Chapter 59

At 11:00 AM, Yang Ye woke up feeling a bit tired, had lunch, and logged back into the game.

Qin Yan was still selling flowers aimlessly, showing no signs of leveling up. Yang Ye wondered if he should give her a push.

Putting that thought aside, he decided to focus on getting Li Yanxin and the others to catch up first.

He brought up the friend list and searched for an ID: Double-Bladed Overlord, then added the friend!

[System: Friend request sent!]

The ID Double-Bladed Overlord belonged to Li Yanxin. He had been using this ID for years and refused to change it, saying it was "awesome!"

No one else used such a cheesy ID...

[System: Your friend request has been accepted. You are now friends with Double-Bladed Overlord!]

He called up the voice chat.

"Xin B, are you done with the newbie village?" Yang Ye asked.

The voice chat was quickly connected, but there was no direct answer. Instead, a muffled whisper came through: "Xiao Di, do you just shout to use it? I shouted, but it doesn't seem to work."

"Would it not work? I just tried it and it worked. How did you do it? Ask Xiaoyezi," Wu Di replied.

This time, the voice on the other end was a bit louder, "Xiaoyezi? Can you hear me? Can't hear me...?"

Yang Ye was exasperated, "I can hear you!"

"Ah ha, it really works, ha ha, so fun. Wow, Xiaoyezi, you're already level 32, a god! Come and take us! We're in the newbie village!" Li Yanxin exclaimed with a "great discovery."

"Still in the newbie village? So weak? Hurry up and get out. Which city are you in? I won't go if it's too far."

In "TTOS," the system randomly assigns a newbie village when creating a character. After leaving the newbie village, players are directed to a fixed city. For example, Yang Ye went to the nearest city, Rainfall City, after leaving the newbie village. Other cities were not accessible to newbies.

Interestingly, several guild leaders were assigned to Rainfall City, creating a scene of fierce competition. However, they would eventually choose their own cities to develop and focus their efforts there to deal with various emerging guilds, which was easier than dealing with the top ten guilds. This was an unwritten rule, as no one wanted to fight all the time.

"Huh? I don't know. I'll ask... Xiao Di, which city do we go to after leaving the newbie village? What? Don't know? Orange? Oh, ah, got it... Xiaoyezi!" Li Yanxin asked hesitantly and then shouted.

"Speak."

"Orange said it's the City of Goddess Elna. Xiaoyezi, can you come?"

The City of Goddess Elna and Rainfall City were adjacent main cities, the closest distance. "No problem, it's a bit far. Level up quickly. When I get there, if you're not level 10, I'll wait for you outside the Wolf Infestation dungeon. Come directly when you reach level 10."

Li Yanxin agreed.

Closing the communication, Yang Ye glanced at the level ranking. The list had changed significantly, with the highest level now at 34, no longer "Chasing the Dragon" but "I Am Hero," the leader of the HE-RO guild. Below that was "Edge of the Sky," followed by "Fleeting Snow," and then "Chasing the Dragon" at fourth place, with "Limit" at fifth.

In general, the list didn't change much, with the top positions alternating among these guild leaders. Even if other players managed to climb up, they were quickly pushed down.

...

The City of Goddess Elna, adjacent to Rainfall City, was less warlike than Rainfall City. The residents worshipped Goddess Elna and would pray before and after meals. There were even more players here than in Rainfall City, but the gender ratio was imbalanced, with men outnumbering women by more than two to one, all drawn by the name of Goddess Elna. If the residents knew, they would probably kick out these newcomers.

After browsing the trading hall and finding nothing valuable, Yang Ye went to wait outside the Wolf Infestation dungeon.

The Wolf Infestation dungeon was where Yang Ye had gained fame, the first place he appeared to all players. Although the city had changed, the dungeon remained the same.

Yang Ye, dressed in level 30 gold gear, holding the first level 25 spirit sword in the game, and followed by a cute follower, couldn't help but attract attention!

"Damn, blinding me! Where did this rich guy come from? Gold gear, don't think I can't recognize it just because the effects are turned off!"

"An expert? Which faction? Not the leader of the Storm Cloud guild, right?"

"Bullshit, the leader of the Storm Cloud guild is in a hidden dungeon at level 30. My friend is a registered member of the Storm Cloud guild."

"The follower... looks familiar..."

...

Yang Ye turned off his ID but couldn't turn off Lilianna, so he had to drag her along to keep her from running around. After waiting for ten minutes, Li Yanxin and the others still hadn't arrived.

He called up the voice chat.

"Why haven't you arrived yet?"

"Xiaoyezi, come quickly, we're surrounded by a bunch of jerks," Li Yanxin said.

