Chapter 41 (1/2)

TV Station.

“This trick is so amazing that you can’t help but cuss out loud. You have to be more careful next time.” The hostess, Tina, was still perplexed.

KB regained his composure and apologized. “This trick is more than amazing, it’s devilishly good,” he laughed bitterly.

“Many viewers are still clueless. Summer and AdorkableTong’s synchronization was seamless, yet you did not praise them. Why are you only praising Liao Yuan, he doesn’t seem to be as good as the other two players.” It was not that Tina did not completely understand what had happened, she was just merely stating the questions that countless viewers had sent in. She asked the question that everyone was curious about.

“Summer and Tong’s synchronization was indeed astonishing, and it wasn’t just because they are masters of aligning their thoughts, they are also masters of skills under Free Mode. With this perfect combo, their aligned thoughts and tactics could definitely match with top class experts.” KB took a gulp of water and continued, “But when you look at the pop-up screen on Summer’s live broadcast, you can see a lot of 666 messages and a load of golden shine. This shows that many people are cheering for Liao Yuan.”

“There’s no doubt about it, but we would like to know how bad*ss this trick is,” Tina was not going to let him off easily. “Could it be that even you don’t know what is happening, if so, you’re disappointing your fans.”

“How can that be, I’m a bit older and may not have the same reaction speed as a young man to pull off this perfect operation, but I still have some insights. First of all, all of you have to understand that this scheme to kill Level 10 Elites was designed by Liao Yuan, right?”

“Does that mean that there is still something behind it?” Tina was completely clueless this time.

“Of course, what you guys have seen was a grand scheme, but what you don’t know is that it is beyond difficult to plan it all out. You see, this is the fifth Elite Liao Yuan’s squad has killed, and they remained at the same position. What this means is that Liao Yuan has calculated the Patrol’s route since the beginning, calculated their intersection points and chose the most advantageous one.”

Tina read a message and found one question that summarized everyone’s doubts. “One audience has asked that it won’t be that difficult to figure out such a plan, right?”

“With all due respect, I would say that the person who asked that question must definitely be new to the game. Yes, you can just record a video of the mobs and their patrolling route pattern, and the computer can calculate everything in just seconds. The problem is that the game allows you to browse through forums and watch livestreams, but it cannot handle this kind of complex data.”

“The fact that Liao Yuan did not go offline even once tells us that he used his own brain to simulate the routes of fifty Patrols over a period of time. One simple example is that a human’s mind has an endurance limit. Forget about the average person trying to construct a simulation, it will take the mind a few seconds to piece out the scenario, but what he did was constructing a twenty-minute simulation in his mind. Yet, he wasn’t forced offline by the system because of the powerful brainwave fluctuation. This tells us something, which is that his mind is too powerful. When the human race has evolved to this point where having this kind of mental power is possible, there’s nothing more I can say.”

“Liao Yuan being able to sustain a simulation in his mind for more than twenty minutes is really impressive, and being able to successfully kill all the targeted mobs in a row proves that the data from his brain simulation are accurate.”

Tina stared at the next message. “Another audience admits that what you said makes sense, and he admires Liao Yuan. But he wants to know about the operating part of it all, he hopes that you can enlighten him.”

KB nodded. “The next part will be about the operation. Liao Yuan’s calculation and deduction skills are incredible, and the fact that he made Summer and Tong release their skills at the same time tells us that this plan is newly thought out. There are two difficulties faced here, one was that Liao Yuan had to shoot the mobs on their knockdown point. Now that the game has been running for some time, everyone must be familiar with what a knockdown point is. Putting other mobs aside, a humanoid mob’s knockdown point is usually above the knees.”

“Liao Yuan used a Heavy Crossbow, but a Heavy Crossbow’s accuracy is not high. Forget about shooting on a moving humanoid mob’s knee, it is difficult even to shoot a stationary mob on the knee. This was the conclusion made by countless professional players after they have tried it out themselves. Secondly, the trajectory speed of a steel arrow is different from the other two skills. As everyone has seen before, Liao Yuan has never played with the other two players before, and he succeeded in the first try. Finally, I’ll be talking about the ingenuity of their arrangement.”

“Look, this is the tenth Elite that Liao Yuan’s squad has killed, this proves that the intersection point Liao Yuan has chosen is accurate, and his calculation is accurate too. Everyone look, it is always Liao Yuan that says ‘start’, only then the other two players will release their spells. Their spells always land on the same spot just like the previous ones, and the mobs are pushed two steps back each time they were hit by the two spells. Then, Liao Yuan uses steels arrows to knock down the mobs, and what follows next would be the mobs falling to their deaths. Each step is very important, if his two squad members miss their shots, the mob will only be pushed one step back and the mob will not fall off the edge.”

Tina held back her laughter and read another message from the audience, “One audience, no, most of the audience said that KB has been praising how great Liao Yuan is and it looks like you’re really getting into the role of being his follower. Seems like you’ve already admitted to it deep down.”

The excitement shown on KB’s face instantly dissipated. “I treated all of you as good friends, how can I admit defeat? Yes, they have cleared the mobs on the second platform, but how are they going to get on it? They can’t use the same method to kill the mobs in the first and second corridor, it would be impossible for them to get through it. They can’t get the Ballista up there either, hence, they won’t be able to get on the second platform.”

Just as he finished speaking, Tina saw another message, she covered her mouth and laughed, “The audience is enthused and excited to see how Liao Yuan is going to come up with something that will give you a slap on the face again, and then you will bow and worship him as a follower.”

KB was speechless and prayed for help from the heavens…

While listening to KB’s detailed explanation and watching Liao Yuan’s squad on the TV, their squad worked like a machine as their attacks accurately hit the mobs to the bottom of the screen each time. It was at that moment when all the viewers understood each segment and was shocked, but they started to admire Li Yao and his squad. They were also eager and could not wait to try it out themselves.

However, if they were to enter the game, they would not be able to watch the livestream anymore. They could only hold back the itch and were curious how Liao Yuan’s squad was going to get on the second platform and how they were going to face off the first Boss.

Li Yao watched as the last mob fell to its death. He lay down in exhaustion on the dome, it was too mentally exhausting, but he was very satisfied with what his two squad members had done.