Chapter 127: Water Fuels Fire (2/10, Autumn Subscription!)

The video content was fine until the end, where the dialogue among a few NPCs made people feel awkward.

So… you're just scavenging loot, or following the Deputy Captain to scavenge loot…

With such a skilled expert around, how did so many people still die…

Fang Yue couldn't help covering his face—he realized the gap between himself and ordinary players seemed enormous.

With this record, not even he could brag about it, let alone Niu Niu—he'd be too embarrassed to even mention it.

Yet forum players treated it like some earth-shattering achievement, boasting everywhere and still dragging Fang Yue into the hype.

Fine, have fun then.

Below, most commenters excitedly declared that ordinary players could kill Guiyi—so impressive, so impressive.

But soon, someone knowledgeable jumped in to reply.

"Huh? That's it? Over a hundred people killing the game's weakest 【Chu Sheng Gui】, after the Captain had already crippled it, then teaming up with the Guard Team's Deputy Captain and a hundred others to barely kill it—and you're bragging about this?"

"I'm done. Are all the people above brain-dead? Do you have any brains at all? You think this trash can compare to Yese Liming? I'm sick—what about you?"

"Are you serious? A hundred people killing one Guiyi counts as ordinary players rising up? 'A spark can start a prairie fire'? I'm dumbfounded!"

"Bro, I don't even ask you to solo it—just show me a hundred-player squad that can surround and kill a full-health Guiyi. Until you can do that, stop trying to ride Yese Liming's coattails. Seriously, please—I'm embarrassed just reading this. I'm blushing for you!"

"Is this what a brainless newbie posts? I love it, I love it. Next time I'll make a video too—wait until the Guard Team's Captain reduces the Guiyi to 1 HP, then I'll just solo the recording. Guys, spam '666'!"

"Ugh! If you're going to ride coattails, at least show some real strength! Moderators, ban this guy and delete this post—I'm nauseated!"

Honestly, Fang Yue thought the video still had some substance, but his adorable fans had flooded the comments with criticism, and later even Li Laoda himself came out to explain and apologize.

Fang Yue refreshed again and found the title and content had been modified to some extent—even dared not drag him into the hype anymore; the keyword "Yese Liming" was completely removed from the title.

Naturally, the number of replies dropped sharply, and the popularity plummeted.

Fang Yue felt Li Laoda's post was surprisingly forward-thinking.

For ordinary players whose stats haven't yet improved significantly, grouping together for mutual protection and overwhelming with numbers isn't problematic—it can even be considered an effective way to kill Guiyi.

Adding the Guard Team to help distract the Guiyi clearly represents a viable path for stat growth.

But the group size is too large, the death rate is high, and the reward per Guiyi, when split among everyone, probably doesn't even reach 0.1.

Fang Yue had participated in several Guiyi-killing assists and understood the assist reward rules to some degree.

First, dealing damage is the most direct way to earn participation rewards.

Second, taking damage also counts as contribution, though most of the time, receiving a Guiyi's attack means you're about to die, so few people realize this.

These two points are directly tied to combat; there are also hidden rules Fang Yue figured out himself—for example, when participating in the main attack, you must stay close to the Guiyi and can't stay too far away.

Also, the number of players involved splits the assist reward for the Guiyi.

The fewer players assisting, the more concentrated the reward; the more players involved, the more diluted the reward.

With a hundred-person squad, aiming for a 0.1 stat reward is worse than just practicing basic Martial Arts or training foundational skills—your stat growth rate will be far faster that way.

Lastly, among assist rewards, there's one very important rule: the strength of the Guiyi determines the level of stat reward given during the assist.

If the Guiyi is strong, the reward is naturally substantial; if the Guiyi is weak, the assist reward is pitifully small—even nonexistent.

This is Fang Yue's own conclusion, and he feels it's about 80–90% accurate.

Taking assist rewards as a benchmark, the ideal scenario would be to mimic the Guard Team: form six-player squads with a Deputy Captain or a leader-level expert leading them, specifically hunting weak Xiao Guiyi.

Let the Deputy Captains handle the main distraction, while new players assist nearby, grinding damage and slowly leveling up.

But this is only ideal—in reality, Deputy Captain NPCs aren't just available on demand, and leaders might lack the strength to guide new players, plus Guiyi don't just appear when you want them—sometimes you'll encounter a Blood-level one and get wiped out.

Also, for a six-player new player squad, each member should have at least seven or eight points of Control Power, otherwise they can't even scratch the Guiyi and get no assist reward, and their Dodge must also be high enough, or they'll die from one touch and never even get a chance to assist.

In short, the idea sounds wonderful, but implementing it brings countless problems.

Fang Yue thought for a moment, summarized these points briefly, priced it at 100 yuan, and posted it on the forum.

I'm a celebrity now! Charging a little isn't too much, right? Let others buy it or not—whatever!

Fang Yue just wanted to offer some insight to other players, so they wouldn't have to struggle so hard to figure things out.

After posting, Fang Yue kept scrolling the forum.

He found most people were still trapped outside the village, essentially waiting to die.

Those who entered the village were busy scrambling for jobs.

Only a few had integrated into the village and were living a life where they could earn Yang Shou.

This could only be called barely surviving—growing stats and killing Guiyi still required finding manuals and practicing Martial Arts, and the simplest way remained joining the Guard Team.

From this perspective, players in Gu Yue Cun were all lucky ones.

They were safe, had job security, and had caught the wave when Guiyi breached the village, causing massive casualties and severe manpower shortages.

Fang Yue had seen posts from players describing their own villages—most had experienced some incident yesterday, causing minor damage, but none as severe as Gu Yue Cun, so their hiring standards remained high.

Players from those villages had to work much harder to integrate into their villages.

After scrolling more posts and learning about other players' situations—most were still in the midst of water-and-fire struggles—Fang Yue shut off his computer, lay on his bed, and entered the game.

When Fang Yue entered the game, someone suddenly knocked lightly on his closed door.

After waiting a while, hearing no response, Bai Xiaoya gently opened the door.

Bai Xiaoya poked her head out, glanced at Fang Yue lying on the bed, scanned the room, then fixed her gaze on his Game Watch for a moment, deep in thought.

Then she quietly pulled her head back, softly closed the door, and returned to her own room to rest.

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(End of Chapter)