Chapter 126: Gap (1/10, Autumn Subscription!)

Damn! Having a millionaire as a roommate is so damn awesome!

The millionaires' small goal? Already achieved!

Fang Yue's mood was slightly excited.

If not for the real-world incident involving Gui, Fang Yue wouldn't know how ecstatic he'd be right now.

After all, this was his original goal.

But now, the situation is complicated and unusual.

With Gui appearing in the real world and Fang Yue gaining extraordinary abilities through the parchment, no one can predict what the future will become.

Before this change, money was Fang Yue's sole pursuit in life; gaming was merely a means to earn money.

But now, money is no longer the main goal.

Increasing power within the game is the most important thing right now.

Still, the million-coin reward moved Fang Yue.

What can you do? A small-town citizen! Never seen so much money!

Thinking of the million-coin reward, Fang Yue walked with a spring in his step.

Back in his room, Fang Yue intended to enter the game directly.

But after hesitating, he opened the forum anyway—couldn't afford to be complacent; needed to keep tabs on other players' progress and check for news.

No way around it—the game's communication system is too inconvenient; even the world chat function is missing. Players can only communicate through the forum.

Otherwise, everyone could only talk with those from their own village and never learn anything about others.

When Fang Yue opened the forum and looked closely, he froze.

His name was nearly flooding the entire forum.

Most topics revolved around 【Yese Liming】, with countless analysis posts—Fang Yue secretly delighted.

"How high are Yese Liming's stats?" "Who knows where Gu Yue Cun is?! I want to pay homage to my idol, Yese Liming!" "Can players really become Deputy Captain of a village? Power analysis: How did Yese Liming achieve this?!"

Every post relentlessly praised Fang Yue's power, status, and abilities—this momentum was quietly making him the game's top player.

Of course, there were hate posts, which Fang Yue ignored outright.

Among the many posts, one caught Fang Yue's interest.

"Mo Cun Suicide Squad Requests Mission! Group trip to neighboring Gu Yue Cun to meet idol Yese Liming! Live-streaming the battle!"

Mo Cun players?

Fang Yue clicked the post and saw a screen full of admiration for himself—but unfortunately, his spawn point was Mo Cun, a distant "neighbor village" from Gu Yue Cun.

So she gathered other players who admired Fang Yue and wanted to chase their idol in-game, forming a group to head to Gu Yue Cun.

The first few pages were screenshots of preparations, interspersed with comments from other forum users.

"So jealous of you, sis! You've got ability, drive, and most importantly, your spawn point is so close to the idol's village! Jealous, jealous, jealous!"

"Sis, you're so proactive! I want to meet the idol too, but no one in my village even knows where Gu Yue Cun is—we can't even go!"

"Ultimate game goal: visit Gu Yue Cun, meet the idol once! One day, I'll succeed!"

Smiling, Fang Yue scrolled further and saw the leader's suicide squad members—about a dozen people.

Then came screenshots of them leaving the village.

Fang Yue kept scrolling and soon saw various ways the squad members died. By the seventh screenshot, the original poster posted that she had died, roughly three thousand meters from the village.

Ganliang and Human Soul Torches were well-prepared, but accidents kept happening; they eventually encountered a Gui, and half fled and died. Others' fates were unknown.

This reply was posted about three hours ago. Scrolling further, the original poster reappeared—predictably, the entire squad was wiped out.

The news came from the deceased players via real-world communication; she clearly felt defeated and posted more details afterward. Later replies were mostly condolences.

Fang Yue hesitated, then left her an encouraging comment before exiting.

Through this post, Fang Yue realized the wilderness was truly deadly—strange plants, flowers, even animals all carried extreme danger. According to the post, two animals would have been impossible for Fang Yue to escape alive if he encountered them!

Ironically, the Gui itself gave Fang Yue a sense of safety—but terrifyingly, that Gui's eyes were clear…

Why does Mo Cun seem several levels more dangerous than Gu Yue Cun?

Fang Yue thought carefully—it really did seem that way. After all, Gu Yue Cun had Lord Han guarding it.

Blood-level and Disaster-level Gui all had to give Lord Han his due.

But other villages? Probably didn't get such treatment.

Moreover, Fang Yue had actually never ventured into true wilderness—he'd only wandered around Gu Yue Cun's perimeter.

Yesterday's daytime patrol outside the village? It was just circling the village—barely left the immediate vicinity. Even that was enough to encounter a Gui!

The danger of the wilderness was clear.

Scrolling further, Fang Yue soon found another valuable post.

"Who says only Yese Liming can solo Gui? Strong ones rise through self-reliance! A single spark can start a prairie fire!"

Though the title was arrogant and provocative.

But the post's opening gushed over Fang Yue, terrified of being drowned in spit by his fans.

Scrolling further, Fang Yue understood what the poster was showing.

It was a video: over a hundred players cooperating with a patrol squad, surrounding and attacking a Gui.

The Gui was powerful—any charge into the crowd caused mass casualties. Their damage output was pitiful—single digits.

But with sheer numbers and the patrol squad holding it off, they could still sneak in damage.

Ultimately, with the squad as the main force, they lost about sixty players and took down the Gui.

"See?! Ordinary players can kill Gui too! This is our way to survive!"

A man called Li Laoda in the video shouted excitedly, raising his Soul Torch. The few survivors joined in—until the NPC patrol squad glared at them, forcing them to mute themselves.

"Refugees are refugees—getting excited over killing a crippled 【Chu Sheng Gui】 that the Captain already weakened."

"Deputy Captain, don't say more—refugees have no sense."

"Ugh, this is so annoying—I don't know what favor the Captain got, but he insisted on sticking this bunch of trash in our squad."

"Exactly! Even if they were making a fuss, what was that yelling just now? Someone who didn't know would think they killed the weirdness—they just stood around scraping, and yet they dared shout so loud."

"Enough, enough— the Captain said this is a one-time thing; next time we won't take them."

(End of Chapter)