Chapter 71 Part 2 一 Fight For the Squad, Charge Ahead!
On the grayed-out screen, there were three options: Revive at the resurrection point, Revive on the spot, Full Health Revive.
Full Health Revive cost 100,000 silver coins, and Lu Jin quickly selected it, glancing at the several million coins in his inventory.
Just five seconds after standing up, he was beaten again.
Before long, a message appeared on the public chat:
【Qiqi: I said, whoever buys that archer ‘Heartbroken’ account, I’ll kill them [happily shaking roses】
A passerby who had previously responded to Lu Jin in the same channel chat spoke on the chat:
【He’s just a newbie, is it really necessary?】
【Shushu: Stop blabbering, or I’ll kill you too】
【Gugu: This newbie acts like a brainless person, carrying around 2,000 yuan worth of gear without binding it, and when they die once, everything drops.】
If the equipment isn’t bound, there’s a chance of it dropping upon death.
In general, valuable equipment should be stored in the warehouse. Lu Jin was playing this for the first time and had no idea that the items in his backpack were valuable.
However…
This Minmin Guild, a bit crazy, huh?
After Lu Jin looked up how to play as an archer, he practiced diligently for half an hour, then returned at full health to seek revenge on those who killed him.
He did manage to kill a weak player with mediocre gear, but unfortunately, a dozen or so others ganged up on him and he fell to the ground within seconds.
After repeating this a dozen times, the taunts on the chat became increasingly unbearable.
A passerby sent him a private message.
【Boss, the original owner of this account was their enemy. You should either join their side to fight together or change districts. Fighting alone won’t work.】
【Hurry and change districts, Minmin’s guild is currently in a fierce battle with your previous account owner. Now that you’re using this account, you’ve gained a new group of enemies.】
These people were truly unreasonable.
Several individuals had already explained on the world chat and channel chat that ‘Heartbroken’ buyer was just a newcomer who didn’t understand the history between the previous account owner and the Dizi Guild, but they didn’t care.
【Minmin: If you can’t handle it, don’t complain. If you’re broke, stop whining.】
One sentence made Lu Jin burst into laughter.
Who are you talking about being broke?
Lu Jin plays games to vent his emotions. Now, not only has his emotions not been vented, but there are also a few arrogant and brainless people.
He stayed up until 3 a.m. in the morning reading a lot of strategies, and the next morning at 6 a.m., he brought a batch of computers into Gu’s house.
Gu Fuchen was awakened.
He looked at the time, it was 7 a.m. in the morning.
. . . . .
6th floor.
Gu Fuchen was still in his pajamas, rubbing his temples in a daze. As he came out of the room, he collided with the staff who were “moving.”
All his stuff from the utility room had been moved out, and another group of employees in red work uniforms had brought in several gaming chairs.
“What’s going on here?”
“An hour ago, Mr. Lu Jin came with a group of people and went straight to your 6th floor utility room, transforming it into a completely different look.”
Gu Fuchen thought he misheard.
“Who?”
“Mr. Lu Jin.”
Gu Fuchen: …
Feeling unhappy, I came to visit and demolish someone’s house.
Is he a Husky?
On Gu Fuchen’s deep blue pajamas, there are several cute little dogs printed, a very lively and cute style. He was wearing a black coat brought by the old butler, frowned, and walked towards the utility room.
There was a faint trace of redness in Lu Jin’s eyes, his facial features were stiff, and he seemed somewhat angry.
He leaned against the door frame, saw Gu Fuchen approaching, nodded faintly, and then continued to look into the utility room.
Gu Fuchen followed his gaze with suspicion一
The ordinary utility room had now turned into an internet cafe with over a dozen computers.
At the same time, Ruan Yōu downstairs was awakened by the commotion.
She had forgotten to close the living room window last night, and the banging noises were giving her a headache.
Ruan Yōu was very angry. She put on a coat huffily and went downstairs, wanting to see what her brother was up to so early in the morning.
When she saw the grand spectacle of the “internet cafe,” a big question mark appeared on her huffy face.
Lu Jin: “Since we’re celebrating the New Year at the Gu family’s house this year and we agreed to play games together, is it too much for me to invest in setting up an internet cafe for you guys?”
Gu Fuchen and Ruan Yōu with blank expressions on their faces: ….
As long as you’re happy.
. . . . .
Since Lu Jin has already appeared at the Gu family’s house, Gu Fuchen entrusted the important task of comforting him to his sister and went to work himself.
Tonight, there’s a company annual party, so he’ll be back very late.
In the morning, Ruan Yōu can play games with Lu Jin, but in the afternoon, she plans to go out with Ruan Liuyu to deliver Lunar New Year gifts to several top wealthy families.
Every year, these top wealthy families exchange gifts with each other’s elders. This is a tradition that has been followed for years.
This year, they won’t be going to the Jiang family, as Ruan Liuyu has already arranged for the gifts to be delivered to Jiang Huai’s grandfather.
Upon hearing that Lu Jin had come to the Gu family’s house, Lu Xuan hurriedly got out of bed and rushed over.
