Chapter 200 (1/2)
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I didn't know how long I slept for. Voices traveled in from outside the door. It sounded like Xu Yang was having a talk with our players—
Xu Yang: “What are your dreams?”
Player A: “I want a pretty girlfriend, one that's gentle and sensible.”
Player B: “I want to turn this base into an internet cafe. I'll be the boss!”
Xu Yang: “Scram!”
Player C: “I want to smoothly pa.s.s CET-4 so I can graduate.”
Xu Yang: “...”
Player D took a long time to think about it before he answered, “Have safe s.e.x without incident for a year.”
Xu Yang's response was drawn out. “Daaaaaaamn…”
……
I checked the time. It was 1 pm, still an hour before the Devil Spirit Hall map opens!
I turned myself over, got up, and quickly washed up. After tossing on some clothes, I rushed out the door.
I madly dashed downstairs and ordered a quick meal from a cafe. I shoved it down at the speed of light and went back up!
My phone suddenly rang while I was in the elevator. Lin Yixin's number showed on the screen—
“h.e.l.lo? What's up Yiyi?” I was a little nervous. This girl wasn't here to scold me for hara.s.sing her last night with my text, right?
Fortunately, she didn't mention it.
“Lu Chen, have you heard the news about the Devil Spirit Hall?”
“What news?”
“Seriously? You just woke up?” She was speechless. “The Holy Temple's stuffed to the brim. A huge crowd of third-promotion players are in there waiting for s.p.a.ce. I bet there are thousands of people there and I have a feeling that they'll start killing each other before the map's even opened.”
I asked, “What do you plan to do?”
Lin Yixin answered, “Use force. I've already gathered Purple Marquis, Qingqing, and Shadow Chanel. We're about to kill our way in and fight for a good spot in the Spirit Hall plaza. We want at least one or two of us going in!”
I took a deep breath. “Alright, I'm getting on too. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is probably going to be there too.”
“Yeah, then… if we're lucky, we'll meet again in Spirit Hall!”
“Alright!”
I hung up. Time to get on!
Swhoos.h.!.+
The scene before me flashed and then I saw a sliver of dusky light from the curtain of my tent. The noisy sounds of players yelling at one another came from outside—
“s.h.i.+t! Which shameless b.a.s.t.a.r.d put up a tent here? f.u.c.k, you could do that…”
“That's nothing, I've been in line since midnight. It wasn't easy! f.u.c.k, you're cutting in line! Die!”
“Scram! Eat my Blazing Slas.h.!.+”
“Get out of here, taste my Whirlwind Slas.h.!.+”
……
It was exactly as Lin Yixin had antic.i.p.ated. A killing spree was happening before Devil Spirit Hall was even opened.
Maintaining my not-entirely-online state, I sat at the edge of the tent and looked at the hustle and bustle outside with a grin on my face.
A player was invulnerable inside a tent so the guys outside couldn't do anything to me. Tsk tsk. This wasn't too bad. There was still half an hour before the Devil Spirit Hall opened. I'll just wait here until then and charge out at 2 pm, all the way to the 9th floor and get the Divine Martial Token after killing the boss!
This Divine Martial Token was extremely important to everyone. After all, Rank 2 guilds needed a huge amount of experience to reach Rank 3. It would take at least half a month to get there, which meant that the Divine Martial Token would allow guilds to be half a month ahead in development. They would be able to recruit another 1000 elites for a total of 2000 players. Only players inside the guild could be relied on since members outside that haven't joined the guild yet had limited loyalty.
The one who obtained the Divine Martial Token would also steal the initiative in Floating Ice City. For that reason, all big guilds a.s.sembled to get a Divine Martial Token.
Beep!
Murong Mingyue sent me a message: “Lu Chen, you're finally online. Eve and I have formed a party outside but we can't squeeze in. What do we do?”
I immediately sent a party join request and heard a beep soon after. When I joined the party, I saw that the leader was He Yi and the party members were Xu Yang, Gui Guzi, Beiming Xue, Chaos Moon, Moonlight Stone, and some others. It was an a.s.sembly of 10 of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' top experts!
Gui Guzi said, “Boss is here!”
Beiming Xue was surprised. “OMG, why… why does the map say that boss is inside the Spirit Hall plaza?”
I answered shyly, “About that… I set up a tent in the Spirit Hall plaza before logging off last night…”
“OMG…” Murong Mingyue giggled. “You've even thought of this idea. You're something else alright, so shameless… What should we do next? Charge in together?”
He Yi laughed softly. “We don't need to be that anxious.”
“Why not?” Murong Mingyue asked.
“Simple. In a little while, five minutes before the Devil Spirit Hall is about to open, the players outside will definitely go nuts and chaos will ensue. We don't need to be anxious. Let's stand by a corner and gun straight for the Spirit Hall plaza in the final minute.”
I couldn't help but praise her. “Smart!”
He Yi smiled. “You're flattering me~”