Chapter 191: Guild

【I am Fang Yue, and I'm currently not in danger! I'm throwing a tantrum at the great and noble Parchment Lord!】

"Enough! I'm jumping out the window now—how dangerous is that? Fix my problem fast!"

【I am Fang Yue, and I've jumped out the window. The Parchment Lord is powerless and must now activate Advent to remove the danger.】

【The Parchment Lord succeeded—I suffered no injuries during the jump and landed safely.】

Fang Yue: …

Damn, this guy really won't help unless there's actual real-world danger!

Fine, if I can't exploit the loophole, then forget it.

Ignoring the Parchment Lord, Fang Yue opened the professional Longwan Forum.

The first thing he saw was a familiar title.

"【Jingse Studio Production】The First Step of a Ten-Thousand-Li March! An Unprecedented Cross-Village Operation Is In Progress!"

Fang Yue: …

Jing Yan?

Fang Yue clicked in to take a look.

Inside the post, the first thing released was a massive video.

Playing the video, Fang Yue saw a barrage of flashy, chaotic camera cuts.

First, the lens focused on a shoe, then slowly pulled back—during the pullback, random, meaningless scenery from Gu Yue Cun flashed in, until the shot reached its furthest point, revealing… Fang Yue.

Yeah, this bastard must've filmed me from this angle at some point!

Fang Yue was stunned and kept scrolling; his in-game character image then froze like a still frame, shaded over, followed by several bold, flashy, over-the-top characters.

"The Most Fearsome Deputy Captain in History—Yese Liming!"

Then, text flooded wildly around the video, nearly filling the entire screen.

"Five slashes per second, every hit a critical!"

"The Advent is like a sheep—I'm the wolf pack!"

"I keep searching—where is the oily Advent?"

"Bold Advent, I demand you aid my cultivation!"

"Advent, do you want to dance too?"

"I am Yese Liming—if you're a brother, come kill Advents with me! I'm waiting for you in Gu Yue Cun!"

Texts of all styles scrolled rapidly—some understandable, others utterly meaningless—leaving Fang Yue utterly embarrassed.

Still, it was positive publicity, so Fang Yue was somewhat pleased.

After lavishing praise on Fang Yue, the video finally switched to the second character.

"The World's Greatest Physician—Divine Doctor An Shenyi!"

Uh…

Can you hype up an NPC?

Fang Yue was baffled, but Jing Yan really did it—he portrayed An Shenyi as both literary and martial, a peerless healer with mastery of Martial Arts, pure protagonist material, triggering a frenzy of comments and endless scrolling.

"I'm in love! Is this what 'benevolence is invincible' looks like? So strong!"

"An Shenyi! An Shenyi! I'll bear you monkeys!"

"Age isn't an issue—if you've got power, you're strong!!"

As Fang Yue was still brooding, the video switched to the third character—clearly…

"Guardian of Nature and Harmony—Blood Hunter!"

A rugged, handsome old man—clearly Jing Yan's flagship—his appearance was flawless, complete with a pet, sparking another wave of comment frenzy.

"Aaaah! So handsome—I can, I can!"

"Blood Hunter! Blood Hunter!!"

"Giant-Headed Blood Dog—I'm going to capture one of these babies as a pet someday! So badass! A must-have for any real man!"

…Wonder what this guy will feel when he finds out 【Giant-Headed Blood Dog】's urine is pink.

After introducing these three big names, Jing Yan began hyping up the difficulties and dangers of the cross-village team.

But he gave no specific details.

Because Fang Yue hadn't let him join the team for rewards—he'd left him behind in Gu Yue Cun.

Even so, the video's reception was beyond imagination—the forum users replied with extreme enthusiasm.

"Cross-village? In a way, isn't this the first player to leave their village?"

"No way—he can't be the first? I am! I left my village right after entering the game!"

"And then? You died immediately, right? That doesn't count as leaving the village—that's just suicide!"

"Damn it! So what if you left the village? Does that make you special? I haven't seen any benefits!"

"Are you an idiot? Leaving the village lets you see the terrain, explore the full map—right now, players only get the surrounding area, never seen it firsthand. To leave later, you'll have to go through this step. Are you planning to play this game your whole life in the village? Like 'Ten Thousand Steps Sword God'?"

"What's wrong with Ten Thousand Steps Sword God? When I come out of my ten-thousand-step seclusion, I'll kill you all!!"

"He's getting worked up—he's getting worked up! Ten Thousand Steps Sword God? Do your Advents come like cabbage, lining up to deliver low-level ones to your village? I've seen posts saying entire villages were wiped out—truly destroyed. What are you, that you think Advents will spare you?"

"Exactly—this damn game has no smooth leveling path. Advents vary wildly in strength—run into one, it might be weak, or it might be absurdly strong. But honestly, for us right now, it doesn't matter—we're all dead anyway."

"Bro, you're right—it's so hard. This game isn't made for humans. If it weren't for the money, I'd already quit."

"Same here. But honestly, even us professional gold farmers are struggling with this game's difficulty—regular players stand no chance. Maybe Liang Bai Kaishui's prophecy was right… a flood of players will quit."

"Nah, I'm making bank right now—orders are overflowing. Don't you dare quit!"

"Stop talking nonsense. The game's hard, sure, but it's not unplayable. Watch this video and you'll understand."

The last commenter posted a link.

Fang Yue curiously clicked inside to take a look.

"Celebrating the First Kill of a Weird by the Baiyou Guild!"

This was the post's title; the content described how Baiyou Guild members jointly killed the first Weird, with a video below.

Fang Yue's heart skipped—a thought flashed: Not another one of those videos where the Captain cripples it and players just finish it off?

Lately, such videos have been endless, all following the same pattern: gathering guild players who happened to Advent in the same village, bribing Guard Team Deputy Captains or higher to be the main killers, while their own guild members slack off, then finally stepping in to land the final blow.

This was what passed for a guild's first Weird kill video.

The method wasn't wrong, but the slack-off was too extreme—any aggressive version showed horrific scenes, countless deaths, and always ended with NPCs refusing to act, forcing the guild to deliver the final strike; the resulting video looked worse than those from guilds that just slacked off.

With the mindset of watching for entertainment, Fang Yue opened the video.

The video began playing—black screen, but a woman's voice came through.

"Power Control Team, ready! Force Dissipation Team, standby! Everyone, check all meds, gear, and status—report in order!"

The screen gradually brightened.

(End of Chapter)