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

Ghost, the main force in fighting wild bosses, stepped forward to report the situation.

"The eight major guilds have joined forces."

Song Gua raised an eyebrow.

"It's not like we haven't fought them before. They certainly have the strength, but we're not afraid to die. We could only manage a narrow victory, right?"

"No, they know they can't outcompete us, so they've started an information war. As soon as a wild boss appears, they block the news."

If it wasn't their people who discovered it first, they would pay the first witness to shut them up.

After the news is blocked, the eight major guilds will directly dispatch their top combat forces, even guild leaders, to defeat the BOSS as quickly as possible.

Finally, instead of picking up the loot on the spot, they built defensive fortifications around it, and waited for the loot pickup restrictions to disappear before taking turns looting it!

In fact, any one of the major guilds, if selected individually, could outcompete the bandits in terms of strength when it comes to taking down bosses.

Even if the Song hexagram is used in conjunction with the celestial and terrestrial phenomena.

After all, large guilds don't lack this in their inventory.

Unless the Song hexagram uses the Dark Balance.

They don't actually have this in their inventory.

However, using the Dark Balance comes at a price; using it for a single world boss is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

The reason why large guilds can't compete with bandits is that bandits are reckless.

No guild member would risk their life to fight a wild boss.

Furthermore, given Ghost Brother's talent and the time available for preparation, the bandits' combat units are in no way inferior to the eight major guilds.

The ebb and flow of power, along with the psychological pressure of fearing the bandits' self-destruction, meant that the eight major guilds in Yunshan City still had a hard time outmaneuvering the bandits when it came to competing for wild bosses.

"I see……"

Song Gua sat there, tapping his head a few times with his fingers.

"If you want to level up quickly, you need to gain more experience that is not limited by experience fatigue. The only things you can usually encounter are wild bosses and creatures in restricted areas."

Creatures from restricted areas are high-level and have high status. With our current strength, fighting them is not only very dangerous, but the experience gained from fighting a whole bunch of them is less than that from a single wild boss.

Therefore, we cannot give up on wild bosses.

I have two solutions to the current difficulties.

Song Gua raises his first finger.

"Open a branch."

After the clones evolved the ability to swap locations, as long as one clone was sent to another city, Song Gua could essentially set up a readily available teleportation point at the destination.

Once a wild boss appears nearby, simply swap positions with all your clones and go steal it.

Regional movement is restricted

However, things may not go as smoothly at the beginning as they did in Yunshan City.

After all, it was an away game, and they were unfamiliar with the terrain and the distribution of local guild power.

Song Gua and his clones are, in the end, just a group of first-tier professionals with limited strength. Snatching wild bosses is never an easy task for them.

Moreover, it's an away game.

Therefore, Song Gua extends its second finger.

"We need more undercover agents, Brother Huo, Dean Ouyang, come on."

Since the eight major guilds are playing the information blockade game, let's infiltrate them and get the information.

This does not mean that Song Gua has given up on the plan to open a branch.

We must grasp both aspects firmly.

However, opening a branch store cannot be rushed. You need to understand the local situation before making a swift move to avoid too many casualties.

Song Gua pulled out a stack of photos of handsome men from his pocket.

"So, which brothers want to become Ming Dao, Hu Ge, Nicholas Tse, or Edison Chen?"

Everyone thought of the Blizzard Warlock's screams on the operating table.

So they began to recommend candidates for the civil service examination based on their filial piety and integrity.

"Number 180 is meticulous and capable of this task."

"I have often heard that Agent 298 dislikes his appearance. If he could get plastic surgery, he would definitely do his best to go undercover."

"The total talent of all the bandits' undercover agents is one shi (a unit of dry measure), and No. 98 has eight dou (another unit of dry measure). I recommend No. 98 as the leader of this group of undercover agents."

"If Number 404 could become an undercover agent, he would surely be able to get the other side to 404."

"In that case, number 444 is more auspicious."

"I recommend number 388. If he becomes an undercover agent, our side has ten wins and the opposing side has ten losses. The ten wins are..."

Song Gua watched this bunch of idiots perform with droopy eyelids.

"I knew it! People can be pushed to their limits and unleash their full potential. Your writing skills are all so good! Is this some kind of clone of me? Aren't I supposed to be an engineering student?"

What about recommending each other?

This is like pushing each other into a fire pit.

Song Gua didn't let them delay any longer and went to his post himself.

To become an undercover agent, just like the previous Blizzard Warlock, one must meet the requirements of not showing one's face often and having a certain level of strength.

Song Gua's clones are now mostly A-level or S-level professions, level 20+.

Joining one of the eight major guilds and securing a full member position isn't easy, but becoming a probationary member is no problem at all, due to the high class level.

In fact, the difference between "official" and "preparatory" is simply whether or not they are bound to a guild's rallying core.

Even if large guilds have fought many world bosses, they don't lack rally cores.

The core itself is also an advanced material, so it's impossible to use every one of them to upgrade and bind people.

Instead, they concentrate their resources on cultivating a few core players with high stat boosts.

There are many people who want to join the big guilds, but the number of places is limited, which is why there are probationary members.

In fact, the ones doing the most work are the prospective members who are not yet bound to the core membership.

Song Gua carefully selected eight clones.

Some of them have made public appearances, but their professional characteristics are not distinctive and they do not have a single profession, so it would not be a problem for them to go undercover.

The eight clones stood in a row, their faces full of melancholy.

Song Gua was burning incense in front.

"One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand. For the sake of the bandit cause, you will suffer, gentlemen. I wish you a successful undercover mission, and I look forward to your return..."

The eight people spoke in unison, with an air of utter despair.

"The title 'North Wind' is ours now, yay!"

Song Gua smiled.

"Don't be upset. Countless clones would love to have the chance to change their faces, right?"

The group of clones behind him quickly joined in the cheers.

"Ah, right, right, right!"

Eight cosmetic surgeries will soon take place in the basement of this abandoned warehouse.

Dean Ouyang suffered from lumbar disc herniation, knee effusion, and benign prostatic hyperplasia due to overwork.

Song Gua didn't have all his clones undergo plastic surgery, also because he considered the workload would be too great.

We can't just bring in all the surgeons.

Besides, they weren't up to Dean Ouyang's standards. They made a complete mess of things. Not only could the clone not accept it, but even Song Gua couldn't accept it.

We should do it as needed.

Moreover, disfigurement plus plastic surgery requires a considerable recovery time, and Song Gua cannot allow the bandits' productivity to stop—referring to the gameplay of "Cleric" such as leveling up, farming dungeon chests, and raiding wild bosses.

While Dean Ouyang was busy in the operating room, Song Gua called over the Blizzard Warlock.

—The Blizzard Warlock has been outside since his plastic surgery and has not been brought back to his original body, because if he were brought back, his physical state would be fixed and would not recover.

"Let me see, how's the recovery going?"

His face was still wrapped in several layers of bandages, but you could already see Daniel Wu's features.

"I estimate it will recover faster than expected. Although that old man Ouyang is ruthless, his skills are really good."