Chapter 60 of 100

Chapter 60

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On the bustling streets of Lingling, the usual hustle and bustle and neon lights continued, and no one felt anything was amiss.

Dugu Fu weaved through the crowd and returned home in just a few minutes.

"So quick today?" The innkeeper, who was preparing dinner, was quite surprised when she saw him enter.

"Sis Wei, stop cooking, we won't be eating. Quickly pack up, we're leaving soon!" Dugu Fu spoke succinctly, not stopping as he rushed from the front yard to the inner room, then to the back yard, and finally disappeared into the night by climbing over the wall.

Although Dugu Fu's words were abrupt, his expression was serious. The innkeeper, sensing the gravity, took out a weight-reducing bag and started packing without a word.

Climbing over the wall led to the riverbank. Stepping onto the sandy shore, Dugu Fu's pace quickened. His home was not far from the warehouse, and it took him only a minute or two to arrive.

As he had expected, the warehouse was already a scene of chaos, with swords clashing and a fierce battle raging.

The only ones who knew he was in Lingling were San Guang Bu Zudao and the people at the warehouse. San Guang Bu Zudao was on the same boat as him, or so he thought, and wouldn't betray him. If it wasn't San Guang Bu Zudao, then there must be a mole among the warehouse people.

Around Hong Qingsong, San Guang Bu Zudao was clearly not a trusted confidant, perhaps not even an insider. Since even he knew the system army had been mobilized, it meant that Fat Hong's operation had already begun, and there was no longer a need for secrecy.

Before the main force of the army officially surrounded the city, the secret base of the resistance was the most obvious target.

If this place was taken out, the NPCs would be leaderless and could only wait to be captured. Moreover, the person who betrayed him and the resistance might know about his ambiguous relationship with Guo Xingxing, or that the Guo family was descended from Guo Yunshen and possessed the Half-Step Crushing Fist manual, or about Guo Xingxing's beauty, and might even capture her to curry favor with Hong Qingsong...

In short, there were too many possibilities, each one increasing the likelihood that this place would become a battlefield.

Taking out his telescope, Dugu Fu observed the battle at the warehouse and sighed in relief. Fortunately, he wasn't too late.

There were still over a hundred thugs in the warehouse, fighting against several dozen players. The players were strong individually, but the trained thugs worked together perfectly.

The situation was at a stalemate.

But the stalemate was only temporary... battles with players were like that. When an NPC fell, they were gone for good, but when a player died, they could immediately respawn and return to the fight. Unless the NPCs were far stronger than the players, could fight without losses, or the respawn distance was too long for the players to regroup, the NPCs couldn't win.

The resistance clearly understood this and was organizing a retreat while fighting the players. However, the direction of the retreat was wrong. They were rowing small boats from the shadows, trying to get people to the river.

But Dugu Fu was certain that the large steamships carrying the 3,000 system army troops were not far away. If they rowed to the river, they would be massacred when the system steamships arrived.

He had to warn them! Although there was a mole, most of those still fighting here were likely trustworthy. More importantly, he needed to get Guo Xingxing out.

Dugu Fu circled around the warehouse, recalling: There's a slope by the inn, gentler than the others, though there's no path, it should be passable... He followed his memory to the bottom of the slope and was about to climb up when a voice came from the top: "Miss Guo, this way, you can go down here."

"But, Lu Tao, I have to wait for my brother and..." Guo Xingxing's hesitant voice sounded.

"Brother Guo and the others are waiting at the bottom of the slope. You are the priority, we will ensure your safe evacuation," Lu Tao said earnestly. If Dugu Fu hadn't been at the bottom, he might have believed him too.

"Is that so?" Guo Xingxing sighed in relief. "Thank you so much. I'll go down now." The sound of rustling branches came as Guo Xingxing called out "Brother, Brother" and climbed down in the dark.

Just before she reached the ground, she was suddenly caught. Guo Xingxing was delighted: "Brother!" But then she was shocked: "It's you?"

"Who?" Lu Tao, sensing something was wrong, grabbed the rope and leaped down in a few steps. Seeing Dugu Fu, he was stunned: "It's you?" After the shock, a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "You traitor, how dare you betray us, I'll kill you!" He swung his knife at Dugu Fu.

How did I not see through his acting skills last time? Dugu Fu thought to himself, not surprised, and pulled out his dual staves to meet him.

"Clang!" The staves and knife clashed, Dugu Fu's short staff was knocked away, but Lu Tao's hand holding the knife was also numb.

How could this be... Lu Tao's eyes widened in surprise. Yesterday, it seemed they were evenly matched, but Dugu Fu's attacks were ineffective. Now, if this force landed on him?

Before he could finish his surprise, Dugu Fu launched a storm of attacks. "Clang, clang, clang" the sounds of continuous clashes echoed, and Lu Tao was forced back, completely overwhelmed.

In terms of levels, Dugu Fu might be one or two levels lower, but in terms of skills, each of his moves was unexpected, while Lu Tao's were predictable. The gap was too great to be bridged by a few levels.

In a few moves, Lu Tao was beaten black and blue, dazed, and fell on the mountain path, only able to scream: "How could this be? How could this be? Yesterday, you were..."

Amidst the screams, Dugu Fu broke his arms and legs and tied him up: "Idiot, yesterday and today are different."

"He's the spy?" Guo Xingxing asked, watching Dugu Fu tie up Lu Tao.

Dugu Fu winked at her: "I thought I'd have to explain, but you trust me so much?"

Guo Xingxing glared at him, her face slightly red, clearly remembering something.

"I'm not the spy! He's the spy! You stupid woman! Stupid woman!" Lu Tao shouted angrily.

"Shut up!" Dugu Fu stuffed a rock in his mouth and said to Guo Xingxing, "The enemy will soon have large ships coming. I need to go up and warn them. Run in this direction, see that row of houses? The second one from this side, I bought it. Go knock on the door and say I sent you, and Wei Sis will open it. Stay with her until I come to get you. When you have time, ask Wei Sis to teach you about that world."

"That world?" Guo Xingxing was confused.

"Just say that, Wei Sis will know."

"Okay." The situation was urgent, and Guo Xingxing didn't hesitate, nodding and turning to leave. After a few steps, she stopped: "What about my brother and the others?"

"I'll do my best to find them."

"..." Hearing Dugu Fu's words, Lu Tao's eyes flashed with surprise.

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