Xie Lin’s antics immediately sent everyone inside the mech into a fit of laughter.
In this cheerful atmosphere, they soon arrived at the entrance to the “Destroy the Undead Calamity” dungeon.
“Destroy the Undead Calamity” was the last dungeon in Linjiang City. Unlike the other dungeons, its monsters did not simply wait around for players to defeat them.
Instead, they surged toward the players’ location like an army laying siege to a city, forming a tide of undead.
As long as the players held out against every monster, they could clear the dungeon.
They could also push forward against the tide, farming monsters along the way until they reached the BOSS’s location, then kill the BOSS and destroy the magic formation ahead of schedule, bringing the dungeon to an end.
That was clearly the method Chu Feng had used back then.
As a result, the dungeon’s record was absolutely ridiculous.
Clear time: 8 minutes and 21 seconds.
At present, even the top players gathered together had no way to clear it.
So quite a few people secretly cursed Thorns for leaving no chance for those who came after.
Chu Feng, however, did not care in the slightest.
By the time Chu Fu and the others arrived, the entrance to the dungeon was already bustling.
Nowadays, players above Level 30 were unquestionably considered top-tier players in the game, and there were quite a few of them gathered outside the dungeon.
“Looking for three AoE mages for Undead Calamity. No assassins or rogues.”
“Kindly declining single-target classes. Holy-light mages get a 5% team subsidy.”
“Assassins and rogues, form your own group—++++.”
Hearing the shouts around them, Dog Sneaky, who played a rogue, immediately felt awkward.
Was the rogue class really this unpopular?
Still, the arrival of the mech attracted the attention of the surrounding players.
“Are those people from the Thorns Guild?”
“Why are they only coming here now? Haven’t they all been Level 30 for days?”
“I heard they were cashing out.”
“They’ve been cashing out for this many days?”
“Your cash-out isn’t the same as her cash-out!”
The time it took other people to cash out was nowhere near as long as Chu Fu’s.
Just then, a player ran over.
Chu Fu initially thought it was one of the clients waiting there, but it turned out to be an ordinary passerby.
“Plant Boss, could I ask you for a favor? I didn’t put on the Masquerader’s Mask on purpose before, but Werewolf Tuge keeps issuing missions that are impossible to complete. If I fail them, he deducts my experience. I really don’t want to stay in the Evil Faction anymore.”
Werewolf Tuge’s missions were practically against human nature.
They involved anything from massacring villages to assassinating NPCs.
Basically, the worse the deed, the better.
This player was quite capable. He had just received a mission to assassinate WhoWantsToBeAVegetable.
What could he possibly use to complete it?
Killing him directly would be easier.
Fortunately, Plant Boss had a way to remove the Masquerader’s Mask, so he wanted to give it a try.
Naturally, Chu Fu did not refuse.
The more Evil God divine-power material she obtained, the more golden-grade accessories she could help the guild’s players create.
Moreover, she had a theory.
The Evil Gods acquired energy through these masks. Wearing a mask and slaughtering NPCs was equivalent to obtaining divine power.
If the masks were removed and the divine power seized, the Evil Gods would grow weaker and weaker.
Of course, this only applied to the Evil God in the Linjiang City area. In overseas regions, Evil Faction players from various countries had already reached nearly one-third the number of ordinary players.
While the players in Flowerland were still holding back the beast tide, those overseas had already begun fighting among themselves. Every day was filled with player-versus-player battles.
And they actually thought it was fun.
Because after dying, their beastified attributes were not weakened, allowing them to continuously improve their accounts’ strength through this method.
What difference was there between that and having no death penalty?
As a result, large numbers of overseas players joined the Evil Faction, while ordinary players found it increasingly difficult to survive.
Chu Fu could not control what happened overseas.
But she could certainly manage her own territory.
“No problem, Wheelchair Brother, come over here! The range of my skill is huge, so I’m worried about accidentally hitting someone else!”
She then looked toward Feng Huimin, who was busy dealing with matters within the team.
Feng Huimin had a lot on her plate, but Chu Fu still brought her along for dungeon runs. She did not need to take action and only had to stay nearby.
“Manager Feng, put out an announcement later. Any Evil Faction player who wants to abandon darkness and turn to the light can come to me to have their Masquerader’s Mask removed.
“We’ll gather at the east gate of Linjiang City at noon every day. Let’s use a registration system. If there aren’t many people, we can wait a few more days and remove the masks all at once.
“If any player above Level 30 can’t make it through the game to Linjiang City, they can come to Linjiang City in the real world to have their Masquerader’s Mask removed.”
Feng Huimin’s brows drew together slightly before she said, “Boss, if we do this, we might offend those overseas forces. For example, the Holy Wolf Club from last time.”
“Who the hell are we afraid of?” Xie Lin cut in. “Last time, we let them off because none of us had cashed out yet. If they dare come this time, I’ll pound them into cookies!”
That was true.
It was not just Chu Fu and the others who were unafraid. The entire Thorns Guild was no longer afraid either.
The Origin-level dungeon did not have the game’s experience-reduction rule, and its rewards were plentiful.
Clearing two Origin-level dungeons granted an additional level of experience, allowing the guild’s leading experts to reach Level 30.
Across the entire guild, a craze for completing Master-level quests had erupted.
And that was not all. There were also powerful solo players among the unaffiliated players, not to mention those from the Military Soul Guild.
In fact, Linjiang City—with a population of only five million—already had more Level 30 players than the combined total across all six servers in Dragon Capital, which had a population of thirty million.
If players from the Holy Wolf Group came over, they would die one after another.
“We really aren’t afraid, but Manager Feng’s concerns aren’t unfounded either. I’m no longer acting alone. I represent the entire Thorns Guild, so let’s put it to a shareholder vote!” Chu Fu said. “Should we openly challenge the Holy Wolf Club?
“They’ve issued assassination missions against me several times. I don’t want to let them keep doing whatever they please.”
Feng Huimin gave a helpless smile. “Boss, what are you talking about? You currently hold an absolute 50% controlling stake. You only need to tell us what you want to do.
“I’m just thinking like a merchant. From a business perspective, this doesn’t seem worthwhile.”
Merchants fought to the death behind closed doors, while maintaining friendly relations on the surface.
Merchants pursued profit.
From Feng Huimin’s point of view, since the Holy Wolf Group had retreated last time, it would be better for everyone to remain at peace.
In truth, she was still somewhat in denial.
She had not yet adjusted from the peaceful era to an age where the game had descended upon reality and players had become like gods.
Her strength had risen too quickly, and most of her combat power was support-oriented. She had yet to develop the mindset of a true powerhouse.
She did not understand where Chu Fu got the confidence to openly challenge them.
“Knock down one fist to prevent a hundred more,” Jiaojiao Not Spoiled said from the side. “I support Plant Girl too!”
The major shareholder and the second-largest shareholder had both spoken, so Feng Huimin could only nod.
However, she did not rush to publish the announcement. Instead, she had her secretary team decide how the announcement should be worded.
After all, this was a major matter.
Meanwhile, Shen Chi had already torn the Masquerader’s Mask off the player, obtaining a piece of golden-grade Evil God divine-power material. The material was now powerful enough to strengthen Level 30 equipment.
Excellent. Another batch of Level 30 golden accessories was waiting for the Thorns Guild.
Once Shen Chi finished dealing with that player, several clients who wanted to join the speed-clear run also arrived.
The price for being carried through the dungeon had risen as well: 5,000 gold coins per person.
One point of all attributes was worth 100 gold coins—nearly the same price as a BOSS from a town-defense battle.
