asking them why a game employee can create an account in Parallel World and appear in-game . I wonder if that complies with the rules . "
Brother Assist had already reported his suspicion of Ye Xiaowu being a game employee through the appropriate channel long ago, but there had not been any response all this time . There was even an article by the prominent e-sport reporters, Dommumudou, which caused widespread backlash among the player base . Even now, the buzz about this post on the forums had yet to die down, yet the game company never made a statement to clarify the allegations made pertaining to this matter .
Ye Xiaowu simply gave a polite laugh when he heard War Without Wounds' words . "Why can't a game employee play the game? That's actually not a regulation; only, a game employee's daily work revolves around the game, so their view of it is entirely different from the average players' . They get no joy in playing the game, especially if it's a game they had created themselves . Just entering it makes them feel nauseous, which is why game employees won't play the games they work on . Over time, this became an unspoken rule in the industry when, in fact, I've never heard of any game company out there stipulating that their employees aren't allowed to play a game they make . Do you really think that game employees can just do as they please when they enter the game? A company naturally has their own established laws and practices their employees were expected to adhere . What? Did you really think any person can just make changes to a game however they like? That'll be far too much of a whimsical view . "
Ye Xiaowu's words were full of half-truths and half-lies . In the early years of MMOs, that was indeed how most game companies operated, but the increased development in the industry naturally allowed for more and more benefits and potential profits to surface in games . This was especially true for VRMMOs like Parallel World that had plenty of profitable businesses operating in their game world, which were actively developed by external organizations . Thus, it was no longer just an unspoken rule among the companies of the industry to restrict their game employees from playing the game they were working on . After all, to those profit-based organizations, even having knowledge of a very minor detail would allow them to gain huge advantages .
For example, before the players were even aware that Baishi City's white dust could disrupt a Thief's Stealth, if someone caught wind of it through internal channels, there would be a huge possibility for this person to earn a tidy sum before the players caught on about its uses . There was no skill or equipment to counter Stealth during the early stages of the game, so something like this would be greatly favored by all . Nowadays, there were workshops in Baishi City that exported it . Packing the white dust directly into envelopes and mailing them all to workshop offices in other cities before they sold them in the local markets . This was a common item to those in Baishi City and the neighboring cities, but it was not the same for players in far-off cities . After all, there was no way the average players would be willing to spend tens of hours traveling to Baishi City just to grab some of this dirt .
Even though Sword Demon and the others were veteran gamers, their understanding of the internal workings of a game company could not compare to Ye Xiaowu's, so they were unable to pick out the lies within the half-truths and were unable to refute any of his claims . Seeing that there had not been any reply after making the report many days ago, they were even more inclined to believe his words . It was at this moment when Young Master Han nodded in agreement, "He's right . Having an internal game employee playing the game isn't a big deal; didn't he still end up losing five levels to us in a single day?"
Everyone burst into peals of laughter when they heard this, feeling rather happy with themselves . Young Master Han's sharp wit and sarcasm was such a wondrous thing when it was not turned toward his comrades! Everyone turned to him with an encouraging gaze, hoping that he would continue to maintain this style .
Ye Xiaowu could not help but feel a little dispirited as well . Originally, he indeed thought that he would not have any problems dealing with Gu Fei's bunch given his wealth of in-game knowledge . But who would have thought that, after entering this game and seeing the martial arts prowess all these kung fu practitioners like Gu Fei possessed, his knowledge would not be enough to contend with them? The kung fu they possessed was an entirely different sort of knowledge – something he was completely foreign to . In the end, with the game as the foundation, they managed to develop a third avenue of knowledge utilizing kung fu, leaving Ye Xiaowu all the more annoyed and exasperated .
Ye Xiaowu was very much restricted as well, and just the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) alone had him considering the consequences of his actions before he acted to see if it would result in him breaking his NDA . He did not have any intentions of hiding his identity from these people before him, and upon hearing what they had said, it seemed that they had indeed reported his existence to the game company . The fact that no one had contacted him till date only showed that he had not spoiled anything from everything he had done thus far . It was just that restricting himself to such an extent made it difficult for him to deal with this group of experts . After all, they were the apex elites inside this game!
Everybody was delighted when they saw that look of distraught on Ye Xiaowu's face . Had the Priest shown a look of nonchalance after being cornered like this, just like when Southern Lone Blade had pulled out a novel and looked pleased with himself despite his predicament back in the Auction House before, then these experts would have really experienced a scene that they would have found absolutely infuriating .
Looks like Fleeting Smile's fighting experience isn't sufficient yet! He actually becomes panicky after getting surrounded! everyone thought to themselves . They knew that surrounding him like this was not an issue . If everyone were to accompany him and stand around here like this, that would be treating him too much like someone important . They all still had their lives to live, after all, so there was no way that they could keep him trapped here for too long, but the fact that just crowding up to him to trap him there was enough to cause such a reaction from Ye Xiaowu made everyone feel that it had been well worth the effort!
