T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

Jiang Heyi struck the perfect balance, managing not to kill anyone.

"Hahaha, good." He laughed heartily, and after whipping the corpse back, he finished off the job with a refreshed expression.

Liu Jinhong killed them effortlessly. The killed ones retain one-third of the voucher, the killer receives one-third of the voucher, and the remainder is considered a natural loss.

With 21 vouchers, redeeming rewards is the first step.

Liu Jinhong's joy came more from the pleasure of revenge and from Tudou's "sensible" behavior.

So what if I'm bad at the game? Don't I have someone in my family who can fight?

Although I'm not allowed to call her "French Fries" on weekdays, Potato is sensible, so she can't say anything, right?

Ever since seeing Jiang Heyi sneaking off to play games in an empty corridor during an offline gathering, Liu Jinhong had a strong premonition that having an extra pair of chopsticks at home was already on the agenda.

"He Yi, where are you?"

Upon seeing the private message from French Fries, he truthfully reported what he was doing.

"It's not in balanced mode? Then I'll have a friendly chat with everyone on the Chinese server." The jailer said righteously, "It'll be a good opportunity to familiarize myself with the newly selected skills."

"I wish that all my lovers could be with me, that we could be together forever!"

Jiang Heyi suspects that the prison guard developed a strange hobby after arranging ghost marriages for those adventurers in the snowy mountains.

"FFFFFFF!"

"Wow, no wonder it's called 'Bedtime,' it actually caught a joke full of nostalgic sentiments." Zhong Zemo exclaimed.

"You're making yourself sound old by saying that." The woman in the blankets put her hands on her hips. "Besides, I'm an omnivore, of course I know a lot."

The orange tea drinker, who had only caught the last part of the sentence, leaned forward blankly and asked, "Understand? Understand what?"

The two exchanged a smile and chuckled, "You want to understand?"

Orange Tea shook her head abruptly: "No, no."

The two of them have an amazing level of chemistry.

Chapter 197: The Hidden Ending of the Faction War

Knowing the skill the jailer had chosen, Jiang Heyi understood why he was so eager to try it.

[Corrupted Corpse Explosion]

The undead summoned by the necromancer are imbued with corrupting power, transforming into self-destructible entities within seconds.

In addition to physical explosive damage, it will also inflict severe poison on units heavily tainted by the corrupting aura, or weaken their perception.

The biggest weakness of necromancers is their pitiful combat ability when they lack a skill set.

Skeletons, zombies, and spirits—the three types of undead creatures that can be summoned seem to provide ample combat power, but in practice, the first two only have basic attacks.

Therefore, in various situations, the jailer brother is always more accustomed to summoning spirits.

[Corrupted Corpse Explosion] deals damage, can be used to gamble on negative status effects, and also compensates for the weaknesses of the zombies, such as being clumsy and lacking attack methods.

The other skill he chose was [Soul Gift].

The spirit quickly disintegrated and dissipated, transforming into pure spiritual energy to protect the player.

It can provide single-point protection or form a barrier.

The jailer admitted that he was influenced by Jiang Heyi and French Fries, one enhancing his skill attack and the other enhancing his team support, making them flexible and versatile.

At this moment, he is fighting against players on Anna's side.

With a single move, he exploded into a rain of corpses, drenching more than a dozen people.

The weakened perception effect took effect, blurring the players' vision and making strange "gurgling" sounds echo in their ears, making it difficult for them to discern directions.

"Scorching Spirit".

With a wave of its hand, the Primarch sent out a palm-sized, fiery octopus that lunged at the enemies marked by the Corpse Explosion, exploding precisely in front of one of them.

In an instant, flames erupted at one point, blasting him away. His body burned fiercely, and he was lifeless in a flash.

【Burning Spirit】

The fire element is condensed into a floating spirit that can automatically track a certain distance.

The more magic you invest, the higher the burst damage.

Because of its short release time, it can be instantly linked with other spells to form a "double attack", which has earned it the favor of the four Primitives.

The other skill he chose, like Jiang Heyi's, was [Temporary Overdraft].

As an elemental mage, he can unleash more types of skills during the duration of magic than a magic warrior, maximizing his damage output.

"Someone is casting a spell in my bed."

Orange tea served as a complement, providing an overview of the entire event.

Upon observing the movements of the three people on the periphery, he immediately began to pray.

Orange Tea chose the skill [Summoning Enhancement].

Originally, the summoned auxiliary spirits could only affect one person, requiring Orange Tea to constantly manually switch between them, a multi-threaded operation.

After acquiring the passive skill [Spirit Enhancement], Orange Tea's spirit manipulation speed and spirit transfer speed are greatly increased.

The other skill, [Spiritual Protection], allows the spirit to absorb some of the damage for the currently protected individual.

Regardless of the type of spirit, it will take effect as long as it is attached to a player unit.

Rather than relying on the instability of summoning spirits in times of crisis, Orange Tea prefers to fully functionalize itself.

Anyway, everyone in the team is very strong, so there is no shortage of damage output. What she needs to do is to ensure that everyone can comfortably and safely unleash their full power.

"呲~~~"

As she was struck in the chest by the spear formed from the opponent's martial skill, the wind spirit attached to her body indeed used the power of wind element to deflect most of the force, while the remainder was neutralized by the dark attribute shield generated by [Shadow Walker].

【Shadow Walker】A shadow walker who enters the shadow rift and moves forward by stepping on shadows will gain a speed and perception bonus, and will periodically generate a dark attribute shield to resist the incoming damage.

Although they didn't understand why their skill, which had hit them squarely, had no effect, the person they were facing off against was clearly experienced. The three of them quickly banded together and shielded each other.

This skillful and tacit cooperation clearly indicates that they are acquaintances.

Shield?

