Chapter 23

Generally speaking, players have 10 days of rest after each game. You Xi played two games in a row and got 15 days off, but for the sake of cooperating with Zhou Yu in the next game, five days of his vacation were wasted.

But You Xi didn’t care much about it. With such limited time, it was best to do it now.

In the following days, You Xi contacted a renowned personal trainer for 1v1 physical training. He mainly practiced fighting and running to enhance his practical skills and endurance. Ten days was a long time. You Xi was so tired that he felt like it was a year, and everyday he fell asleep as soon as he touched his bed. But ten days was also short – so short that You Xi didn’t feel a significant difference in quality after his training, and the next game was right as scheduled.

Before starting the game, You Xi and his teammates set aside time to meet, and they all sat together to analyze countermeasures for the next instance. The Jade Gate Divine Tomb instance required players to find the real tomb owner in a maze-like crypt. After successfully taking a treasure from the tomb owner’s coffin, they would need to accurately find the exit and escape from the tomb.

The owner of the tomb was a saint of the ‘Tun Ri Sect’1, and inside her tomb were countless pious followers who volunteered to bury her. The followers were scattered around every corner of the instance, and they may attack the player at any moment.

At the beginning of the game, the difficulty wasn’t high. Although the saint buried inside looked scary, they were basically decorations. It was rare that a saint would resurrect and attack the player. However, the situation in the instance that Fu Yuan participated in was abnormal. The number of ghosts in the divine tomb had obviously increased, and each was more vicious.

“For us players, this is simply a new game, but for the saint in the divine tomb, we’re little bugs that harass her one after the other, endlessly. I suppose the saint has been disturbed many times and her heart was irritated. This is launching a campaign to awaken all of her followers to protect her rest.” Zhou Yu analyzed.

“Therefore, we should complete our mission as quietly as possible and avoid shouting.” Guo Juexing said. “No one is allowed to speak loudly unless it’s the last resort. If we’re besieged by ghost followers, we’ll be miserable.”

Fu Qing nodded: “I have no objections. I just want to take gege home. I’ll cooperate with however you arrange this.”

Everyone looked at You Xi, asking for his opinion.

You Xi said: “Let’s form a line. Nobody get separated. Remember who is in front and who is behind you. Don’t have fewer people, and more importantly, don’t gain people.”

Although he hadn’t visited the cemetery himself, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but be horrified when he heard You Xi’s words: “Yes. We must form a line!”

“I can be first or last.” You Xi said, “But I believe Guo Juexing is more suitable than me to be first. I heard that Guo-ge has participated in special forced training with the army before?”

Guo Juexing was stared at with interest, and said modestly: “It was many years ago. Now I’m old, and not as helpful as before.”

No. Guo Juexing was 34 or 35 years old. He had a strong physique, and if he stands somewhere, he would provide a sense of security.

“You have a lot of experience.” You Xi said. “When it comes to investigational skills, I am inferior.”

You Xi was determined to not lead the charge. It would feel terrible to walk in front and not see anyone else. In comparison, walking behind was much better.

The formation was complete. Guo Juexing was in front, followed by Fu Qing, Zhou Yu, then You Xi. Zhou Yu was the employer, so the safest position was given to him.

At 10 o’clock in the morning, the game officially started!

The wind was strong and full of yellow sand. The four of them appeared in a vast space, surrounded by sand dunes.

You Xi: “……”

So, what about the tomb? Where’s the tomb?

Their plan couldn’t keep up with the changes. A few months ago, the desertification of the land around the Jade Gate Divine Tomb wasn’t as severe as it was now. At that time, the players who arrived in the game were able to easily find the holes left by their predecessors, but there aren’t any clues now.

You Xi knew that everyone must be counting on him again. But what could he do? He was originally just a route idiot. 2

Everyone looked at You Xi eagerly, but after he handed Fu Qing a telescopic shovel from his space pocket, he sat down and rested.

“The main event is yet to come. I don’t recommend that our main fighting forces use up too much energy to find the entrance.” You Xi said eloquently. “Fu Qing and Zhou Yu, you two should search for the tomb nearby. Guo Juexing and I will wait for you here.”

Fu Qing: “…….”

Fu Qing was thin and unmuscular. He was a weak young man, but he worked extremely hard to bring his brother’s body home. At noon, the desert sun was murderous, so You Xi took out a pair of sunglasses from the closet in the space pocket. The old god laid in the shadow of a sand dune, happy like a living immortal.

Guo Juexing was also happy to be pulled into You Xi’s blessing. There was yogurt in the fridge that You Xi stocked previously in the school instance. He sucked and drank the yogurt like he was on vacation, without distress at participating in an escape game.

Fu Qing and Zhou Yu were busy from morning ’til noon. They were so hot that they almost suffered from heatstroke. In the end, their physical strength was exhausted. At about 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the one with a thicker face had to return.

“Didn’t find it.” They said with particular resentment.

Guo Juexing wasn’t as monstrous as You Xi and couldn’t sit still. Ho took over Fu Qing’s work, but even after working for 2 hours, still found nothing.

You Xi drank a lot of yogurt, so he needed to pee. After sitting for four hours, he finally stood up.

“Do you have a clue?” Fu Qing looked eager.

You Xi: “… En. A little bit of inspiration. You guys rest here first. I’ll check it out.”

No, You Xi just wanted to find a place where no one could see him relieve himself.

No matter how handsome someone is, they can’t get rid of mundane things like the reincarnation of five grains. 3

You Xi walked forward a few minutes before 4 o’clock. In the live broadcasting room, the audience who watched You Xi rest for most of the day were almost falling asleep. Now that You Xi moved, they were excited. They were so happy, thinking that they could get to the point, but didn’t expect to suddenly see a screen full of snowflakes4 in the livestream.

Audience: “……”

Inside the game, You Xi unzipped his zipper. Just as the galaxy fell from the highest heaven,5 the area that was drowned in golden liquid suddenly collapsed.

You Xi was surprised and backed away a few steps. A skeleton dressed as an ancient businessman leisurely exited with a white turban on his head. He shook the wet sand off his body and said confusedly: “Eh? Is it raining outside? It’s strange, the sand seems to be wet.”

The corner of You Xi’s mouth twitched awkwardly.

He was fortunate that the skeleton had no sense of smell. Otherwise, his fame and reputation would be ruined.

The skeleton crawled out from underground. Pushing his butt and head up, he pulled out a golden tray where a golden roast duck was placed. After him, 8 more skeletons filed out. They were like palace eunuchs of ancient times, arranged in order.

After Skeleton One gave an order, all the skeletons bent down and bowed deeply to You Xi.

“Honorable S-Level player, my tomb cannot get express delivery, so when I suddenly received notice that you wanted to visit, it was too late to purchase your favorite afternoon tea from elsewhere and I have to offer local specialties. Please accept it.”

After You Xi placed everything in his pocket, he watched the skeletons return underground.

He returned to their base camp and took out the delicious roast duck to share with the others. After eating and drinking, You Xi solemnly announced that he had found the entrance to the tomb. Everyone went to the place where You Xi had marked and were surprised to find that the entrance to the tomb was suddenly in front of them.

Guo Juexing gave him a thumbs up in admiration. When participating in games in the past, others had always hugged his thighs. This time, he could also experience the feeling of holding onto another person’s thighs.

It felt extremely good, as if the sky was falling and a tall person was holding it up!