As they surrounded Ye Xiaowu, the ex-soldiers outside the Priest Academy flocked to them; they were all brimming with murderous intent as they stood directly opposite them . Royal God Call stared at the impatient expression on these ex-soldiers' faces and quizzically asked, "Uncles, this is a safe zone; PK isn't allowed . You guys can't be so noob to the point that you haven't figured that out, right?"
It was evident that these ex-soldiers were noobs when it came to gaming, but it was apparent Royal God Call's ability to scorn others had not reached a good level of attainment . When these ex-soldiers saw that the one who had spoken was just a brat, they simply ignored him as they continued to glare down at everyone . "Gentlemen, there's nothing to be gained by doing this!"
Even though these ex-soldiers had employed some rather crafty tactics this time, their goal in the end was still to destroy the enemies . Take for example how they had traversed to the back of the Priest Academy; they had no intention of using that same method to rescue the three Priests . Their aim was to join up with Ye Xiaowu and their comrades and proceed to pincer attack their enemies, wiping all of them out properly . In the end, these experts did not take the confrontation head-on and simply sought shelter inside the safe zone . They even trapped Ye Xiaowu in their midst to prevent him from leaving . How could these experts have any intention of fighting if that was what they ended up doing? At the end of the day, they are just a bunch of people playing games . Childish . Simply childish . Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
Young Master Han's gang was also aware that they could, at most, piss off Ye Xiaowu with this move . What else could they achieve? Still, since those ex-soldiers had rushed over, none of them were willing to let Ye Xiaowu go just like this . Hence, everyone just stayed around to squander each other's time for the time being .
Gu Fei, who had been watching the entire spectacle inside the Priest Academy from above for quite some time, saw that no fight had broken out . In fact, things seemed to have reached an impasse . Gu Fei carefully looked to his left and right to ascertain that no one would take this chance to cut his rope before he pulled out his grappling hook and secured it onto this building ledge, sliding down it thereafter .
Everyone watched this; even as Royal God Call cried out in dismay over the party channel . "Oh, no! How could Miles be so bold? Won't he fall down if the ex-soldiers go over and start shaking the other end of the rope wildly?"
However, all these ex-soldiers merely watched him slide down blankly, not one moving an inch . Everyone teased Royal God Call, "Those guys aren't as petty as you . "
Gu Fei safely landed on the ground, slowly walking over as he greeted, "Everyone's all here!"
The crowd stared at him, expressionless .
"We can't continue like this . " Gu Fei offered his opinion . Everyone looked at him to see what he had to say .
"Always swarming the other party back and forth like this, it's just too messy and lacks refinement . Why don't we just have a duel!" Gu Fei suggested .
The moment he said this, both parties rioted .
Even though the members of Young Master's Elite each believed themselves to be exceptional gamers, none of them really thought that they could take on the ex-soldiers in a one-versus-one duel . The barbaric method of using their equipment advantage and ignoring the enemies' attacks also required a Priest to constantly heal them, otherwise there was no telling who would end up victorious if they kept roughing it out like hooligans to the end . No one felt that they had a snowball's chance in hell in winning a one-versus-one duel . None of them could figure out why Gu Fei would suggest a solution that was detrimental to them .
Meanwhile, the ex-soldiers were finding this to be strange as well . They could tell that, aside from Gu Fei, the rest of these experts were no match for them, so aside from Gu Fei, how else could they win if they were to do this one on one like what he had suggested? It was strange for this man to suggest such a foolish idea that would practically be gifting them the win .
Gu Fei did not seem like such an idiot . Both parties gazed at him strangely, as if they were seeing some unknown, third new force . They were all very confused .
That was when Gu Fei asked again, "So how about it? Any objections?" Gu Fei directed this question to the ex-soldiers; he was essentially representing his party to negotiate this agreement .
"This… This isn't a great idea!" Royal God Call finally could not hold back his words . He did not dare to directly call out the stupidity of Gu Fei's suggestion, but he still felt he had to somehow convey his disapproval of it .
"What?" Gu Fei was actually astonished, as if he had never once considered that anyone from his side would object to his idea .
"Well… It's gonna be quite taxing for us to duel…" It was truly too difficult for Royal God Call to do such one-versus-one duel as he was personally no match for any of the opponents . This brat had struggled to find the right words, and only managed to express his thoughts about the matter in such a vague fashion .
Gu Fei instantly realized what he meant when he heard this, and so he smiled, gazing back at all of his comrades . "Are you guys all daft? I'll be the first one out; why would you guys even need to do anything?"
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