Fixed target!

"Breakthrough Strike, get ready!"

He held the dagger high in his hand, black energy emanating from the shadows beneath his feet clinging to it, and amidst the swirling smoke, flashes of deep purple lightning seemed to appear.

The dagger slipped from his hand, pulling at the power emanating from the shadows, and sped away at breakneck speed.

"Oh!"

The dagger struck the leader's shield, a defense built from martial arts techniques that was as fragile as sand, shattering in an instant.

The dagger continued its trajectory, piercing through another person behind him before being caught by a blanket that had already sprung out with the dagger.

Without giving the remaining survivor even the slightest chance to retaliate, the blanket immediately vanished into thin air.

The enemy, who had already assumed an attack stance, clenched his teeth, his expression contorted with rage.

Nothing could be more frustrating than this.

A big, black rat is running around everywhere. If you don't take care of it, it will come out and act like a jerk.

You want to manage it, but you might not be able to catch up.

[Breaking Stealth]: Increases the power of the next attack after leaving the stealth state. If in the [Shadow Walker] state, the power is enhanced.

She was very lucky; among her available skills was one that could synergize with her and was perfectly suited to her fighting style—cheapness.

You know where she is, but it's pointless if you can't reach her.

With a coordinated effort, more than a dozen players from the Anna side were completely outmaneuvered.

The boundary between the real and the virtual worlds wiped them out effortlessly.

Liu Jinhong was dumbfounded.

He had previously applied to see Xiaofei's download process, but was ruthlessly rejected each time.

Today, he was lucky enough to get the right to observe, and he discovered that... the games everyone was playing seemed to be a little different.

This is only with 4 people involved; Jiang Heyi and the two team leaders, French Fries and others, are just watching the show.

Considering the tacit understanding that seven people develop over a long period of gaming, how many players would it take to put pressure on them together?

"Phew, the new skills are so awesome!" said the jailer. "Everyone can play this comfortably even without changing to the new outfits."

Liu Jinhong was shocked again.

In the realm of virtual and real worlds, everyone except those wearing orange tea are in a mix of purple and green quality, and all of them are dressed in purple outfits.

If we change it again, wouldn't it be a red start?

Faction battles are unbalanced; having an edge in equipment, skills, or level makes encountering them feel like a boss fight.

Players on the Anna side should be thankful that the virtual-real boundary can be opened to collect rent, otherwise they would start grinding for equipment, and this place would be a bloodbath.

Ah, I really want to share what I've seen and heard, but fries probably won't allow it.

Wait a minute, everyone's tried out the new skill, Team Shield, but why isn't the popular player Moyu Ge making a move?

Seeing that the fries were relaxed, Liu Jinhong tentatively asked Zhong Zeming, "Don't you have any new skills?"

“Oh, both of my skills are more defensive, so they’re not useful for fighting these small fry,” Zhong Zemo laughed. “They’re for the ninth floor and higher difficulty dungeons.”

Liu Jinhong could only sigh that he was lucky today, as he happened to run into the virtual-real boundary group taking a break. Normally, it wouldn't be easy to see the fries in the game.

"We probably won't participate much in faction wars, but I've given you access to the points distribution system, so you can exchange them as you like." Fries pouted. "Why don't you change your gear? How can you be level 11 and still be wearing such shabby clothes?"

Liu Jinhong blushed. Without Lu Xinxin by his side, he felt less resistant to his daughter.

I really hope she'll qualify for this lottery.

Jiang Heyi studied the details of the faction war and found that when the difference in the number of people between the two sides was too large, the system would deploy more high-level combat power to the side with fewer people in order to balance the situation.

Looking at the faction channel, you can see that the Fallen Star Siren, who was originally at a disadvantage, suddenly turned the tide when they were being pushed all the way. They started to fight back on various battlefields, making the players on the Anna side suffer and retreat one after another.

It seems the game is designed to keep the two factions at a balance of power, constantly fighting each other.

Jiang Heyi was suddenly taken aback.

Could this be the unspoken aftermath of a lose-lose situation...?

In Anna, the fierce battle between the fallen stars continued unabated. After the war involved both land-dwelling and sea-dwelling species, it spiraled out of control. Neither side would give an inch, and the situation eventually deteriorated into a chaotic mess, dragging the entire continent and the waters near Anna into the fray. No one could remain uninvolved.

Verifying the conjecture is not difficult.

Returning to one of the major strongholds of the Fallen Star Siren, those with the Fallen Star Hero title can trigger some special dialogues.

"This is the result that all the heroes fought for for us. No matter what, we must let the land-dwelling species know how powerful we are."

"We must not back down, even if the blood of our people is shed dry."

"The will of the Fallen Star Royal Court cannot be desecrated!"

If it were just the sirens communicating with them, who were heroes of the fallen star, it would be fine. But Jiang Heyi clearly saw the figures of most of the sea creatures in the win-win ending.

This includes the giant killer whale, which was praised by the siren as the next ruler of the ocean.

They appeared floating within the large stronghold.

The fat orca leading the group was the young lady who had taken the initiative to pet him and Kesha at the market.

“We do not want the war to continue, but we have no choice but to go to war,” she said. “My people and I will follow Jingxin’s will.”

The game hides everything about the lose-lose outcome in the details of the faction battles, without explicitly stating it.

Jiang Heyi suddenly felt a little flustered.

He asked the fat orca, "Where's Kesha? Where is Kesha?"

"We've headed to the main battlefield; the high-ranking sirens have their own enemies to contend with," the fat orca informed us. "The Empire possesses weapons that even the sirens find troublesome."

"what?"

“Magic-suppressing,” the fat orca said. “The Anna Empire mastered the use of magic-suppressing materials a long time ago, but large-scale research and experimentation were very costly.”