"What happened?"

"Orange dropped a gold weapon, and someone got jealous!"

"Don't fight them yet, give me the coordinates, I'm on my way!"

"Got it, 124571:122845:33, hurry up."

Closing the communication, Yang Ye chuckled and said to Lilianna, "Lilianna, someone wants to fight us. You can show off your new skills."

Lilianna didn't care about showing off; she only heard "can fight" and immediately jumped around excitedly, chirping, "Oh yeah, can fight, can fight, can..."

...

As Yang Ye rushed to the scene, the situation with Li Yanxin and the others was changing by the second. They never expected that killing a random monster would drop a gold weapon, and that dropping a gold weapon would attract bandits. The world is full of surprises.

"Double-Bladed Overlord, it's just a level 15 gold dagger. What's so precious about it? Dying once is worth it, and besides, it was ours to begin with, you..." A warrior stood in front of Li Yanxin, rambling on.

"Go to hell! Just because you saw it, it's yours?" Li Yanxin was blunt, that was his nature.

"How do you talk? What do you mean by 'saw'? This area belongs to our Da Yu studio, didn't you know?" A mage next to the warrior chimed in.

"Hehe, every place in this game belongs to me. Hand over the gear you dropped!" Wu Di laughed.

"You..." The mage was about to attack but was held back by the warrior. He smiled and said, "That's not how it works. This area is indeed controlled by our Da Yu studio, and any gear that drops belongs to us. It's an unwritten rule in the game. I, Da Yu Xiaotian, am being reasonable with you today because something good dropped. Normally, you would have been killed long ago." Da Yu Xiaotian looked at Li Yanxin and the others with a condescending attitude.

Li Yanxin and the others were silent. Level and gear were not the issue; levels could be regained, and gear could be re-dropped. Losing face, however, was not so easily regained, especially when facing a studio.

"What do we do?" Wu Di asked quietly.

"The usual method!" Li Yanxin said.

"Kill until they die! Ha ha..." Cheng Jun also said.

"You... have you decided? Are you going to return the gear?" Da Yu Xiaotian asked impatiently, losing interest in talking to newbies.

"We've decided, we think what you said makes sense..." Li Yanxin smiled.

"Oh? You agree? Ha ha, kid, you have a bright future. You can find me later, and I'll recommend you to join our Da Yu studio. Our studio is very strong..."

"No need." Li Yanxin interrupted Da Yu Xiaotian.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Da Yu Xiaotian frowned.

"Nothing, we won't give you the gear. If you want it, come and kill us." Wu Di took over, and Cheng Jun nodded.

"Ha, pretending to be tough? It's just a game, what's the point? Since you want it this way... guys, let's kill them! Shall we?" Da Yu Xiaotian sneered, lacking the strength to be tough was just asking for a beating.

"Kill!!" The Da Yu studio, a group of about twenty people, cheered.

"Hehe, everyone agrees, so..." Da Yu Xiaotian grinned, "Kill!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of skills flew towards Li Yanxin and the others. Mages cast spells, and archers fired arrows, a mix of magic and physical attacks.

"Damn, can't wait for Xiaoyezi, one less person means one less death." Wu Di said.

"He's a high level, losing a level is hard to regain. We can just respawn. Tell him not to come. There are about twenty people on the other side, and one is already at the first class change. Xiaoyezi definitely can't win." Cheng Jun said.

"Right, we'll drag him down another time!" Li Yanxin also said.

The Da Yu studio members were all around level 20, with the lowest at level 16. Their skills covered a wide area, and Li Yanxin and the others didn't try to dodge. The brilliant skills instantly annihilated the three level 10 newbies, and the Da Yu studio received three system notifications—

[System: Your team maliciously killed Double-Bladed Overlord!]

[System: Your team maliciously killed Nightlight!]

[System: Your team maliciously killed Rotten Orange!]

Seeing the three notifications, Da Yu Xiaotian sneered, "Trash, talking big, dying fast!" He picked up the three pieces of gear but didn't find the gold dagger he wanted. "Damn, good luck!" He called out, "Let's go!"

The group of about twenty turned to leave, but when they turned around, they saw two people approaching.

The newcomers, one male and one female, clearly had the Da Yu studio group or the three dead players as their target.

Da Yu Xiaotian frowned but said nothing, continuing to lead his group forward. The two newcomers didn't back down, walking closer, and they could hear their conversation—

"Lilianna, see that group? Just go in and start slashing."

"Oh, when will Lilianna go in?"

"Ah... let me see..."

The man looked up at Da Yu Xiaotian and then smiled at the girl beside him, "Now!"

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