Ruan Liuyu, Gu Youqian, and Mother Fu had agreed to visit the Lu family to comfort their respective friends.
In the 6th floor internet cafe at the Gu family’s house, Ruan Yōu, Lu Xuan, and Lu Jin sat side by side, opening their computers.
To prevent a repeat of last night when Lu Jin was mercilessly slaughtered in the game, Ruan Yōu found a professional game booster to help them play.
Ruan Yōu changed her WeChat name to “Fat Dumpling.”
The game booster had a pleasant voice and went by the name Lao Hei. After adding him on WeChat, Lao Hei said, “Boss, I’m currently livestreaming. Is it okay if I reply using voice messages to speed things up?”
Lao Hei was very polite to Fat Dumpling, and his attitude was excellent.
Well, the boss did pay quite a bit.
Ruan Yōu hadn’t expected this turn of events, but since they were all communicating through text, it didn’t matter.
She added the booster to their WeChat group so they could directly ask him if they had any questions.
Lu Xuan was the most anxious, typing away rapidly.
【My brother got beaten in the game last night. How can I help him!】
Lu Jin who was in the group: …?
Little sister, I appreciate your intention, but could you be a bit more subtle?
The booster, Lao Hei, didn’t expect Lu Xuan to be so straightforward and couldn’t help but chuckle.
He knew about the incident involving the Minmin’s Guild from last night and didn’t expect the wealthy boss to be so quick in assembling a team to retaliate.
Lao Hei inquired, “Boss, do you want to change districts or continue fighting against Minmin and his guild in District 1?”
Lu Jin:【Fight.】
Lao Hei: “Boss, if you want to fight, there are two options. The first option is to team up with Minmin’s enemies, Orange from the Fruit Guild in District 1. You three can join their guild and make ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’ work for you.”
Generally, bosses tend to form alliances when they have common enemies.
Last night in the game, a passerby suggested this to Lu Jin, but Lu Jin didn’t agree.
【I don’t like depending on others.】
【Your Highness: Exactly!】
Lu Xuan, who has changed her name to Your Highness, fully agreed.
The little princess will never condescend to join someone else’s guild, she only wants to establish her own guild.
Lao Hei was a bit hesitant, “If you don’t want to join someone else’s guild, your chances of winning are very low.”
Lu Jin typed.
【Avenger One: Too few people?】
“Yes, if you want to form a faction, you need to have at least two teams with level five sets of gear, which means twelve players in total. Level five sets are equipped with the most expensive level five stones from head to toe. Moreover, you’ll also need to spend money to identify the equipment’s invincible skills,” Lao Hei said as he checked the account listings in the marketplace for the entire districts.
Currently, there were eight districts, and they could transfer between them.
Among these eight districts, there were only nine accounts that met Lao Hei’s criteria.
Each one was not cheap.
200,000 yuan, 300,000 yuan, with the most expensive account priced at 350,000 yuan.
And if they really wanted to fight, buying an account was only the cheapest expense. After buying the account, you still have to build it. Often, a game account that costs 1,000,000-2,000,000 yuan to build may only be sold for 200,000-300,000 yuan in the end.
To fight, they would still need to upgrade equipment, identify invincible skills, and more, all of which required a significant amount of money.
The games under NetEase’s banner don’t come for free.
Lao Hei said, “If you want to defeat Minmin’s guild without relying on Orange, you’ll have to spend money.”
Upon hearing this, Ruan Yōu, Lu Xuan, and Lu Jin, who had been worried about avenging last night’s humiliation, instantly felt relieved.
一一When it comes to spending money, they’re not bothered.
Ruan Yōu was the first to ask.
【Fat Dumpling: Is 100 million yuan enough?】
Lao Hei was drinking water and almost sprayed it out when he saw those five words.
Fortunately, he instinctively covered his mouth, saving his screen and mechanical keyboard from getting wet, but he coughed several times from the shock.
The viewers watching his livestream were puzzled.
【How can Lao Hei choke on water like that?】
【Last night, Minmin went on a rampage again in District 1, and it seems like Orange was busy. The boosters didn’t pay attention either, and a high-level account got killed multiple times…】
Lao Hei didn’t have time to pay attention to the barrage and said seriously, “Boss, you can’t exaggerate like that when showing off. Saying 100 million yuan will scare people away. In this game, you can boast, but not excessively.”
Lao Hei knew that Fat Dumpling was wealthy, but no matter how wealthy, her friend only bought an account worth about 100,000 yuan last night. Going from 100,000 yuan last night to 100 million yuan today was too big of a leap, making it hard for anyone to believe.
【Fat Dumpling: I’m asking seriously. If 100 million yuan is enough, I’ll add my two assistants to the group chat. They can help with buying accounts and leveling them up.】
【Fat Dumpling: Also, buy all the accounts, equipment, and divine beasts that might be useful in the game. Arrange a few more power-levelers, and you guys can take the extra accounts.】
Lao Hei: …
He still doesn’t want to believe it.
