Chapter 39

The system-wide announcement echoed: The team "I'm Just That Awesome" successfully cleared the abyssal level instance, Viper Cave, with an overall S rating, completing it in 17 minutes and 42 seconds. Team members: Chest Like a Forest (Team Leader), Red Moon, Red Ribbon, Red Beauty Drinking Water, and Red Dust and Rain. Reward: 10,000 experience points, 2 gold coins, and a place in the continent's glorious history.

The massive red announcement stirred the hearts of every player. Although many had already heard that Awesome Guy was leading a team to tackle the abyssal instance, no one expected this to happen.

"Someone actually cleared the abyssal instance? You've got to be kidding me. I can't even clear the normal ones," a player said, completely disbelieving. Even the normal instances weren't easy for ordinary players; only well-coordinated guild teams could manage them.

"This is a joke, right? What 17-minute clear time? What the hell is going on? We take almost an hour to clear a normal instance, and this 17-minute clear is a joke," a guild player shouted, his face full of disbelief.

"Awesome Guy is truly extraordinary when he acts," a fan player sighed and immediately logged off to post on the forum.

Ordinary players were stunned by the system announcement, and the leaders of major guilds were even more affected.

A member of a large guild's elite team was still fighting the Hell instance when they received the system announcement. They were so shocked that they didn't react in time and were killed by the Hell instance's monsters, leading to a chain reaction that wiped out the entire team.

"Damn it, our guild's elite team can't even clear the Hell instance, so how did they clear the abyssal in 17 minutes?" A player walking out of the respawn point couldn't help but complain.

"It must be a bug, definitely a bug," another member said, unwilling to accept it.

"Even if it's a bug, they're still amazing. Our team would love to use a bug, but we can't find one," a teammate pouted, envious.

"This is Awesome Guy, have you seen the forum posts? Do you know how awesome this guy is? He's the Warrior Mentor, the guy who dares to slap the village chief in the face," a team member said admiringly.

"So this 'Chest Like a Forest' is Awesome Guy. No wonder. This guy is my idol," the mage team member nodded.

Thus, with the help of the system announcement, Li Huailin's online name, Chest Like a Forest, became known to all players on the server. He was now truly famous. Although the names of the other team members, Red Moon and the others, were also announced, they didn't attract much attention, mainly because Li Huailin's name was too prominent, leading everyone to assume they were just part of his team, which was mostly true.

Of course, the management of all major guilds began to investigate this "Awesome Guy." They had heard of Awesome Guy before, as major guilds had comprehensive data collection systems and dedicated personnel to organize information. However, they initially thought Awesome Guy was just a special player who could fight NPCs. Now that he had cleared the abyssal instance, they had to take him seriously.

"Night Sailing, how's it going?" Lingjie Guild's president, World King, asked over a remote call.

"This guy is too fast. I hadn't even arrived, and he was already done. Is it really that exaggerated?" Night Sailing, who had started heading over upon receiving news of Li Huailin entering the instance, couldn't believe it.

"Remote call?" World King asked.

"No answer. I'm sure many people are trying to remote call him, and he probably blocked them all to avoid the hassle," Night Sailing guessed, which was pretty accurate.

"Unbelievable, he cleared the abyssal in 17 minutes..." World King sighed again, not sure how many times he had done so. "He didn't even give us a chance to react, Night Sailing. Your friend is really something..."

"How's your Hell instance going? Can you clear it today?" Night Sailing asked.

"Probably not today. Our gear isn't up to par, and the difficulty is too high. One critical hit from the boss, and we're wiped. We need to grind more normal instances to level up our team's gear and experience," World King thought and said. "Besides, even if we clear it today, the spotlight will be stolen. They cleared the abyssal, and we're just clearing the Hell instance. How can we promote that?"

"I'll try to get the Viper Cave bug strategy from him," Night Sailing also suspected Li Huailin had found a bug.

"Best if you can, but think about it. If you had the bug, would you share it?" World King wasn't very hopeful.

"Of course not. Do you think I'm stupid? I'd use the bug to get all the best gear first, then think about the next steps," Night Sailing laughed. "But this guy might be different. Why else would he announce it so openly?"

"Anyway, just ask. If he's willing to share, we'll do whatever it takes. You have full authority," World King said, though he wasn't very hopeful.

"Alright, I'm here. Yeah, I just saw him come out," Night Sailing spotted Li Huailin coming out of the instance.

Li Huailin was a bit taken aback by the crowd at the instance entrance. He didn't know that these people had rushed over because they were nearby, and many more were still on their way.

"Awesome Guy is out!" A player suddenly pointed at Li Huailin.

This shout was like a military alarm, and all the players who were chatting and waiting immediately turned their attention. Then a large crowd surged over.

"Uh? Wh... What do we do??" Red Ribbon, who was not good at socializing, immediately tensed up and clung to the most trustworthy person nearby, Red Moon.

"This is the time to decisively sell out your teammates," Red Moon chuckled and suddenly pushed Li Huailin from behind.

"Hey! President, you..." Li Huailin, caught off balance, took a few steps forward, right into the crowd.

"Awesome Guy! You're amazing, I admire you!" A teenager around 15 or 16 fell at Li Huailin's feet.

"Awesome Guy, please take us through the abyssal instance!" Another player shouted.

"Awesome Guy, I'll be your little brother!"

"Awesome Guy, you're my lifelong best friend!"

"Awesome Guy, look, there's a bar of soap!"

"Take this opportunity to use a return scroll," Red Moon, having succeeded in her plan, said immediately.

"President, well done," Red Dust and Rain, who rarely smiled, said.

"Brother-in-law, ah, I'll go first, see you later," Red Beauty Drinking Water, who didn't really want to leave, decided to sell out her brother-in-law because of the crowd and the hassle, thinking she could make it up to him later.

Red Ribbon, without a word, started to use a return scroll.

"Hey, hey, you guys, at least leave me a return scroll," Li Huailin didn't have time to shout as the four women turned into white light and returned to the city.

"Damn!" Li Huailin covered his face and looked at the chattering crowd, then took a deep breath and shouted, "Shut up, listen to me!"

The crowd immediately fell silent, everyone looking at Li Huailin, not a single person speaking.

"Those asking for gear, look at what I'm wearing. Does it look like I have gear? Those asking for a team, I'm busy. As for those asking for a bromance, which bastard said that? Step forward and say it again!" Li Huailin said fiercely.

The scene was completely silent, no one speaking, all stunned by Li Huailin's "dominance."

"I have something to do, I'm logging off," Li Huailin, seeing it was almost time for dinner and thinking he couldn't do much more today, prepared to log off.

"Wait." A voice suddenly interrupted Li Huailin's attempt to log off.

"Which bastard isn't afraid to die!" Li Huailin reached for his knife but then saw Lingjie Night Sailing smiling and walking over. "Huh? Night Sailing?"

"Awesome Guy, you really surprised me this time. Got time to chat?" Night Sailing smiled and walked up to Li Huailin.

"Let's go somewhere else." Li Huailin thought about it. Night Sailing had helped him a lot, and most importantly, he had given him 10 gold coins, which he had already spent. He couldn't refuse. "Give me a return scroll, let's chat in the city."

"Sure." Night Sailing smiled and handed over a return scroll.

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