Chapter 412: Entropy Increase Configuration

What does it mean that Entropy Increase is a huge Undead group? What does it mean that there is a dedicated strategy group for planning?

In other words, could it be that the strategy group is actually someone's online name?

This requires mentioning the personnel arrangement of Entropy Increase's four-person team.

Lao Bao loves PvP; no matter what game, he likes to open a room and find someone for 1v1 solo training—he's a standard arena player.

Hua Jian Lei, on the other hand, dislikes the kill‑and‑be‑killed stuff and prefers playing all kinds of niche games, being able to notice every detail without any guide and pinpoint the option that gives the most affection increase.

Xi Rensheng is more unconventional; this guy is a bug player, keen on triggering bugs in various games and trying to use them to skip levels.

Yang Yixie's online name is Strategy Group, mainly because he himself often makes money by creating game guides; he's done plenty of speedruns, and in most team raids he is the one in charge of command.

Basically, Xi Rensheng finds bugs, and when he discovers a usable one, he tells Yang Yixie, who then instantly produces a guide one step ahead.

But from any angle, it seems unrelated to a large group of people.

This really left one speechless; Yang Yixie never expected that before anyone even reached the Dome, thanks to Xi Rensheng's various promotions, every member of Entropy Increase's "Strategy Group" had received a sizable bounty.

How did he originally come up with that online name?

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Xie Jingyan's twin swords traced two dark‑purple arcs in the underground tunnel, the Runes on the blades lighting up as they swung.

Her swords are fast, each swing accompanied by the sound of wind, but Sha Yufeng is faster.

His twin pistols aren't for shooting, at least not now.

Sha Yufeng treats his twin pistols as short sticks, blocking, counter‑attacking, then blocking again, the clatter of metal echoing intermittently in the underground tunnel.

Sha Yufeng stepped back two paces; he's never one to stay idle, and these past few days under the Field Operations Department have been unbearably stifling, so it's rare to let him stretch his muscles.

"Not bad," he said, the corner of his mouth lifting to reveal a hint of sharp teeth, "Again."

Xie Jingyan simply changed her grip, holding the left sword horizontally across her chest with the tip pointing down—a very standard defensive‑counter opening.

Sha Yufeng's red eyes gleamed, as if he had spotted prey to tear, but Xie Jingyan sensed something was off.

He doesn't recognize her.

Xie Jingyan tightened her grip on the hilt a bit, not out of pride; although she's not a major figure in the Dome, she's not so insignificant as to be ignored.

Neon‑X's tour posters covered half the Dome, her face appearing on every street‑corner advertising screen.

And she's also Xie Jingnian's daughter.

Few know this, but those who do know that the father and daughter have long been at odds.

Although many still try to use her to blackmail her father, she's dealt with such people more than once; it's old ground for her.

Her disguise, in the recent fight, had been removed by herself because it was cumbersome, yet Sha Yufeng clearly didn't recognize her.

"You...," Xie Jingyan began to speak, but Sha Yufeng was already charging at her.

Xie Jingyan raised her swords to block; the left sword braced his right pistol, the right sword slashed upward from below, but Sha Yufeng sidestepped, the blade tip grazing his cuff.

Honestly, Sha Yufeng's fighting style is truly entangling.

Like a shark fixated on its prey, once targeted it will follow the scent of blood and bite until the very end.

Xie Jingyan just tried to create some distance from Sha Yufeng, but his twin pistols, which had been quiet for a long time, immediately fired a rapid burst of bullets.

After meleeing Sha Yufeng for so long, Xie Jingyan almost forgot that the guy was holding pistols.

So why would a proper gunner train in melee?!

The Butterfly Speaker, who also believes a true illusionist shouldn't touch melee, is now completely out of moves.

Ying Duo, after hearing the news about Entropy Increase, fell into that strange silence, and only just now suddenly chose to stay silent, letting the Butterfly Speaker follow him.

The Butterfly Speaker didn't understand why, but given the current situation, it's better for him to cooperate honestly.

While the Butterfly Speaker was explaining the situation of Entropy Increase, Ying Duo wasn't idle either; although his teleportation speed is indeed fast, his Blue Bar couldn't possibly sustain him running through the entire underground tunnel alone.

At this moment, those little robots are the best mapping tools.

After he archived that possibly useless document, he also received feedback from the little robots.

It was a little robot he had sent out at a fork earlier; the robot found two combatants and a pile of fallen NPCs there.

Most NPCs showed no sign of life, only a handful stubbornly clung on.

The NPC count matches what the Butterfly Speaker said; now it remains to see if we can arrive in time to leave a breathing room.

Ying Duo followed the system's guidance straight there, paying no heed to the Butterfly Speaker behind him, his focus entirely on the fight between Xie Jingyan and Sha Yufeng.

He now regrets that, back in the backstage dressing room, he didn't stage a collision with Xie Jingyan.

Look at those flashy skill effects; that pair of twin swords is obviously pricey.

Sha Yufeng's bullet skimmed past Xie Jingyan's shoulder, exploding three small holes in the tunnel wall behind her; metal fragments sprayed out, falling into the water with a tinkling sound.

Xie Jingyan dodged sideways; her left sword rose from below to tap his pistol, causing his bullet to veer off, splashing a spray of water at her feet.

Xie Jingyan realized she couldn't keep sparring with him; he wasn't there to kill or capture her, just to pick a fight, and fighting him served no purpose, only wasting stamina and revealing more information.

But Sha Yufeng was like a piece of taffy—once stuck, you can't shake him off.

Can't beat him head‑on, and can't run away either.

Her gaze swept the tunnel, searching the surroundings for anything she could use.

A maintenance hatch emitting a faint green glow overhead, the puddles on the floor.......

Maintenance hatch?!

Xie Jingyan's eyes widened suddenly as she stared at the familiar Ying Guang Lu; a chill swept over her body.

When did it appear?

She instinctively reached for the small peach‑wood sword she had tucked at her waist, but almost got a headshot as Sha Yufeng seized the opening.

That streak of Ying Guang Lu flickered on and off in the darkness, like a ghostly silhouette constantly watching them.