The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"Hey, bandit leader, since we surrendered willingly, could you please let us go? I swear! I'll never help the Zhao family against you again!"

The Monkey King, sitting on his golden cudgel, kicked the rooster-headed man in the face.

"You talk like you're so great, shameless!"

After kicking them, Monkey King looked at Song Gua and asked, "What should we do with these five idiots?"

Song Gua said, "Don't waste them, Brother Xuezi, they're yours now."

Blood Brother, whip in hand, licked his lips, his eyes filled with malice, and approached step by step.

The five men with rooster-like hair were so frightened that they covered their buttocks.

"You, you, you... what do you want to do? Let me tell you, I'd rather die than bend!"

"Snapped!"

Blood Brother activated his skill and started whipping.

"Ah! Oh! Uh! Ee! Ooh! Whoosh!"

Let Xuezi stay here and slowly gain experience. Song Gua left a few people to help him and took the rest of the people back.

The bandit headquarters.

After a brief investigation, it was confirmed that Lu Hao was indeed among the direct managers recruited by the Zhao family.

It's basically confirmed that the ambushes on Brother Gui and the recent ambushes targeting bandits leveling up in the wild were all orchestrated by the Zhao family.

The group held another meeting.

"The Special Affairs Bureau isn't contacting us anymore."

People like June Green and Steel Heart are basically our allies;

Tianzhao gave up resistance;

The law enforcement team has basically never enforced the law seriously against us. Just when they were about to, we became the saviors of Yunshan City, and they stopped caring about us.

The Public Security Bureau has no presence.

In Yunshan City, both the underworld and legitimate society, as well as many ordinary people, now regard us as idols.

Rather!

It just so happens to be the Zhao family!

They remain incorrigible and still hold a grudge against us for destroying their mental hospital, wanting to kill us!

Let's discuss how to retaliate.

Fireball erupted from Fireboy's palm, shouting, "Naiyizute!"

The clones all agreed.

"The entire Zhao family! Leave no one alive!"

"Head straight to the Zhao family villa complex, and have one of our brothers self-destruct every hundred meters!"

"Who the hell came up with this terrible idea? Was it Monkey King?!"

"If only we could have another powerful boss, someone to balance the power on a scale, then the old thief could borrow the original body, switch places with the Zhao family, and unleash a devastating attack—that would be awesome!"

"Why go through all that trouble? Last time we got four 'Heaven and Earth Manifestations' cards, and the old thief gave one each of the 'Three Elements' and 'Three Powers,' which is equivalent to four low-level bosses. Let the Zhao family experience the thrill of a siege!"

The clones discussed various strategies for dealing with the Zhao family.

After listening to the end, Song Gua said, "What you're talking about is just physically destroying them."

The clones looked proud.

"That's how we persuade people with reason!"

Song Gua shook his head.

"Not to mention, the Zhao family is a large family that has been prosperous in Yunshan City for more than a hundred years. There are many family members scattered all over the place. Wasn't Zhao Can's brother who died studying at university in Beijing before?

Bombarding their hometown is useless. Even if we succeed, we can't completely eradicate them. Not eradicating them will leave unknown hidden dangers for ourselves. This is more troublesome than the Zhao family's current open attacks on us.

Besides, the Zhao family has no shortage of experts. In a head-on clash, we might not have the upper hand. Even if we managed to win, we would have exhausted all our accumulated strength, which isn't worth it.

"Brother Huo asked."

"What do you want to do?"

"Whether the Zhao family members live or die is not important; what is important to us is that the Zhao family is gone."

Speak like a human.

"We want to turn the four major families of Yunshan City into three major families!"

"How exactly do I do it?"

"I haven't decided yet."

"Then what are you even talking about!"

"I call this my guiding principle; we can figure out the approach gradually."

After spending all day grinding monsters in PvE, the clones, who were getting bored with PvP, have regained their motivation.

"In short, our next goal is to take down the Zhao family, right?"

Song Gua nodded.

"Yay!!"

However, plans can't keep up with changes.

One night near the end of winter break, Yuwen Hao treated Song Gua to a meal.

"You rarely treat me to a meal, so why not treat me to a street food stall?"

Yuwen Hao poured Song Gua a beer in a disposable plastic cup, then filled his own cup as well, and said with a smile.

"It's affordable here, and as the place where the bandits first appeared, it has become a popular spot for internet celebrities to take photos. Look, so many long, white legs are strolling around here. It makes eating so much more enjoyable."

After hearing what Yuwen Hao said...

Blood Brother, who was superimposed on Song Gua's body, said, "Oh dear, this really is the place where I made my debut."

Actually, the bandits first appeared not at the food stalls near this slum.

Instead, it's outside the platform of the light rail station's transfer area.

Several clones carrying Song Gua to the Swamp of Sorrows was witnessed by someone.

At the time, bandits were not well-known, and their attire did not attract much attention.

What truly drew attention was when Blood Brother first came out to find the villains and extract experience points.

The bandits became increasingly famous, especially after the World Boss battle, and the events here were brought up again.

Based on existing video footage, this was the earliest location where the bandits appeared, so it was taken as the place where the bandits first appeared and quickly became popular.

"Your dishes are all ready. Sorry, we had a lot of customers, so the service was a bit slow. We'll give you a 20% discount next time."

The person serving the food was a simple-looking girl.

Brother Xuezi remembered her; she was the daughter of the owner of this food stall.

Despite the humiliation she suffered at the hands of Brother Qiang and Brother Qiang, her unadorned face still displays a simple and hardworking smile.

Song Gua remained calm and clinked glasses with Yuwen Hao.

Yuwen Hao stood up with a very serious expression, raising his cup with both hands.

Song Gua was stunned. "What? Am I dead?"

"Old Song, you got the principal to give me the guaranteed admission spot. That favor... I can't say anything more, it's all in this drink!"

Yuwen Hao raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Song Gua laughed and said, "You're getting all worked up over a beer? Stop being so dramatic."

Song Gua traveled through time.

Despite inheriting the original owner's memories.

But in reality, he has little feeling for the people around him.

In the Cloud Mountain Illusion, Yuwen Hao mistakenly believed that he had been killed by Ma Feng. He rushed forward regardless of the danger, even at the cost of selling a large amount of his soul power to the evil spirit, in order to avenge himself.

Just rush here.

Song Gua felt that he was a person worth befriending.

Not to mention that this kid has countless license plate numbers.

No, not to mention that for this kid, Song Gua is still Song Gua, his best friend since childhood.

Two days ago, the principal called Song Gua.

It was stated that since Ma Feng was dead, the guaranteed admission spot previously given to Ma Feng should still be given to Song Gua.

Song Guayi thought to himself, "I'm so awesome, what's so difficult about competing with my peers in the college entrance exam?"

You can't just apply to whichever school you want.

Instead of wasting this spot, I'd rather give it to my best friend on Earth.

Maybe we can even go to the same university in the future.

And so, this meal came about.

"It's not entirely my fault. In our No. 5 Middle School's first mock exam, only three people made it into the top fifty. Ma Feng died, so you were essentially the second in the whole school. Giving you the guaranteed admission spot was entirely in accordance with the rules."

Yuwen Hao chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Don't you know how I got into the top fifty...?" He lowered his voice, "You've already given that thing to Captain Yue, haven't you?"

Song Gua's eyes were incredibly sincere.

"Yes, of course we gave it to them. They've already been taken back to the capital."

My dice never lie.

I lied to you because it was for your own good.