Half an hour later, players of <A Chinese Ghost Story> were surprised to find that all the top level five accounts in the eight districts had been looted and moved to where Minmin’s guild district was located .
Some of the overpriced items were instantly sold out.
Over 4,000,000 yuan were spent within ten minutes.
District 1 world chat and the loudspeaker were buzzing with this news, causing quite a commotion.
【All the level five accounts I’ve collected have been bought for 200,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan each. I don’t dare to clear my shopping cart on Taobao (sighs and lights a cigarette)】
【Damn, who is this extravagant? I can’t even spend 4,000,000 silver in the game in ten minutes】
【Ah ah ah, am I witnessing history here?】
【Today, I watched Lao Hei’s livestream. He said some big boss is going to spend 100 million yuan to take down Minmin’s guild】
【Isn’t he just bragging?】
【Lao Hei thought he was just boasting, but now all the accounts are wiped…】
The entire server community was left bewildered.
【Brothers and sisters, there is a good show to watch.】
【I heard from Lao Hei’s livestream that this should be ‘Heartbroken’, the rich guy from last night, and wanted to take down Minmin, haha】
【Lao Hei asked the rich guy to follow Orange’s guild, but he refused】
【The last time I saw such a boss with such extravagance was when Fat Cat bought an airplane.】
【Hahaha, has Ruan Yōu become the spokesperson for the spending money world?】
After a moment, an 88-yuan loudspeaker illuminated the entire server screen, pushing aside what others were saying.
【[Golden Loudspeaker] Minmin: If you want to fight, go ahead, but don’t make yourself a laughingstock.】
After posting this loudspeaker message, Gu Min exited the game and had a booster take over the account. He instructed, “If the opponents really come at us, don’t back down.”
“Okay, boss.”
Once Gu Min’s message appeared, Minmin guild members, like Qiqi, Gugu, Shushu, and others, charged into the loudspeaker like they had taken stimulants, mocking the newbies from last night, saying they were “heartbroken.”
Either they say that he’s intellectually challenged, a foolish newbie, or subtly imply that he’s broke but still trying to act impressive, even daring to boast about having 100 million yuan.
【[Loudspeaker] Gugu: Buying accounts for a few thousand is easy, but crafting equipment is even more expensive. Have some self-awareness, newcomers.】
Following Ruan Yōu’s request, Lao Hei bought the account and was currently looking for friends to upgrade the equipment, which was quite costly.
At the same time, Ruan Yōu, Lu Jin, Lu Xuan, Gu Fuchen, Fu Jiazhan, Qi Zhiyan, Qi Nuo, and the stingy Jiang Huai each sent 50 million yuan to Wei Wen as game funds.
Lao Hei thought for a moment and asked Assistant Wei Wen.
【Boss, now I and several other boosters need to have the equipment we’re giving to the bosses appraised for invincible skills, so we can fight properly.】
Wei Wen instantly understood.
【How much money do you need?】
Lao Hei did some calculations. Generally speaking, he currently has eleven accounts, and if he wants to verify all their skills with items costing five yuan each in the market, it might cost him 10,000-20,000 yuan.
Wei Wen was also unsure about how much the game would cost. She only heard from Young Lady said that it’s expensive, but this time, the eight overlords and young ladies entered the game with the determination to defeat each other. They were willing to spend however much money it takes, as long as they could achieve their revenge.
【Wenwen: Don’t worry, spend freely. The bosses have given me more than 100 million yuan, buy whatever you need.】
In Lao Hei’s boosting career, he had encountered many bosses.
For the first time!
For the first time, a boss’s assistant told him to “spend freely” and “buy whatever you need.” No wonder the young idols these days love finding sugar mamas. Who wouldn’t feel uneasy and uncomfortable when they see these words?
In the game, Minmin guild member’s chat was still ongoing.
Lao Hei couldn’t help but speak up on the chat to restore the bosses’ reputation.
【[Golden Loudspeaker] 0785982: Just transferred to this district. The bosses aren’t here, don’t be too arrogant, you’ll have your time to cry.】
Immediately, someone asked if 100 million yuan was real.
Lao Hei replied in the world chat:【False.】
【[World] Cute and Sweet: ! ! I knew it, got me all excited for nothing, thought there was really a big shot spending 100 million yuan to teach Minmin a lesson.】
【[World] Big Tree: If you don’t have 100 million yuan, why are you so arrogant, Lao Hei! !】
【[World] 0785982: The bosses prepared not just 100 million yuan, but several million yuan.】
【[World] 99: I just took a deep breath.】
【[World] Just Want to Sleep: Who the heck is this boss!】
Some people suspect that someone with such extravagance could be Ruan Yōu.
Excitedly, they went to ask Lao Hei, but he was equally puzzled and didn’t know the answer.
Taw’s Note: I don’t really understand online gaming and the various features within it, so this made me a little confused when translating it (＠_＠;).
Lmao. Ruan You has become the mascot of “crushing the opponents with money!”
If you lose, it means you didn’t spend enough money.